A couple of years ago I stumbled upon a Book at one of my favourite german publishers, Matthes & Seitz. The Book is called ‘Pataphysik and I had NO Idea what that is supposed to be. To be totally hones, I am still not alltogether sure what exactly is in- or excluded to ‘Pataphysik. But I most definitely stumbled upon an astonishing number of interesting Art, Webpages, Jokes, Nonsens and as usual with things you never heard about before, interestring people you did here about before. Here are some directions for your own journey to ‘Pataphysik: Continue reading ‘‘Pataphysics and Magick an inapplicable pair?’
‘Pataphysics and Magick an inapplicable pair?
•May 22, 2012 • 1 CommentTravel.-Ing.: Traveling Russia
•April 12, 2012 • 2 Comments
Well, I decided to add some of my travels to this Blog. Fortunately I have and had (made) the opportunity to travel the world quite a bit.
From my point of view this is something I would recomend to anyone and especially people who are interested in magick. While traveling you meet all sorts of people and if you are willing, you will learn that the perception of Being can be vastly different to what we(you) are used to.
During 2011 I spend around 70 days in Russia, deep in the old Russia this is, not Moscow or any other big City. My first visit however was already in late 2010 to the City of Челябинск (Chelyabinsk) on the other side of the Ural. It took me somewhat by surprise that I (a German) was confronted with a high degree of hospitality and a generally friendly disposition towards germans. As a German you should still be prepared to meet unfriendliness or even hatred towards you (e.g. in France, Holland, Norway, … everywhere where the War happend). Not so in Russia (it stayed that way!).
Maybe this is due to the fact that the second world war (and Hitler) was just one of the really shitty events for Russia, preceded by other hard wars, and followed by quite a bloody Stalin era.
Челябинск (Chelyabinsk) is quite a big city and gave me only a preview of what I would encounter deeper in the country. Continue reading ‘Travel.-Ing.: Traveling Russia’
Tarot Massonici
•March 21, 2012 • 1 Comment
Yesterday I found this great Tarot Artist: Osvaldo Menegazzi. I Especially like this Masonic Deck. There are very few masonic Decks out there and this is a really nice interpretation.
Also it comes in a really artisty way so I recon its fun to own a set. For a lot less money you can order the “normal” Edition with slightly bigger Cards as well.
COOOL :.
Sigilize your Coffee
•February 13, 2012 • 3 Comments
As I already mentioned in the Post Javacrucianism and A magick Potion: Coffee, Coffee is due to its sociallytrained psychological component and other reasons a magick Potion. The Effect of the first coffee in the office or a Coffee after a long meeting is caused by more than just the actual Fluid.
This enhanced effect can well be called magick or magickal. Most people will not admit this to be magick, but most people have no Idea what magick really is.
I have made some tests to enhance the magick in this Potion and had a lot of fun doing so.
Javacrucianism
•December 7, 2011 • 1 Comment
I am very pleased to know that Robert Anton Wilson thought quite similar about Coffee as a magic potion of some Sort.
“Javacrucianism also has the simplest theology in history, teaching one thing only is necessary for salvation, the American Coffee Ceremony—a variation on the Japanese Tea Ceremony. This is performed at dawn, and you must face towards the rising sun, as you raise the cup to your lips. When you take the first sip, you must cry out with intense fervour, “GOD, I needed that!” If this is performed religiously every morning, Javacrucians say, you will face all life’s challenges with a clear mind and a tranquil spirit.”
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Dance! The Dance of Yü
•October 30, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Magick is a lot about changing yourself. Such a change often starts with a change of your current awareness. To change the way you feel, think and even perceive the world around you makes good groundwork for long term changes that effect your life. The world is for quite a big portion what we make out of it at any given moment. If you feel depressed it is likely that you perceive depressing things rather that the more happy occurences.
If we are talking about such a change in consciousness, most people first think of meditation or drugs. Unfortunately it seems to be a modern misconception that a viable and short way to change is the use of drugs. In a couple of arguments I heard (especially from young people) that Drugs like Hash, LSD and whatnot show the fast lane to a magickal understanding. There seems to be the idea, that the drastic change of consciousness brought about by drugs cannot be matched by other methods. Well, I think this holds not true for one thing and this “method” bears a lot of dangers.
Meditation however is a more healthy method to learn all about changes in consciousness, but you need to work on it a lot and, if you ask me, it is quite boring at times. So what else is there that might bring change to our current state of mind?
