Esoteric Histories and Ancient Wisdom

Butthole Surfers – Interview in bed (part 1)

Butthole Surfers – Interview in bed (part 2)

Alan Moore on writing and magick

Klint Finley
via http://mutateweb.com/archives/2005/02/16/alan-moore-on-writing-and-magick/
New Alan Moore interview:
AM: I’ll give a brief recap in case we feel we missed anything. Magic and language are practically the same thing, they would at least have been regarded as such in our distant past. I think it is wisest and safest to treat them as if they are the same [...]

Write Magick

Manipulating the field of perception . . . Shamanic trance postures, sending the unstruck note via written word into your blood stream . . .  Scrying the dark side of the brain . . . coaxing whispers from the spaces between the emptiness neurons . . . Buddhism
Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Ray Bradbury. . .
“i [...]

Jack Kerouac’s Essentials of Spontaneous Prose

Via http://www.languageisavirus.com/
SET-UP
The object is set before the mind, either in reality. as in sketching (before a landscape or teacup or old face) or is set in the memory wherein it becomes the sketching from memory of a definite image-object.
PROCEDURE
Time being of the essence in the purity of speech, sketching language is undisturbed flow from the [...]

Writing A Great Script Fast In A Nutshell

Follow along with this fast and easy step-by-step process for thinking up a great script or story idea! Learn how to brainstorm for film ideas that fit your skills, interest and production platforms. Take that new film idea and learn how to add a visual theme, plot points, character traits, twists, metaphors/symbols, conflict/obstacles, setups/payoffs, suspense, [...]

The Writer’s Journey and Mythic Structure with Christopher Vogler

Christopher Vogler, author of the international best-selling book THE WRITER’S JOURNEY explores the powerful relationship between mythology and storytelling for screenwriters, scholars, and fans of pop culture.

a zen fool’s notebook

an extended glimpse into the art and philosophy of a zen fool, poems in the creative stage, drawings, insightful quotes from past thoughtful minds . . .
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If you live below the “poverty” level

If you live below the “poverty” level you are excused from supporting war tax as well as other ugly practices that any thinking, feeling human wants to avoid and bring to an end.
-Hermit

further and further

EXPLORING OUR CONFUSION
—–Leonard Jacobs
In our own lives, we feel a sense of confusion — it seems to be confusion — but that confusion brings out something that is worth exploring. The questions that we ask in the midst of our confusion are potent questions, questions that we really have. We ask: “Who am I? What [...]

Writing Down the Dreams

Looking back on my dream diary, I begin to see a pretty clear message emerging. What is more, there are some real great materials emerging as well. Rich imagery, archetypes, strange story lines. . .
What I am getting at is that if you work with the material in your dream diary, you have a great [...]

Always meditate on that which is most difficult

Another cluster posting of Lojong “writing prompt” email reminders from http://lojongmindtraining.com/
Always Meditate on Whatever Provokes Resentment
Always meditate on that which is most difficult. If you do not start right away, the moment a difficulty arises, it is very hard to overcome it.
Train Without Bias in All Areas. it is Crucial to do This Pervasively [...]

Am I like an iceberg?

Grandpa Freud . . . so many strange ideas. Captured the imagination of our out of control, western world.
The conscious, preconscious and the unconscious. Where do these all go as I write? Where do these all go when I sleep or when I can’t sleep, because my tooth feels like someone is smashing it with [...]

Meditations on the Tarot

Meditations on the Tarot
Brother Void

What comes to your mind when you think of Tarot?
How do the cards themselves make you feel?
Have you ever held a deck? Do you own one?
What do you know about the history of Tarot?
What do the images mean?
Who created this deck and its symbols?
When you look at the symbols on each [...]