We’re happy to announce the latest additions to our schedule:

Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule
Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule is a ChaOrder Magician and Baphometic avatar somewhat obsessed with physical reification and Malkuthian manifestation. While s/he does enjoy shamanic and astral journeys via various trance techniques (occasionally inc. extreme entheogens such as Ayahuasca or fly agarics), s/he is not content to just travel to other dimensions, rather enjoying bringing back aspects of them to the physical plane.

S/he is thus constantly reburbishing hir Temple, that is the physical form seen as a malleable tool: Physical mutations as magickal acts (chakra piercing and weaving, Tattoo Tarot Tantra, etc.), Body Art in extremis, Sex Magick and Environment Sculpting.

As a vessel for these processes and others, hir Metamorphic Ritual Theatre Company presents public rituals aiming to transform rather than merely entertain the audiences - who thus be-come the initiates, sometimes being led through environmental installations (such as Labyrinths woven through the woods) while interacting directly with other characters.
Such ritual theatre is infused with universal symbology gleaned from Orryelle’s studies of alchemy and comparative mythologies (especially Norse, Egyptian, Hindu, Mayan and Greek).

Oryelle’s appearance at Esozone is courtesy of R6XX.

Freeman
Freeman was arguably the breakout star of last year’s Esozone, wowing our Friday night audience with tales of corporate logo hypnotism, illuminated factions of hollow-earth dwelling reptiles, and the relationship between trauma-based mind control and Britney Spears. Back for a second round, Freeman promises to take Esozone participants even deeper down the rabbit hole.

Plus live music by:

Cult of Zir

DJ sets by:

Verbalizer
Zephyr

Also:

James Curcio will present a musical installation

And workshops or panel appearances by:

St. Mae

Wes Unruh

Ikipr

Joseph Thiebes of the Sekhet Maat Lodge

Jack Malebranche

Nemo

Plus there will be interactive activities throughout the weekend, such as walkabouts, scavenger hunts, sword fighting, and a comics jam.

For more info, check out our schedule, speakers and performers pages.

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Sadly, Bianca Lee will not be at Esozone this year, due to scheduling conflicts.

Keep an eye here for the announcement of several more performers and speakers, though!

Antero Alli returns to talk about Christopher Hyatt’s legacy, and how he met Robert Anton Wilson.

Download from archive.org (high quality MPEG or iPod ready MP4)

Technoccult TV: Nemo

Technoccult TV talks to visionary artist Nemo about his art, how he got into the occult, and how you too can make ambidextrous art.

Be sure to visit Nemo’s Revolutionary Xchange. I did an interview with Satoshi Sakamoto over there a couple months ago.

(We’re having some trouble uploading to archive.org, but once it’s done you’ll be able to download a DIVX or iPod format version)

Discuss travel, ride shares, couch surfing, the event, or whatever else you want at the new Esozone forum

Freeman writes:

It was bound to happen and the time has come. I have been invited to be a guest in the studio with Alex Jones. The show airs at 1pm CST (check infowars.com for local listing) Wednesday July 16th. This will be a show you do not want to miss. This is when the occult agenda meets the political. I hope to show the Patriot movement another side of the plot. Had Alex Jones and I met before 9/11 we would have had the entire story years before it occurred. I hope to share my understanding of the brotherhood’s rituals. The illuminati’s agenda is beyond mere military strategy; it is wrapped up in the occult forces of secret societies. This is a spiritual battle. I intend to prove this to Alex’s listeners. We will break through to the new paradigm; a truer understanding of the overall picture. We will try to set a course for a whole new world, free from brotherhood fascism and open to our true life’s purpose as stewards of life on Earth.

Listen at Infowars

Freeman Perspective

Technoccult TV: Antero Alli, pt. 1

Downloaded from archive.org in DIVX and iPod compatible mp4 formats.

Technoccult TV talks with Antero Alli about paratheater, his films, the 8 circuit model of consciousness, and his plans for the future.

Antero Alli is a paratheater director, filmmaker, astrologer, and the world’s leading expert on the 8 circuit model of consciousness. For more information about his work, or to purchase his DVDs, visit ParaTheatrical ReSearch and Vertical Pool Productions.

And of course, you can see him give a presentation on the 8 circuit model this October at Esozone in Portland.

Special thanks to: Chris Cloke, Bill Whitcomb, and Trevor Blake.

(Watch for more episodes of Technoccult TV, inlcluding part 2 of this interview plus interviews with Paul Laffoley, Nemo, The Red King, and many more)

From the New Yorker:

Slide Show

Essay

(via The Tomorrow Museum)

For even more on Buckminster Fuller, come to Esozone for Trevor Blake’s presentation “The Approximately Omnidirectional Ephemeralization of Richard Buckminster Fuller.”

This series of conversations is on the topic called the 8 Circuit Brain model. It is something that Timothy Leary first brought into the western consciousness, and later Robert Anton Wilson in his book Prometheus Rising gave it a more wide spread appeal. It was further developed by Antero in his book “Angel Tech”

This conversation covers the following topics:

History and introduction to the 8-circuit brain model
Absorb, Integrate, Transmit: Intelligence Increase
Embracing humility, flaws & paradox on the human journey
Circuit 1: Bio-Survival intelligence
Circuit 2: Emotional-Territorial intelligence
Direct experience
Meeting the needs of the second circuit

Listen to or download interview

(via Dedroidify)

To learn more about the 8 circuit model from Antero himself buy a ticket to Esozone

And don’t forget, you can see Antero’s new film Invisible Forest:

Thursday June 5, 9pm: DIVA Center, Eugene OR $5.
Friday June 6, 9:30pm: Hollywood Theatre, Portland OR $6.50
Sunday June 15, 2pm: NW Film Forum, Seattle WA. $8.
Wed. June 18, 8:30pm: Pickford Cinema, Bellingham WA $7.50
Friday June 27, 7pm: Shiny Object, West Sacramento. $5.

Here’s Erik Davis’s review of Invisible Forest:

Like a lot of heads, I first encountered the Finish wizard Antero Alli through his playful, prophetic, and handy books. If you are looking for a real-deal reality programming manual with just the right amount of Discordian spice, you can hardly do better than his classic debut, AngelTech. […] I’ve seen most of Alli’s movies, and they keep getting better. The Invisible Forest, Alli’s latest, is the strongest yet,

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