R U Pastafarian?

Pastafarianism - A cool new religion

Seriously - I think someone made a typo in the profile-making department, (It's one of the "religion' options in your profile) but it's now my new religion. In fact I think it's the best choice in the whole list. Downsides can only be slight weight gain, happiness, and a tendency toward after-lunch siestas.

Become a Pastafarian for Beltaine!

Io Penne!!

Kaotao by J. A. Garcia

IOT Books is now selling exclusive copies of the 1st Edition of the Kaotao.

"The Kaotao is a very brief overview of the correlations between the eight colors of majik from the Chaos Majik of Peter Carroll, the eight immortals or Ba Xian of the Taoist pantheon and the eight trigrams of the I Ching. My [the author's] purpose in putting this together in legible format was in the hope that fellow practitioners of the occult sciences and Chaos Majik in particular may find an easy reference correlating the sacred eight of the Taoist tradition to the sacred eight of the Chaos anti-tradition.

"It occurred to me during my paradigmal piracy of Taoist tradition that the number eight was of extreme import. In fact the number eight turns up more than once in awhile throughout history. Aside from the noted Taoist current you also find the eight in the Egyptian Ogdoad of the pre-creation universe. Pythagoras considered the number eight to be the number of perfection."

—J A Garcia

This elegant, little booklet is well put together, and nicely illustrated. It represents a general superimposition of chaos magic over the Tao Te Ching.

Whacking

IOT Books new stock:

Innovative Whack Pack
by Roger von Oech
$15.99

The Innovative Whack Pack is a card deck consisting of 60 creativity
strategies inspired by the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

Each card in the deck packs a two-sided creative punch. One side has a
provocative insight about innovation from Heraclitus, the world's first
creativity teacher. These 2,500 year old ideas -- such as "You can't step
into the same river twice," and "Dogs bark at what they don't understand"
-- will give you a fresh perspective.

The other side contains a creativity strategy inspired by each insight.
Roger von Oech enriches these strategies with amusing anecdotes and
intriguing questions that will "whack" you out of your habitual thought
patterns.

These cards are significantly useful to chaos magicians and mistresses of
the innovative process. Traditional systems such as tarot don't compete
with the way the whack pack forces one to think creatively about
situations, solutions or dynamics.



Also back in stock:

Creative Whack Pack
by Roger von Oech
$15.99

The Creative Whack Pack is primarily a creativity tool that contemporary
chaos magicians in the IOT have discovered to be a more effective tool for
divination than the outmoded tarot.

Unrestricted by belief systems, mythologies, psychology and philosophy,
the whack pack's probable originator were a set of cards created by Brian
Eno distributed along with his albums during his early musical career.
Cards such as "Imagine you're the Idea" and "Slay a Sacred Cow" are useful
in brainstorming magical ventures, solving business problems and expanding
one's perspective of any situation.

This deck is a breakthrough in magical divination, and is perfect for
those wishing to acquire a fantastically helpful deck as well as for those
who are tired of the same old tarot decks released year after year.

It requires very little learning curve in its use and is dramatically
successful in operation. After the first spread you'll be hooked!

Seattle - Chaos Magic Seminar - April 28th 2008

International Innovation

The Return of Phil Farber to Seattle,

Altered States: Ecstacy and Invocation w/ Philip H. Farber
June 1 - 3, 2007
Seattle, WA

Phil was well-received last year for his first round of Meta-Magick
www.meta-magick.com/ in Seattle, and we are excited to have him
back in 2007. This is a great opportunity to learn empty-handed
techniques from a man who has always been on the cutting edge of magick.

"Exploring altered states is as easy as we think. Really, every moment
is an excellent opportunity to notice how our consciousness shifts and
flows from one state to another. Some of the changes are tiny and subtle
– like the shift of attention from your previous thoughts to the ideas
we're discussing here. And other changes are more powerful in their
effects – like the shift from waking consciousness to dreaming, arousal,
trance, or exhilaration. When we begin to notice the ways that our minds
naturally access these shifts in consciousness, we can learn to access
them more frequently. These abilities can promote increased creativity,
learning, intuition, passion, personal influence, and general happiness
with life.

"Altered States: Ecstasy and Invocation is more than just Trance 101;
this will be an intense and continuous tour of key areas of
consciousness. The techniques can be applied toward changing our lives –
resolving and learning from past experiences, developing resources for
future goals, and re-orienting skills, belief systems and objectives for
greater happiness and success. And they can be applied toward change in
the world around us - in magical ways."

Click here for more info: www.galateh.org/phil2.htm

Tree tribe

Like trees? Interested in learning all about trees? Fancy yourself as an arborist?
A tribe for tree scholars and lovers: tribes.tribe.net/treetribe

PHIL FARBER BRINGS META-MAGICK TO SEATTLE!

Interested in cutting-edge practical magic?

Neophytes & adepts welcome!
Meta-Magick lecture/seminar w/ Philip H Farber, June 2-4
Edge of the Circle Books & Capitol Hill Arts Center. Info:
www.hawkridgeproductions.com/eve....htm

View the poster: iota.goetia.net/farber-webposter.jpg

Where to get info/tix from Phil:
www.hawkridgeproductions.com/eve....htm

where to get info/tix from Temple Galateh: www.iotbooks.com/