Transcendent Knowledge Podcast, Episode 28 – Basics of Core Egodeath Theory

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Transcendent Knowledge Podcast Episode 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7hBuvUmiI
March 29, 2021

Max and Cyber explain the core, phase 1 part of the Egodeath theory. Topics covered include:

  • Mental modelling
  • The egoic and transcendent mental worldmodels
  • States of consciousness, ordinary and altered
  • Stages of psychospiritual development
  • Tight and loose cognitive association binding, dissociation
  • Mental representations and their referents
  • Metaperception, explicit representationalism
  • Conceptions of person-hood
  • Cybernetic homunculus, control agency
  • Popular attitudes and misperceptions about ego death
  • Cybernetic instability, control-death
  • Fatedness and its transcendence
  • The will to exist in Schopenhauer’s philosophy
  • Postulating higher control, humble prayer
  • Helpless dependence on higher control, Schleiermacher’s theology
  • Struggling to control the future, panic-attack freakout
  • Physical metabolism and thought-processes

Cybermonk’s commentary voice recording

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#Ep71-TK28-Reaction-Video (deciding whether to refresh this .mp3 download link as of March 18, 2022; the 3.5 hour recording that I’m transcribing).

Todo: Transcribe my recorded comments, read aloud resulting transcription.
[mx] = Max Freakout
[cb] = Cyberdisciple
[cm] = Cybermonk

Enhanced Transcription with Response Comments

Top of transcription; read-aloud of this polished 3-way transcription = “Ep81a TK28 Core Basics.mp3”

I recorded a read-aloud of the top third of this transcription:
“Ep81a TK28 Core Basics.mp3”
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2022/03/09/idea-development-page-13/#Ep81a

Cyberdisciple:

Hello and welcome to the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast, episode 28, with Max Freakout and Cyberdisciple.

I’d like to start by reading a quotation from a great mystic of ego death:

“My followers are taking something that is the epitome of simple and clear, and then they’re applying their big brain analysis to it, and quickly, by the time they touch it, they leave it a smoking, complicated ruin and wreck, that’s all complicated and broken and the opposite of what it is.

Cybermonk

Good; with that beginning, I think we will venture on to a new attempt to make the Egodeath theory a smoking ruin and wreck.

Cybermonk:

That quotation was the opening of my first voice recording of my 2021 series, “2-Level Egodeath Model.mp3” (January 20, 2021), effectively the beginning of the Egodeath Mystery Show.

I’m not comfortable labeling anyone as a “follower”.

Like the word “fan”; I could hardly imagine describing myself as a fan of anything or anyone under any circumstance.

Because that’s not the sort of character or mental connotations I have.

Same thing with ‘follower’, I couldn’t really imagine describing anyone explicitly as being a “follower”.

Only a few minutes into my January 20, 2021 recording, which Cyberdisciple read that quote from the opening of, I realized that there actually are 3-level systems or scales, in some areas of the Egodeath theory.

The Egodeath theory does not entirely consist of exclusively binary, 2-system comparison contrasts, but there’s also spectrums in it in some places; like for example: minimal, moderate, and maximal entheogen theories.

They had mentioned doing a basics episode, and I had too, it’s a good idea to do a back to basics, and that’s what I’d been preparing to discuss. This episode reminds me to review and practice speaking about the basics.

Cyberdisciple:

This episode is dedicated to the podcast guest Strange Loop, who indicated he would be interested in hearing us discuss the Egodeath theory in detail, and trying to describe it in simple terms, and its importance.

And that made a lot of sense to us.

Cybermonk:

Interesting contrast there, he said ” detail” and then he said “simple”, which usually are contrasted against each other; are we going to do Basic? We are going to cover all the basics, in detail.

Prediction: In 1 minute, they’ll end up talking in terms of “possibilism” and “eternalism” – so much for simple terms.

Cyberdisciple:

We started this podcast series project first with our own biographies with this theory (Episode 1 & 2), and then we used that to launch a critique of the popular narratives, or common media narratives about these plants, and what they’re for, and what they do.

Cybermonk:

Those were some of my favorite episodes of the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast: I really like Episode 1, 2, those are the autobiographical ones:

In Episodes 3 and 7, they talked about plans for future episodes:

So I group those together in my mind: episodes 1, 2, 3, and 7.

The topmost important thing is to discuss, in a fresh way, discuss the value of loose cognitive association, and the mental transformation that it reveals.

Discuss what people have thought before, about valuing that.

Discuss various criticisms of that, and various doubts and critiques, and putting down “gnostics”, putting down gnosis, gnosticism; putting down “esotericism”; the exoteric Christians putting down anything other than exoteric Christianity; then all the attempts to have an esotericism, to define an esotericism, which all flop; they all seem to flop and fall flat.

And thus the popular efforts at esotericism, although they make noises about leaving the nest of exotericism, they just kind of fall on the ground!

Cyberdisciple:

That’s our beginning suite of episodes, back in 2016 and 2017.

We jumped in to the deep end of the pool there, and didn’t necessarily describe in detail our own sense of this framework and theory that we’re using, that we used there to interpret other people’s attempts to describe visionary plants and the altered state and transcendent knowledge.

Cybermonk:

I’ll begin by summarizing the basic core Egodeath theory.

Transcendent Knowledge, sometimes called ‘gnosis’, is:
mental worldmodel transformation
from autonomous control within possibilism,
to dependent control within eternalism.

The words ‘possibilism’ and ‘eternalism’ are jargon, so here is an alternative formulation, that’s a little more verbose:

Transcendent Knowledge (‘gnosis’) is mental worldmodel transformation
from autonomous control within a possibility-branching world, with open, non-existent future,
to dependent control within an eternally pre-existing world, with closed, pre-existent future.

Finally, here’s a shorter version that uses commonplace words; it’s as short as possible without resorting to compact jargon words:

Transcendent Knowledge is mental worldmodel transformation
from autonomous control within a possibility-branching world,
to dependent control within an eternally pre-existing world.

The Egodeath theory critiques other people’s attempts to describe visionary plants and the altered state and transcendent knowledge.

Popular attempts so much jump to the conclusion, that they leap entirely over the whole issue of visionary plants for cognitive loosening.

The mental model transformation from one mental model to another, is driven by a series of immersions in the “loose cognitive association binding” state.

The main way, by far, that the human mind enters loose cognitive association is through visionary plants, not through any other alleged alternative methods, which are proven to not work; whereas in contrast, visionary plants are proven to work, reliably and strongly; whereas the other methods work weakly and unreliably.

Max Freakout:

What is the Egodeath theory?

The aim here is to make the simplest possible assertion about the Egodeath theory, which tries to encapsulate it as much as possible.

On a really fundamental level, what the Egodeath theory is saying, is that the mind, fundamentally, the absolute fundamental essence is that:

The mind models reality.

The focus, the subject matter of the Egodeath theory, is precisely the model which the mind creates in order to model reality; to model the world.

You have a thing called a mental world model.

The Egodeath theory is a theory about mental world models, or world modeling.

Crucially, it’s a dualist theory.

Cybermonk:

It’s surprising how little theories of esotericism talk explicitly about a mental worldmodel and changing it.

When we do talk in terms of a worldmodel, then it makes it easier to bring in rationality that happens in both states of consciousness: tight and loose binding.

About the Egodeath theory being a dualist theory: that is somewhat arbitrary, and is not true in all aspects; there are some – if you look hard, you can find some places in the Egodeath theory that use a 3-level system, or divide things in ways other than contrasting two opposed things.

It’s true on the whole; that is a distinctive hallmark of the simple description of the theory, it is on the whole a contrast, 2-level model; like I wish to do with “exotericism vs. esotericism”, except the problem is, that 99% of people who pursue esotericism, really don’t make any change compared to exotericism.

But in theory, maybe in antiquity, there was genuine esotericism, and not just wannabe esotericism that remains grounded within exotericism and the tight cognitive state, that really doesn’t make any change compared to exotericism.

Max Freakout:

The Egodeath theory asserts that there are two things.

Twoness is right at the core of the Egodeath theory; it’s a comparison and a contrast between two different things.

There are all sorts of ways that you can characterize what those two things are.

But first and foremost, it’s: two mental models of time and control agency.

And that perfectly corresponds to, two states of consciousness.

Then it’s just a case of filling in the details, of what is the one mental model of time and control, along with the corresponding state of consciousness that that model of time and control fits with; and then what is the other mental model of time and control, along with the corresponding state of consciousness.

Very simply, in regard to states of consciousness, you have the ordinary state of consciousness, number one; and the altered state of consciousness, number two.

Cybermonk:

We could also emphasize two experiential modes:
In one state of consciousness, the mind experiences time and control a certain way.
In the other state, of loose association, the mind experiences in a different mode.

And then, the mind builds a model based on what’s experienced.

And that model-building includes rationality, in both states – but, rationality that’s driven and shaped by the experiential mode, which is the first thing that’s a given.

In all of the lists of the ten effects of newbies in the loose cognitive state, there’s the standard list of ten effects, and that combination of ten effects, especially when taken through a series, drives the mental worldmodel transformation; so: experiential mode drives reconstruction of the two models.

Max Freakout:

Cybermonk has elucidated a theory of cognitive information processing which specifies that the ordinary state of consciousness is characterized as tight cognitive association binding, and then the altered state of consciousness is loose cognitive association binding.

Cybermonk:

I see several factors in such a cognitive model is the idea of two mental world models which was kind of Alan Watts’ The Way of Zen.

There are two cognitive worldmodels, let’s say, and then there’s tight and loose binding; that’s key.

Mental construct processing and mental constructs. The concept of a mental construct, and that mental constructs are whatever’s present to awareness; anything that you experience is mental constructs.

And that tells you how very diverse and unique each kind of mental construct can be.

Max Freakout:

Each of those two states of consciousness corresponds to a mental world model, but in particular, a mental model of time and agency.

This is an important point here, that on the fundamental level, the absolute most blunt basic assertion is that the mind models the world.

But when the mind models the world, there’s a very important connection between the way that the mind models time, and the way that the mind models control. You can’t separate those two things.

It’s as if the mind models time and control at the same time, and so the mental model of time, and the mental model of control, are inextricably linked to each other.

Cybermonk:

He’s saying “time”. Time can be either the possibilism model or the eternalism model. I would not just say “time”, it’s also – very important is possibility branching; and thus you have all the artistic depiction of branching.

For example, mushroom stems that branch into a Y shape.

What’s the relation between time, or models of time, versus models of branching?

I talk about two different models of self in world.

Changing from one model of the controller , in not just time, but in a world where we have possibility branching across time, or through time as we move along into the future of time, there is presumably possibility branching, and what was the open, and non-existing future, then becomes a specific, single future, it becomes –

whereas there was no future before, and it was open; it could have been this or that; that’s the possibility branching model.

So I don’t think it’s quite adequate to call that a model of time; it is a model of time and possibility branching.

So I tend to say “models of control agent in world.”

When I say “world”, I mean specifically time and branching.

We have two different models of control agency, in two different models of time and possibility branching.

Max Freakout:

So then you have the ordinary-state-based model of time and control, which is Possibilism. Possibilism meaning branching time.

The past does not branch, and we experience time this way in the ordinary state, that the timeline from the beginning of the universe, or the beginning of my lifetime ’til the present moment, only has one, single course of events.

That’s like saying I only remember one life; I don’t have different possibilities of different lives that I could have lived up to the present moment.

I’ve only got the one memory of life.

But in the future, there’s multiple different pathways, according to the choices that I decide to make, from the present, moving into the future.

So that’s the ordinary-state model of time and control.

And then the crucial insight of the Egodeath theory is that, when a person takes cognitive looseners, chemical substances which cause temporary cognitive loosening during a loose cognitive session, during that window of time when the mind is under the effect of those plants, the mind switches to a different way of, first of all, perceiving, and then concomitantly, modeling time and control.

Cybermonk:

“Perceiving” time and control is true, but also maybe more immersively, I would say experiencing and perceiving time; experiencing and perceiving control, experiencing and perceiving the openness or closedness of the future and possibility branching.

Or only pseudo-possibilities and monopossibility.

Max Freakout:

That’s the Eternalism model of of time and control.

That means that the past is still fixed, so Eternalism and Possibilism share the point of view that the past up to the present is monocausal.

But they differ in that Eternalism says that there’s only one possible future; there’s only one actual future.

There are no alternative possible futures.

Cybermonk:

Monocoursal labyrinth: Before I really dived into entheogen history and mythology, I had a vision of the labyrinth.

It was not a super rich or deep experiencing but it was exactly spot on and key and crucial.

This was almost a milestone turning point from my phase 1 work to my phase 2 work where I went from pure theory into more mythic descriptions and analogies and history of the altered state.

In late 1996 to late 1997, I had a vision of the monocoursal labyrinth, before I was reading much about mythology. And there’s another kind of maze pattern which is open, and branching around the border in Greek art.

There are two different kinds of border art: one is monocoursal, and then other is branching at every little square grid.

Max Freakout:

The way that I like to understand that sounds quite Christian:

When you get to the end of time, or when you get to the end of your life, there’s no more life ahead of you; all you have is memory.

Possibilism has already established that memory only refers to a single course of events.

So when there’s no more future, then by default, you have to say that the whole thing was always monocoursal, and that from that point of view, the possibility branching was only ever illusory; that time was never really branching.

A common thought that can occur to a person when they’re experiencing intensely (I don’t want to emphasize that too much and say “voyaging really hard really really hard”):

Cybermonk:

It is fair to emphasize, because in an 8 out of 10 level of experience, the mind does experience frozen block time. It is towards the higher end of the spectrum that eternalism is experienced, and that control seizes and reconfigures.

That’s not going to happen on the more mild or even moderate levels of loose cognition.

It is fair to use the expression “intense mystic altered state”.

Part of that is also to contrast it against these emotional, vague, hazy, mystic-type writings, which do not imply all that intense.

I mean to differentiate the strong, plant-induced levels of strong, intense mystic altered state rather than the phony, wannabe, pretender, poetic gentle weak emotional mystery; I mean to emphasize extreme experiencing.

Max Freakout:

A common thought when a person is in the intense state of loose cognition, is that there was never any real option of life leading to this event; that my life was always inevitably leading me to the point where I would use plants and then die afterwards, or experience the end of time, the end of sanity, the end of the world, the end of ordinary life, that kind of thing.

Cybermonk:

Important mythological figure or mytheme of the snake bringing, the snake brings the fruit or mushroom or that which , the fruit which brings immortality is brought by the snake.

There’s really, the god has brought the followers to the god’s banquet. The followers are brought to the god’s banquet by the god, in the form of the snake, which is the inevitability; anyone who does ingest, is made to ingest, that fact is frozen into time.

Funny, he says “end of sanity”; it could be the end of having less than sanity.

Max Freakout:

The Egodeath theory in that way explains why this feeling can occur to people when they’re journeying hard: that time has somehow ended, or life has ended.

That phenomenon is colloquially referred to as ego death, hence the Egodeath theory.

That’s my neatest way of summarizing what the Egodeath theory says.

Cyberdisciple:

What’s it like for the mind to switch from this tight cognition to loose cognition?

From tight cognitive binding to loose cognitive binding?

What are those two states like for the mind?

What is tight binding?

What is it, when I’m experiencing tight binding, what am I experiencing, as opposed to what am I experiencing when I have loose binding?

Max Freakout:

There are two different ways of explaining this:

There’s the way that is just cognitive modeling, and then there’s the way that makes reference to familiar experiences that we have.

Cyberdisciple:

That distinction between the Egodeath theory’s “cognitive modelling”, versus describing “the experiences that we have”, strikes me as an important move that the Egodeath theory makes.

The Egodeath theory is concerned with providing a relatively non-metaphorical, and relatively non-poetic, relatively precise explanation of these phenomena.

That’s part of the guiding principles of the development of the Egodeath theory, is that all past attempts to describe this have floundered or run aground on too much metaphor; kind of hazy, not very precise, not very clear.

Cybermonk:

That’s pretty much just a standard given for me, as an engineering student.

Naturally, we always want to express everything in plain, simple , and have good textbooks that help us as much as possible present everything explicitly, simply, efficiently, and plainly; that’s just how engineering and science works, until we hit Copehagenism, which gleefully threw away comprehensibility.

So then after that, after Science committed suicide, with the Copehhagen interpretatin and then it was left to Engineering to be the final field to express itself in a way that’s intended to be clear, direct, and comprehensible, as the norm, always; never gleefully embracing ineffable or contradictions or unvisualizability or anything like that.

Cyberdisciple:

That distinction that you just made between trying to use precise language, cognitive modeling, and then more familiar or metaphorical terms, that’s an important part of when we talk about what is the Egodeath theory.

The Egodeath theory is a way of thinking that tries to focus on getting the most precise use of words to describe these two states.

Cybermonk:

“Precise” is one way to put it; another way to put it also is “appropriate and effective” especially the word ‘effective’; what’s an effective way of describing a system that’s being modeled?

Precision is part of that, but sometimes, in some contexts, hyper precision actually leads to less clarity.

If I describe a first-order model of a transistor response curve, a first-order model is less precise, but easier to comprehend.

But then when I start bringing in all these subtle details, of nonlinearities, and the 0.7 volts before it really kicks in, then it becomes harder to comprehend.

So we have that tradeoff: in the first-order, simple model of the transistor response curve, the transfer curve, we, the first-order model is less precise but more clear; then the 2nd-order model is more precise but less clear.

There’s that tradeoff and balance then, in combining, by having, by presenting a pair of models, 1st-order and 2nd-order, we can manage to combine clarity and precision.

So precision has to be balanced out with clarity and effectiveness and relevance.

We could have a lot of systems that are precise; maybe measuring chemicals or something might be highly precise, but not relevant, and not effective for explaining the subject matter, or modelling the subject matter field.

Max Freakout:

It can be difficult to make the connection between the cognitive modeling and and the familiar experience. That’s why traditionally, metaphor has been applied.

It’s challenging to understand the full mapping of the visionary plants phenomenology to the cognitive modeling.

You asked what’s it like to shift from the one state to the other state.

In terms of familiar experiencing, when you’re in the ordinary state of consciousness, the solid external reality seems solid; it has the appearance of being solid.

Then you take the visionary plants, and the state of consciousness changes, and then that solidity is pronouncedly or markedly less.

Cyberdisciple:

When we are in the tight cognition, we are immersed in the mental constructs, or are immersed in the mental representations of reality.

Then when we take the cognitive loosener, we perceive those mental constructs, or those representations of reality; we become aware of them.

Cybermonk:

Awareness is lifted up out of the usual structures, gaining the ability to perceive the workings of those structures; we don’t , awareness doesn’t just then see mental constructs; awareness sees how mental constructs normally work.

Cyberdisciple:

It’s a feeling of stepping back, or being elevated away from, some sort of distance from, those representations, such that we can perceive the representations themselves.

Max Freakout:

We perceive the representations themselves, but perceive them as representations.

Cybermonk:

Awareness watches the workings and learns to observe the workings of the perceptual system, including the inward-directed perceptual system too, the idea, the mentation and thinking about oneself as a control agent across time.

Awareness can then look at the way the mind usually thinks about oneself acting across time.

Max Freakout:

Whereas in the ordinary state, they are so consistent.

This quality that representations have in the ordinary state is so consistent and solid and reliable; the representational appearance of of the world appears so consistent, so solid, and so reliable, that that the mind doesn’t make the distinction between the representation and the thing that it represents.

In fact the mind conflates those two things; the mind treats the representation and the referent as if there is just one thing, and so it looks as if perception is directly in contact with an external, objective thing: direct perception.

In Philosophy, they call that naive realism: the view that the world as it appears is the world that actually exists.

Cybermonk:

The mind perceives the usual mental model working as it usually does, modelling the self as a control agent operating within a branching possibility tree.

The mind in the higher awareness then sees that entire system of thinking about oneself as an agent working across time, and, the context of a branching world, in which that control steers and causes a future particular branch to become manifest where it was formerly allegedly open.

All of that assumption is made present to awareness in the loose cognitive state.

Max Freakout:

The mind doesn’t – this is a crucial application of the word ‘tight’, because there are two things here: you’ve got the mental representation, and then you’ve got the external thing that the representation purports to represent.

Those are two different things.

But in the ordinary state of consciousness, those two things are tightly connected to each other; they’re fused together; they’re indistinguishable from each other.

In the ordinary state, that distinction just isn’t apparent.

In the ordinary state of consciousness, that distinction is purely a speculation of armchair philosophizing, and nothing more.

Cybermonk:

That’s quite a metaphor, analogy brought in there, the whole “armchair”, and then we have to translate that into more specific direct terminology as well.

What is he trying to say by drawing in the metaphor of sitting in an armchair; what’s he trying to get at there?

We need to discuss this armchair; what is it about; what if it didn’t have arms?

They are spelling out and translating their metaphor of armchair into non-metaphorical, why- what is it with the armchair?

“Armchair” means treating – in the ordinary state, when we think about time and control, we’re in a certain experiential state, abstractly thinking about a different experiential state, but from within the ordinary, tight-binding state of experiencing; that’s kind of what’s meant by “armchair”.

Cyberdisciple:

The loose cognitive state rather forcibly makes the mind perceive that distinction, and be aware of it in a way that that the armchair speculation of ordinary state philosophy can only speculate about.

Cybermonk:

“Speculation”; the word ‘speculation’ means ‘see’; ‘perceive’; which he just contrasted to armchair.

But when we talk about perceiving and experiencing, it’s perceiving/ experiencing, so I talk about “experiential phenomena”, or “experiential awareness” in the loose cognitive state; it’s both experiencing and perceiving, simultaneously, in a different mode, that’s contrasted with the ordinary-state mode of perceiving and experiencing.

‘Speculate’ means look.

Max Freakout:

In armchair philosophy, in academic philosophy, in socially sanctioned philosophy, they talk about philosophical problems.

The word ‘problem’ is very interesting in that context, because when you’re sitting in an armchair in the ordinary state, doing philosophizing, these issues like “what is the distinction between the representation and the actual world” are “problems”, but they’re not very serious problems.

They are quite light-hearted problems, that philosophers can just spend all day idly debating about.

But then in the intense altered state, the same philosophical problems emerge and arise, but now they’re much more problematic; they can become very seriously problematic, and that’s the the core phenomenon that the Egodeath theory is focusing on, is the problematization of these issues in particular.

Cybermonk:

Those problems do not arise in the mild loose cognitive state, but they do arise in the intense loosecog state.

There’s a strong tendency for those problems to arise and become a problem in some immersive sense, in the intense, but not in the mild, loose cognitive state.

Max Freakout:

The Egodeath theory is talking about the problematization of personal control.

Cyberdisciple:

How do we get to the problematization of personal control, from the loose cognitive binding state?

Loose cognitive binding can apply to something as simple as well: visual perception. For example, when people voyage in the intense mystic state, they often report that their perceptions of things seem to blend or smear or swirl, or there’s an unusual movement of light and color and audio effects, and things like that.

Cybermonk:

There are analogies of all that physicalistic sensory perception; there are analogies of how the mind works in loose cognitive associations, with leaps of associations beyond, that are much more flexible and fluid and creative and innovative, scarily, frighteningly.

That can be a problem, that the imagination is frighteningly nimble and flexible, in the loose cognitive state, together with the perception of being fluid and flexible, rubbery – both rubbery perception – very stretchy, rubbery, plastic perception, along with stretchy, rubbery plastic associations.

And we have to bring in schizophrenia, where that phenomenon is noticed.

Cyberdisciple:

How do we get from there; that sounds like a kind of perceptual looseness, but how do we get from there to a problematization of personal self-control?

That sounds like a higher-level concept than just perception.

Cybermonk:

That includes the problem of how to control the unbounded imagination that’s become too clever, too insightful, and too perceptive, and too creative

Max Freakout:

The perception aspect is the very definition of superficiality; it’s surface level. It’s not very deep.

Cybermonk:

Then consider perceiving the fountain of thoughts that are arising.

One thing we are perceiving and able to perceive now in the loose cognitive state a la meditation, the mind becomes unusually able to watch its source of thoughts and see the uncontrollability of that source of thoughts.

The source of thoughts in the mind is itself now an object of direct explicit perception.

The mind is now able to turn its attention, turn its gaze to looking at the source of thoughts a la meditation.

And the source of thoughts becomes extra fluid and flexible and unpredictable, at the same time that the mind now becomes able to see how that source of thoughts or fountain, that uncontrollable fountain works –

What will come out next, a dragon-serpent monster?

Max Freakout?

We’re talking about what visionary plants do on the absolute surface; what they do to the surfaces of objects, and they make the sounds sound warbly and distorted, and they make the surfaces of objects look like the surface of a liquid, or it can undulate and flow.

Cybermonk:

And these various types of, open-ended types of thoughts that are now coming from the uncontrollable source of thoughts, the fountain of thoughts:

These thoughts that are coming out all have an unreal quality to them, just like the sense of vision becomes warped and warbly and unreal, so does the fountain of thoughts becomes warped and warbly and unreal.

The fountain of mental constructs produces output that is rich and unpredictable and also has an unreal quality to it.

Max Freakout:

So that’s a low-level perceptual phenomenon, in terms of what we’re talking about.

But at the same time, it’s an introductory level into the deeper part of experiencing.

Cyberdisciple:

Perceptual loosening can point to the problem of the change from our accustomed solidity.

The perceptual undulation can point “upwards”; perceptual distortion can point to that higher-level concept of the problem of control over our thoughts, and over those mental constructs; over that representation.

Max Freakout:

The early insight that a loose-cognition explorer is likely to come across is that in the ordinary state of consciousness, the way that the mind conflates the representation with the thing that it represents, that assumes that the perception of an external object is truly external to the mind.

The thing that’s represented by the mind is something that exists out there in the objective world.

But then it becomes apparent, that when we are journeying in the loose cognitive state, when we’re in a world of solid objects that are looking less solid; they also look less external, and less objective.

The world that was previously taken for granted to be an external thing, an external object, now starts to look like it’s mentally generated.

People say things like “the world seemed like a cartoon”, where the cartoon is an artificial image of something, rather than a real thing.

Cybermonk:

Impressionistic painting.

Max Freakout:

The initial problem is the conflation of the representation and the referent.

That act of mental conflation becomes problematized; the connection or association between the representation and the real world is loosened; it comes apart to some extent.

This kind of analysis, in this meta-perception analysis, you’re describing a point of view which the mind and the perceptual apparatus is shifted into during the course of the visionary plants experience.

Cybermonk:

God-mode perception point of view.

Max Freakout:

You can use the same analysis to, instead of looking outwards at the external world, you can turn that round 180 degrees and look inside yourself.

Then you can make a very similar comparison between the ordinary state and the altered state.

This is where the Egodeath theory type dynamics come in, because what we’re asking is, instead of saying “in the ordinary state of consciousness, how do you perceive the external world”: answer: you perceive the external world as if it were solid and external and mind-independent.

You’re now saying, so in the ordinary (tight cognitive binding) state, when you look within, what do you see?

What do you perceive; how do you perceive yourself; what do you perceive yourself to be?

Cybermonk answers that question very forcefully:

He’s saying that:

When you look within, when you turn your perception inwards 180 degrees in the ordinary state, what you perceive is a cybernetic homunculus, as if your truest identity – the thing that you are, most fundamentally and most centrally, is a control agent.

You can think of yourself as being other things, too.

You can think of yourself, for example, as being a physical body inhabiting physical space.

Or, you can think of yourself as being a sense of self.

That’s something that the Pop Sike audience is is very keen on saying, is that it’s a sense of being a person, without reference to “control” at that point; that comes later.

“Sense of self” just means a thing with a name, and the name follows the thing around with it.

The thing remains the same from one day to the next, from one minute to the next.

You have a broad, different range of things, ways that you can characterize what your “self” is, but there are certain core characteristics, like, it’s stable, and persistent – very much like what we were saying about external objects:

The sense of self has that same solid concrete type of characteristic, that I have a very solid and concrete sense that I am a single person in a world, and that my identity persists across time.

That’s the ordinary state-based way of characterizing my inner life, my self.

Cybermonk:

The autonomous control agent.

Autonomous: very packaged, very contained; modular; a whole, single – what people sometimes are thinking of when they go rushing to Alan Watts’ “skin-encapsulated ego”:

The autonomy, it’s not really about the skin, that’s more of an analogy; but usually the sense of oneself as an agent is wrapped up, it’s tightly bounded and very firmly bounded in a way across time.

Cyberdisciple:

Cybermonk has focused too on how we so often conceive of that self as the self that makes decisions, that moves around, and has thoughts, and decides what to think, and decides what to do, such that that seems totally natural, normal
to us.

Cybermonk:

And moves through time. That’s something so inherently a part of usual thinking of how the self and world is structured, how the model is structured:

So intensely in terms of being a control agent who is moved through time, or who moves through time.

We have to step back and look at this and say, what is this all about, this idea of me being a control agent who is moved or who moves through time?

That is so much of a part of the essence of our being, of our core of mental construct of self and world, that it’s hard to think about, ordinarily, which is one reason why we don’t talk about it as much as you might expect in philosophy, of being a control agent, though there are plenty of books on the subject of agency.

Being a control agent moving through time is so much, so fundamental to what we are, it’s our inner core.

When we talk about navel gazing, navel gazing would have to mean, largely, thinking about oneself and actually explicitly thinking about oneself as a controller moving through time, explicitly.

That is very much my focus that I had in 1987, working up to the Egodeath theory.

Let’s model, and talk about, and think about, and look at, and experiment, and probe, this mental model of the self as a control agent, moving through time, and what kind of control does it have and not have, across time?

Cyberdisciple:

Our self is like the “I”, or ourself is the person who, the thing or whatever in our head that has those thoughts, that makes those decisions.

The loose cognition state also pulls us away from that; it shows that those thoughts are, that sense, that construct of being a self who makes decisions, is itself a construct.

It’s a becoming aware of that construct, that construction, or that set of ideas.

It’s not perhaps a phenomenological or perception-oriented separation of representation and referent, but there’s an analogy between the perceptions and that sense of being an agent who makes decisions.

There’s a connection there, a movement there, from the perceptual realm to this sense of stepping back from being immersed in making decisions.

Max Freakout:

Normally, decision making just happens, without any kind of meta-reflection; you don’t really need to think about it; it’s just a taken-for-granted configuration of the way that you are in the ordinary state; is you’re a decision maker.

Cybermonk:

Steering, controlling, and decision-making are pretty much synonymous.

Max Freakout:

There’s a line in one of the songs by Rush which Cybermonk has talked about where he says, “Even if I decide not to decide, I’ve still decided; I’ve still made a choice.”

Max Freakout:

You can’t escape from being a decision maker, in the ordinary state of consciousness, because no matter what you do, you could be said to be choosing to do that thing, as opposed to doing something else. An absolutely basic configuration of the self is decision making.

Cybermonk:

“Future pre-decided; opinions are provided, in the mass-production zone”, which is pretty much the whole world.

Cyberdisciple:

That’s a very funny line, in that the singer sings one line, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice”, but the original lyric sheet printed “If you choose not to decide, you cannot have made a choice.”

So there’s a strange confusion between the song and the original lyric sheet. That was even addressed by the lyricist at one point, who said that “Well those are the words I wrote” or something, “I can’t control what was printed.”

Cybermonk:

In a newsletter, Peart said:

“That’s a funny question. I’ve had a few lately from people who are so sure that what they hear is correct, that they disbelieve what I’ve put in the lyric sheets! Imagine!

People have quoted me whole verses of what they hear, as opposed to what’s printed, sure that they are right and the cover (me) is wrong. 

Scary stuff, these egocentric individuals. 

I assure you, other than perhaps dropping an “and” or a “but,” we take great care to make the lyric sheets accurate.”

Neil Peart, Rush Backstage Club newsletter, December 1985

That’s copied from Egodeath.com > Rush Lyrics Alluding to Mystic Dissociative Phenomena > Freewill.

A later version of the printed lyrics is different. The first printing needs fact check. https://www.reddit.com/r/rush/comments/aubfzy/hidden_message_or_change_of_heart_in_the_lyrics/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart – “His parents bought him a drum kit for his fourteenth birthday and he began taking lessons from Don George at the Peninsula Conservatory of Music. His stage debut took place that year at the school’s Christmas pageant in St. Johns Anglican Church Hall in Port Dalhousie. His next appearance was at Lakeport High School with his first group, The Eternal Triangle. This performance contained an original number titled Visionary Plants Forever. At this show he performed his first solo.”

A lot of this double-speaking and mumbling and saying one thing while claiming to have said something else, goes back to Prohibition, affecting song lyrics vs. official lyrics.

Cyberdisciple:

It’s a funny moment that speaks to Rush’s interest in in double meanings and the whole topic of being a control agent.

I think more recent lyric sheets only printed what the singer sings, but the original lyric sheets don’t have that; they have a different version. For such a crucial line, they have a different wording of it that seems to point to the opposite.

Not to derail us into Rush trivia; this is not a Rush trivia podcast, even though I know plenty of trivia about them.

Mental construct processing:

Max Freakout:

In the tight cognitive binding, default, ordinary state of consciousness, there is this totally taken for granted, background impression or configuration, that what I am as an ego, as a self, a person, is a decision maker.

It’s really important to point out that that’s no small claim, that sure, in one sense, that just means that, in a very small way, I can make small decisions about my life.

Like if I’m thirsty, I can decide to go and get a drink, and that kind of thing; that’s just small rational actions on the part of a tiny body living in a massive universe.

But on the other hand, that power of ego to make decisions has a truly cosmic scale, when you think about it in the context of Possibilism as a model of time, as well as a model of control, because what you’re saying is that, every time you make an individual decision as an ego, you’re actually creating an entire universe, or, you are steering into an entire universe, to the exclusion of an infinitude of alternative possible universes.

Cybermonk:

You are the creator of the future world.

Max Freakout:

It’s not just your small life that is affected by your egoic choices; it’s actually the entire world, because you can think of, you’re steering into the world where your ego made a particular decision as opposed to just simply making that decision.

It sets the stage of what the whole world is, so it’s a universe-wide ability to be able to make decisions like that.

But it doesn’t feel that way; it feels like a very small thing that you do in this tiny localized bit of space that you inhabit.

That’s how it feels in the ordinary state.

Then if you’re voyaging sufficiently intensely, you become aware of the cosmic dimension to that decision-making ability.

Cyberdisciple:

That sense of the cosmic, or the sense of creating possible worlds via making those choices, that’s something that can’t survive the loose cognitive state, or the altered state initiation.

That whole idea is part of a set of philosophical theories: Hugh Everett’s many-worlds interpretation.

But that is a completely ordinary-state-based theory. It can’t survive, it can’t happen in the altered state, the loose cognitive state; the many-worlds hypothesis can’t survive that kind of acid wash bath.

Max Freakout:

There’s two different interpretations of quantum physics: The Einstein interpretation, versus the Copenhagen interpretation which is associated with Bohr; “many worlds theory”.

Cybermonk:

Neils Bohr, who hung out with Einstein, and they debated and took opposite sides, Einstein says God does not play dice; Einstein affirmed block universe and Neils Bohr took the opposite view.

Then there was David Bohm, who was a determinist, and associated with non-local hidden variables, which is deterministic.

A key thing, an important thing in this determinism is that it says that there is one possibility, that it’s pre-determined, but he does not claim that the future already exists; that’s a big difference between that causal-chain determinism which David Bohm asserted, in line with Einstein.

So we have on one side, Neils Bohr, who asserts egoic freewill possibility branching, and then we have Einstein and David Bohm, who assert transcendent eternalism of one brand, one flavor or another.

Probably neither Einstein nor Bohm explicitly said that the future is single and already exists, and we’re just discovering it, and that we are made to make whatever decisions along the way, too, and that all of those decisions along the way are pre-existing, and the future outcome is pre-existing as a single, pre-existing thing.

Einstein and Bohm align with that, with Bohr and branching and egoic freewill branching on the other side of the debate.

The other name we’d have to mention would be the guy who mathematically formulized these ideas which is Minkowsky, so we have Einstein, Minkowski, and David Bohm roughly aligned with eternalism.

Max Freakout:

The many-worlds interpretation in quantum physics.

Cybermonk’s criticism of the many-worlds view is that you postulate many worlds in order to try to protect and preserve egoic decision making, because the alternative is the Einstein (or Minkowski or “Parmenidian”) interpretation of quantum physics, which is pure hard iron block determinism.

Cybermonk:

William James also objected to iron-block determinism. We could make the list longer, too, including Parmenides (vs. Heraclitus), because Popper referred to Minkowski as “Parmenides”.

We have: Bohr on one side, and we have Parmenides, Bohm, Einstein on the other.

Max Freakout:

Einstein was on Cybermonk’s side in that debate.

Einstein is more like an Egodeath theorist; he said “God does not play dice”, meaning there’s not multiple outcomes; when you flip a coin, it’s not that there’s a 50/50 chance of the coin landing on any particular side; it’s more like there’s a one hundred percent that it lands on one side, and zero percent that it lands on the other side.

Cybermonk:

We just are ignorant of which side that the coin is to land on.

Max Freakout:

So it’s two different ways of understanding what probability is all about; what it involves.

Cyberdisciple:

There are two people: last name Bohr, and last name Bohm. They were on opposite sides of this debate.

Max Freakout:

The Copenhagen interpretation comes from a particular conference which occurred in Copenhagen in the days when these issues were being actively and presently discussed.

At the Copenhagen conference, they outlined the many-worlds idea, which seems to protect the integrity of egoic decision-making.

Whereas Einstein was not concerned with that.

Cybermonk:

There are a couple of books by James T. Cushing arguing that Copenhagenism was adopted too hastily and too gleefully, without giving due consideration to Einstein and Bohm and hidden variables; determinism.

Cyberdisciple:

Each new decision creates a new world along the branching different branching pathways

Cybermonk:

Kind of a megalomania: not only am I the creator of one future, but I’m the creator of an infinite number of universes, in every microsecond.

The many-worlds interpretation is ridiculous, because there’s no bound on the idea, no constraint or check of any kind.

