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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 13, 2007 17:12:41 GMT -6
Now that is a simple question. I'm asking it because the phrase "you have the right to remain silent, everything you say can be used against you blah blah blah" seems to be the motto for a lot of people in here. Let me tell you, the cops can get you in trouble even if you sew your mouth shut.
Why did you join this forum? Not the cult. This forum. This is a place for talking with the members and non-members of this CULT you are obviously interested in for whatever reasons. As a cult, we should be a pretty tight community and know each other as thoroughly as possible. We're in this thing together, you see? We have decided not to operate entirely alone, and great power and knowledge can be realized and made available to all of us if we act in the right way.
Strong, dynamic, interactive, like a chain of mithril whose every link is unbreakable. That's what I'd call a CULT. We are not that strong yet, I think. But we have the potential to be a real force in this real world, however you may perceive the world you're living in.
So, why do most of the almost 666 members here choose to stay silent even when there are a myriad of interesting topics to discuss which you can't find anywhere else in the net? When there are so many intelligent, creative and (gasp) nice people in here to talk with? I know I'm going through a phase of my transformation in which I tend to share more of my thoughts than is healthy and normal, and I'm not asking you to write 200 posts in a week like stupid old me.
Just say something if you have something worth saying. I haven't yet read all the topics here and all of you contribute something by just being a number in the list of members, but I don't think Venger Satanis created this forum for people to show off their friends and say: "Hey, I just joined the Cult of Cthulhu board! Am I not fucking cool even though I contribute nothing?". Nor for irrelevant "gossiping and chattering on the prospects of the next five minutes" either, so if you prefer staying silent, then do so. And if you have nothing important to communicate and just like to read your own posts and masturbate like I do, shut the fuck up.
You got the point. Do what thou wilt. End of rant.
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Post by Drizzle Drazzle on Dec 13, 2007 17:52:29 GMT -6
I have had strange experiences, my entire life.
Sometimes, I feel like the protagonist in the 7th son of a 7th son album by iron Maiden, or like Sigismundo Celine (Maletesta) from the Historical Iluminatus Chronicles--like a poor hapless schmoe, the eternal cosmic fool, with forces of alleged "good" and forces of alleged "evil" ever vying to recruit me and my meager talents.
I often project the meaningful coincidences of my life outward, in perhaps a megamanaical manner, living my life on a mythic scale. I know i am not the only one! I also know that this clinical explanation is not the only possible interpretation, but really now, who can be assed to give a kundalinic, a shamanic a Jungian et al deliniation all at once?
Moving right along, I see the Old Ones as Icons of personal transformation (again, this not the ONLY way that I see them, but will suffice for the moment).
Mankind is perilously balanced upon the brink of a great abyss, to retreat is to be a mere monkey, to move foward, a god.
Sure many of us are all "yeah the abyss.....I crossed that already". Okay, fine. The dark night of the soul...chapel perilous all these great works. But look at you. Your moments of godhood are brief, fleeting, and often totally imaginary.
No initiation truly ends. After you let the deamonoids comsume your soul, after you regress thru childhood, to the woomb, and even back all the way to proto-ameaboid consciousness, you then re-assemilate back as a mere human again.
There is always some trauma that you, the mage, have still not truly dealt with, some karmic knot within your being that you still have not truly undone. Thats right, I used the "k" word, big deal.
I could have answered this question in a much simpler manner: I want to be a god. Anyone else?
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Post by I AM the Way on Dec 13, 2007 17:54:26 GMT -6
first, let me say amen... "amen!"
ok, next i'd like to say that your post was hilarious, as well as, substantive. i'm afraid the universe loves to make people apathetic in the face of potential greatness.
every once in awhile, i send a mass forum email in order to wake people up and get them to participate more. usually this falls on deaf ears with occasional blubbering about how busy they are. might have to do another one soon... anyways, thanks for noticing and pointing in the right direction, Takuan.
i'm making this thread sticky. and not only that, but it's now all oozy, greenish, and pungent; just waiting to seep into your tender flesh and burn like some kind of hideously acidic absinthe.
in other words, post like you fucking belong here!
Venger As'Nas Satanis Cult of Cthulhu High Priest
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Post by Madguten on Dec 13, 2007 18:04:30 GMT -6
I understand your frustration. Right now you are very busy here on the forum, and so it can seem as if everyone is sitting back remaining silent. Truth is that many of the forum users come here in totally different measurements. Some are here once a day with little time, some maybe visits once a month but thoroughly inspects the topics they are interested in. One must have patience in the world of occult forums. Some people dont have computers at their home and so and so. In a sense, inactivity here, can also mean more activity in the outside world. But i know the feeling of seeking more delay-free responses. I spread my madness over several danish forums (as im sure you do Finnish). Also i use OFSdemonolatry, Letterstothedevil, and the list goes on and on. But one must take a mental step back from the computer discussions sometimes, in my view. That can be healthy. But i see your point.
