My memory of friday was primarily composed of the discussion by Rev. Brainwash concerning an obsession with trains, underground tunnels, and hobos. This discussion ended up ranging all over the place, from some theories that mankind actually developed various abilities by spending time literally underground. No dogmas here, just possibilities. The spread of unauthorized heresay. A discussion with peers where you can make the decisions about what it bullshit and what might ring of truth. I knew then that this was something I could really enjoy.

Given that I had recently performed my first Soup Purse set incorporating ritual principles and imagery I had been using privately for years I felt forcing myself to give some kind of public explanation was a mandatory exercise for the next stage of its articulation. As magician of no particular creed, influenced in equal measure by chaos magic of the Burroughs/Gyson/Spare/-ish lineage and “traditional” methods picked together by years of immersion in obscure ethnographic literature and fortuitous meetings with various initiators, trying to adequately explain “where I was coming from” to was an impossible task for an introduction.

I had made a number of cards containing essential concepts and a vague tree shape upon which they might be fit, but given that I didn’t really have enough time to assemble them I was attempting to improvise both an explanation of the devices used and the context simultaneously. I’m sure some people walked out in despair at my disconnected mumbling, but as often happens during my music sets punctuated by the failure of one or more elements I think by the end I had managed to pull something together. In the weeks that followed I thought continually about what I had missed and how to do it differently next time.

While I have not contacted or been contacted by anyone I met at esozone this year (been busy yo) I certainly plan on it sooner or later, and I certainly plan on being involved in years to come.

Isn’t there someone on here who was interested in getting people together to experiment with Antero Alli material? Been very interested in his projects lately. Get in touch: greaseenvelope via yahoo. Also if anyone is interested in getting in touch re:soup purse shows. I’m playing on the 19th and the 21st. The 21st event specifically will probably interest many here as many of the performances have to do with ecstatic ritual contexts. http://events.iokaos.net/