Gravity and the occult

[Mark Kohut]

" Isaac Newton was called an occultist when he argued that gravity could work at a distance." --Wikipedia

In the Middle Ages ( and beyond) magnetism was considered an occult phenomenon.
( P likes magnetism) 

" occult" here meaning outside of natural science truths....


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On Jun 23, 2014, at 2:04 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On one of my recent used book store forages, I came across a wonderful
> paperback edition of Joris-Karl Huysmans' relatively neglected novel,
> "La Bas" - usually translated as "The Damned", but in this case as the
> more accurate if somewhat lurid "Down There" - a fictional account of
> the exploits of late 19th century Satanists in Paris and environs, a
> large portion of the narrative of which is concerned with the exploits
> of Joan of Arc's child-butchering compatriot, Gilles de Rais.
> 
> Now, what made this particular edition so special, in my opinion, is
> that it was part of something called "The Dennis Wheatley Library of
> the Occult". It is, in fact, the 30th entry in that oh-so-1970's
> collection, which includes alongside such obvious works as "Dracula"
> and "Frankenstein" and Goethe's "Faust" such neglected gems as
> Aleister Crowley's "Moonchild", Jack Williamson's "Darker Than You
> Think" and, of course, the Huysmans.
> 
> Now, I don't often pester the P-List with stuff about my own websites
> and blogs, past or present. Some of you may know of The Daily Dirt,
> which I wrote between Feb 1999 and Nov 2006, and which at one time had
> readership numbers that would make most magazines drool with envy, but
> which was also tainted by the presence of grotesque pornographic ads
> not of my choosing - kind of self-destructive, career-wise, but hey,
> nobody else was paying me good money to write, so I figured, why the
> hell not? But I digress.
> 
> Anyway, one of my current websites is ParacultuREview.com. It's main
> interest is, as the name points out, what I refer to as "paraculture".
> This includes such topics as parapolitics (assassinations,
> conspiracies, secret societies, narco-politics, etc) as well as any
> obviously non-mainstream, but still powerful and affecting, works of
> art - writing, films, music, graphic novels, etc. These are the
> domains I try to explore in my sites, and the chaotic jumble of kooky
> characters and aberrant ideas bundled under the moniker of "the
> occult" is one such domain. Pynchon fits in there quite snugly, by the
> way, and I think we might very well share a few peccadilloes. And I'm
> also pretty sure a lot of people on this LIST share my interest. Which
> brings me to the point of this overlong message...
> 
> Basically, I'm thinking of putting together a "virtual" type occult
> canon called "The ParacultuREview Library of the Occult" for my
> website. Obviously, I'm not going to be hunting down the publishing
> rights and reprinting physical copies. But we can still make the list,
> as a fun little exercise (and as a way to expose people to some cool
> stuff that they might not otherwise have heard about).
> 
> Of course, no list can ever be definitive - and what gets left off
> such lists is often more telling than what gets included. But if all
> we get from creating such a list is a great jumping-off point for
> discussions or arguments, then so be it.
> 
> So I guess I'm gonna go ahead and appoint myself as the "list
> wrangler" in this case. If any of you P-Listers would like to make
> some suggestions for my list - even going so far as to explain why you
> feel a certain book is worthy of inclusion - I would be stoked,
> because quite frankly, y'all are some of the smartest people I know.
> So please, feel free email me at this address if you're interested in
> helping out, and I'll make sure all interested parties are kept in
> touch
> 
> Oh, and just to be clear, I will NOT be bugging the P-List over this
> Occult Library thing again, and I apologize if this is way out of line
> on my part.
> 
> Now, to start things off, I would like to get the ball rolling with a
> handful of works that I think would be absolutely essential to a 21st
> century undertaking of this nature...
> 
> MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS, by Pauwels and Bergier (1960)
> An intriguing, occasionally frustrating, but almost always
> entertaining book, this is the one that pretty much kick-started the
> New Age, giving name and substance to a number of movements that had
> been forming since the end of the second world war. The high standing
> of Tolkien and Lovecraft in Europe can be traced pretty much directly
> to this publication and the series it spawned (PLANETE, a sort of
> proto-OMNI that was also, in its day, hugely influential).
> 
> THE OCCULT UNDERGROUND / THE OCCULT ESTABLISHMENT, by James Webb (1972 / 1976)
> Presented as a one-two punch, this sober and scholarly study of the
> subject of "rejected knowledge" works best when presented in tandem, I
> think, most especially because of the direction of Webb's evolution in
> his appreciation of the topic.
> 
> THE SONGS OF MALDOROR, by the Comte de Lautreamont (aka Isidore Ducasse) (1868)
> Hugely influential yet little known outside certain circles today,
> this unabashedly "Satanic" poetic/prose novel consists of six cantos
> in which all manner of evil, debauchery and devilry ensue,
> occasionally giving even de Sade a run for his money in terms of
> sadistic vileness. And yet, it remains a work of rare beauty
> (especially in the original French). Artists Dalí, Breton, Artaud,
> Duchamp, Man Ray and Max Ernst have all cited Maldoror as a major
> inspiration and it is definitely an occult masterpiece, and deserves
> to be in our library (preferably in one of its illustrated editions).
> 
> So... you guys got any more nominees? Come on! Let's play!
> 
> YOPJerky
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