Three Things You Can Say to Instantly Prove Yer A Complete Idiot

Intro!

I'm always willing to give anyone a chance -- until they open their mouths and prove they're a complete idiot. Here's three things fairly common in the "wizarding world" people say which prove them to be stupendiously stupid.

I. Speaketh tha word "quantum"

If you're one of those people who pepper mask your blatant ignorance with the word "quantum" (in other words, have never stepped in a lab and use the word frequently) -- I gots a challenge for ya.

Way of the Peaceful Warrior Quotes

"Along with the office door, I had felt another door opening to another dimension. I collasped onto an old couch, and shivered, wondering what might come screaming through that door into my orderly world. My dread was mixed with strange fascination that I couldn't fathom. I sat, breathing shallowly, trying to regain my previous hold on the ordinary world."

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That doorway, where reality dissolved into dreams, cracked open again.

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"So I'm a fool, huh?" I said, sounding even more belligerent than I'd intended.

"We're all fools together," he replied. "It's just that a few people know it; others don't. You seem to be one of the latter types..."

Occultism 101

(This is an older article. I've decided to publish it as is and work on something better. Feel free to enjoy it as is.)

Occultism

Hmmm. That's a very mysterous word. So, what do you say kiddos? Poke it with a stick? Well, I've already tried and that particular act of wizardry accomplished exactly dick and shit.

How about we makes some shit up? Occultism: the ..uh.. hmm... Tarot cards and magick and shiiit!

Let's Destroy Magick: Then We Be Free!

It's a lot easier to understand the wider implications of this occult / magick psychobabble nonsense of which I ramble (for eternities on end) if you first understand some basic things like, for example : causality is near-total horseshit.

What I mean by 'wider implications' is the expectation that it's possible use magick to detonate someone's skull from the other side of the globe. Or set them on fire, their mother's hair on fire, or win the lottery, fuck a beauty princess with power madness, get reeeevenge!!!! and ... etc. All these noob expectations are based on one thing: that magick somehow allows you to transcend the 'law of cause and effect' (or just 'causality' to it's friends). The way it's ordinarily droned is thusly or similar:
 
"Magick allows you to accomplish what would be impossible using ordinary means."  [1]

Reverse Engineering: Black Boxes 101

All scientific research taken as a whole is an attempt to reverse engineer the universe.

Reverse engineering, as you might suspect, is the reverse of engineering.

Engineering is the art and science of creating something which performs a function: you need to hold up the weight of a bridge so you engineer a column with the right width and depth to hold the weight you need at the proper height.

Reverse engineering is the art and science of determining the structure which performs a function: you see the the bridge, know that something needs to hold it up, then look below and lo and behold there's a column. ( If you were monkey-wrenching, you'd then proceed to blow it up and see if the bridge comes down, but that's another post. )

Mad Science 101

Or, some things I consider the core skills and knowledge of that thing I sometimes refer to as 'mad science'.

Reverse Engineering

Reverse Engineering is a way of learning from experience. It's an application of the core scientific method to whatever thing you want to reverse engineer.

This isn't as amazing as it sounds. Just about everything scientists do under the name of "research" is an act of reverse engineering and anyone who learns primarily by "trial and error" uses the scientific method by virtue of their experimental approach ( contrasted by the method of repeatedly banging one's head against a wall ).

Hypnosis in a Nutshell

The definition of hypnosis is different depending on who you ask, even among skilled hypnotists. The reasons for this is legion, but I think I've found a way to explain hypnosis in a way that anyone can understand.

The main problem with hypnosis is the confusion between the hypnotic process and what is generally thought of as the 'hypnotic state.'

How to Completely Fuck Up Yer Magick Mojo

Every 2 out of 3 people I meet who's into magick or ye ol occult is stuck on some kind of unnecessary hang up or another. Most often, it all boils down to the fact that they've stalled during their initiation due to something they're missed, or else they've never encountered some basic, but vital bit of knowledge.

 I've written this short guide in hopes that a few of those stuck will find what that need to unstick themselves.

Self and Not Self

Try this simple experiment before reading the following explanaton. Thar be spoliers there.

Step 1: Get a pen or pencil. Or anything else spear or rod-like you can poke things with.

Step 2: Hold this pen (or whatever you have) like you're going to poke something with it.

Step 3: Poke a lot of shit with it. Poke a pillow, then poke a wall.

Step 4: Notice how when you poke shit with your pen, you sort of have a feeling for the end you're poking shit with and not so much where you're actually touching it.

Step 5: Note how totally weird that is now that you've taken the time to think about it. I mean, it's just the tip of a  pen, and not an extension of yourself you should be able to feel despite the lack of nerves extending into it right? Well...

Magic in a Nutshell

Magic is an ever-deepening understanding of your self and the world in which you live. From this understanding follows a unique way of perceiving and interacting with your self and the world around you. Essentially, that's all there is to magic.