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Post by PW PV 113 on Feb 16, 2015 9:32:00 GMT
I seem to remember that KG said, in Hecate's Fountain, that contemporary science fiction was used in the lodge as the basis for dramatic ritual. Is there any record of the scenarios we might be talking about ?
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Post by Gregory Peters on Apr 25, 2015 3:47:14 GMT
I think the material in Hecate's Fountain is the record of the workings. Wasn't Sax Rohmer's Dope and The Beetle by Richard Marsh two of the biggest influences that NIL worked with at that time? And perhaps some Lovecraft, although I am just going off memory (looking forward to Hecate's Fountain again)I'm sure Michael Staley can give a much more detailed response on this |
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Post by artilect on Apr 29, 2015 5:46:10 GMT
We have had a bit of a discussion regarding the books Gregory mentions just a short leap away in the sub-board dedicated to The Ninth Arch.
Grant mentions the ritual use of fictional works, particularly Dope and The Beetle, in his foreword and general introduction to The Ninth Arch. As for the mechanics of actually structuring rituals around contemporary fictional works, this admittedly remains a hazy area for me to think about. Then again, are many rituals not myths re-enacted? The hope is that reading the novels will shed some light, despite Grant himself more or less saying it's unnecessary and that their selection for use was arbitrary. |
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Post by PW PV 113 on May 11, 2015 11:56:05 GMT
On re-reading HF, I find the idea was more an imaginative insertion rather than part of the text. Where I was coming from is the drive for human spiritual evolution being met by Advanced Beings originating from places other than earth, as attested to by AC and KG. The Lam portrait is one such doorway, but other representations occur in fictional writings and it is these that may make the basis for ritual
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