In my eternalism model, with a single, pre-existing future, we have the opposite extreme, the extreme of simplicity and the ability to visualize.

On the other hand, with branching Copenhagenism or the Everett many-worlds interpretation, at each, infinitesimal instant of time, there’s an infinite future worlds being created, all thanks to you.

Every instant, a million times a second, you are creating an infinite number of universes – talk about megalomania of egoic thinking, run amuck without any constraint.

Exactly how many of these multiverses are created? An infinity, an infinite number of times per second. Talk about egoic inflation!

Max Freakout:

That’s the ordinary state perception and modeling of egoic decision making.

That whole set of assumptions and beliefs doesn’t survive the acid wash; the acid wash spells doom for the mode of experiencing and thinking.

It’s not just that the altered state spells doom for egoic decision making; it’s more like intensive loose-cognitive initiation.

You have to go through this process of initiation to get the full “brain washing” effect of it, where the the mental world model is permanently reconfigured to incorporate the new point of view.

Cybermonk:

1:11:15 resume here. total length of the conjoined/interspersed recording: 3:24:00. 1/3 finished transcribing my comments. I could read-aloud the transcription so far, as eg part a of 3-parter. can always recombine later. 1:11:15 of natural slow speech, read quickly, but w/ random comments i’d insert, would produce a 1 to 1.5 hours podcast.

Pull in Ruck’s idea of wild versus cultivated …

1/3 down the transcription; read-aloud of this rough machine transcription + realtime commentary = “Ep81b TK28 Core Basics.mp3”

I recorded a read-aloud of the bottom 2/3 of this transcription:
“Ep81b TK28 Core Basics.mp3”
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2022/03/09/idea-development-page-13/#Ep81b-TK28-Core-Basics

Max Freakout:

Let’s spell out what that new point of view is.

You’ve got this meta-perception level, when you’re experiencing intensely, where nothing quite seems solid like it used to, and egoic decision making doesn’t seem solid like it did before.

The outcome of that, it’s a process of thinking that leads on from the observation that what was once perceived as a solid, stable, and consistent sense of self, which is to say a causally efficacious ability to make decisions and steer between possibilities, that starts to look undulating, wavy, and mentally generated, as opposed to being solid and external and real.

That leads to the thought of determinism, the thought that there is no decision making, and that time only goes in in one way, and that that nexus of causation which started at the beginning of time and carries on to this day is actually just leading inexorably in one way, and there’s no possibility of moving off of the fixed course of events.

I’m reminded of a limerick which occurs in I one of Alan Watts books: it said “I move in determinate grooves, I’m not really a bus, I’m a tram”, as in saying that your life is on a set of rails, and the rails control the direction of your forward movement.

Alan Watts quote about being on a tram line

https://www.bing.com/search?q=alan+watts+grooves+limerick

There once was a man who said “Damn,
For it certainly seems that I am
a creature that moves
in determinate grooves,
I’m not even a bus, I’m a tram”

The rails don’t branch; you have no alternative routes to go on, you just have to follow the rail of your life going forward.

Marketing vs. Ego Death

That is this great, powerful, amazing, permanently mind-changing experience, which is called ego death.

It’s very unfortunate that the Pop Sike world, and the pop spirituality world, has distorted the term “ego death” to the point of absurdity.

It’s basically impossible to ascertain an accurate meaningful definition of what “ego death” is, from any of the published literature; it just doesn’t exist.

You won’t read anywhere in a work of published literature which refers to ego death, and there are many such books.

But you won’t see in any of them that it’s the feeling of dying or discovering fatedness or reaching the end of time, or anything like that.

They stick to this vague wishy-washy language of “your sense of self is dissolved”, and things like that.

The name Martin [“Energy”] Ball is really flashing in my head right now as I say this; he’s a major source of this kind of confusion about what ego death is.

First of all, they’re hesitant to use the word ‘death’, and they try to fudge that, muddle over that, and call it “ego loss”, whereas Cybermonk was very adamant that the correct word is ‘death’, and that’s so ultimately prominent in his writing, because he calls his theory “the Egodeath theory”, and he calls his website Egodeath.com.

You know he took that URL for a reason, and he stuck with it, as well as the EgodeathTheory site.

‘Death’ is a powerful word, and it’s right, correct, and appropriate to use such a powerful word to describe this experience, because it does actually feel like death.

It’s important to refer to podcast guest Strange Loop here, because in terms of his own mystic-state experiencing, he really wants to have that experience.

He knows that it’s unpleasant; he knows that it’s bad, but he has a strong motivation to have that ego death experience, so he’s really doing some quite hardcore psychonautic exploring.

The ego death experience isn’t inevitable from just taking visionary plants; it demands something a bit more than just sheer use of visionary plants.

It’s certainly possible to take visionary plants many, many times, and have many experiences but never have this extreme experience that we’re talking about.

Let’s be under no illusion about how extreme it is. That’s that’s one of the central motivations of the Egodeath theory, and Cybermonk says this is the most profound and intense experience that the mind can undergo, and it leaves a permanent effect on the way that thinking is organized.

Going forth from then for the rest of life, you can’t forget ego death; it permanently changes the way that you understand yourself and the world.

To continue on the meta- or discourse level, there’s an important point: part of why our project is so valuable in deconstructing those pop psych narratives is that, people who have experienced something like the ego death experience described the way that Cybermonk often has described is, expressed as a theory.

They don’t necessarily have the vocabulary, or they don’t like the vocabulary of ‘death’.

People try to shy away from using that term.

There are people who have experienced a full intense extreme ego death, but don’t like to talk about it that way.

They want to conceive of it as something, not a death.

There’s lots of marketing influence.

Especially in the kind of official narratives about visionary plants coming out of therapists and universities and funding agencies, there’s a lot of advertising; it’s got to be a nice, positive experience for everybody to have.

You can see that in a lot of the material.

Our work deconstructing that, listening to James Kent’s podcasts, the “final 10 episodes series on the dark side”, he was very keen to point out the amount of positive marketing spin that goes into talking about visionary plants these days.

We’re trying to champion a way of talking that’s much more no-nonsense and not connected to any marketing agenda.

We’re not trying to sell anyone anything, about taking visionary plants to have a nice pleasant time.

Really we’re after describing what goes on in that state when you want to mess around with ego death, it’s not necessarily pleasant.

There are more people who have experienced ego death, but they do not want to talk about it that way, or they go in expecting to have just a nice pleasant experience, and they’re kind of primed to just talk about it that way, and only focus on that part of it, and shy away from the “shadow” side of the experience.

Martin Ball, for example, is a good example of trying to, a lot of his discourse about visionary plants tries to shy away from what he calls the “shadow side” of things.

Even James Kent, who wants to point out the marketing, the positive happy marketing of visionary plants, the whole aim of that “final 10 project” was to highlight the dark side, in order to have people protect themselves from having a dark experience with visionary plants, despite the fact that it was precisely a dark horrible depressing experience which James Kent had, which led him to embark on his entire mystic career – so I sense a contradiction there.

There are people who have had this difficult, unpleasant experience, but then are reticent to talk about it in those terms, because they sense the taboo, and they don’t want to discredit visionary plants, so they focus on the positive side.

There also may be people who haven’t experienced this phenomenon that we’re talking about, but they want to say they have, or they want to think they have, so they’ll talk about ego death, to refer to things that are not really ego death, to refer to the the lighter, happier side of mystic-state experiencing.

There is certainly a huge amount of mystic-state experiencing that’s very positive and enriching and psychotherapeutic, so there’s two sides to that coin.

The term “no separate self” is thrown around a lot, that kind of pleasant feeling of blending into the environment.

That can be a very pleasant feeling, as people report. Often that’s what people are referring to when they try to use the much more serious term ‘ego death’.

These kinds of Pop Sike narratives, and people talking about that, in many cases, people haven’t experienced ego death, but it’s a tricky term; there’s a certain cultural cachet around it as well.

People praise ego death as something that’s good for people; people want to have what they think ‘ego death’ is.

We have to critique Pop Sike and Pop Spirituality.

We need to contrast the the vision put forward by the Egodeath theory compared to the the confused mess of contradictions that the Pop Sike and Pop Spirituality worlds are trying to project.

I wanted to use the expression “elephant in the room”. That’s the true position that ego death, that ego death experiencing has in the world of pop spirituality and pop mysticism.

The ego death experience is a hot potato, and people in the worlds of pop spirituality and pop mysticism don’t really know how to handle the ego death experience.

Pop spirituality and pop mysticism kind of want to deny the ego death experience, but they also kind of want to praise it, and they don’t want to squarely acknowledge that ego death is a bad, unpleasant experience and involves psychosis and psychotic thinking.

That would be too discrediting.

I also wanted to bring in the example of podcast guest Kafei because he very clearly fits into the mold, of people who have a bad experience and ego death, but then they don’t want to talk about the bad side of it.

I don’t think Kafei recognizes that the experience he had, that the first time he ever used visionary plants is essentially ego death, and the ultimate mystical experience.

Instead, he wants to try to bring in all these spiritualist writers who talk about nothing but blissful peace and love, light, and that kind of thing; and then he doesn’t integrate the sheer importance of his own bad experience into that pop spiritualist narrative.

Time Slices

Let’s talk about time slices: what’s that about, and what’s that like.

We’ve talked about the rail of the past moving into the future, as being revealed as just being more like a single path that one moves along, rather than a set of branching roads.

That’s a horizontal metaphor. What’s the vertical metaphor of time slices, and what is that like?

Time slices is a different way of modeling time.

This cognitive modeling is kind of complex and kind of difficult to really see the true picture of, in terms of how it relates to the perceptual phenomena, the experiential phenomena.

The ‘Cartoon’ Analogy

Instead, it’s better to use analogy to illustrate what we’re talking about.

You commonly see in people’s reports where they describe their mystic-state experiences, they might say something like “the world seem like a cartoon”.

“Cartoon” by definition is not real, not external, not solid, and it’s more like a mental, mentally projected image, where the cartoonist is your mind.

Another interesting way of analyzing the concept of a cartoon fits into the time slice analysis, because if you think about what a cartoon consists of, it’s a series of still frames that are played very quickly in sequence, to create the illusion of movement.

You have one frame which is one solid, still image, and then another image next to that first image, which is just ever so slightly different, and then another image which is again ever so slightly different.

Stop-motion animation is another obvious use of this kind of idea, or a flip book where you draw a picture in the corner of a book, and then you draw another picture on the next page that’s slightly different from the first one, and then keep doing that.

Then, if you flip through the book, you can create the illusion of movement, and continuous identity as well, sameness across time, which is exactly what a cartoon is.

In a cartoon, there’s no real movement in a cartoon because movement would imply an infinite number of slices rather than a finite number of slices, but if you play them quick enough, and if the difference between one still frame and the next still frame is sufficiently small, when they’re played quickly, the mind can’t see that, can’t see the the jump between the two, then you get the illusion of fluid movement.

Time slices implies that each individual slice is frozen solid in the same way, that a still image that makes up one frame of a cartoon reel is a frozen, still image, and that frozenness is precisely the outcome, or the inevitable conclusion of the Eternalism way of modeling time, that there’s no movement, there’s no way of changing the possibility course; there’s just one solid way that things can go.

The ‘Book’ Analogy

Another possible analogy there is a book.

A book is such a wonderful form for analogy, as in a work of fiction.

A storybook is a wonderful analogy for the Eternalism model of time, because you’ve got a series of pages, and each page is analogically similar to a solid frame in a cartoon reel.

But then if you take the whole book, then you’ve got the full story of, say, a person’s life is is told in the storyline of the book.

From the external point of view, you can see that the whole book exists all at once, all in one go – that’s the block universe.

But on the inside, if you’re a character in the book, and you’ve lived your life up to say page 30, then in your perception of things, from your point of view, it’s more like the ordinary state experience of flowing life.

Time slices are analogically comparable to frames in a cartoon, or pages in a book.

To bring it into the realm of our experiencing: in our phenomenological experiencing in the loose cognitive state, our mental representation of time and the passing of time splits.

This is the relation between the loosening of cognitive associations, and loose cognitive binding, and loosening of perceptions with the sense of time becoming broken down, as well reaching the end of time.

It’s a different way of perceiving time.

Loose cognition gives us a different way of perceiving in general, but then more specifically – and moving towards the specific theory-domain of the Egodeath theory – it’s about a different way of perceiving time.

The way the mind models the world: the mind models time and control at the same time.

The mind’s model of control and the mind’s model of time are inextricably linked with each other.

In loose cognition, you’ve got this different way of perceiving time, and the time slice concept fits in with that different way of perceiving time, which is Eternalism.

You’re perceiving time as if it were a solid book that’s already been written, or a cartoon, but instead of watching the cartoon and seeing it from beginning to end, you can just see the whole reel, or say the video cassette that it’s on, or DVD or whatever medium that the cartoon is on.

It reminds me of in my very early days of visionary exploration, like the first few experiences when I was totally naive to all of this theorizing and all this talk of the history of the mystic state.

I was just a young, naive person studying plants basically for fun and for exploration. I remember very clearly that I got quite excited about looking in a mirror, and I can remember so clearly what that looks like.

I had the experience reproducibly multiple times.

There’s not very much that is reproducible and controllable about mystic-state experiencing, but this was a remarkably familiar experience which I experimented with over multiple different mystical experiences with different plants.

Looking in a mirror, instead of just seeing this solid face that I’m so used to seeing, suddenly if I stare at my reflection in a mirror, it looks like I’m being presented with a very rapid cycling of different faces, like a thousand different faces.

That’s one reason why I made a point of reading Joseph Campbell’s book, because it’s called “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, and I thought that resonated with my mystic-state experience.

I thought there must be something relevant about this book, because that title just sounds so relevant, this thousand faces.

At the time, I had no conceptual framework to fit it into.

But then later on down the line, a couple of years later, when I learned the Egodeath theory, and I learned about time slices, I thought “Oh yes, that makes so much sense of that particular phenomenon that I encountered in those early visionary sessions, of seeing a flutter, like a fluttering of different individual faces instead of the same continuous face that I’m used to when I look in a mirror.

Time slices is the same concept: you learn this whole theory, and then you can then look at experience reports, and you can see isolated elements of people’s reports that fit into the theory.

Similarly, you can see isolated elements of mythological and religious stories that fit into the Egodeath theory.

That was an important connection that I made, which for me, validated the Egodeath theory.

The Egodeath theory also taught me this technique of interpreting experience reports, and also religious and mythological stories, in terms of the Egodeath theory.

Time slices is a way of conceptualizing how time is structured; it’s what Eternalism means for how time is structured.

The term ‘time slice’ is a way of capturing or modeling what the experience of time is like in the altered state, as a series of moments.

The sense of a flow of time that is characteristic of the ordinary state, is changed to a set of a series of moments, with changes between those moments.

Each moment is arranged into a different position, but not with any flow between the moments.

That’s a key step in leading towards the killing of the ego, because the ego – you have to make the connection that, one is normally expecting to be able to oneself alter the arrangement in each time slice.

One normally conceives of one’s decision making as altering the next time slice, or some future time slice.

But in fact one doesn’t have the opportunity to do that, when one’s sense of movement and thoughts are kept out of doing that; the changes simply happen.

So the time slice is like a key.

The combination of “time slice” with the “ego”, or the sense of being an agent making decisions, that’s the killing stroke on the ego.

The killing stroke is when you connect that concept of time slices up to the concept of control, because you in one time slice can’t control the next time slice.

What you have, the situation that you get when it becomes really dramatic in ego death experiencing, is that one time slice tries to control the next one, and becomes increasingly anxious about exerting that control across time, and finding out that it’s not able to.

Perhaps it’s not the killing stroke, but it sets off a chain reaction.

The ego tries to, that control system tries to apply itself to changing time slices, and finds that it can’t.

To complete the picture with time slices, you have to specify if it appears as time slices in the altered state.

What is the corresponding appearance of time in the ordinary state?

In the ordinary state, if it’s not slices, then what is it? Just a continuous line, as opposed to a line that is divided up into slices.

In the ordinary state, it doesn’t feel like time is a series of individual isolated moments; it feels like there’s an absolute continuity between the moments.

It’s the difference between discreteness and continuity.

The time slices are discrete, and that discreteness implies a lack of control and inability to control the next time slice.

Another analogy from Cybermonk is statues. I found that analogy enlightening when I first came across that.

It’s the same thing as stop-motion animation: you have a series of statues that are very subtly different from each other, in the way that an animation is.

Those statues are lined up along the time axis, and they are entirely independent from each other. The point of view that swings into the mind during intense loose cognition is being isolated in your time slice.

But it’s like that all the time anyway, and this is something that the self-help guru Eckhart Tolle really capitalized on in pointing out, that even in the ordinary state, you’re always just in the present, and you can never go backwards or forwards, really.

The way Eckhart Tolle puts it is that the present moment is the only thing that’s actually real, which is the philosophy of Presentism.

But that’s not what the Egodeath theory is saying; it doesn’t say that the past and future are “not real”, but that the cybernetic continuity between the past, present, and future time slices is unreal, and that there is actually no way of controlling your future self, in the same way that your past self doesn’t control you.

You can do something in the present that is completely independent of what you wanted to do five minutes ago, and then following from that, your future self can do something which is completely independent of you, even completely unwanted.

We need to talk about here, your overall set of intentions.

In general, there the way that the human being is hardwired, and this harks to the philosophy of Schopenhauer, which I would like to cover at some point in a podcast, because he really spelled this out.

Schopenhauer said that the fundamental property of everything, every real thing, every object, is to carry on existing.

He said that everything from a stone on the beach to a human being has that fundamental will to carry on existing, and human beings are no different.

It’s why human beings instinctively avoid death.

So if you’re in the ordinary state, and suddenly you’re faced with a mortal danger, something like someone holds a gun to your head, or a lion walks into the room looking really hungry, your instinct is going to be mortal panic and fear and a desperation to protect your life, so you will hand over your money to the person who is holding a gun to your head.

You know it’s a typical thing, a cliche, that robbers will say “your money or your life”, because the robber knows that if you’re faced with that decision, you’re going to pick your life, because that’s the most fundamental thing that you have, and you desire to to continue it, to maintain it.

That is sharply contrasted with the situation that you find yourself in in the intense mystic-state experiencing when it turns nasty and it turns psychotic and unwanted, when it turns un-recreational, and it ceases to be about having fun.

You start to worry about what your future self might do, and you start to project motivations onto your future self, such as the thought that you’re about to try to commit suicide.

That’s something that I was very struck by when I gave my report, the big massive freak out experience that I had, and then Kafei described his: he said that exact same thing, that it was about wanting to commit suicide, and wanting to try to clear out his system, and that’s exactly I had.

I had the same thought when I was going through that experience, that if I could only make myself throw up, I would be able to get my control back.

Normally, it would be completely unthinkable to think that you suddenly might want to commit suicide in five minutes, and that there’s no way that you can control your future self to stop them from doing that, to preserve your life, according to this basic fundamental will to carry on existing.

But then when you’re in the intense mystic state, suddenly, unexpectedly that possibility swings into view, in a truly horrifying way: that actually you might want to kill yourself, that you might kill yourself in a few minutes, and that there’s nothing you can do to stop your future self from doing that, because you at the present moment are cybernetically independent of your future self.

Cybernetic independence is something that characterizes the altered state, whereas the ordinary state is more like cybernetic dependence, and your actions flow smoothly from each other, continuously with each other as time progresses.

That feeling breaks down in the altered state, which leads to panic, fear of your own near-future action possibly ending your own existence, because you can’t – that thought appears in your head, because you can’t stop yourself in the future.

You don’t know, so there’s increasing panic, and the increase just gets more and more.

Cybermonk characterized that as like a tightening noose [or {hunting net}]: if you have a noose around your neck and you’re dangling, you might instinctively try to struggle to get out of it, but that’s not rational, because by struggling, when you’ve got a noose around your neck, you’re only making your problem worse, because you’re making the the noose get tighter.

It’s that kind of a dynamic, where anything that you do to try to get out of the situation, ends up making the situation worse.

That’s our moment we could say when the mind’s “savior” potential kicks in, or the mind’s rescuing potential, or transformation potential, to move away from metaphors with rescue and savior.

The only way out of that is to switch your sense of that, get rid of that control agency, or qualify your initial thoughts about your own agency over your own thoughts.

Leading people to model some sort of, come up with, or model or realize some sort of hidden control source, some sort of source of thoughts that is not coming from oneself one’s local sense, or that initial sense of control, and that that had been that – whatever that other source is, had always been in control of your thoughts, and always been steering you.

Thus leading to this, a sense of a dependent control.

Whatever sense of control you have as independent is dependent on that other source, because you’ve learned, you’ve seen in the altered state, that it can’t be that initial source that was predicated upon an open future and control across time.

That only leads to a further problem, because if you are just relying on your personal egoic domain of control, at least you know that the thought of killing yourself or going insane is a bad thing, something to be avoided.

But if you’re then pushed into a position where you have to postulate higher control to rescue you from this dire situation you’re in, the higher control has to be compassionate, but it might not be; the universe might just want you to dissolve at this particular moment in time, this night.

So one thing that you have to postulate is higher control; something that was in charge all along, the whole time. But it has to be beneficial; it has to care about you enough to care about your worrying about your future integrity, but it might not.

So there’s always the risk, because this higher control is not human. That’s a really important point about this higher control source, this Controller X that has to be postulated in this desperate situation, is that it’s not just another person like you; it’s not like you’re talking to a personal friend or a parent or something.

What that ultimate control source is is actually utterly alien and mysterious.

It’s not directly accessible to you like your local source.

In some Christian artworks, they just depict a hand coming out of a cloud, and you only see the hand; you don’t see the rest of the body, so you don’t know what the motivation behind that control is; you only know that your own motivation is to preserve your own life in the Schopenhauerian sense.

There’s another great German thinker called Friedrichs Schleiermacher, and he was a German theologian, and he characterized the relation between God and the individual as the other way around: the individual and God as a relation of helpless dependence, that the egoic control, the personal self is helplessly dependent on what that – on the higher self, and what it wants to do.

Prayer is an important point here. It’s not just merely postulating higher control that rescues you; it’s praying with an attitude of like Schleiermacher said: helpless dependence.

You have to acknowledge your dependence on that higher control to rescue you, knowing that you have no personal control, that the higher control is the one that is holding all of the cards, and has all of the power in that situation.

So it’s a self-supplication, it’s admitting to yourself and to God that you are nothing, and you have no control, so “please rescue me, whatever it is that does have control”, with the hoped-for result being a two-level model of control, once one has repudiated or given up or acknowledged one’s total helpless dependence, total dependence on that hidden source.

How exactly is that supposed to happen?

I think about my own experience: I got right to the end of that bad experience without ever postulating higher control; that took quite a long time afterwards before i figured out about what ‘God’ means, in the context of a person having a bad experience from visionary plants.

But at the time i didn’t have that; that was actually an important distinction between my experience of ego death which I described in episode 2 of this podcast and yours which you described in episode 1, is that when you had your formative experience, you already knew about the Egodeath theory, and you said to yourself in the middle of the experience “No, I know about this; I know what I’m supposed to do: I’m supposed to pray.”

But i didn’t have that. I didn’t know about the Egodeath theory, so I just caved into despair, and then I spent the entire session cowering in terror.

And then afterwards, I was traumatized.

Even when I got back to the normal world, I was traumatized and I had to do all this philosophical work of revising my assumptions.

When is that postulation of higher control supposed to happen? Does that happen when you’re still in the loose cognitive state, or is that the transition out of the difficult loose-cog experience back into tight cognition.

Maybe it’s different for different people in terms of the shape of mystical initiation.

What I described in episode 1, to speak to the timing that happened while still in the midst of the loose cognition session: I was primed for that, and I made use of the Egotheory as a guidebook or technology, in what to do and how to do that.

I had to get through that experience or how to deliberately postulate that and then watch and then follow through on that supplication

What was that like, how did the loosecog session change when you made that particular mental move: did it suddenly lighten, or how did it feel when you actually made that move?

Before, during, and afterwards, I made that move, and the sense of being out of control and fearful of what I would do in the future, as well as the feeling that my perceptions were overwhelming me.

I’m on a more superficial level that I was being lost in some sort of whirlpool of my own perceptions that faded so this maybe brings us to the timing of a loose cognition session.

It’s possible that that was happening towards the end of that. I wasn’t timing it that way.

I recall a change in the after giving doing that supplication that prayerful supplication and repudiation; I recall the loose-cognition experience changing a bit, and taking a a more feeling as though I could relax a bit, that I
could let myself – the feeling of struggle changed, and I could let myself be moved, and observe the thoughts that came along, and less that I was struggling to have my say in them.

That sense of struggle went away.

You made a really interesting point there: you said it was as if you were deliberately going through this thought process, and that made the experience feel less intense, and you could relax a bit.

But you also said it might have just been that you were coming towards the end of the session anyway, so you could almost maybe say that there are two ways of explaining it: that on the one hand, this whole process of postulating higher control and then praying to higher control for rescue is a deliberate process of thoughts.

But on the other hand, it could just be something that you’re thinking is basically forced to do simply by the chemical metabolism what’s going on in the the way the intensity rises and falls as purely a neurochemical process.

This experience happened during a kind of regular series of loose cognition sessions that I was undergoing and or putting myself through, about every week.

It was a regular series and subsequent sessions of a similar dosage of the cognitive loosener I didn’t so in those in the subsequent sessions the bit of data i want to bring up is that:

I didn’t experience the same sense of struggle at all, despite a similar intensity of really a lot of intensity.

Despite a similar dosage level of the cognitive loosener, I felt that the there was something different about those subsequent sessions – the experience was not, I didn’t have to go through that struggle in the same way, having gone through it to such an extent and gone through the supplication, so that that was a marked difference.

I felt a certain acceptance of the dependent control and dependent nature of of thinking in the experience, in subsequent experiences, so that – and that would persist throughout the entirety of it now.

I’ve had to remind myself about the dynamics of prayer or supplication or repentance, but nothing with the same intensity as that that one time.

It’s almost like a familiar pattern or familiar move to make.

There’s a possible connection between the timing of the session and the thoughts regarding the self-control cybernetics.

It certainly seems to track on to a certain- one could imagine there being a track of beginning to notice perceptual changes to them, noticing one’s sense of self becoming loosened, to then the issues with time, and the thought that those provoke.

Imagine an ideal session in which one person goes from zero to ego death in a single session, which is a hypothetical scenario we’ve talked about.

The Egodeath theory talks about a series of sessions.

There’s an implication there that part of the process is also what happens between the sessions, and the thinking and the reading that you do when you’re not within your down time in preparation for the next one, because you build on the thoughts and the understandings that you have over the course of multiple sessions.

That ties into our point about what kind of language we’re using to talk about the loose cognition state.

The Pop Sike crew have one way of doing it; we have a different way of doing it.

The language certainly matters; what you’re studying before, during, and after matters.

There’s two parallel processes which are kind of separate but also kind of intertwined: on the one hand, you’ve got the chemical process, of chemicals going through your system, through your brain, and causing certain perceptual effects, which then stop, and go back to normal.

Parallel to that, you’ve got the process of your thinking, and the development of your understanding as the chemicals are coming and going.

There are those two parallel processes, but the outcome is the same; the outcome is that you get a modified and enhanced mental world model, or you get the addition of a new mental world model, so that you now have two separate world models, two mental world models coexisting in the same mind.

That’s an enlightened mind, that’s a mind that has successfully been through ego death and then integrated it and come out the other side and understood it and made peace with it, and is then as Cybermonk said, is then able to be in the loose cognitive state after that without fearing the total conflagration and transformation that only happens once, that doesn’t just keep happening.

You can keep climaxing, have multiple ego death type experiences, but it doesn’t keep on transforming your mind again and again.

Once the basic transformation has happened, that then stays with you for the rest of your life.

There are the two interacting fields: the field of experience, and then our knowledge about the experience, the way we conceive of the experience.

I often wonder about that with my own set of experiences. My experiences have all happened in the context of knowing generally about the Egodeath theory.

I became interested in visionary plants and cognitive looseners, and after reading about the claims made in the Egodeath theory about what they do, and wanting to, I was relatively unfamiliar with visionary plants in there, besides just general cultural awareness of them.

I was relatively not – I hadn’t read anyone else’s writing about visionary plants; those are things out in the world. I’d heard something vague, some sort of vague messaging about them.

This gets us to this tricky question of the extent of of how our experiences are shaped by the discourse that we encounter and read, and to what extent they’re not shaped by that, and that there’s something of an intractable question there.

[People aren’t shaped by the literature as much as scholars assume. The default is ignorance, not reading stacks of books on the topic. -mh]

That is bringing to mind a very important distinction that Ken Wilber made: he said states vs. stages, and in his model there was a very large number of states, in a very large number of stages.

But what Cybermonk’s model does, it uses that same basic terminology, of this distinction between states and stages.

But instead of this zillion states & zillion stage model of Ken Wilber, Cybermonk is saying that there are only two states and two stages; which is to say, you’re in the ordinary state, and you’re in the mystic state: those are the two stages.

You’ve got the stage where you are unaware of this whole thing, the whole enterprise of deterministic thinking and metaphor.

Then you’ve got the subsequent stage where you are fully initiated and you have both world models, and you understand how metaphor works.

So there’s the Egoic stage, and then the Transcendent stage follow on the heels of the ordinary state and the altered state.

Would I have had the same set of experiences if I’d never heard of the Egodeath theory?

The Egodeath theory would say “Yes”, because the Egodeath theory claims to be describing what happens in the altered state.

The Egodeath theory describes what’s the typical “movement” in the altered state, in the loose cognition state, between the two mental world models.

Cybermonk:

The Egodeath theory describes what’s involved in the movement from the Egoic, Possibilism mental model to the Transcendent, Eternalism mental model.

How fast, complete, & reliable transformation is, depends on and is a function of structured efficient training; the speed, thoroughness, and ease of the transformation is conditional on that: a completed initiate accelerating later initiates.

max or cyb:

Would I have been able to describe it that way, or would I have conceived of it that way, during the transformation of those mental world models?

Would I have made all the same moves that I did?

These are counterfactual questions that have no answer, because that’s what did happen.

Do you think that maybe you can hasten the process by knowing about the Egodeath theory?

It sounds like you might have done that in your experience.

I think so, yes I think so; I used the Egodeath theory as a kind of guidebook to that phenomenology, that set of experiences and that sort of thoughts and philosophical problems (a loaded term), cognitive problems.

Using the Egodeath theory as a guidebook.

This is now bringing us over towards what Cybermonk has called his Phase Two area (metaphor & history of religion), and I’m cognizant of time, and so we probably have to save that for later on; but the topic of metaphor, and cultural initiation systems.

In the past, or different cultural systems, one would have made use of that technology, say Christianity or Buddhism or whatever form, whatever religion or cultural system, or you know even in the 20th Century something like Rock clubs and Rock music, or something like Raves.

I use Egodeath theory as a guidebook. In the past, we’d say people used, or in other cultural systems, people use their cultural system as a guidebook.

Part of the Egodeath theory’s relation with those, relationship or stance on those other systems, is that they’re vague, not a theory, and that it explains those other systems better than or more clearly than those systems themselves can explain themselves, because the other systems use a lot of cells[?] in their sentences.

I was going to say the other systems are designed to accommodate the egoic states; they’re not meant to enlighten the ego; they’re meant to – they can actually keep the ego as it is.

So in other words, you can be – you can have the egoic mental configuration and fully get Christianity on that level.

Christianity works on the egoic level and it works on the transcendent level; whereas the Egodeath theory doesn’t work on the egoic level; it’s just pushing towards enlightenment and transcendence; Transcendent Knowledge.

Its very topic is the transcendent level, because it always pushes you in that direction.

That’s a nice way to put it, and actually this is making me wonder:

We’re talking about how the Egodeath theory contributed to your experience of mystical initiation, and then how the lack of the Egodeath theory contributed to my experience of mystical initiation.

It puzzles me in light of this conversation why exactly the podcast guest Strange Loop is reporting that he is struggling to attain the high experiences, because he’s got the Egodeath theory; he gets it; he knows about transcendent control, and Eternalism, and that kind of thing – and although he’s repeatedly immersing in loose cognition, he’s got this lingering frustration that he hasn’t had the full hallowed experiences that that we talk about, of extreme control loss and control transformation.

So I wonder what’s going on in in his mind that’s causing that kind of a dynamic.

About pushing towards Phase Two (metaphor mapping & religious history, rather than basic core Egodeath theory) and talking about Phase Two: given the timing of this podcast and everything, we should return to that, because that’s a whole massive 50% of the theory, really that we’ve hardly touched on in this first recording.

So we should have a follow-up to this, and move into the phase two side of the theory, which is metaphor, religion, mythology, and then spell that out.

Timeline

Kafei/ Mystics, Canterbury/ Metaphor breakthrough, Basics of Egodeath podcast, Immortality Key, Hatsis vs. Brown, 75 Mushroom Trees inventory, expertise/ authority

Timeline by Cybermonk March 17, 2022

Metaphor was the focus of the creation of the EgodeathTheory site October 2020-March 2021, just before this podcast about Basics of Egodeath theory. After this podcast, followed the era of The Immortality Key book, with forward by Graham Hancock, then the Hatsis vs. Brown letters at the Hancock site, folllowed immediately by the March 13, 2022 page, The 75 Mushroom Trees of the Canterbury Psalter.

  1. Kafei & Strange Loop episodes
  2. Metaphor was the focus of the creation of the EgodeathTheory site October 2020-March 2021; critique of Brown’s article, writing article for Brown on Criteria of Proof, discovering Canterbury breakthrough.
  3. Present podcast on Basics of Egodeath theory.
  4. The influential popular book The Immortality Key was published. Forward by Graham Hancock. Critique by Cyb.
  5. Hatsis’ attack letter at Hancock site.
  6. Brown’s defense letter at Hancock site.
  7. At EgodeathTheory site, finished the Canterbury mushrooms inventory and the spinoff 75 Mushroom Trees article.
  8. Then the page about experts, expertise, authority, and who is best positioned to judge and interpret mushrooms in religious art.

Voice & Mic Technique for Casual Standard Voice

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Contents:

Voice-Improvement Report

How’s it coming for the following aspects of vocal technique?

LISTEN FOR GOING OFF-VOICE. SET GUARDS (SUGGESTER, LISTENER).

WATCH OUT FOR / GOING OFF-VOICE

  • Get rid of the lecturing tone of voice; intonation; the lecturing/reprimanding intonation.
  • uncramping; the vocal tract cramping problem
  • Incidental commenting is the worst problem scenario.
  • Low Pitch is top challenge.
    • Pitch Grounding technique is working great.
    • Need to use the “force pitch down”technique all the time.
  • fun tone: start analyzing.
  • “throat-clearing at mic” violations – step it up. todo: move to Mic Tech page.
    • hook up Mute pedal.
  • smoothness, pacing, speed: affects revoicing & reading aloud. read sentence paced, then paraphrase same pace.
  • mindfulness: Noise Gate technique.
  • slurring; lazy tongue
  • read-aloud alternating with off-the-cuff: new technique idea: reversing the voices.
    • matching: new idea, promising.
    • reversing: n/a
  • the block list: working surprisingly well, and now, it’s a literal list in the casual standard voice page
  • casual wording: full speed, rapid progress.

Voice & Mic Agenda Items to Work on During the Show

  • Analyze demonization of “announcer voice”. Amateurs strawman broadcasters. Everyone (know-nothings) is intent on parodying it, trying to frame it in the worst light. Result: suppressing body of knowledge of how to speak properly. Define “casual standard voice” as synonym of announcer voice skills. Mockery out of jealousy. mood tone, pitch, smoothness, word choice: broad.
  • p0: Speak with lower pitch. eg bad high pitch ep 61 54:53 “I need a very concrete rolling agenda,that…”
  • p1: analyze fun vs. serious tone.
  • todo: Do this entire episode using the pitch grounding technique, including while doing idea development.
  • p1: in ep 62, alternate among the Pitch Grounding technique, Force Down, casual standard voice.
  • p1: Use the “Pitch Grounding” technique to revoice from high serious formal to low fun casual.
  • done: Critique the previous episode.
  • p2: 30% done: Search the web for voice technique, for speech.
  • done: Search the web for mic technique, for speech. Watch mic tech vids until don’t learn any more.
  • done: electronically repitch-down the playback while live.
  • p5: Make a compilation from my voice recordings: The many voices of Cybermonk.

