woo

unorthodox, heretical, or hidden spiritual traditions - mysticism, magic, esoterica, the occult, etc.

Takeaways from Three Years of Woo

Liminal Warmth liminalwarmth.substack.com

A lot of woo is actually true. We just lack the mental capacity, the frameworks, the language, the ease of articulation, and the consistency of evidence to make it philosophically coherent and scientifically grounded. But we will get there. Disregard culture... See more

Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson x.com

The realm of the esoteric, properly understood, is the dimension of depth. It is to analytical, rational consciousness what dreaming is to waking consciousness. The realm of the esoteric is the realm of ideas in all their living intensity, which can only be fully encountered not in concepts, but in living symbols.

To be an esotericist, then, is to... See more

Raphael • The Dimension of Depth

right, so i did not talk about this at all, lemme lay out some stories that seem plausible to me. in more detail, the “minimal but respectful take” here seems to me psychological: that tarot and astrology are two different scaffolds on which to hang intuitive psych reads

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Energy Healing, Minus the Nonsense

Max Goodbird superbowl.substack.com

Consciousness | Gary Lachman

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Gary Lachman: Consciousness, Culture, and the Esoteric Tradition

Quick thread on coincidences, synchronicity and magic. I think it was Gordon White who defined magical practice as working to maximize the number of meaningful coincidences in life. Coincidences are powerful, in a way that's hard to understand at first.

Myk - - Here To Help x.com

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Divine Implications - Who Cares About the Universe?

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Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, Revised and Expanded: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings: Brezsny, Rob: 9781556438189: Amazon.com: Books

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