Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:08:53 +0200 (EET DST)
From: Vadim Verenits <grimnes-AT-physic.ut.ee>
Subject: Re: Abortionists of Unity [for Dan]



I must admit that it was very interesting(for me) to compare 
such a "pathetic charlatan" as Aleister Crowley with eastern
tradition of (?) *practical spirituality*
On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Mark Crosby wrote:

> Dan, Thanks for the reminder about Crowley. I did
> find your excerpts from _Magick in Theory and
> Practice_, a month ago, to be very helpful. I find it
> essential to *always work* on Asana, Pranayama &
> Dharana, though without any 'hope' of 'mastering'
> them, except in an immanent sort of way, as a
> striving in every situation of interaction. 
> 
> There are definitely versions of the Tree of Life
> more sophisticated than that of the Scholastics -
> Maturana & Varela for example. Your own comments
> about points & lines were encouraging. However, the
> medieval tree is still being decorated for holidays
> today by ultra-Modernist Objectivists, such as some
> Extropians (amongst whom I've spent a lot of time
> wading in recent years), who around this time of year
> pretend to be atheists while celebrating what they
> call Newtonmas.
> 
> Interesting that this is the anniversary of my
> awareness of Deleuze & Guattari, since I first
> stumbled across some of Brian Massumi's texts on the
> Web one year ago - it's been a lot to digest! Up til
> then my studies focused on the informational dynamics
> of life (eg, Anticipatory Systems of theoretical
> biologist Robert Rosen; Artificial Life models;
> Evolutionary epistemology & cybernetics) - all very
> tree-like; so, discovery of the Rhizome has brought
> many new Beanstalks to climb, and so many dangling
> threads to eventually link back to...  - Mark
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