Magick Matters

26.01.2022

“Can Jokes Bring Down Governments?: Memes, Design and Politics” by Metahaven

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"These are serious times, or so our governments keep telling us. Strangling economies with their austerity policies, they assure us that they have no choice. In a world where "there is no alternative", how do you dissent? Once upon a time, graphic designers would have made political posters and typeset manifestos. Today, protest has new strategies. Enter the internet meme. With its Darwinian survival skills and its viral potential, the meme is a way of scaling up protest. Hackers and activists have learned to unleash the destructive force of a Rick Astley video. They have let slip the Lolcats of war. Pranks have become a resistance strategy. As the rise of Beppe Grillo in...>>

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26.01.2022

“The Contemporary Astrologer’s Handbook” by Sue Tompkins

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"The Contemporary Astrologer's Handbook is the long-awaited, complete guide to horoscope interpretation by Sue Tompkins, author of the modern classic Aspects in Astrology. Drawing on Sue's 30 years of experience as a leading light in her field, this manual presents an in-depth exploration of the planets, signs, houses and aspects, and guides the reader through the essential stages of chart delineation. Rich in material for beginner and professional alike, there is simply no other book like it. Included are insights into Chiron and the Centaurs, co-written with Melanie Reinhart."...>>

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26.01.2022

“Beginning Mo Pai Nei Kung” by Shifu Lin (3rd expanded edition)

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"Since the documentary Ring of Fire and the books Magus of Java and Nei Kung, many have clamored to learn Mo Pai Nei Kung from a man who calls himself “John Chang.” This “John Chang” is not the name of the man they seek, but it is a name he uses because he does not want to be bothered by hundreds or thousands of people, who in most cases will not even show the discipline with which to start learning Nei Kung. This text will explain what you need to do in order to begin Mo Pai Nei Kung. If you accomplish this, then at the end of this text you will be told how to...>>

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26.01.2022

“Taoist Thunder Magic Traditions and Their Relationship to Nei Kung Meditation” by Shifu Lin

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"This work from Shifu Lin describes the scholarly theories about the origins of "Thunder Magic" Tao Jiao Lei Fa, as well as what Taoism itself says about the descent of the practice from the gods to human beings. While the book is not instructional in nature, it does discuss the foundational levels of Nei Kung of the Mo Pai tradition in relation to other well-known "Thunder Magic" paths, and how such inner cultivation became a necessary prerequisite to "power up" the Lei Fa practices, which otherwise, the Taoist sources on "Thunder Magic" tell us, will not produce results. Shifu Lin also argues compelling that in this regard, advanced Mo Pai is not so different from other...>>

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26.01.2022

“A Scientific Foundation Towards a Complete Theory of Qi, Nei Kung and Magic” by Fa-Shih Hern Heng

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"This work is the first of its kind. In many ways, I sincerely believe — as the author — that it is the best effort that will be put forth for some time in formulating a scientific foundation towards a complete theory of qi, meditation and quantification of how legendary siddhis of the most elevated masters of Nei Kung have exhibited. This book is not one about supernatural powers, nor of anything based any more on blind faith than the most cutting edge theories of Black Holes and Dark Matter and Dark Energy."...>>

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