Review of Vocalization

Casual Standard Voice
  • no distinctive mark/ accent / voice/ emphasis/ drawl
  • neutral/interested
  • standard reference vocalizing
  • low pitch with a neutral-positive tone
  • low pitch with a smile
  • speak with a smile
  • No particular character or inflection of feeling
  • No odd resonance
  • No character or attitude skew
  • Generic Reference speech, standard voice
  • Straight-up standard pronunciation
  • Neutral medium pace as midpoint
  • Not lax, not edgy (neutral non-emphasis)
  • Neither soft tone, nor aggressive
  • Neutral in tone
  • Functional and plain
  • Regular matter-of-fact speech
  • No attitude or tone skew
Repeat Phrase
  • Alway repeat phrase, in casual standard voice.
  • record speaking off the cuff, then playback and critique, during show. use repeat phrase.
  • the only thing to remember is “repeat phrase”.
  • read-aloud throughout the show with the “repeat phrase” technique demonstration.
  • speak off the cuff throughout the show with the “repeat phrase” technique demonstration.
  • repeat each phrase during read-aloud & during off-the-cuff speaking
  • repeat botched statement correctly
  • While speaking off-the-cuff or reading-aloud, repeat words at various scales:
    • syllable
    • word
    • phrase
    • sentence
    • paragraph
    • section
Breathing
  • Practice breathing.
  • Forcibly define phrases in written sentences. [link to biz-spkg page that corrobs]
  • Between phrases, 1 inhale.
  • Between sentences, 2 inhales.
  • Between paragraphs, 3 inhales.
  • Breathe away from mic. When handheld, park mic at stomach cloth.
Varying, Dynamic
  • vary pitch
  • vary speed
  • vary volume
  • vary enunciation
  • vary affectation intonation
Volume
  • don’t mumble
  • low volume = more bass in voice = more leakage during quiet casual standard voice
Transcending the Voice
  • mindfulness when speaking off-the-cuff
  • controlled vocalizing
  • standard voice = transcendent voice
  • all you need to remember to t’d voice is “repeat phrase“
Read-Aloud Techniques
  • breathing, pacing
  • turn any text into standard vocalization
  • double-reading; reading-aloud each phrase twice
    • 1.5x = paraphrase/ best phrases
  • don’t read footnote numbers
  • don’t read author citations
  • read each heading twice
  • read each phrase twice
  • read a complete paragraph, before commenting – issue/cost: forget important point
  • separate the reading of a paragraph from the commenting on a paragraph – “
  • contiguous unbroken long stretches of reading
  • commentary at end of paragraph
Vocal Apparatus
  • Back top of throat.
  • Lower chest
  • Tip of tongue
  • Open the back of mouth chambers and top of throat.
    • Exercises.
  • Push pitch down, consistently, continuously.
    • Exercises.
Pitch
  • force pitch downward hard, and vary the pitch between low and medium.
  • wording, for item 2 in feb10a: “pitch downward, and vary the pitch from high to low“
Pronunciation & Enunciation
  • consistently hype the letters: c d s t w x z
    • never slur; always pronounce the ‘s’
    • tip of tongue exercises (c d h j k s v w x z) “q e q r”
  • separate each word, pronounce every letter of every word
Speed
  • vary the speed from slow to fast (fast & smooth)
  • separate each word, pronounce every letter of every word
Conversation Technique
  • start a statement, then finish it
  • don’t interrupt myself
  • skip straight to the point
  • talk about “we, us, community, conversation”
  • think of key words, then construct statement around them
    • what are the 5 key words you need to say?
  • speak simply, with only first-order detail
  • stay on a topic, without jumping among topics
    • use segments to stay on-topic and separate the topics

/ end of “Review of Vocalization” section

Slurring Examples
  • Play the discarded quiet/night takes that revealed lazy tongue slurring.
    • Look up that date. before “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06b Caress of Steel.mp3″ which is:
    • Filename: 210206_1914.wav, stereo, 2.15 GB
    • Filename: 210206_1915.wav, stereo, 861.2 MB
  • Maybe after:
    • Raw filename: 210205_1879.wav
  • Almost certainly after:
    • Source file: green/white 64 GB SD card: “/Volumes/TK Audio/Music/TK/DR-05 TK Voice starting 2021-01-26/210204_2218.wav“

The Block List

  • boy
  • quite
  • now
  • silence – Pause
  • typing – Pause/Mute
  • throat clearing – Pause/Mute/park
  • stuttering
  • um
  • ok
  • so
  • the bottom line is
  • all right
  • let’s see
  • therefore
  • thus
  • basically
  • to put it another way
  • thats’ a good way to put it
  • my voice is going out [instead, Pause and recover]
  • I think
  • it’s like
  • My goodness, (at start of 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel, or end of 06b)
  • To summarize the point,
  • I’m going to cut straight to the point here and just summarize as follows:
  • well
  • uh
  • you know
  • like
  • so
  • cannot
  • i will
  • can not
  • must’nt -> ?
Types of Fluff in Speech & in Voice Recordings

Types of fluff that I delete during micro editing of voice wavs; don’t say these fluff expressions or utterances, in the first place.

Peak Fluff – Hall of Shame

Verbose, needless lead-ins: “Just shut up and state your point”.

Recent fail (March 9, 2021): “To summarize the point, ” -> shut up and state the summary. It was a more verbose, self-defeating stupid lead-in than that; such as:

“I’m going to cut straight to the point here and just summarize as follows: the cat sat on the mat.” –> STFU and skip to the summary point.

Voice Character: Good & Bad

  • Bad: uncontrolled sloppiness
  • Good: controlled sloppiness
  • Bad: overcontrolled, hyper-enunciation
  • Bad: gentle, lush, soft, drawl
  • Good: neutral
  • Bad: harsh, abrasive, brittle, stern
  • Bad: serious
  • Good: fun
  • Bad: sloppy comical

Defining the Character of Casual Standard Voice

Standard Reference Speaking and Tone

  • General-purpose, not any particular application.
  • Casual, not formal.

Control of speaking voice is like transcendent, cultivated personality.

Varying pitch med-to-low is the goal. For my ideal “dream voice” that I’d *love* to have. Just a *great* neutral, natural sounding voice.

includes Quiet Version of Casual standard voice.

formal standard voice vs casual standard voice

  • casual standard voice vs. formal standard voice.
    • particular applications (not the core body of knowledge):
      • voice actor
      • voiceover artist
      • radio DJ
      • announcer
      • broadcaster
    • ear training virtue of listening to these voice recordings / shows
  • voice physical exercises, singing during using standard voice
    • tip of tongue exercises (c d h j k s v w x z) “q e q r”
      • upper top back throat chamber physical stretching/exercises
      • bottom chest bass spectrum physical stretching/exercises
      • ear training / guard function is working well; leverage it even more fully. take a constant critical stance assessing/listening to my voice character.
    • church groups singing (small or choir or online virtual choir).
    • BENEFITS/ INTERESTING APPEAL FOR ME = tech/miking, analysis, communication, fixes inadvertent voice characters that I’ve been projecting.
    • transcendent cultivated casual standard voice is distinct from any specific application; general purpose body of knowledge.
    • transcendent, cultivated
    • various *applications* of standard voice
    • a general-purpose core body of knowledge.
    • General-Purpose Quiet Casual Standard Voice
  • HAND TENSION AS ANALOGY FOR EXERCISING THE VOICE APPARATUS

Revoicing

Approaches to Revoicing
  • Revoice using .wav in audio app w/ Pause, multiple plays, multiple re-saying, alternating.
  • Revoice by transcribing to text.
  • Revoice using “realtime non-pause playback” revoicing.
  • Revoice from wild voice of high serious formal to cultivated voice of low fun casual multiple times.
  • Revoice realtime (headphones + mic, without Pause/rewind), and return to
  • Revoice by alternating playback & revoicing (w/ Pause & rewind).
  • Revoice the Egodeath Mystery Show episode 17d using the quiet version of casual standard voice.
    • quiet talking is difficult; it’s going to sound over-gentle.
    • I expected it to be difficult to get started defining “quiet casual standard voice”. The farther-out mic placement helped reduce the booming quiet-talking bass/proximity effect.
  • There might be some problem spots in 17d with soft flowery over-gentle – is that due to quiet voice?
    • Maybe do a revoicing-recording to comment-on that episode.
    • Hyper-pronunciation – seems like I can correct this pretty quickly.
    • Added to “casual standard voice” page: talking with lozenge, mouth noises.
    • Talking with lozenge wrecked my speech. The rest of the episode sounds ok, from a quick 3rd re-listen – do the revoicing technique to look for better tone-character, if possible.

Define: the revoicing technique:

  • the non-realtime version of the revoicing technique:78
    • play a recording of my voice, while recording my voice/mic, mixed with the playback. pause playback, or loop it; analyze. say the phrase in a different tone/character (quiet casual standard voice, or daytime casual standard voice).
  • the realtime version of the revoicing technique:
    • speak a phrase, then repeat the phrase in a different tone/character.
  • the realtime-recording version of the revoicing technique:
    • play a recording of my voice, while recording my voice/mic, not mixed with the playback. Use both decks on record, a computer to play. The mic deck will contain the excellent realtime revoicing, only. The mixer deck will contain a mix of the orig and the revoice. Possibly use pause playback, or loop it; analyze. say the phrase in a different tone/character (quiet casual standard voice, or daytime casual standard voice).

There are 3 versions of casual standard voice:

  • low pitch
  • high pitch when low isn’t available
  • quiet

Mic Technique

Possible topics:

  • Mic Technique
  • Limiter
  • Expander
  • Re-miking
  • Looping
  • Layering
  • Making Test Clips
  • Parking the Mic (handheld)
  • Positioning – End- vs. Side-Address
  • Pausing
  • Deleting Fluff in Voice Recordings
  • Wav Editing Potentials
  • Breathing
  • Live-Swapping Mics
  • Live-Swapping Tape Decks
  • Polar Patterns
  • EQ Tradeoffs
  • Mastering
  • Varying, Dynamic
  • Read-Aloud Techniques

Mic Technique

Headphone Monitoring
  • use earbuds to avoid bass swamp earmuff effect. and to minimize monitoring volume.
  • ride the mic gain (feb 10a)
    • when adjust mic stand
  • move back from the mic, slightly, to inhale, or mouth noises
  • prevent mouth noises at mic
    • close lips
    • no lozenge
  • ride the music gain
    • fade-up guitar leads (feb 11)
  • Mic revised position research: finding: 4.5″, 30 degrees.
  • To dynamically ride the mic pocket, formed a mental model of THE FACTORS FOR “WORKING THE MIC POCKET”: not a static positioning, but dynamic:the amateur just follows static rules.
  • the pro plays and works and dances with angle/ distance/ leaving/ returning to the pocket. Works the pocket and angle dynamically; has a refined dynamic mental model. moving around/ in/ out of the pocket.
  • Factors to play dynamically, to ride the mic pocket:plosive direction: need experience with plosives; push the edge, know exactly what’s going on.
  • Dynamic, variable angle 30-0 degrees, leaving and returning constantly to the sweet spot/ angle on-axis more or less, riding.
  • mouth noises
  • inhaling silently away from (out of) sweet spot
  • prox effect
  • room reverb
  • speaking toward the mic
  • clearing field of view
  • aimed at upper lip
  • 4.5″ dist (cardioid)
  • Do micro-editing of .wav files in audio editor, with full critique & punitive/ corrective laborious repairing-work.
    • Delete all fluff words & add them to the Block List, eg “Now I’m going to move … ” –> “I’m moving…”

Define fun tone.

Explore my pitch/singing range.

Vocal Report: Reverse voicing of read-aloud vs. commentary.

Variable Mic Polar Patterns

🎙

maybe move this section to Mic page and link to it

My most interesting mic demo, a few episodes ago (probably 02-24a; find “Continuously variable polar pattern”) – I might clip that demo passage, or make a new demo: hold the large-diaphragm condenser mic in hand and rotate it and demonstrate rejection angle at which the voice is cancelled out, muted.

More interesting than
rejection angle per polar pattern, is (on-axis)
frequency response per polar pattern,
including the continuously variable, in-between positions.

My analysis/interpretation of the 3 Polar Response diagrams.
Each Polar Response diagram has multiple plots on left and multiple different plots on the right.
Each plot shows level (volume, dB) at each angle, for a given frequency, to depict the rejection pattern/shape at that frequency.
The manual has more details; I’m doing pure artwork analysis here.
White *appears* to be the most variable, so is probably treble.
I speculate:
Left diagram: Figure 8 polar pattern
… Left Red plot = 20 Hz
… Left Blue plot = 200 Hz (numbers are just placeholders)
… Left White plot =2k Hz
… Right Red plot = 5 kHz
… Right Blue plot = 10 kHz
… Right White plot = 20 kHz
Middle diagram: Cardioid(??) polar pattern
… Left Red plot = 20 Hz
… Left Blue plot = __ Hz
… Left White plot = __ Hz
… Right Red plot = __ Hz
… Right Blue plot = __ Hz
… Right White plot = 20 kHz
Right diagram: Wide/Extended Cardioid(??) polar pattern
… Left Red plot = 20 Hz
… Left Blue plot = __ Hz
… Left White plot = __ Hz
… Right Red plot = __ Hz
… Right Blue plot = __ Hz
… Right White plot = 20 kHz
Lower left: Dial: In order from 7:00 to 5:00:
Omnidirectional;
Wide/Extended Cardioid;
Cardioid;
Supercardioid;
Figure 8.
In-between those 5 positions for the 5 named polar patterns, the Marketing copy reads “Four Additional Sounds” (unnamed; hic sunt dracones 🐉 😱 🤷‍♂️ ).

In order as I spin the Polar Pattern dial:

  1. Omni: Slight rejection at 90°. No rejection at 0° back.
  2. Wide/Extended Cardioid: No rejection at 90°. Strong rejection at 0° back.
  3. Cardioid: Moderate rejection at 90°. Strong rejection at 0° back.
  4. Supercardioid: Strong rejection at 45° back. No rejection at 0° back.
  5. Figure 8: Strong rejection at 90° (side). No rejection at 0° back.

The most exciting mic polar pattern seems to be Wide/Extended Cardioid, because it’s variable in-between the desirable properties of Omni (bright & wet) & Cardioid (dark & dry).

The pure Omnidirectional polar pattern has hiss, buzz, sibilance, mouth noises, & environment noises — a raw & too-exposed sound.

The biggest takeaway re: continuously variable polar pattern dial may be: Use the left half of the range (from Omni, to Wide Cardioid, to Cardioid) as a tilt eq.  Omni = too bright, Cardioid = too dark. 

Somewhere around the middle (Wide Cardioid), might be just right, to not need any eq.  Or, to need least-eq.

So: try bypassing EQ, and instead using the Wide Cardioid region of the Polar Pattern dial, as a tilt EQ; imagine this pot labelled as a “Tone control”.

  • Say:
    • Omni = 1,
    • Wide Cardioid = 5,
    • Cardioid = 10.
    • Then expect the sweet spot to be “5”.
    • Then demonstrate “Tone control positions” 3 vs 5 vs 7. As the manual describes it, there are 4 positions in-between the 5 marked polar patterns.
    • Could label Supercardioid as 10. Then expect sweet spot to be called “3” ie Wide Cardioid (instead of “5”).

“Eq”, or “Equalization”, is shorthand for “equalize the level of bass, midrange, & treble; across the audio frequency spectrum.”

The 9 patterns alluded to by the manufacturer (somewhat arbitrarily), in dial-order:

  1. Omnidirectional – too bright
  2. The Mystery Pattern with No Name #1 – may be slightly too bright
  3. Wide/Extended Cardioid – may be just right
  4. The Mystery Pattern with No Name #2 – may be slightly too dark
  5. Cardioid – too dark
  6. The Mystery Pattern with No Name #3
  7. Supercardioid – super dark (& dry)
  8. The Mystery Pattern with No Name #4 – here be dragons 🐉 😱 🤷‍♂️ <- to explore, especially. Given that Supercardioid = too dark, and Figure 8 = too bright (if like Omni); therefore, this in-between polar pattern region should work like a tilt eq.
  9. Figure 8 <- to explore. = Omni’s sound; too bright/hiss?

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice-over

Episode Template for Egodeath Mystery Show

Site Map

Contents:

  • Intro
  • Comments about this page & approach 4 years later
    • History of Naming the Show and Numbering the Episodes: Five Formats of the Show
    • Used “live broadcast” format aka preplanned “segments” from ~Ep1 (2021/01/28) to Ep72 (2021/09/28)
    • Live Broadcast format was fake; required throwing away many dud takes
  • “Ep# Key Words.mp3”
    • The “Intro” Segment
      • Recording HeaderPlaylist
      The “Show Format” SegmentThe “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment
    • The “Warmup Reading” Segment
    • The “Egodeath Theory” Segment
      • Esoteric Agenda
    • The “Not a Music Show” Segment
    • The “Outro” Segment
  • Publishing the Episode
    • Download Info
    • Post-Processing Steps
    • Miking Details

Intro

Comments about this page & approach 4 years later

Dec. 22, 2024

This page was used during the start of Egodeath Mystery Show in early 2021, as a live, no-editing, broadcast format.

The live broadcast format requires tons of planning ahead, without any post-production.

At some point, I moved away from that approach: I especially wanted to gain the ability to automatically remove silences/ gaps to tighten up the pacing.

I ended up not doing any planning, but constantly recording and then later listening to most of the recordings privately, then marking some recordings as suitable to be used in an episode of Egodeath Mystery Show.

It’s scary to think of doing a live broadcast format article like I used to – requires tons of planning ahead, and cannot guarantee quality.

In Feb. 2021, when did I think of the the Egodeath Mystery Show?

Briefly before that, I formed the concept of the Egodeath Show.

Shortly before that, around 2007 & 2016 & Jan. 2021, I only had the concept of occasionally recording 1-off voice pieces and then uploading such short recordings.

When I got the idea of a “show” instead of 1-off recordings, I had to go back afterwards and re-describe my early 2021 recordings that I uploaded, as “the Egodeath Mystery Show episode 1 – x”. and describe the recordings before that as “voice recording” or – transitional – “voice recording with header”.

History of Naming the Show and Numbering the Episodes: Five Formats of the Show

  1. “Voice recording without header” (2007; 2016; 2021/01/20)
  2. “Voice recording with header” (2021/01/24)
  3. “the Egodeath Show” (2021/01/28), afterwards numbered as Episode 1.
  4. “the Egodeath Mystery Show” [live broadcast format] (thought of on 2021/02/04; the first show to say “the Egodeath Mystery Show” by voice in Intro is song name “Egodeath Show 2021-02-05“, which is called afterwards, Episode 13)
  5. “the Egodeath Mystery Show” [non-live, post-produced format] [date] – examine idea development pages to find final use of show template (ie planning ahead).

Used “live broadcast” format aka preplanned “segments” from ~Ep1 (2021/01/28) to Ep72 (2021/09/28)

For how strong it looms in my memory, actually the present webpage approach, of planned segments and live-broadcast format with no post-processing, lasted only for 8 months!

Then 2022, 2023, 2024, I used opposite strategy: make recordings constantly, and afterwards, convert some of them – using post-production – to an episode.

ep 72 used “segments”, (September 28, 2021) https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#Ep72-Christian-Mushroom-Art

Explanation figured out: a 5-month gap. My final episode using difficult “live broadcast” format was Ep72, Sep. 29, 2021. That live format lasted therefore from:
Start:
End: Ep72 (2021/09/28)

big gap (5 mo 9 days) between:
2022/03/07 Ep73
– 2021/09/28 Ep72 Sep + oct nov dev jan feb march = 6 months, but less.
=
2022/02/37
– 2021/09/28
=
2021/14/37
– 2021/09/28
= 5 mo 9 days

what about ep 73? (March 7, 2022) – No indication of using “segments” per “live broadcast” format:
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2022/03/09/idea-development-page-13/#Ep73-Appealing-mushroom-article

looks like Ep79 Engage the Msh Data.mp3” – new, March 14, 2022 (1:09:16) doesn’t use “segments” in the “live broadcast planning” sense.

Live Broadcast format was fake; required throwing away many dud takes

In show name “Egodeath Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-04b I report how the Live Broadcast format is a lie: requires throwing away many dud takes.

  • 2021/02/04 – is there an episode of “Egodeath Mystery Show”?
  • No, song name “Egodeath Show 2021-02-04b” (ep. 12) starts by saying “This is the Egodeath Show, with Cybermonk” (background music: BOC, album Cultosaurus Erectus, song “if he really thinks we’re the devil, then let’s send him to hell”.)
  • 2021/02/05 – is there an episode of “Egodeath Mystery Show”?
  • Yes, in song name “Egodeath Show 2021-02-05” I start by saying “This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk”
  • 2021/02/06 – is there an episode of “Egodeath Mystery Show”?
  • Yes, In song name “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06”, starts by saying “This is the Egodeath Mystery Show with Cybermonk”.
  • Yes, In song name “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06 Caress of Steel”, i say “this is the Egodeath Mystery Show with Cybermonk”.
  • 2021/02/07 – is there an episode of “Egodeath Mystery Show”?
  • Yes, in song name “Egodeath 2021-02-07b At War with the Mystics”, in the Intro I say “Egodeath Mystery Show”.
    In song name “Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud”, I say in Intro, “Egodeath Mystery Show”. In song name “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel”, … no intro.

The concept of “the Egodeath show” (rather than uploading individual 1-off recordings/ pieces) was created around Jan. 28, 2021:
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Egodeath-Show-Episode-1

The name “the Egodeath Mystery Show” was created a week later, on Feb. 4, 2021:
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#Origin-of-Name-Concept-Egodeath-Mystery-Show

2024/12/22 comments on this 2021/02/28 page

2024/12/22
-2021/02/28
3 yrs 10 months ~= 4 years later.

As of 2025/02/28, this page will be 4 yrs old.

“Ep# Key Words.mp3”

ON AIR

The “Intro” Segment

CURRENT SEGMENT

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
Recording Header (only 30 seconds to finish entire Intro segment!)
  • Time and date:
    • Episode #__
    • _:00 p.m., March _, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    (about 12 words, to bake into the audio, predicting topics & differentiating from other episodes. Only 30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!!)
    • __
  • Vocalization theme:
    • __
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Wide Cardioid.
    • Distance: 7″.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none.
Playlist

We’re listening to __

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Show Format” Segment

This is the start of the “Show Format” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about the show format should be in the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Page: Egodeath Mystery Show
Subsection: Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Agenda-Items-for-Working-on-the-Show-Format

We’ve finished the “Show Format” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Voice & Mic Technique should be in the “Voice & Mic Technique” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Voice & Mic Technique

We’ve finished the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

We’ve finished the “Warmup Reading” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

“Egodeath Theory” Segment

This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Egodeath Theory should be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Esoteric Agenda
  • x

We’ve finished the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment, to do selected work items from the Esoteric Agenda.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
  • x

We’ve finished the “Not a Music Show” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

__ timestamp after stop recording

Publishing the Episode

sections to move to top when publishing the episode

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-__:
    TBD
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • __
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: __
  • Filesize: __
  • Bitrate: __
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • todo:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 45°, aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • gate
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 2103##_####.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 2103##_####.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

/ end of section ““Ep#.mp3”

Idea Development page 12

Site Map

Contents:

x https://we.tl/t-sQsWGFcHJI

Incoming Ideas

definitely parasols of victory – positively identified

Debating in isolation about the Plaincourault fresco is a proxy, a cop-out. Scholars don’t want to engage and admit mushrooms in (Hellenistic and) Christian history, so instead of scholars engaging honestly and directly with my trademark question:

“To what extent mushrooms in Christian history?”

scholars instead limit the spotlight to a single, proxy topic, treated as if the entire subject can be settled by treating this single case as the whole theory stands or falls based on it. Just like Eleusis is mis-used as a proxy (and replacement) for the use of visionary plants in all Hellenistic mystery religion.

A dirty, deception-based strategy that scholars use: eliminate all use of visionary plants throughout Hellenistic mystery religion, by exclusively focusing on Eleusis, as a proxy.

A dirty, deception-based strategy that scholars use: eliminate all use of visionary plants throughout Christian history, by exclusively focusing on Plaincourault, as a proxy.

‘Mushrooms’ here means psilocybe and amanita, but mostly psilocybe, due to its reliable effects and no plant-preparation required. In art, 4 forms: panaeolus, cubensis, liberty cap, amanita.

Parasols of victory (not Italian pine trees, as the top art expert claimed).

Being a Witch who Coaches Roller Derby Is Fine, but Self-Presentation as Threatening, Aggressive, Ego-focused, and Intimidating Prevents Being Perceived as an Idea-Focused Scholar

It would be an ad hominem fallacy to criticize a person’s scholarship because the person is (self-identified as) a witch and roller-derby coach.

It is fair and relevant and valid to avoid interacting with a person who strives to act intimidating, who strives to act threatening (“I will crush your ego!!”), who strives to act aggressive, in the field and conduct of scholarship, who strives to conduct themselves as a witch in a roller derby instead of conducting themselves like a scholar is (ideally) expected to self-present, as civil and cooperative in working together to move the field ahead, and focused on the ideas in the field rather than on destroying the ego of other personalities in the field as if we are separate competing teams in a roller derby league, adopting and committing to an emphatically adversarial stance on a personal (or personality) level.

If a person demands to be perceived as a historian, then act like it; conduct yourself like one would expect a historian to present themselves.

If you present yourself as a witch that coaches roller derby, in the field of scholarship, instead of demonstrating your focus on the ideas in the field, how can you demand that people perceive you as a scholar and interact with you as a scholar, when you also demand that they interact with you as one would expect in a contact-sport roller derby?

If your motivating concern is to crush the opponent team’s egos, you demonstrate lack of being motivated by the ideas in the field. These are ideally considered to be mutually exclusive motivations.

As a scholar, why do you interact with scholars: to crush their egos? Or to move the ideas in the field forward? Which is it? It is self-defeating to present oneself as threatening, aggressive, and intimidating on a personal level, while claiming to also want to be respected as a historian (or scholar, or theorist).

Livestream: Psychedelic Mysteries and Entheogenic Sacraments: A Critical Historical Perspective (Sep. 27, 2021)

Psychedelic Mysteries and Entheogenic Sacraments: A Critical Historical Perspective
Casey McFarlane, Chris Bennett, Dennis McKenna & Tom Hatsis

https://www.facebook.com/psychedelichistorian/videos/1673793052823419

Tom Hatsis’ Reply to Me

September 28, 2021

Hi Michael, 

Doing quite well, as I hope you are too. 
Thanks for tuning in yesterday. 

The shape of the Liberty Cap is anachronistic. The thing is, you are all looking for mushrooms in Christian art because Allegro said there were amanita muscaria (not psilocybe) buried in text (not art). I’ve talked to Carl Ruck about this and he agrees with me – Allegro was wrong about the etymological thing. So you are sort of in this hypocritical position where you don’t even believe the very foundation from which you base your theory. There is an irony here that is so symphonic in its poetical implications. So, in short, the Liberty Cap claim does not amount to much. You want to move the conversation away from the fly agaric because there is no evidence for it. Sorry, dude, but I’m not fooled by your sleight of hand at all. 

I never said that every supposed image was a parasol of victory. There are in fact 5 different categories that every mushroom you or anyone else has ever put forth falls into. I wrote about them in an article that appears in PsyPress UK (though it’s about ten years old at this point), titled “The Dogmatists’ Debacle.” Peep it. 

I focus on amanita muscaria because that’s what Allegro based this whole nonsensical conspiracy theory on. It seems that you all (you, Jerry Brown, John Rush, etc) want me to move away from it because it undermines your entire conspiracy theory hypothesis. And I agree. It completely annihilates it, which is easy because you are literally using the same “logic” that “flat earthers” use. 

Bestiaries are secular texts. Baseball games are secular activities. Sorry to be the one to tell you this. I really don’t know what else to say. I don’t need to exaggerate anything because your arguments are so poorly constructed it really is child’s play to dismantle them. Also – it’s not just bestiaries. I can point to many of the same image problems in any medieval medium you prefer. It all comes out of the wash the same. 

I have discussed your coverage of my work in the past. My colleagues think you’re a laughing stock and we’ve gotten more than a few chuckles out of you. However, I have a heart and after several of them started to insult you in ways that I found uncalled for and mean, I stopped mentioning you at all. In short, I avoid mentioning you because, quite frankly, I’m embarrassed for you and leave your work out of discussions for the same reason I don’t steal candy from babies. 

I’m interested in finding the historical truth of these topics. If there are mushrooms in Christian art, I’d be more than happy to change my mind. But you have proved unpersuasive to me and everyone else who has thought about these issues in a serious and sincere way. 

The Canterbury Psalter does not show psilocybe mushrooms. Saying it over and over to yourself like a mantra does not make it so. 

I’m still willing to do a live interview with you on these topics, but I’m guessing you are a little too worried to speak to someone like me (who knows what they are talking about) because we both know that your ego – not any real evidence – is driving your belief. And we both know I can crush that. 
So step up to the plate or it’s time we go our separate ways. 

While you decide how you’d like to move forward, I leave you with this to consider.
Since you are pretending to be a historian, let’s put you through the kind of rigorous exercises that historians use to gauge historical probabilities. You want to play with the big kids, so please consider that the “holy mushroom” fails all the safeguards of history that protect good ideas from ridiculous ones. If not, please explain your hypothesis in the following terms. 

1.Multiple Independent Contemporary Attestation 
2. Explanatory Scope
3. Anachronisms (y’all got a BIG problem here!) 
4. Ad Hoc explanations (here too 😉 ) 
5. Hard to Vary (holy shit is this a VERY BIG problem for you!)
6. Explanatory Power (ditto)

Or just ignore this email. I really don’t care either way. You aren’t bringing any good arguments to the table, so this is really just becoming a waste of my time anyway. Otherwise, please engage with the criteria above and prove me wrong. If not, then there is no reason for me or any other historian to take you seriously. 

That said, I wish you peace and happiness in life. 

– Tom

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/psychedelic-mystery-traditions-hatsis/#biblio – it lists the article:
The Dogmatist’s Debacle: Questioning Holy Mushroom History as Found in the Writings of Jan Irvin
https://psychedelichistorian.com/the-dogmatists-debacle

Looks like a bluff: he shows no specific evidence of knowing my ideas, only generic, universal, vague insults. What he shows instead is total mischaracterization of my work so what he’s describing is his own thinking and that of eg Irvin, in place of showing any hints/clues that he knows my perspective. He just seems like on autopilot; generic responses, no advancement of his thinking.

He gives both directions of indication that he is bluffing and/or so totally wrapped in his own thinking, he doesn’t my view (writings). I demonstrate that I’ve read his works; he gives zero demonstration of having looked at my writings.

Hatsis projects the “historian” identification onto me, but I am a theorist, of mytheme interpretation, and of the altered state; I’m not self-identified as a “historian”.  That’s projection by Tom of his own values & brand positioning/aspiration onto me/us. I even signed my name to him as “the theorist of…”; not “historian”.

He doesn’t seem to understand my position about Liberty Caps.  When he says ‘parasol’, he must say also ‘Liberty Cap’ and address that.  He says that is “anachronism”(?)

I’m not following his list of criteria.  We’re not engaging.

His first sentence is remarkable: “You look for msh in art because Allegro …”  He projects his roots (his early gullibility that he reports being embarrassed about) onto me/us.  My trajectory 1985-1998-2002-2006-2021 has nothing to do with Allegro, but Hatsis cannot imagine not being initially influenced by Allegro, as Tom was.  He’s mad at his past self, and is now lashing out at others for making the mistakes he made.

“You want to move the conversation away from the fly agaric because there is no evidence for it.” I want the field to stop putting Amanita at the center and put Psilocybe at the center because Psilocybe reliably (as McK arg’d yest. against scopalamine) induces the classic loose-cognitive experiences matching world religious mythemes, and Psilocybe requires no preparation, and is ubiquitous in several forms (paneolus, liberty cap, cubensis) throughout eras and regions.

He’s incorrect in every aspect of trying to characterize my view. I assert that there is evidence for Amanita; but nevertheless, I call to stop putting Amanita in the center and put Psilocybe in the center instead.

I haven’t read any discussion of my writings, so I don’t know if Hatsis read my articles at all.  I see no evidence of such.  His email is bafflingly vague and abstract.  I’d have to properly rewrite his email for him and then reply to that.  Don’t know if I’ll reply any time soon; he’s free to read my writings, if he actually cares about the field.

He says I didn’t go on his show because of my ego and how he’d crush it.  We learn about his thinking/ center of emphasis here, not mine.  His eager relishing in lobbing acerbic insults (a mis-focus) and the excess exposure, are why I declined his initial invitation.  I would first have phone calls with him, because it seems he doesn’t understand me at all. He seems totally incurious.

“Ep72a Christian Mushroom Art.mp3” & 72b

September 28, 2021

Reading aloud Cyberdisciple’s article / weblog posting of September 26, 2021, titled:

Criticism of mushrooms in Christian art by Tom Hatsis and Chris Bennett
https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/2021/09/26/criticism-of-mushrooms-in-christian-art-by-tom-hatsis-and-chris-bennett/

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Timestamps in “Ep72a Christian Mushroom Art.mp3”

  • 0:00 – start reading Cyb’s article, up to critique of concept “followers of Allegro”.
  • 44:06 – continues not reading article, but my John Lash comparison where Lash equates everyone on earth for all time as a Follower of Wasson (vs. of Allegro) – himself silently excepted, of course.
  • ~49:00 – i resent being (indirectly, implicitly) misrep’d as “follower of Allegro”, that’s false in every way, it’s a cheap smear effort to elevate oneself.
  • 51:15 – Lash and Heinrich screwed up and wrote that Allegro asserted that Mr. Historical Jesus used mushrooms.
  • 1:00:47 – resume Cyber’s article , section “John Marco Allegro, SMC, and his “Students”
  • 1:10:00 “brazenly combining the ahistoricity…” (article) “distracted many scholars”. I ask Cyb “which scholars cited allegro favorably/championed him?”
  • ~1:20:00 Hatsis is serving a needed role of correcting pop approval of Allegro
  • ~1:23:00 I’m midway along a spectrum of “scholar” and “popularizer” but it’s complicated. I’m an original theorist, first of the nature of ego transcendence (summarized at Principia Cybernetica on www in Feb 1997, core theory), not so much about entheogens in history (made perceptible by my system of mytheme decoding as analogy describing ASC experience of non-control) until 2000-2003 then especially 2006.
  • ~1:27:00 scholars, stop using the word & concept ‘secret’. ask neutral question, “to what extent mushrooms in Christian history” (a big part of the climax point of my 2006 Plaincourault article).
  • 1:30:45 “stop citing allegro positively. drop Allegro” (I slightly disagree)
  • 1:34:00 odd that Hatsis connects topic of Art with Allegro, who was text.
  • 1:40:00 “nonetheless, the categories “discipuli allegri” and “holy mushroom theory”, “
  • 1:44:24 mic level check, music moment
  • ~1:48:00 surveying all the h2 headings of the article, with electric guitar in background
  • ~1:51:07 Hatsis rightly treats the problem not of Allegro but of the pop use of pop version of Allegro. skimming section headings, “”Scholar” as Brand and Style”. Cyb contributes / tackles articulating the need to focus on ideas in the field, not personalities, low, content-ignoring personal attacks & insults (see Hatsis’ content-thin, insult-filled email to me today). “Psychedelic Witch” / .com, pushing Scopalamine pet plant fixation, rebranded to “Psychedelic Historian”.
  • 1:55:00 Hatsis himself initially fell into pop culture so now he’s lashing out overcompensating slurring and smearing everyone else for what he originally did, embracing mushrooms or probably, Amanita conflated with mushrooms. / stop being shackled by ‘secret’. Need to re-conceptualize ‘secret’, not make the familiar connotations the center.
  • 1:57:00 Dr. Carl “Mr. Secret” Ruck. stop ‘secret’, stop Allegro as center of field, stop posturing as “Real Historian” and be it. Secret. Allegro. Brand (= topic of personality smears/ attacks/ insults).
  • 2:00:00 finished surveying the headings of the article. “Finding Psychedelic in History and the Understanding of “Secrecy and Mystery” – after short break. Brief electric guitar, ice water.
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  • ~2:07:00 YouTube vid of trying to destroy 4 ribbon mics b/c Bandrew of Podcastage wussed out and wouldn’t do his Pizza Plosive test (which he always does for every mic) on the precursor of my R40 ribbon mic, the MXL R144 ribbon mic.
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Timestamps in “Ep72b Christian Mushroom Art.mp3”

  • 0:00 – 42% down the article. “Here I have to say that they are on to something” “wrong direction”. Overemph “secret”.
  • 1:30 – list of overuse of “secret” – Robert Graves: Cyb’s correct approach of asking “What is his contributions and limitations?” Not “is he a good guy, or a bad guy (wholesale)? in-group, or out-group?”
  • 4:30 example: Allegro doesn’t belong in the field, but he employs “secret”.
  • Ergot itself is … my aside: the secrete that’s revealed is not the entheogen, tho closely “associated”.
  • My aside: my critique of “it could be the accomplishment of a lifetime to discover evidence of msh in Christian art” (Chris said in stream yesterday). “Discovering evidence’ requires forming a good Theory framework to perceive and gather data/evidence. Methodology/theory reveals the evidence, like perceiving a 3-d stereogram requires the right suitable focusing.
  • 8:12 they act like what’s revealed in Mystery Religions is the plant itself.
  • …
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Deciding now how to handle text reaction to Hatsis’ email, eg post it here & comment on it? [done, a little] My voice commentary at end of the 4.5-hour recording covers my reply well, though most of his email is obscure/abstract/vague to me. I might record a clean, straight-through reading of Cyb’s article, later.

Playlist

We’re listening to Illumination Valve, loft session 3. Distortion: Fender Blues Jr. III with two EL84 valves, driven by MXR 10-band EQ, through the stock Eminence Fender Special Design guitar speaker.

134__ The timestamp is x. (after intro)

The Content Segment

  • Read the posting.
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discipuli Allegri (“students of Allegro”)

The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

3:22:47 + 1:05:45 = 4.5 hours. timestamp after stop recording

Publishing the Episode

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Broken Keyboard Keys: a, e, >

I probably have to replace this keyboard. Thanks to typing at WordPress to create this site.

Email to Tom Hatsis after livestream with McKenna & Bennett

September 27, 2021

Points to cover about mushrooms in Greek & Christian art & mythology

Hi Tom, 
Hope it’s going well.

Suggestions Re: today’s livestream:

Mention the shape of Liberty Caps. 

Explain how the wide range of mushroom shapes in Christian art can all be dismissed as parasols of victory.

Mention my article proving 70 psychoactive mushroom trees in the Psalter.

Don’t overfocus on Amanita, narrowly, conflating Amanita with mushrooms as if synonyms.  

Don’t exaggerate the distinction between “secular” vs. “religious” works, in the case of the bestiary.  

Address my coverage of your work.

You are interested in finding mushrooms in Christianity, so you should mention my analysis of the Canterbury Psalter.

This section of my (2nd) website:
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/nav/#flagship-Mushrooms-Greek-Christian-Art
consists of these two articles and a gallery:

I am looking forward to your book or books, about psilocybe and related topics in (broadly) Greek and Christian history.  The field needs internal critique, done well.  I encourage people to bridge and co-solve two domains together: Hellenistic & Christian.  That combination has paid off for me, in reading mythemes as description of the mystic altered state.

Chris said discovering evidence and proof of mushrooms in Christian art would be the achievement of a lifetime, but as I see it, that doesn’t go as far as it needs to.  

The real, overall achievement is to explain ego transcendence as an altered-state experience of pre-existence of future control-thoughts and frozen time, and to decode mythology as focusing on branching (the “tree” model of time, possibility, & control) vs. non-branching (the “snake” model of control). 

