Imaginary friends, sacred sex, Fallen Nation, Cthulhu crochet, and another round up
Posted By Psyche On Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 6:24 pm In Occulture,Saturday Signal | Comments Disabled
[1]Saturday Signal: attempting to sift signal from the noise of the Internet’s occultural cacophony.
This has been a crazy week: camping on the weekend, end of another fiscal quarter at work entailing many late nights at the office, treated with a delightful time at Cirque du Soleil [2]‘s Saltimbanco [3] yesterday,1 [4] and I now find myself playing Internet catch-up this weekend in preperation for another busy weekend come Labour Day.
- Meta-Magick [5] author Philip H. Farber [6] asks “What makes the character of Ganesh recognizable to worshipers2 [7] as a god…?” in “Gods, Demons and Imaginary Friends [8]“, published on Reality Sandwich [9] yesterday. Farber looks at the way we understand disincarnate entities in relation to the self, and creating them. With exercises!
- William Dalrymple, writing for The New Yorker [10], highlights the distressing nature of modern worship of Yellamma [11] in India, contrasting medieval devadasis with their modern counterparts in a piece titled “Serving the Goddess [12]“. Via Technoccult [13].
- In a brief post on Key 64 yesterday, author James Curcio announced that his second novel Fallen Nation [14] (reviewed on ahrfoundation.org here [15])3 [16] was optioned by Invictus Films [17] and SB Productions [18]. Invictus Films is run by president and creative director Alexander Emmert. According to the Invictus Films website [19] “there are rumors that Emmert hopes to shoot the film in South Africa in early 2009.” Best of luck to James on this project.
- Cthulhu Crochet and Cousins [20] is an endearingly nerdy blog begun late January of this year. It showcases odd crochet projects from fandom (Dr. Horrible [21], anyone?), and offers crochet patterns for Cthulhu figures (Cthulhu [22] and Tiny Cthulhu [23]) and monsters (Bartlby, the Baby Rat Creature [24] and Bunnicula [25]). Horrifyingly cute.
- Finally, over at Mishkan ha-Echad [26], Dean Wilson, inspired by ahrfoundation.org’s Saturday Signal, has created his own weekly round-up, the first of which was posted today. For those of you who just can’t get enough, check it out here: “Weekly Roundup: Dangers, Sex, & Rock N’ Roll [27]“. (PS: I’m not a guy.)
With this hectic week drawing to a close ahrfoundation.org [28] will resume its regular schedule on Monday.
Footnotes:
- Great fun. If you get the chance to see Cirque du Soleil perform live: take it. [back [29]]
- Sic. [back [30]]
- See “Review: Fallen Nation, by James Curcio [15]“. [back [31]]
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[1] Image: http://ahrfoundation.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/saturday-signal-ahrfoundation.png
[2] Cirque du Soleil: http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/
[3] Saltimbanco: http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/showstickets/saltimbanco/intro/intro.htm
[4] 1: http://ahrfoundation.org/2008/08/23/saturday-signal-imaginary-friendssacred-sex-fallen-nation-cthulhu-crochet-and-another-round-up/#footnote_0_409
[5] Meta-Magick: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578634245?ie=UTF8&tag=ahrfoundationnet-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1578634245
[6] Philip H. Farber: http://www.meta-magick.com/
[7] 2: http://ahrfoundation.org/2008/08/23/saturday-signal-imaginary-friendssacred-sex-fallen-nation-cthulhu-crochet-and-another-round-up/#footnote_1_409
[8] Gods, Demons and Imaginary Friends: http://www.realitysandwich.com/gods_demons_imaginary_friends
[9] Reality Sandwich: http://realitysandwich.com
[10] The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/
[11] Yellamma: http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/people/yellamma/yellamma.htm
[12] Serving the Goddess: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/08/04/080804fa_fact_dalrymple?currentPage=all
[13] Technoccult: http://www.technoccult.com/archives/2008/08/21/article-on-indian-sacred-sex-workers-in-the-new-yorker/
[14] Fallen Nation: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419672657?ie=UTF8&tag=ahrfoundationnet-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1419672657
[15] on ahrfoundation.org here: http://ahrfoundation.org/2008/04/05/review-fallen-nation-by-james-curcio/
[16] 3: http://ahrfoundation.org/2008/08/23/saturday-signal-imaginary-friendssacred-sex-fallen-nation-cthulhu-crochet-and-another-round-up/#footnote_2_409
[17] Invictus Films: http://www.invictusfilms.com
[18] SB Productions: http://www.sbpfilms.co.za/
[19] According to the Invictus Films website: http://www.invictusfilms.com/v2/pages/press20.html
[20] Cthulhu Crochet and Cousins: http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/
[21] Dr. Horrible: http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-horrible-horribly-cute-that-is.html
[22] Cthulhu: http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/2008/02/cthulhu-pattern.html
[23] Tiny Cthulhu: http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/2008/05/tiny-cthulhu-free-pattern.html
[24] Bartlby, the Baby Rat Creature: http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/2008/04/bartleby-baby-rat-creature-with-free_14.html
[25] Bunnicula: http://cthulhucrochet.blogspot.com/2008/07/no-vegetable-is-safefrom-bunnicula.html
[26] Mishkan ha-Echad: http://mishkan-ha-echad.blogspot.com
[27] Weekly Roundup: Dangers, Sex, & Rock N’ Roll: http://mishkan-ha-echad.blogspot.com/2008/08/weekly-roundup-dangers-sex-enochian.html
[28] ahrfoundation.org: http://ahrfoundation.org
[29] back: http://ahrfoundation.org/2008/08/23/saturday-signal-imaginary-friendssacred-sex-fallen-nation-cthulhu-crochet-and-another-round-up/#identifier_0_409
[30] back: http://ahrfoundation.org/2008/08/23/saturday-signal-imaginary-friendssacred-sex-fallen-nation-cthulhu-crochet-and-another-round-up/#identifier_1_409
[31] back: http://ahrfoundation.org/2008/08/23/saturday-signal-imaginary-friendssacred-sex-fallen-nation-cthulhu-crochet-and-another-round-up/#identifier_2_409
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