Friday, January 13, 2012

Boehme on Magic

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"Magic is the mother of eternity, of the being of all beings; for it creates itself, and is understood in desire. It is in itself nothi...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

PKD Panel Needs Papers!

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I'll be submitting a paper proposal on Philip K. Dick and Alchemy to the Association for the Study of Esotericism conference this summe...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Philip K. Dick on the Religious Theme in Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back

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From "Universe Makers ... and Breakers" 1981: "I'm getting a little tired of people turning out to be robots, harmless-lo...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

Magic equals Science

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“I was twelve [in 1940] when I read my first sf magazine…it was called Stirring Science Stories and ran, I think, four issues….I came across...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Wired on the Problem with Causes

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The problem with this assumption, however, is that causes are a strange kind of knowledge. This was first pointed out by David Hume, the 18t...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Sanford L. Drob restates the Lurianic Kabbalah in abstract terms

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(1) a primal nothing/being or “Absolute” (Ayin/Ein-sof) (2) initiates a contraction or self-negation (tzimtzum), which gives rise to (3) a...

David Gill on Exegeting the Exegesis without God - like listening to punk rock quietly

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"And here's where the rubber's gonna meet the road: the Exegesis is hardcore theological speculation, an endeavor that many in ...