tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post5599412571504368855..comments2024-03-28T22:00:35.840-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: Notes on the OccultZak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-66922071407536635672017-09-09T15:05:14.183-07:002017-09-09T15:05:14.183-07:00Came here to say that!Came here to say that!Sean McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08319575270937358180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-77016259441539469372017-08-30T20:48:55.236-07:002017-08-30T20:48:55.236-07:00I can't believe I blanked on Frazer esp. Wittg...I can't believe I blanked on Frazer esp. Wittgenstein's remarks; honestly all the old anthropology is interesting (also Vivernos de Castro's Cannibal Metaphysics and Rusolfo Kusch (sp) and Fausto Reinaga if you have some passing Spanish could make for something really fucking weird... or Bataille if your table is really into sex and human sacrifice) FM Geisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06185541338779784634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-9917990496616672572017-08-30T17:57:56.717-07:002017-08-30T17:57:56.717-07:00An interesting take on ancient symbols (though hop... An interesting take on ancient symbols (though hopelessly dated by now) is the series "The Masks of God" by Joseph Campbell (more interesting than the hero with a thousand faces, anyway).<br /><br /> Also, for a reply to the antropological approach common in older texts ("The Golden Bough" being the seminal example), that older mystical symbolism is just a symptom of primitivism, is the "Wittgenstein <br /> Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough". Highly recommended on the business of making the occult feel natural and organic.Marvin L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10542894257921346252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-89362582605928575202017-08-30T17:27:55.745-07:002017-08-30T17:27:55.745-07:00Last Call by Tim Powers gets into the occult minds...Last Call by Tim Powers gets into the occult mindset beautifully as well.djymmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17777902968448702112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-23861505580268051912017-08-30T17:09:51.637-07:002017-08-30T17:09:51.637-07:00I think False Patrick makes a pretty good case for...I think False Patrick makes a pretty good case for reading anthropology with his takes on James C ScottFM Geisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06185541338779784634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-83175022923888535802017-08-30T17:07:11.052-07:002017-08-30T17:07:11.052-07:00It's "like the Celestine prophecy except ...It's "like the Celestine prophecy except for instead of a fake journey into woo it's a bunch of elaborate jokes about critical theory and oil being sentient and having alien desires"<br /><br />Also Scott R Jones "When The Stars Are Right: A Guide to Authentic R'ylehian spirituality" is less elaborate correspondences and more "making the Sanity snap in call of Cthulhu a moment for the party to really lean in and serve outer and alien majesty rather than simply roll a new character" FM Geisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06185541338779784634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-40318689524024321032017-08-30T12:36:36.706-07:002017-08-30T12:36:36.706-07:00Great references! I can't believe I neglected...Great references! I can't believe I neglected Umberto Eco in the above comment. Also, you just introduced me to Reza Negarestani, and preliminary research makes it sound like I'm going to owe you a debt of gratitude for that one.S. P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18219512413362952481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-43575414000881672042017-08-30T08:45:11.004-07:002017-08-30T08:45:11.004-07:00I feel like there are also some great books for DM...I feel like there are also some great books for DM reference on this? Like off the top of my head: Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco), Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials (Reza Negarestani; and also The Black Gondolier by Fritz Lieber); the man who collected the first of September 1973 (Åge Bringsværd) & a host of others to like... go crazy with yr weird fever dream connections FM Geisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06185541338779784634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-65969088200227045732017-08-29T13:35:22.614-07:002017-08-29T13:35:22.614-07:00I was going to contest point three before realizin...I was going to contest point three before realizing there aren't any counterexamples. If a modern chaos magician invokes the Incredible Hulk to gain strength, the Hulk itself is composed of strength symbols dating back to Gilgamesh.<br /><br />There's probably a whole campaign in there in unpacking how modern symbols pick up the occult detritus of the ancient symbols they reference.S. P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18219512413362952481noreply@blogger.com