“When age fell upon the world, and wonder went out of the minds of men; when grey cities reared to smoky skies tall towers grim and ugly, in whose shadow none might dream of the sun or of spring’s flowering meads; when learning stripped earth of her mantle of beauty, and poets sang no more save of twisted phantoms seen with bleared and inward-looking eyes; when these things had come to pass, and childish hopes had gone away forever, there was a man who travelled out of life on a quest into the spaces whither the world’s dreams had fled.”

— H.P. Lovecraft, Azathoth (1922)

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11:50 am  •  3 June 2012  •  29 notes

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11:45 am  •  3 June 2012  •  39 notes

neamhni asked: Is existentialism even real philosophy?

I don’t know what you mean by “real” philosophy, but…

Being and Nothingness, The Second Sex, The Ethics of Ambiguity, Fear and Trembling, The Sickness Unto Death, The Philosophy of Existence, “Existence and Objectivity”, The Transcendence of the Ego, Existentialism is a Humanism, Search for a Method, Being and Time are philosophical works.

Otherwise, most works of existentialism, or how the populace comes to know existentialism are not philosophical works at all, but literary. 

Yes, existentialism takes a large set of assumptions for granted, like the nihilistic starting point, and the phenomenological method.  However, I take the position that Heidegger was doing philosophy.  If you believe Carnap, then, okay, you wouldn’t believe existentialism is a “real” philosophy.

Existentialism is merely trying to solve one philosophical problem, the only one that matters: why am I here.  

11:38 am  •  3 June 2012  •  2 notes

I don’t have any friends in real life.

I sit alone at home reading about shit.  Sometimes I watch Keeping up with the Kardashians.  Movies.  Frasier.  X-Files.

Only friends I have are the ones that exist on Tumblr.

Although I am not sure if you all exist or are just a figment of my imagination…

12:37 am  •  3 June 2012  •  11 notes

harkamal asked: Wait, how did I get on your favorites list? I am flattered and I really enjoy your blog but how? (please answer privately)

I have always liked your blog’s aesthetics.  Sometimes as a follower and sometimes from afar.  I am flattered that you are flattered.

http://harkamal.tumblr.com/post/19854043158/harkamal-enigmatic-muse-h-singh

12:32 am  •  3 June 2012  •  2 notes

amouremeline:

f is for friends who dont talk to you

u is for ur alone

n is for never having any plans at all, all i do is sit at home 

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12:21 am  •  3 June 2012  •  61,907 notes

aenorlemusae:

skii crossing

12:14 am  •  3 June 2012  •  12 notes

skandning asked: Ah! Great. What're your thoughts on, if you could summarize them? I've never read anything by him but I've definitely heard the name, it's very distinctive. Unfortunately I've read nothing about hermetic philosophy, but (this is a total stab in the dark) Ixaxaar may have something; if not, it might be of interest to you regardless. It's expensive, and being a bit of a scepticist a lot of what they sell seems a bit... OTT, but there is the odd gem (& you can probably find PDFs online somewhere)

He is really the best scholar on the western occult.  His knowledge base was so damn immense.  He became very powerful, which led to his murder, by way of climbing up the Masonic Order’s degrees.  

His works can either be really dense or popularized.

His best, and my favorites are:

The Secret Destiny of America.

The Secret Teachings of All Ages.

The Occult Anatomy of Man.

Words to the Wise.

Here is a listing of his many pamphlets:

http://prs.org/wpcms/?page_id=8&category=57

The Philosophical Research Society is the society of occult scholarship he founded.

11:56 pm  •  2 June 2012  •  1 note

skandning asked: Oh and if you're interested in the occult might I suggest Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic by Thomas Karlsson. I must admit I haven't read it yet (I'm awaiting the release of a third edition but I'm sure you could find a PDF fairly easily) so it could be terrible, but I've heard good things about it. It covers what's best described as the dark side of Kabbalah and seems the best book on the subject, at least that I've come across.

I will definitely look into that.

Are you aware of any books on hermetic philosophy?

11:31 pm  •  2 June 2012  •  2 notes

skandning asked: I wouldn't say you're too western-centric, really, we all have our particular areas of interest, and as you say, only so much time. Perhaps once you're more well acquainted with it you'll want to investigate the east; Taoism is quite interesting. If it's not covered at all in the book, I implore you to read about Gnosticism, I feel it's something you'd really be able to relate to, for numerous reasons but primarily the crossover with Neoplatonism and its pessimistic worldview.

I know a lot about gnosticism through the works of Manly P. Hall.

11:30 pm  •  2 June 2012  •  1 note

skandning asked: It's my impression that each and every type of mysticism is either pantheistic or panentheistic; I also actually see every religion at its core being mystical, and therefore one of the two. I wholeheartedly believe that anything beyond that is just dogma which accumulates over time, either due to oversimplification of allegory, ignorance or corruption. The more I read about religion, the more confident I feel that monotheism is the product of misunderstanding. This is just my view, of course!

It is an interesting view.

11:30 pm  •  2 June 2012

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11:16 pm  •  2 June 2012

“But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?”

— Mark Twain   (via monocled—misanthrope)

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11:14 pm  •  2 June 2012  •  385 notes

skandning asked: Seems an interesting book. Any reason you're not interested in the Indian/Buddhist sections? Already read enough about them or is there something you dislike about them?

I don’t really like them for their pantheist similarities/undertones.

Perhaps, I am too western-centric, but, yeah, I don’t really care.  Eastern philosophy has just never interested me.  Schopenhauer was strongly influenced by eastern thought, at least I know that.

Additionally, I do not focus enough time as I would like on the occult or mysticism, and I try to narrow my focus to just western mysticism.

10:53 pm  •  2 June 2012  •  3 notes

Focuses on Indian, Buddhist, Greek, Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic mystical traditions.

I am only interesting in the Greek, Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic traditions, however.

10:43 pm  •  2 June 2012  •  1 note