Interactive Media for Occult Book Makers

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…read. Reading is a big subject; it is not merely the interpretation of glyphs or images written or drawn on a page. But that’s the interaction that most often comes to mind, isn’t it? The vast majority of books — occult or otherwise — are linear sequences of glyphs and/or images arranged to be read from beginning to end, in order to communicate an idea from one person to another. And there is a lot we can do with just that. The traditional book format that we are familiar with today has been used to narrate, describe, explain, argue, conceal, instruct, inform, persuade, motivate, educate, entertain, inspire, and change the world.

What I want to show you today are some book designs — some physical, some digital, some of both — that are interactive in ways that are not ordinary. Many of these designs you have probably seen before, but maybe you never asked the question: could I use that in an occult practice, or to transmit occult knowledge? And many of the designs I will show you today suggest the book as an object with which we…

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4 Replies to “Interactive Media for Occult Book Makers”

  1. Hi HyperRitual,
    excellent presentation so far. I think that the figure from Matthew Reinhart & Robert Sabuda’s Encyclopaedia Mythologica volume, Dragons & Monsters, is the Medusa and not the Sphinx. I’m not 100% certain about this, but I can deduct it from her snakey hair.
    Keep up with the great work,
    Plethon.

      1. Right, I get it now, thank you for pointing it out. I have finished watching the slide show and I find it brilliant. It does motivate to go out and start doing, creating, interacting… Please produce more work like this, we’re so thirsty for this kind of quality.

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