...I spent too much of my youth enraptured by alchemical texts and hermetic literature...
>>8237633
we've all been there
>>8237633
>33
Nice dubs
Totality: the unconscious and conscious joined
...purity and liberation...
Theres nothing hermetic about a slut with an ourabous tattoo, thats normie as fuck
>>8237633
I agree.
Paradox: to embrace Chaos is not to slide toward entropy but to emerge into an energy like stars, a pattern of instantaneous grace--a spontaneous organic order completely different
After Chaos comes Eros--the principle of order implicit in the nothingness of the unqualified One. Love is structure, system, the only code untainted by slavery & drugged sleep. We must become crooks & con-men to protect its spiritual beauty in a bezel of clandestinity, a hidden garden of espionage
-TAZ
...delight in the vague and laden with innuendo...
>>8237654
then howd you end up so atheist, butterfuck?
>>8237679
Raised as a Christian, but with no real firm anchor to a church. We lived too far away to attend any too often.
I only slowly peeled myself away from that spiritual stuff. Embarrassingly slow, really.
>>8237677
Nice dubs
...evolve our destinies...
People make this mistake, you see. We think that there is a finite quantity of love we have to give, and by pouring it into someone or something, we reduce the amount we have available for other applications.
But it doesn't work that way.
Love reproduces out of love, and the more love you give, the more you have to give.
I am full of it; it overflows
>>8237707
Not an argument.
>>8237637
Yeah.
And guess what? You'll go back to it once in a while, too. Maybe not the alchemy so much as the hermetic literature. But it turns out that it serves some kind of appeal.
>>8237693
What meaning could you find, or what interest could you have, in alchemy, and hermeticism, if you're an atheist?
Either you don't comprehend alchemy, and hermeticism, or you're not an atheist.
Either way you're a poser.
>>8237693
I know what you mean I was 18 before I finally left the church
>>8237728
My first post was only agreeing with OP that he spent too much time enraptured by alchemical texts and hermetic literature.
>>8237757
Why do you equate belonging to a church with being theist, and not belonging to a church with being atheist?
You're ignorant, and confused.
>>8237771
>You're ignorant, and confused.
I made a breeze-by of a tale about my youth, thinking no one would care for any further details.
Being separated from a churchly foundation, I believe gave me more liberty of thought, as i would often struggle with the questions myself instead of going to a pastor. At 18 I recommitted to my church and got baptized, but delving seriously this time into my bible I had further questions I couldn't bring myself to ask anyone. Eventually I worked my way into a sort of "Gnosticism" to shore up my dwindling faith. But thankfully I finally found the time to reasoned with myself.
All that time I could have been exploring sociopolitical issues and drifted to anarchism sooner. But oh well.
>>8237728
I don't think you know what "atheist" means and doesn't mean. There's nothing in the word that disallows belief in magic, fairies, the Loch Ness Monster, Atlantis, time travel, etc.
they're happening again
>>8238014
HA. No, you.
>>8238062
???
So, tell us about your theory of Alchemy.
>>8238370
Who ?
Hermetic texts made more sense after reading the Greeks. It's the best way for pantheists to engage in mysticism.
>>8238167
>she [ate] the whole fish skeleton
>Annika became scared.
>"It can be dangerous. That kind of fish bones are sharp as sewing needles you know."
>"Then I have sewing needles letters in my stomach now", said Pippi.
"Yes, and a bunch of crazy ideas in [unreadable]"
....we just need Rei in here and the autistic circlejerk will be in....full power
>>8237642
Edgy tattoo indeed.
>>8239899
dude that's a washing machine
Can we get some kind of hermetic lit reading list? Love that shit.
>>8240119
Check out the Occult library from /x/
https://mega.nz/#F!AE5yjIqB!y7Vdxdb5pbNsi2O3zyq9KQ
>muh external experience
