tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75644028974611120102024-02-01T23:38:36.285-08:00Quantum SorceryEnvision a Venn diagram composed of Science and Magic. This is the intersection.Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-84956729442369857682020-04-12T13:11:00.001-07:002020-04-12T13:11:53.115-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><o:p>This article originally appeared in <i>Konton </i>Magazine, Vernal Equinox 2006, issue 3.1.</o:p></span></div>
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I have been studying the phenomenon of distributed processing of function over
networks, and the emergence of a superorganism which can result from the collective
efforts of numerous components which are themselves quite simplistic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In biological systems, such as ant colonies,
a hive mind emerges which coordinates the efforts of all its parts in a
non-hierarchical yet efficient way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is this effect which has inspired engineers to create swarming machines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to contemplate whether or not a similar effect would occur if an interconnected
swarm of servitors were created which were not individually invested with a
great deal of intent, and were collectively charged with a broad statement of
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
result was that I decided to create a cluster of 12 identical servitors, which
I refer to as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nodes</i>, each charged
with the task of gathering information that would be of interest or benefit to
me, and funneling such information back to me by any convenient or available
communication channel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Collectively,
the construct is designated as “Nexus 0xC”, roughly meaning “the connected 12.”
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose Hexadecimal, or base 16 to
represent the numeric portion of the name in order to avoid the commonality of
the everyday decimal numbering system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The individual component servitors are identically created from the same
visualized seed which divides instantaneously into 12 equal parts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon the creation of the 12, each is intended
to be self-aware, but is not yet connected to the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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symbol of the ultimate manifestation of Nexus 0xC is a dodecagon with an empty
circle at each vertex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each vertex is
connected to every other in order to symbolize the network which exists between
these servitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the center of the
network is another empty circle which represents me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twelve identical tokens were also created to
represent the nodes of the nexus, and to be the foci for the individual
servitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By design, these tokens are
indistinguishable from one another, to emphasize the uniformity of the members
of the swarm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These
tokens were deployed in various locations around the city to symbolize the wide
scope of this information gathering system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As this was done, the servitors were visualized to emerge from the
tokens as coherent, invisible wave forms, and to begin gathering
information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was to be stored until
all nodes had been distributed and connected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
physical components of this operation are accompanied by a corresponding set of
visualized counterparts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The virtual seed
form of the cluster was visualized as liquid silver-white light coalescing from
the void, accumulating into a mirrored, mercury-like sphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as a larger glob of mercury accumulates
smaller amounts into itself, increasing the volume of the sphere, the seed was
allowed to develop in imaginal space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
each of the node servitors was released from its token, a portion of this
energy was visualized to detach and emerge as the wave form of the servitor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After the
final token was distributed, the act of connecting them into the nexus was
performed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original dodecagon symbol
was used as the focus for this operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While focusing on the symbol, a state of excitatory gnosis was entered
via a combination of sensory overload, mind-altering substances, and orgasm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the moment immediately prior to white-out,
I visualized a projection as emerging from the symbol as silver-white light,
and spreading out to connect the individual nodes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this moment, all of the nodes became
joined through the myriad pathways into Nexus 0xC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When I
meditate and focus my thought on the Nexus symbol, I visualize myself as being
within the center hub of the network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
the swarm of node servitors has any information to relay to me, they can then
do so through the pathways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have only
recently completed this operation, so I cannot yet report any demonstrable
results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
possibility of a hyper-implementation of this network has also occurred to me,
either as a group working, or in further iterations on my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additional clusters could be created, and
