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Fantascope

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Into chaos magic, witchcraft, paganism and ritual magic. Left wing politics and blues music Improvising all the time. He/Him Trans rights are human rights

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · Nov 23

So I'm setting up this account to follow - and get a feed full of - magic related stuff. Chaos magic, Qabalah, witchcraft and anything else that looks interesting.

Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 15h

Having had a heavy week looking after my dad, I've spent the weekend wrestling with making Sloe & Rosemary jelly.

Second attempt.

Maybe this time the bastard stuff will set.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · Dec 14

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.

@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.

Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 2d

"Like, we're watching folk horror, but also, you are the folk horror"

New motto -

"Be the folk horror you wish to see in the world".

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the 89th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv9i...

Worth remembering.

Ghosts of Cable street - The men they couldn't hang

YouTube video by Another Angry Voice

www.youtube.com

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Dave Lee @dave23lee.bsky.social · 11d

My review of Julian Vayne's new book - chaotopia-dave.blogspot.com/2025/10/trip...

Trip Sitting: the Art and Science of Holding Psychedelic Space by Julian Vayne

Readers of my various writings will almost certainly be the kind of people who are familiar with Julian’s work. Over the decades, he has suc...

chaotopia-dave.blogspot.com

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Gavin Fox (Author) @gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social · 17d

So it's twelve years old now, but some of you likely missed it back in the day. Grant Morrison's #ChaosMagick adjacent talk at #DisinfoCon2000 set to the soundtrack it always deserved by #PlanetDamage. Still listen to this version from time to time, helps me think.
www.mixcloud.com/planetdamage...

The Grant Morrison DisinfoCon Mixtape

A mixtape I made for my personal use on the London TFL, warping Grant Morrison's seminal speech at the DisinfoCon 2000 and almost two dozen glitch, ambient and electro tracks into one massive.narrativ...

www.mixcloud.com

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 18d

Patricia Crowther was (I think) the last high priestesses directly initiated by Gerald Gardner. Whatever you think of Gardnerian Wicca she was a major influence in the tradition, a prolific writer and an important figure in 20th and early 21st century witchcraft.

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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 18d

From a sister witch:
It is my sad news to report that Gardnerian High Priestess and Witch Patricia Crowther passed away this morning at the tender age of 96.
She was initiated by Gerald Gardner and is the head of the Sheffield line of Gardnerian Wicca. 1/

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Occult Detective Bob Freeman @occultdetective.bsky.social · 18d

Saddened to learn that Patricia Crowther has crossed over into the Summerlands. Godspeed Thelema.

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 19d

Rapture day today apparently (unless it's tomorrow).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCd...

Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by BlondieVEVO

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 20d

Interesting to watch a massive rapture based meme hit the American end of tiktok. It's spread incredibly fast and is absolutely endemic to the point of mass delusion.

Apparently the tribulation is happening between now and the 24th.

Info here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJti...

Mass Spiritual Psychosis on Tiktok Part 1: Evangelicals believe Rapture is Sept 22-24

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 21d

The Ovens of the Feine mentioned appear to be the Fulacht Fiadh artifacts dating from the Bronze age. There are some videos on youtube that give a good idea of the size/shape.

Although some are large enough for bathing, most are thought to have been used for cooking or brewing.

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 24d

Live your dreams :)
#WitchSky #pagansky

I haven't been able to find the original version of this to attribute, but I couldn't resist posting it.

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 26d

No problem. Thanks for the suggestion about ebay. I've only used it a couple of times myself, but it would be a shame to toss the issues, so I think I will list them there.

Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 26d

Very interesting.

I'd also suggest one way to approach the book is to let go of the idea of an actual definable truth - another useful skill for occultists :)

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · 26d

Hi Gavin - I'm getting rid of a load of late 90s issues. Would you be interested in any of them?

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · Sep 9

Oooh, how about Wheel of Worship event?

Kind-of like Wheel of Fortune, only with god names instead of prizes. You spin the wheel & then everyone evokes the entity it stops on.

More seriously though, this kind of festival sounds like it could be fascinating. Good luck.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · Sep 9

Myself and others are in the process of building an entire festival next year focused on chaos magick, eclectic witchcraft, and non-dogmatic occult practices!

Right now, we're brainstorming names and are taking suggestions.

Have any you'd like to share?

#chaosky #witchsky #occultsky

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is very interesting.
I'm now thinking about ways to actively use my occasional sleep paralysis.

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🌷🧿 khthoniaa 🧿🌷 @khthoniaa.bsky.social · Sep 5

One of the benefits of doing magick in hypnagogic states is that my experiences of sleep paralysis are almost all completely positive/pleasant now lol

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkYb...

Interesting short video on the influence of Blake on Crowley and Spare.

#chaosky #chaosMagick #occult #Occultsky

Blake and the Left Hand Path: William Blake, Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare

YouTube video by Zoavision

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · Sep 5

Threads have just announced they're going to challenge X by allowing users to attach up to 10,000 characters of text to their post

They've just reinvented the blog.

Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tom Clancy's Space Raptor Butt Invasion

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Gavin Fox (Author) @gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social · Aug 28

"The fact people can be aware of 'nothing' while asleep might tell us more about the mind than any dream ever could."

This short article should be of interest to my fellow voyagers into the inner spheres of Tiamat's womb and the imminent nothingness it holds.

theconversation.com/can-you-be-a...

Can you be aware of nothing? The rare sleep experience scientists are trying to understand

Western theories of consciousness tend to assume consciousness is about information.

theconversation.com

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Fantascope @fantascope.bsky.social · Aug 23

I had to think a while about which of the two should go in Horror Comedy & which should go in Zombie.

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