Memetic Magic

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Summary: Rock your World (View)
Review: "Memetic Magic" by R. Kirk Packwood is that rarest of books, not so much a paradigm shifter as a paradigm exploder. To that rarest of individuals ready to absorb what Packwood says, "Memetic Magic" can not only change the reader's Reality, but assist the reader in what he terms manipulating the Root Social Matrix, the very fabric of consensus Reality.

How many are actually at the stage of being able to both comprehend and utilize memetic magic remains to be seen, but Packwood's exegesis of his main thesis, the centrality of the meme, "the basic unit of socio-cultural transmission..." page 21, is a fascinating new departure from the prevailing theories of memes and the cultural diffusion of ideas, which are themselves quite avant garde.

Truly an essential text for those interested in mass magic and particularly for those obsessed (as the Saturnine/Mercurial combined types tend to be) with the deep, hidden and occult factors of the human condition.

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Summary: Automatic Drawing at Its Best
Review: I recently ordered and read a couple different books which I had heard took Austin Spare's automatic drawings techniques and expanded upon them well. These two books were Memetic Magic by Kirk Packwood and Stealing the Fire from Heaven by Stephen Mace. Both of these two works contained excellent discussions of automatic drawing techniques.

For those into the Austin Spare tradition of sorcery, Memetic Magic and Stealing the Fire from Heaven are beneficial purchases.

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Summary: Some Great Ideas, But...
Review: It really left me wanting more information. Perhaps this is meant for magickians who are already familiar with memetic magick and just need further ideas to explore it. But after reading it front to back, I only had a vague idea of what memetic magick is all about. Besides that point, I did find parts of the book intriguing, and it's a very refreshing perspective (especially how even the front cover art ties in). I'll keep this book for possible future referencing, but I'll admit that I would've love to have seen a glossary or terminology section within the book.

If you have a fairly decent grasp on memetic magick already, then definitely go ahead and check this out. Otherwise, do some more research (like I'm doing right now) and come back to it later.

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Summary: Upgrade Your Paradigm for the 21st century
Review: Language and terminology change so quickly in this Age of Instant Information but what hasn't changed is the way most people LOOK at the world.

This is an approach that incorporates the new language brought about by innovations in scientific theory with the changes in the mental construct of humans in this Apocalyptic Age.

If you want results this can be a key to getting them. This is an HONEST & INSPIRED presentation.

A reader

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Summary: LIKE TAKING THE RED PILL
Review: Reading Memetic Magic reminded me of what it must have been like to take the red pill in the original Matrix movie.

To put it bluntly, this is one weird book. You turn some of the pictures inside the book upside down and you can see entirely new pictures. Eerie stuff.

But I liked it.

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Summary: Absolutely a must-have...
Review: This is one where I could not put the book down, astonishing in detail. My life will be forever changed...HIGHLY recommended!

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Summary: Meme Warfare
Review: This was a very eye opening text. I had not studied neuro-linguistic programming before reading this, so having my first exposure to the subject be couched in the terms of a magical discipline was especially enlightening. It very much helps you to become aware of all of the ideas and thoughts that are changing us without our knowledge. By creating a magical practice out of NLP, the author has allowed readers to further empower standard NLP techniques, and effectivley "recondition" reality. The only reason I am giving this a 4 of 5 is that even as the author explains the inner workings of memetic magick, he himself is casting it upon the reader using text-based techniques to make certain words stick out, creating a snapshot message that goes straight to the brain. By telling us about that little trick, then pulling it, the author is tipping his hand in an unsettling way that should have been more clandestine, and the odd typesetting made it difficult to read.

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Summary: Alter YOUR reality-and your neighbours...
Review: Weird- but VERY good. Nevermind the'Cthulhu mythos paradigm' or rituals from old grimoires- a REFRESHING look at magick, with a fascinating artistic subtext.