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 13, 2007 18:12:26 GMT -6
Actually this is the only board I currently am a member of and that makes me qualified to tell you what to do and think. ;D
I didn't really attempt to vent my anger at you people or be disrespectful to anyone and I think I made it clear in the post.
NOT DIRECTED AT ANY SPECIFIC PERSON(S): I have nothing to explain about this message. Learn English if you can't understand it. It was simply how I felt about something and if you don't agree, please live happily ever after and die a painful death.
Edit: Thanks for mentioning the other boards Madguten, I should join blackmetal.fi and taivaannaula.org (a Finnish traditional pagan community) and start spreading the word instead of telling everyone here how my last cup of coffee felt like. Posting on a forum should not be the first priority for any Cultist's life though...
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Post by I AM the Way on Dec 13, 2007 18:14:56 GMT -6
unfortunately, i believe this to be mere wishful thinking. the following is an intense mass email which i just sent out to every forum member. if this doesn't shake a few people out of their sleep, then may i drown with Cthulhu.
you've been called...
indeed, you've been called. but not by Dread Cthulhu... no, you've been called OUT by a new member of the forum... and your High Priest. called out of your vile little shack in order to account for yourself.
this means that if you haven't posted in the last 3 weeks or more, then you better get your ass over to the CoC forum and participate in some feeble manner or else hang your head in non-godlike shame and disgrace.
and if you're thinking about emailing me back to say you're too busy or too this or too that, then don't bother cause i don't want to hear it. zero tolerance.
consider this officially wartime! report for active duty cause it's time to get motherfucking brutal. revelations are knocking at our door. see you at CoC headquarters by 2008 or never. and to all those who HAVE been frequenting the forum of late, thanks for keeping hope alive.
Ia Ia,
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Post by Madguten on Dec 13, 2007 18:19:23 GMT -6
I agree. We are creations, and we are being toyed with by existence itself. But is that not a rule of humanity? Thanks for the post, i agree that one can not explain things from all viewpoints, although one may realize them mentally. It would simply be no fun if one did anyway.
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Post by Madguten on Dec 13, 2007 18:21:51 GMT -6
lol, nice one Venger.
If that mail dont get folks going, then nothing but the wake of the dread one will. ;D
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 13, 2007 18:25:50 GMT -6
Thus Spake the High Priest!
I have tried to make some threads that don't go deeply into Lovecraftian, dark and maddening matters so everyone could say something. Like the favorite lyrics and singers/bands ones, anyone should have an opinion about those things. These things might not matter when it comes to your progress as a sorceror, but the higher your post count the better person you become, really! And it's nice to just have a little normal chitchat in between discussing the really important things, like we were a big extended family.
How the hell are we going to do any kind of magick TOGETHER if we don't KNOW anything about each other? I think this possibility has crossed a few minds. How do YOU feel about the idea of ten thousand devout Cultists performing the same ritual at the same time all around the world? START FUCKING POSTING THEN, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
IA CTHULHU! IA YOG-SOTHOTH! IA! IA!
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Post by iconoclasm on Dec 13, 2007 19:16:56 GMT -6
Why am I here?
Many years ago on a now non-existant website called chaosmagic, I observed the ramblings of I AM THE WAY.He was not well recieved but genuises selfdom are.So I spoke to him and he introduced me to the writings of Ligotti and the Fourth Way.He then told me he was starting a forum so I decided to check it out.
Sure enough as time passed I began to see a different picture,not one based on showing off like many occult forums,but one based on tapping into human potential.This place is now my home which gives me inspiration and motivates me.
Hell, I owe my interest in writing to this place.Had I AM THE WAY never spoken to me,I would have never been introduced to the fictional world of Lovecraft and Ligotti whom were the ones who inspired me to write from the start.
Im here because the mindset that is growing here is one that changes a man in a positive way.I left many times in a depression but as time went by,the disruptive I's slipped a way.Its still a struggle but Im here because I changed and still am.The people I speak to their experiences and interest are similar to mine.There is strength in numbers.
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 13, 2007 19:51:02 GMT -6
Another thing I'm here for is... that I have absolutely fucking insane and all-encompassing special plans for this world and have not until this Cult found an ideological or religious framework which would fully extend according to and support my colossal designs and megalomaniac (yet not self-centered) visions.
Of course there are certain limitations but this is an organisation, and thus organised... we have to consider each other at least a bit no matter how pitiful and Christian that might feel.
Through the process of unifying the compatible, productive sides of ourselves we will make it to the history books, if such will be needed after the Return of the Old Ones.
