Cyberdelic: //Technofantasy
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | At the cornerstone of many magical practices lie altered states of consciousness. These states are considered necessary for the interaction with occult forces, aetheric beings and the passage to secret and hidden worlds, lying just below the surface of our own. Much of the study and practice of magic in its various forms is dedicated to the achievement of such states, leading to experiencing bliss, connection, realization and inspiration. The increased experimentation and sophistication of these techniques has transformed the practice of magic and the occult, incorporating elements from various disciplines and fields of thought. These have included, art, technology, politics, ideology, linguistic experimentation, psychedelics, music and much more. In this presentation I will discuss a meeting between two contemporary expressions of the Esoteric and the Occult. The meeting between futuristic technology with an animistic twist, or the channeling of subtle energies through electronics, is a subgenre in multiple cultural expressions which are at the same time a mark in the history of human thinking and exploration. What is the impulse behind this intuition? What are the ideas that underlie the exploration of the mind and the numinous through a reconciliation between the enchanted and the technological? Will we eventually reach a point to enjoy a form of Sacred Science which will change the perception of what it is to be human and divine? This presentation will discuss how the hybridization of these ideas expresses a new frontier in the exploration and reconceptualization of consciousness in the context of contemporary Esotericism. |
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