History of the Occult and Technology -Downloading Paganism
summary
Quotes Arthur C Clark to frame a claim that digitization causes identity collapse and a new algorithmos time; documents a spreading rage contagion. Describes concrete tools and experiments: harvested data with Yahoo Pipes, built an app called Existence (2014) that maps time/location/biology and cuts distracted driving by 75%, embeds spells in password resets, uses emojis as sigils and a values database in err table to filter outcomes. Asserts meme magic influences politics and shows reproducible phone-reading techniques.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Start
- 4:44Lets Define Magic
- 6:07On Magic and Technology
- 8:08Psychometry
- 9:05Time Travel
- 9:38Sigils and Scrying
- 11:11Magic, Religion, Technology
- 12:21Systems and Platforms of Magic
- 14:03Belief Platforms
- 15:28Temporal Platforms
- 18:35Technopagan a Timeline
- 22:552019-2018 - Devices from White Magic to Black
- 23:55Who Are Techopagans?
- 25:18What Do We Believe?
- 26:58We Communicate through Code
- 27:28Possession
- 27:45We Communicate in Symbols and manifest wealth
- 28:14We Practice Rituals
- 29:13We Create Rituals
- 30:37Communicating through Synchronicity
- 34:44Transmuting Ritual
- 41:42Last Rule of Digital Magic
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