http://www.rendingtheveil.com Occult Resources for Magicians Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-authenticity-part-2/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-authenticity-part-2/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:08:03 +0000 Ian Vincent http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=2239 “Where there is money, you have cheats. The two go together.” — Eric Cantona “Send lawyers, guns and money — the shit has hit the fan.” — Warren Zevon Previously on Guttershaman. . . I was looking at how modern Western “Shamanism” is a mix of ideas borrowed from various native traditions (often without either [...]]]> “Where there is money, you have cheats. The two go together.” — Eric Cantona “Send lawyers, guns and money — the shit has hit the fan.” — Warren Zevon Previously on Guttershaman. . . I was looking at how modern Western “Shamanism” is a mix of ideas borrowed from various native traditions (often without either respect or understanding). [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-authenticity-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-halloween/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-halloween/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:45:40 +0000 Ian Vincent http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=1804 “The majority is always sane.” — Larry Niven, Ringworld “Happy Halloween, ladies . . . Nuns — no sense of humour.” — The Kurgan, in Highlander All my life, the stories that have spoken to me have invariable been from what are usually considered the “lesser” kinds of storytelling — science fiction, comics, B-movies, horror, [...]]]> “The majority is always sane.” — Larry Niven, Ringworld “Happy Halloween, ladies . . . Nuns — no sense of humour.” — The Kurgan, in Highlander All my life, the stories that have spoken to me have invariable been from what are usually considered the “lesser” kinds of storytelling — science fiction, comics, B-movies, horror, fantasy. Why? Mostly, because [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-halloween/feed/ 1 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-part-4-authenticity/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-part-4-authenticity/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:12:24 +0000 Ian Vincent http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=974   “Of course the Chinese mix everything up — look at what they have to work with! Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoist alchemy and sorcery. We take what we want and leave the rest, just like your salad bar.” — Egg Shen in John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China (Disclaimer: I am, to quote Jim [...]]]>   “Of course the Chinese mix everything up — look at what they have to work with! Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoist alchemy and sorcery. We take what we want and leave the rest, just like your salad bar.” — Egg Shen in John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China (Disclaimer: I am, to quote Jim Jarmush’s [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-part-4-authenticity/feed/ 2 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-part-3-working-magic/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-part-3-working-magic/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:26:30 +0000 Ian Vincent http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=291   …hoodoo’s no different than regular praying. The prayers are always answered, just that sometimes the answer’s no.” — Bill Fitzhugh, Highway 61 Resurfaced   (Disclaimer: This is not a how-to guide for spell-casting. It’s a quick look at some of the background and theory. I take no responsibility for the results of anyone mistaking [...]]]>   …hoodoo’s no different than regular praying. The prayers are always answered, just that sometimes the answer’s no.” — Bill Fitzhugh, Highway 61 Resurfaced   (Disclaimer: This is not a how-to guide for spell-casting. It’s a quick look at some of the background and theory. I take no responsibility for the results of anyone mistaking the below text [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-part-3-working-magic/feed/ 0 http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-meanings-and-patterns-part-two/ http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-meanings-and-patterns-part-two/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:25:09 +0000 Ian Vincent http://www.rendingtheveil.com/?p=5 “What is truth, man? You heard the weirdo…” — Zaphod Beeblebrox Earlier, I made the point that there’s a difference between what is (for want of a better word) real and what we can actually describe. This is an idea which many find a little troubling. It’s not a new idea. Plato’s Cave model is [...]]]> “What is truth, man? You heard the weirdo…” — Zaphod Beeblebrox Earlier, I made the point that there’s a difference between what is (for want of a better word) real and what we can actually describe. This is an idea which many find a little troubling. It’s not a new idea. Plato’s Cave model is a couple [...]]]> http://www.rendingtheveil.com/guttershaman-meanings-and-patterns-part-two/feed/ 0