Other Book Cover Designs

Comparison of Cover Design

First design above, second design below

The Dose makes the poison

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Tim Ferriss

Plans for Des Occultus Aranea

So NEOvirtual shamMAN is a blog of my own occult journey primarily. I hope, obviously, to present that occult journey in a way that is interesting and useful to other occultists and would be occultists.

To that end, I have been endeavoring to put together a resource for local occultists. The solution I have settled upon takes the form of a podcast consisting of interviews with local occultists of various disciplines. The idea is that these will help me progress upon my own journey, they will help local occultists bring awareness to what they do, and provide a useful general informational resource to occultists who are not actually local.

That's the plan.

I have the first interview in the can. Said interview is with ceremonial Hermetic Magician and Freemason: Troy the Devil Man. The audio is better than expected, but still rather rough in spots (read rubbish, you will hear my dishwasher and both of my dogs during the course of the interview).

I will be posting that interview once I have the minimal editing done that I intend to do.

In the meantime, here's a list of topics that I hope to cover as subjects of discussion on future podcasts.

• "What is Magic?" a discussion on the definition and nature of Magic.
• "Mythopoetics and Appropriation" A discussion on syncretism, mythopoetics and the politics of cultural appropriation in the occult.
• "Why do you bother?"What is the benefit that Magical practise provides to one's life? A Discussion.
• "Education in the Occult" a look at courses on the occult available in the Lower Mainland- such as Enochian.org and Scholomance.

Domesticated (Food Poisoning for Thought Reprint)

(*Reprinted from Food Poisoning for Thought as part my ongoing process to unify my web presence.*)

We have been domesticated. We queue up in lines that don't exist and for our turn when there is no precedence.

The Biology of Stories (Food Poisoning for Thought Reprint)

 (*Reprinted from Food Poisoning for Thought as part my ongoing process to unify my web presence.*)

Humans are alive. Humans are biology. Everything that springs from us is therefore based upon our biology. Therefore, we should be able to find a biological basis for the structure and systems of all of our stories

I want to create an equation language of stories.

Anger Management

Anger. I feel a thousand ghosts scrambling about in my wake. They tear with jagged claws against ever surface I pass. They, my inner selves, reveal my own hypocrisy. I hate this world, even as I cling to it. I know nothing else.

What am I to do? I put on a strong front for those whom I know need to believe in my strength. And I believe in my strength as well. But I need permission to have bad days. I need to rage and snarl and gnash my teeth. But my venting will scald those around me more fragile than myself. And so I bottle up my rage. I feel that this is not the wisest course. I need a better solution. No. What I need is an actual solution. What I have made do with previously has been only a bromide.