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Restoring the Lost Sense –
October 17, 2017 |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Restoring the Lost Sense –
May 25, 2017 |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Restoring the Lost Sense –
July 11, 2016 |
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A duck-headed butler opening the door for a Poe-esque gentleman? Check. (By the way, that's a precursor to David Lynch's commercial for the Sony Playstation, in which a duck says, "Welcome to the 'third place.'") A faceless figure surrounded by disembodied cackling faces? Check. A crow in a jacket standing on a meditative sheep while an anthropomorphic dice cup spills and kills an innocent bystander? Check. A skeleton holding the Ace of Hearts? Check. Edward Gorey-esque despair on a settee? Check. Granted, the figure blowing his head off does seem rather too much. From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1884.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Restoring the Lost Sense –
April 21, 2016 |
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Hindpsych: Erstwhile Conjectures by the Sometime Augur of Yore –
July 31, 2015 |
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Our highly unusual guide to astragalomancy received on the same day a one-star and five-star review. We'll reveal what a roll of 1 and 5 means, but first, we'll tell you what the five-star review says: " If you have an interest in divination and an interest in the history of magic and language...this is a great source of extensive research into an obscure science. Craig Conley has a natural gift to uncover hidden knowledge from the ancient past and present it in artistic and understandable write ups and illustrations."
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| * Historians must reconstruct the past out of hazy memory. "Once upon a time" requires "second sight." The "third eye" of intuition can break the "fourth wall" of conventional perspectives. Instead of "pleading the fifth," historians can take advantage of the "sixth sense" and be in "seventh heaven." All with the power of hindpsych, the "eighth wonder of the world." It has been said that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. Therein lies the importance of Tarot readings for antiquity. When we confirm what has already occurred, we break the shackles of the past, freeing ourselves to chart new courses into the future. |
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Puzzles and Games –
April 16, 2015 |
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Here's a roll of the dice from Diccionario Enciclopedico Hispano-Americano de Literatura, Siencias y Artes, 1887. See also our guide to Astragalomancy (finally released from private circulation in the magical underground), which reveals for the first time the secret meanings of 21 discrete dice throws. |
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought –
July 23, 2012 |
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Our work on Platonic solids tumbling through time is entitled Astragalomancy. It's all about how to divine the meanings of 21 discrete dice throws. Knowledge of ancient Greek divination rituals is unnecessary. The simple interpretations are clear-cut, based upon specific, indisputable references to history, mathematics, literature, mythology, and arcane sciences from around the world. Read more about about this work over at Amazon.com. This illustration of Lady Luck appears in Punch, 1877.
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