Plutonica.net - An esoteric blog exploring the occult and occulture, philosophy, spirituality, and magick.

Archive for October, 2009

Plutonica.net’s second birthday

By Psyche | October 31, 2009

PlutonicaPlutonica.net was first launched on October 31st, 2007, today marks its second birthday.

It’s gone through periods of hyperactivity and lagging for months without posts, but I think we’ve entered into a decent  rhythm now. I’ve found it to be quite a learning curve, despite beginning my first blog in 2001, but it’s also been a lot of fun.

Write for us!

We’ve had guest bloggers in the past, but I’d like to open the blog up to anyone who’s interested in writing for it, be it a guest post or a regular column.

We’ve submission guidelines posted, but if you’ve been reading for a few weeks or – how exciting – since the beginning, then you probably have a good idea of the sorts of things we write about here. Continue reading »

Popularity: unranked

Myths, samhainophobia and possession

By Psyche | October 31, 2009

Saturday Signal on Plutonica.netSaturday Signal: sifting the signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.

Happy Samhain, kids!

Vampires are hot, hot, hot. Except in Twilight, where they’re just creepy and bizarre. Stephen Marshe suggests this is because young straight women want to have sex with gay men, whereas Charlie Higson thinks vampires are for girls and zombies are for boys. Even ABE is getting into it with a timeline of vamp lit – things even I haven’t read.

If you find all of this worrying, you can always pick up a nineteenth century vampire killing kit. I know I’d feel safer with one. My kitchen’s always running out of garlic.

  • The latest issue of the online occult magazine Rending the Veil has come out, and Patrick Dunn has contributed an essay titled “Ritual and Myth” which looks at the role of myth in our lives and what that might mean.
  • In a lengthly article in Reality Sandwich Paul Levy asks “Are We Possessed?” and responds with excessive quotations from Carl  Jung. The answer to the question seems to be “Probably”.

Also, Douglas Rushkoff intends to interview Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007) on Monday. Could be interesting.

That’s it for this week, mes amis. Wear your costumes proud and practice safe hex.

Popularity: 3%

Latest Weiser Antiquarian catalogue available

By Psyche | October 30, 2009

Weiser AntiquarianWeiser Antiquarian regularly publishes catalogues of newly acquired material. Today they announced their 65th catalogue, which features rare and secondhand books about magick, with dedicated sections on Eliphas Levi and chaos magick.

There’s always great stuff, and I was really excited to see a dedicated section on chaos magick…until I checked the catalogue and discovered that I already own all the titles represented.

However, for those of you looking to build your libraries, definitely check it out, as well as the rest of their stock. There are usually quite a few good finds.

Popularity: unranked

Atheism, Donald Tyson and Aleister Crowley

By Psyche | October 23, 2009

Rending the VeilRending the Veil is an online occult magazine. Last ish they ran a piece by Donald Tyson called “Atheism – The Real Enemy“, in which Tyson ranted about atheism, demanding Christians and Pagans band together to take up arms against what he perceives as the Atheist Threat.

It was paranoid and weird, and as an atheist and a magickian I took exception to this and, of course, responded. My response is riffs off Tyson’s, “Ignorance – The Real Enemy” and actually explains what atheism is, how it differs from agnosticism and demonstrates that atheism and magick can and do indeed co-exist peacefully. Another essay will follow in the next issue which will explore this in more detail, but this is a start.

Someone called Gray Glamer also responded with “Does Materialism Threaten Paganism?” which is also worth checking out.

Read ‘em, let me know what you think.

In other news, my copy of The Progradior Correspondence: Letters by Aleister Crowley, C. S. Jones, & Others came in yesterday, and so did a copy of Aleister Crowley: A Modern Master, by John Moore, published by Mandrake of Oxford – expect a review of the latter in the coming weeks.

Popularity: 1%

Hey There Cthulhu

By Psyche | October 20, 2009

The Eben Brooks Band riffs off The Plain White Ts’ “Hey There Delilah” and the result is “Hey There Cthulhu” a catchy tune with adorable lyrics:

Hey there Cthulhu, I’ve been studying your gospel
The Necronomicon, it gives me nightmares something awful
Where I see
The death of all reality
It fills me with glee

It’s a lovely song.

Turns out, The Eben Brooks band has a CD of Cthulhu-inspired music available for 5$US, sweetly titled O, R’lyeh? Iä, R’lyeh!

Video spotted on The Art of Darkness.

Popularity: 11%

Stay Connected