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Serapionskot, I'd actually like to see that idea - the contrast between poetry and narrative and the implications of adopting either as a primary personal interpretive lens - expanded upon and have ...
After some years of studying somafera (long story short, somafera is a kind of Western yogic concentration practice, aimed at boosting human potential by altering body chemistry, mental function, spiritual state) my ...
Having just read some articles on the rather splendid Luckymojo site, I was interested to come across the argument that a distinction could be made between Hoodoo and (New Orleans) Voodoo, in ...
LOOK INTO MY EYES... ... and tell me the names of some decent books, writers or resouces about hypnosis. For a little project I'm working on. I may well start with Derren Brown!
As a priestess of Freya, and really, everywhere in my life, Love is essential and central. But I find that what Love is to me is often not quite what it seems ...
So, shortly after mentioning the bizarre "They have to be joking, don't they?" perceptual trickery of Poe's Law and fundamentalist Christianity, I've found a story on the Yes Men's latest stunt: They ...
Intelligence is no defense against believing crazy shit. Belief is an entirely different animal.
Superstition is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge. The word is often ...
Before I made the correlation between endorphins and extremely potent spiciness in food, I had a series of excellent drug like experiences from eating a large dose of thai pepper in a ...
I've thought it for a while but I've been wholly stumped at coming up with a solution that I like/feels right/carries the right weight (all very subjective). I thought I'd throw ...
...Because it's in the intro thread, and it's got me thinking...
'High' vs 'Low' magick, is there any kind of helpful distinction there? Do you undertake 'Results' magick in your practice? If not, ...
Evenin' all,
Has anyone read Martin Puhvel's 'The Crossroads in Folklore and Mythology', and is it any good? Judging by the price tag, it's not like the average Llewelyn-esque shitroll, but ...
I began my magickal career with sigils. I learned about them through multiple sources, but most of the methods I've heard about for charging a sigil always seem to result in a ...
This is the LN "Book of the Law" thread, for balanced discussion and criticism of Aleister Crowley's controversial text Liber AL, reputedly received from a praeterhuman intelligence calling itself Aiwas. Perspectives on ...
The idea for this topic came from some discussion on another forum after someone posted a link for this gentleman's website; http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/foamycustard/index.htm linking in with a discussion of one of his books ...
As of late I've been desperately searching for an effective practice that I would feel good about doing on a regular basis. During this scavenger hunt, I applied basic magical theory to ...
I was visiting a friend last weekend, and her classmate was giving her senior thesis presentation for her history degree, the topic of which was "Evidence of Sufi Philosophy in the American ...
The other night I watched a biopic on Aleister Crowley called "In Search of the Beast 666". The film focused primarily on AC's worst traits, rumours and innuendo and tales of his ...
I just found this "Hacking your brain" article from the Boston Globe, and thought it might be pertinent to a few fields of interest here - from psychic surgery to astral journeying ...
I have been fascinated by the brain for as long as I can remember. The study of consciousness, and all that that process entails is one all of us here share; whether ...
My Jesus? Your Jesus? How many Jesus?
Jesus Christ means many things to many people so I thought as a seasonal venture we could discuss some of them here.
There seems to be some ...