“Even a slight ability to change oneself is more valuable than any power over the external universe. Metamorphosis is an exercise in willed restructuring of the mind.”
― Peter J. Carroll, Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
Yes, this is a slice of human brain...
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Peter Carroll's description of orange magic (i.e. what would traditionally be considered Mercurial) being powered by fear/anxiety reminds me a lot of the various posts on here about how people with unmedicated ADHD often find this to be the only way we can get ourselves to do anything.
Interestingly enough, "cerebral excitants" (i.e. the category under which most ADHD medications fall) are listed in row 12 (the magician, le bateleur, which is ruled by Mercury) in Crowley's Liber 777.
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There seems little point in practising magic unless you want to do a few extraordinary things with this incarnation.
-- Peter J. Carroll
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Scheme against your most sacred principles in thought, word and deed…. The only clear view is from atop a mountain of your dead selves.
Peter J. Carroll
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“The personality, a mask of convenience, becomes stuck to the face. Eye becomes clouded by “I”. The human spirit becomes a trivial mess of petty identifications. The most cherished principles are the greatest lies. “ I think therefore, I am.” But what is “I”? The more you think, the more the I closes. Thinking, “I am asleep”; my I is blinded. The intellect is a sword, and its use is to prevent identification with any particular phenomenon encountered. The most powerful minds cling to the fewest fixed principles. The only clear view is from atop the mountain of your dead selves.”
Peter J. Carroll, Liber Null, Liber Lux, “Liberation”
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Pete Carroll transitions from Seattle Seahawks coach to advisor
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Through the looking glass (1902) - Peter Newell
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Peter Carroll's eight colors of magic (Liber Kaos, 1992)
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This one's going to be interesting, I can tell. Don't be mad, you haven't even seen poll 2 yet.
When the other polls will be out, they'll be in my 'fantasy polls' tag.
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