Gnosticism, Gnostics & Gnosis. The esoteric. The Occult. Kabbalah. Good fantasy and science fiction. Graphic Novels. Yoga, meditation, mystery rites, shamanistic work. Mythology. The liberation of the soul. Freedom and egalitarianism. Blasphemy and Heretical Faith.
Music
Pink Floyd, Jane's Addiction, VNV Nation, Sarah MacClahan, Tori Amos, The Beatles, The Cure, Simon & Garfunkel, Faith No More, and a whole bunch of others. Celtic music and bagpipes stir my spirit.
Movies
Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange, Brazil, Time Bandits, Dr. Strangelove, The Matrix, Mulholland Drive, Casablanca, Fight Club, Blue Velvet, Lord of The Rings, Magnolia, Requiem For a Dream, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Empire Strikes Back, any Monty Python, Donnie Darko, Like Water For Chocolate, Armies of Darkness, The Omega Man, and a whole bunch of others.
Television
Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Simpsons, Twin Peaks, Battlestar Galactica, Spongebob Squarepants, Evangelion, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, and any good anime or cartoons or Adult Swim.
Books
Too many! Nag Hammadi and anything by Michael Moorcock is a good start. Throw in Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Goerge RR Martin, and Frank Miller and we'll get real horror show. I devour any fiction, especially science fiction, fantasy, or horror. Alice in Wonderland, of course!
But let me give a list of some of my favorite authors, beyond the ones I listed above: Philip K Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, Roger Zelazny, Ursula Le Guinn, Ayn Rand, George RR Martin, William Blake, and so on.
Heroes
Simon Magus, Mary Magdalene, Shabbetai Zevi, Hypatia of Alexandria, Epephenus son of Carpocrates, Melchizedek, Alexander the Great, CG Jung, Judas Iscariot, Isis, Cain, Prometheus, Dionysus, Joseph Campbell, Philip K. Dick, Anthony De Mello, Apollonious of Tyana, Isaac Luria and others.
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I am the host of AEON BYTE, the first ever, weekly radio show dealing with Gnosticism and its brethren in the Esoterica.
I am also a published writer of a vampire/sci-fi novel THE QUEEN OF DARKNESS.
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November 7 & November 8: THE MYSTERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS. One of the greats enigmas in the annal's of humanity is the Mystery of Consciousness. Shamans, mystics and philosophers have attempted to unlock its transcendental power since the dawn of civilization. Psychologists and scientists have struggled for generations in understanding its secrets. We dare our gaze to the sun of Consciousness from various traditions, primarily Eastern but also the Western schools of Esoteric Christianity, Kabbalah, Scientism and, of course, Gnosticism. We also explore an inovative method of deciphering Consciousness based on the mythology of a supreme deity named Shiva. And why Consciousness is perhaps the best chance to bridge the growing chasm between religion and secularism before humanity's psyche becomes hopelessly fragmented. Consciousness could replace God as the true Divine hope for the 21st Century.
Astral Guest-- Richard Smoley, author of 'The Dice Game of Shiva', 'Forbidden Faith: The Secret History of Gnosticism', 'Conscious Love' & 'Inner Christianity'.
The more taboos and prohibitions there are in the world, The poorer people will be. The more sharp weapons the people have, The more troubled the state will be. The more cunning and skill man possesses, The more vicious things will appear. The more law and orders are made prominent, The more thieves and robbers there will be .
Tonight is the night When dead leaves fly Like witches on switches Across the sky, When elf and sprite Flit through the night On a moony sheen.
Tonight is the night When leaves make a sound Like a gnome in his home Under the ground, When spooks and trolls Creep out of holes Mossy and green.
Tonight is the night When pumpkins stare Through sheaves and leaves Everywhere, When ghouls and ghost And goblins host Dance round their queen. It's halloween.
Come, my child: over there, guarded by an angel, Treasurer of the secrets of forbidden Knowledge, There bleeds, for corrupted hearts, a strange vine, Twined with the hissing snake of Paradise Lost.
The angel sleeps when I wish. Come, My beautiful child, eat with wanton teeth The clusters where my mouth has bitten: Tomorrow you will know the cost of the wine And the power of the vintage your elder has sold you.
You will watch yourself act and think and live, You will be at once the reader and the book, The obscure writer of that hideous book.
And you will die very old, cultivating your pain, For having abdicated the scepter of your ignorance, Which raised you to the height of heroes and the gods.
the Dassanech, Mursi, Karo, Bume & Beshadar are tribes still living in the early times by the Great Rift Valley , this area provides great variety of coloured pigments, with these, the tribes of the Omo river practice their art.
According to Western standards these are true geniuses,its traits remind Picasso, Miró, Paul Klee & Tapies. Art in its highest degree of purity. No explanation, no theory...motivated solely by desire. The desire of being beautiful, to seduce, to exteriorize pleasure ...
Progress needs electric power & theres a project to build an hidroelectric plant in the Omo river ... The river will be reduced to a fifth of its original size ending with the flooded planes essential to these tribes An intact & pure culture probably with its days numbered ...
" Ethiopia..s new generation will have plenty electric power to appreciate all this in a computer " Photos & Quote by Hans Sylvester the photographer of simplicity
What have you got in your knapsack fair,White moon, bright moon, pearling the air, Spinning your bobbins and fabrics free, Fleet moon, sweet moon, in to the sea? Turquoise and beryl and rings of gold, Clear moon, dear moon, ne’er to be sold? Roses and lilies, romance and love, Still moon, chill moon, swinging above? Slender your feet as a white birds throat, High moon, shy moon, drifting your boat Into the murk of the world awhile, Slim moon, dim moon, adding a smile. Tender your eyes as a maiden’s kiss, Fine moon, wine moon, no one knows this, Under the spell of your witchery, Dream moon, cream moon, first he kissed me.. Nice to meet you*
Olá, just passing by to wish you a great week my friend .
Some quotes for your week, curious thing, they make alot more sense in these modern days ...
Blessings!
Silence is better than unmeaning words. Pythagoras Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. Buddha
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. Diogenes of Sinope
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. Napoleon Bonaparte
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