http://www.anulios.org/weblog/index.php en tarquin@anulios.org Copyright 2007 2007-04-25T07:55:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/hola1/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/hola1/#When:07:55:00Z As you can see we are back online - there’s been a few changes, mostly the transfer from WordPress to Expression Engine which took a bit longer than I thought but was definitely worth the wait. I shall post on the technical details of it later today. Meanwhile, just wanted to give you all fair warning that we’re back in town! General Stuff 2007-04-25T07:55:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/another_world/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/another_world/#When:07:46:00Z Esoteric Christianity 2007-02-20T07:46:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/future_of_anulios/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/future_of_anulios/#When:11:50:00Z Apologies for absence, I have been re-structuring life, ideas and plans. Over the next few months I will be attempting to turn Anulios into a ‘real world’ magazine/review. It is a big project and will take some time - the idea is to have a magazine that is downloadable and can be printed out from a website - this one - which will also feature some of the articles and features. The magazine will still be called Anulios but the focus will swerve slightly; there will be more on an ‘activity in the real world’ aspect and this means events and happenings in Barcelona as that is where we are - anything from reviews to storytellings and exhibitions which we shall be organizing. General Stuff 2007-02-10T11:50:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/i_am_god/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/i_am_god/#When:17:36:00Z well...not me personally (any more or less than we all are anyway) as will be painfully obvious even to the most comatose peruser of these wiseacrings, but I was recently asked by a reader what I thought of this statement as it has been traditionally attributed to Mansur al-Hallaj so, being in desperate need of material and as no-one wants to be a guest-blogger, I thought I’d post the answer here. Sufism/Islam 2006-12-23T17:36:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/eugenes_comment/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/eugenes_comment/#When:10:23:00Z I have been inspired to emerge from my self-imposed exile by some comments by reader Eugene which you can peruse here. This is an idea I had myself quite a while back but nothing came of it for the simple reason that it is impossible to get the people who have the capacity for this. In short; Gurdjieff’s ‘Seekers of Truth’ and any equivalent we may foreseeably cobble together are not the same thing and - in the present climate - there is absolutely zero possibility of even reaching 1% of the quality of consciousness of those people. Imo. Sufism/Islam 2006-11-30T10:23:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/hola/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/hola/#When:06:19:27Z Hi everyone, I just want to say thanks to James and Mark and everyone who contributed comments to the Mark’s guest blog - this is perhaps the nearest that we have come here to what I have always hoped for on Anulios; what the Sufis call jam - ‘coming together’. I hope the dialogue continues and is curious the levels of application - everyone is taking from it something that is meant for them. I have realized something quite important for me from this dialogue though perhaps now is not the time to share it as it needs digesting first but I wanted to express my gratitude. Carry on guys! General Stuff 2006-10-18T06:19:27+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/first_guest_blogger/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/first_guest_blogger/#When:06:46:00Z A while back I asked for contributions from ‘Guest Bloggers’ as I was - and still am - a little too busy to post. I received the following from Mark over at Eternal Awareness and I post it here un-edited and with my apologies for taking so long to post it....sorry! As requested, please accept this contribution, representing my hope that you will continue to maintain your blog. I recently rejoined blogging after a seven month hiatus. I stopped because I was disillusioned, although not for the same reason you have given. In my case, I was discouraged by my inability to find the words to convey my message. I have studied for many years with a genuine master teacher of the esoteric arts and sciences. From reading some of your past posts, especially your recent series on “Why I am Abandoning Esotericism” and from reading comments from some of your readers, I have been struck by several things. General Stuff 2006-09-26T06:46:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/islamophobic/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/islamophobic/#When:10:13:00Z I have a theory about Islamophobia, extremism and Bush/Blair/Islamists/totalitarianism etc and I thought I’d rant on about it for a bit as I’m bored. I’m especially bored with Islamophobes and non-thinkers who - I fervently hope, will not , like the poor, be always with us. Basically it is this: all these things are symptoms of the same underlying ailment - retrogressive stupidity. This is my theory: Life is evolving. That is to say, history is the history of advancement and evolution - we start off in caves we progress to huts, to houses, to space....and on. Progress is all. It is irresistable and where we are headed in all areas; technological, philosophical, religious etc..... Sufism/Islam 2006-09-25T10:13:00+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/working_occult_group_barcelona/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/working_occult_group_barcelona/#When:21:51:33Z Most of you probably know of my predilection for ritual magic and all matters occult. I generally try to keep these interests under wraps for obvious reasons but occasionally I might comment on some snippet or other...like now for instance. It has come to my attention that there is a loosely based chaote influenced working magickal group starting up hereabouts so I pass on the info for what it’s worth...they seem like fun guys or I wouldn’t pass it on but the usual caveats apply. If you want to contact them - with no guarantee of admission, and if you are (or can be sometimes) in BCN, you might want to mail them. Barcelona 2006-09-22T21:51:33+01:00 http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/berlin/ http://www.anulios.org/index.php/weblog/berlin/#When:10:32:00Z I am thinking of relocating to Berlin. Is there any reader who perhaps lives there or knows the city and can offer helpful hints, tips or reasons to go/not go. Let me know. Cheers. Travelogue 2006-09-20T10:32:00+01:00