By Psyche | August 28, 2010
Saturday Signal: sifting the signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.
With all the news I post about space, how ’bout our home planet? No, not Pluto this time: Earth. Apparently it’s missing two billion years. Kind of. Well, we are anyway, in that we have no idea what happened for that span of time. Theories abound.
Also, the solar system is about two million years older than we thought.
Science is cool.
- In her blog Know Thyself, T. Thorn Coyle reminds us that commitment and consistency are important in any practice, whether mundane or spiritual, in “Let’s Get Engaged“. You really do earn points just for showing up.
- Sannion (H. Jeremiah Lewis) writes in The House of Vines, “Speaking about the unspeakable“, that the old mysteries are dead, and that’s ok. We can’t reconstruct the past as it was, and that’s fine. Learning what was is great, but it’s not where we are now. Live life. Great stuff.
I had tons more links to share, but time intervened, so next week’s Signal will likely be double-sized. You’re welcome.
As always, if you come across anything nifty, please share it in the comments, or if you use delicious tag it “plutonica” and we’ll take a look. Thanks!
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By Psyche | July 3, 2010
Saturday Signal: sifting the signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.
Scheduling posts is a really useful WordPress feature, because by the time you read this I will be in a remote cabin in the woods and have no Internet connectivity whatsoever.
So, using the powers of technology and foresight, I have prepared a list of signals for your education and amusement.
Enjoy:
Ok, this one could possibly classify as noise, but it seems pretty cool…if you can sort it out:
That’s it for this week, kids. I hope I don’t get eaten by a bear.
As always, if you come across anything nifty, please share it in the comments, or if you use delicious tag it “plutonica” and we’ll take a look. Thanks!
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By Psyche | June 7, 2010
I don’t usually post about new tarot decks, since they spring up almost daily, but the Science Tarot struck me as particularly interesting.
Five artists were each responsible for a suit, and their different styles seem to be reflected in the deck’s artwork.
They’ve turned traditional tarot imagery on its head in innovative ways. As the creators describe it:
In the Science Tarot deck, the traditional tarot suits – wands, pentacles, swords, and cups – explore different realms of science by using real world examples from astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics and more.
As an underlying structure for each suit, Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey is adapted to tell each suit’s unique story from Ace to Ten.
The deck began life as an art installation at Burning Man in 2003, then consisting of only the major arcana, and has since evolved into a complete tarot deck.
The deck’s official launch is scheduled for September 23rd in San Francisco, details here.
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By Psyche | May 15, 2010
Saturday Signal: sifting the signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.
As I prepare for my rapidly approaching vacation in Paris I’m thinking about what to pack. The most items under consideration are which books should I take?
This is a topic recently broached by Gordon White in “Travel Reading: The Eternal Question“, where he took along a book I recommended on this blog, along with some other neat stuff.
Fiction is easy, I’m going with two French Canadian authors and two French authors, and of course the guidebooks, but which non-fiction to take is proving more challenging. I’m thinking Levi. I still haven’t read The History of Magic
which is bound to be fancifully romantic and therefore quite appropriate.
Any other recommendations?
Oh, all right. Enough about me. Linkage:
- On his blog Rune Soup, Gordon White wrote a post titled “How To Hack The Retrogrades” with brief notes on their influences and hacks to circumvent the effects. (Sidenote: I dig the breakdown for Pluto. Getting off on the wrong foot with people pretty much defines my life. I cancelled cable in the last millennium, but it hasn’t helped any. Friends have described me as “an acquired taste”. I’ve decided to take it as a compliment.)
- Klint Finley posted a link to tarot cards based Lost created by Alex Griendling on Technoccult. They’re not actually tarot cards, as they don’t depict images derived from tarocchi, instead using their own oracular scheme, but they look really neat all the same.
If you come across anything particularly awesome, please share it in the comments, or if you use delicious tag it “plutonica” and we’ll take a look. Thanks!
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By Psyche | February 6, 2010
Saturday Signal: sifting the signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.
The first week of the Esoteric Book Club has had mixed results. We’ve started the first and second exercises, but participation hasn’t been as high as was suggested by the book club’s launch.
There’s still lots of time to join in. All forums will remain open indefinitely, and when a topic is replied to it shoots to the top, so we’ll see it and respond. So, if you’ve been thinking about it, but haven’t dived in yet for whatever reason, please do join us!
Found something nifty? Please share it in the comments, or if you use delicious, tag it “plutonica” and we’ll take a look. Thanks!
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(amongst others), now blogs! Fool Stop Tarot Blog is run by Janet, their social media person, who also maintains their Twitter account and Facebook page. Everyone’s so Web 2.0.
