You cannot drop out externally until you have detached yourself internally. ... You must leave all of your social connections that do not make sense to your sense organs. You cannot do this alone in acts of isolated rebellion. Detaching yourself from the insanity of society requires group action. No man can escape the prison of robot society by ( Read more... )

"The entire universe is a huge theater of mirrors, an ensemble of hieroglyphs to be decoded. Everything is a sign; everything conceals and exudes mystery; every object hides a secret."
-Antoine Faivre, Access to Western Esotericism

"The eternity suggested in our exhibition spaces is ostensibly that of artistic posterity, of undying beauty, of the masterpiece. But in fact it is a specific sensibility, with specific limitations and conditionings, that is so glorified. By suggesting the eternal ratification of a certain sensibility, the white cube [i.e., modernist gallery] ( Read more... )

The following is from Immediatism by Hakim Bey. I read devoured his work for the first time when I was in my early 20s.

All spectators must also be performers. All expenses are to be shared, & all products which may result from the play are also to be shared by the participants only (who may keep them or bestow them as gifts, but should not sell ( Read more... )

Ho, master, what a bird are you ( Read more... )

... only poetically and by seizing upon what is communicative and magnetic in the principles of all the arts can we, by shapes, sounds, music, and volumes, evoke...states of an acuteness so intense and so absolute that we sense, beyond the tremors of all music and form, the underlying menace of a chaos as decisive as it is dangerous ( Read more... )

Bill Heidrick collected most of the following quotations in Thelema Lodge Calendar, November, 1992. Others were added by myself, thykaaba, and paradoxosalpha. I submit them here for your consideration on the question of Thelema & Religion. ( Read more... )

You remember that great movie, Real Genius? Michelle Meyrink played the insomniac student who wears overalls, talks fast, and builds stuff. Sometimes I wonder if seeing this movie, I might have been deeply affected by Jordan's persona. She reminds me of me. I've slept a lot more than her - 14 hours since Monday - but still. ( Pic and audio file... much further, much faster! )