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- File of Alt.Magick.Tyagi Rules and Assorted Dogma (FAMTRAD)
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- "_Student_. His business is to acquire a general intellectual
- knowledge of all systems of attainment...."
-
- _Magick_, By A. Crowley, ed. Symonds/Grant;
- p. 328, Appendix II
- ___________________________________________
-
-
- "The vulgar and debased cannot practice this art, neither
- such as have no understanding."
-
- _Pau P'u Tzu_, by Ko Hung, quoted within
- _The Forge and the Crucible_,
- by Mircea Eliade.
- _________________________________________
-
- alt.magick.tyagi (AMT) is the synthesis of meta-knowledge.
-
- at the nexus of all mystical and magical systems, AMT
- functions as a forum for the synthesis of psychological
- gold and religious esoterica, purifying the textual
- Universal Medicine, a remedy for runaway technology and
- rapidly diversifying knowledge systems operating in cross-
- fertilization at the branches of metaphysical speculation
- and the roots of practicality.
-
- a diffusing specialization may be seen within the academic
- community as a whole. constellating gradually increasing
- bubble-islands of technical knowledge, cybernetic forums
- dissolve under the influence of entropic conflagration,
- their products are further and further removed from the
- average human being. AMT is a melting pot within which
- the quintessentia of human experience may be derived by
- the dedicated, flexible and syncretic of mind.
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- FAMTRAD CONTENTS
-
- 00 Identity
- 01 Charter
- 02 Purpose
- 03 Posting Rules
- 04 Call for Charity
- 05 Assorted Dogma
- 06 Terminology
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-
- 00 Identity
- this is the regularly posted reference file for the AMT
- newsgroup. if you wish to post, you are welcome to do
- so provided you keep the following in mind:
- __________________________________________________________
-
- 01 Charter
- articles shall be reposted and X-posted to alt.magick.tyagi
- in order to fertilize synthesis and create an educational
- archive/consortium for the study of magick, mysticism and
- associated subjects of meta-knowledge (the mysteries). it
- shall also include derived discussion which grows in
- response to such a fertilization and consortium.
- __________________________________________________________
-
- 02 Purpose
- alt.magick.tyagi (AMT) is the synthesis of meta-knowledge
- in the fields of magick and mysticism within the usenet
- internet forum structure:
-
- alt. => alternative trunk
-
- magick. => occult and magical arts
-
- tyagi => monastic and mystical sciences
-
- the newsgroup is a forum designed to fulfill its Charter (01),
- an educational mechanism and forum of cross-fertilization of
- meta-knowledge within the fields of magick and mysticism.
- access to esoteric information to those who diligently seek
- it, without restriction, integrating the various disciplines
- and weaving a web of vivifying communication amongst a
- diversity of global cultures. it is an attempt to utilize
- usenet as a thinktank and reference engine.
-
-
- elaboration
-
- this group shall be used as a REposting site for articles,
- found in the various internet archives, of interest to mages
- and mystics, including other newsgroups like alt.lucky.w,
- other alt.magick.* newsgroups, alt.pagan.magick,
- alt.paranormal.spells.hexes.magic, alt.religion.*,
- alt.satanism.*, alt.*.zen, soc.religion.*, talk.religion.*,
- and any other religious, magical, mystical or miscellaneous
- newsgroup which qualifies.
-
- AMT shall also carry subsequent exchanges of threads which
- are of particular interest to esotericists, tied together via
- REpost and Xpost so as to ease access to the working, eclectic
- magical/mystical student.
-
- this newsgroup shall also function as a place to move very long,
- complicated conversations, philosophical exchanges, regarding
- magick, mysticism and associated subjects that often annoy regular
- readers of the normal alt.magick.*, psychology, mysticism or
- religious groups, yet serve the interests of dedicated specialists.
- ___________________________________________________________
-
- 03 Posting Rules
- there shall be no restrictions as to *who* is allowed to post
- to the group and yet the group's parameters are clearly stated
- herein.
-
- AMT can be used for this purpose, exposing the commonality
- of subjects and patterns within them to the many readers who
- will almost certainly prove amateur in all.
-
- overall, post in a manner which serves the Purpose (02) of the
- newsgroup. AMT was created to address a specific need. posts
- made to it should generally be of three types:
-
- 1) REPOSTS
- these should be the most common seed fodder. their function
- is to make accessible articles from other internet forums
- which could be of interest to mages who don't have the time
- or incentive to read *every* group which is relevant to their
- field. they can also be used to expose the post to newsgroups
- which were pertinent but not originally within the header.
- Followups to all relevant forums are fruitfully specified.
