I’ll go first: I met my wife through EsoZone. She’s a friend of James Curcio’s, who spoke at EsoZone in 2007, and he encouraged her to buy a ticket and go to the PDX0 meetups. I’ve met a lot of other people through EsoZone, but forgive me for putting this relationship above all the others =)

I’ll also add that by giving me a venue for my noise art, EsoZone has driven my continued work towards that. I originally returned to noise art after a decade-plus long vacation as a distraction from EsoZone organization duties, but it was EsoZone itself that has motivated continued work.

So enough about me – what has your experience been?

The Cyclone of Slack has posted links to some media from the event. If you have more they’d love to know about it.

Cyclone of Slack: we want your pictures (videos, audios, whatever)

Jillian’s EsoZone round-up wherein she shares her own experiences at EsoZone 2009.

She’s shared her outline from her “Radical Therapy for Radical Minds” workshop

Garret Daun has shared a PDF of his “Create Deconstruction” workshop.

Lion42′s pics from EsoZone

Above: a short video from Soup Purse’s workshop on audio processing as invocation and divination.

Pictures from Soup Purse’s workshop.

I had originally planned to do a presentation at Esozone which was largely the product of my several years work in the physical yoga of the Hyatt Method. I have recently decided that this is a flawed way of introducing the material. There is nothing here that cannot be learned well between now and October. The participants in my Esozone workshop will get much more out of a presentation of any kind if they have engaged in the detensing movements in advance. Further, neophytes will have a place to refer to after being introduced to key concepts. Without any further explanation, I would like to walk practitioners through the basic detensing exercises of the Hyatt method.

Read the whole thing at Black Sun Gazette

Above: Esozone animation by Joshua Fontany. There are also several high quality Esozone wallpapers available here

Turkish coffee ground divination is one of breakcore goddess Hecate‘s lesser known talents. At Esozone, she read for Clyde Lewis (above right), and Baphomat appeared in the grounds.

More on this, plus Clyde interviewing Rex Church and Freeman at Ground Zero Lounge.

Plus: Here’s the Portland Tribune’s coverage, which focuses mostly on the Satanism angle.

Paul Laffoley talks with Technoccult TV east coast correspondent Nick Pell about his work, how history is finally catching up to him, his design for a 4 dimensional building for Nelson Mandela, where Elvis is now, why he went to Woodstock, and more.

Parts 2-4 after the jump.

Then, check out our list of speakers and our list of performers.

Finally, check out the constantly updated schedule to find out when everything is happening, and get some more details on some of the events.

misterinterrupt will play at Esozone during the opening reception and during the Midnight Magickal Mass.

Ceremonial Blood mix

More mixes at Ruin Mechanic

Nolon Ashley, aka Cult of Zir, talks about his music, Portland, the OTO, and the Voudon Gnostic Workbook.