then linked to the original in order to attain an even wider sensory array.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">February
16, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-42689762603398709822020-04-03T21:37:00.000-07:002020-04-03T21:37:33.476-07:00Magical Mechanics: Spooky Action at a Distance<br /><br />As I have been going through some materials preparing for an expanded and revised edition of Quantum Sorcery, I found this, which was intended to be my talk for the International Left Hand Path Consortium 2016 in Atlanta Ga. Unfortunately due to a catastrophic injury, I was unable to attend. Here is the text of the talk:<br /><br /><br /><b> Magical Mechanics: Spooky Action at a Distance</b><br /><br />This presentation examines the relationship and parallels between the magical principles of Similarity and Contagion, and the scientific principles of Entanglement and Entrainment within a non-theistic system of sorcery. Methods of categorizing and overcoming barriers to achieving a mind state conducive to magical practice will also be discussed.<br /><br />Magic is the name most commonly applied to the faculty of causing change in the phenomenal world via the exertion of will. The vast majority of ostensibly rational people in the western world hold that magic isn’t real. Some of us refute their assertion, and believe that magic is real, that it works, and that we can do it. We disagree on the mechanism, origin, and nature of this phenomenon, but on some level, we believe in it. <br /><br />Belief is a loaded word in Chaos Magic. We use it as a tool, but try not to collapse into it. We believe that we make our own reality, and that belief is the kernel upon which magical practice is built. If you don’t believe that magic works, then it never will for you, plain and simple. <br /><br />I practice sorcery. Down and dirty. Simple. Sometimes with tools and rituals, sometimes with sigils and servitors, sometimes with nothing but a picture in my head of how the world needs to be, my very magical wand, and my lovely assistant. I don’t call spirits, I don’t trouble whatever gods or entities might be out there in the ether for their assistance, other than the ones that I have myself created. I assert that Magical acts are transactions between me and the universe. So since we’ve established that I’m enough of an egotistical bastard to think that I can alter the world with a thought, let's look at how I think I do it.<br /><br />Fundamentally, everything that IS, is energy. Some of it has slowed down enough to become solid matter, some of it in phases and forms that we are still just discovering. Further, as Hermes Trismegistus observed in his Divine Pymander (pim-Ander), everything that exists is in motion. It is my position that magic originates when the mind of a magician interfaces with the fabric of the universe at the most fundamental level of existence. The perturbations caused by this influence then cascade upward from the subatomic level as movements of matter and energy, into the mesoscale world of human activity, and bring about the circumstances that I dictate. The process is analogous to tossing a pebble into a stream. The ripples are subsumed by the current, but they in turn affect the flow in a measurable way.<br /><br />How does one make ripples in reality?<br /><br /><b>Similarity and Contagion = Entanglement <br />Transmission of Will = Entrainment</b><br /><br />The fundamental principles of sorcery are analogous to fundamental principles of energy and quantum behavior. Many of the seminal minds in Chaos Magic have reflected on this. Peter Carroll, Stephen Mace, and Dave Lee are just a few of the pioneers of this school of thought. <br /><br /><b>Entanglement </b><br /><br />The principle of similarity is that of modeling. The representation of a thing is connected to that thing. This is the principle of the macrocosm and the microcosm. This is best exemplified in the words of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus: <br /><br /><b>What is above is like what is below. What is below is like what is above. </b><br /><br />This is the magic of poppets and cave paintings, fertility rites and visualization.<br /><br />When a pair or a group of particles interact in such a way that that their quantum state can only be described as an aggregate sum, this is known as Entanglement. Einstein referred to this concept as “Spooky action at a distance.” The implication that information could violate relativity by travelling faster than the speed of light didn’t sit well with him. But where he saw a flawed theory, his student David Bohm saw the implication that reality had a hidden structure. Bohm called this The Implicate Order. In this framework, time and space are interpreted as crude surface phenomena that are artifacts of a deeper universal order. <br /><br />A magician can take advantage of this point of view. In this theoretical sub-microscopic realm, where the true underlying principles are beyond any physical perception, the magical link between simulacra and reality occurs. Since this work takes place at an imperceptible level of existence, manipulation of symbols arises as the only valid mechanism of describing the system. Fortunately. we live in a world rich with symbols, ready to be subverted for nefarious purposes. Besides the more traditional magical and alchemical examples, I also use icons and formulae from mathematics, meteorology, circuit diagrams, and even road signs. Semiotic appropriation is your friend.<br /><br /><b>Contagion</b><br />For magical purposes, if you have a piece of something, you have influence over that thing. In this case, the link between fragment and whole is innate. Through this link, the whole can be made to react in kind to actions worked on the fragment. Again, the system of two entities constitute a single system, and is analogous to an entangled system.