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Germany's Next Prometheus

Soon I will publish my novel "Prometheus´Tod". I decided I wanted a goat on the cover because in the book the story is told by the devil. I recently saw a perfect goat at the "Kinderbauernhof" ("children's farm" - something like a small zoo with farm animals) near where I live. It had a very thick beard and a lot of fur, seemd to belong to another race than the typical middle-european goats. Today I went there with a camera but the pen where I had seen it was empty. So I had to take photographs of some other goats I found. I guess that special goat could be back on sunday when the most visitors come. I think I'll go and take another picture of that one, then. Now I want to set up a little contest on which goat will be the one for the cover. I would like you to comment on them like the jury in "Idol" or "Next Top Model". Because I am Occulture's only true equivalent to Heidi Klum (she hosts "Germany's Next Top Model" - OK, I might not be married to Seal, but to seven of them instead, HarHar!) and because I am the one who will publish the book I reserve the right to comment myself and to make the final decision. However I am willing to seriously consider your opinions and I think it would just be fun playing the jury. OK?

Here's the first candidate:

LILLY

Hello Lilly! Lilly, you're very young aren't you? I have the impression the camera still scares you a little. You didn't want to look at the photographer, did you? Now, Lilly. We're seacrhing for a DEVIL, you see? I have the impression you're just a little too fluffy and white and cute.

Well, but I have to admit, Lilly, that at your second attempt you developed your very own way of being creepy. So you get some of my respect for that. But I am still not sure if this is the kind of devil we want. OK?

Next One:

PAN

Now, Pan! You step in front of a camera convinced that you're a professional. You have the greatest self esteem of all candidates. But I think the only postive thing I can really say about the picture is that you seem natural. Let's look at the next one.

Here we can see your self esteem and vanity again, but the pose is not quite what we wanted to see. You think you're beautiful but I think you lack anything demonic and that is what we need. Alright? Sorry, but I don't think you're gonna make it.

And last but not least:

BAPHOMET

Baphomet, I say it openly, you're my favourite! The expression of revolt you show here tells us you're the one who really gets the idea of being the devil. You show so much passion on that photograph it's just unbelieveable.

Baphomet, you know what you're doing. Just bluntly showing off your pentagram shaped head like this is what we need here. If we digitally improve that picture a little this could really be the one. There's just one thing about you that bothers me a tiny little bit. We'll see it on the next picture, too...

The problem I see is that despite your apparent age and experience you still don't know what to do with your ears. First the right ear goes down and then the left ear goes up. I am not yet sure if this will be a problem. We'll see...

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Kao23

Reflections Beneath A Dark Sun: Myth, History, Politics and Paganism 5, 6

Reflections Beneath A Dark Sun: Myth, History, Politics and Paganism
Treadwell’s Bookshop, Tavistock St W1 (www.treadwells-london.com)

5 Neo-Nazi Mysteries (8th April)

This penultimate talk was a familiar exploration of Goodrich Clarke’s research into Fascism within contemporary Occultism. I missed this due to other commitments but it is something I’m already quite aware of. Those who attended reported it was of some interest and highly informative for them.

6. On the Spirit of Terrorism (15th April)

The final talk in this series tackled terrorism and Islamism through the philosophical lens of maverick French philosopher Jean Baudrilard, whose philosophy, some say, claims that in post modern society the image and the media have become so dominant that the ‘map’ has replaced the ‘territory’. In fact reality according to Baudrilard has been demonstrated to be evasive and ambiguous and essentially unknowable. All that

is left for a stable environment it seems is the conventional system of interlinking symbols we call culture. This ‘hyper-reality’ was however an empty shell that could collapse at any moment leaving us nothing. Or so some have interpreted the message of the opaque, radical semiotics this post-situationist provocateur.

Alexander unashamedly became a mouthpiece for the controversial views of this provocative intellectual, summing up his series with the extreme viewpoint that, regrettably, fascism was now the only dynamic voice in politics, given the weak liberalism, groundlessness and uncommittedness of the post modern West. Looking for a radical response he expressed scepticism, describing the green / left alternative as a hopeless and dangerous attempt a libertarian decentralisation in an increasingly unstable, violent and threatening world.

He expressed Baudrilard’s view that Islamism was the most threatening reaction from the Third World in response to Globalism, that threatened to puncture the bubble of post modern liberal democracy. While admitting that fascist Islamism was hardly widespread or politically potent, he described it in typically Baudrilarian style as a symbolic act of defiance that challenged the hegemony and confidence of the West.

An interesting ironic perspective on international relations, from the speakers Baudrillardian position, was that the Third World resents not the 'exploitation' of the West, but rather its 'charity'. This was based on the notion that the deep political economy is not rooted in an exchange ethic, but rather in an older (distorted?) gift economy. But here the ethic was one of prestige, a competitive gift giving in which those who gave the greatest gifts, and especially gifts which could not be returned with equivalence, have the higher status. This is also seen as the basis of consumerism by Baudrillarians. Thus those who cannot reciprocate are demeaned. However, as with most Baudrillarian ideas, many of us thought this an interesting half truth, and somewhat exaggerated. I felt it reflected a distorted idea of the notion of Gift, which in its pure form does not require reciprocation, though a likely distortion when in parallel economic relation to a market system.

