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/omg/ -Occultism & Mysticism General Anonymous 9406

Anonymous 9459

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Technomancy/Technoccultism
>https://sarabander.github.io/sicp/html/index.xhtml
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
>https://pastebin.com/Y4Ng1hx2
Ritual as algorithm. where code and magic coalesce
>https://pastebin.com/Jt6G1gNj
Projects I'll try out once I have space, money and time to buy materials and focus on building lol.

>Projects I'm working on

I'm thinking of making an AI chatbot for divinatory purposes. It would get some random input from the user and use this random input to place said user somewhere under a divinatory framework. I am thinking of using tarot, or maybe an entirely unique framework. I'm still doing research + brainstorming on this. The fun part will be getting the bot to produce a cohesive (maybe accurate maybe not) narrative for the user based on their placement on the divinatory framework.

>The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurtzweil

What do you guys think about tech + the occult. Is tech demonic? pointless? are we creating divinity? surpassing human limits?
Im stuck between 2 extremes and would love to hear what others would have to say.

Anonymous 9563

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I'm Reading Temple of Cosmos by Jeremy Naydler, it's a good introduction to Ancient Egypt's cosmology; theogony; how people experienced religion/magic back then.
However, it's worth mentioning that many of his interprations are just interpretations, not hard facts, and Naydler's thoughts about the restoration of ancient religions are not very favorable.
I plan to read Faulkner's translation of the Book of the Dead; Pinch's Egyptian Mythology; Wilkinson's Complete Gods and Goddesses.

Anonymous 9584

Where you should I start with learning occultism, at least the concepts and themes. I know this a broad question, I'm not much interested in practicing as much as it's more of an academic venture. I've been thinking of taking on a psych degree and I always thought my interest in occultism, symbolism, folklore, and drug use would help with different perspectives on the state of human consciousness/unconsciousness.

Anonymous 9585

>>9584
Since you are interested in psych I might recommend you check out Carl Jung. He wasn't just one of the fathers of psychology, he was also very big into the occult. Reading him (or other Jungians) could get you an entrance to occult themes while relating to your field of interest. Marie louise von franz might actually be a better place to start. She wrote about fairy tales and alchemy from a psychological perspective. I'm pretty sure I linked one of her books in the OP under 'alchemy'. if youre not already familiar with some jungian basics, you could read Man and his Symbols to get started.
Personally, the corpus hermeticum was my intro. I think it is a fantastic place to begin. It is also in the OP under 'hermeticism'.
Since you are not really interested in practice, you could probably do without Crowley, Dion Fortune, and other more modern occultists that people usually tell you to begin with.
What type of folklore/occultism interests you?

Anonymous 9696

>>9563
>translation of the Book of the Dead;
Nooo, don't do it. It's really long and repetitive. It's not meant to be read like a book. Just skim through. Best part is the poem that inspired the Song of Solomon btw.

Anonymous 9718

Please make me a millionaire as soon as possible please. I want to get out of this house and maybe even this state. Leaving isnt cheap and I don't want to get raped at a homeless shelter or stay here anymore.

Anonymous 9961

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>>9585
Alright, so I finished Man and his Symbols inspired by this very post. To be honest, I don't quite vibe with his conception of the self, I think it's too simplistic. It's not something that can be neatly divided into four convenient boxes. His readings of dreams, too, seem to be somewhat too direct and overly-reliant on western cultural ideas.

….but! There were some things I found interesting, and it did encourage me to start dream journaling again. I also went through my dream journals from years ago, when I was in HS, and I'm seeing patterns across multiple dreams that I never noticed before. One motif that came up pretty often at the time was cats attacking me across multiple dreams. I like cats, but I've never kept one, and I've haven't had these kinds of dreams in years. There's a particular one where I'm crawling through a sort of small moss tunnel towards an opening where a beautiful pure white cat is sitting on a pillar (picrel, but with a cat). It hisses at me and bares its claws as I approach, but I ignore it and continue. When I get too close, it gets up to attack me. I'm terrified at that point, realize I fucked up and try to clumsily crawl backwards, but it's too late.
I realize this is not a dream thread, but… In an occult sense, any ideas what this could have meant, nonas?

Anonymous 10306

>>9961
sorry late but its hard to say without more context, it would depend on what cats mean to you or in your cultural context. could be that you were messing with or getting too close to something beyond you? Cats are usually associated with witches, women, or fertility in european folklore. especially since youve never had a cat it could be a cultural association for you. im not sure if i would jump to assign it occult significance based on what you said.
I like to introduce jung as an introductory text since he is able to join the mystical and rational aspects very well, but it is definitely not an end all be all. he can be very moidish in his thinking.
>>9718
idk about millionaire but if you need money you first have to understand what money is: human will distilled into a physical object. Those who either have more will or can manipulate the will of others accumulate more money. It also grows exponentially. If you have little will to begin with, you have to use what little you have to create more in a realistic way. you cant create it from nothing. on the other hand, those with will already accumulated can more easily create will or manipulate the will of others. Since you have no money rn, you need to produce more will in yourself.

