13.12.2023

“The Ouroboros Code: Reality’s Digital Alchemy Self-Simulation Bridging Science and Spirituality” by Antonin Tuynman

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"The Ouroboros Code: Reality's Digital Alchemy Self-Simulation Bridging Science and Spirituality" by Antonin Tuynman
"Will the abyss between mind and matter ever be bridged? How can configurations of matter ever give rise to consciousness? This is the greatest enigma that puzzles the scientific world, also known as "the hard problem". How do the objective and subjective dimensions relate to each other? It is here that scientists and spiritual seekers appear irreconcilable. Yet the number of scientists calling into question the hegemony of reductive materialism is steadily on the rise. As Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology and Transhumanism make us rapidly approach the era of the Technological Singularity, the borders between the physical and the metaphysical appear to fade into oblivion, by virtue of the all-encompassing umbrella of Information Technology. Indeed, to wonder...>>
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13.12.2023

“Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London’s Lost Artist” by Phil Baker (2023 revised and expanded)

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"Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London's Lost Artist" by Phil Baker (2023 revised and expanded)
"A revised edition of Phil Baker’s critically lauded biography of artist and occultist, Austin Osman Spare. London has harbored many curious characters, but few more curious than the artist and visionary Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956). A controversial enfant terrible of the Edwardian art world, the young Spare was hailed as a genius and a new Aubrey Beardsley, while George Bernard Shaw reportedly said "Spare’s medicine is too strong for the average man". But Spare was never made for worldly success and he went underground, falling out of the gallery system to live in poverty and obscurity south of the river. Absorbed in occultism and sorcery, voyaging into inner dimensions, and surrounding himself with cats and...>>
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12.12.2023

“Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America” by Douglas Osto

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"Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America" by Douglas Osto
"In the 1960s, Americans combined psychedelics with Buddhist meditation to achieve direct experience through altered states of consciousness. As some practitioners became more committed to Buddhism, they abandoned the use of psychedelics in favor of stricter mental discipline, but others carried on with the experiment, advancing a fascinating alchemy called psychedelic Buddhism. Many think exploration with psychedelics in Buddhism faded with the revolutionary spirit of the sixties, but the underground practice has evolved into a brand of religiosity as eclectic and challenging as the era that created it. Altered States combines interviews with well-known figures in American Buddhism and psychedelic spirituality—including Lama Surya Das, Erik Davis, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei, Rick Strassman, and Charles Tart—and...>>
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12.12.2023

“The 21 Lessons of Merlyn: A Study in Druid Magic and Lore” by Douglas Monroe

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"The 21 Lessons of Merlyn: A Study in Druid Magic and Lore" by Douglas Monroe
"For those with an inner drive to touch genuine Druidism―or who feel that the lore of King Arthur touches them personally―The 21 Lessons of Merlyn will come as an engrossing adventure and psychological journey into history and magic. This is a complete introductory course in Celtic Druidism, packaged within the framework of 21 authentic and expanded folk story/lessons that read like a novel."...>>
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