Dive into a thrilling conversation about the limits of academia and how to escape its confines. Explore the ancient tale of the Watchers and its connection to modern technology and magic. Engage with ideas about anthropocentrism and the need for a broader understanding of existence. Discover the concept of 'mineral intelligence' and its implications for AI. Plus, learn how to do a 'barrel roll' through life's challenges and embrace invincibility. All this, alongside astrological insights into upcoming global transformations!
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The Watchers as Magic Origin
The Watchers are celestial beings who fell for human women, introducing early technology and magic to humanity.
This legendary interaction marks the metaphysical origin of magical capacities beyond the physical body.
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Barrel Roll Out of Academia
Academia critiques anthropocentrism but remains trapped within its materialist cosmology.
True escape requires a "barrel roll" out of academia into living cosmologies beyond its confines.
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Magic Complements Academia
Magic and academic knowledge complement each other when grounded in an imaginal living cosmos.
Academia becomes valuable after "barrel rolling" into a cosmos where thoughts and spirits are alive beings.
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Last night I got halfway through a Substack post on a related issue to some of the subjects that came up on my appearance on the Disintegrator podcast. When I went to link to it, it suddenly dawned on me I had only shared it on the Rune Soup Premium Members Mighty Network. (Join below.)
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Here is why AI thinks you should listen:
In this high-energy episode I sit down with Marek and Roberto to talk about why barrels are meant for rolling and why reality is much bigger than the academic cubicles that try to contain it. We start with the ancient tale of the Watchers (the OG tech-bros from the Book of Enoch) and use it to kick open a door marked Technology, Magic & the Human Experiment. From there we dive straight into animism, the “community-of-beings” cosmos, and why a living universe renders most hand-wringing over “anthropocentrism” moot unless you’re prepared to vault clean out of the academy’s marble-floored worldview.
What you’ll hear me unpack
Barrel-Rolling Out of Academia – how to exit the cathedral politely, become “invincible,” and treat academic credentials like LinkedIn endorsements in a living cosmos.
Markets, Magic & Capitalism – capitalism viewed as a resonant tool of a larger Ahrimanic being; why the market is archetypal, but turning it up to 120 % comes with karmic interest.
Mineral Intelligence & AI – awakening the silica, ayahuasca visions of stones teaching in a galactic lecture hall, and why “artificial” intelligence might be a mis-nomer in an ensouled universe.
Comparative ≠ Colonial – embracing perspectivism (à la Viveiros de Castro) as the clean way to decolonise knowledge without the usual Protestant guilt trip.
Astrology & World Politics – the U.S. Pluto/Uranus returns, fourth-turning turbulence, and the astrological case for an amicable national “divorce” over a civil war redux.
Practical Magic – why Ouija boards, jungle dieta, and good old-fashioned ghost stories still outperform peer-reviewed PDFs when it comes to proving the universe is alive.
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