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Adorno was 100% right about the occult
but, as a practice literary or countercultural, hell, even to see human connection, to produce something, it’s cool!
This lecture by Grant Morrison sums it up as a practice to experiment, fair warning, it is aggressively 2000s and fantastically weird, but the energy is palpable, wacky as some of the concepts see to be.
but, as a practice literary or countercultural, hell, even to see human connection, to produce something, it’s cool!
This lecture by Grant Morrison sums it up as a practice to experiment, fair warning, it is aggressively 2000s and fantastically weird, but the energy is palpable, wacky as some of the concepts see to be.
Apr 8, 2024
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insane amount of material in here. You‘ve got rockets, the Great Depression, L. Ron Hubbard, polyamory, Aleister Crowley, the FBI, the forming of multiple cults, cocaine/weed/morphine, Marxism, etc etc
Feel like you could do a lot more weird & random shit in the 20th century, but maybe I just need to expand my mind
Feel like you could do a lot more weird & random shit in the 20th century, but maybe I just need to expand my mind
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📚Opening note: I am a chaos magician so all my opinions are from the lense of chaos magick
Grimoires can be quite different, but usually have sections on the theoretical underpinnings of the magick, and then the magick itself (rituals, seals, and the like). Some grimoires will also include some basic rituals for raising energy, invoking, banishing, the basics. If you already have your own rituals for these things then you don’t need to switch them out to use the magick in the book.
Magick is often times only a part of a larger religious system, so you will likely find yourself drudging (or maybe not if you into it) through lots of religious jargon to find the information you’re looking for. I think it’s fine to skip most of that stuff as you don’t really need it to work the magick and it’s filled with religious dogma and limiting beliefs. With more modern grimoires, this isn’t really as big of a problem.
Reading grimoires is a very time consuming but rewarding activity, given you actually use the information you learn from the book. Some books will feel like their all fluff with very little of practical value, however it’s important to note that length of a books content isn congruent with the use you can get out of it.
For example, I recently finished reading the Arbatel, a short grimoire that really only had about 8 things of practical value, the sigils of the 7 Olympic spirits, and a seal that’s meant to help you contact the angel that oversees whatever concept you ask about. The 7 Olympic spirits are widely known to be some of the easiest spirits to work, and being able to contact the angel over any concept alone makes the book worth the read. The book was only about 60 pages long, and the seals made up less than 2 of those pages, so the ratio of pages read to usefulness isn’t exactly equal.
So anyway that’s all I have for now, if you have any questions feel free to ask, please be well.
Grimoires can be quite different, but usually have sections on the theoretical underpinnings of the magick, and then the magick itself (rituals, seals, and the like). Some grimoires will also include some basic rituals for raising energy, invoking, banishing, the basics. If you already have your own rituals for these things then you don’t need to switch them out to use the magick in the book.
Magick is often times only a part of a larger religious system, so you will likely find yourself drudging (or maybe not if you into it) through lots of religious jargon to find the information you’re looking for. I think it’s fine to skip most of that stuff as you don’t really need it to work the magick and it’s filled with religious dogma and limiting beliefs. With more modern grimoires, this isn’t really as big of a problem.
Reading grimoires is a very time consuming but rewarding activity, given you actually use the information you learn from the book. Some books will feel like their all fluff with very little of practical value, however it’s important to note that length of a books content isn congruent with the use you can get out of it.
For example, I recently finished reading the Arbatel, a short grimoire that really only had about 8 things of practical value, the sigils of the 7 Olympic spirits, and a seal that’s meant to help you contact the angel that oversees whatever concept you ask about. The 7 Olympic spirits are widely known to be some of the easiest spirits to work, and being able to contact the angel over any concept alone makes the book worth the read. The book was only about 60 pages long, and the seals made up less than 2 of those pages, so the ratio of pages read to usefulness isn’t exactly equal.
So anyway that’s all I have for now, if you have any questions feel free to ask, please be well.
Jun 26, 2025
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📚accidentally joined a group for people interested in gnosticism but i said heck let's see what this is about so i joined their first group seminar...
and uhhh sounds like a cult
i appreciate spirituality and have beliefs based on psychedelics, crystals and planetary shit that others may find bonkers.
i also appreciate using religion and any sort of spirituality as guidance for you to feel better and become a better version of yourself.
however the communities like the ones in the seminar are alarming. you should definitely not listen to somebody that claims to know the mysteries of the universe or have some incredible knowledge that they acquired through mysticism. you can learn, meditate and make your own meaning but claiming you're a new prophet of the one true religion, a divine messenger of god, or have any relation to a higher power that is directly communicating + giving directions to the masses through you is wild.
this is a pretty basic level ramble, but i see why the in-group quality of a "healing" community is so attractive here. everyone wants to be a part of something especially in this loneliness epidemic, and even more so if it sounds like it's going to improve you mentally or physically.
all that is to say just be careful y'all.
imma read some climate crisis, psilocybin and sociological substacks now
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