Against Everyone with Conner Habib

AEWCH 300: GRANT MORRISON or WHO ARE YOU IN THE MAGICAL APOCALYPSE?!

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Sep 2, 2025
Grant Morrison, a rebel artist and spiritual visionary known for his groundbreaking work in comics, joins for a captivating discussion. They delve into the tactile intimacy of comics versus the emotional engagement of film. Morrison explains how stories can transform consciousness and even save lives. The conversation shifts to the waning authority of books in a networked world and the potential pitfalls of chaos magic. Finally, he shares insights on disciplined magical practices and the transformative power of personal illness.
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INSIGHT

Comics As Living Mythic Time

  • Long-running comic universes function like living mythic dreamtime outside linear history.
  • Readers can enter at any point because the characters persist across imaginatively layered continuums.
INSIGHT

Stories Change Consciousness And Reality

  • Stories change consciousness and can produce real-world effects, even saving lives.
  • Fictional acts alter material outcomes because imagination forms political and moral reality.
ADVICE

Purify Inner Material Before Externalizing

  • Use purification and disciplined techniques to safely translate dream material into art.
  • Train skills to process inner, hazardous imagery into functional creative outputs.
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