I will also add, inquiry into the historical approach for dealing with parasitic “possession" and "evil spirits" led me to the symbolism of salt, which represented purity in a wide range of ancient cultures. Here, we might say purity of values.
Cory
> On Jan 18, 2022, at 3:22 PM, Cory David Barker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I was particularly struck by the notion of the parasite. When I was younger, I had a lot of recurring dreams about a formless black entity that I would eventually come to call the "ethereal parasite". It floated through the air in a partially physical and partially non-physical way, and only a few could see it. In all of the dreams, it would infect people by separating a part of itself and that part would latch onto the back of people’s necks and heads, and then absorb into them.
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> For me, this parasite symbolism was exactly as it is specified in this video: a certain spirit of the age that possesses us without us knowing, and directs our thoughts, feeling, and actions like a possession. The outcome of this dream series was that it gave me a strong metaphor to humanize people despite the things they do, to be able to care despite the way they are, them being possessed by a spirit of the age that has infected them. It was not people who were the enemy, it was the parasitic ethos.
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> This led me to explore symbiology of interpersonal relationships, culture, and technology, in study of different kinds of relations that organisms can have with each other and their environments: mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, neutralism, competition, and parasitism. I still often use this frame today as a lens.
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> C.
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>> On Jan 18, 2022, at 3:04 PM, Alexis Kenny <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>> All,
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>> Gregg, I was definitely holding the ToK System in mind while watching this video (noting the places where ToK delineations and specifications would be helpful and necessary).
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>> SW, I think you're spot on in naming the issues of interest / accessibility / broad engagement that can be a part of Gregg's work. To his credit (as you note), he's super open to generating content beyond the abstract and is definitely moving more towards day-to-day applicability in his more recent projects. I would be REALLY interested to hear your thoughts on this as an artist, as well as the opinions of other artists and musicians out there (Ken and Greg and more). So...don't crawl back into your cave just yet!
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>> Warmly,
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>> El mar, 18 ene 2022 a la(s) 13:56, Metamodern Magick ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) escribió:
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>> I just watched this. It's fantastic.
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>> My initial thoughts, of course, are centered around the power of mythology/gamification/symbolism to convey a message. My sense is we are going to need more stuff like this if "liminal" culture is to go from a relatively niche community on the internet to a full-blown cultural revolution. I have plenty of ideas on how to do this as a (theory and ritual) artist, but the trickiest thing, I suppose, is reforming the academic and mental health paradigms to incorporate this.
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>> Or maybe it isn't so tricky after all. Gregg's system does a wonderful job of utilising mythos as a way of demonstrating the relationship between different elements in his system. I'm curious on best practices for incorporating that mythos into less intellectually-inclined spaces. Art seems to be the way to go, but in terms of specifics...hmmm.
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>> Anyway.
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>> Also, this is my first time replying to a TOK Society email! Hello everyone! I'll be crawling back into my cave now.
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>> sw
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>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 3:45 PM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>> I really enjoyed this production.
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>> And, folks, UTOK does have a place in this. We need some new kinds of knowledge-psycho technologies to get us from Game A to Game ~B, and there is much gold to be mined from UTOK to frame this.
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>> Best,
>> Gregg
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>> Loving this art style that captures the imagination and inspiration of indie games.
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>> This was pretty rad! Love the animation, accessible theory/language, and length!
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>> As always, I'm always looking for more tangible/concrete directives...maybe the other videos will provide that kind of information?
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>> Warmly,
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