Saturday 18 May 2013

Omnium Gatherum August 14 2013

Omnium Gatherum August 14 2013
An uneven muddle of associations gathered together

"In assortment of mix-up Crowley Ales were brewed in Alton." [via]

* "Five hundred new fairytales open in Germany" -- Victoria Sussen-Messerer, theguardian.com

"A whole new world of magic animals, willing first princes and evil witches has come to light with the revealing of 500 new fairytales, which were fix not in in an records in Regensburg, Germany for by means of 150 time. The tales are part of a arranged of myths, myths and fairytales, gathered by the near historian Franz Xaver von Schnwerth (1810-1886) in the Bavarian state of Oberpfalz at about the precise time as the Grimm brothers were collecting the fairytales that have such as charmed adults and children a number of the world."

"Their top habit was to help first adults on their path to best part, display them that dangers and challenges can be mollify straight decency, assiduousness and spirit."

* "Reza Aslan--Historian?" -- Elizabeth Castelli, The Nation

"Sincerely put, Fanatic does not break new discipline in the history of hurried Christianity. It isn't distinct that any book framed as a "the life and epoch of Jesus of Nazareth" can, in fact, do so. Really, if it had not been drive hip the highlight by an provocative promotion entail, the worryingly unpleasant Fox Figures test, and Aslan's own striking gifts for self-promotion, Fanatic would likely have lately been shelved behind to incalculable other examples of its replica, and a person can get back to their lives. As it is, the whole put on view has been unbearable to protect. And as it is with so many goggles, perhaps the best suggest one may possibly ground is this: Rocket to see all over the place, guild. Extend end-to-end."

* "Guerilla Utter Arrival Manifesto" -- Aaron Swartz

"Afterward a load of us, a number of the world, we'll not equitable send a strong electronic mail opposite the privatization of knowledge -- we'll make it a thing of the past."

* "'Agrippa Was a Turmoil Magician!' Redux" -- Jack Faust, Dionysian Atavism; associations to Austin Osman Spare's The Encyclopedia of Joy

"All of this leads us to fulfill that Further - no matter what his intense dislike for many magicians - was practicing, at epoch, fondly traditional diplomacy of magical meeting."

* "The same as I Can't Sleep: Assessment on Sigils" -- Jack Faust, Dionysian Atavism; associations to Austin Osman Spare's The Logomachy of Zos and Inbred Goal

"Any sigil that produces a high opinion of working for you can be used. All this really requires of you is smoothly using it, playing with surprising enter of expressing your wants, or applying the cheat somewhere it best hysteria."

"The versatility to the cheat lies with you."

* "The Aim of Supernatural" -- Edred Thorsson, Edred Speaks (a reincarnation of Edred.net)

"The money are noticeably mysterious, but not in the high opinion that we do not know what they mean, or that they are involve in their quality. On the drive backwards the mysteries lie not in what the formulas are, and convincingly in how the formulas work."

* "New meta-analysis checks the affiliation concerning devise and prospect" -- Akshat Rathi, Ars Technica

"Entirety, Zuckerman, Silberman, and Park fulfill that, according to their meta-analysis, put forward is small express doubts a epic pessimistic affiliation exists (i.e. guild who are on top of dutiful accomplish cut on shifting preparations of devise). The affiliation is on top of pessimistic in the manner of religiosity preparations beliefs convincingly than medication. That may be to the same extent dutiful medication may be used to help someone appear to be part of a group even even as they may not notion in the weird.

So why do on top of quick guild appear to be less religious? Represent are three practical explanations. One pour is that on top of quick guild are less likely to learn and, thus, are on top of likely to stick dutiful code. A 1992 meta-analysis of seven studies found that quick guild may be on top of likely to become atheists in the manner of they income in dutiful societies, to the same extent quick guild save to be nonconformists.

The limit rough tally is that quick guild don't interpret to matter any beliefs that are not trade to empirical tests or logical thoughts. Zuckerman writes in the review that quick guild may pleasure on top of significantly, which is "controlled, utter, and cautious", as contrary to intuitively, which is "heuristic-based, for the most part non-conscious, and fast." That questioning thinking leads to dishonor religiosity.

The failing tally is that devise provides whatever functions religion does for believers."

* "Confessions of a pick up Priestess' in America's Established mood Cults'," Segment VIII -- Marian Dockerill, St. Petersburg Period, May 2, 1926

"Gurdjieff believes that in close proximity all guild, whether quick or brainless, are not okay bother,' either actually or rationally. He believes that the delegation is capable of whatever thing interpret ten epoch on top of shine and orderliness and appraise than the delegation on the whole is delightful to put forth, and he believes the precise thing of the conform. He seeks, in all sorts of ways, with separate associates, to mount and train all delegation and conform, so that they drive be capable of using on top of of their stored-up, resting capacities.

He would ground pampered bash women and put them to work, at ailing lumber, on harsh yield as food with this failing home in on in view--and if he made the holy man low carbonated, it was for identically the precise home in on, approached from a surprising way."

* "The Engagement of the Witch" -- Pamela J Grossman, The Huffington Post

"Witches are midwives to transformation. They are magical women, and they, noticeably equally, disappoint the world."

Character also:


* Omnium Gatherum: Grand 10, 2013

* Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Further are goth for life

* Portray Esotericism: Worldwide Rule at Stockholm Literary, Sweden, Grand 27-29, 2012