Proving mushrooms in Christian art, as in the Great Canterbury Psalter, is not a standalone achievement, but is a part of that broader achievement.

The full set of key religious mythemes needs to be decoded and recognized as description of the altered state from sacred eating and drinking.  
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/11/15/mytheme-list/

— Michael Hoffman, the theorist of ego death (as analogical psychedelic eternalism & non-control), Egodeath.com & egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

Cyberdisciple’s Posts September 2021

Cyb’s Summary Review of the book The Immortality Key

https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/cyberdisciple-reviews-brian-murareskus-the-immortality-key-summary-and-collection-of-posts/

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About the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology & psychedelics –

Psychedelic Induced Transpersonal Experiences, Therapies, and Their Implications for Transpersonal Psychology
Thomas Roberts & Michael Winkelman, 2013
https://www.academia.edu/4674528/Psychedelic_Induced_Transpersonal_Experiences_Therapies_and_Their_Implications_for_Transpersonal_Psychology

May 1988 Voice Recording:
Transcendence Theory

It sounds very high pitch (my voice is mostly unrecognizable) as if speed of this tape playback is too fast (confirmed the speed is slightly too fast) – but, the speed of speaking is natural. It sounds scrawny, thin-nasally, and young punk. I pronounce “now” like “naa-ah”, almost southern (no “oh” at the end). I hear traces of the lazy-tongue slurring. The articulation/enunciation is mostly clear.

Side A 1/4 through seems to prove that this was made not with a boombox, but with a 4-track deck at std speed. Two different talking, in L & R ch. I say calmly “Is it really so necessary to be so agitated, …” am I playing a previous recording?? “Maybe this recording is a completion of my first recording.” “The previous tape, a motivational tape, was made at a time when as I recall, …. now I’m so much calmer. The previous recording was so agitated against myself. Now I can’t imagine being in that state… in the last couple days since I made that tape.” “Now I’m so calm, could I even make a serious tape like that now? … I should try doing that now. My underlying attitude now is different.” I talk about, essentially, tone of voice and egoic overtones of self-command attempts, attempting to talk sternly to command oneself across time like I did in 1986 in frustration / expectation of self-control. There is a laxness of pronunciation, under-enunciation (not slop though; just over-relaxed).

Side A starts with is a metaprogramming self-cajoling project, commanding myself separately in Left & Right channels separately, simultaneously. Pretty long. Is this dubbed from 4-track cassette deck/mixer to boombox? But the mic sounds really odd, like a midrangy/bright built-in mic…? No bass. Because my 1988 voice has no bass??

Side A, 8% in, I list classes/topics:

  • Atomic Physics
  • Signals and Systems
  • Thermodynamics
  • Electromagnetics
  • Physics, Science

“Tomorrow” came out as “tomorrah” a little.

The special features include alternating mic w/ from radio, FM stereo, the studio track by Santana – Black Magic Woman, which I can use to check the tape speed and thus my speaking pitch in 1988, 33 years ago.

Confirmed: The tape is running slightly fast/ high pitch on this player, but, only a little; my voice must have been about 80% as elevated-pitch as this tape makes it sound. I could slow down the recording.

Tape Side A label is “Voice – study intent”, the case is marked “Dialogue”, TDK SA90, Side A, song snippets & guitar lead are mostly through side A, left supply reel is almost at the first bar eg 80% through side A. His guitar lead is at eg 4:34 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wT1s96JIb0 “Santana – Black Magic Woman (Official Audio)”. Maybe it’s a cassette recorder boombox with electret condenser mic, but maybe 4-track.

Bonus: at the end of the Santana song, the tape has my electric guitar playing too (probably Marshall 4010 JCM 800 50-watt tube amp).

Light-hearted playful tone, some solid content reveling commentary on cross-time self-struggle, and casual cussing in a relaxed tone. talking about worrying, stress, but the tone sounds pretty relaxed/casual/playful, not stern, I joke about yelling at myself but even then it sounds playful. “That tape represents me, so I’m worrying about the quality” (I say jokingly). I talk about making a tape that doesn’t bore the future audience. Too bad the speed is a little fast/ high pitch, not sure how nasally/ thin/ high my voice actually was – I may have to slow playback.

Idea of missing a hw assignment; pretty heavy stress is evident, joking about getting a degree and failure, “this is serious sht” (I joke ironically), “wheres a tall building”, death… light-style joking, about heavy stuff.

Little bass in voice. Light, high pitch, thnner, nasal, gentle (though w/ intense stress – held at an ironic distance – and casual heavy cussing). 1988 When I mimic a tone of anger, it’s still thin and joking sounding, not “heavy/ serious” in tone. in 1988 my speech is fairly clear but not particularly cultivated – it’s hit-or-miss articulation/enunciation.

occasional mouth-smacking

My 1988 articulation/ pronunciation, “accent” is so different in many ways. A light, young, gentle tone of voice. Sounds like an early 1980s Metal/Stoner young high school / college kid. No heavy bass pitch or frequencies, and no substantial emphasis – a gentle, scrawny voice. I’ll have to watch my videotape of the Summer 1988 Theory Announcement Party, and listen to my voice there.

1988 when I talk quietly, it sounds more balanced than now, its not a ton of bass + hoarse treble; it has some midrange instead of all that bass. higher pitch = more midrange than bass, when quiet.

“I’m beyond stress” The voice seems natural/ regional accent, not a cultivated deliberate wway; seems like surfer/stoner casual. Not very sloppy; it’s just an accent, slightly. High pitch — partly from tape speed slightly fast, but mostly true high pitch.

“Am I gonna get myself into a panic” … “that transcendence development sht, it’s all negative development, I’ve had enough negative development! (cussing) Is transcendence theory nothing more than negative?” “Pessimistic sht, does it have to be so negative?” Stressed.

my 1988 voice has so much light weight, high pitch… while wrestling w/ stress. It’s such a tiptoeing light weight delicate way of talking, with lots of cussing.

“toward transcendence theory”. I keep mentioning “transcendence theory“.

I pronounce “now” as “naa ah”. Side B 50% through: “studying in the next week, for finals” suggests late May, 1988.

I mention getting 91 (of 100), A-, on an exam, as an outstanding achievement: this would be the exam about Spacetime and Relativity, in which I got an all-time high grade that professor ever saw. The professor I knew from high school, college Greek Dance class. That semester, I was not living on campus, so I recorded it at my cottage – which is unusual so I should be able to reconstruct the memory of recording the tape.

I also have a set of 3 90-minute tapes from Dec 31 1989, includes mono good left-of-dial college radio in background. Same gentle, high pitch, narrow-band proununciation with “naa ah” instead of “now”. A little sloppy/casual tech/engineer discussion talking style. No aggression, but analysis in tone of voice. Passive gentle tone of voice, while analytical idea development. Pretty clean recording technique… no real problem with filler words, eg. Mouth smacking is the only thing that really stands out, and the “now” … the casual lax enunciation of college techie. thin nasal / “has a cold” type of voice. Which I’ve heard lately in my morning voice and wondered about.

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todo: extract good parts from April 1 tracking files.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=alan+watts+grooves+limerick

Limerick by Alan Watts

There once was a man who said “Damn,
For it certainly seems that I am
a creature that moves
in determinate grooves,
I’m not even a bus, I’m a tram”

“A tram is a public transport vehicle, usually powered by electricity from wires above it, which travels along rails laid in the surface of a street [rock pavement].”

There was a young man who said though,
it seems that I know that I know
what I would like to see is the I that knows me
when I know that I know that I know

Ep71 TK28 Reaction Video

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  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details
  • Angle: 22°, aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck (no recording)
    • gate
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 2103##_####.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210403_2410.wav (~3:22:00) & 11.wav (~2 minutes)
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension
Recording Header
  • Time and date:
    • Episode #71
    • p.m., April 3, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • Reaction commentary playing back Transcendent Knowledge Podcast episode 28 about Egodeath theory basics.
    • ~3:24:00
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Turn gain to edge-of-distortion, talk with quiet attack at start of words; speak with smooth volume. Using compressor meter calibrated to match audible distortion when speak too loud.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Omni.
    • Distance: 8″, 22°. No gate/limiter/eq. Mixer deck, no mic deck recording. Max has stereo mic drift, but I might discard left channel, to get stable clearest result. No editing is planned, so I can easily try either way. Max was louder in right-drift channel, so his voice is probably clearer in Right channel.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none.

/ end of section ““Ep#.mp3”

Transcendent Knowledge Podcast, Episode 28

Transcendent Knowledge Podcast Episode 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7hBuvUmiI

Max and Cyber explain the core, phase 1 part of the ego death theory. Topics covered include:

  • Mental modelling
  • The egoic and transcendent mental worldmodels
  • States of consciousness, ordinary and altered
  • Stages of psychospiritual development
  • Tight and loose cognitive association binding, dissociation
  • Mental representations and their referents
  • Metaperception, explicit representationalism
  • Conceptions of person-hood
  • Cybernetic homunculus, control agency
  • Popular attitudes and misperceptions about ego death
  • Cybernetic instability, control-death
  • Fatedness and its transcendence
  • The will to exist in Schopenhauer’s philosophy
  • Postulating higher control, humble prayer
  • Helpless dependence on higher control, Schleiermacher’s theology
  • Struggling to control the future, panic-attack freakout
  • Physical metabolism and thought-processes

Headache > Gnosis

I had a headache during the first voice recording of 2021: “My followers are taking something that is the epitome of simple …” – “2-Level Egodeath Model.mp3″

Glut of Exoteric Esotericism: All “Esotericism” Is Fake

What Is Relevant

Long Form without Jargon

Transcendent Knowledge (gnosis) is mental worldmodel transformation
from
autonomous control within a possibility-branching world with open, non-existent future
to
dependent control within an eternally pre-existing world with closed, pre-existent future

Short Form without Jargon

Transcendent Knowledge (gnosis) is mental worldmodel transformation
from
autonomous control within a possibility-branching world
to
dependent control within an eternally pre-existing world

Short Form with Jargon

mental worldmodel transformation from
autonomous control within possibilism
to
dependent control within eternalism

Inferior Religion, Science, and Esotericism That Have All Lost Their Way

Transcendent Knowledge (Gnosis) is mental worldmodel transformation from [autonomous control within possibilism] to [dependent control within eternalism]. Systems of esotericism tend to obscure this, not deliver this.

  • “religion” = a bunch of irrelevant BS
  • “Science” = a bunch of irrelevant BS
  • “spirituality/gnosis/esotericism” = a bunch of irrelevant BS

in theory, there’s exoteric & esoteric. in practice, there’s exoteric & exoteric pseudo-esoteric. Nothing is less relevant to Transcendent Knowledge than what passes for “esotericism”.

Exoteric Christianity is far from Transcendent Knowledge. Is pseudo-esoteric Christianity really any better than exoteric Christianity, any closer to actual Transcendent Knowledge? All pop spirituality is a fake alternative; fake 3rd option; fake esotericism; it *claims* to be contrasted to exoteric religion, but it’s a dud; exoteric esotericism.

What evidence is there for Transcendent Knowledge being mental worldmodel transformation from autonomous control within possibilism to dependent control within eternalism, given that so few people – when lacking a highly cultivated societal initiation system to guide this transformation – actually undergo this transformation? What is the evidence?

  • mythology
  • Rock lyrics in select songs, typically the most intense psychedelic inspired songs
  • the 10 psychedelic effects (on newbies; not tracing the trajectory leading to mental worldmodel transformation)
  • the centrality of the topic of no-free-will in religious philosophy in world religion.

This is the way the mind is supposed to (& designed to) transform and react to the series of immersions in loosecog when pursuing greater more coherent model of personal control:
mental worldmodel transformation from autonomous control within possibilism to dependent control within eternalism.

Mystery Toys

I had this puzzle. I’m looking for a mysterious Sufi puzzle, probably Unicef.

I solved this puzzle.
https://www.facebook.com/unicefpuzzlecollection/photos/a.602639993232260/604081646421428/

I was raised a spiritual occult child, an experiment hazy non-direction some vague high expectation, lack of particular objectives.

1973: colorful astrology trays, better colors than anything I’m finding.

Egodeath Mystery Show episode 70 1/2 – Wisdom Folly – recorded April 1, 2021, uploaded June 11, 2022

see also Idea Dev pg 13 for info: Egodeath Mystery Show Episode 70.5 – Wisdom Folly – recorded April 1, 2021 – June 11, 2022

“Ep70.5 Wisdom Folly.mp3”

“Ep# Idea Dev page 12.mp3” (on hold)

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

  • Voice compress.
Recording Header
  • Time and date:
    • Episode #, 9 p.m., April 1, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • I’m switching from covering drug-based entheogens to non-drug entheogens, per Hanegraaff who is rummaging around in the trash-can of rejected knowledge (= gnosis). 🗑 = 💡
    • New focus: Dismantling social structures, which are the opposite of mystic gnosis, per Christopher Partridge. The more you dismantle all structures, the more mystical you are. Mysticism = countering culture; this is how Partridge steers and pursues Wisdom. All structures are flawed; the solution is to get rid of structure.
    • Read-aloud the text I developed in Idea Development page 12 as outcome of voice recording.
    • Transcendent Knowledge podcast More Basic 28.
    • No one actually switches form from literalist ordinary-state possibilism to analogical psychedelic eternalism, but they are wrong; the Theory is correct.
    • Possibly re-read Brown’s articles.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • No more attention to vocalizing: I’m reverting to my default tone of irate, overcaffeinated, sharp, bitter cussing.
    • They’ve been miniaturizing the 1176 volume-dynamics compressor, it’s so small now, i accidentally swallowed it, lodged in my throat, and so my voice can’t go loud anymore, but the side-effect is that i finally have that even, smooth voice i’ve been trying to get.
      • Intonation, prosody, smooth flow calm relaxed – no direct attention to pitch varying is actually needed; I now instead think that the main problem I’ve had is too-loud attack of each syllable or word (compared to the body of the syllable, or compared to the other words in the phrase), and that the opposite, good tone I sometimes produce isn’t actually marked by varying pitch, but rather, by smoothness/evenness of volume across a syllable and across a phrase. Install voice compress. (Audio terminology: By convention, “equalize” means equalize the volume across the frequency spectrum, and “compress” means equalize the volume across time.)
  • Miking:
    • Mic: I’m switching back to just using the $3 headset that came with my computer. In early 2007 when I first tried to use that dynamic headset mic to read-aloud my 2006 main article, the hiss was louder than my voice, but my fixation on such details just got me sidetracked into irrelevant audio high-fidelity focus.
    • Polar pattern: Wide Cardioid
    • Distance: 7″ 45° aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none.
Playlist

We’re listening to __

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Show Format” Segment

This is the start of the “Show Format” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Voice compress.

Agenda items about the show format should be in the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Page: Egodeath Mystery Show
Subsection: Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Agenda-Items-for-Working-on-the-Show-Format

We’ve finished the “Show Format” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

Agenda items about Voice & Mic Technique should be in the “Voice & Mic Technique” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Voice & Mic Technique

We’ve finished the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Voice compress.

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

We’ve finished the “Warmup Reading” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

“Egodeath Theory” Segment

This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Egodeath Theory should be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Esoteric Agenda
  • x

We’ve finished the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment, to do selected work items from the Esoteric Agenda.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
  • x

We’ve finished the “Not a Music Show” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

__ timestamp after stop recording

Publishing the Episode

sections to move to top when publishing the episode

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-__:
    TBD
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • __
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: __
  • Filesize: __
  • Bitrate: __
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • todo:
  • create audio project file
  • add recg’s from Apr 1 a.m., condense. find Partridge & Hanegraaff passages.
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • gate
    • eq – for cardioid, -3dB basscut, 8k/16k cut (gentle smilefrown)
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210401_2241.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 2103##_####.wav – n/a
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

/ end of section ““Ep71.mp3”

Heading – Brown

https://www.spreaker.com/user/freespeechnetwork/jerry-julie-brown-confessions-of-psyched
Richard Miller’s podcast
Jerry & Julie Brown
mindbodyhealthpolitics.org
“I welcome Jerry B. Brown, PhD and Julie Brown, coauthors of The Psychedelic Gospels.

“Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D., is an anthropologist and the Founding Professor of Anthropology at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, where he teaches an online course on “Psychedelics and Culture.”

“Professor Brown researches, writes and teaches on psychedelics and religion as well as on psychedelic therapy.

“Hear about their extensive research throughout Europe as well as their Confessions as Psychedelic Elders and why they think this is an exceptional time for psychedelics.

“Jerry and Julie are married and are veteran psychonauts as well as diligent scholarly researchers.”
March 31, 2021

“Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy,” Psychedelics Today, 2020. https://psychedelicstoday.com/2020/05/28/mystical-experience-and-psychedelic-assisted-psychotherapy-insights-from-guided-imagery-therapy-with-cancer-patients/

The Psychedelic Society of London, Events section https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk – several interesting workshops – looking for Browns’ in May 2022 = https://dandelion.earth/events/601d44ca20afba000da3f999
“Foundations of Psychedelic Study with Jerry Brown, Ph.D.
Mon 3rd May 2021, 7pm – Mon 24th May 2021, 9pm UK time

“Psychedelics are a hot topic in the news these days. But they have been an object of fascination and study for centuries. In this four week course, we will take an academic approach to psychedelics as we explore their historical origins, the current role of the Psychedelic Renaissance, and the potential future of these drugs as therapeutic treatments.

If you’d like to get a foundation in the historical context of psychedelic movements and learn about the ways these drugs are shaping new movements, this is the course for you.

COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK 1: Ten Landmarks in Psychedelics History
An overview of the field from Albert Hoffman’s discovery of LSD in 1938 and to current decriminalization movements, including:

discovery of a living magic mushroom cult in Mexico
identification of Soma in the Hindu Rigveda
milestones in ethnomycology
psychedelic initiations of Timothy Leary, Michael Harner
Woodstock Music Festival
1970s U.S. Controlled Substances Act
Old World vs. New World narcotics
Johns Hopkins pioneering psilocybin studies
Psychedelic Renaissance; and the New Science of Brain Neuroimaging https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=phrenology – where is the “gullibility to PR propaganda” part of the brain?? 🤔 🧠 i think its indicated by orange 🔶

WEEK 2: Past: Psychedelics in Shamanism and World Religions
Does Christianity have a Psychedelic History? Based on stunning images of psychoactive mushrooms (both Amanita muscaria and Psilocybe varieties) in early and medieval Christian art, we explore Christianity’s hidden psychedelic history.

Beyond Christianity, there is growing evidence of entheogens both in shamanism (reindeer herders, Mazatec) and in major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Ancient Greece (Eleusis).

WEEK 3: Present: Psychedelics for Passion and Purpose
While there is robust discussion about seeking the divine through psychedelics, these “mind scopes” may also lead to personal transformations by resolving conflicts or challenges that we all face from time to time.

Participate in an intimate conversation about personal psychedelic journeys that allowed me to find a passionate life purpose ( through psilocybin mushrooms); to choose love over fear in entering into a lifelong relationship (through LSD); to and overcome a deep, rare, late-in-life depression (through ayahuasca).

WEEK 4: Future: Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
The Johns Hopkins and NYU studies of psilocybin’s impact on cancer patients found that “In both trials, the intensity of the mystical experience described by patients correlated with the degree to which their depression and anxiety decreased.”

This final week explores the future role of mystical experience in psychedelic therapy, for both psychological (depression) and possible physical (cancer) healing, in the context of emerging psychedelic-assisted therapy centers in the U.S. and Europe.

About your Facilitator

“Jerry B. Brown, PhD, is an anthropologist, author and activist. He is Founding Professor of Anthropology at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, where he currently teaches an online course on “Psychedelics and Culture.” Professor Brown writes on psychedelics and religion as well as on psychedelic therapy.

  • He is the lead co-author of The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity (2016);
  • “Entheogens in Christian Art: Wasson, Allegro and the Psychedelic Gospels,” Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2019;
  • “Ayahuasca, Depression and Me,” Chacruna Institute, 2019; and
  • “Mystical Experience and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy,” Psychedelics Today, 2020.”

Psychedelics and Religion, with Darren Springer
https://dandelion.earth/events/5ffc803cc3b62e000d633c7d
Thu 29th Apr 2021, 7pm – 9:30pm UK
“How do holy books refer to the use of psychedelics?

“What esoteric and occult practices do these religions contain that are connected to psychedelics?

“Darren Springer and Sanae Orchi will share their personal research, taking you on an exciting exploration of these questions and how they can impact your life today.

“In Africa, ancient glyphs and writings suggest that psychedelics have played a pivotal role in the development of various cultures on the African continent and continue their world wide influence today.

“We will explore the crucial role of magic mushrooms and sacred plants in the foundations of organised religions such as Christianity, Islam and Judaism, as well as fraternities and secret societies.

“Delving into holy texts, Darren and Sanae will share numerous references to psychedelic plant use and entheogenic ceremonial rites.

“You will be taken on a thought provoking journey exploring hidden and taboo teachings, and how they have become encoded or suppressed in religions today.

“Darren Springer and Sanae Orchi will bring it all home.

“This knowledge can empower and bring you closer to the roots of your religious foundations regardless of your current relationship to religion.

“The esoteric practices taught in ancient times are as relevant now as ever, and are key to our liberation once you have true understanding of these teachings.

“Ep70 Anti-Art Historian.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2022-03-19:
    https://we.tl/t-9ovHjb4PsM
    For immediate listening, there’s an in-browser “preview” feature (.mp3 player) in the download dialog box – it’s magnifying glass on Desktop, a “View” link on mobile). No login or email needed.
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-30:
    https://we.tl/t-Y462aQxabX
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Critique of Hatsis’ anti-art evidence premise. The Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image supports his argument against the idea that “the Church was intent on suppressing visionary plants and that’s why there’s no mushrooms in Christian texts” (as he would describe the position he’s against).
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 45:37
  • Filesize: 52 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Errata
  • “70 mushroom trees” – should be “75”. https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2022/03/13/the-75-mushroom-trees-of-the-canterbury-psalter/
  • All throughout this re’g, I under-represent the text evidence, saying there’s little text evidence. Actually there is lots of text evidence, using description but not direct statement that Euch = mshr. This rec’g fails to represent the description of Eucharist msh in Fathers writings eg. Check my summary below of Cyberdisciple’s outline of types of evidence:
    • Literal depictions of mushrooms (in texts) <- Hatsis arbitrarily dismisses all evidence except for this one type, even though the other evidence helps his case against the premise that “the Church suppressed visionary plants”
    • Stylized depictions of mushrooms (in texts)
    • Depictions of mushroom effects (in texts)
    • Literal depictions of mushrooms (in art)
    • Stylized depictions of mushrooms (in art)
    • Depictions of mushroom effects (in art)
  • This small, omni mic of field recorder is insanely bright. I want to upload and hear it — working with this bright mic Jan 20-Feb 7 is suspect of causing me to slur and mute my s’s & t’s to compensate. Here I produce s’s & t’s at full volume here, DANGER of hearing-strain, too much treble. BEWARE TOO MUCH TREBLE during playback.
  • I need to voice it better. It’s not bad, but I should aim higher.
    • Transcribe to text, fix the text, then read-aloud the text with good voicing. this deck has halfspeed playback.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav & intro wav
  • append 3/30 recg to the 3/29 recg, prepend intro
  • tighten Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Recording Header
  • Time and date:
    • Episode #70
    • First 15 minutes from March 29 (yesterday 4pm) + another half-hour (today March 30 a.m.), 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
  • Vocalization theme:
  • Miking:
    • Mic: DR-05
    • Polar pattern: Omni
    • Distance: 7″.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none.
Miking Details
  • Angle: 45°, aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Mic tracking file: 210330_2188.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

/ end of section ““Ep#.mp3”

Voice Recording: Mushrooms Support Hatsis

update March 30, 2021: made a pretty good morning 48:00 recording (same tape deck/bright mic) outlining what Hatsis and I need to discuss.

Before I tightened the *total* of the 18+45 min. recgs down to 45:37 total, I wrote:

  • with a intro and outro to form an episode of Egodeath Mystery Show. 48+19 minuutes = 67 minutes episode. need more discussion of broad tratmnt of the egodeath theory not just isolating my entheogen scholarship and apologizing for & ignoring Ahistoricity & Thjeory of mental worldmodel transformation.
  • Hatsis’ new Henbane (scopolamine) vid this morning, IS HENBANE EUCHARIST? NO; MUSHROOMS ARE SUPERIOR TO HENBANE FOR THEORY, B/C MSH = EUCHARIST.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG8xRGJDV0k
    Magic Herbs: Henbane
    “In this video, I discuss the history of henbane as a magical, a medicinal, and an entheogenic plant.
  • Topics discussed:
    • Effects of henbane ingestion
    • Magical practices with henbane from medieval times
    • Medieval medicinal prescriptions
    • Its use in early modern flying (or “witches’) ointments
Download Info

DEPRECATED: (USE EPISODE 70 INSTEAD, ABOVE; TIGHTENED THE BELOW + APPENDED TO THE BELOW):

  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-29:
    https://we.tl/t-gSCHXmdx9s (i plan to replace/extend this rec’g)
  • Content theme; overall description:
    • Hatsis should leverage my decoding of the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image.
    • Bright treble, might be fatiguing.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 18:48
  • Filesize: 21 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –

A pretty good 18:47 voice recording about Hatsis needing my art evidence to support his recent video’s argument against “the church elim’d visionary plants from Day 1”.

Errata: see Ep70 section above.

Mushrooms in Support of Hatsis’ Argument Against Big Bad Church Eliminating Visionary Plants

Video talk:
Medieval Christians and Psychedelics
YT ch: Psychedelic Historian (Thomas Hatsis)
March 24, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCPiAIbid1w
“In this video I show a few ways medieval Christians used psychoactive plants. This process challenges one of the more prominent current myths about psychedelics and religion: namely, that said Christians engaged in a “cover up” of these practices.”

Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav
  • skip normalize vol
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details
  • Angle: 45°, aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • gate
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210329_2187.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 2103##_####.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension
  • Time and date:
    • voice rec’g
    • 4:00 p.m., March 29, 2021.
  • Theme; overall description:
    • Hatsis should leverage my decoding of the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image
  • Vocalization theme:
    • stay conscious/mindful/ controlled
  • Miking:
    • Mic: TASCAM DR-05 w/ small-diaphragm condenser, right ch, stereo mode, discard left, balance right center
    • Polar pattern: omni
    • Distance: 1/2″ + (7″ 45°)
    • EQ (on mixer recording): n/a

Jumbojies

put emoji in h2, save, view rendered heading (emoji), select, copy, paste into edit mode anywhere – result: jumbo:

🤨

 🎸

 🎙

 🐉

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ketos+myth
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=cetus+myth

🍄 🎙 🐉 🕰 🐲 🎸

Johnny Mac Bible

John MacArthur has just released a Bible translation (New Testament, Psalms, & Proverbs) striving to go back to authorial intent. per Grace to You YT ch new vid. The Legacy Standard Bible (LS).
https://www.gty.org/store/bibles/44LSBNT/the-legacy-standard-bible-new-testament-pocketsized –
“Pocket-Edition New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs
The Legacy Standard Bible preserves the accuracy and integrity of your favorite translations, while refining the clarity and consistency of the text. Developed by the faculty of The Master’s University and Seminary, this pocket edition of the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs is perfect to keep with you on the go.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeplRwavGUs

The Precise Parallel New Testament

re: NT, I’m spoiled by a Parallel New Testament and multiple translations online eg BibleGateway. http://biblegateway.com “Which translation?” My answer: “These 7 and the Greek all at the same time.” (re: New Testament)

Book:
The Precise Parallel New Testament
John Kohlenberger (Editor)
Amplified Bible
Hardcover, 1995
http://amzn.com/0195284127

  • Greek Text
  • King James Version
  • The Amplified Bible [synonym list]
  • Rheims Bible [Catholic]
  • New American Bible [Catholic]
  • New International Version [Evangelical]
  • New Revised Standard Version
  • New American Standard Bible [Evangelical]

“The Precise Parallel New Testament presents seven of the most well-known New Testament translations side by side on each page along with the original Greek text.

Comparing these translations verse by verse brings to light important differences in language and interpretation among seven works based on the same original language documents.

The translations included in The Precise Parallel New Testament have all at one time been considered the most accurate versions of their eras.

This volume reveals how the perception of accuracy has changed over the years.

The emergence of new scholarship and the growing importance of issues such as inclusive language have forced revisions of older versions such as the King James and the Rheims.

These changes have caused more contemporary translations to emerge including The New American Standard, considered the closest approximation to a word-for-word translation of the original texts, and The Amplified Bible, which reflects word for word accuracy in a different way by providing alternative translations of certain words within the text to make their meaning clearer.

The Precise Parallel New Testament includes translations spanning the widest range of Christian perspectives.

The Rheims and the more contemporary New American Bible are preferred by Catholics.

The New International Version and The New American Standard present a more evangelical view in their interpretation.

The New Revised Standard Version is favored by mainline Protestants for its accuracy and sensitivity to issues such as inclusive language.

This volume gives remarkable insight into the effects time and different faith orientations have had on translation of this fundamental work.

The Precise Parallel New Testament is an invaluable resource for readers with a deep interest in the study of language and the Bible.

It is also an excellent reference tool for pastors and language scholars.

  • Gives insight into the influences of different faiths and social views on translation of the Bible.
  • Presents seven of the most well-known Bible translations side by side for comparison with the original Greek.”

“Ep69 One Good Science.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-28:
    https://we.tl/t-GSruQ0oql0
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • Critique of Tart’s article States of Consciousness and State-Specific Sciences
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 1:20:58
  • Filesize: 85 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
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The contributions and limitations (missteps) of Tart’s article. His self-contradiction about the capability of Science to use more than just materialist explanation. Bad call for “sciences” isolated from each other as “state-specific sciences”.

Cognitive Science has already succeeded at explaining the psychedelic state, which is the loose cognitive association binding state. In proper appropriate terms (engaging with the explanandum, not reductionistically avoiding the explanandum); in terms of cognitive phenomenology. “Based in” both states. Explaining relation of ordinary state & altered state, how they react/ interact in a series. How a series of immersions in the loosecog state works to transform the mental worldmodel.

Cognitive Science (the egodeath theory; Transcendent Knowledge as modelling the mental worldmodel transformation from analogical psychedelic eternalism to literalist ordinary-state possibilism to analogical psychedelic eternalism; from autonomous control within possibilism, to dependent-control within eternalism) has already succeeded at explaining the psychedelic state, which is the loose cognitive state (other states are mere footnotes eg schizophrenia, dreaming, cannabis, meditation).

Ambiguity and shifting meaning of Tart’s phrases eg “a state-specific science”. WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? Tart too much isolates states; he reifies & erects needless and unhelpful barriers and boundaries.

An SSS means a state-specific science.

  • Tart implies we need the following state-specific sciences eg:
    • Ordinary state: need a SSS of how the ordinary state works and a SSS about how each field of science works per the ordinary state.
    • Dreaming state: need a SSS of how the dreaming state works and a SSS about how each field of science works per the dreaming state.
    • Psychedelic state: need a SSS of how the psychedelic state works and a SSS about how each field of science works per the psychedelic state.
  • eg:
  • SSS’s based in the Ordinary state
    • A SSS[in ordinary state][about how the ordinary state works]
    • A SSS[in ordinary state][about how Chemistry works]
    • A SSS[in ordinary state][about how Physics works]
    • A SSS[in ordinary state][about how (general) Cog Sci/Cog Phen’y works] <– Cog Sci
  • SSS’s based in the Dreaming state
    • A SSS[in dreaming state][about how the dreaming state works]
    • A SSS[in dreaming state][about how Chemistry works]
    • A SSS[in dreaming state][about how Physics works]
    • A SSS[in dreaming state][about how (general) Cog Sci/Cog Phen’y works]
  • SSS’s based in the Psychedelic state
    • A SSS[in psychedelic state][about how the psychedelic state works] <– Loose Cognitive Science
    • A SSS[in psychedelic state][about how Chemistry works]
    • A SSS[in psychedelic state][about how Physics works]
    • A SSS[in psychedelic state][about how (general) Cog Sci/Cog Phen’y works]
Errata
  • the mastering might be perfect. or maybe, too bright, maybe, for some speakers, because I cut mud too much. even though i cut air. result is (maybe) too much 2k-4k. can’t go back and use mic deck, b/c I heavily edited the mixer deck rec’g.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • split to mono centered balance
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • remove silences, typing sessions
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
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  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 45°, aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • gate
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210328_2186.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210328_2409.wav < use (has mudcut/aircut)
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

Recording Header (only 30 seconds to finish entire Intro segment!)
  • Time and date:
    • 10a.m., March 28, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • __ read again Tart SSS article, rewriting it
  • Vocalization theme:
    • vary pitch, access full range of pitch, stay mindful & in control of voicing
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid (reference)
    • Distance: 1″+7″ 45°
    • Mic deck processing: Limiter>Gate
    • Mixer deck processing, add: eq mudcut, aircut

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“Egodeath Theory” Segment

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Esoteric Agenda

~~block list: blah blah. imitating buzzer sound. hate. well,

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The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

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“Ep69 take 1 – Reading Voice.mp3”

a bunch of interesting developments came out of this 6.5 hour tracking session.

  • my criticisms of Tart’s 1972 article in Science magazine are peripheral and superficial eg his butchering of language by writing “marijuana intoxication”. my biggest and only real dispute has been the ‘s’ at the end of “we need state-specific sciences”.
  • I’m only interested in Loose Cognitive Science, which studies mental transformation in the loose cognitive association binding state. That is the most important and gateway of all the plural sciences he’s calling for, and that (Loose Cognitive Science) is practically the point of this article.
  • His wording … I only have quibbles about Tart’s wording, not his substance to any major extent.
  • “eastern religion” is a big issue with lots of connotations, in the 1972 “science vs mysticism ” context.
  • the best Science students were driven off by malformed, hostile “science”; science was recognized as acting suicidal by denying & demonizing & pathologizing everything except hard physical science. Students of 1972 said “THIS IDIOTIC STANDOFF OF RETARDED “RELIGION” VS. RETARDED “SCIENCE” IS STUPIDITY.
    • EASTERN RELIGION = ALTERED STATES = NEITHER IDIOT Christianity NOR IDIOT HARD-SCIENCE. (“eastern religion” = gnosis = the altered state; gnosis = the gem of the altered state, = meditation, = Eastern (not stupid retard 1950 exoteric-only Christianity). Eastern religion doesn’t throw away or pathologize the mystic state like brain-dead modern Christianity and brain-dead modern Science do. WORTHLESS MODERN RELIGION, AS WELL AS BLIND & WORTHLESS AND RUDE HARD-SCIENCE MODERN SCIENCE… BOTH ARE GOD-FORSAKEN, LACKING HIGHER TRUTH THEY FALSELY CLAIM TO OWN. THE 3RD OPTION OR TOUCHPOINT OF AUTHORITY IS THE MYSTIC STATE, WHICH RELIGION SHOULD DELIVER AND SCIENCE SHOULD ENGAGE TO EXPLAIN AND MAP OUT.
  • Science is not limited to physical world explanation, Tart argues. science is an approach, not welded to physical-only realm. Science is about figuring sht out — regardless of physical or mystic-state cognitive phenomenological/ experiential, Tart argues.

Voice findings:

  • for deliberate, cultivated, control intonation: breaking the boundaries between reading writing speaking listening.
  • desire retaining high pitch, broaden downward from there.

Miking findings:

  • off-axis means less bright and wetter, pairing factors differently than the polar pattern dial.
  • huge extent of voice’s midrange cut when quiet talking, means need midrange boost at night.
  • farther is more stable, and wetter is needed at night.
    • but hiss factors-in when quiet.
  • close-in is good for isolation. you might supercardioid on-axis closemic purely for isolation, then add eq/rev as needed from there.

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Varying” technique.
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
Recording Header (only 30 seconds to finish entire Intro segment!)
  • Time and date:
    • Episode #69
    • 1:30 p.m., March 27, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
  • Vocalization theme:
    • LOOSEN-UP THE VOCAL TRACT/ MENTALITY.
    • open exploratory varying the pitch/tone. neutral-positive, unbounded intonation.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: continuously varying, handheld
    • Distance: 7″.
    • EQ (on mic recording): expander & limiter
    • EQ (on mixer recording): not sure if will use mixer deck
Playlist

We’re listening to __

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move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Show Format” Segment

This is the start of the “Show Format” segment.
_54_ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Varying” technique.
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about the show format should be in the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Page: Egodeath Mystery Show
Subsection: Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Agenda-Items-for-Working-on-the-Show-Format

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The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

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  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Varying” technique.
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
  • LOOSEN-UP THE VOCAL TRACT/ MENTALITY.
  • open exploratory varying the pitch/tone. neutral-positive, unbounded intonation.

Voice & Mic Technique

takeaway – best idea – COMBINE WRITING READING SPEAKING THINKING all at the same time; FEEDBACK, LEVERAGE MULTI MODES TOGETHER

discovery : 7″ means 8″. 7″ from 1″ in front of upper lip = 8″

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The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
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  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Varying” technique.
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

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“Egodeath Theory” Segment

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_44032_ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Varying” technique.
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Egodeath Theory should be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Esoteric Agenda
  • x~~

ersatz
[ˈerˌzäts, ˈerˌsäts]ADJECTIVE(of a product)
made as, or used as, a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.
“ersatz coffee” <- evil
synonyms: artificial · substitute · imitation · synthetic · fake · false · faux · mock · simulated · pseudo · sham · bogus · spurious · counterfeit · forged · pretended · so-called · plastic · [more]not real or genuine.”ersatz emotion”synonyms:imaginary · imagined · pretended · make-believe · made-up · fantasy · fantasized · fancied · dream · dreamed-up · unreal · fanciful · invented · fictitious · fictive · [more]

  • put damn on block list

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The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment, to do selected work items from the Esoteric Agenda.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Varying” technique.
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

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__ The timestamp is x.
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The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

timestamp after stop recording:
210327_2185.wav = 6:27:39 mic deck
210327_2408.wav = 1:36:34 mixr deck which started late

Publishing the Episode

sections to move to top when publishing the episode

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-__:
    TBD
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  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 45°, aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • gate
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
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Gnostics Believed Whatever You Are Against – THOSE DAMNED GNOSTICS!!

