Devils in the Ink: William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Geometry as a Method for Accessing Intermediary Beings

This paper explores some of the myriad connections between geometric visuals, magic, and altered states of consciousness, more specifically looking at the colocation of geometric visuals and experiences of intermediary beings. The main focus here is on how geometric visuals relate to the consciousne...

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Main Author: Cowan, Tommy P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Aries
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-211
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Burroughs, William S. 1914-1997 / Gysin, Brion 1916-1986 / Geomancy / Medium / State of consciousness / Esotericism / Materiality
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B Industrial Design
B modern art
B Hallucination
B geometric visuals
B William Burroughs
B Cognition
B n-dimensionality
B Allen Ginsberg
B stroboscopic light
B Birgit Meyer
B intermediary beings
B John Smythies
B Material Religion
B Virtuality
B abstract painting
B Trance
B extradimensionality
B Geometry
B stroboscopes
B Charles Hinton
B flicker induction
B Possession
B Brion Gysin
B Henri Michaux
B Psychedelics
B Islamicate magic
B Jinn
B Carl Jung
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