THE BLACK NIMBUS

The secret of Magic is not to follow a rule system blindly. The most difficult thing for the average neaderdal is to actually make himself think. To change himself. This book is designed to produce a cataract of inspiration, of dark renaissance not enlightenment, for we should follow the spirits of the era and transform Magic in their image. Otherwise it is not Magic. It is archaeology. Beware of archaeologists.

THE MAGUS

The Magus can be paralleled with a Left Hand Path warrior “monk” of sorts, in terms of Isolated Intelligence. But he is acting from within civilization, from within the trenches, rather than from some monastery in safety far away. Such abandonment is the way of the coward.

THE IDLE BIBLE

MOVE...

Deep inside the horses nest

A shopkeep tried to cook his best

His place infested with rats of woe

Until one day they bit his skinny toe

The shopkeep stunned he trashed his own place

And then the savior came with all the grace of Jesus Christ

And he submitted to the shopkeep

And the cat said to the shopkeep. If you feed me I will let you cut my flesh once per day. 
And in return I will eat your vermin. 
Your mice will fear me.

And the shopkeep replied

I will feed thee and bathe thee and love thee. 
But I shall not cut your flesh. I shall cut your soul to little pieces
and savor them for the difficult days ahead. 
Your soul shall be my remedy for all my misfortunes. 
What say you?

And the cat not looking too far ahead in time agreed. 
And the shopkeep took the cat and fed her and bathed her. 
And every night the cat felt the missing piece of her self being torn away. 
Day by day she felt the running voice. 

He marches on

He marches on

all time is gone

the future folds

feed me

move...

DECLARATION OF THE ANTI-RENAISSANCE

"...and now in total darkness, the time seems proper to announce a different kind of re-birth. The acknowledgement of the New Dark Ages. This re-birth will arrive by embracing the ugly, distorted and imperfect realities of this era. We shall walk through this decay with spirits high. We will produce our own works of art which will not be masked in light and celebration, but in darkness and decadence. And perhaps after humanity recognizes this new movement, then the true rebirth will take place. For when we come to learn from the black void, perhaps we will learn to appreciate and create the light of the future. Yes, not a re-birth. But a birth." 

RITUAL POETRY by ATHAN - BOOK TRAILER

The Secret

The "Secret" of life is that there is no secret. No burden. Nothing. 

In fact if such a secret existed and someone obtained it and he thought “I now have the secret!” then that secret would cancel itself.

There is no great truth, no great wonder because if you choose to speak about it you are reducing it to mere flesh level.

There is nothing because there is no way to speak about it.

There is no way to think about it. You can’t describe it or tell your friends about it.

Like all things that truly matter, it is what it is. Its direct pronunciation cannot ever take place.

"The devil’s pact  was broken. For Irony bested him in preaches, in beauty, in knowledge and in power." Ritual Poetry, p.28