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 13, 2007 20:00:19 GMT -6
And the reason I am posting so much at the moment is that I have to practice my magical diary-keeping somewhere! Isn't this a pretty appropriate place? ;D I could try a blog but I think I reach the right audience and enjoy the interactivity here so I'm not going to switch to myspace blogging or anything else at the moment. And a physical book is something I don't need right now, except for doodling sigils and stuff like that. I like writing with the keyboard and I'm 10 times faster in it than with a pen.
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Post by psychothustra on Dec 17, 2007 16:31:06 GMT -6
Heyas, i just have ONE little reason why i am kinda quiet (still acting to change it) because i'm not native english speaking at all. And all this philosophical stuff and shit , believe it or not, is pretty hard for me to bring it down into english. Be german and we coudl have talks about every topic in here for hours and hours and hours ... maybe even days without a break between. Easiely!! .. Yeah, that's just me - But as you just have read, i actually break this insecureness about writing in english at all. Blessed be the brain of human, which is able to learn. ... So why am i here? - Because all the stuff what is discussed here is pretty similar to my lifes philosophy. Yet, i havent read any of these books from H.P. Lovecraft nor of the CoC. But i am pretty related to occultism, satanism, thelema, philosophy and well, i would say some other sort of generell religous believe. This board here is actually one of the best boards i have ever seen yet in case of the amount of discussion in case of named subjects. Still i do like a lot the open flair in this forum as well. Not like one of these in 100 million steps membership pyramid systems, were you have to deserve to become a higher member to get deeper into knowledge. Actually i dont really believe, that there are soo many things still hidden these days. If one wants to find information he could and would i bet. Psychothustra
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 17, 2007 17:03:40 GMT -6
I gotta come visit you someday so you can teach me some German. ;D Each in his own way, I just felt pretty frustrated at the silence here considering the number of members and lashed out. Number of members. Member of numbers. Cumbersome embers. I must sleep.
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Post by jasmine on Dec 18, 2007 13:58:14 GMT -6
I am here because I was called here. I love this place and the beings choosing to interact here. I have only been a forum member for 3 months or so now and I have gotten to experience more interesting topics....endeavuours and such than I have seen magically in 10 years. Yes, I have obviously been traveling in the wrong circles, but come on....This place is seriously different. Venger has done an amazing job of providing a bubbling cauldron of gooey green inspiration. I feel excited when I have time to come here to see what new amazing creation someone is working on next. To see what new perspective is being offered. There are so many amazing a differing ones here yet we all seem to get along. I find that a treasure right off the bat.....yes now I am getting too fluffy. Time to whip out the fluff o meter and cudgel myself into submission. But yes, I am here because I was called and I like it. ps.....I will try to make more time for posts. There are so many to catch up with since I lost a week or so.....auuuuuuggggh.
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 18, 2007 14:12:57 GMT -6
BLING! Jasmine just guessed the correct answer!
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Post by jasmine on Dec 18, 2007 17:53:52 GMT -6
BLING! Jasmine just guessed the correct answer! Do I get a prize? Oh wait.....I decided that the Meta Sigil was the coolest thing to happen to me on my birthday for a long, long while....I guess I already got it.
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 18, 2007 23:39:27 GMT -6
The prize usually finds its own way to you!
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Post by gonetheantihero on Dec 19, 2007 1:13:02 GMT -6
Why am I here? WHY am I here...humm....
Curiosity I do believe.
I have passing knowledge on Cthulhu...even less on The Lovecraft Mythos...
...but what drew me in...
...was ideas.
MY ideas...not that far off at all from this gatherings ideas...
...definately worth examining.
What I do love about here...is that it does keep me coming back...
...and not because the answer is here...
...but because it makes me ask more questions.
Because it's not the answer that ever drives us...
...in point in fact...it kills us (or so my opinion goes).
It IS the QUESTION that always drives us to higher degrees...to awareness...
...to improving on your own self.
When you have THE answer, the quest is done, it's over.
Then what do you do?
Foaming at the mouth, suddenly, you get the answer, then...
...what?
What do YOU do when it's not enough?
*LOL*
God...ineffable.
Satan...lesser than ineffible.
Cthulhu?
Well....
I will NEVER forget this statement by one of this gatherings own denzins...
"Cthulhu simply...IS."
He isn't anything else, god IS ineffable, but Cthulhu, just IS.
And the journey to find the answer to that?
I do believe that one will be the journey to sate my appetite.
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Post by Yahn'ikthorn on Dec 19, 2007 3:20:12 GMT -6
Great way of putting it.
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Post by Rodr Evil on Jan 7, 2008 9:50:18 GMT -6
I really don't know. I love HPL, and I have always been attracted by occultism and magic in general, and this place is like all in one.
