| Physical description |
1 online resource (472 pages). |
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Disinformation Guides |
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Disinformation Guides.
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| Contents |
Book Of Lies; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; "All Cretes are liars" -- Epimenides the Crete, inventor of the paradox.; Endnotes:; MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; POP MAGIC!; THINKING ABOUT IT; FIRST STEPS ON THE PATH; HOW TO BE A MAGICIAN; HOW TO BE A MAGICIAN 2; HOW TO BE A MAGICIAN 3; MAGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPERIMENT:; EXPERIMENT:; APPLIED MAGIC; THE MAGICAL RECORD; BANISHING; SIGILS; SIGILS: DISPOSAL; VIRAL SIGILS; EXPERIMENT:; HYPERSIGILS; EXPERIMENT:; HOW TO CHAT UP GODS; HOW MANY HERMES?; EXPERIMENT:; DEMONS ARE ... ; EXPERIMENT:; HEALING; EXPERIMENT:; DUDE, WHERE'S MY EGO? |
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THE ABYSSEXPERIMENT:; REVOLT INTO MAGIC!; THE EXECUTABLE DREAMTIME; WORD AND WILL; RHETORIC AND REASON; WORD AND WORLD; THEE SPLINTER TEST; SKILLFUL SPLINTERING CAN GENERATE MANIFESTATION.; THIS IS THEE "SPLINTER TEST"; [THEE SPLINTER TEST -APPENDIX A.]; THEE SCATTERING; A FORMAL PROCESS OF MORAL REASONING; [THEE SPLINTER TEST -APPENDIX B.]; SOURCES ARE RARE; [THEE SPLINTER TEST -APPENDIX C.]; CATHEDRAL ENGINE; [THEE SPLINTER TEST -APPENDIX D.]; [THEE SPLINTER TEST -APPENDIX E.]; MEMENTO MORI: Remember You Must Die; I. (THANATAESTHETICS); II. (THE TRIMURTI OF DEATH); PERSPECTIVE ONE. |
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PERSPECTIVE TWO:PERSPECTIVE THREE:; Endnotes; JOE IS IN THE DETAILS; ARE YOU ILLUMINATED?; INITIATION AS A PROCESS; CRISIS AND CALL; THE INITIATORY SICKNESS; THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL; MACRO AND MICRO-INITIATIONS; GETTING THE FEAR; RELAX INTO FEAR; SAHAJA; INNERWORLD CONFRONTATIONS; ILLUMINATION; GNOSIS; CHEMOGNOSIS; TRYPTAMINE HALLUCINOGENS AND CONSCIOUSNESS; An Extended Excerpt from BREAKING OPEN THE HEAD; 1. Not for Human Consumption; 2. New Sensations; 3. Magical Thinking; ICONS; KICK THAT HABIT: Brion Gysin-His Life & Magick; THE DREAM MACHINE; MAGICK; GYSIN IN PARIS. |
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THE CUT-UP TECHNIQUEWHO IS THERE WILLIAM BURROUGHS; Endnotes; MAGICK SQUARES AND FUTURE BEATS: The Magical Processes and Methods of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin; BEING THE FIRST PART: CHANGE THE WAY TO PERCEIVE AND CHANGE ALL MEMORY; BEING THE SECOND PART: IN A PRE-RECORDED UNIVERSE WHO MADE THE FIRST RECORDINGS?; BEING THE THIRD (MIND) PART: NOTHING HERE NOW BUT THEE RECORDINGS; A CASSETTE TAPE RECORDER AS A MAGICKAL WEAPON:; BEING THE FOURTH PART: LOOK AT THAT PICTURE IS IT PERSISTING?; NOTE: THE DISCIPLINE OF DO EASY; Endnotes:; AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: Divine Draughtman; ZOS AND KIA. |
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SPARE'S MAGICAL COSMOLOGYSIGILS AND ECSTASY; Endnotes; VIRTUAL MIRRORS IN SOLID TIME: The Prophetic Portals of Austin Osman Spare; CALLING CTHULHU: HP Lovecraft's Magick Realism; A PULP POE; THE HORROR OF REASON; CHAOS CULTURE; PROOF IN THE PUDDING; WRITING THE DREAM ... ; ... AND DREAMING THE BOOK; Excerpt from THE ROAD OF EXCESS; FULL MOON AT BOU SAADA; BOU SAADA DECODED.; Endnotes; LEARY AND CROWLEY: An Excerpt from Cosmic Trigger; Starseed; A MESSAGE FROM COSMIC CENTRAL?; SOME EGYPTIAN GODS INTRUDE ON THE NARRATIVE AND OUR LADY OF SPACE SPEAKS AGAIN; Endnotes; THE GREAT BEAST 666. |
| Notes |
Six voices on crowley. |
| Summary |
Disinformation's ""wicked warlock"" Richard Metzger gathers an unprecedented cabal of modern occultists, magicians, and forward thinkers in this large format Disinformation Guide. Just as Russ Kick's Guides focusing on secrets and lies from the mainstream media, government, and other establishment institutions rethought what a political science book could look like and whom it would appeal to, Book of Lies redefines occult anthologies, packaging and presenting a huge array of magical essays for a pop culture audience. Just some of the contents:An introduction by comics genius Grant. |
| ISBN |
9781934708347 |
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1934708348 |
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9781938875106 |
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1938875109 |
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