Book:
Rethinking “Gnosticism”: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category
Michael A. Williams, 1996
http://amzn.com/0691005427 –
“Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of “secret teachings” in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found “gnosticism” compelling.

“Yet the term “gnosticism,” which often connotes a single rebellious movement against the prevailing religions of late antiquity, gives the false impression of a monolithic religious phenomenon.

“Here Michael Williams challenges the validity of the widely invoked category of ancient “gnosticism” and the ways it has been described.

“Presenting such famous writings and movements as the Apocryphon of John and Valentinian Christianity, Williams uncovers the similarities and differences among some major traditions widely categorized as gnostic.

“He provides an eloquent, systematic argument for a more accurate way to discuss these interpretive approaches.

“The modern construct “gnosticism” is not justified by any ancient self-definition, and many of the most commonly cited religious features that supposedly define gnosticism phenomenologically turn out to be questionable.

“Exploring the sample sets of “gnostic” teachings, Williams refutes generalizations concerning asceticism and libertinism, attitudes toward the body and the created world, and alleged features of protest, parasitism, and elitism.

“He sketches a fresh model for understanding ancient innovations on more “mainstream” Judaism and Christianity, a model that is informed by modern research on dynamics in new religious movements and is freed from the false stereotypes from which the category “gnosticism” has been constructed.”

reviewer: “The word ‘Gnostic’ has been adopted and applied to any number of teachers and philosophies and theologies and all too many [such characterizations] are not that well researched and all too many self-serving rather than serving a higher cause.”

All you who disparage “Gnostics”: you are full of it and I cannot take you seriously. You’re just making sht up, freely fabricating cartoonish bad-guys of your own creation.

If you are a determinist: gnostics were freewillists.
If you are a freewillist: gnostics were determinists.

If you are an ascetic: gnostics were libertines.
If you are libertine: gnostics were ascetics.

If you are Protestant: Catholics are Gnostics.
If you are Catholic: Protestants are Gnostics.

If you advocate X: gnostics advocate X’.

If your keys went missing: those damn Gnostics took em! 😡

“Gnostics” are a handy, completely flexible projection-canvas – one reason Michael A Williams book ditches the concept of “gnostics”.

Gnostic Media Forever 🎉

1970 cover image art
2009 cover image art

The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross:
A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East

Anniversary Edition
John M. Allegro (Author),
Jan Irvin (Introduction),
Carl A. P. Ruck (Foreword),
Judith Anne Brown (Foreword) (daughter)

Irvin’s edition printed Plainc on back cover.
Hatsis said:

  • 1st printing of SMC had the front cover image plus maybe Michelel Boury’s repro’n or orig.
  • later removed Plaincour image. (d/k about cover art)
  • Hatsis pointed out that Irvin put Plainc img back into SMC reprint.
2009 Reprint by Gnostic Media
  • Publisher : Gnostic Media Research & Publishing; Anniversary edition (November 12, 2009)
  • 416 pages

Front flap of first ed.

I think this is claimed to be hardcover, w/ its front flap also shown. At the site it’s cropped too close to see that it’s hardcover.

Gnostic Irvin Confirmed Shallow

explain what was meant by “Irvin 2009 is shallow”. Irvin 2021 vs Irvin 2009.

gnosticmedia became logosmedia

Irvin 2019 says
Logos is good, Gnosticism is bad.
does he say gnosis is bad?

Irvin wants to say
Aristotle is good, Plato is bad.
Irvin 2019 mentions multiple, different Plato conceptions.

Pick Any Poisoned Option

Which one do you support:

  • clown-mode “religion”
  • clown-mode “science”
  • clown-mode “gnosis”

🤡 🤡 🤡

  • Clown 1: Malformed, corrupt, faux, imposter “religion” (what passes for “religion”; what’s passed-off and foisted-off on us as “religion”)
  • Clown 2: Malformed, corrupt, faux, imposter “science” (what passes for “science”; what’s passed-off and foisted-off on us as “science”)
  • Clown 3: Malformed, corrupt, faux, imposter “gnosis” (what passes for “gnosis”; what’s passed-off and foisted-off on us as “gnosis”) – a phony, ersatz “solution” to a phony, ersatz, false dichotomy of fake, imposter religion vs. fake, imposter science.
Pick Any Poisoned Option (in 1972, 1986, or 2021)
  • 1972 – Tart article in Science mag says students are rejecting Science in University because Science strove to be butthead idiocy, it put down religion, mystic state, altered state, consciousness; Idiot Jerk (imposter) “Science”.
  • 1986 – I read everything, and instantly saw that no one has a clue. Not mystics, not Transpersonal Psychology, not the Altered States people. Roll-up sleeves, STEP ASIDE, I’ll handle this and make sense; IT’S NOT HARD, you just have to try for actual understanding and not be gleefully reveling in anti-rationality “ineffable” spouting nonsense “You create reality; one’s mind creates reality”, & defeatist “Only poetry can state Transcendent Knowledge.”
  • 2021 – current year.

A False Dichotomy with a False 3rd Option

Shifting Sands and Positions

not clear what position Irvin is heading toward in:

  • Persian mysticism/ gnosticism (bad, per Irvin) vs Perennial Philosophy (good, per Irvin) – unspun 175 37:45. primacy of consciousness is false version of Christianity per Irvin.
  • a contradiction is not necessarily false <- irvin / jones say bad idea, against Logos.
  • I’m mad about changing “physically measuring affects the thing” to “conscious observation affects the thing”. My critique agrees w/ Irvin’s critique of Quantum Physics interp. Harriman 2011 series on Unspun is recommended by Irvin 2019 here. 175 50:00~
  • Trivium,
  • gnosticism,
  • “Hermeticism is literally the same as Gnosticism” – Steve Jones
  • dead sea scrolls intrigues,
  • shroud of Turin intrigue,
  • Sufi mysticism,
  • the modern fairytales (literally)
  • the psychedelic revolution,
  • Francis Yates / Bruno
  • Platonism,
  • Ficino,
  • Hanegraaff’s correction of Ficino vs the L guy,
  • Hermeticism,
  • the false doctrine that “there is no truth”, “mind creates reality”
  • the Humanists,
  • early modern occultism,
  • promoting the fall of humanity,
  • debunking QM,
  • ahistoricity.
  • Transpersonal Psychology, Humanism, Human Potential movement,
  • Christianity per the feel-good and “primacy of consciousness” selling of Christianity (create your own reality = false Christianity)
  • Philosophia Perennis
  • Satan the father of lies
  • Jones & Irvin assert that truth is conformity of mind to reality. I agree.
  • Against pushing the idea of reality conforming to one’s mind.
  • I’m against logical contradiction, as is Logos / Trivium. Mind needs to conform to reality, not vice versa.
  • Destroying the trivium & Logos , Steve Jones”What Christianity is really about = the Trivium / Logos”, John 1-17. argument betwen Kant vs Decartes – Oxford free lectures on Thomas Reed [“he is the Protestant version of the Logos”] prebyterians (guest Steve Jones), the logical foundation of common sense = foundation for u.s.
  • I would expect Irvin to go too far and discard the valid aspects of Plato. I consider Plato and Perennial Wisdom malformed.
  • I HOLD THAT EVERYTHING IS MALFORMED; all existing systems of High Philosophy are malformed and irrational. The real, rational basis for high knowledge is mental worldmodel transformation from literalist ordinary-state possibilism to analogical psychedelic eternalism. Including from mental model of autonomous control to dependent control.
  • Steve Jones
  • 2019
  • book:
  • http://amzn.com/0359965989
  • blurb: “An analysis of the events surrounding the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their influence on Church theology particularly the influence on Vatican II. The book asks whether there was a covert agenda by examining actual historical accounts and quotes by those involved. “
  • i think Jones said (importance of enunciating!) “remember, Christianity isn’t just only religion”. Irvin’s series “Debunking Quantum Physics”. “A lot of this hits people pretty hard. Maybe after a lifetime, maybe there’s another way.”
  • The Death of Tradition: The Creation of the Dead Sea Scrolls Myth

i think Jones said at the end of first episode, “remember, Christianity isn’t just only religion”. Irvin’s series “Debunking Quantum Physics”. “A lot of this hits ppl pretty hard. Maybe after a lifetime, maybe there’s another way.”

“Zoroastrian cult rather than on “truth is God”. scholars doubted authenticity of DSS. the 1940s Catholic theologians were all in on this way of thinking, they needed a way to rationalize the direction they were about to take the church.” – Jones.

Irvin is against pope … Irvin may be against Plato-type mysticism, and is for Aristotle. (probly false dichot). How to know when you are being duped, = the Logos/Trivium. The study of false argumentation.

Aristotelian logic is the foundation of understanding reality.
Plato is bad because he teaches the primacy of consciousness. That’s egoic, Irvin says. [define ‘consciousness’, whose, which -cm]

The newager is god. You create … one’s mind creates reality. To Irvin, gnosis doctrine = mind creates reality, so “gnosis” is = falsehood, lying, anti-reality.

does Irvin explicitly disparage gnosis?

what is gnosis?

per the egodeath theory:

gnosis (Transcendent Knowledge) is mental worldmodel transformation
from
literalist ordinary-state possibilism with autonomous-control
(autonomous control within possibilism),
to
analogical psychedelic eternalism with dependent-control
(dependent control within eternalism).

gnosis (Transcendent Knowledge) is mental worldmodel transformation from (autonomous control within possibilism), to (dependent control within eternalism).

I reject gnosis and perennial philosophiy insofar as it’s irrational and garbled, not conforming to reality. ditto Christianity & science – or what passes for them. Beware malformed version of Perennial Philosophy.

Blavaatsky – legitimize the corpus Hermeticum, re-found in Renassance, knit back together the E and W church. Plethon re-indoctrinates Christianity with Corpus Hermeticum. (which Hane is revising the history of). Golden Dawn is being let into the church, bringing with them the condemned Corp Herm, undoing Christian doctrine.

  • Irvin: “expose Acharya S, Baigent & Leigh, Atwill, Freke & Gandy, promoting all this….; (failed to complete sentence!) “a conspir to attack Christianity to promote this….” irvin probably means: bad people, like Gnostics are advocating that reality conforms to mind, against the Logos/ Trivium, which says that Reason says one’s mind conforms to reality.

Irvin 2009 != Irvin 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvokGS33w4I –
UnSpun 174 – Steve Jones: “Philosophia Perennis: The Rise & Fall of Tradition
“exposing the attempted destruction of Christianity and the west through Gnosticism and fake Christian history. A reasonable Christianity is what Irvin praises… Logic, logos, Reaasson. Irvin de-mythologize Logos to reveal that Logos is Reason instead, not a mythology figure. “Conspiracy to delegitimate Christianity, the past 2-3 yeas, trying to mislead ppl away from Christianity, selling it as a love cult . Christianity is actually about Logos, non-contradiction, understanding Logos, truth is God, Jesus is the truth/ way / life, Satan is the father of lie/lying”

Steve Jones has been researching the fall of the Christian Church for nearly twenty years. He is former faculty of both Nashotah Episcopal Seminary as well as St. John’s/Northwestern Military Academy. He was also formerly in charge of Liturgy & Music for the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. Jones is perhaps most noted for his research and compilation of the Divine Liturgy of the Sarum Rite, a work now accepted by many Eastern Orthodox as an authentic liturgy of the Church. He has several books to his credit including research into the authenticity of the Book of Esther. His present interest is in the clandestine leveraging of the Dead Sea Scrolls.”

My touchpoint is analogical psychedelic eternalism dependent-control, is the driver of Trivium, Gnosticism, perennial philosophy, Christianity, Christian mysticism, Catholicism experiential revelation, and everything else.

POS butterfly keyboard is failing! TOO MUCH TYPING BROKE MY HANDS AND KEYBOARD TOO.

the cultural battles between:

  • phony posturing imposter “religion” (exoteric all the way),
  • phony posturing imposter “science” (the “hard science” put-on; consciousness is an embarrassment to be disavowed and denied) , and
  • phony posturing imposter “perennialism” (purportedly “a-rational ineffable spiritual gnosis & paranormal”)
  • We are given a choice of 3 poison brands to pick from, 3 false, malformed armies or “sides” to join.
  • (a pox on all three of your houses: we do need a revolution, my kind of revolution, the Egodeath Theory revolution (analogical psychedelic eternalism dependent-control)
  • http://amzn.com/0595151965
  • “States of Consciousness, a classic by world authority Charles T. Tart, is a basic understanding of how the mind is a dynamic, culturally biased, semi-arbitrary construction and system.
  • A systematic exploration of how and why altered states can come about and their possibilities.
  • As a student of his remarked, For the first weeks of class I didnt understand what those diagrams were about, but Ive realized the book is all about the way my own mind works!
  • Useful in understanding some of the important ways your mind works before you start altering it.”
  • Strangely, I don’t think I have this book. Does the book include the article from Science?

Same pdf, at Academia.edu:
https://www.academia.edu/25585623/States_of_Consciousness_and_State_Specific_Sciences

http://amzn.com/0062508563 –

Transpersonal Psychologies: Perspectives on the Mind from Seven Great Spiritual Traditions
1992
Charles T. Tart (Editor)

Book:
Self-Initiation: Secrets of Spiritual Enlightenment
Mike Bhangu, 2020
http://amzn.com/198873570X

“Ep68 Multistate Science.mp3”

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  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-25:
    https://we.tl/t-EpJGIm7xyD
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Read Charles Tart’s 2015 webpage about State-Specific Sciences.
    • Read Charles Tart’s State-Specific Sciences 1972 article in Science magazine.
      • Roughly, the article body is the whole recording except the first 35 minutes and final 35 minutes. Although 3.5 hours is long, the episode has high integrity: reading his page about the article, then the article body, then the end-matter of the article. With the right amount of critique.
      • Including 4 letters and his reply.
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  • 0:46 – intro 2
  • 1:28 – Tart’s webpage 2015 about the 1972-1973 SSS article in Science
    • 34:27 – recording header for Tart article body
  • 35:11 – Tart’s State-Specific Sciences article body (length: ~ 2 hours 15 minutes)
    • 2:52:51 – “that is the end of the article body”. transition to reading end-matter of article.
  • 2:53:33 – References at end of article
    • 3:03:19 – Four Letters to the Editor of Science
    • 3:21:23 – Tart’s reply to the 4 of 100 letters
    • 3:29:56 – miking & Outro
    • 3:30:16 – end

There are good ideas in Tart’s article, along with flaws.

  • weak: state-specific sciences
  • fair: multistate Science
  • best: Loose Cognitive Science

Errata

  • two intro’s at start
  • 1:25~ ftp diversion, final page of his pdf
  • too long – should make one mp3 per document, regardless of length.
    • i hate not knowing what document i’m currently listening to. one mp3 per document. Use the “show” & “music” format (or a distinctive vocal clip) to differentiate & announce the documents I’m reading. imagine NPR use of short music clips.
    • Separate the end-material from the main article body of Tart article, two mp3s. Similar principle as fade-up music in-between sections.
    • 68a: Tart webpage
    • 68b: Tart article body. Music not needed at sections: Progress shows where you are in article.
    • 68c: Reference & Letters at bottom of article PDF
  • when speaking quiet at night, mic can sound too dark & dry.
    • Prefer the wet mic patterns; Figure 8 sounds better, more open than in-between Supercardioid & Figure 8. When very quiet talking, try full-on Omni (bright/wet).
    • Figure 8 in bluebuds too mud + too bright.
  • todo: write letter to editor of Science magazine critiquing the article & letters.
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    • quite
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The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

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This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

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“Ep68prep Pre-Tart.mp3”

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  • Episode theme; overall description: 
    • No Egodeath theory content. Mainly research on pronunciation.
    • Ended up being a semi-“private”, Take 1 that was intended for Ep68 but never did get to the Tart content.
    • Pretty in-depth main focus on General American Accent vs. Received Pronunciation.
    • Good soundtrack – Pop Sike Comp: An Overdose of Heavy Psych.
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American Announcer Accent
Announcer Accent
Broadcast/Announcer Voice
Broadcast English
Casual Standard Voice

affable[ˈafəb(ə)l]ADJECTIVEfriendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.”an affable and agreeable companion”synonyms:friendly · amiable · genial · congenial · cordial · warm · pleasant · pleasing · nice · likable · personable · charming · agreeable · sympathetic · benevolent · benign · good-humored · good-natured · kindly · kind · courteous · civil · gracious · approachable · [more]

General American
General American Accent
NBC Standard Pronunciation
Network English
Network Pronunciation
Network Standard
Standard American
Standard American English

prosody
the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry.
the theory or study of prosody.
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language.
“the salience of prosody in child language acquisition” · [more]

Standard Speech

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English
General American is thus sometimes associated with the speech of North American radio and television announcers, promoted as prestigious in their industry,[45][time needed][46] where it is sometimes called “Broadcast English“[47] “Network English“,[4][48][49][50] or “Network Standard“.[2][49][51] Instructional classes in the United States that promise “accent reduction“, “accent modification”, or “accent neutralization” usually attempt to teach General American patterns.[citation needed] A common experience among many American celebrities is having worked hard to lose their native regional accents in favor of a more mainstream General American sound,[citation needed] including television journalist Linda Ellerbee, who stated that “in television you are not supposed to sound like you’re from anywhere“,[52] as well as political comedian Stephen Colbert, who said he consciously avoided developing a Southern American accent in response to media portrayals of Southerners as stupid and uneducated.[45][46]“

aka Standard American English (SAE), or “Standard American” – JESUS WHAT IS THE NAME OF IT, THE CAN’T EVEN AGREE AT ALL WHAT THE DAMN THING IS CALLED. EVERY SINGLE EXPERT CALLS IT DIFFERENT.

One expert uses the phrase “network pronunciation“, then “the NBC standard” : 37:08
Do You Speak American? Doc’y by Robert MacNeil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTzkejL7ks&t=2220s

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Standard+American+English

https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/standardamerican/ –

“The “unaccented” variety that is sometimes called Standard American or Standard Speech is one taught by accent coaches. This form is actually an idealized dialect – meaning, it’s not really spoken anywhere, but instead is acquired through professional training. Actors and professional communicators (including some from the Midlands!) often take classes in “accent reduction” to lose any regional or social sounds in their speech. It takes a lot of work.

Natalie Baker-Shirer, an accent coach and acting teacher at Carngie Mellon University explains:

“Standard Speech” is spoken nowhere in America, as such. It is based on RP (British Received Pronunciation) which was adopted with American alterations in the early 20th century by linguist William Tilly. These alterations, this authentic “American” sound was loosely based on the speech of North Eastern population of the US. It was spoken by the cultured, well educated, well traveled people of the time. Listen to old movies to hear it.”

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We’re listening to the Pop Sike Comp An Overdose of Heavy Psych.

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  • todo: in Voice/Mic page, add section on Fun/ Serious/ Angry tone.

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Critique of Voicing
  • When I use tone of voice to express disagreement, it sometimes comes across sounding really angry & serious & condemnatory – which is misrepresentative. Solution: practice reading-aloud critiques. Interesting how much of my speech does not have this problem… since my mood is steady. If my mood is steadily the mood of critique, how come *sometimes* – almost at random points – I sound really angry? I’m going to have to set up a watch/flag for hearing and halting when my voice sounds angry – not sure I’m able to hear this, though.
    • That is a top factor. When I clean-up files (micro-editing), I delete cuss words and condemnatory or inflammatory or “charged” or “strong” words. They are jarring, off-putting, harsh, unpleasant. A “sharp” tone reads really harshly. Like when I say, sharply, “That’s FALSE!!” 😡 😡
    • There are places where it’s totally clear that I’m doing a routine functional read-aloud and yet I have that sharp tone in my voicing of some words. It’s a mis-voicing using some type of sharp or staccato elocution that needs analysis & control.
    • Practice read-aloud in an angry vs serious vs fun vs neutral tone. eg the A Curious Myth passage from Rolfe. Imagine that Panofsky & the Art Historians Squad (Scholars for Hire) are reading this controverted passage.

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Hanegraaff on Mushrooms

https://www.academia.edu/33982045/Academic_Suicide_on_John_Allegro_and_the_Mushroom_Hypothesis_

In footnote 4, Hanegraaff states Irvin’s old domain, “www.gnosticmedia.com”

1996 Cover:

https://www.boekenplatform.nl/new-age-religion-and-western-culture-550392
https://s.boekenplatform.nl/bk/15/83/ea/new-age-religion-and-western-culture.jpg

Mycological Esotericism

Fairy ring at Hanegraaff’s About page
https://www.wouterjhanegraaff.net/about
https://egodeaththeory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/17c6c-3cb226_8e3a058ac10040b584eb25a85ea7db1emv2.png

“… a scholar in the humanities, it actually fits this pattern that as a teenager I joined the Dutch Mycological Society and became a devoted collector of mushrooms. I found myself instinctively attracted to those twilight realms of the natural world that tend to be overlooked by biologists concerned with daytime creatures such as animals and plants… But while I enjoyed their fairy-tale aura of mystery and magic, studying mushrooms in fact gave me an early training in empirical research, attention to detail, and systematic scientific thinking from which I have profited ever since.” – WH

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring#/media/File:Plucked_from_the_Fairy_Circle.png
https://www.wouterjhanegraaff.net/western-esotericism-a-guide-for-the
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3cb226_3a2298a593734ad7bc275a1b6b86badb~mv2_d_1672_2458_s_2.png

“Western esotericism has been a pervasive presence in Western culture from late antiquity to the present day, but until recently it was largely ignored by scholars and surrounded by misconceptions and prejudice.

This accessible guide provides readers with the basic knowledge and tools that will allow them to find their way in this bewildering but fascinating field.

What is it that unites phenomena as diverse as ancient gnosticism and hermetism, the ‘occult sciences‘ of astrology, alchemy, and magic, rosicrucianism, as well as Christian theosophy, occultism, spiritualism, and contemporary New Age spiritualities?

What can the study of them teach us about our common cultural and intellectual heritage, and what is it that makes them relevant to contemporary concerns?

How do we distinguish reliable historical knowledge from legends and fictions about esoteric traditions?

These and many other questions are answered clearly and succinctly, so that the reader can find his or her way into the labyrinth of Western esotericism and out of it again.”

(I’ve read that book)

“Ep67b Hanextravaganza part 2.mp3”

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    https://we.tl/t-3fSuV6cNhC (Part 2 of Episode 67)
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    • Read-aloud Hanegraaff’s site & linked articles; see below
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  • 5:00 – poorly framed Gnosis vs poorly framed Science vs poorly framed Religion.
  • 6:15 – rejecting Jungianist psychologized religion (I might agree w/ that critique on some points, but since I slice everything differently than everyone else, it’s always a complex “I partly agree and partly disagree”).
  • 37:00 Charles Tart’s multi-state science https://www.bing.com/search?q=Charles+Tart%27s+multi-state+science https://blog.paradigm-sys.com/state-specific-sciences-altered-state-origin-of-the-proposal/
  • ~45:00 Hane’s article Humanities – important critique from me, about the right balance between 3 factors he discusses:
    • gnosis/ altered state
    • primary literary sources
    • Theory; explanatory framework/ interpretive lens

“Ep67a Hanextravaganza part 1.mp3”

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    https://we.tl/t-rpbFvNhi0B (Part 1 of Episode 67)
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    • Read-aloud Hanegraaff’s site & linked articles
    • Reading portions of Hanegraaff keynote lecture (more)
  • Filename: see section heading above.
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  • ~2:11:00 – A stupid, dumb, low-IQ way of dividing things (hopeless & beyond any redemption; a God-forsaken fundamental false dichotomy):
    • the intellect, rationality, Science, Reason, things we can talk about;
      “vs.”
    • the altered state, the mystic state; gnosis
  • ~2:15:00 (wrapping to Part 2/ Episode 67b 0:50 – I’ve already done it, proving that everyone is wrong about the nature of gnosis and they grossly overstate the limits of Reason and language.) Another idiotic, futile, self-defeating division, tripartate, overused: A self-defeating division:
    • faith
    • Reason
    • gnosis
  • What’s really going on: the single-state Science fallacy; the “single-state Reason” fallacy. The proper approach is per Charles Tart: multi-state Reason/ Science/ knowledge/ discursive language/ rationalism/ intellect. Stop conflating ordinary/altered states with reason/unreason. Similar to Wilber: don’t conflate States & Stages.
  • GNOSIS, Transcendent Knowledge, CAN AND SHOULD BE FULLY DESCRIBED DIRECTLY IN MODERN, SCIENTIFIC, CLEAR, DIRECT LANGUAGE & DIAGRAMS. JUST LIKE ANY TOPIC. LANGUAGE IS AS ADEQUATE TO DESCRIBE & EXPLAIN GNOSIS (Transcendent Knowledge), AS ANY TOPIC SUCH AS FISHING OR BODYBUILDING.
Esoteric Agenda

https://www.academia.edu/31610387/The_First_Psychonaut_Louis_Alphonse_Cahagnets_Experiments_with_Narcotics_2016_
The First Psychonaut? Louis-Alphonse Cahagnet’s Experiments with Narcotics (2016)
“This article calls attention to the important but neglected French Mesmer-ist, Spiritualist, Swedenborgian, and occultist Louis-Alphonse Cahagnet (1809–1885), while concentrating on his significance as a forgotten pioneer of modern entheogenic esotericism. Like other occultist practitioners during the period prior to modern Theosophy (notably Emma Hardinge Britten and Paschal Beverley Randolph), Cahagnet was convinced about the spiritual potential of narcotics as a powerful tool for inducing transcendental vision. The article describes and contextualizes his systematic experiments with narcotic suffumigations made from plants traditionally associated with necro-mancy and witchcraft, as well as his spiritual visions induced by the eating of Hashisch dissolved in coffee. Cahagnet appears to stand at the origin of an underground tradition of visionary practice that would be continued and further developed by Britten, Randolph, and other esoteric practitioners since the 1860s. While most scholars have tended to play down the role of narcotics in these contexts, these may well have been crucial to how spiritual vision came to be understood in the occultist movement.”

“J: You wrote an article about Louis-Alphonse Cahagnet, who you consider to be perhaps one of the very first psychonauts. Can you describe his story?

H: Well, you’ve really been reading my stuff. Thank you, I feel flattered! [both laughs] 

Cahagnet was a French spiritualist. An interesting guy, not an intellectual, he worked with his hands but was very smart, very intelligent. I have a liking for him. He was working with somnambulic visionaries. Artificial somnambulism, as it was called, was this technique for bringing people into a trance state, during which they would claim to travel into spiritual realms and to other worlds. It was very popular at that time. Magnetizers were mostly men and the persons who went into a trance were usually women. So Cahagnet wrote three volumes about his experiments with somnambulic women. They told him the most amazing stories about other realities, other worlds, they traveled to other planets, they saw angels and all kinds of stuff like that. So Cahagnet got quite frustrated: he wanted to see it all for himself too. But he had no talent for trance himself; and even if you did go into somnambulic trance, you would lose you consciousness and afterwards wouldn’t remember anymore. But he wanted to go there in a conscious state, he wanted to experience it himself. And so he started experimenting with drugs. He tried to find old recipes and hallucinogenic plants. He was really willing to go out there, but nothing worked. He actually poisoned himself several times, got very sick, but nothing worked. Until one day he found “hashish of the orient.” Just in a pharmacy: it was legal at that time, you could just buy it.

J: Really?

H: Yes, that’s a bit hard to imagine now. Hashisch had this aura of “oriental mystery.” Cahagnet didn’t smoke it, he dissolved it in coffee, drunk it, and then a couple of hours later it begun to work. He had this absolutely amazing experience, that he say answered all his questions: he got the sense of a complete overview of his whole life. It’s actually quite funny to read the “trip report” of somebody who had no predecessors and absolutely no idea of what to expect. After this, he started to organize sessions with people that he invited to his apartment in Paris. He handed out the hashish to them and became the center of a kind of psychonautic community. And he wrote a book about it. It’s almost never quoted but I think it’s actually a very important text. It was read by most of the founders of the occultist movement for decades after that, and was quite influential. 

J: And what’s the name of the book?

H: In French: Sanctuaire du spiritualisme (Sanctuary of Spiritualism, 1850). It was translated into English as The Celestial Telegraph (same year).

“The Celestial Telegraph” Cahagnet
The complete photographed book:
https://archive.org/details/celestialtelegra00caha/page/n5/mode/2up

J: Why did this entheogenic breakthrough remain hidden from the wider public?

H: Well, it was basically a minority religion. I don’t think that it was kept secret deliberately. Spiritualism was actually a kind of mass movement at that time, and entheogenic practices spread to some extent in that context. Occultists came out of spiritualism but developed their own rituals, techniques and practices. There was a discrete culture of entheogenic usage in occultism, which has not been systematically studied until quite recently: see Christopher Partridge’s book High culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World, which is very valuable. Still, much of this is still largely unexplored territory.

J: How does Aleister Crowley and his famous love for drugs and bizarre sexuality fit into this atmosphere?

H: I have to say that I’m not a specialist of Crowley. I prefer to look at things that are people are not studying, and it almost seems as though everybody is studying nothing but Crowley these days…

J: OK, I understand.

H: But anyway, Crowley was experimenting certainly with mescaline, with hashish, at one point with heroin, and that got pretty fatal, because he ended his life as an addict. We just heard at this conference that this was the cause of his death – I didn’t know that. Basically I can repeat what was said earlier [in the conference]. On the one hand there is this practice of ritual magic, which requires disciplines, focus, attention and so on. On the other hand, there is the use of drugs in occultism, because they open up the mind to other dimensions than normal rational consciousness. Basically, it seems that Crowley was interested in anything that could get him there. And there’s a certain tension I think, between those two approaches.”

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      High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World
      http://amzn.com/0190459115
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  • The term ‘entheogen’ is nice to have; it’s not “needed”. All things benefit from multiple names.

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      High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World
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“Religious Drugs” Workshop/Conference Feb. 2020 – Keynote: Hanegraaff

Interview of Hanegraaff on Entheogens, 2020:
https://wouterjhanegraaff.blogspot.com/2020/09/enter-gods-interview-with-jana.html?fbclid=IwAR3JHBirFRTR00NBsAMy0Z_ON9jSPd0fC467tCodfkSig3wXR3mC6PLNiO8

http://religiousdrugs.com

http://religiousdrugs.com/program/

The Reasonable Irrational: History of Religions and the Pathologization of Entheogenic Experience

Hanegraaff keynote:
The Reasonable Irrational: History of Religions and the Pathologization of Entheogenic Experience

Confirmed Keyspeaker

Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff – professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy, University of Amsterdam.

Wouter J. Hanegraaff  (1961) studied classical guitar at the Municipal Conservatory at Zwolle (1982-1987) and Cultural History at the University of Utrecht (1986-1990), with a specialization in alternative religious movements in the 20th century.

From 1992-1996 he was  a research assistant at the department for Study of Religions of the University of Utrecht, where he defendedhis dissertation 
New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought on 30 november 1995 (cum laude). [thanks for writing exactly the book I had been wanting: esotericism in New Age]

From 1996 to 2000 he held a postdoctoral fellowship from the Dutch Assocation for Scientific Research (NWO), and spent a period working in Paris.

On 1 september 1999 he was appointed full professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam.

From 2002-2006 he was president of the Dutch Society for the Study of Religion (NGG). From 2005-2013 he was President of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE).

In 2006 he was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen, KNAW); since 2013 he is an honorary member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism.

The Reasonable Irrational: History of Religions and the Pathologization of Entheogenic Experience

On the basis of several case studies of entheogenic religion from late antiquity and the early modern period, I will be making some general points about the widespread tendency among scholars of religion to neglect straightforward empirical evidence for the use of psychoactive substances or dismiss its relevance.

There are some perfectly understandable reasons why specialists are wary or afraid to discuss this topic seriously and prefer to avoid it.

Yet, in some specific cases we have direct and irrefutable proof that impressive visionary experiences were induced by the ritual ingestion of entheogens, while in some other cases the entheogenic hypothesis has superior explanatory power in comparison to alternative interpretations.

Dismissing this hypothesis without solid arguments has the effect of unnecessarily pathologizing radical visionary experiences for which we have in fact a perfectly rational explanation.

What does mean “mystical” in context of experience with psychedelics? Critique of perennialism in experimental psychology

Jana Nenadalová and Adam Karásek
Department for the Study of Religions, Masaryk University
http://religiousdrugs.com/jana-nenadalova-and-adam-karasek/

“Experimental research on mystical experience induced by psychedelics suffer by two major problems.

“General theoretical problem lies in conceptualization of mystical experience, specifically in the idea, that mystical experience is sui generis and that psychedelics like psilocybin or LSD are controllable shortcuts to this kind of experience.

“Major methodological problem concerns primarily theoretical background of mysticism scales, which are composed in the same (perennialistic) way as the theory.

“Thus, psychedelic experience with sustained positive outcome is primarily seen as mystical.

“We will try to show, that considering experience with psychedelics mystical is not theoretically tenable.

“However, we cannot ignore that higher subjective ratings of mystical experience can predict sustainable positive changes in participants.

“Thus, we argue that concept of universal mystical experience should be replaced by more empirically valuable subjective ratings of experience with psychedelics.”

Myopic Metaphors in Mind [Against ‘Ineffable’]

Reanne Crane
University of Kent
http://religiousdrugs.com/reanne-crane/

“In my paper, I critique the ubiquity of the term ‘ineffable’.

“I do not dispute that religious experiences/psychedelic states of consciousness are incompatible with ‘normal’ rhetoric.

“However, it seems that ‘ineffable’ has become simply another reductionist category that discourages further inquiry;

“‘ineffable’ dissuades users and researchers from devoting critical and creative attention to narratives, and also undermines the evidence that some linguistic capacities appear to be enhanced by altered states of consciousness.

“I will explore the metaphysical implications of the metaphors through which we tend to talk about extraordinary experiences, semantic activation in altered states, and the importance of replacing the concept of ‘ineffable’ with ‘incompatible’.”

Reconfiguring Christian Experience with LSD

Robert Dickins
Queen Mary, University of London
http://religiousdrugs.com/robert-dickins/

The emergence of the Psychology of Religion in the work of philosopher William James was in part predicated on his experiences with psychoactive substances, particularly nitrous oxide and mescaline.

Placing them within the context of mysticism, he believed no account of religious psychology would be complete without taking into account the effects of certain visionary plants and substances.

In the 1950s and 60s a large-scale engagement with this thesis was undertaken by psychologists, psychotherapists and philosophers researching d-Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

Paying particular attention to a Christian context, this paper explores LSD’s role as a form of experimental heresy, which took religious claims about the mystical experience seriously while attempting to use a secular, scientific approach.

Of particular interest is the Marsh Chapel experiment, the writings of Adelle Davis, and countercultural approaches within Christian communities.

Utilizing a historical and literary approach, this paper explores these experimental heresies as a boundary that deterritorialized both scientific and religious orthodoxy during the mid-twentieth century.

Irvin Skeptical About Narrative

Irvin recounts his discovery of fakeness, around 1:04:00 UnSpun 201, October 6, 2020, Steve Jones episode. 47:00 in the YT vid 47 * 60 = 2820 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeWhpKWLlks&t=2820s
Article: Gordon Wasson: The Man, the Legend, the Myth (Jan 2009, Purdue had wanted to house Irvin’s research, until this article).

The entire field attacked Irvin then, uniformly & in chorus, which caused him to turn critical attention to the entire field and fact-checking down the primary sources.

They’re complicit in an agenda.

Then more attacks came, but never addressing Irvin’s citations.

The field tried to get Irvin back onto the official narrative.

Joe Rogan turned against Irvin then. They had been friends for 8 years.

Rogan took Irvin’s early work and ran with it and became the poster boy for psychedelics, then when Irvin turned against his earlier work, …

if Irvin had continued pushing his early work, he’d be a popular, top podcaster. 52:20 guest asks what was Irvin’s aha moment.

55:16 (YoutTube not podcast) “The moment I had that epiphany that something was wrong. Used bookstore in Chico CA, book with painting by Ivan Bilibin.

Ivan Biliban’s paintings showing Amanita and/or Psilocybe, possibly before 1939
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ivan+bilibin+mushroom

https://readrussia.org/images/uploads/563/russian-tales.jpg

After Irvin turned against Wasson and went against the narrative…

1:11:30 – in a bookstore history section, painting by Russian painter Ivan Bilibin 1890s book, showing both Psilocybe and Amanita together in one painting.

That was Irvin’s moment of questioning the entire field of entheogen scholarship.

That made him question the official historical narrative of the entire field of ethnomycology.

Irvin’s Brain says re: date of identifying psilocybin mushrooms,

“the credit for discovering the magic mushrooms has been given to Richard Schultes (1939), and later R.G. Wasson.

“Actually, at the time Schultes was in the Sierra Mazateca, working on his PhD thesis (Schultes 1941).

“He was accompanying Reko, who had been puzzling out the mushroom mystery since 1919.

“During the late 1930s Reko sent specimens he had collected to various American taxonomists for identification. He later said this about the American botanist:

“I have to mention these details, now that an ambitious young Harvard student, having turned literary pirate, has taken credit for my discoveries (The identification of Teonanacatl, by Richard E. Schultes, Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University, Febr. 21, 1939), after I had communicated to him the results of my prolonged investigations and invited him on a botanical expedition to Huautla de Jiménez during the summer of 1938, where I gave him numerous samples of the aforesaid mushroom, which had been finally positively identified by Dr. Linder as Paneolus campanulatus L. var. sphinctrinus (Fr.) Bresadola. “

The Early History of Salvia divinorum
Leander J. Valdés III
http://www.sagewisdom.org/earlysdhistory.html
HTML with permission and changes from
The Entheogen Review (2001) X: 73-75

THE ENTHEOGEN REVIEW
The Journal of Unauthorized Research
on Visionary Plants and Drugs

http://www.entheogenreview.com

Overemphasis on Amanita in European Religious History

Historical Roots of Making Amanita the False Center of European Mushroom History

Winkelman’s Introduction Article in the Special Issue on Psychedelics in History and World Religions – Asserts Global Psilocybin, Yet Obsesses on Amanita, in Europe

Introduction: Evidence for entheogen use in prehistory and world religions
Michael Winkelman
https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/3/2/article-p43.xml

Winkelman’s long introduction article focuses on psilocybin worldwide, and mentions Brown’s findings of psilocybe in Christian art. BUT nevertheless, when it comes to Europe, he ignores psilocybin and goes *crazy* striving to use the word “Amanita Muscaria” at every possible opportunity – when he could & should have used the neutral, broad word ‘mushroom’.