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Post by sin on Feb 12, 2008 14:40:27 GMT -6
Why am I here? I guess, it falls in line with my human studies. I find the human condition; in its many forms fascinating. Like studying insects. Perhaps I'm under the glass this time :-) I'll admit, (as V.S. knows) that the Cthulhu mythos doesn't call to me; it never has. I guess, it could be because it the back of my mind it's saying 'its all made up shit!' and I'm a realist. I've never been into role-playing games, and outside of the occasional theatrical production - the 'make believe' doesn't appeal to me. I do however find some of the most interesting discussions among Cthuluhists. This is where my interest lies. What is it about the mythos that brings the Satanist to the next step in his/her evolution? What's the attraction? What kind of person is drawn by the Cthulhu Mythos and is the this the type of person I can relate to? So there you have it. I'm involved in another 'investigation' of sorts. I've tucked away my COC book review for the time being. I think it will be better served when the time comes, when my curiosities have been satisfied. I may just write an article on my personal experiences with the COC. [EDIT & ADD] April 23,2009 I started experimenting with utilizing the mythos, and characters as archetypes about 6+ months ago - and found them to be extremely useful. The mythos had never really called to me in the past, but I enjoyed the stories for their metaphor and philosophical value. In lieu of self-examination, it's fascinating to observe the evolution of my own thought-processes the more I delve in to the COC theology. ;D
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Post by I AM the Way on Feb 12, 2008 18:09:19 GMT -6
that would make for interesting reading when the time comes, but there's no rush.
VS
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Post by hiqconsoul on May 9, 2008 23:43:17 GMT -6
Why am I here?
Primary 1 To keep an eye on my RL mate and make sure he doesnt stray from the boundries of reality and join some suicide cult ;D lol..
Primary 2 Also cuz he said it was a cool openminded forum - openminded people are the salt of the earth imo, openminded people keep the world going instead of putting it to a dead halt.
Secondary Further I find magix interesting at the least, I'm hesitant to blindly convert into anything tho, and in spite of overwhelming evidence from other religions and 'reality theories' I still don't feel 100% in tune with nature. - that was pathetically articulated but watever I'm tired right now.. Once did a 'wicca' thing with a mate that said the path to being a true witch included knowing all things, such as biology, astrology, maths, physics and so on and on and on.. It seemed being a wiccan was mostly about pursuing knowledge - just promising enourmous powers as a result... (I dont care about powers other than those needed to survive and help others survive.. and evolve and progress ofc ^^)
Tertiary We got some serious shit happening around us as of late, here I refer to the illuminati/new world order/freemasonry all that stuff.. Theyre killing and torturing us through genetically altered foods, theyre making vast amounts of multitudes of other biological warfare shits, theyre brainwashing us and theyre about to turn this hole thing into one huge prisonplanet/The Matrix movie like reality.. this I cannot accept and hope to wake anyone I can by any means, well almost any means.., necessary.
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Post by I AM the Way on May 10, 2008 9:44:39 GMT -6
that's good; one can't be too careful. but i can assure you, we are the furthest thing from a suicide cult. in some ways, calling ourselves a "cult" is intentionally ironic. our religion believes in independent and free thought more than almost any other.
while we are open minded, the CoC is cautious enough not to be too open minded. it's a balancing act. however, one must reserve judgment until they have seen results with their own eyes.
exactly. and neither do we.
i happen to think the New World Order stuff is mostly hype and generalized fear. something much worse has been happening to mankind for all our days. the lesser gods practice mind control, genetic engineering, and torture so that we stay imprisoned.
Venger As'Nas Satanis Cult of Cthulhu High Priest
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Post by hiqconsoul on May 10, 2008 15:30:14 GMT -6
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Post by shadowoutoftime on Jun 14, 2008 15:39:35 GMT -6
Hello, new here, but why am I here?
I'm here because of a general interest in Lovecraft, albeit discovering him somewhat late in my life, I've come to be quite fascinated with his works and consider him to be quite an intelligent person who was far ahead of his time.
I'm also here as it seems to be an interesting discussion area for areas not exactly "accepted," if you will, for the other places I frequent. Or at the very least, frowned upon.
There's seems to be a nice level of intelligent conversations here.
I'll discuss things further as I read more.
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Post by I AM the Way on Jun 15, 2008 8:02:37 GMT -6
welcome to the CoC forum.
VS
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Post by Madguten on Jun 15, 2008 15:01:08 GMT -6
Better late than never then Welcome here.
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Post by shadowoutoftime on Jun 15, 2008 23:26:09 GMT -6
Thank you for the warm, or might I say, *slimy* welcome.
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