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I have not read a lot of Alan Moore, but reading this last bit > The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic will transform your lives, your reality, and any spa
by riffraff 3y ago
I have not read a lot of Alan Moore, but reading this last bit
> The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic will transform your lives, your reality, and any spare lead that you happen to have lying around into the purest and most radiant gold.
I wonder how much he's actually attempting to change reality through literature (immanentize the eschaton!) and how much he's just playing with the idea.
- histories 3y agoI think he has been changing reality through literature since forever! "I believe that magic is art and that art, whether it be writing, music, sculpture, or any other form is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words, or images, to achieve changes in consciousness." https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8218991-there-is-some-confusion-as-to-what-magic-actually-is https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8218991-there-is-some-confu...