One thing I especially enjoyed from the augoeides experiment was the impetus that comes of public disclosure to fulfill ones intentions.
accordingly, and in keeping with my recent injunction to start a journal, we’ll do something along those lines here.
I’d like to keep it fairly minimal and divide it into two parts; an overview of my [...]
Magickal Record 02-28-07
Evolution by the Numbers: Number Thirteen
number thirteen: write it down
One of the hoariest conventions of doing magical work is to keep a journal, variously known as a ‘magickal record’
Myself, I never saw much use in this, as I have a nearly-eidetic memory for most things, and writing down stuff I knew I probably wasn’t going to forget seemed pointless. But [...]
Evolution by the Numbers: Number Twelve
number twelve: start counting your breaths
At any point when you aren’t preoccupied by something else, either walking or sitting, put your attention on your breaths and start counting them. Even the actual numbering isn’t that important, but if you lose track of the numbers it’s a good sign to reapply your attention.
The nice thing about [...]
Evolution by the Numbers: Number Eleven
number eleven: get your freak on
I’m going to err on the side of caution once again, and assume that most of your are suffering some kind of neurotic tension, sexual repression, or misdirected, distorted or pathological manifestation of your bodily energy.
The reason Ican say that with some confidence is that developing these maladaptations is kind [...]
The Mosaic Effect 28: …I am Jack’s Holy Guardian Angel
Yes, indeed. The esoteric ‘analysis’ of Fight Club. Specifically, as a map of the kabbalistic tree of life, and the quest for the holy guardian angel, which is obviously somewhat close to my heart of late.
Malkuth,Netzach,Tiphareth, crossing the abyss, the dark night of the soul, the ikea nesting instinct, a vision of the [...]
Evolution by the Numbers: Number Ten
number ten: notice your reactiveness
Life is full of things you do without thinking, but I’m going to suggest that your start thinking about some of them.
By reactiveness, I am, for the moment, referring to automatic negative reactions. When something you don’t like occurs and itimmediately triggers some other mental or physical response to it, to [...]
Evolution by the Numbers: Number Nine
number nine: become consistent
One thing I’ve heard Douglas Rushkoff say that I thought was especially smart, and this is coming from a guy who says a lot of smart things, was that the most revolutionary thing anyone can do is to become totally consistent in the very smallest of their actions.
What does that mean? It [...]
Evolution by the Numbers: Number Eight
number eight: get interested
The usual way of conducting one’s life is to concern oneself primarily with those things that directly impact or interest ‘me’. And by ‘me’ I mean ‘you’.
However, at any given moment, the percentage of observable phenomena in the universe that have any bearing on ‘you’ whatsoever is so vanishingly small that ‘you’ [...]
The Mosaic Effect 27: Pseudo-Tradition, Counter-Tradition, and the Sopranos
We seek another touchstone in the popular culture in order to discuss a pivotal idea in my work; the concept of transmission, both esoteric and not, and how this idea appears before an audience of millions, week in, week out.
martial arts, buddhism, rene guenon, initiation, and the end of the world as mob drama
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Evolution by the Numbers: Number Seven
number seven: finish your thoughts
Anyone with a passing familiarity with mystical or meditative literature will probably have come across the idea that one should ’stop’ thoughts. How exactly this might be possible is not always clear.
I will propose to the contrary: as a famous mystic once said ( I could tell you his name, but [...]
