City of Willows

"The City of Willows is not merely an 'imaginary city' but an Imaginal City, a dream-space which will be manifested more and more clearly until finally the Ming is restored — and yet the City of Willows is also a poem. The legend of our Tong is nothing but a text, true — but it will call a world into being — even if only for a few moments — in which our desires are not only articulated but satisfied."
(Hakim Bey)

Archive

Nov
15th

Sun

Really, when you come right down to it, there are only four basic prayers. Gimme! Thanks! Oops! and Wow!

— Marc Gellman, quoted by Zev Chafets

Oct
25th

Sun

I advise everyone to find an island in this life. Find a place where this culture can’t take energy from you, sap your will and originality. Since anything physical can be mental, that island can be your ome. Turn off the electromagnetic waves being forced upon you, the countless invisible forces coming at you all the time.

— The RZA, The Tao of Wu

Sep
6th

Sun

People have tried to build a better world, but they’ve failed because they don’t have a blueprint. You can’t tear something down, you know, unless you’ve got something better. I’ve got my equations, and these equations are valid. I’m not doing any of this on faith or on what I think. I’m not even dealing with intellect. You have to have this intuitive plan. The whole thing is a wilderness and you’ve got to have some pioneers to go out there and discover and achieve.

— Sun Ra (1978)

Jan
4th

Sun

Sorcery: the systematic cultivation of enhanced consciousness or non-ordinary awareness and its deployment in the world of deeds and objects to bring about desired results.

— Hakim Bey, “Sorcery”

Jan
3rd

Sat

Final Crisis #5

Jan
2nd

Fri

We all have a war going on inside ourselves. What’s yours? Is it a just and fruitful war or a senseless and wasteful war, or both?

— Rob Brezsny, Pronoia

Sep
4th

Tue

…and I am the eye of Fatima…

Jul
6th

Fri

Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating.

— John Cage, Silence