<br /><br />Once the magical link is established, a mechanism must be used to change the state of the system to that which is desired. <br /><br /><b>Entrainment </b><br /><br />Entrainment is the state that occurs when two oscillating systems enter into a relationship by which their frequencies synchronize with one another. When one of these systems compels the other to fall into phase with itself, this is known as forced entrainment. In the normal state of things, we as residents of physical reality fall into a state of entrainment with the world around us in which we are subsumed, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Within our own locality, if we can generate enough intensity, we can cause reverse this order. We can cause the reality around us to fall into the patterns that we dictate. <br /><br />When in a state of entrainment, information is transferred between the participating systems. There are only two possible states. If you’re not transmitting then you are receiving and thus allowing the universe to have its way with you.<br /><br />In order to bring reality around to your way of thinking, you must first set your mind with clarity of purpose.<br /><br /><b>Tuning the Magical Mind</b><br /><br /><div>
An essential part of doing magic is achieving a mind state in which we are convinced that our workings can have an actual effect. To reach this state, there are several possible impediments that must be overcome. These impediments can be loosely grouped into those that are external to the self and those that are internal.<br /><br />French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin coined the idea of the noosphere as the collective sphere of human thought that surrounds us. I refer to the collective constant press of mundane thought and mental noise in the noosphere as The Static. It is the antithesis of the state of gnosis, as the magical mind state is often referred to. The Static is the sum of randomly received signals of all varieties. It is mental white noise that constantly bombards us. There are various ways to suppress it, from meditation, to evocation and banishing, to entheogens. <br /><br />On the other end of the spectrum of impediments are the internal ones, which are often more daunting. The best known instance of this type is what is often referred to as the Psychic Censor. It is that part of our subconscious mind which performs the essential function of keeping us operating within consensus reality rather than frollicing with the machine elves or following the magic mirror to a nearby star system. Unfortunately it also has the effect of nullifying magical operations by shutting them down via uncertainty and doubt like a disapproving parental figure: <br /><br />“Magic isn’t real, you must be crazy! Do the neighbors know you think like that? Stop it.”<br /><br />The Censor must also be subverted for magic to be successful. Ironically, many of the same methods can be used to counteract The Static and the Censor. Inhibitory or excitatory states can work equally well. Ultimately, how this is done is irrelevant, as long as it is done. Calm your mind or blow it. Either way, banish The Static, and shatter the barriers that stand between you and seeing your will manifest. This is the first and most essential act of magic.<br /><br />Lastly, magic works with probabilities and possibilities. The difference between improbable and impossible is vast. Know the difference. Anticipate the possible outcomes, and give reality a nudge toward the one most favorable to you. <br /><br />You are of the universe, but it is also of you.<br /><br />Thanks for your time.</div>
Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-12018700246999469282017-06-03T17:35:00.000-07:002017-06-03T17:35:49.653-07:00You should read Heavy Metal's Mag!c Primer<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I just finished reading ‘Beyond the Word and the Fool: Heavy Metal’s Mag!c Primer’ by Grant Morrison in issue 286 of Heavy Metal magazine. I enjoyed the read, and I think that once again, Morrison has provided a good foundation and launching point for people interested in practicing pragmatic sorcery. Many years ago, I read his ‘Pop Magic’, and I have recommended it to others as a good resource. I know that Morrison has been a polarizing figure in the magical community, but I find his point of view to be closely aligned with my own: There are no rules, so do what works. There are no gods, so use whichever archetypes appeal to you, or even better, create them as or if you need them. Magic is the name for for interfacing with the Universe, by which ever model you choose to employ, in order to manifest the results that you Will to be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">TLDR: I suggest that you buy issue 286 of Heavy Metal, turn to page 65, ingest content. </span></span></div>
Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-81607833801626053962017-05-12T20:28:00.001-07:002017-05-12T20:28:47.274-07:00Appearance announcement!I am pleased to announce that I will be presenting and signing books at the 2018 International Left Hand Path Consortium. This event will take place the weekend of July 13th, 2018 in St. Louis, MO, USA. I will post more details when I have them.Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-52132222067806145252017-05-11T19:58:00.000-07:002017-05-12T20:18:33.118-07:00A new project is imminentI have just this evening agreed to co-author a book with my favorite compatriot in crimes against nature. Nothing more to say about it as of yet. Let us see where this goes.Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-13916629918312754482016-01-15T19:45:00.000-08:002016-01-15T19:45:03.129-08:00Quantum Sorcery Origin StoryI spent nearly two decades practicing magic in systems that rely on the actions of external entities to achieve results. Eventually I grew dissatisfied with the quality of results compared to the amount of materiel and ritual investment that were required. So I turned to Sorcery. I decided that I no longer needed or desired a middleman between me and the greater Universe.<br />