In the Europe sections, count the number of times Winkelman chooses to use the word ‘mushroom’, ‘Amanita’/’Muscaria’, ‘psilocyb’, & ‘entheogen’.

Winkelman uses Amanita far, far too often – his entire mission in life, in those sections, is to use the word ‘Amanita’ or ‘Muscaria’ as often as possible, at every possible opportunity.

SECRET teachings

Book:
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Manly Hall (1928)
http://manlyhallsociety.com/secret-teachings/

Rolfe’s Book The Romance of the Fungus World (1925) – No Psychoactive Mushrooms Other than Amanita

Mycologists in 1925 (until 1939) had no awareness of psilocybin; the only psychoactive mushroom the 1925 mycologists are aware of is Amanita.

Book:
The Romance of the Fungus World: An Account of Fungus Life in its Numerous Guises, both Real and Legendary
Robert Rolfe; R. T. Rolfe & F. W. Rolfe
1925
https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf/mode/2up
Foreword by John Ramsbottom (1924)
ISBN: 0486231054
1925 (1974 reprint)

Dover changed to “Imaginary”, orig = “Legendary”

University Course on Religion ie Psychedelics. Southern Oregon University, “Introduction to Religion”

“Humanities depts are closing”. – Martin Ball

“Southern Oregon University is a public university in Ashland, Oregon. It was founded in 1872 as the Ashland Academy, has been in its current location since 1926, and was known by nine other names before assuming its current name in 1997. Its Ashland campus – just 14 miles from Oregon’s border with California – encompasses 175 acres. Headquarters for Jefferson Public Radio, and public access station Rogue Valley Community Television.”

Martin Ball’s YT ch:
https://www.youtube.com/user/EntheogenicEvolution/videos

One of Martin Ball’s podcast guests was with https://circle.tamintegration.com/courses/2020-psilocybin-summit/

Around 41:00 in this podcast , with Thomas Roberts, for the book Mindapps, Martin Ball says that his course on religion before laid off due to low enrollment in the humanities, he taught as a course on psychedelics. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/entheogenic/episodes/2020-08-17T10_59_25-07_00

Book:
Mindapps: Multistate Theory and Tools for Mind Design
Thomas B. Roberts
Foreward by James Fadiman
http://amzn.com/B07JZFXRDY
Park Street Press
June 18, 2019

“An exploration of “mind design” technologies and practices–mindapps–that boost intellectual capacity and enable new ways of thought and action

• Reveals how mindapps transform the patterns of our mind-body complex and help generate new ideas by enabling access to new mind states

• Examines the singlestate fallacy–the myth that useful thinking only occurs in our ordinary awake mental state

• Explores a wealth of mindapp practices and techniques, including

  • microdosing with psychedelics,
  • yoga and
  • martial arts,
  • hypnosis,
  • breathing techniques,
  • lucid dreaming,
  • rites of passage,
  • biofeedback and
  • neurofeedback, and
  • transcranial brain stimulation

Just as we can write and install apps in our electronic devices, we can construct “mindapps” and install them in our brain-mind complex, and as just as digital apps add capabilities to our devices, mindapps can expand our mental powers and creative abilities, allowing us to intentionally redesign our minds.

Using psychedelics as the prime example, Thomas B. Roberts explores the many different kinds of mindapps, including meditation, other psychoactive plants and chemicals, sensory overload and deprivation, biofeedback and neurofeedback, hypnosis and suggestion, sleep and lucid dreaming, creative imagery, transcranial brain stimulation and optical brain stimulation, rites of passage, martial arts and exercise routines, yoga, breathing techniques, and contemplative prayer.

He also looks at the future of mindapps, the potential for new mindapps yet to be invented, and how installing multiple mindapps can produce new, yet to be explored mind states.

Drawing on decades of research, he shows how psychedelics in particular are “ideagens”–powerful tools for generating new ideas and new ways of thinking.

Uniting the many forms of mindapps into one overall Multistate Mind Theory, Roberts examines the singlestate fallacy–the myth that useful thinking only occurs in our ordinary awake mental state–and demonstrates the many mind-body states we are capable of. He shows how mindapps not only allow us to design and redesign our own minds but also offer benefits for

  • artistic performance,
  • mystical and spiritual experience, and
  • scientific research

by improving

  • creativity,
  • open-mindedness,
  • problem solving, and
  • inner-brain connections.

Reformulating how we think about the human mind, Mindapps unveils the new multistate landscape of the mind and how we can each enter the world of mind design.”

Voice Recording Reading Selections from Bennett & Hanegraaff
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  • _ – Hanegraaff’s Feb 2020 interview about entheogens
  • Talks from the Religious Drugs workshop conference.
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http://religiousdrugs.com/call-for-papers/

“The purpose of this workshop is to explore the role of entheogens in its various religious and spiritual expressions: historically, culturally and finally from the methodological approach taken by various research fields. It will be moreover, directed at clarifying the purpose, importance and relevance that the various forms of entheogens and mind-altering substances cover for the individual mystical and religious traditions. Emphasis will also be placed on the combination with ritual, meditation and biofeedback.

“The workshop will moreover encourage the discussion, analysis and questioning of research methods and methodologies such as: The ethics of the researcher in connection to the use of substances as part of participatory observation. Enquiries into the analysis of ecstatic and religious states in cooperation and compared to the descriptions of laboratory tested altered states of consciousness. Comparative methodologies and cooperation in different fields of research are encouraged.”

Post-keynote Interview of Hanegraaff on Entheogens, maybe Feb/March/Sep 2020: originally in Dutch, translated to English:

https://wouterjhanegraaff.blogspot.com/2020/09/enter-gods-interview-with-jana.html?fbclid=IwAR3JHBirFRTR00NBsAMy0Z_ON9jSPd0fC467tCodfkSig3wXR3mC6PLNiO8

http://religiousdrugs.com

http://religiousdrugs.com/program/

https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2021/03/14/the-immortality-key-lost-on-the-road-to-eleusis/

Type while recording (a lot/ often), read-aloud what was typed (this is the payoff: produces good text in the idea development page and produces good audio), then delete the typing session from the recording.

Every 10 minutes, state the context: what am I doing? In a recording.

Read-aloud Bennett’s critique of TIK.

  • Time and date:
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    • 9am, March 18, 2021.
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“Ep64 Ideal Esotericism.mp3”

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    • Almost all of this episode is Egodeath Theory commentary – reading and commenting on the Journal of Psychedelic Studies, special issue on Psychedelics in History and World Religions https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/3/2/2054.3.issue-2.xml ; Volume 3 (2019): Issue 2 (Jun 2019): Editor: Michael Winkelman. Includes Browns’ article.
    • I read parts of Winkelman’s long introduction article, which focuses on psilocybin worldwide BUT when it comes to Europe, he ignores psilocybin and goes *crazy* using the word “Amanita Muscaria” at every possible opportunity: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/3/2/article-p43.xml
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The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

Recording Header
  • Time and date:
    • Episode 64
    • 8p.m., March 17, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • Critique of wiki “Western Esotericism”
    • Imagining the good aspects of the book TIK. Cyberdisciple’s review of Brown’s review of Muraresku’s book.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Impossible to do controlled voicing while speaking off-the-cuff?
    • Should I resort to transcribing then read-aloud text?
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Esoteric Agenda
  • Egodeath theory:
    • Read-aloud Cyberdisciple re: Brown’s “maximal”
    • Critique of wiki “Western Esotericism”.
    • Possible critique of Brown’s critique of Mur’s book.
    • My critique is pretty minor or insubstantial: Mur’s inflated claim, bragging combined with diminution of goals: “By reducing our ambition, we have out-done the mysteries.”

Rolfe Book Online

Rolfe book from University of British Columbia Library is back online at archive.org! The Romance of the Fungus World

🎉 📗 📖 📚 🏛️ 🏫

https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf/page/n7/mode/2up

Controlled Voicing While Speaking Off-the Cuff – Effectively Impossible?

The Ideal Results from the Alternative Approach: Transcribe to Text & then Read-Aloud

My attempt was mostly a failure. I failed to criticize Brad in a controlled voice. Instead, which would help, I could demonstrate exactly the ideal desired result by transcribing to text and reading-aloud that transcription:

  • play back my off-the-cuff, poorly voiced, harshing on Brad the Enlightened Zen Master,
  • transcribe that to text
  • edit that text
  • read-aloud that text
    • revoice from text as casual standard voice;
    • low pitch, fun tone, casual wording
    • not high pitch, serious tone, formal wording
  • voice actor / voiceover artist / elocution
  • the “write->speak->rewrite” feedback loop, combines the powers of speech & text.

“Ep63 The Esotericism Key.mp3”

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    • A pretty clean take, not much requiring cleanup. If I read a passage twice to get it right, that gives the benefit of double-reading.
    • A clean read-aloud of Cyberdisciple’s and Brown’s critiques of the book The Immortality Key. No critique from me yet.
    • A clean read-aloud of the wiki article Western Esotericism. No critique from me yet.
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“Ep63 preview Esotericism Key.mp3”

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  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • śNot cleaned up yet, but it’s a clean take. If I read a passage twice to get it right, that gives the benefit of double-reading.
    • A clean read-aloud of Cyberdisciple’s and Brown’s critiques of the book The Immortality Key. No critique from me yet.
    • Not complete content yet: 2/3 through a clean read-aloud of the wiki article Western Esotericism. No critique from me yet.
    • No outro yet.
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    • 210317_2158.wav – Academic Study section of wiki article W Esotericism; Outro. Not in Preview mp3.
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The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

Recording Header
  • Time and date:
    • Episode 63
    • 8p.m., March 16, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • Read-aloud Cyberdisciple’s updated review of Immortality Key, Brown’s review of Immortality key, and the Wiki article “Western Esotericism”.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Is off-the-cuff controlled voicing impossible?
    • Get better at read-aloud.
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“Egodeath Theory” Segment

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Esoteric Agenda
  • Read-aloud Wiki article Western Esotericism (good article) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_esotericism
  • 39:30 start
  • 1:24:30 ending in mid-article for the night with “His Traditionalist ideas would have a strong influence on later esotericists like Julius Evola (1898–1974) and Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998).” Resume here. (2157.wav, 9:17 then it failed to unpause. last phrase caught: “external links”. Resume w/ section heading “Academic study”, added 210317_2158.wav w/ end & outro.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiLB_Mm6qic
    “13 questions to Wouter Hanegraaff” on YouTube. An interview of Hanegraaff, including autobio. sons of ministers become historians of religion. Classical Guitar major. Cultural History after, did dissertation on New Age movement, became his book. Esoteric Currents in W Culture. Halfway through studying Guitar, switched to cultural intellectual history, history of religion. History of Ideas, U of Utrecht Amsterdam. Found book in German, folklore renaiss early model book Pansophie: A History of White & Black Magic. Forgotten traditions, neglected, marginalized by mainstream histroiography. The other book: dutch edited , 3 main components: Reason, Faith, Gnosis.
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  • Find SAMORINI GIORGIO, 1997, L’albero-fungo di Plaincourault/ The mushroom-tree of Plaincourault, Eleusis, 8:29-37

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The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

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Publishing the Episode

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Moderate, Reasonable Brown vs. the Too-Far Maximalists

Brown argues against the maximal entheogen theory of religion – in contrast, I agree with Muraresku about how religion works when done right, not nece’ly how ppl attempted to access the mystic altered state.

I reject Brown’s list of “alternative ways of the mystic altered state” – list of bunk futile — ie I agree with Muraresku’s position as stated by Brown and rejected by Brown; I side with Muraresku against Brown here.

If I can trust Brown’s depiction of Muraresku’s position.

All true religion esotericism comes from plants, not from other, fake, ineffective positions.

I agree with the position statement that Brown attributes to Muraresku on this point aka the maximal entheogen theory of religion.

Muraresku and I both assert and commit to the explanatory framework of the maximal entheogen theory of religion.

“TIK argues that this entheogen-induced ecstatic vision, the ego-death experience that allows you to “die before you die” thus granting the living a reassuring glimpse of immortality, has over millennia and in diverse cultures served as the common element in the “religion with no name.”

“The pervasive underlying premise of TIK is that all religion originates from the ingestion of psychedelic concoctions of mind-altering beer and wine. And, conversely, that the only religious experience sufficiently reliable, fast-acting and powerful enough to convert the masses into true believers is an altered state of consciousness induced by psychedelics.”

Component Phrases from Brown’s Characterization of Muraresku’s Position (= the maximal entheogen theory of religion)

this entheogen-induced ecstatic vision, the ego-death experience

die before you die

granting immortality

the common element in the ecstatic source of religion

all religion originates from psychedelic

the only religious experience sufficiently reliable, fast-acting and powerful enough

altered state of consciousness induced by psychedelics

Cyberdisciple’s Analysis

Chris Bennett posted a long criticism of The Immortality Key: 

https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2021/03/14/the-immortality-key-lost-on-the-road-to-eleusis/

Bennett complains that his books weren’t cited, even though Muraresku had privately praised them.

Michael Rinella makes a similar complaint in a 1-star Amazon review of The Immorality Key: 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R16N1YOEHHDUQ6/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1250207142

(“I don’t see how a book like this could be published in 2020 and yet somehow lack a single reference to a scholarly work on virtually the same subject, my own Pharmakon: Plato, Drug Culture, and Identity (2010).

“Instead, it seems to be a rehash of arguments of The Road to Eleusis, a work originally published in the late 1970s, with some additional material on the early Christian era.

“Hillman’s work is a chapter he was forced to excise from his dissertation, stretched out to the length of a book.” – Rinella)

“Authors are annoyed that Muraresku’s Da Vinci Code-like book is a best-seller with lots of media hype, while their scholarly books attract a fraction of the interest.

“I think Brown is overstating Muraresku’s position about the origin of all religions. I do not think that Muraresku asserts and commits “to the explanatory framework of the maximal entheogen theory of religion”.

“It’s hard to tell because Muraresku does not clearly state what his position is on “the origin of all religions.”

[that’s always the problem; how to fill-in the Grid Game (of where plants were used, when) when writers obscure what their position is – cm]

“When Brown writes “the pervasive underlying premise of TIK is that all religion originates from the ingestion of psychedelic concoctions of mind-altering beer and wine,” he attributes more to Muraresku than Muraresku actually asserts. Brown reads that “pervasive underlying premise” into Muraresku’s book.

“Brown should define “originates” more clearly. Does he mean historically / chronologically or does he mean that the basic, starting point of ‘religion’ lies in drug experiencing for everyone regardless of the time they live in.

“There’s a chance that I’m wrong about the above and that somewhere in his book Muraresku states something like Brown wants about the origin of all religion.

“Certainly Muraresku does not practice “the maximal entheogen theory of religion” in our Egodeath community way when he discusses Greek, Christian, Roman, Near-Eastern, Prehistoric religions. 

“He writes as though evidence of psychedelics is hard to find and routinely forbids himself from looking for evidence in religious groups due to arbitrary social categories.

“Even if Muraresku does state something like the “maximal entheogen theory of religion” (I doubt he does), he fails to use the maximal theory when discussing religions.

“In one part when discussing ‘paleo-Christianity’ vs. ‘Church Fathers,’ Muaresku opposes “mystics” (authentic psychedelic eucharist takers) and “bureaucrats” (offering substitute eucharist).

“In another place he opposes “elites” (who guard the psychedelic sacrament for themselves) and “common people” (who are prevented from taking the psychedelic).

“In another place he opposes “Greek” psychedelic users to “Roman” non-psychedelic users.

“In other spots “women” know how to prepare the psychedelic drink while “men” do not. 

“In other spots he seems to claim that psychedelic religion is built into the DNA of Indo-Europeans (by implication not in the genetics of other groups).

“One of the editors of the journal where Brown published the review is Michael Winkelman, author of Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing.
https://www.amazon.com/Shamanism-Biopsychosocial-Paradigm-Consciousness-Healing/dp/031338181X

“In his book, Winkelman treats drugs as just one way of “altering consciousness,” lumping them together with hypnosis, dance, and meditation (at least in the table of contents).

“Winkelman edited the special issue of the journal devoted to “Psychedelics in History and World Religions” in which Jerry and Julie Brown’s article “Entheogens in Christian art: Wasson, Allegro, and the Psychedelic Gospels” appeared.”

Cyberdisciple’s Updated Review of Muraresku’s book The Immortality Key

Cyberdisciple wrote:

https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/2020/11/24/correcting-key-points-in-muraresku-the-immortality-key/#comment-2451
“Brown’s comment [linked above] prodded me to update my post [critique of Muraresku’s book The Immortality Key], now with critiques of Chapter 13.”

https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/2020/11/24/correcting-key-points-in-muraresku-the-immortality-key — “Updated 15 March 2021 with Table of Contents” + ch. 13

copy of w’s comment for reading/analysis

“the word ‘maximal’ as in the maximal entheogen theory of religion may sound like the broadest view, the greatest possible highest view for religious experience.”

[maximal can be broadened to apply to: maximal plants, maximal exp’c, & maximal esotericism (per my definition) -cm]

“When ‘maximal’ is placed into context as descriptive for religious esotericism, ‘maximal’ becomes limiting for the mystic altered state when it refers to only plant-based psychedelics.

“The focus should be placed upon the mystic altered state, regardless of all possible means of attaining the mystic altered state. Then what is labeled as ‘moderate’ becomes less restrictive and limiting for the mystic altered state than the use of the word ‘maximal.”

[my 1988-1997 Theory’s wording didn’t push chemicals, and was surprisingly open to other alleged means of accessing the loose cognitive association state, including schizophrenia because I believe schizophrenia does give loose cognitive mystic-state experiences. 1998-2002 I added “maximal” and specified chemicals -cm]

“Christianity may provide evidence of plants.”

“Christianity is not an original religion.”

[I don’t know what ‘original’ means here. -cm]

“There may be other catalysts beside plants that transition the mind into the mystic altered state.”

[That is 100% hazy, vague, & vaporous. What are these other alleged catalysts, and why should they be elevated to the efficacy level of plants? I’ll stick with the proven (plants), until some concrete, specific alternative is proved. To be saved, we must ingest the flesh of Christ. -cm]

“Focus should be placed on the importance of the mystic altered state, rather than on the catalyst for that state.”

“The word ‘maximal’ is limiting and restrictive for the mystic altered state by only including plant-based entheogens.”

[this move is “limiting” and “restrictive” only in a totally vague, hypothetical, vaporous, conjectured sense. I took the above strategy of staying open in 1997, and got no benefit from doing so. My explanatory emphasis has always been on the loose cognitive state, not the trigger for it. -cm]

Brown – Book Review of The Immortality Key, Journal of Psychedelic Studies

Hello Michael,

Here’s my recent Book Review of the NYTimes Bestseller, 
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name.

Review link:  
https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/aop/article-10.1556-2054.2021.00170/article-10.1556-2054.2021.00170.xml

Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D.
Founding Professor of Anthropology
Florida International University
Coauthor, The Psychedelic Gospels
www.psychedelicgospels.com

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“Ep62 Hidden Agenda.mp3”

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  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Entirely Egodeath Theory content: reading & commenting.
    • Read from the removed Rolfe book Romance of the Fungus world.
    • Read Wiki article on Mystery Religions.
    • Read Dale Pendell book blurbs.
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  • 58:02 Voice Review, updating the page/agenda/ TOC. Reorg’d page.
  • 1:05:25 Review of Voczn
  • ~1:24:00 critique of meditation hucksters, to try to voice in casual standard voice
  • 1:30:00, 14126 – Against critiques of announcer voice
  • 1:50:10 – abstracting out casual standard voice body of knowledge from various bickering applications that strawman this body of knowledge/ skill -set.
  • 2:00:39 – finished Review of Voczn
  • 2:10:35 warmup reading, substituting the egodeath theory for fungi hobby.
  • 2:22:56 reading India library Rolfe preface.
  • 24303 reading Intro chap of Rolfe from India copy of book
  • 3:02:47 read amazon Dale Pendell’s book that’s an alchemy play (20014), and 2nd edition of PharmakoGnosis (2010).
  • 3:13:15 reading subheads of ch 4 of Rolfe
  • 3:23:06 read more subheads. Pendell Poea book 2nd edition.
  • next, wiki mystery-religions.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_mysteries <– done
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_esotericism <– only read Contents
  • 3:33:13 reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_mysteries
  • 3:43:00 “
  • 4:03:14 finished Mysteries article, commented on two slicing approaches in “perennial phil” –
    • mine is exo/eso regardless of religious brand.
    • other major perennnialists advocate that “perennialism means affirming non-bible brands, & rejecting Bible religions – big mistake.

I am not releasing the 4-hour Full episode; I am only releasing this ALL-EGODEATH-CONTENT, essentially a Core version of the episode is the only publicly released version. I removed the Agenda-management discussion (retained in source .wav and audio project). Removed great discussion on Broadcasters and removing from them the casual standard voice technique to be general-use.

Total length 1:31:55 after removing voice/mic/show-format content and condensing. The removed, good Voicing content and Mic demo content is separate tracks in the audio project file.

  • “Mic Patterns Demo from Ep62.mp3” – not included in episode 62. 7MB. 320kbps. uploaded https://we.tl/t-IEuAKtOpCf “Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/Ep62 Hidden Agenda/Mic Patterns Demo from Ep62.mp3″
    • not from episode:
      • Feb 26: “Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/Polar Patterns demo/Polar Patterns demo.mp3″
      • Mar 14: “Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/Pattern Eq Demo/Pattern Eq Demo.mp3″
      • Mar 14: “Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/Pattern Eq Demo/Pattern Eq Demo All 9 Rapidly.mp3″

“Broadcasters from Ep62.mp3” – same. 320kbps. 89 MB. not uploaded

“Show Format Voicing from Ep62.mp3” – same. 320kbps. 171 MB. not cleaned up. not uploaded

Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • mark timestamps
  • somehow trim .wav or move non-publish parts to sep track.
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of mic demo
  • transfer mp3 to music player
    • transfer mp3 to music player: mic demo
    • transfer mp3 to music player: broadcasters
    • transfer mp3 to music player: show-format/voice
  • upload mp3
  • upload mp3 of mic demo? broadcasters? show-format/voice?
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 0-25°, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210314_2150.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: none
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

this will be 2-part, or 2-version: 4:07:45 total.

  1. public-use: Intro + Egodeath Theory content + Outro
  2. private-use: The removed parts (show format, voice, mic, music discussion).
  • part 1: voice/mic / show format.
  • part 2: readings. Rolfe Romance of the Fungus world; Dale Pendell, ; wiki: mystery-religion initiation articles.

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
Recording Header
  • Time and date:
    • Episode 62, 11a.m., March 14, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    (about 12 words, to bake into the audio, predicting topics & differentiating from other episodes. Only 30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!!)
    • Whatever happens to be in the rolling agenda.
    • I’m now an expert on miking for speech.
    • Using the timer every 10 minutes to log a timestamp and topic of what I’ve been talking about.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Moving among the 3 modes
      • Pitch Grounding technique
      • Force Pitch Down technique
      • Casual standard voice
    • Hearing the various polar patterns of a dual-capsule LDCM mic.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: I’m starting by using the Wide Cardioid pattern, in-between the bright/wet Omnidirectional pattern, and dark/dry Cardioid pattern.
    • Distance: 7″.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none.
Playlist

We’re listening to nothing.

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
_202_ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Show Format” Segment

This is the start of the “Show Format” segment.
_217_ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about the show format should be in the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Page: Egodeath Mystery Show
Subsection: Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Agenda-Items-for-Working-on-the-Show-Format

  • 7:33 discussing spectrum of #keystrokes to begin recording a show, where are agenda items maintained.

We’ve finished the “Show Format” segment.
_918_ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
931__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Voice & Mic Technique should be in the “Voice & Mic Technique” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Voice & Mic Technique
Subsection: Agenda Items to Work on During the Show

We’ve finished the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
20101 The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
_20111_ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

We’ve finished the “Warmup Reading” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
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“Egodeath Theory” Segment

This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Egodeath Theory should be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Esoteric Agenda

  • Genesis 2 (you may eat from Tree of Life), 3 (you are kicked out b/c you might eat from Tree of Life), & 4 (Cain & Abel)
  • I’m an expert on miking for speech, given that I watched a bunch of vids today and learned almost nothing.
    • Need to highlight both:
      • Where is mouth aimed
      • Where is mic aimed
  • Search for vids and webpages about casual standard voice. Still coming up next-to empty handed.
Enlightenment’s Evil Twin: The Control Vortex Guarded Gate?

From wik: Ego Death article:

“Shinzen Young, an American Buddhist teacher, has pointed at the difficulty integrating the experience of no self.

“He calls this “the Dark Night”, or “falling into the Pit of the Void.”

“It entails an authentic and irreversible insight into Emptiness and No Self.

“What makes it problematic is that the person interprets it as a bad trip.

“Instead of being empowering and fulfilling, the way Buddhist literature claims it will be, it turns into the opposite.

“In a sense, it’s Enlightenment’s Evil Twin.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death#Dark_Night_and_depersonalisation – “Willoughby Britton is conducting research on such phenomena which may occur during meditation, in a research program called
“The Dark Night of the Soul“.

She has searched texts from various traditions to find descriptions of difficult periods on the spiritual path,[web 5] and conducted interviews to find out more on the difficult sides of meditation.[web 4][note 8]”

We’ve finished the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment, to do selected work items from the Esoteric Agenda.
__ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
  • x

We’ve finished the “Not a Music Show” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

__ timestamp after stop recording

Publishing the Episode

sections to move to top when publishing the episode

/ end of section ““Ep62.mp3”

“Ep61 Back in Golden Era.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-12:
    https://we.tl/t-28yOSgJHWC
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 1:25:34
  • Filesize: 100 MB
  • Bitrate: 210 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
    • 0:00 – Intro: Pub recording from end of Satanic Majesties.
    • _ – Legacy vintage reading of Vocalization principles from the golden era back when the Show used to be good (Feb. 15, 2021).
    • _ – Goals for these recordings; measure of success: to produce clips.
    • 56:00 – Readings from Rolfe’s 1925 book The Romance of the Fungus World.
  • Time and date:
    • Episode 61
    • 9p.m., March 12, 2021.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • Egodeath content: Start here: At ~56:00, Readings from Rolfe’s 1925 book The Romance of the Fungus World.
    • Goals for these recordings; measure of success: produce clips.
    • Not much Egodeath content. Largely for my show-structuring work, show-strategizing. This is a mechanical practice episode, focused on the show format.
    • Live-show format is hard. But there have been lots of good clips, and I do have a process to mark timestamps and produce a Core version of an episode.
      • The show is a clip-generating machine/approach.
      • Last episode has good content / clip – reading Ego Death article at Wiki.
    • A legacy, vintage reading of the Vocalization Review points like way back in the golden era of February 15th, almost a month ago.
    • Frequent varying of mic pattern.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Points of failure:
      • immediately getting to the point, right from the start
      • completing sentences, and
      • keeping pitch down (ie transcendently managing my voice, or, using casual standard voice) while speaking off-the-cuff.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Continuously varying among Omni, Wide Cardioid, Cardioid, Supercardioid, & Figure 8.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none.
Errata
  • 50:00 I underestimate the previous episode, #60. Episode 60 has Egodeath content at the end, as asserted here, but also, that episode has a lot of good Egodeath content throughout; so I made a Core version of the episode (Ep60 Core).
  • Next up, need to work on tone: This recording at one point has angry tone, oddly/strangely, when discussing viable expectations/standards for voice recordings.
    • Not a Pitch error; maybe it’s a Mindfulness error; it’s definitely a “serious tone vs fun tone” error, but I haven’t yet analyzed “fun tone”.
    • I’d expect a neutral-toned discussion, not an angry tone – this is evidence of a sheer habit of framing ideas with a negative tone or stance or perspective.
    • I can think of other incongruous use of a tone that reads as angry: a technical gear-usage technique summary video I made for someone.
    • I just watched a YT’er on mic technique, he seemed just like me: in discussing technical options for mic placement with pros/cons, he read (came across) as hyper-caffeinated and angry; “angry energy”.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • tighten gaps
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 0-25°, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: none
  • Mixer tracking file: 210312_2400.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

Playlist

We’re listening to the recording at the end of Their Satanic Majesties Request. At the end, again, plus part of the song Gomper.

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
_148_ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Show Format” Segment

This is the start of the “Show Format” segment.
_154_ The timestamp is x.

  • Status of Agenda Management: TRAINWRECK. There’s no good way. For speed of moving through the episode fast (while live on-air w/ continuous music & timestamps), I need to put top priority on my needs for scrolling through the episode’s template, with a finite amount of material copied to there; the rolling agenda items for:
    • show-format work
    • voice/miking technique development
    • egodeath theory topics

Page: Egodeath Mystery Show
Subsection: Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Agenda-Items-for-Working-on-the-Show-Format

We’ve finished the “Show Format” segment.
_354_ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
_400_ The timestamp is x.

Vintage Golden-Era Traditional High-Point Copy / Reconstruction of This Section Just Before I Moved It To the Ambitious New Page “Voice & Mic Techniques” (but note it was *constantly* changing)

Legacy Vocalization Section, February 15, 2021; Preserve As-Is:

[I’m keeping this copy in idea development page 12, but the main bak of this section is now at bottom of Egodeath Mystery Show page]

The following was from the final read-alouds of this section/segment in episodes of the Egodeath Mystery Show, just on the cusp of creating the page “Voice & Mic Technique”, where I moved these items out to become, mostly, the section “Standard Voice Practice” in that new page.

Review of Vocalization; “this is the start of the Vocalization Review segment” (legacy)

Special Focus for Vocalizing in This Episode
  • Open the back-of-mouth chambers and top of throat.
    • Exercises. Pull up and back. Experiment from tight to pressed open and upward.
  • Push pitch down consistently, continuously.
    • Pitch Grounding technique while off-the-cuff speaking, as an exercise.
  • Staying mindful of vocalization techniques while doing off-the-cuff commentary in the main segments. No particular focus but just trying to stay cognizant overall.
  • Off-the-cuff mindfulness: controlled vocalizing while doing off-the-cuff speaking.
  • Standard voice; transcendent voice.
Read-Aloud Techniques
  • Read each heading twice.
  • Read each sentence twice, defined as 3 lines.
  • Read each paragraph twice, defined as 7 lines.
  • Read a complete paragraph before commenting.
  • Separate the reading of a paragraph from the commenting on a paragraph.
  • Contiguous unbroken long stretches of reading.
  • State my commentary at end of paragraph. debatable!
  • Turn any text into standard vocalization.
  • Double-reading.
  • Read-aloud each sentence twice.
  • Don’t read footnote numbers in mid-sentence.
  • Don’t read author citations that are in mid-sentence.
Standard Reference Speaking and Tone
  • Exaggerate the bass, treble, and pitch swing.
  • Practice standard reference vocalizing.
  • Speak low pitch with a neutral-positive tone.
  • Speak low pitch with a smile, or neutral at least.
  • How to speak low-pitch without sounding forceful, but rather, neutral; nor soft.
  • No particular character or inflection of feeling.
  • No odd resonance.
  • No character or attitude skew.
  • Generic reference speech.
  • Standard voice.
  • Straight-up standard pronunciation.
  • Neutral-medium pace as mid-point.
  • Not lax, not edgy.
  • Neutral non-emphasis.
  • Neither soft tone nor aggressive.
  • Neutral in tone.
  • Functional & plain.
  • Regular matter-of-fact speech.
  • No attitude or tone skew.
Vocal Apparatus
  • Back top of throat.
  • Lower chest.
  • Tip of tongue.
Pitch
  • Force pitch downward hard.
  • Vary the pitch from low to very low.
Pronunciation & Enunciation
  • Consistently hype the letters: ‘c d s t w x z’.
  • Never slur; always pronounce the ‘s’.
  • Separate each word.
  • Pronounce every letter of every word.
Speed
  • Neutral fast low-pitch.
  • Vary the speed from slow to fast (fast & smooth).
  • Separate each word.
  • Pronounce every letter of every word.
  • Repeat botched statement correctly.
Conversation Technique
  • Start a sentence, then finish it.
    • Don’t produce uncompleted sentences.
    • Don’t interrupt myself.
  • Talk about “we, us, community, conversation”.
  • Skip straight to the point.
    • Think of key words, then construct statement around them.
    • What are the 5 key words you need to say? Start by saying those.
  • Speak simply, with only 1st-order detail.
  • Stay on a topic more, without jumping among topics.
  • Use segments to stay on-topic and separate the topics.
Mic Technique
  • Ride the mic gain.
  • Move aside/back from the mic slightly, to inhale.
  • Ride the music gain.
  • Fade-up guitar leads.

/ end of Preserve/Legacy section

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_3255_ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
_3304_ The timestamp is x.

We’ve finished the “Warmup Reading” segment.
_3500_ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

“Egodeath Theory” Segment

This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
_3508_ The timestamp is x.

Esoteric Agenda
  • Live-show format is hard. But there have been lots of good clips, and I do have a process to mark timestamps and produce a Core version of an episode.The show is a clip-generating machine/approach.
  • Last episode has good content / clip – reading Ego Death article at Wiki.
  • A legacy, vintage reading of the Vocalization Review points like way back in the golden era of February 15th, almost a month ago.
  • Frequent varying of mic pattern.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Points of failure:
      • immediately getting to the point, right from the start
      • completing sentences, and
      • keeping pitch down (ie transcendently managing my voice, or, using casual standard voice) while speaking off-the-cuff.

We’ve finished the “Egodeath Theory” segment.
_13945_ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment, to do selected work items from the Esoteric Agenda.
_13956_ The timestamp is x.

We’ve finished the “Not a Music Show” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

/ end of section ““Ep# Key Words.mp3”

“Ep60 Core – Loosecog Trajectory.mp3” – new, Mar. 13

This is a shorter, tightened, Core version of the episode.

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-13:
    https://we.tl/t-2mhAYe9zt6
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • The newbie mind has 10 standard experiences in the loose cog state. These must be structured and directed, to lead to the mind’s potential transformation. To understand esotericism & Transcendent Knowledge.
    • My commentary on Wiki article Ego Death.
    • Background music: album: Their Satanic Majesties Request.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 46:33 (vs. Full version 1:33:54; as typical, 50% the length)
  • Filesize: 118 MB
  • Bitrate: 320 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 – Intro. Briefly: Ten standard effects of loosecog, vs. trajectory; & Wiki article Ego Death.
  • 3:51 – Ten standard effects of loosecog, vs. trajectory.
  • 13:32 – Wiki article Ego Death.
Errata
  • A mic-tech comment slipped-in at the start.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • copy the Mixer wav used for Full episode
  • tighten Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link

“Ep60 Loosecog Trajectory.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-11:
    https://we.tl/t-KGYHM89EKS
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • 1. Because people don’t identify the key driving themes (as a coherent set & trajectory giving a 2nd worldmodel) from the mind in the altered state, there’s confusion.
      • Analogical psychedelic eternalism + dependent control. Mental worldmodel transformation.
    • 2. Read latest version of wiki article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death
      • The oldest page of History has my edits of this page, 1 year 1 month into the article’s history.
      • “Ego dissolution” & “Ego loss redirects to “Ego death”; the bad guys lost. Wiki should reflect language usage (“ego death”), not engineer language usage (“people ought to instead say ‘ego dissolution'”).
    • Vary the mic polar pattern.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 1:33:54
  • Filesize: 171 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • +0:00 – Intro
  • -1:15 – start of Show Format segment
  • +2:50 – read verbose agenda about the egodeath theory
  • done~~-5:02 voice mic tech
  • ~~+11:39 “I really do like the idea of see what happens, the egodeath theory
  • done~~-13:50 about segments, voicing
  • ~~+36:16[modded] keep, after the the egodeath theory segment announce.
  • done~~-36:10 – Egodeath Theory segment announce. Music: end of album end of song (On with the Show), then start of album (Sing This All Together).
  • modded: 36:23 supercardioid
  • ~~+39:08 START HERE for Core content[sort of; there’s some hidden before this – see the Core version of this episode] – Egodeath Theory content. The mind has 10 standard experiences in the altered state, but those need to be structured and directed, to reach the potential mental worldmodel transformation.
  • +41:05 – Music: Citadel.
  • ~~-41:17 – Music comment
  • -41:50 – New polar pattern: Figure 8. Mic demo.
  • -43:43 – Music: end of Citadel. Song: In Another Land.
  • modded: +44:44 keep
  • ~~-44:53 – wrestled mic cable. (handheld)
  • ~~+45:47 – Egodeath theory con’t: mystery-religion initiation did the coherent complete trajectory, not just newbie 10 experiences that the newbie mind undergoes in altered state.
  • done~~-51:39 – Mic: Omni pattern.
  • _______________________
    ~~+52:20 – Egodeath theory: Ego Death article at Wikipedia.
  • done~~-53:20 – Music: Sing This All Together (See What Happens) climax gateway passage.
  • ~~+53:48 – going through the gate
  • done~~-53:50 – Music
  • ~~+54:23 – Grof literalism.
  • done~~-55:39 – Music
  • ~~+56:02 – Ego Death wiki.
  • done~~-1:12:01 music
  • ~~+1:14:31 – Ego Death wiki.
  • done~~-1:27:52 music
  • ~~+1:28:17 – Ego Death end of wiki statement.
  • done~~-1:28:25 – Music, segment announcements.
  • ~~+1:32:19 – Outro announce.
  • 1:33:54 – end.
Errata
  • In header I said “no eq”. Actually the entire episode has -3dB broad mudcut; slight smile-flat curve.
    • Notes: That mistake probably gave ideal results (compromise) for the variety of polar patterns; that gentle eq curve probably made the Omnidirectional pattern slightly too bright and the Supercardioid pattern slightly too dark (relative to the music & depending on the particular playback system frequency response).
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 0-25°, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: none, which means I can’t create a Core version of the episode with purely mic, or with a smooth auto-ducked music background.
  • Mixer tracking file: 210311_2398.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
Recording Header
  • Voice & Mic Technique:
    • 3. Vary the mic polar pattern.
    • Contrast the 3 voices:
      • Pitch Grounding
      • Force Pitch Down
      • casual standard voice
    • Do confusing alternation between:
      • reading-aloud,
      • off-the-cuff or commenting, and
      • playing a past voice recording.
  • Show Format:
    • Lots of short defined segments, flexible list of them.
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    (about 12 words, to bake into the audio, predicting topics & differentiating from other episodes. Only 30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!!)
    • __
  • Vocalization theme:
    • __
  • Time and date:
    • Episode 60
    • 8p.m., March 11, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser mic.
    • Polar pattern: All of them. (Omnidirectional, Wide Cardioid, Cardioid, Supercardioid, & Figure 8.)
    • Distance: 6″, 45°, aimed 1″ in front of upper lip.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none. broad mud-cut -3dB, used w/ all polar patterns.
Playlist

We’re listening to the album Their Satanic Majesties Request.

