Hyper-Real Spirituality: Pop Culture Magic

 An article by our very own Frater Isla. Originally published October 31, 2013 via theblogofbaphomet.com Most folk’ll tell you the use of pop culture iconography in ritual began in the 80′s with Chaos Magick and the IOT. A few folk’ll tell you it started earlier with people like William S. Burroughs, who was known to use a cardboard stand-up of Mick Jagger for “rites of performance.” But I think it can be traced back to the beginning if you consider that at one time, even the Sumerian gods were pop sensations. Those...

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Tithing Ritual

The following is an adaptation of the Discordian Tithing Ritual developed by the Church of Moo. To be performed every payday, or whenever it seems unnecessary. 1. Obtain five crisp, new one dollar bills.  European Sons can use a single five Euro bill or five Euro coins. 2. Affix the following veve to each bill, using a rubber stamp or by drawing it. 3. Select five people with listed addresses at random out of your telephone book.  If you happen to already have candidates for membership in mind, use...

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You Heard Him

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The Streets of Gotham Run Deepest Through Your Heart

image from: zombiebacons.tumblr.com    "We impose meaning on the chaos of our lives.  We create form, morality, order.  It's a choice we have to make every second of every minute of every day."  -Batman:  Absolution (DeMatteis, Ashmore) My dedication to the Batman is renewed every morning I lace up my Chucks with the golden bat symbol I drew on them.  "Guard my soul, guard my path" - It's ridiculous word play on the role of my feet and the soles of my shoes, but it's an...

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Tenet #2: Holographic Universe (It's a Collector's Item)

The Holographic Principle model was developed when quantum physicist Gerard 't Hooft began to tackle inherent problems within the field of Black Hole Thermodynamics.  Namely, the idea that when an object is sucked into a black hole, it disappears.  From my understanding, this contradicted a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics: that information can't disappear.  Physicists like 't Hooft and Leonard Susskind found that when an object entered the singularity, the event horizon (the outer edge)...

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Sippin' on dat Haterade (or: Why Pagans can be Worse than Fundamentalists)

"The mythic hero is also an amalgamation of a number of archetypal images, and as such is a part of our species' psychic inheritance, a universal constant that transcends culture and time."                                                          -Don LoCicero Superheroes and Gods "[We live in a society] without the kind of gods that used to exist, or the legends that...

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