The Temple

From Barbelith

The Temple is for "Faith, magic and mysticism, bodywork, and applied psychology" -- pretty self-explanatory. Ritual, religion, martial arts and mysticism -- from Christianity to chaos magick, from Aleister Crowley to Phil Hine, revelations, requests for metaphysical assistance, servitor breeding tips -- all that goes in here.

Discussions of world religions and various reality-engineering techniques (hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, psychotherapy, etc.) also seem to do well in the Temple -- as long as they're more hands-on. Theoretical discussions about the role of nothingness in Zen Buddhism would probably do better in The Head Shop, while a more analytical discussion about transcranial magnetic therapy triggering visionary mental states might be more suited to The Laboratory.

There's a wonderful thread explaining how all this works and what all this means here, called "Temple Forum Users - Explain Yourselves!" (http://www.barbelith.com/topic/22742).

For specific posting guidelines and etiquette for The Temple, see Temple History, Identities and Standards.

For a more detailed FAQ on magick, gnosis and other topics commonly discussed here, see The Temple FAQ.

Barbelith Temple Projects

Divination Systems

• Barbelith Tarot
• Barbelith Runes
• Barbelith Quaballa
• I Ching

Sigils, Servitors, Egregores and other Magickal Circuitry

• Barbelith Servitors
  • Who is Dabh Surgot?
  • Who is Gek?
  • Who is IMP?
  • What is the Spiral Ampifly?
  • What is the Peace Mango?
  • Who is MC Horace Ham?
• Barbelith Egregore - the board itself as a magickal entity

Studies and Other Projects

• Essential Reading - Temple posters pick best books of magick.
• The Pagoda - Chinese esoteric systems.
• The Quantum Jesus Project.
• Phil K Dick's Exegesis. - The mystical heart of the Valis trilogy and more.
• The Thirty Two Paths Of Wisdom.
• Urban Mage
• Dream Warriors - An experiment in activist integrated dream narration.
• Voudou FAQ - We seem to get a lot of questions about this, so here's a space to report research and consult findings.

Barbelith-related Projects on Other Sites

• HyperSigil Wiki (http://www.absolution-online.com/hypersigil/wiki.cgi) - An experiment inspired by the TheMagick forum. A story with as many twists and sideplots as the writers care to add. Anybody involved can change any part of the story. The intention being that the story will act as individual workings on the part of those involved. it's alive. It's changing. Check it out. elseware runs the wiki. quantum claims to be in charge of the story, but that's only so much as the others involve let him...
• Sourcery Forge (http://sourceryforge.org/) - Another wiki, this one intended to become an evolving, cross referenced magickal resource.

Hot topics

(indices of past threads)

• Useful Techniques for a Well Rounded Sorceror (http://www.barbelith.com/topic/7610)
• Shamanism help (http://www.barbelith.com/topic/7575)
• Books online as PDF's (Occult/Magickal/Spiritual) (http://www.barbelith.com/topic/16400)

• Barbeclassics:The Temple (http://www.barbelith.com/topic/20354) (a thread collecting other threads people thought were particularly good).