Do this for the next six months:

place a reminder of wealth in the room you spend most of your time in. This could be coins, money, jewelry, or anything similar. Next to it you will place a container. inside the container you will place a piece of paper with your desired job written on it (or whichever way you wish to manifest will into money. The more realistic, the more likely you will succeed quicker). Do not remove this paper from the container until it comes true. The more ornate and purposeful you make your altar, the better your results.
On the first new moon do this:
Take olive oil (or other nice smelling, well keeping oil) and place into it a mixture of cinnamon, galangal, black pepper, and, if financially possible, frankincense.
Get a tall candle, white or yellow preferably, with an elegant scent or no scent. carve into it the symbol of venus on one side. on the opposite side carve a circle.
You will be praying to the mother divinity. she is the seat of abundance and the source of life. she goes by many names to different people and she appears in different emanations. As her daughter, the joys of life are your birthright. You were never meant to live in scarcity or fear, and she will help light the way for you.
Wait until nighttime, then bathe while meditating and removing all external energies. go to the spot at which you will place your altar either nude or wearing loose white clothes. take a few drops of the oil onto your right hand's fingers. touch your feet and say "blessed are the foundations on which sacred earth I keep", touch below your navel and say "blessed is the tree of life and all of us her holy fruit", touch your heart and say "blessed is the path of spirit, truth, and art", touch the spot between your eyebrows and say "blessed is havah's gift to her daughters", then bring the palms of your hands together and say "blessed are the hands through which sacred will is manifest".
take the candle in your left hand and smear a bit of the oil from your right hand onto the carved symbols on the front and back. before you light the candle, speak a prayer to the mother divinity or one of her emanations related to abundance, wealth, or the home, for example, abundantia or juno moneta. You can prepare a prayer or allow it to come naturally in the moment. Light the candle and look into the flame for as long as you would like. make sure to record the dream you have tonight, she may visit you and tell you what to do next.
The next morning decide what you will do to make more money. apply to jobs or research careers. when you recieve an interview, dab a bit of the oil onto the shoes you will wear and onto your lips.
on every full moon after this, either create a feast, make a burnt offering, or honor the divinity in some way. On every new moon, relight the same candle in the manner described above. usually, you will notice big opportunities coming on the day of the full moon in relation to the prayer you made on the new moon. Once you have achieved what you wanted, burn the paper you kept inside the container, throw the remains of the candle into a body of water or bury it, and celebrate in some way.

Anonymous 10308

>>10306
Thank you for the post on the money. I’m not the anon you were responding to but I’m in dire need for money for my family and have felt powerless with such little will. I have been searching for an answer like this for some time. Just happened to be browsing this site after a few years and found your reply.
I am curious… how did you learn all of this? I would love to learn more but I do not have any spiritual people around me. Do you find these answers and practices from within or did you learn them through study?

Anonymous 10309

>>10308
a bit of both. study by reading books or having a teacher can help to open the door by making it easier to see patterns. Divinity is all around us at all times but we are blinded to it. We were raised by forces jealous of truth and jealous of the spirit placed within all of us by the mother divinity. It instilled a set of false axioms meant to break the tie between our body and our spirit. Once the door has been opened (or inner eye, veil parted, whichever vocabulary you use to describe this) you will be able to see and hear the divinity in the world. It may appear in dreams, coincidences or synchronicities, or omens. Occasionally you may even receive a visit from a divine emanation in one of her many forms. You can also encounter divinity through logic such as mathematics or through art.
I would recommend most of the books in the OP. most things are tainted with some falsehood, so allow your heart to lead you to truth and follow whichever path the divinity sets before you.

Anonymous 10310

>>10309
Thank you for your reply. Is there a good book that resonates with you especially? One that has emphasis on mother divinity? A lot of books I come across are very masculine.

Anonymous 10313

>>10310
i liked the book by zuzana budapest in the OP under dianic wicca. You'll see I took a lot of inspiration from her. Mary Daly is good too.
The one that most resonated with me and broke me out of the spell of lies was reading the gnostic version of genesis. I had been raised catholic but since very early realized that the god of the bible was evil. It is especially obvious in genesis: the lie that women were borne from man's rib (and not the other way around), the curses the male god places on humanity like flooding the earth or killing innocents in egypt. He is jealous and vengeful. very unlike a creator and more like a usurper trying to control a creation that is not his. Even from a young age it felt like a trick. Reading the gnosic version is much closer to the truth, though i think their conception of material reality as evil is an oversimplification. the thunder perfect mind is a poem from the nag hammadi library, i think, which has a lot of hidden truths.
Unfortunately lots of traditions about the mother divinity were passed down orally, suppressed, eliminated, or assimilated. If you look, youll find fragments of her in your own culture. Take these fragments and follow them. She is not a vengeful goddess, don't worry too much about doing things the perfect way, just do what you can and she will show you the rest. Ask the women in your family, look at the female figures in your religion, or even look to history or mathematics and philosophy. You'll find her.

Anonymous 10365

About the flooding, according to Plato's work Timaeus in ancient times there where many floodings that actually destroyed civilisations and their accumulated knowledge which they where desparate to pass on to the future generations to the point that underground libraries where built like the ones in Egypt.

Anonymous 10370

Can someone recommend me an introductory book?



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