One of my all time favourites, Katie Shillingford from Dazed and Confused.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
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Ten Designers who always wear the same thing…
“Don’t wear what designers tell you to wear, wear what they wear.”- Tina Fey
I love this.
lifeisamovingslideshow1993: Vogue.com has release the Chanel…
Vogue.com has release the Chanel Couture Fall Collection 2011! I love Chanel and this just makes me love it even more :) I especially love the little lace masks the models are wearing and also the detail in the jackets. I wish I could afford to buy them….but until then, I’ll just stick to admiring them :)
It even works against those lesser demons that haunt your house
It's the Suge Knight light, babeh.
This Gothic Wedding post is dedicated to showcasing some of my…
This Gothic Wedding post is dedicated to showcasing some of my favorite Gothic wedding outfit details I have found on Pinterest. Be sure to check out yesterday’s Gothic Wedding pt. 3 post where I showed my favorite wedding decoration details and ideas. Check out Gothic Wedding pt. 2 post where I showed some of my favorite Gothic wedding attire inspiration, after that take a look back at the first Gothic Wedding post from March.
Journaling with Purpose
A discussion started in another thread, where I mentioned some of the cognitive biases that might lead to false impressions about what magick is and how it works. Specifically I named base rate neglect and conformation bias, but I think the magician does well to be aware of the whole topic area, and the general idea that a strong motivation to maintain a given belief has a lot of power over how phenomena are perceived and interpreted.
And while these issues as I've discussed them are indeed a part of modern cognitive science literature, in occult literature and specifically in the context of magick development, the potential for self-deception and admonishments to avoid it predates the science. Self-deception isn't the only so-called pitfall of magick and mystical practice. For example, any technique that includes markedly altered states of awareness, because of how remarkable the sensory experience can be, can develop into something of an addiction, wherein the value of the experience is lost in favor of the sensory features, pursued for their own sake. The aspiring magician does well to be aware of all such issues, and to learn or develop strategies against them.
I raised the idea of good journaling practices as a means of addressing the self-deception issue, and further suggested that over years of magick practice:
And here's a response that was offered:
I don't doubt your word at all, IA. But neither do assume that any old journaling method is sufficient to counteract the effects of a strong motivation to confirm ones expectations/beliefs/hopes, and I even think it's possible that poor journaling (from my point of view) might be counterproductive in terms of self-deception.
Please understand that I have no way of knowing if you're deceiving yourself or not. Maybe you are and maybe you aren't, and that's your affair, not mine. I'm discussing a general principle here that I've given a great deal of thought to in the past, which just happened to be suggested by our discussions in the Where's the Science thread.
With that in mind, I have in fact developed a journaling method with the cognitive science of self-deception in mind, which is one example of how science can and should be informative of good magick practice. You and the rest of the readership is invited to review the method, and comment or criticize, use it, or whatever you like. I've recently revised it, by the way, so if you read the document previously, it's worth going over the revision. It's written in the same spirit, but is somewhat more specific and, I hope, better:
Developmental Journaling
And while these issues as I've discussed them are indeed a part of modern cognitive science literature, in occult literature and specifically in the context of magick development, the potential for self-deception and admonishments to avoid it predates the science. Self-deception isn't the only so-called pitfall of magick and mystical practice. For example, any technique that includes markedly altered states of awareness, because of how remarkable the sensory experience can be, can develop into something of an addiction, wherein the value of the experience is lost in favor of the sensory features, pursued for their own sake. The aspiring magician does well to be aware of all such issues, and to learn or develop strategies against them.
I raised the idea of good journaling practices as a means of addressing the self-deception issue, and further suggested that over years of magick practice:
Quote:
Originally Posted by R. Eugene Laughlin
Quote:
Originally Posted by Imperial Arts
Please understand that I have no way of knowing if you're deceiving yourself or not. Maybe you are and maybe you aren't, and that's your affair, not mine. I'm discussing a general principle here that I've given a great deal of thought to in the past, which just happened to be suggested by our discussions in the Where's the Science thread.
With that in mind, I have in fact developed a journaling method with the cognitive science of self-deception in mind, which is one example of how science can and should be informative of good magick practice. You and the rest of the readership is invited to review the method, and comment or criticize, use it, or whatever you like. I've recently revised it, by the way, so if you read the document previously, it's worth going over the revision. It's written in the same spirit, but is somewhat more specific and, I hope, better:
Developmental Journaling
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14047-Journaling-with-Purpose&goto=newpost
Bad Lip Reading Sound Bites
Probably NSFW. What are you doing on here at work? XD
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14046-Bad-Lip-Reading-Sound-Bites&goto=newpost
Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)
From Wildhunt
There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about_in-depth_in any given week. So_The Wild Hunt must_unleash the hounds in order to round them all up. While we still await to see what the sentence will be for New Age prosperity guru James Arthur [...]
Would you like to know more?
There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about_in-depth_in any given week. So_The Wild Hunt must_unleash the hounds in order to round them all up. While we still await to see what the sentence will be for New Age prosperity guru James Arthur [...]
Would you like to know more?
