Ben Cosgrove
@neoplatonic.org
Ritual magician working primarily in the Ogdoadic tradition. Esoterically-inclined Freemason. भारत-प्रेमी, member of August Order of Light.
Some interesting stuff coming out of the rediscovered "Hymn to Babylon":
"The information about the women of Babylon, their role as priestesses and the associated tasks, has also astonished experts, as no texts describing these things were previously known."
"The information about the women of Babylon, their role as priestesses and the associated tasks, has also astonished experts, as no texts describing these things were previously known."
Hymn to Babylon, missing for a millennium, has been discovered
In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the jo...
phys.org
July 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some interesting stuff coming out of the rediscovered "Hymn to Babylon":
"The information about the women of Babylon, their role as priestesses and the associated tasks, has also astonished experts, as no texts describing these things were previously known."
"The information about the women of Babylon, their role as priestesses and the associated tasks, has also astonished experts, as no texts describing these things were previously known."
. @theurgist.bsky.social I did a study on some of the Hindu rituals (both Vaishnava and Shaivite) around this for the August Order of Light.
The Vasudeva Upanishad for example has different marks being applied to different parts of the body whilst using the twelve names of deity. (cont..)
The Vasudeva Upanishad for example has different marks being applied to different parts of the body whilst using the twelve names of deity. (cont..)
I like that idea, installing gods into different parts of the body. That might be the missing piece of this: linking it to a meamigful ritual.
July 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
. @theurgist.bsky.social I did a study on some of the Hindu rituals (both Vaishnava and Shaivite) around this for the August Order of Light.
The Vasudeva Upanishad for example has different marks being applied to different parts of the body whilst using the twelve names of deity. (cont..)
The Vasudeva Upanishad for example has different marks being applied to different parts of the body whilst using the twelve names of deity. (cont..)
There used to be a saying - referred to as "Acid Fascism" by some - that LSD made smart people smarter and stupid people jump out of windows.
This article about AI reminded me of that quote.
futurism.com/commitment-j...
This article about AI reminded me of that quote.
futurism.com/commitment-j...
People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"
People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.
futurism.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
There used to be a saying - referred to as "Acid Fascism" by some - that LSD made smart people smarter and stupid people jump out of windows.
This article about AI reminded me of that quote.
futurism.com/commitment-j...
This article about AI reminded me of that quote.
futurism.com/commitment-j...
Great book recommendation from Mogg Morgan via his appearance on "The Magician and the Fool" podcast. Good episode.
June 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great book recommendation from Mogg Morgan via his appearance on "The Magician and the Fool" podcast. Good episode.
Incredibly lazy and irresponsible journalism here from the BBC. Scientists can't explain "why" our universe exists. Science is definitionally incapable of answering that question. This feeds into the false idea that science has answers for everything.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scientists in race to discover why our Universe exists
Researchers in the US and Japan are competing to explain the existence of the planets, stars and galaxies.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Incredibly lazy and irresponsible journalism here from the BBC. Scientists can't explain "why" our universe exists. Science is definitionally incapable of answering that question. This feeds into the false idea that science has answers for everything.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...