Book Review: The Apophenion

The Apophenion by Peter J. Carroll (Mandrake Press 2008) $23.00 ISBN 978-1869928650 168 pages Reviewer: Ian Vincent “It’s all ‘cos of Quantum.” — Sir Terry Pratchett. It’s a common meme in New Age writing is to use physics paradigms, from vague hand-waving about “vibrations” and “energies” to the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!?. Rarely does this go beyond crude [...]

Book Review: Meta-Magick, the Book of Atem

Meta-Magick, the Book of Atem: Achieving New States of Consciousness Through NLP, Neuroscience, and Ritual by Philip H. Farber Weiser Books, 2008 $14.95 ISBN 978-1578634248 170 pages Reviewer: Lupa I think I’ve been a bit spoiled in my reading choices — or maybe I’m just more of a geek than I thought. Here, Phil Farber presents a book that ties [...]

Training the Observer

Meditation in Theory Meditation is the foundation of all magical and mystical systems of all cultures. It may seem a bit beginnerish to spend an entire article on the subject, but I believe this topic to be important enough to cover over and over again. I don’t think that I’ll have to do that [...]