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

Consciousness | Gary Lachman

Gary Lachman: Consciousness, Culture, and the Esoteric Tradition

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

Cartesian Demonology, Part 1: Introduction (Magick)

Connor Leahy ettf.land

Energy Healing, Minus the Nonsense

Max Goodbird superbowl.substack.com

Ness Labs: Where are you on the Woo Spectrum? 🌈

Anne-Laure Le Cunff newsletter.nesslabs.com

I'm making a thread of Twitter stumbling on Reichian ideas https://t.co/bUTUcl7QYd

Snowfield x.com

The hippie world & the science world can be reconciled, here's how to do it: 1. Take a break from arguing over mechanism/metaphysical assumptions (HIPPIE: It works because of mystical energy! RATIONALIST: There's no such thing!) 2. Empirically test whether there are... See more

Tyler Alterman x.com

The Well of Galabes

John Michael Greer ecosophia.net

my go-to definition, that comfortably dismisses much the nonsense that often gets caught up in ‘woo’, is “experiences that cannot be articulated by the part of the mind that can only understand experiences by articulating them”

Michael Ashcroft x.com

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