Almost xenophobically he also echoed his guru in the claim that the unassimilated Third World subcultures now existing in the West threatened its stability, a situation due to worsen as the wave of immigration from east to west increased, that was also
connected to the threat of Islamism.

He concluded his apocalyptic vision with the bizarre and almost Gnostic views of Baudrilard that the world was naturally ‘evil’ in respect to our ‘humanist’ ideals and that fascism gained its strength from accepting this. He failed to elucidate what this meant however and was heavily pressed by the astonished audience to define himself.

The nearest he came to this was a kind of Dionysian concept of disruptiveness and the will to power that always undermined utopian ideals of peace, harmony and equality.

Few were convinced by this unworldly idealist position however. Most regarding what Baudrilard viewed as ‘evil’ as quite desirable.

One insightful point made was that 9/11 was actually subconsciously, and sometimes consciously, welcomed by many in the West, appealing to our secret taste for ‘evil’ and our deep awareness of the emptiness of our culture. This was evidenced in our fantasies of self destruction (given dubious democratic notions that we are our culture) it was suggested, such as certain disaster movies that prefigured the attack. This he claimed made us complicit in ‘terrorism’ and self undermining.

He concluded on the pessimistic note that we were all essentially doomed.

To me this was an awful end to the series and one that seemed to potentiate the very fascist worldviews Alexander had earlier denounced. Many were unhappy with his assessment of the world situation, both his characterisation of the West as weak and indecisive (given the genuinely ‘terroristic’ American attacks on the Middle East) and his view that Islamism represented a real dynamic force, other than an artificial movement funded by the Saudis, upping their influence in the global power elite.

I was disappointed the series ended on this note, spoiling a good exploration of real issues with what amounted to pessimism fed by right wing propaganda.

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wandering tortoise

In My Language

The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation, or at least an explanation. This is not a look-at-the-autie gawking freakshow as much as it is a statement about what gets considered thought, intelligence, personhood, language, and communication, and what does not.

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News

FAQ

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Keywords: faq

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wandering tortoise

Mindfulness Stress Reduction And Healing

ABSTRACT

Jon will describe the revolution in medicine that has occurred over the past 30 years that has integrated the mind back into the body and developed a remarkable range of practices for integrating one's experience, reducing stress, healing the body, coping more effectively with emotions such as anxiety, anger, and depression, and cultivating greater well-being and happiness. His work has been instrumental in bringing Buddhist meditative practices, as he likes to say, "without the Buddhism" to full acceptance within the mainstream of medicine, psychology, and health care, and has shown them to be effective in people suffering from a wide range of medical...

Keywords: Lumberjacks

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wandering tortoise

A Person

A person has a personality.

What is a personality? If you truely begin to look into this question you soon find that it expands. It can be like asking, 'What is a person?'

There is the personality that the person is aware of, the personality that others are aware of and then there is that which no one knows, at least not consciously. Which brings up the structures of personality, Conscious and Unconscious and all that.

Which brings up the idea of individual and collective. Is there a personal personality and a personality that exists as a part of a collective? What is the collective? Is it other humans, culture, society? Does it include other than humans and their societies? How has the Orb Weaver over my door affected my personality as an individual and as a memeber of something bigger?

Is your personality measurable and/or indicateable? Are you an introvert or extrovert? Are you a sensor or an intuitive? Are you ever just one of these, or a blend, or maybe niether/none?

Are we what we seem to be? What do we seem to be? Once you begin to look, the rabbit hole receeds quickly. Can we effectively tweek what most people consider to be the norm? Does it really work or is it all imaginal? Is there a difference, does it matter?

What is a personality?

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wandering tortoise

My kind of reading group

http://www.realitysandwich.com/chapter_1_simplicissimus

Has anyone here read or heard about this book? Looks pretty good.

'tis an interesting site as well.

Keywords: Reading, resistance, stress management

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wandering tortoise

Playing with Big Brother

An nuther project that I have been working on is various uses for online usernames and accounts.

I had the idea to share usernames and accounts on various sites to cause confusion to whom ever may be tracking activity on such sites, for what ever reasons they are so curious. These could be of varying degrees of public access, as the more that share it increase the chances of someone deleting the account, while the fewer who use the accounts will create less confusion.

An nuther application to a smaller shared list of user names can be to creat a pantheon of sorts that can be used in all manner of ways. They could even become ergregore like, growing beyond the original creators.

Different identities can be used dependent upon how one feels or what one wants to exppress, like charactures in a novel or play.

I think that this is enough to give a general picture of possibilities.

Happy Haunting!

t23

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wandering tortoise

after the pocsaclypse

keeping fit in one of my dreamtime vocations.

Keywords: dream, monk, yoga

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wandering tortoise

Motivations

I have been curious lately and have been pondering what it is that motivates people. What motivates a person to do even the most basic things?

What motivates you to do what you do everyday?

What draws you to like or/and decide to do what ever it is that you do?

Keywords: daily life, meditation, Questions

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