Comments on: The ‘Hominid Diet’ Theory of Magic

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:28:19 +0000

@ABP there’s definitely something in that. Climate change probably allowed a number of different DMT substances to enter the food supply at around that time.

Hancock’s “Supernatural” is worth a read if you haven’t already.

By: ABP

ABP — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:19:33 +0000

Love your writing, Gordon.

Of course, Terence Mckenna would say it was the mushrooms that were the evolutionary catalyst rather than the meat.

(I say this tongue-in-cheek cos you have said that you got ‘True Hallucinations’ for your birthday. ‘Food of the Gods’ is the TM book that covers the monkey-becomes-human novelty event.)

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What Wizards Taught Me: July 25 | — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:55:06 +0000

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By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:02:21 +0000

@Fr AIT Yeah I agree. I thought about referencing them but figured it would confuse the hominid metaphor.

By: Frater AIT

Frater AIT — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:21:59 +0000

Great post. The old Wizards had an extremely varied “magical diet”; Agrippa, Dee, Da Vinci…..’renaissance men’ the lot. Can’t be a proper Magician without a liberal-arts approach to educating yourself. Knowing the rituals is not enough!

I like your reference to modern business-strategy type books. I’ve studied NLP, Geometry (Euclid’s Elements, which should be required reading) and found that knowledge is cumulative in relation to magical power.
Frater AIT´s last [type] ..The Traditional Understanding of the Elements

By: V.V.F.

V.V.F. — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:56:42 +0000

I’ve actually thought a lot about how instruction on public speaking could help with evocations and ritual in general. There are times, in magic and theurgy, when you really have to speak with authority, and I think there are a lot of folks who would benefit from learning how to do that.
V.V.F.´s last [type] ..Peachy Keen!