Relying on one's own magical potential requires a different approach to doing magic than those systems that leverage more potent entities. The amount of gross potential magical capability that a single human being can muster is fairly minuscule. There is no Force Majeure in this arena. Therefore, a sorcerer must develop highly efficient methods of applying minimal force to achieve maximal results.<br />
This is why my system advocates the concept of focusing intent on the smallest conceivable physical level of existence. Influence is used where it can cause a cascading effect of increasing scale until the desired results manifest at the perceivable world.Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-9985205311705553542016-01-15T19:31:00.001-08:002016-01-15T19:31:30.407-08:00Book repair resource<span style="color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">I have a copy of A.O Spare's Book of Pleasure, one of the hardbound numbered ones from 1975. I bought it a number of years ago on eBay. The book is in good condition, but the dust jacket has some tears in it. I found archival repair tape at <a href="http://www.vintagepaper.co.uk/">http://www.vintagepaper.co.uk/</a>. This site has all kinds of bookbinding and repair materials and tools. I just wanted to give them a blatant plug here.</span></span><br />
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The ticket has been bought, and the ride has begun. I am looking forward to it.Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-3661400114518611482015-07-01T19:08:00.000-07:002015-07-01T19:17:23.509-07:00Entangled black holesI came across an article today that discusses the possibility that the effect of quantum entanglement might be due to Einstein-Rosen bridges between particles. I felt compelled to track down the papers on which the article is based. I'm still working my way through the latter, but thought that I would share all for those who may find this possibility to be of interest.<br />
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<a href="http://www.livescience.com/41639-quantum-entanglement-links-wormholes.html">The article on LiveScience</a><br />
<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.0533">Maldacena and Susskind article on Arxiv</a><br />
<a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.1132v2.pdf">Jensen and Karch article on Arxiv</a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-6535082711505787992015-03-30T19:15:00.000-07:002015-03-30T19:15:27.639-07:00 International Left Hand Path Consortium 2016 updateThere have been a lot of great presenters and artists added to the roster of the upcoming<br />
International Left Hand Path Consortium, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on April 8th to 10th, 2016. I will be speaking on Quantum Sorcery, and selling and signing my book. Keep an eye on the <a href="http://lefthandpathcon.com/">event website</a> for the latest details, or follow the event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/527193350756729/">on Facebook.</a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-89885180225453790532015-02-13T16:23:00.001-08:002015-02-13T16:23:46.653-08:00As below so above?<br />
Here's an article that caught my eye today:<br />
<a href="http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/scientists-claim-that-the-universe-is-giant-brain/">Scientists claim that the universe is giant-brain</a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-35723905374577452042015-01-20T16:56:00.001-08:002015-01-20T16:56:18.034-08:00 International Left Hand Path Consortium 2016I will be giving a talk on Quantum Sorcery at the International Left Hand Path Consortium 2016 which will take place in Atlanta, Georgia from April 8th-10th, 2016. More details will become available over time at <a href="http://lefthandpathcon.com/">the event website</a>.Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-66309308820467655482014-11-22T19:52:00.003-08:002014-11-22T19:52:18.158-08:00Now this is a deep web<a href="http://rt.com/news/207863-black-holes-interstellar-web/">Supermassive black holes could be part of an interstellar cosmic web</a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-37491084917184914952014-08-05T20:03:00.000-07:002014-08-05T20:03:10.285-07:00It's all about the spin<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have long thought that an understanding of the fundamental property of spin in the universe would be useful for my workings. So many structures at so many frames of reference, from micro to macro, exhibit it, and I find that interesting and potentially useful. I have just stumbled across a body of work by Nassim Haramein focusing on spin. I will be looking more into this material.</span><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn35qoCjLYA#t=15"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the link to a video that caught my interest.</span></a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-16974865391472544332014-07-27T18:21:00.001-07:002014-07-27T18:23:10.906-07:00Home from the LHPCI just returned home from an amazing weekend at the 2nd International Left Hand Path Conference. My presentation on Quantum Sorcery was very well received, and I enjoyed a number of deep conversations with interesting people. I was pleased and humbled to hear how effective my system has been. My thanks to Pneumatikos, Typhon Draconis, and Michael Ford for helping dispel some of my misconceptions regarding the LHP. Thanks also to Lucien Pharoe for his insights.Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-7278894449783003562014-07-25T19:18:00.002-07:002014-07-25T19:18:58.160-07:00Day one of LHPCI'm currently relaxing in my hotel room after a long and enjoyable first day at the Second International Left Hand Path Conference. There were great speakers today, and great conversation. My talk is at 10:00 tomorrow morning. I have several cans of Full Throttle energy drink to back up the hotel coffee. Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-75139884046454284922014-07-05T00:20:00.000-07:002014-07-05T00:20:08.349-07:00Austin Osman Spare and the Zos Kia Cultus by Kenneth GrantThis is an excellent introduction to A.O. Spare by Kenneth Grant.<br />
