Holy shit! I’ve only read a paragraph, and I’m already in love (at least for now):
- “‘Mail-order mysticism’ may sound like a joke to the serious, orthodox, traditional, or academic ‘expert’ in religion — & to the professional gurus whose ‘Work’ consists of personality-monopoly & psychological authoritarianism — but the Moorish Orthodox Church takes it seriosly. There’s something magical about the mail — voices from the Unseen — *documents as amulets* — and something very american, democratic & self-reliant — mysterious urban folklore — old ad’s for AMORC in crumbling yellow magazines — HooDoo catalogues, dreambooks — ancient spirits-of-places intersecting with modern communications networks that are placeless, spooky, & abstract. And the mail itself now seems antique — a lost modernity, 19th century, sepia, violet ink — a fitting medium for the transmission of secrets. “
And again…
- Certain airwave preachers tell you to “put you hands on the radio!” to receive a blessing or healing. The modern media are by definition forces for alienation — and yet — they contain within them hidden & unplanned magical linkages which are IMmediate — or at least far more direct than reason would allow. No technology can leach itself clean of the residue of magic which lies at its source — and communication tech is the most “spiritual” of them all. The mail is full of gnostic traces — even of love. Why not initiation?
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