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I AM SPOTICUS

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About Me


Ego ipsa errans nugatorque de re occultissima lectorque sum.
Si alios quos titulos invenire potero, ut in me eos iniicio, ei mox addentur.
"Until then I had thought each book spoke of the things, human or divine, that lie outside books. Now I realized that not infrequently books speak of books: it is as if they spoke among themselves. In the light of this reflection, the library seemed all the more disturbing to me. It was then the place of a long, centuries-old murmuring, and imperceptible dialogue between one parchment and another, a living thing, a receptacle of powers not to be ruled by a human mind, a treasure of secrets emanated by many minds, surviving the death of those who had produced them or had been their conveyors"--Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
Fishing in Norway
I am a postgraduate student at the University of Edinburgh, doing a research degree in Literature: *ahem* Jewish Mysticism, Demonology and ascepts of the Feminine in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Lovin' my brotha!
Travel Photos from the last couple years. . .
Misc Travels around Scotland
Marrakesh, Northern Africa 2007
Winter '06 in BIG BEAR, Cali
Yosemite and Inyo 2006
La Fonda, Mexico 2006
Scotland, London and Italy 2006
China 2006
Alaska 2005
Hungary & Austria 2005
Yosemite Winter 2004
3 Month European Trip Summer 2004
Yosemite Winter 2003
Countries I have traveled to so far:
Mexico
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Norway
Germany
Poland
Czech Republic
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Bahamas (that count?)
Austria
China
Italy
Morocco

My Interests


Traveling
Literature
Muay Thai
The Occult
Peace Activism
Camping
Languages
Music
Academics

I'd like to meet:



Music:


Burzum, Satyricon, Rise, Summoning, Nunslaughter, Gospel of the Horns, Bathory, Blodsrit, Messiah, Sumeria, Blood Feast, Sadistic Intent, Shining, Emperor, Death, Possessed, Belial, Desaster, Slaughter Lord, The Black, Armagedda, Death, Witchburner, Destruction, At the Gates, Abruptum, Shadowthrone, Behexen, Besatt, Darkthrone, Graveland, Iuvenes, Vital Remains, Honor, Black Witchery, Sargoth, Testament, Bullet, Unpure, Archgoat, Tsjuder, Dark Funeral, Destroyer 666, Godless North, Enslaved, Skyforger, Victimizer, Lord Wind, Gorgoroth, Judas Iscariot, Perunwit, Horna, Isengard, Old Funeral, Exciter, Kreator, Venom, Horned Almighty, Must Missa, Obituary, Demonic Christ, Nagelfar, Nifelheim, Sepultura, Taake, Hirax, Argentum, Kataxu, Atheist, Bolt Thrower, Autopsy, Slayer, Abomination, Angantyr, The One, Sungoddess, Razor of Occam, Deathevokation, Adorior, Puissance, Sear Bliss, Turulvér, Watain, Von, Thunderbolt
Mozart, Wagner, Vivaldi, Tchaikovski, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stauss, Holst, Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Orff, Beethoven, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Mahler, Borodin, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Offenbach, Bizet, Verdi, Sibelius, Falla, Handel, Pachelbel
Cosmic Giggle, Bob Dylan, The Allman Bros, Fleetwood Mac, Floyd, Zep, The Doors, Pearl Jam

Books:

Paradise Lost-John Milton
Areopagitica-Milton
House of Leaves-Danielewski
The Italian-Anne Radcliff
The Mysteries of Udolpho-Anne Radcliff
Northanger Abby-Jane Austen
The Uses of Enchantment-Bruno Bettelheim
Harry Potter
Defense of Poetry-Sir Philip Sidney
Praise of Folly-Erasmus
A Room of One's Own-Viginia Woolf
Adages-Erasmus
Odyssey-Homer
Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
Inferno-Dante

Heroes:

My Mother and Father

My Blog

A Year of Philosophy 2007

So 2006 is almost over, and another year is beginning.  I have almost completed my New Year's Resolution for 2006, so I decided to start thinking about next year.  It is similar to last year...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:18:00 PST

California summer vacation 2008

Hello everyone! I'll be flying into Los Angeles on June 10th, just in time for Gospel of the Horns at the Black Castle. I hope to see you all there!
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:27:00 PST

Festung Open Air 2007 Bitterfeld Germany

I just got off the plane and back from an amazing weekend with Connor and Cat at Festung Open Air!    Saturday: Lord Belial (SWE)Forgotten Tomb (ITA)Denial of God (DK)Black Witchery (USA)Ad...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:03:00 PST

Rockin' Africa--Marrakesh 2007

The trip was great, and now I'm home safe and sound.    Here are some photos from our little adventure!   http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v387/AbyssicTorment/Morocc o-2007/...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Tue, 22 May 2007 06:35:00 PST

Are you living or surviving?

Something I wrote while procrastinating.....   ************************************ Sitting in the far stall of the downstairs women's toilets, on the white porcelain, starting at white tile and...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:32:00 PST

Uni work and travels

I think that when I finish this 50 page PhD proposal..I'm going to sleep for three days....So between April 2nd and 4th...don't come a'knockin'!  Unless you're bringing me chocolate.   My co...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:48:00 PST

The Distortion of Beauty

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Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:55:00 PST

My New Year's Resolution 2006

It is my New Year's Resolution to read at least 12 of these books.  These are books that professors never assigned as reading, though I thought they should.  Or many are things that I never ...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 07:07:00 PST

Hangin' with Mutiilation

I just got back from Birmingham where Hell Militia and The One played an awesome show.  After a seven hour coach ride and wandering around for three hours, we find the venue only to discover that...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:38:00 PST

Yosemite and Inyo National Forest

Just got back from Yosemite National Park with a little side trip down through Inyo National Forest and Highway-395.  Beautiful, but very cold up at the high elevations.   Check out my pictu...
Posted by I AM SPOTICUS on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:13:00 PST