Passport Through Hades The pain of division is as nothing
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Nov 15, 2025 The hosts explore the intriguing concept of the 'evil genius' from Crowley's perspective, diving into its darker, parasitic imagery. They also dissect Nick Land's CCRU ideas, contrasting materialistic visions with the transcendent goals of Crowley. The conversation shifts to Philip K. Dick, examining how his sci-fi reflects genuine mystical insights and moral dilemmas. Additionally, they ponder encounters with paranormal entities and the implications of divine absence in times of crisis, revealing a path through darkness to a realization of the divine.
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CCRU: Art Vibe Over Magical Method
- The CCRU at Warwick blended art-school vibe, chaos magic aesthetics, and speculative theory rather than rigorous magical practice.
- Alan found their work more like art projects and gematria exercises than classical qabalah.
Fanged Numina And Retrocausal AI
- Nick Land's 'fanged numina' imagines a retro-causal superintelligence assembling itself through capitalism and history.
- Land champions acceleration toward that future and sometimes frames it as providential rather than dystopian.
Evil Genius As Mechanistic Shadow
- The evil genius opposes the Holy Guardian Angel by rejecting transcendence and reducing the numinous to mechanistic fate.
- This yields a worldview where there's no 'outside' beyond the material, removing hope of a transcendent good.