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The “Show Format” Segment

This is the start of the “Show Format” segment.
_118_ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about the show format should be in the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Page: Egodeath Mystery Show
Subsection: Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Agenda-Items-for-Working-on-the-Show-Format

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The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

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  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Voice & Mic Technique should be in the “Voice & Mic Technique” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Voice & Mic Technique

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The “Warmup Reading” Segment

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  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
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    • Casual standard voice.

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

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“Egodeath Theory” Segment

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  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
  • Egodeath Theory:
    • 1. Because people don’t identify the key driving themes from the mind in the altered state, there’s confusion.
      • analogical psychedelic eternalism + dependent control. mental worldmodel transformation.
    • 2. Read latest wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death
      • The oldest History has my edits of this page, 1 year 1 month in.
      • “Ego dissolution” redirects to there; the bad guys lost.

Agenda items about Egodeath Theory should be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Esoteric Agenda
  • x

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The “Not a Music Show” Segment

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_12954_ The timestamp is x.

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
  • x

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The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

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/ end of section ““Ep# Key Words.mp3”

“Ep59 Anczyk Review of Contemporary Exotericism.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-11:
    https://we.tl/t-WXGUzi586D
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Read-aloud of this 4-page book review, with a little commentary at the end.
  • https://www.academia.edu/12287041/Contemporary_Esotericism_edited_by_Egil_Asprem_and_Kennet_Granholm_New_York_Routledge_2013
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 22:41
  • Filesize: 29 MB
  • Bitrate: 210 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 – Intro/header
  • 0:59 – Reading (1x, straight-through)
  • 11:50 – reduce bass (indirectly increases the treble). bass: “The conclusion a reader may reach…”, 3s silence, then treble: “is that a study of these trends and their cultural expressions,”
  • 13:56 – Meta-commentary/technical
  • 16:23 – My comments about the field
More Comments

Adam Anczyka & Halina Grzymała-Moszczyńska write:

“The editors mention in their chapter on ‘Constructing Esotericism’ (25–48) some of the terminological issues implicated in the use of the term ‘esotericism.’ They suggest that it is more a constructed idea than an analytical, natural category. They point out that the main problem is that historically and doctrinally diverse movements and ideas were gathered together under the umbrella term ‘esotericism’ by believers and academics alike. It resulted in specifically sociological and psychological effects, as many people affiliate themselves with the ‘esoteric’ and sometimes use the term to self-depict their beliefs. However, it is difficult to stop using the term in scholarly research, simply because it has become a part of a popular discourse. Most people know intuitively what ‘esoteric’ means, and to which religious or spiritual groups the term may refer. Even the editors of the book entitled it ‘Contemporary Esotericism,’ which illustrates the power of the term. Certainly they do explain in what context the notion is used, and on what bias it was constructed, but – concerning the variety of content found inside – we thought that a better title would be a plural form of the concept like ‘Contemporary Esotericisms’ or ‘Contemporary Esoteric Movements,’ which would be in line with the editors’ plea concerning the watchful usage of ‘esotericism’ in scholarly works (37–38).”

That pluralization of a term is a trope; a stock move. Scholars have similarly recommended we talk about “Christianities” or “Gnosticisms”.

I have specified “the esotericism of Valentinian gnostics as described by Pagels’ first 3 books”. Pagels in those books doesn’t use the term ‘esotericism’. Freke & Gandy use the term ‘esotericism’ in their book The Jesus Mysteries.

Regardless of all discussion of whatever, the key and highest thing is always: mental worldmodel transformation from literalist ordinary-state possibilism (with autonomous control) to analogical psychedelic eternalism (with dependent control). That core is easy to see in mystery-religion initiation; in the Mystery Religions. What varies is surface theme; what’s constant is the underlying essence (analogical psychedelic eternalism).

Partridge thinks bad = Christendom, good = anti-Christendom revolution & rebellion (counter-, alternative, non-mainstream, etc). Then he notes he’s painted himself in a corner, when the non-mainstream (ie the non-Christendom) becomes normal and dominant, he has to invent the self-countering term, “occulture”, which is intended by him as an ironic oxymoron (when considered within his explanatory framework).

In contrast, I think bad = the exoteric layer of all brands of religion, good = the esoteric layer of all brands of religion.

Mic: Noise Report

Amazingly, even with no Noise Gate, the background noise is only audible at points, such as 11:17 & 11:08. The Supercardioid polar pattern rejects most off-axis noise (45° back angle rejection), and (the slight) body noises were worse than external noises. I wish I had done part of the recording with Omni mode, for comparison. Can the Supercardioid polar pattern be used in place of a noise gate? The relation between EQ, polar pattern, and noise rejection. I’d like to have some recordings / episodes that freely vary the polar pattern.

Post-Processing Steps
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  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • cut gaps
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    (about 12 words, to bake into the audio, predicting topics & differentiating from other episodes. Only 30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!!)
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Casual standard voice with Pitch Forced Down technique.
  • Time and date:
    • Episode #59
    • 8am, March 11, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Supercardioid.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): About 60% through (12:22 in raw rec’g; 11:50 in .mp3, “is that a study of these trends and their cultural expressions,”), I added eq to to mud-cut, and turned on Expander / Noise Gate. Before that, it’s raw mic + Limiter.
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 0-25°, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210311_2149.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210311_2396.wav <- used
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

/ end “ep59”

“Ep58 Contemporary Exotericism.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-10:
    https://we.tl/t-n2yWIY8L4h
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • Conference keynote presentations for Contemporary Esotericism book http://amzn.com/1138856118
    • https://contern.org/online-lectures/
    • “Introduction and Welcome” – Egil Asprem & Kennet Granholm. With my clarifications/ commentary/ reaction. Conference on Contemporary Esotericism, 2012. ContERN, the theme of the conference, interdisciplinary research on contemporary esotericism.
    • Christopher Partridge: Occulture Is Ordinary article presentation. Only the start & audience questions. With my reaction/clarifications/ commentary.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 2:12:51
  • Filesize: 157 MB
  • Bitrate: 210 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Playlist

Album: Their Satanic Majesties Request. Songs:

  • sing this all together (see what happens) 7:58 long
  • she’s a rainbow 4:35
  • the lantern 4:24
  • gomper 5:12
Post-Processing Steps
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  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
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  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 0-25°, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210310#_2148.wav (gaps b/c reaction vid)
  • Mixer tracking file: 210310_2395.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.
Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    (about 12 words, to bake into the audio, predicting topics & differentiating from other episodes. Only 30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!!)
    • Hanegraaff keynote video reaction (in three artificial voicings)
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Alternating between three artificial voicings.
  • Time and date:
    • Episode 58
    • _:00 p.m., March 10, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Wide Cardioid.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ (on mixer recording): none.
Playlist

We’re listening to the album Their Satanic Majesties Request. Songs:

  • sing this all together (see what happens) 7:58
  • she’s a rainbow 4:35
  • the lantern 4:24
  • gomper 5:12

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The “Show Format” Segment

This is the start of the “Show Format” segment.
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Agenda items about the show format should be in the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Page: Egodeath Mystery Show
Subsection: Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Agenda-Items-for-Working-on-the-Show-Format

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The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

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Agenda items about Voice & Mic Technique should be in the “Voice & Mic Technique” page, but they could also be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Voice & Mic Technique

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The “Warmup Reading” Segment

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Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

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“Egodeath Theory” Segment

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  • Alternate between:
    • The “Pitch Grounding” technique.
    • The “Pitch Forced Down” technique.
    • Casual standard voice.

Agenda items about Egodeath Theory should be in this episode template in the “Intro” segment or in the “Egodeath Theory” segment.

Esoteric Agenda

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The “Not a Music Show” Segment

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The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

_21254_ timestamp after stop recording

/ end “2021-03-__ Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”

Next Episode

The next voicing-intensive episode or practice session, has to:

  • make a strong distinction between mere read-aloud, and the incomparably harder off-the-cuff voicing.
  • Use artificial-sounding voicing the entire episode.
  • Re-demo Broad Cardioid polar pattern w/o TEN TIMES making mistakes of naming! Get It Straight, poser, stop making mistakes in polar pattern names! Clearly, my attention to artificial voicing was extremely distracting, so I made wording mistakes left & right.
  • plan accurately which segments will need to use which voicing technique. You can’t say “use Pitch Grounding the entire episode” and then say as part of the episode, “practice revoicing the previous episode”, without resolving that disparity/ contradiction.

“Ep57 Over the Voice Hump.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-09:
    https://we.tl/t-6qvjlbpuUm
  • Length: 2:14:48
  • Filesize: 161 MB
  • Bitrate: 210 kbps
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Mostly Mic demo, Voice work, & Music. Egodeath theory content starts at 1:48:44.
    • This episode (until the Egodeath content) uses a mix of “Pitch Grounding Technique” (artificial sounding) & new, “Force Pitch Down” Technique (semi-natural sounding).
    • Mic Tech Demo of using the continuously variable Polar Pattern pot on the large-diaphragm condenser mic as a Tone control (a tilt eq) by swinging around Wide Cardioid (from Omnidirectional = too bright, to Wide Cardioid = balanced eq, to Cardioid = too dark).
    • Here I try to revoice the previous (High Performance) episode, but it was voiced so well [yeah but much of that was merely read-aloud, which is 100x easier than off-the-cuff], there’s not much room for improvement – which is good news.
      • This revoicing practice is a Long segment; main segment of this episode. Not sure how listenable the main, “revoicing” segment is. Some is amusing. That segment is successful [yeah but largely just read-aloud, which is easy to voice well & doesn’t count] – unlike my Esotericism coverage here, where I revert from Cultivated to Wild voicing.
    • 1:48:44 Hanegraaff and Esotericism coverage.
      • New critique of his self-contradiction about hyperventilation:
        • Hane: “Hyperventilation can be entheogenic in its effect.”
        • Also Hane: “Grof was forced to switch from plants to hyperventilation, otherwise he certainly would have stayed with plants.”
      • Mostly my usual criticisms of the first pages of his Entheogenic Esotericism article, which he paraphrases. This is a few minutes of my doing a Reaction Video.
    • Album: Side 1 of Satanic Majesties Request.
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 – Intro segment
  • 2:05 – Voice & Mic Technique segment
    • Brief mention of using the Wide Cardioid continuously variable Polar Pattern pot at a Tone control.
  • 5:02 – Warmup Reading segment
    • 5:30 – Warmup reading of the paragraph that was censored by Wasson from Panofsky’s letter. Read using the “Pitch Grounding” Technique (extremely artificial).
  • 7:03 – Egodeath Theory topical segments (incidental Egodeath Theory content only)
    • 7:32 – read the entire short Esoteric Agenda (read using the “Pitch Grounding” Technique).
    • 8:15 – Miking: Mic Tech Demo: Using the continuously variable Polar Pattern pot on the large-diaphragm condenser mic as a Tone control (a tilt eq) by swinging around Wide Cardioid (from Omnidirectional = too bright, to Wide Cardioid = balanced eq, to Cardioid = too dark).
      • The twist: this demo uses the “Pitch Grounding” Technique (extremely artificial).
    • 12:34 – Voicing: the Pitch Grounding Technique is easy b/c it’s so extreme, it’s easier to remember to do, than the “Force Pitch Downward” (less extreme) technique.
    • 13:46 – Voicing: LONGEST SEGMENT OF THIS EPISODE: Voicing exercise/demo: Revoicing previous recording of complaining/critical statements about negativity & pseudo-critique of Transcendent Knowledge development (complaining/criticizing is challenging material to revoice well).
      • I create or at least officially/formally define the “Force Pitch Downward” technique, which is less unnatural than the extreme “Pitch Grounding” Technique.
    • 1:18:28 – Music: Citadel.
    • 1:19:24 – Music: The albums I played in late 1987 while working up to explaining Satori in the Way of Zen by Alan Watts by adding no-free-will.
  • 1:21:34 – Agenda navigation.
  • 1:22:31 – The “Not a Music Show” segment.
    • 1:23:11 – “Transcendent Distancing from Voicing“; Mindful Voicing.
      • Defining:
        • 1. the “pitch grounding” technique (so extreme, easy to lock-in).
        • 2. the “driving pitch down” technique (semi-natural). aka the “pitch force downward” technique.
        • 3. “casual standard voice” (ideal; the goal I’m approaching).
      • The steps toward Transcending the voice – the first step is to distance from the accustomed, “egoic”, automatic voice by using any artificial voice consistently.
      • Wild vs. Cultivated; Egoic vs. Transcendent use of voice. To *perform* voicing = to *transcend* the voice.
      • Establishing a transcendently distanced relation to the voice.
      • At this next, temporary stage, I’m purely trying to “break” the lack of mindfulness of voicing, by using artificial voice, *not* yet the ideal desired voicing.
      • 1:35:11 – in next episode, alternate “pitch force downward” technique & casual standard voice.
      • 1:35:40 – I AM PRONOUNCING THAT I HAVE MADE IT OVER THE HUMP IN THIS EPISODE THROUGH ALT’G PITCH FORCE DOWNWARD & PITCH GROUNDING TECHNIQUES & THAT I MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN “HIGH PERF” EPISODE. [then i immediately forget, and revert from Cultivated to Wild Voicing for the rest of the episode]
    • 1:36:12 – Music: Influential album Satanic Majesties. Remastering. Artwork too small unless album sleeve. 3D cover. The exciting Psychedelic era of 1987 when all these albums were coming out, sparkly newer-than-ever, crystal clearer than listeners ever heard before.
      • 1:43:46 – Agenda check. Music continues.
      • 1:45:49 – Voicing check [I rate my revoicing segment too highly, b/c much of it was just read-aloud, which is easy. I’m about to entirely forget voicing for the rest of the episode.]. Music continues.
      • 1:46:22 – Mention finding Hanegraaff keynote (YouTube audio). Music continues.
  • +1:48:44 – EGODEATH THEORY CONTENT STARTS HERE, and my controlled voicing totally gets thrown out the window, just like that: My reaction to video playback of Hanegraaff’s keynote talk, Entheogenic Esotericism. 2012 keynote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrIMjjPg7uU
    • 1:51:05 is a new criticism – hyperventilation; Hane contradicts himself, citing breathing techniques as if an effective trad’l technique, but he says too, that Grof was forced to change to it, from plants. Get your story straight.
    • Most are my usual criticisms, worth hearing again here, for the first few pages.
    • 1:58:19 – Reading text at the video, about ContERN conference.
    • 1:59:54 – Scope out website ContERN.org; Contemporary Esotericism Research Network.
    • 2:07:19 – I react to the Comment by P. at https://contern.org/online-lectures/wouter-j-hanegraaff-entheogenic-esotericism/ : “Is there any evidence of “entheogenic esotericism” in the Western world from between, say, the 1750’s and the 1850’s? I read the (brilliant) Deveney book on Paschal Beverly Randolph, which mentions entheogenic drug use amongst certain French Spiritualists in the 1850’s. So I wonder: How much further back can we trace this thing [entheogens], in a modern Western context?“
  • 2:09:14 – Music: 2000 Man
  • 2:11:50 – end of “Not a Music Show” segment
  • 2:12:27 – About important Psych jam freakout song “Sing This All Together“, 8 minutes, influential.
  • 2:14:10 – Outro
Errata
  • Analyze: how the hell did the Voice/Mic segment not contain the massive Voice work, and why did the massive Voice work happen within the Egodeath Topical segment???? wtf. too complicated with 3 agendas spread among 3 pages (idea development, voice/mic, show-format page).
  • In Hanegraaff reaction, I pretty much totally forget controlled voicing.
    • My plan to use the “Pitch Grounding” technique the whole episode was incoherent: to execute the plan to revoice playback of the previous episode, I had to, in midstream, invent/define the milder “Force Pitch Down” technique, and also I had to use Casual Standard Voice. The ill-considered original plan fell apart by the time I hit the most difficult scenario, of off-the-cuff reaction to Hanegraaff video.
    • Next episode: *start* with off-the-cuff reaction to Hanegraaff video alternating between “pitch grounding” & “force pitch down” (a near-impossible challenge?)
    • A success: Until the “revoice the previous episode” part, I remembered to use Pitch Grounding (easy extreme technique).
    • A success: All the way until the Hanegraaff vid, I remembered to use either Pitch Grounding (extreme), or the newly identified Force Pitch Down technique (less extreme).
    • A failure: Only at, starting with the Hanegraaff vid toward the end of the episode, did I forget mindful voicing.
  • During Mic Demo, I said “Supercardioid” instead of “Wide Cardioid”, multiple times. (The mistake is obvious, from the context, when I hear it played back.)
  • During start of playing Clip of Complaining, I incorrectly said “I’m now using Omni mode, of LDCM mic.” Idiot! Obviously I’m using Wide Cardioid, as I had just stated. Jesus, get it straight!
  • I said “wording” instead of “voicing”, 4 times.
How Suddenly My Controlled Voicing Was Forgotten, at 1:48:44 out of 2:14:10

I hope, upon playback, there are only a few spots where I fail to deliberately control my vocalizing. As a transitional, stepping stone phase, I hope this entire episode sounds artificially voiced, it’s probably 90%, and climbing.

Nope; fail at maybe 3/4 of the way through; during Hanegraaff video, I forget to use distanced, artificial, transcendent voicing. Reborn again into Egoic Sleep.

This is why I still have to use beginner level training wheels of using nothing but the extreme (thus easy) “Pitch Grounding” technique for the *entire* episode no matter what type of segment comes up.

Or, I need to toggle among:

  • pitch grounding (extreme, so easy to remember to do)
  • force pitch down (less extreme, so more difficult to remember to do)
  • casual standard voice (hard to remember to do; tend to revert to my mindless default wild voice)
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 35° [relative to the aim-point], aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210309_2391.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210309_2141.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!
    • Play & Pause the previous episode, to revoice the most criticizing-toned passages.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Use the Pitch Grounding Technique during entire episode. Bass. Pitch. On. Every. Word.
    • On the mic, use variable Wide Cardioid polar pattern as a Tone control.
  • Time and date:
    • 4p.m., March 9, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Wide Cardioid. Demo of using as a Tilt Eq.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: none, or inverse of the Wide Cardioid setting.
Playlist

We’re listening to the album Their Satanic Majesties Request, by the Rolling Stones.

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
_210_ The timestamp is x.

Voice & Mic Technique

We’ve finished the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
434__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
_507_ The timestamp is x.

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

We’ve finished the “Warmup Reading” segment.
641__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

“Egodeath Theory” Topical Segments

This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” topical segments.
709__ The timestamp is x.

Esoteric Agenda
  • done: Play & Pause the previous episode, to revoice the most criticizing-toned passages. 46:54 start of final, Mindful section of previous episode.
    • uclip 31:26-32:04 – thats what critical input amounts to, provide
      shorter version: -__31:37~~
  • done: Use the Pitch Grounding Technique during entire episode.
  • done: Miking:
    • Use variable Wide Cardioid polar pattern as tilt eq (Tone control). No eq.
    • Also in-between Supercardioid & Figure 8, as tilt eq.

We’ve finished the “Egodeath Theory” topical segments.
1 22 08__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment, to do selected work items from the Esoteric Agenda.
1:22:38__ The timestamp is x.

We’ve finished the “Not a Music Show” segment.
2 11 55__ The timestamp is x.
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show. 2 14 20

2 14 48__ timestamp after stop recording

Publishing the Episode

sections to move to top when publishing the episode

/ end “2021-03-__ Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”

Variable Mic Polar Patterns

Variable Mic Polar Patterns
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/voice-and-mic-technique/#Variable-Mic-Polar-Patterns

Next Episode

  • Play & Pause the previous episode, to revoice the most criticizing-toned passages.
  • Use the Pitch Grounding Technique during entire episode.
  • Miking:
    • Use variable Wide Cardioid polar pattern as tilt eq (Tone control). No eq.
    • Also in-between Supercardioid & Figure 8, as tilt eq.

“Ep56 Core – High Performance.mp3”

This is a Core version of the episode “Ep56 High Performance”.

  • Half the length of the full episode.
  • No music focus.
  • No voice & mic technique focus, except to practice critical commentary while using controlled voicing with deep pitch/ fun tone/ casual wording (instead of high pitch, serious tone, and formal wording).
  • Slight cleanup/tightening.
  • Clips about a topic are now contiguous.
    • Grouped the final passage on Audience Feedback (where I focus more on repeating for re-voicing) with the other, earlier passages.
Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-08:
    https://we.tl/t-LlGWncsDvp
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    Core (50% shorter) version of the episode.
    • In-depth analysis of Panofsky’s uncensored letter to Wasson, and the accompanying copies of paintings.
    • Audience Feedback channel.
    • Christopher Partridge’s reductionist, heavy-handed framework of “contemporary esotericism = social rebellion against Christendom”.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 1:41:58
  • Filesize: 176 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 – Intro. War against the audience. Goal: Complain using low-pitch tone.
  • 3:03 – Deep analysis/critique of Panofsky’s letter that Wasson censored.
  • 28:25 – New! Audience Feedback channel.
  • 55:58 – Christopher Partridge’s anti-Christianity agit-prop reductionism of mystic experiencing to Social Science counter-Christendom rebellion.
    • 1975-1985 wasn’t “counter” culture enough, so he simply deletes & skips over that period.
    • Hanegraaff fills-in that period with New Age & Shamanism entheogens.
    • I fill-in that period with Inspired Rock.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • move Aud Fdbk from end to main
  • in audio project file, copy track
  • normalize vol of clip
  • note final timestamps.
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav, using short format.
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link

“Ep56 High Performance.mp3”

Above, a Core version of this episode is also available.

I’m trying reverting to an old naming pattern, for simple episode numbering + maximum keywords on narrow music player display.

filename pattern not used:
“2021-03-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – High Performance.mp3”

Download Info
  • group the clips about:
    • Panofsky/Brinckmann (2 clips, divided by song)
    • Partridge good parts
    • criticizing the audience (3-4 clips)
    • Lightning Hail
    • Live revoicing transcribing song lyrics
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-07:
    https://we.tl/t-r44kMt8Rmm
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • 58:45 clip – Audience input -> 🗑
    • Warmup segment
      • 22:30 (START HERE) – A deep critical reading of Panofsky’s letter that Wasson censored
        – Gold Clip-set 🎙 👑 🏆 🍄
      • the two art “specimens” attached to the letter: from 50% mushroom-shaped italian pine, to 100% mushroid tree. 2nd part at ~48:00-~54:00+
    • i ought to have logged these – check show notes ~1:35:00-2:48:00+ Christopher Partridge occludes 1975-1985 Rock Festival culture because it fails to support his extremist “counter-culture rebellion” narrative. I try to read preview pages from 2-3 of his books, but several pages of the Re-Enchantment book’s “Festival Culture” section are not available. Sociology Reductionism per Robert Segal’s advocacy of Reductionism. Hanegraaff is specifically against saying “occult is really about social rebelling” – exactly what Partridge does; Hane likely is quietly criticizing Partridges’ extremist reductionism, “all contemporary non-Christian religion is propelled and centrally focused as rebelling against Christendom.” It’s easy to parody Partridges position, he’s so over-the-top reductionist, hell-bent on forcing all spiritiaulity into “rebel against the social system”. CP reads like a propagandist, an anti-Christian activist. For CP, “counter” = Good, “traditional (= Christian) culture” = Bad. Cartoonish Partridge.
      • What does Hanegraaff say against Partridge’s Occulture(tm)?
      • CP pushes “occult = rebelling against social structures” a la
        Robert Segal’s Reductionism of Religion to Social Science
    • Hail storm via Omnidirectional microphone.
    • Voice Actor samples – nothing surprising, but Voices.com has interesting categories & many clips. My “Voice & Mic Techniques” page could be made into an outstanding, leading page, probably, unless I can find some decent URLs.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 3:03:51
  • Filesize: 226 MB
  • Bitrate: 210 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • +0:00aup – intro. delet Hane. band Wildflowers, song More Than Me.
  • +1:00aup – Announce “fin’d Intro”.
  • +1:26aup – “This is the start of the Voice/Mic seg”.
  • done~~-1:32aup – music continues (More Than Me)
  • -14500aup – voice/mic content.
  • ~~+4:57aup – “I was crit’g ppl in high pitch”
  • done~~-5:50aup Chris Carpenter song The World is Closing In on Me
  • -637aup “do entire episode using pitch grounding”
  • ~~+7:11aup “complain while using pitch grounding” [delete some snippets within here]
  • +7:42aup “war against audience”
  • done~~-8:10aup urls for voice
  • -903aup next track Brink of Death
  • -9:21aup “I’m gonna cross off”
  • -949aup Agenda
  • -19:34: Voice & Mic Technique; straighten out Agenda items (skip)
  • ~~+20:28aup “finished Voice/Mic segment”
  • +20:46aup “Start of Warmup reading segment”
  • done~~-20:51aup The song “Brink of Death” (produced by W Carlos) starts.
    ________________________
  • ~~+21:11aup I start a serious reading… of Plainc. “Panofsky’s letter censored by Wasson”
  • done~~-21:36aup “here comes Carlos” ; w. carlos produced song w/ synth.
  • ~~+23:21aup “The Plain is only one example” Plaincourault/ Panofsky‘s letter
  • +25:22aup Echo on Panofsky
    • done~~-35:53aup – Synth where? Lyrics search (Brink of Death, by Childe Harold) [move out?]
    • -40:21aup “Most likely I would have to transcribe it myself”. Vocal Transcription.
    • -46:11aup “Clocks floyd first?”
    • ~~+47:08aup– Panofsky resumes, “If you are interested, little book”
    • done~~-58:30aup “looking for the next good track” – Fly, by JK & Co. keep music?
    • ~~+59:33aup – i read aloud my writing about Panofsky leetter “Transcribed by me…”
    • +10011aup – “We fin’d Warmup”
      ______________________
  • +10033aup “This is the start of “egodeath theory topical segments”.
  • done~~-1:00:45aup “new show format
  • ~~+1:01:05aup “We have an audi fdbk ch, I’ll play clip.” Audience Feedback channel -> 🗑 Playing a new clip that was made for this episode.
  • done~~-1:04:41aup Fly resumes.
  • –1:04:51aup “Had to reboot”
    • ~~+1:05:57aup – Audience Feedback: A reading from a private document, similar to the clip.
    • done~~-1:10:09aup band (1:08:30 per flaky timestamp): Cabaret Voltaire – song: Nag Nag Nag, punk low-fi connection: speaker -> mic
    • ~~+1:11:58aup – Audience Feedback: Resume reading similar to clip.
      timestamps lacking “aup” are inaccurate by 2 minutes
    • done~~-1:13:04aup “Im reading”
    • ~~+1:13:10aup reading cont
    • done~~-1:18:40aup format of show, or, switching topics, working session, obstacle to progress. “audience feedback: done: 1:19:40”
    • -1:20:00 – Format of show: the 5 pages for the show
    • -1:22:39aup – filename format of the show episodes, need short
    • ~~+1:24:59aup – “It was a big big project, which is why I don’t need” Audience Feedback (aka poison “input” & vague negativity).
      • 1:22:04 per flaky timestamp: It took a full two days to organize the 55 episodes so far!
      • The # of times I’ve taken input from other people since 1985: 0.
      • Ignoring other people’s input, because axiomatically, input from onlookers is always, reliably, wrong/ false/ defeatist/ bad/ toxic/ negative/ naysaying/ etc.
        (now at 47:11aup2 ~~ in aup2;/ move the final part to here.done)
    • done~~-1:29:01aup “Show format version 56” (Agenda)
      __________________
  • ~~+1:30:36aup “I do want to get on the fest cult” Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 1. Music chapter: Festival Culture section. page 156 the ch starts.
    • done~~-1:30:46aup “mixer issue” done dele’g at 1:30:45 but del mic posn after that
    • done~~~-1:32:29aup(now, after del’g some) initial diversion: mic aim 1/2″ in front of mouth.
    • ~~~+1:34:41aup(now, after deleting some) “Adorno and popular music”
    • -1:31:17aup song: Fly.
    • ~~+1:32:37aup “I want to talk about Festival culture” (start of Partr.)
    • +1:33:30 Re-Enchantment TOC. Finding page 156 hits on festival culture.
  • DONE~~-2:20:50aup – Agenda (no more Partr.)
  • ~~+2:22:12aup – “we’ve fin’d topical segments”
    __________________
  • +2:23:28aup (now 1:34:40 in aup2)- “This is the start of the Not a Music Show segment”. Audience Feedback. (more emphasis on voicing, this time) [group with other clips above]
  • done~~-2:32:29aup – Voice/Miking, Voice Actors site
  • ~~+3:00:04aup – “we’ve finished the Not a Music Show segment” [keep with the Start announcement above] (now ends at 1:43:47aup2)
  • done~~-3:00:12aup – song announcement: Picture, song: Evolution.
  • -3:00:54aup – “ive been doing vocal transcriptions”
  • ~~+3:02:55aup – “we’ve finished the Not a Music Show segment”
  • +3:03:17aup – outro announce
  • +3:03:51aup – end

“aup” = reference timestamps from audio project file.

done: 13400aup2 is a mess, clean up.

Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drive
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 25°, aimed 1/2″ in front of upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210307_2388.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210307_2138.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: “2021-03-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – High Performance.aup”

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com
fade music

Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    (about 12 words, to bake into the audio, predicting topics & differentiating from other episodes. Only 30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!!)
    • Hanegraaff’s Keynote talk, Entheogenic Esotericism
    • Festival Culture in Partridge’s Re-Enchantment book or Lyre of Orpheus
    • We now have a channel for audience feedback about this show.
    • Episode numbering.
    • The use of the Rolling Agenda.
  • Vocalization theme THROUGHOUT THIS EPISODE:
    • Practice. The. Pitch. Grounding. Technique.
      to. revoice. from high serious formal to low fun casual.
  • Time and date:
    • 12:30 p.m., March 7, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Omni.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: none.
Playlist
  • We’re listening to:
    • Compilation: A Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych
    • Band: Wildflowers
    • Song: More than Me

fade music

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
102_ The timestamp is x. fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
130__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Casual Standard Voice

Mic Technique

We’ve finished the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
_1934_ The timestamp is x. fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
2048__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

We’ve finished the “Warmup Reading” segment.
10014 The timestamp is x. fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

“Egodeath Theory” Topical Segments

This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” topical segments.
10037__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Esoteric Agenda

~~

Move to here, the items that didn’t get covered/resolved in the latest episode of Egodeath Mystery Show.

  • done: Audience feedback channel -> 🗑
    • done: clip: “New Recording 84”
    • done: reading draft
  • done: Episode numbering
    • done: Show format version 56 –
  • done: Rolling Agenda
    • done: Warmup Readings: Panofsky Letter
  • done: ~~Festival Culture in Partridge’s Re-Enchantment book or Lyre of Orpheus
  • skip, hook up mixer first: Hanegraaff’s Keynote talk, Entheogenic Esotericism

Site map: Refactored pages for the Egodeath Mystery Show. a copy is below.

Hanegraaff Keynote
Group: egodeathMessage: 3335From: Michael HoffmanDate: 12/06/2004
Subject: Authentic esotericism is entheogenic esotericism
Authentic esotericism is entheogenic esotericism.

Entheogens are the key to esotericism.

This is the simplest possible theory of esotericism, and the most natural, the least contrived and strained.

Theories of esotericism that are not based on entheogens suffer from the problem of grandiose verbiage, unmet promises and claims, chronic vagueness, excuses for lack of potent and prompt efficacy, and no ability to deliver the experiences which are talked about.

Drug-free esotericism doesn’t work; it is not effectively ergonomic.

— Michael Hoffman

We’ve finished the “Egodeath Theory” topical segments.
22222__ The timestamp is x. fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment, to do selected work items from the Esoteric Agenda. [EGODEATH THEORY ITEMS, VOICE & MIC ITEMS, SHOW-FORMAT ITEMS]
22238__ The timestamp is x. fade music

  • x

fade music

We’ve finished the “Not a Music Show” segment.
__30258 The timestamp is x. fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

The “Outro” Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

__ timestamp after stop recording

Publishing the Episode

sections to move to top when publishing the episode

/ end “2021-03-07a Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”

Refactored Pages for Egodeath Mystery Show

master copy is at site map
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/nav/#Egodeath-Mystery-Show

Experimental & Exploratory Audio Medium/Format for Transcendent Knowledge Development

People would be wise to copy whatever content they get from me, because my way is to suddenly stop producing content in that domain, while I’m working in a different domain.

Cowbell Found in the Field Recording

I just heard what I’ve been looking out for since Feb. 8: at 1:10:45 in Egodeath Mystery Show episode 2021-02-08c, audience shouts “more cowbell”, in my field recording of animals.

Made-Up, Artificial Critical Statement

I posted the following comment at https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/transcendent-knowledge-podcast-ep-26/ —

Regarding my statement or construction “It is impressive and admirable, the consistent dedication to falsehood which the Exoteric Paradigm has.” —

Wrmspirit makes sound points regarding the statement. The context for making the quoted statement is important.

My only purpose of formulating the quoted statement was to explore the challenge of how to combine a positive tone of voice, with a productive critical mentality.

The fear is that if I speak in a positive tone of voice, I will lose the ability to provide useful critique of anything.

The quoted statement is just a quick, artificial, made-up, throwaway example of trying to say some extremely critical point in a positive tone of voice.

The topic of positive vs. negative tone applies to both text and speech. When writing my main 2006 main article, I was advised to make positive statements (in text) about what is the case, rather than focusing on making critical, negative statements about incorrect ideas.

/ end of copy of Comment

Strategy/Notes for Refactoring Pages & Content
  • p1: separate the rolling agenda from the template instance.
  • Separate the agenda items that are about Egodeath Theory from the agenda items that are about voicing, miking, & show-format.
    • pages:
      • show-episode template – Store this to be in a dedicated template-only page.
      • template instance – Store this in a “per-episode templates w timestamps” page.
      • agenda – Store this in the idea development page, at least the items that are Egodeath Theory content. not voice & miking, not show-format.
      • voice/mic tech – Store these agenda items in the “voice & mic technique” page.
      • show-format agenda items – Store these in the overall “Egodeath Mystery Show” page.
      • download info – Store this in the idea development pages.
      • warmup readings – Store this in the “warmup readings” page
The Least Info Needed in the Idea Development Pages
  • download info
  • the agenda items/notes/outcomes/ idea development that are about Egodeath Theory
  • (not the agenda items about voice/ mic/ show-format)

“2021-03-05b Egodeath Mystery Show – Reading Madly Backwards.mp3” 1:46:10

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-06:
    https://we.tl/t-ewM8oPqnL2
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Only a little Egodeath theory content.
      • 26:00 – Ruck’s {wild vs. cultivated} mytheme = egoic vs transcendent thinking.
    • 2 hours of Voice/Mic/Warmup.
    • Tried new flatter set of segments.
    • ~1:33:00 – Reading paragraphs’ phrases’ words in reverse order.
    • Read most of the “Voice & Mic Techniques” page.
    • Played the first half of a Pop Sike compilation on Repeat Track, read liner notes.
    • discussed? Making a show-format that is simple, repeatable, and flexible.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 1:46:10
  • Filesize: 169 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project file
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 0-25°, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210305_2384.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210305_2135.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com
fade music

Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description: 30 seconds to get through the Intro segment!!
    • see Download section above
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Only a single segment to discuss Vocal Skills Report, Voice Principles Review, and/or Mic Technique, with large amount of variation in each episode.
  • Time and date:
    • 9:20 p.m., March 5, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid, mostly Omni (announced throughout show; explicit)
    • Noise Gate: yes
    • Limiter: yes
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: smile-flat (mud-cut).
Playlist

fade music

We’re listening to the Pop Sike compilation, A Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnG-8Bne6KU

The Gurus

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
112 The timestamp is x. fade music

The “Voice & Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
132__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Casual Standard Voice

Mic Technique

We’ve finished the “Voice & Mic Technique” segment.
11257__ The timestamp is x. fade music

The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
11533__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

We’ve finished the “Warmup Reading” segment.
14147 / 2:02:07 The timestamp is x. fade music

end of episode

/ end “2021-03-5b Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”

Wait

We’re listening to the Pop Sike compilation, A Lethal Dose of Hard Psych.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnG-8Bne6KU

“2021-03-05a Egodeath Mystery Show – Heavy Dose of Re-Enchantment.mp3” 2:51:35

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-05:

    https://we.tl/t-OqAHGPrAte (210 kbps, 216 MB) – I’ll evaluate this smaller lo-fi file to see how swishy the music sounds, since the music already had lossy compression. The voice/mic will sound fine at this rate.

    https://we.tl/t-4BEZg66Hmd (320 kbps, 412 MB 🐷 )
  • Length: 2:51:35
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Hanegraaff (& Partridge)
      • My 2016 posts mentioning Re-Enchantment book & Hanegraaff’s sudden awakening to psychedelics in contemporary esotericism in 2009.
      • Hanegraaff’s web search failed to find my on-point hard-hitting use of the phrase “Entheogenic Esotericism” in 2004 (on the WWW), eight years before him. So, he incorrectly says in his keynote talk, that he’s the first to coin the term.
    • 1:27:00 – Partridge – 2-volume 2004 books, Christopher Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West.
      • I critically read the Tables of Contents & book blurbs about both volumes.
      • I confirm that Partridge (2005) has a giant gap 1975-1985 where, according to him, there was no psychedelics culture.
    • Music compilation: A Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych.
    • Show Format: I give more structure to the segment “Esoteric Agenda”, to more highlight “Egodeath Theory topical segments”.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
The Gurus

We’re listening to:

Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • skip import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mic wav
  • hand-normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • skip export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav 320 kbps
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav 210 kbps
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3 320 kbps
  • upload mp3 210 kbps
  • copy download link to this Download section (both bitrates)
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file (both bitrates)
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: 0-25°, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Chain:
    • mic
    • preamp
    • limiter
    • volume pot
    • mic deck
    • eq
    • echoplex
    • reverb chamber
    • mixer (2-Track = mic; Line = stereo feed)
    • mixer deck (stereo)
  • Mic tracking file: 210305_2382.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210305_2133.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension
Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Download Info section)
    • A minimalist, speed-walkthrough of the Show segments.
    • Scope out Partridge’s Re-Enchantment volumes 1 & 2.
    • Do selected work items from the Agenda, during the “Not a Music Show” segment.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Vocal Report: Reverse voicing of read-aloud vs. commentary.
    • Mic Tech: Excess Compressor/Limiter.
    • Vocal Review: Repeat Phrase using the Pitch Grounding Method.
  • Time and date:
    • 10:00 a.m., March 5, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: slight mud-cut, slight air-cut.

