Month: August 2012
Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal; that all things appear as they do only by virtue of the delicate individual physical and mental media through which we are made conscious of them; but the prosaic materialism of the majority condemns as madness the flashes of super-sight which penetrate the common veil of obvious empiricism.
H. P. Lovecraft (via inanis-et-vacua)
Books on Hermeticism/mysticism/occult topics that don’t have footnotes and references are NOT worth reading.
If I wanted to listen to some nut tell me shit about the ancient Egyptians, 14 foot space lizards in people costumes, and/or Jesus, I’ll just chat up some legit crazy person on the bus. At least I’ll be entertained while actually getting somewhere…
Fuck yeah
Death Posture, Preliminary Sensation Symbolised, 1910
Revised in 1914-1920, featured in Zos Kia, an Introductory Essay of the Art and Sorcery of Austin Osman Spare, by Gavin Semple.
“Hail Anubis, Guardian of the Duat, Keeper of the Dead, the Divine
Lawyer, Weigher of Hearts, Master of Ammit, beloved son of Osiris, leader of the
souls to the light, Protector of the Living, patron of canines (dogs), I honor you.
“O Anpu, Anubis, Divine Sem or Kheri-Heb, he who establishes the column of the Djed pillar, Physician of Osiris on his bed, you who restores life to the lifeless, hear me. Fulfill whatever I ask of you, for it shall not be evil or time consuming, within reason. I ask of this in the name of the benevolent Kheri-Heb Master, Horus Michael I, everliving and justified.”
The Babylonian lion, symbolizing the goddess Ishtar, on the walls of the Ishtar Gate. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Photo by Babylon Chronicle
Shut your eyes so that you do not see the manifold, the outwardly plural, the tearing away and the tempting. There is only one way and that is your way; there is only one salvation and that is your salvation. Why are you looking around for help? Do you believe that help will come from outside? What is to come is created in you and from you. Hence look into yourself. Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.
Carl Jung– The Red Book ( liber secundus )
(Salome speaking in ‘the Gift of Magic’)