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Open publication - Free publishing - More wicca
Open publication - Free publishing - More wicca
The Sutra of the Poison Buddha is a free e-zine which follows the esoteric work of the
What is The Sutra of the Poison Buddha? Simply put, it is an act of naked, unashamed
creation.Its editor, Ryan Valentine, is one of the untouchables; paid to hang off
buildings at perilous heights, using principles fundamentally unchanged since the first
human decided to climb an extraordinary high thing just because it was there.
In that spirit, the Sutra was born, driven by the undeniable, primal urge to haul
something into existence by its own bootstraps. Bringing together disparate
contributors – students of.. psychology, law, occultists, philosophers, musicians
and professional astrologers – the Sutra is a process, each volume a crossroads, a
nexus on an open plane.
Its volumes of art, thought, ritual praxis and accounts of otherworldly interactions stand
alone, as is. Whereas other books and the very written word itself contain the
implication - indeed the need - for communication, the individual volumes exist solely
for the pleasure of existing, rather than to be read and interacted with.
As English poet and mystic Aleister Crowley wrote in 1904: “Write, & find ecstasy in
writing! Work, & be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life & death!â€
The Sutra is composed of that joy, and even in its darker, more troubling dreams, is an
evocation thereof. Feverishly composed, stitched together, completed only when
complete, each volume being totally free and requiring nothing of the world, the work
of many hands arranged and distilled into a potent aesthetic liquor.
Neither truly occult nor truly revelatory but somewhere between, under the hand of its
editor, it remains as a resource, as found object in the virtual arena. Just as a natural
feature serves no actual purpose, yet is still capable of bringing about an emotional
response from those who perceive it, so it is with the Sutra.
As such, it stands as Art, not due to intent or critical approval, but as a project, a
strange attractor with its own inherent qualities, a line of flight and doorway both. As
simple and mysterious as music, or a standing stone, its affective quality depends on
the reader themselves – it is a signpost only, into the mutable infinity, the cornucopia of
the Imagination.
Now re-released and easily browsable online, the issues of the Sutra are as when
they were first created. Typographical errors lie in the text, even breakdowns in syntax,
these are all preserved as character-marks, unique signifiers of the contributors'
passage.
Further volumes are forthcoming, yet more iterations of the flowing currents in which
the contributors are immersed. They and their editor, invite you to peruse the Sutra at
your leisure, to explore and journey in the spaces within and without, where boundary
lines grow hazy and territories flex and twist.
We aim to continue our quiet revolution and hold true to our conviction that this
information should be freely available to any and all who seek it.
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