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Read More »A Spiraling, Eye-Encrusted Overview of the Art of Alex Grey (and some related topics, and a response from Alex)
Are You an Invisible?
A sometimes surreal exploration of Grant Morrison’s graphic novel masterpiece THE INVISIBLES asks the reader to consider whether they might be an Invisible---an empowered and transforming mutant.
Read More »Two Chaos Magic Practices
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Read More »Paul Atreides—a Somewhat Unappreciated Kwisatz Haderach and Personification of the Singularity Archetype
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Read More »Reality Definitions, Pattern Seeking, Ambiguity and the Otherness of the Other
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Read More »On the Disillusioning Revelations about Terence Mckenna
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Read More »The Batman Shootings and Crossover Effects
The tragedy of people getting shot at a showing of The Dark Knight Rises, is not a random, incomprehensible event. Mass shootings, like the one that just happened in Aurora, have become a recurrent nightmare that haunts the collective psyche. As the nightmare repeats, we see patterns emerging. Movies are a collective dream delivery technology. Some movies that have high access to the contents of the collective unconscious, are what Charles Fort called "window zones," or portals between realms, and weird and uncanny things happen in their wake. Particularly, movies about dark, occult things have a long history of these crossover effects.
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