“The scant pieces of the common approach to the gods suggest an entirely different, low-tech, more transactional relationship. A similar ethos informs this book. We are not here to found a sci-fi religion or roleplaying circle. Pick an ambivalent ally… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Gnosticism may rightly be described as an alien religion in that it explores mankind’s cosmic alienation; the belief that this is not all there is to life or to being a human.” — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Particularly when it comes to chaos magic, building your own optimal metaphysics becomes more challenging when you have to shoehorn it into whatever preferred… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“At the paranormalist end, Jacques Vallée once famously remarked “just because a message comes from Heaven doesn’t mean it’s not stupid.” — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“You are certainly free to join whatever nineteenth-century swingers club masquerading as a magical order you like, but do it on your own time.” — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Anyone else who misspent their largely-sexless adolescence playing role playing games would be aware that games nights are often accompanied by peculiar states of… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“The very best magicians are scavengers of the useful and banishers of the useless.” — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Terence McKenna once famously said that science asks “Give us one free miracle and we’ll explain the rest.” That miracle is the instantaneous arrival… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“The magicians of the Golden Dawn built a history that now appears inaccurate but was cutting edge for its time. They haunted the British… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Live an active life closer to nature and you will be physically and psychologically healthy. Team Animism wins again.” — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Anyone with even trifling experience with spirit work will have seen how they often make their presence, wishes or intentions known via a string… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“Materialism, it must be understood, is a premise of science, not a finding.” — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“As it got away from its founders, chaos magic came to mean ‘doing whatever you want’ in popular parlance, which is probably close to… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
“One end accepts too much, the other end accepts too little, and there in the middle is the western magical tradition exemplified by the… — Gordon White Copy Share Image
