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Occult revolt networking

08:42 / 17.11.04

this is a tool for coordinating anonymously

people can post their skills and describe their work, contact potential collaborators anonymously based upon resonant ideas and skills, and post various strategic plans also anonymously

this site is not an end but a means towards an end

the fundamentalists are currently declaring war on all of us and unless we learn how to work together real fast like it will get extremely nasty

we know the revolution is coming perhaps by redefining the dialog through a coordinated effort we can make it a peaceful one

I know people here occasionally participate in various revolutionary projects when the next one comes up you may find some help here

17:45 / 17.11.04

Sweet design. Looks like someone's been invoking IMP.

19:02 / 17.11.04

I have been blown away by the synchros with bees over all this

after I made the site I went outside and promptly saw multiple honey bees

unusual for mid november in Ohio

19:20 / 17.11.04

I was thinking about IMP last night. Ate some honey, but made no requests.

Today, looked at this site, then ran across a company name at work with "Bee" in it, and then immediately saw a little kid with an umbrella walk past the window - which would have been unremarkable, except that the umbrella was yellow and black striped, with little wings flapping off the top and a smiling bee-face in front. A Bee-brella. An Umbrell-bee.

Buzz, buzz.

09:34 / 18.11.04

So can anyone add their page to occultrevolt? How exactly does this thing work, in layman's terms? I would be interested in participating, though my site is in desparate need of reorganization.

09:54 / 18.11.04

its quite simple, a site in this context does not require a webpage rather it is a person, place, or group

you can include a link to a website if you like but the primary function of the network list is to provide a summary of skills and a description of your work along with a means to commmunicate with you anonymously

once you add your node to the list you will be contacted to verify if you want your contact info on the publicly available network feed

if you prefer not to be on that list you can still be contacted through the site but no one can access your email address

there is also a mailing list though its not very active, you are welcome to try and change that ;-)

21:47 / 27.12.04

Efforts currently underway at occult revolt to resolve the conflict in Darfur.

I would really like to hear your opinions if not obtain your intention to collaborate....

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

02:09 / 28.12.04

And here's where I look like a complete idiot...

...what exactly do folks define as an "occult revolt"?

09:30 / 28.12.04

up at the top of the thread is the link thats why I did not post it again

http://occultrevolt.us

11:36 / 28.12.04

Come on, Bard, dude - OCCULT REVOLT!!! Like when everyone changes their Barbelith FIXIONSUIT all at once and masturbates furiously whilst visualising George Bush as Darth Vader and signing an on-line petition which is also a meta-sigil (or "cidgil" as I prefer to say for reasons connected with Gematria).

Sorry to be snide - the network and coordination is obviously well-needed, but then so are some tactics that actually work. The following exchange from the Archives of Pita's mailing list doesn't exactly fill me with hope. One guy wrote:

prior to undertaking any willfull measures towards Sudan we should form an exploratory delegation to visit and inquire from the spirit of the land what needs to happen for healing to begin

The response:

If I had the cash, sure. I don't so no. that and its fucking african warzone.

And the punchline:

not sure what you cannot afford I was referring to astral work. the problem as I understand it is that some muslim fundies are slaughtering non muslims

13:58 / 28.12.04

ok I guess I must spell it out:

phase one - focus as much energy as possible on empowering the intellectual, the element of air, which I now see as manifesting in the UN efforts. These efforts to date have been quite insignificant but I am certain that we can change that.

phase two - once some momentum gets going on that front we need to shift to the emotive/intuitive, the water element, here our only efforts should be directed towards empowering the native people of the Darfur region and calling upon the Goddess to bring much needed rain.

This framework will allow for a variety of approaches and I would like to invite suggestions on specific tactics to achieve these strategic goals.

19:00 / 28.12.04

Sorry to be snide - the network and coordination is obviously well-needed, but then so are some tactics that actually work. The following exchange from the Archives of Pita's mailing list doesn't exactly fill me with hope. One guy wrote:

I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, so please feel free to correct me on this. It's seems as though you are saying that occult work is largely a waste of time, and that one should practice physical means, as that is what actually works. If I am wrong, apologies in advance. Going on that premise, I would ask, unless it causes a person to not do the physical techniques such as lobbying, protest, and the like, what can it hurt? Logic dictates that given the condition, *no change in physical involvement*, if magick does not work, nothing has been lost. If magick does work, something has been gained, provided the condition, *no change in physical involvement*, is met. It seems like an old argument to me, "Does magick work or doesn't it?" The problem with the argument is that it frequently pre-supposes the proposition that using it somehow reduces one's desire to engage in physical means. It may do that, or it may not, or any combination of the two in succession. Ultimately, until magick's functions are proven using solid physics,(as if there is any such thing), there is really no way to tell whether occult action of any type does anything. So my question is, "Why not?"

Less searchable M0rd4nt

09:56 / 29.12.04

I am not involved in this project (don't really play well with others), but I have to agree with Z. deScathach's comments here.

It is true that some practitioners get their heads stuck up their arses, making all kinds of grandiose claims for their abilities and the work they have done on humankind's behalf, and this is a very tiresome and frustating thing to witness.

That doesn't mean that attempting some kind of occult intervention is wrong or is necessarily doomed to faliure.
Personally I find that one effect of a magickal working, for any purpose, is to focus the mind on one's goal. This would mean that one is more likely to engage in the kind of real-world activities that would bring about some relief to the suffering in the Darfur region, not less.