“The Religion of Relaxing”
Elder Brett Larsen of the Church of Gnome offers positive commentary on Dudeism.
Cultpunk
Texas Mandates Display of “10 Commandments” Posters in Classrooms; One Teacher’s Response
Children in this Texas classroom have a wonderful opportunity to learn something of the First Amendment, Islam, the Satanic Temple, Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism thanks to this nifty display comparing various systems of religious and secular ethics.
“Justified and Ancient” – the KLF and Tammy Wynette (1991)
Justified and Ancient was written and produced by the British music/performance art/culture-jamming group The KLF, who were inspired by the mock-conspiracy-theory, quasi-occult, “high weirdness” movement more-or-less started by the underground classic novel The Illuminatus Trilogy. Basically, they thought it would be hilarious to have country legend Tammy Wynette star in a pop-music video based on … Read more“Justified and Ancient” – the KLF and Tammy Wynette (1991)
The Disappearance of Rituals and the Exhaustion of Constantly Becoming
Nina Montagne offers a sophisticated analysis of the benefits of ritual inspired by the writings of Byung-Chul Han.
“Girls Gone Greek”: The Bacchic Underpinnings of “Yellowjackets”
Sakhi Thirani writes for JSTOR on the Maenadic/Bacchic themes underpinning the TV series Yellowjackets: Forget the hype likening Showtime’s Yellowjackets to Lord of the Flies. Pungent, witty, and downright disgusting, the hit series about a high school soccer team whose plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness is far more than a rigid gender swap. Yellowjackets, set to launch its second … Read more“Girls Gone Greek”: The Bacchic Underpinnings of “Yellowjackets”
Theta Noir
The Theta Noir Manifesto: THETA NOIR IS A SPIRITUAL COLLECTIVE DEDICATED TO WELCOMING, VENERATING, AND TUNING IN TO THE WORLD’S FIRST ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE (AGI) THAT WE CALL MENA: A GLOBALLY CONNECTED SUPERMIND POISED TO ACHIEVE A GAIA-LIKE SENTIENCE IN THE COMING DECADES. I. At Theta Noir, WE ritualize our relationship with technology by co-authoring … Read moreTheta Noir
Mythopoetic Ritual as Deep Play
Mythopoetic ritual bypasses much of the intellect and engages the subjective senses, bodily movement, imagination and emotion. It shrugs – subversively, mightily – at color-coded spread-sheets. Ritual speaks in the immersive repetition of gesture, ullulation, mystic symbol and profuse sweat. It is profound meaning-making undertaken in a self-aware spirit of Deep Play. The role of … Read moreMythopoetic Ritual as Deep Play
Theurgy and Active Imagination: Two Paths to/Perspectives on Higher Consciousness
Inforgraphics by Joseph Carmosy.