-
- 2) XPOSTING
- these should used subtlely to join disparate disciplines
- when contributing articles which apply to their intersection
- or when a particular post within any newsgroup would likely
- be of interest to those whose studies include the subject of
- magick or mysticism.
-
- 3) DISCUSSION
- discussion subsequent to posted articles should be less common
- and determined by interest and quality of the posts to which
- response is given. humor and quips should be minimized, or
- utilized to effectively place in contrast the overseriousness
- of the author to whom one replies.
-
- for a set of general guidelines, see the alt.magick RULES at:
-
- http://www.luckymojo.com/altmagickfaq/ruleref
-
-
- REposts should be made in something like the following manner:
-
- [a] find a pertinent newsgroup other than AMT;
- (if you don't know what's pertinent, don't post,
- read alt.magick or alt.consciousness.mysticism
- for a month or two first and see how this
- compares with AMT)
-
- [b] find an article that is thought-provoking,
- well-researched, representative, or otherwise
- interesting;
-
- [c] pretend you are going to 'follow-up' but instead
- of leaving the 'Newsgroups:' 'Reply-To:' lines as
- you found them, replace the newsgroups with
- "alt.magick.tyagi" and any other applicable
- newsgroups omitted in the original posting, and
- use the address given in the automatic
- 'response-indicator' ("in article <artcl#snltrs>,
- <address> writes:") for both the 'reply-to' field
- and for what is called an ATTRIBUTION:
-
- "[from <original newsgroup>: <author's name and address>]";
-
- [d] remove all the 'quote-symbols' from the text that
- were applied when you began your follow-up
- (usually a left sidebar of '>'; this can be done
- with the command: ':%s,>,' in VI) and be sure that
- the header fields are accurate (sometimes when I
- remove all those >'s I get the first one in the
- 'References' field also, or in the author's name);
-
- [e] you may also change the Subject: header to include
- the author's name -- first init, last name, then
- a reasonable subject header with (Was ...) if the
- original was ugly.
-
- [f] fill in the 'Followup-to:' with the original groups
- if applicable and any others to which you sent it,
- targetting the most applicable and being sure also to
- include AMT. exclude forums that don't like followups,
- such as alt.magick.chaos, or those that don't tend to
- like massive Xposting.
- ___________________________________________________________
-
- 04 Call for Charity
- contact nagasiva@luckymojo.com if you have extra time to
- volunteer for archival activities, would like to mirror
- the Esoteric Archive, and/or have interest in lending
- technical expertise to its improvement.
- ___________________________________________________________
-
- 05 Assorted Dogma
- alt.magick.tyagi lies fallow or burgeons with ripe cyberfruits
- dependent entirely upon the dedication of the few.
-
- through the REposting and Xposting procedure (detailed above)
- many specialists within diverse fields of meta-knowledge are
- brought together into one forum allowing us to envision our
- commonalities. it thus makes possible a networking function
- which would otherwise not be possible, whilst the group itself
- serves as an outlet for a sometimes verbose and syncretic type
- of communication.
-
-
- other alt.magick.* newsgroups
-
- by far the bulk of traffic within the alt.magick.* newsgroups
- occurs in the original group (alt.magick).
-
- alt.magick.chaos is a forum which often contains posts and
- discussion on chaos and chaos magick as understood by its
- regular posters.
-
- alt.magick.tantra was started as an alternative to the glutted
- alt.magick.sex, and includes posts regarding tantra, taoist
- sexual alchemy and sex magick.
-
- alt.magick.order and alt.magick.ethics were created in
- frustration at the volume and noise/signal ratio within
- alt.magick, and are being utilized to divide up the various
- areas of interest that collide in the hub group.
-
- alt.magick.folk and the related alt.pagan.magick are subforums
- to the alt.magick and alt.pagan newsgroups which place focus
- upon the more religious aspects of magick.
-
- alt.magick.* groups of other types exist, but these do not,
- by and large, contain posts relevant to magick.
-
-
- other related forums
-
- for other newsgroups, elists and other related internet forums,
- please see the alt.magick FAQ:
-
- http://www.luckymojo.com/altmagickfaq/
- ___________________________________________________________
-
- 06 Terminology
- the word 'tyagi' is Sanskrit (East Indian) and can be
- literally translated as 'monk' or 'one who renounces (or
- sacrifices) all'. in this way the newsgroup name symbolizes
- the fusion of magick and mysticism through the combination
- of terms, and provides a kind of arena in which writings of
- a decidedly esoteric nature may be drawn together, compared,
- contrasted and fused into a cybernetic Hieros Gamos.
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