I came upon this quote from Jameson on HPL while researching the k-punk post on the music in The Shining. Definitely germane re: hyperstition in connection with the different protocols of the historical novel and the ghost story. ‘What is the [historical novel], indeed, if not an attempt to raise the dead, to stage a … More Ghost stories and histories (Hyperstition)
No doubt superficial and hasty overview of two blogs that are worth a look (via Technorati): Vortexegg: esoteria, complexity theory and what it calls ‘vortex magic’. Corridor of Madness: this is excellent on the comics-occult-hyperstition interface. With each passing day, I’m becoming more embarrassed by my lack of familiarity with Grant Morrison. Must rectify this … More LINXX
Obviously many readers will be familiar with this material, but in the interests of accumulating resources on the site, I’ve reproduced below some of the key passages in A Thousand Plateaus in which D/G invoke Castaneda. From ‘587 BC-AD 70: On Several Regimes of Signs’ (138-39) ‘One of the things of profound interest in Castaneda’s … More D/G/Castaneda (Hyperstition)
‘Ye say, ye believe in Zarathustra? But of what account is Zarathustra! Ye are my believers: but of what account are all believers! Ye had not yet sought yourselves: then did ye find me. So do all believers; therefore all belief is of so little account.’ Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, XXII, ‘The Bestowing Virtue’. Posted … More Nietzsche on unbelief (Hyperstition)
I think the following exchange between Castaneda and an interviewer elegantly expresses the difference between sorcery/ hyperstition and art/ literature. Literature only becomes-sorcerous when it stops ‘rearranging the glosses’ and takes us out into non-ordinary reality. CASTANEDA: I have come to understand sorcery in terms of Talcott Parsons’ idea of glosses. A gloss is a … More Sorcery versus literature (Hyperstition)
Philip of It’s All In Your Mind blog asks me via e-mail to elucidate the difference between hyperstition and superstition. This provides an excellent opportunity to explore some of the basics of hyperstition. One difference is that superstitions don’t necesarily involve a becoming-real. It’s true that superstitional beliefs can have some impact upon the real. … More HYPERSTITION/ SUPERSTITION (Hyperstition)
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