This paper explores some of the myriad connections between geometric visuals, magic, and altered states of consciousness, more specifically looking at the colocation of geometric visuals and experiences of intermediary beings. The main focus here is on how geometric visuals relate to the consciousness experiments and magical practices of American author William Burroughs (1914-1997) and his Swiss-English collaborator Brion Gysin (1916-1986). Such an analysis will also dive into the broader intellectual currents that influenced Burroughs and Gysin's uses of geometry, yielding more abstract conceptions of how geometry relates to altered states of consciousness and intermediary beings. Furthermore, understanding how geometric manipulation of the mind works has important consequences for multiple fields outside of the history of esotericism, including market-oriented disciplines like architecture and industrial design. As such, this essay proposes that the historical study of esotericism can promote and conduct itself as an interdisciplinary space that communicates the value of its data to market-oriented fields through "material approaches" to religion à la Birgit Meyer. This paper explores some of the myriad connections between geometric visuals, magic, and altered states of consciousness, more specifically looking at the colocation of geometric visuals and experiences of intermediary beings. The main focus here is on how geometric visuals relate to the consciousness experiments and magical practices of American author William Burroughs (1914-1997) and his Swiss-English collaborator Brion Gysin (1916-1986). Such an analysis will also dive into the broader intellectual currents that influenced Burroughs and Gysin's uses of geometry, yielding more abstract conceptions of how geometry relates to altered states of consciousness and intermediary beings. Furthermore, understanding how geometric manipulation of the mind works has important consequences for multiple fields outside of the history of esotericism, including market-oriented disciplines like architecture and industrial design. As such, this essay proposes that the historical study of esotericism can promote and conduct itself as an interdisciplinary space that communicates the value of its data to market-oriented fields through "material approaches" to religion à la Birgit Meyer.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2019
توصيف ظاهري
167-211
عنوان
Aries
شماره جلد
19/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1570-0593
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
abstract painting
اصطلاح موضوعی
Allen Ginsberg
اصطلاح موضوعی
Birgit Meyer
اصطلاح موضوعی
Brion Gysin
اصطلاح موضوعی
Carl Jung
اصطلاح موضوعی
Charles Hinton
اصطلاح موضوعی
cognition
اصطلاح موضوعی
extradimensionality
اصطلاح موضوعی
flicker induction
اصطلاح موضوعی
geometric visuals
اصطلاح موضوعی
geometry
اصطلاح موضوعی
hallucination
اصطلاح موضوعی
Henri Michaux
اصطلاح موضوعی
industrial design
اصطلاح موضوعی
intermediary beings
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Islamicate magic
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jinn
اصطلاح موضوعی
John Smythies
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material religion
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modern art
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n-dimensionality
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possession
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psychedelics
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stroboscopes
اصطلاح موضوعی
stroboscopic light
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trance
اصطلاح موضوعی
virtuality
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William Burroughs
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