<a href="http://hermetic.com/spare/aos-zkc.html">Austin Osman Spare and the Zos Kia Cultus</a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-84919517685191484132014-07-02T18:56:00.002-07:002014-07-02T18:56:50.528-07:00Jeremy Crow interviews Andrieh Vitimus<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtUiN2M709Y">Jeremy Crow interviews Andrieh Vitimus</a>. Both will also be appearing at the <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-international-left-hand-path-conference-2014-tickets-10635594349">2nd International Left Hand Path Conference.</a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-39369874393010705832014-07-01T18:40:00.001-07:002014-07-01T18:40:39.769-07:00One from the SpikeVision Vaults: The Peril of Directed WillSpikeVision was a website that I ran for a number of years. I put up a great deal of material there that is no longer available. Here is one of those pieces.<br />
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<b>Consensus Reality</b><br />
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If one-thousand people look at a point in space, and 999 of them do not see what the one does, what does that mean? Additionally, let us assume that whatever the one sees is something that the 999 do not believe exists. I believe that if this happens; then it means that the one has keener perception than the 999 others, and that they may well be mistaken in their assumptions as to what does or does not exist. In contemporary society, I am willing to wager that this would not be the conclusion. The 999 would state that the one is hallucinating and possibly insane, and that the one would be stigmatized and possibly institutionalized. Certainly the one would be subjected to scrutiny and analysis by the others.<br />
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<i>Potens pro jure - Might makes right</i><br />
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In the above example, the force of social pressure and collective will of the majority is creating a consensus reality, and imposing it on the minority. This is the way of the world. Remember the dispute over when exactly the new millenium started? Many mass media sources reported that it began in 2000. This is incorrect. The third millenium began in AD 2001, and will continue through AD 3000 (1). However, many Americans "learned" that it was 2000, and propagated this misinformation so widely that it seemed to become fact. The many, in effect, dictate what reality is. Even more dangerous is that a small group can effectively direct the will of the many to create the reality that the group sees fit. Titles of government can add a patina of legitimacy to this effect. The monopolistic media distribution channels of the "Big Six" provide ample opportunities to carry out such an endeavor.<br />
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<b>The Peril of Directed Will</b><br />
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When an entity exerts its Will against the ambient consensus reality which surrounds it, there is bound to be only limited success at best. It is simply a matter of inertia. The collective minds of those other entities in the system, even without directed Will, comprise a formidable barrier which must be overcome.<br />
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The secret to overcoming this limitation is to narrow the bandwidth. The barrier of ambient Will can be penetrated by a single point of intense focus, much as a stone wall may be penetrated by a drill bit. The less ripples caused by the passing of the directed Will, the more likely the Working of the Will is to succeed. Energy is wasted by creating waves of interference. Only by crossing the antithetical energies on a different axis, or by falling into phase with them can the directed Will maintain the force to penetrate banality, and make change on behalf of its sender.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1) U.S. Naval Observatory </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Astronomical Applications Department</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">The 21st Century and the 3rd Millennium </span><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/jSBWlUCinBE">Find The Others: Audio Interview With Phil Hine</a>Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-42924424313026884842014-06-20T22:37:00.001-07:002014-06-20T22:39:11.703-07:00Find The Others: Audio Interview With Peter J CarrollHere is an interview with Peter Carroll from Find The Others, in which he describes how he got into magic. His work was instrumental to my own path.<br />
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<br />Vargr23http://www.blogger.com/profile/03955811678861288922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564402897461112010.post-75327342244803557842014-06-12T19:52:00.000-07:002014-06-12T19:52:07.176-07:00Working on my web presenceI am working on my web site this evening. I've come to discover that my vargr@quantumsorcery.org email address has apparently stopped working. I can't access the email control panel on my hosting site, so I had to put in a help desk ticket. On a more satisfactory note, last night I designed my new business cards. They are much slicker than my old ones. I will be ordering them this weekend.<br />
And the following will no doubt amaze and startle those who know me. I am also online shopping for a suit. Not a suit of armor, a suit. Saturday night at the upcoming 2nd International Left Hand Path Conference is a black tie ball. To those who might have hesitated to attend the event, think of how small of a price the admission fees are for the shock and awe of seeing yours truly in modern formal attire! Such a thing has not been seen in nearly 20 years. Get your tickets now!<br />
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