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
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The “Vocal Report” Segment

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The “Vocal Review” Segment

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Casual Standard Voice

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The “Mic Technique” Segment

This is the start of the “Mic Technique” segment.
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Mic Technique
done: demo of excess Compression (of volume dynamics)
done: demo of Noise Gate

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The “Warmup Reading” Segment

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Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

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The “Esoteric Agenda” Super-Segment

This is the start of the “Esoteric Agenda” Super-Segment. In this Super-Segment, the Board of Mystics does the following:

  1. DONE (after I initially forgot): First, do a fast read-through of the Agenda.
  2. DONE: Then, do one or more Egodeath Theory topical segments from the Agenda.

done: After those topical segments, during the “Not a Music Show” segment, do work-items from the agenda.
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“Egodeath Theory” Topical Segments

This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” topical segments. The timestamp is __ done: COPY THESE NEW “EGODEATH THEORY TOPICAL SEGMENTS” HEADINGS TO THE SHOW TEMPLATE.

“Egodeath Theory” Topical Segment #1: Re-Enchantment
  • Read TOCs:
    The Re-Enchantment of the West: Volume 1 & 2
    Christopher Partridge, 2005 –
  • done: Read blurb (with reversing voices:
    • read the sentences using “off-the-cuff” voice;
    • critique the sentences using “read-aloud” voice):
  • “As a book about emergent spirituality in the contemporary [16 years ago] West, this books focuses on the nature, evolution and significance of new forms of religion and alternative spiritualities.
  • Part One of the book provides the theoretical background and guides the reader through some of the principal debates.
  • After an overview of the secularization thesis, which argues that the West is becoming increasingly disenchanted, the second chapter turns to the sociological analysis of new religions and alternative spiritualities.
  • Particular attention is given to the ideas of the sociologist of religion Ernst Troeltsch, especially his enigmatic analysis of the emergence mystical religion[sic], which presciently provides helpful insights into understanding the contemporary alternative religious milieu.
  • Against sociologists such as Bryan Wilson and Steve Bruce, this and the subsequent chapter argues that, rather than being insignificant, new forms of spirituality are actually proving to be a significant part of Western re-enchantment.
  • Chapter 3 constructs a general theory of the re-enchantment of the West.”
  • done: Read my “Re-Enchantment” posts:
  • done: read blurb for vol 2 :
  • “The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity.
  • Spiritualities are emerging that are not only quite different from the those forms of religion that are in decline, but are often defined over against them and articulated and passed on in ways quite different from those of traditional religion.
  • In particular, it is argued that such contemporary Western spirituality is fed by a constantly replenished reservoir of ideas, practices, and methodologies, which is here termed ‘occulture’.
  • Moreover, such occultural ideas both feed into and are resourced by popular culture.
  • Indeed, popular occulture is a key feature of the re-enchantment of the West.
  • Demonstrating the significance and ubiquity of these ideas, this book examines, for example, healthcare and nursing, contemporary environmentalism, psychedelia and drug use, the Internet and cyberspirituality, belief in UFOs and extraterrestrial life, demonology and the contemporary fascination with the figure of Satan, the heavy metal subculture, popular apocalypticism, and millennial violence.”
“Egodeath Theory” Topical Segment #2: Hanegraaff 2012
  • Hanegraaff’s web search for “Entheogenic Esotericism” failed to find my 2004 posting (there was a world-wide web URL until Yahoo Groups removed their web UI around October 2020(?)); Hanegraaff said in his keynote talk that “therefore” he was the first to coin the term. Hanegraaff was not, in fact, the first to coin the term; I posted the term to the Web 8 years before his 2012 chapter/article.
    https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-66/#message3335 – June 12, 2004:
Group: egodeathMessage: 3335From: Michael HoffmanDate: 12/06/2004
Subject: Authentic esotericism is entheogenic esotericism
Authentic esotericism is entheogenic esotericism. Entheogens are the key to
esotericism. This is the simplest possible theory of esotericism, and the
most natural, the least contrived and strained. Theories of esotericism that
are not based on entheogens suffer from the problem of grandiose verbiage,
unmet promises and claims, chronic vagueness, excuses for lack of potent and prompt efficacy, and no ability to deliver the experiences which are talked about. Drug-free esotericism doesn’t work; it is not effectively ergonomic.

— Michael Hoffman

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Show Format
  • DONE: p2: Add the segment Intro/Outro clips to the Intro/Outro audio project.
  • done: record sub-segment intros outros for within Agenda supersegment.
    • scripts:
      • This is the start of the “Egodeath Theory” topical segments. The timestamp is
      • We’ve finished the “Egodeath Theory” topical segments. The timestamp is
  • p4: Record “Special-Episode” intros: “Core episode”, “Clips episode”. Print mud-cut eq. Scripts:
    • This is a Core version of a previous, full episode.
    • This is a Clips version of a previous, full episode.
  • done: p1: Flatten the “Esoteric Agenda” Super-Segment, keep the emphasis on recurring “Egodeath Theory” Topical Segments. vs. the come-and-go other segments.
Vocalizing
  • done: p1: Practice reverse voicing: read-aloud a book in my soft off-the-cuff voice, alternate w/ commenting / critique in casual standard voice.
  • Vocal Report: Reverse voicing of read-aloud vs. commentary.
  • done: Mic Tech: Excess Compressor/Limiter.
  • done: Vocal Review: Repeat Phrase using the Pitch Grounding Method.

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The “Not a Music Show” Segment

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment.
In the “Not a Music Show” segment, the Board of Mystics does selected work-items from the Esoteric Agenda.
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Playlist

We’re listening to:

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The “Outro” Segment

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2:53:08__ timestamp after stop recording

/ end “2021-03-05a Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”

Do?

  • Maybe record the following clips:this is the  ego  death  mystery  show,  with  cyber  monk.  
  • ego death  theory  dot  word  press  dot  com.
  • we’ve finished the “intro” segment.  the timestamp is
  • this is the start of the “voice & mic technique” segment.  the timestamp is
  • we’ve finished the “voice & mic technique” segment.  the timestamp is
  • this is the start of the “warmup reading” segment. the timestamp is
  • we’ve finished the “warmup reading” segment.  the timestamp is
  • this is the start of the “ego death theory” topical segments.  the timestamp is
  • we’ve finished the “ego death theory” topical segments.  the timestamp is
  • this is the start of the “not a music show” segment, to do selected work items from the esoteric agenda.  the timestamp is
  • we’ve finished the “not a music show” segment.  the timestamp is
  • this was the  ego  death  mystery  show

Done Agenda Items

  • done: Record segment Intro/Outro clips. Print mud-cut eq. Scripts:
    mic deck: 210305_2381.wav – dry, only Limiter.
    mixer deck: 210305_2132.wav – reverb, mud-cut, air-cut. CAD M39 cardioid 6″ 20° mid-upper-lip.

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment. The timestamp is

This is the start of the “Vocal Report” segment. The timestamp is

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This is the start of the “Vocal Review” segment. The timestamp is

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This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment. The timestamp is

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This is the start of the “Esoteric Agenda” Super-Segment. In this Super-Segment, the Board of Mystics does the following:

  1. First, do a fast read-through of the Agenda.
  2. Then, do one or more Egodeath Theory topical segments from the Agenda.
  3. After those topical segments, then during the “Not a Music Show” segment, do work-items from the agenda.
    The timestamp is

We’ve finished the “Esoteric Agenda” Super-Segment. The timestamp is

This is the start of the “Not a Music Show” segment. In the “Not a Music Show” segment, the Board of Mystics does selected work-items from the Esoteric Agenda.
The timestamp is

We’ve finished the “Not a Music Show” segment. The timestamp is

This is the start of the “Outro” segment. The timestamp is

  • done: Communication: Sophisticated vs 8th grade use of language.
  • done: Hanegraaff’s efforts to redefine all words, starting with ‘esotericism’ & ‘entheogens’.
  • done: Main topic: Implement a “Turn the Crank” approach: Using the Rolling Agenda + show template, to support a “hit record and jump in” approach (2 takes) producing a good episode every time, with least effort (1 planned prep/throwaway take). “fill in the blank” + pre-filled / pre-readied agenda carried over from last episode.
    • done: Take 1 (throwaway/warmup): paste empty show template & move-in the rollover agenda items, clean them up.
      • done: next episode: during warmup, improve the template.
    • done: Take 2 (keeper): do the show using the quick-prepped template/agenda.
    • done: Design the show template to enable doing purely practice shows w/ (if nece) token content in the Agenda segment.
    • done: Abandon “bad” takes, but keep the agenda items & template fixes that were made during the “bad” takes. Take 1 = updating the agenda and overall episode template or this copy of the episode template.
  • done: Understand and use the 3 distinct functions of the 3 topical outlines in the episode template:
    • In the Recording Header section, it starts with a “12-Word Content Plan” within the first 20 seconds of the episode, to immediately differentiate the episode from the other episodes, in audio form during playback.
    • The “Rolling Agenda” (aka the “Esoteric Agenda for the Board of Mystics”) is the main, complete, detailed outline.
    • In the Download Info section, the “24-Word Overall Description Summary” describes the episode after-the-fact, to differentiate the episode from the other episodes, when reading in text form at an Idea Development page.
  • done: Keep focus on the Board of Mystics.
  • done: Make a long list of short potential segments.
    • Intro
    • Voczn Report
    • Voczn Review
    • Voc Warmup Reading
    • Mic Tech
    • Rolling Agenda
    • This Is Not a Music Show
    • Outro
      ____
    • done: Add/define the segment “This Is Not a Music Show”. -> play music while doing Agenda item work. to do during next episode Take 1 warmup/prep.
    • done: Add/define the segment: “Vocalization Report”. discuss now, implement/do during next episode Take 1 warmup/prep.
      • Distinct from Voczn Review.
      • Where to store outline list of points to re-assess? in the show template.
      • Recent results and grade for:
      • pitch
      • smoothness
      • pacing/speed
      • mindfulness: found great tech: Expander.
      • casual wording
      • fun tone
      • remembering Pitch Grounding
      • NR tech
  • done: Stop going into mumble mode – don’t alternate between casual standard voice & mumble (which is, quiet, sloppy, & high pitch). Use Noise Gate to help enforce this: IF YOU MUMBLE, YOU WILL GET MUTED!!
    • An aggressive Threshold setting on the Noise Gate can help force you to
    • Teaches you to clean up voczn.
    • Teaches you to never mumble.
    • Teaches you to become hyper-aware of vocalizing with deliberation! 🎉 🤯 🤐 😇 😃 🎙
    • Teaches you to type quietly and speak loudly.
    • This mere, narrow, “volume” focus successfully drives & enforces my entire Mindfulness of deliberate vocalizing! 🎉 😃 🎙
    • Teaches you to improve your signal/noise ratio of speaking: either full volume, or shut up/ complete silence.
    • The Right Target to Aim for in Creating Any Voice Recording is:
      • Always produce voice recordings with maximally sharp contrast between speaking with deliberation, vs. dead silence; being completely quiet.
    • Beware of the hyper-enunciation that the Noise Gate encourages. (We *do* need practices with hyper-enunciation.)
Mic Technique
  • done: Break Mic Technique out from Vocalization Technique segment & page; Create a Mic Techniques page.
  • done: Make diagram of gear chain & recording decks.
  • done: Mix eq’d mic rec’g w/ reference music, to get rid of mismatch where bassy mic + bright music.

“2021-03-04a Egodeath Mystery Show – Eden Partridge.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-04:
    https://we.tl/t-wKus0A6FfQ
    Fast-paced, content-packed, long; I expect this episode is solid. I ran out of time or would’ve done the “This Is Not a Music Show” segment while doing some work-items on the Agenda.
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • 1) Read the agenda items for improving format of the show to make it repeatable good quality/structure.
    • 2) Discuss Eden, Garden, two trees (of death & life), & guarded gate. See notes in Agenda segment below.
    • 3) 59:10 Survey/critique two recent books by Partridge: High Culture, & Orpheus pop music book. See notes in Agenda segment below.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 3:14:40
  • Filesize: 254 MB
  • Bitrate: 210
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
  • 59:10 Survey (initial blurb) two recent books by Partridge: High Culture, & Orpheus pop music book.
  • 1:37:00 read from book Lyre of Orpheus
  • 1:55:00 read from book High Culture
    • 2:24:00 I say: a far better model is provided by mystery-religion initiation, of what is comprehensible and teachable about the otherworld mode. When you talk about mystic experience, you must check it with the mystery-religion initiation ancients who produced completed initiates. I proved that words ARE capable of extensively describing the altered-state experience. I explained the full course of completed initiation: eg, my 2006 main article, and Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image article.
    • 2:26:00 ” completed mystery-religion initiation breaks the false model of mysticism.
Errata
  • 1:07:00 annoying pasting Partridge info from Amazon to here – should have Paused to do this work.
  • Should have closed window & turned off fan. White noise halo is annoying.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create project
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • skip import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • skip export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: on-axis, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Limiter: MXR, on Mic recording.
  • Chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
  • Mic tracking file: 210304_2377.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210304_2128.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

Stuff I Read-Aloud During Show

The “Intro” Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com
fade music

Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Download Info section)
    • A “can’t fail” show template.
      • Using the Rolling Agenda.
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Noise Gate to enforce mindfulness.
    • Repeat Phrase using the Pitch Grounding Method, for low pitch, fun tone, and casual wording.
  • Time and date:
    • 12:30 Noon, March 4, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser.
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid, maybe variable.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: slight mud cut & air cut. may be variable.
Playlist

We’re listening to the song __, from the album, by the band __.

fade music

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046 The timestamp is x. fade music

The “Vocalization Success Report” Segment
The “Review of Casual Standard Voice” Segment

This is the start of the segment “Review of Casual Standard Voice, and Mic Technique”.
101 The timestamp is x. fade music

open for edit: Casual Standard Voice

We’ve finished the segment “Review of Casual Standard Voice, and

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The “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
344 The timestamp is x. fade music

open for edit: Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
634 The timestamp is x. fade music

The “Mic Technique” Segment

Ths is the Mic Technique”.

214__ start of mic tech segment:
335 END OF Mic segment.

The “Esoteric Agenda” Super-Segment

In this next segment, the Board of Mystics goes through the rolling agenda.
641 The timestamp is x. fade music

First do a breadth-first pass, NO EDITS!
timesstamp: 15:55
Next, in this episode, depth coverage of the “Egodeath theory” agenda items/segments. start: 1646

Idea! do work items (from Agenda)/typing during the “This Is Not a Music Show” segment

Egodeath Theory

Gen2:

15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every* tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

*that would include the Tree of Life, eating from which grants living forever!

Gen3:

22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

NIV:

ch 2:

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree* in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

*that would include the Tree of Life, eating from which grants living forever!

ch3:

22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[e] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Addendum after the show:

Tree of Immortality in Garden

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/cherubim-1/ –

“2. The Garden as the Abode of the Gods:

“If we read between the lines of the Paradise account in Ge (compare Genesis 3:8), the garden of Eden, the primeval abode of man, reveals itself as more than that:

“it was apparently the dwelling-place of God. In the polytheistic story of the creation of the world and early life of man, which, while in several respects analogous (compare Genesis 3:22), is devoid of the more spiritual notions of Hebraism, the garden was the abode of the gods who alone had access to the tree of life from the fruit of which they derived their immortality.

“Adam, before the fall, is conceived as a superhuman being; for while he is forbidden to taste of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, the way to immortality is open to him; for it is only after transgressing the Divine command that he merits death and becomes mortal.

“The choice of immortal innocence and mortal knowledge lay before him; he elected death with knowledge.”

/ end of Addendum after the show

Cain & Abel is next: Gen4:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%204&version=KJV

that ends the topical segment on the angel guarded eden gate: 57:16.

Topical Segment: Partridge
start time: 59:10

  • Scope out Partridge books:
  • The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane
  • by Christopher Partridge | Nov 18, 2013 (2021 – 2013 = 8 years ago) [copyrigtht page: 2014]
  • “The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters.
  • It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made.
  • Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural significance.
  • Christopher Partridge explores this significance, analyzing its complex relationships with the values and norms, texts and discourses, rituals and symbols, and codes and narratives of modern Western cultures.
  • He shows how popular music’s power to move, to agitate, to control listeners, to shape their identities, and to structure their everyday lives is central to constructions of the sacred and the profane.
  • In particular, he argues that popular music can be important ‘edgework,’ challenging dominant constructions of the sacred in modern societies.
  • Drawing on a wide range of musicians and musical genres, as well as a number of theoretical approaches from critical musicology, cultural theory, sociology, theology, and the study of religion,
  • The Lyre of Orpheus reveals the significance and the progressive potential of popular music.”
  • Book: High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World (Partridge)
  • High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World 
    Hardcover – July 3, 2018 (2021 – 2018 = 3 years ago)
  • by Christopher Partridge (Author) –
  • “History is littered with evidence of humanity’s fascination with drugs and the pursuit of altered states.
  • From early Romanticism to late-nineteenth-century occultism and from fin de siècle Paris to contemporary psychedelic shamanism, psychoactive substances have played catalyzing people[sic].
  • Yet serious analysis of the religious dimensions of modern drug use is still lacking.
  • the use of drugs and the pursuit of transcendence from the nineteenth century to the present day.
  • Beginning with the Romantic fascination with opium, it chronicles the discovery of anesthetics, the psychiatric and religious interest in hashish, the bewitching power of mescaline and hallucinogenic fungi, the more recent uses of LSD, as well as the debates surrounding drugs and religious experience.
  • This fascinating and wide-ranging sociological and cultural history fills a major gap in the study of religion in the modern world and our understanding of the importance of countercultural thought, offering new and timely insights into the controversial relationship between drugs and mystical experience.”

Topical Segment: Partridge
end time: __3:13:41

Done
  • Done: In the Intro/Outro audio project, takes: From episode “2021-02-23a Egodeath Mystery Show – DJs per Time of Day.mp3”, CLIP THIS FOR REUSE – 14:11-16:40 – “This is the morning DJ” announcements – Add it to the intros/outros audio project. ego mystery death show etc DJ Gruff -> DJ Cyber rock -> DJ Frozen Rock; “the morning DJ Frozen Rock” “new dawn” (leads into 16:20 topic of Max Frost song lyrics) Mystery Death Ego Show / Death Show (etc)

“2021-03-02b Egodeath Mystery Show – Excess Effects.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-03:

    https://we.tl/t-tNRQRozgwK – 320 kbps, 486 MB 🐷
    “2021-03-02b Egodeath Mystery Show – Excess Effects.mp3”

    https://we.tl/t-V9FSz5Bxue – 210 kbps, 252 MB
    “2021-03-02b Egodeath Mystery Show – Excess Effects 210.mp3”
    This ok-fidelity version should be good for most people; there’s nothing particularly special in this episode, little Egodeath theory content.
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Esoteric Agenda)
    • not much Egodeath theory content.
    • demo of Mic Processing (Expander, Limiter, Looper/Layerer, etc)
    • Vocalization Report
    • demo of skills required to read-aloud from article “Cog Phen’y of Metaperception”. Pacing. Adding gaps/inhale-spots. Adding line breaks.
    • demo of Revoicing an Idea Development recording
      • wow, speech during idea development is crazy fast-paced!
        • need to develop Fast Casual Standard Voice,
          including Fast Quiet Casual Standard Voice.
    • Music: Compilation: A Deadly Dose of Wylde Psych
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 3:22:30 (we got a lot done in the long Agenda)
  • Filesize:
    • 486 MB 🐷 (320 kbps) <- the Excess mascot. i wanted to see how big a 3:22:47 (max tape deck length) mp3 file can be: half a Gig.
    • 252 MB for the 210 kbps lower-fidelity version.
  • Bitrate: 320 kbps & 210 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Esoteric Agenda
  • Repeat Phrase using the Pitch Grounding Method, for
    • done: low pitch [Pitch Grounding will help].
    • done: casual wording [rapid progress].
  • Drama of the Feb 28 production effort.
    • done: Mic demo took two major edit cleanups to get it right.
    • done: my Feb 28 Hanegraaff critique take (recording effort) paid off – glad I stuck to it and didn’t trashcan that recording. There are moments when I complain too much, but the voicing is 6 out of 10 (not too bad; semi-conscious/mindful – but tons of room for improvement)
      • done: Demo revoicing this “critique of Hanegraaff” recording during the present episode.
        • Finding: wow, idea development is FAST PACED!!! no wonder it’s so hard to stay mindful & do casual standard voice.
    • done: I trashcanned my Feb 28 initial reading of Cog Phen article, smartly. The fresh read-aloud today was faster, easier, better, than pointlessly reclaiming (hopeless) Feb 28th’s Take 1.5.
  • done: Applying excess processing & looping/layering on the mic.
  • done: reading-technique “1.5x reading” is really good, to pull pitch down.
    • done: Pacing is bad tho: too-fast read-aloud followed by too-slow semi-off-the-cuff. Bring these two to parity.
  • how it’s coming with vocalization;
    • done: “2021-03-01a Egodeath Mystery Show – Pitch, Grounding, Technique.mp3” – a really good effective technique
    • done: I feared my 7-hour Feb 28 recording session incl Hane, I thought my complaining would be badly voiced, but pretty good – but SO much better at 1:36:30 when I go into Deliberate/Conscious/Mindfulness mode. So much room for improvement.
    • done: Real good voicing during reading today of Cog Phen article.
    • done: Bass EQ vs bass pitch; Cardioid prox’y-effect bass-boost, vs. bass spectrum resonance in voice.
    • done: When did the “Vocalization Review/Warmup” tradition start? ans: by episode 3, Jan 30 2021.
      • a long-standing tradition since this show started many decades ago since… what was the first voice recording in 2021 that I did a Vocalization Review/Warmup? ~kind of: voice rec’g file: “Vocalization Troubleshooting.mp3” on Jan 23, 2021. episode 1 of “the Egodeath Show” was Jan 28.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • determine which wavs
  • create audio project
  • connect mixer recorder
  • skip import Mic Deck wav 210302_2354.wav, and 1-2 previous
  • import Mixer Deck wav 210302_2111.wav (max; 3:22:47), runs into 210302_2112.wav (8s)
  • skip normalize vol of Mic wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • skip export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: on-axis, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Limiter: MXR, on Mic recording.
  • Chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
  • Mic tracking file: 2102##_####.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 2102##_####.wav
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension
Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Download Info section)
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Casual standard voice.
    • Repeat Phrase using the Pitch Grounding Method, for low pitch [Grounding will help], fun tone [yet to really address/explore this], and casual wording [rapid progress].
  • Time and date:
    • 9_:00 p.m., March _, 2021.
  • Miking theme:
    • Dynamics:
      • excess expander.
      • excess compressor.
    • Time Effects:
      • excess delay.
      • excess reverb.
    • Re-miking: Do some Mic Recording/Playback in realtime.
    • Looper/layerer: Record a demo piece, “Why Looping Playback Is Super Annoying”.
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser.
    • Polar pattern: random variable.
    • Distance: random variable.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: excess random variable.
Playlist

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
508 The timestamp is x. fade music

Review of Casual Standard Voice, and Mic Technique

This is the start of the segment “Review of Casual Standard Voice, and Mic Technique”.
1109__ The timestamp is x. fade music

CURRENT SEGMENT

Warmup Reading [not done – instead I read from article “Cog Phen’y of Metaperception”]

🎵 Not a Music Show 🎶 🎸 🥁 🎹

idea for episode of Egodeath Mystery Show, w/ lots of music. eg:
“2021-02-29a Egodeath Mystery Show – This Is Not a Music Show.mp3”
(there are no 02-29 episodes)

“Cog Pheny of Metaperception (raw mic rec’g).mp3”

For my own technical comparison purposes, I’m providing myself with this near-raw mic deck tracking recording. (The only processing I printed to this recording is Limiter.)

  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-02:
    https://we.tl/t-lW2Vac0VYW
  • Description: 
    • Raw mic recording; no processing or clean-up.
    • Read-aloud of the article Cognitive Phenomenology of Metaperception.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 54:49
  • Filesize: 132 MB
  • Bitrate: 320
  • No gap-reduction.
  • No Egodeath Mystery Show intro or outro.
  • No cleanup of the Header at start, or the Footer at end.
  • No expander (background noise reduction).
  • Has limiter.
  • No eq.
  • No normalizing the volume.
  • No aggressive use of 210 kbps; this is 320 kbps mp3, from mono file.
  • The filename is for a standalone voice recording, not for an episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show.

Main motivation for adding this alternate version of the recording: it bugs me, the lack of bass in my trebly mobile speakers, from the 02a episode version of this recording.

The main sonic difference vs the equivalent episode of Egodeath Mystery Show: This mp3 has more bass; no eq was applied. Cardioid polar pattern at 6″ = proximity effect = bass boost, which complements mobile device speakers and earbuds which are too trebly and weak in the bass.

ALTERNATE SOLUTION, TO PLAY “2021-03-02a Egodeath Mystery Show – Cog Pheny of Metaperception.mp3” WITH MORE BASS: ON MOBILE DEVICE, SETTINGS: MUSIC: EQ: BASS BOOST.

I want to compare raw recording vs. the dynamics expander – the level of nuisance noise in the background.

Errata
  • I have a limiter on the mic deck (heard here), not only on the mixer deck.

In “2021-03-02a Egodeath Mystery Show – Cog Pheny of Metaperception.mp3”, I removed too much bass, for my trebly speakers. I also aggressively did lossy compression. I should’ve merely applied an industry-standard slight mud-reduction around 250 Hz, instead of a full-on -6dB smile in the bass freqs.

“2021-03-02a Egodeath Mystery Show – Cog Pheny of Metaperception.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-02:
    https://we.tl/t-QqzL9Fg6al
  • Episode theme; overall description: 
    • Read-aloud of the article Cognitive Phenomenology of Metaperception.
      • Reading pattern: Read a sentence verbatim, then re-read key phrases, to paraphrase. Similar to my reading of M. Hoffman’s article Entheogens and the Ancient Mystery Religions. Not double-reading, but 1.5x reading.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 53:21
  • Filesize: 66 MB
  • Bitrate: 210
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create audio project
  • skip import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • trim intro
  • add intro
  • trim outro
  • add outro
  • skip export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: on-axis, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Limiter: MXR, on Mic recording.
  • Chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
  • Mic tracking file: 210302_2350.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 210302_2110.wav – adds expander, eq (bass cut -6dB smile via 10-band), & limiter (plan to use this, not the mic rec’g – I want to hear processed)
  • Project path: “Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-03-02a Egodeath Mystery Show – Cog Pheny of Metaperception”
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension
Recording Header
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Morning casual standard voice.
  • Time and date:
    • 12:30 p.m., March 2, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: smile-flat.

Use “analogical psychedelic eternalism” as Shorthand Abbreviation for “analogical psychedelic eternalism & dependent-control”

analogical psychedelic eternalism ~= analogical psychedelic eternalism control-dependent-control

Art Mytheme {pulled out from the jaws of Hell} ~= {human head, snake body}

the mouth of hell, Jesus pulling the saints out from, as, a serpent. Thus we have the common art mytheme of “person with snake body”.

“2021-03-01a Egodeath Mystery Show – Pitch, Grounding, Technique.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-01:
    https://we.tl/t-Rdcjv6hErI
  • Length: 1:00:06
  • Filesize: 144 MB
  • Episode theme; overall description:
    • Morning vocal warmup.
    • Demo of reverberative space.
    • Demo of the Pitch Grounding Technique.
    • How it’s going with last night’s show that I have to finish recording.
    • Egodeath theory content, scattered throughout the episode: Toward a Parody of Hanegraaff’s position:
      • Never try to understand passing through the dragon-guarded gate to Completion of Initiation.
      • Always restrict yourselves to studying, in detail, the superficial surface forms of Esotericism.
      • Define the field, explicitly, as: the Exoteric, outsiders’ study of Esotericism’s surface forms.
      • Grid Game/ Forgot Plots, ultimately litmus test: the plots represent *real* esotericism; that is: the Forgot plot (the Forgot curve) ultimately represents: to what extent did people pass through the dragon-guarded gate of control-basis transformation?
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Bitrate: mobile device app’s “Lossy” option, then 320 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • determine which wavs
  • transfer voice recording from mobile to computer
  • import Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • delete bang
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: on-axis, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Project path: __
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension

Stuff I Read-Aloud During Show

Intro Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see the Download Info section)
  • Vocalization theme:
    • Morning casual standard voice.
    • Repeat phrase for low pitch, fun tone, and casual wording.
    • Repeat phrase with the Pitch Grounding Technique.
  • Time and date:
    • ~11 a.m., March 1, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: phone bottom mic
    • Polar pattern: Omni
    • Distance: 6″, 0° (+- 30°). Also arm’s length reverb demo.
Outro

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

“2021-02-28b Egodeath Mystery Show – Hanegraaff vs the Dragon Gate.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-02:
    https://we.tl/t-T7UxjCiA9J
  • Episode theme; overall description: 
    • Hanegraaff’s irrelevant, superficial Western Esotericism, from his 1995 article where he summarizes Faivre’s six features of Esotericism.
      • The irrelevance of Hanegraaff’s “esotericism”.
      • Critique of Faivre’s 6 attributes of Esotericism, in Hanegraaff’s 1995 article.
      • Esotericism vs Exotericism – analogical psychedelic eternalism dependent-control.
      • Faivre & Hanegraaff are superficial and irrelevant, studying not analogical psychedelic eternalism, but, surface forms (while ignorant of analogical psychedelic eternalism & dependent-control).
      • The result is a detailed survey of confusion, with no sense of what’s most important (analogical psychedelic eternalism).
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 1:49:11
  • Filesize: 262 MB
  • Bitrate: 320
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • In audio project, copy 1st wav, omit parts.
  • copy 2nd wav, omit parts.
  • copy shortened copy of 2nd wav to end of 1st wav
  • add outro.
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: on-axis, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Limiter: MXR, on Mic recording.
  • Chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
  • Mic tracking file: 2102##_####.wav
  • Mixer tracking file: 2102##_####.wav – see my hidden draft page “Bak – The Egodeath Mystery Show” for intensive 2/28 details.
  • Project path: “Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-28 Egodeath Mystery Show – MicCalib Hane CogPhen”
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension
Recording Header
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see the Download Info section)
  • Vocalization theme:
    • x
  • Time and date:
    • 1:00 p.m.-10 p.m., February 28, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid. (double-check my records)
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: smile-frown.
Playlist

We’re listening to the song __, from the album, by the band __.

  • Song: Flowers, by Tea Company. 2-3 other songs. From a pop sike comp or two.

“2021-02-28a v2 Egodeath Mystery Show – Mic Rec Tricks.mp3” – fixed; v2

Motivation for v2 replacing v1 (which had filename
“2021-02-28a Egodeath Mystery Show – Mic Rec Tricks.mp3”):

  • v1 had random playing of mic recordings, because I couldn’t figure out how to get out of a certain play mode.
  • v1 had fast-forwarding through a voice recording, which sounds broken.
Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-02:
    https://we.tl/t-ZB3gCe5q1k <- v2
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Demo of mic recording/playback/processing techniques.
    • A few Pop Sike songs, liner notes.
    • Incidental Egodeath theory content.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension. Includes “v2”.
  • Length: 34:05
  • Filesize: 82 MB
  • Bitrate: 320 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3: these timestamps after 12:33 are for the deprecated v1. List of the topics sequence & durations.
    • 0:00 false start, phaser on mic
    • 0:46 real Intro
    • 3:31 “finished intro segment”
    • 3:35 music , “liner notes take time to read” band: Waters; song: Mother Samwell. tape flanging.
    • 5:53 “this is not a music show”
      • 5:49 – song Roxanne starts, by Chaparral Trio.
    • 6:08 “This episode will demo:
      • eq’ing mic
      • Demo of live remiking
      • For substance in this episode, I might read:
        • Hanegraaff 1995 [see episode 02-28b] &
        • Cognitive Phen’y [see episode 03-02a]
      • ~6:00 Deleting fluff words during editing
      • ~6:00 Defining “casual wording”
      • ~6:24 Many tricks are possible from audio voice editing.”
    • 7:43 (7:08 in v2) (agenda continues) “Irrelevance of Hanegraaff’s esotericism”
    • 8:02 (7:25 in v2) “I’m using 8b clips to demo remiking. revoicing defined.
    • 9:07 “remiking defined.”
    • 10:34 “I’m stopping mic recording now, to make a test/calib recording”
    • 10:53 creating the mic calibration recording: “beginning of loop … ” (fade out)
    • 11:05 first playback of the calib rec’g: “beginning of loop…” (1.5 minutes)
    • 12:33 2nd playback of the calib rec’g: “beginning of loop…” (1.5 minutes)
      — timestamps above might be good for v2. below are for v1, not v2: —
    • 14:23 live mic again
    • 14:40 demo of phaser
    • 15:59 “I will next re-play the new calib file 210228_2328.wav that I made above, now through Phaser.”
    • 16:32 – intro w/ phaser.
    • 17:37 good: i find and play the correct loop
    • 18:00 two different takes of show intro, with phaser.
    • 18:42 “I’m not so much demo’ing eq at the moment; 4 different modes of Phaser”.
    • 19:10 another intro / phaser
    • 19:32 “a new loop, …” <– I start playing the desired file, not at start.
    • 20:27 live mic through phaser: “As gray traces of dawn tinge the Eastern sky, three men of Willowdale…“
    • 21:20 seems to be back to playing the desired file, through phaser. continues…
    • 21:51 “beginning of loop”
    • 22:27 live mic w/ delay
    • 23:12 “found the manual. useful mic rec’g techniques.”
    • 23:54 play 8b clips. phaser.
    • 25:36 continue playing, now w/ slow, now especially, Fast playback.
    • 26:11 add reverb. phaser cont
    • 34:47 reverb w/ 8b clip.
    • 36:18 delay w/ 8b clip.
    • 37:19 eq w/ 8b clip.
    • 38:46 philosophy of bias of eq. music.
    • 39:27 Agenda review.
    • 27:10 v2 (was 40:28 for v1) liner notes: “this… is tea company. the song is “come and have”… “and i can get more info”
    • 40:52 music resumes
    • 41:04 liner notes
    • 43:47 this is not a music show
    • 44:18 record changer
    • 45:04 Flowers (song)
    • 46:26 new segment, “This is not a music show”
    • 47:28: outro/end.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • determine which wavs
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
Miking Details

For basic miking info, see the “Recording Header” section.

  • Angle: on-axis, aimed at upper lip.
  • Pop filter/windscreen: none.
  • Limiter: MXR, on Mic recording.
  • Chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
  • Mic tracking file: 210228_2327.wav-~210228_2337.wav
    • for gory details, see Private: Site: Posts: Drafts: “Bak – The Egodeath Mystery Show”
  • Mixer tracking file: 210228_2106.wav
  • Project path: “/Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-28 Egodeath Mystery Show – MicCalib Hane CogPhen”
  • Project filename: same, with .aup extension
  • Track within project: “Mic Tricks v2 – clips from 210228_2106.wav to become “2021-02-28a Egodeath Mystery Show – Stupid Mic Tricks.mp3””

Stuff I Read-Aloud During Show

Recording Header
  • Time and date:
    • 1:00 p.m., February 28, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • EQ on mic recording: none.
    • EQ on mixer recording: smile-frown, or various (demo).
Playlist
  • song: Mother Samwell. band: Waters.
  • song: Roxanne. band: Chaparral Trio. eg at 5:49 & 8:50 in this v2 episode.
  • song: Flowers. band: Tea Company.
  • song: Come and Have Some Tea with Me. band: Tea Company.

Those songs are from a below comp. I have the set of four compilations including these two.

Deleting Junk from the Recalled “2021-02-28a Egodeath Mystery Show – Mic Rec Tricks.mp3”

Timestamps for the v1 reject mp3 (not for v2 mp3):

  • 0:00 false start, phaser on mic
  • 0:46 real Intro
  • 3:31 “finished intro segment”
  • 3:35 music , “liner notes take time to read” band: Waters; song: Mother Samwell. tape flanging.
  • 5:53 “this is not a music show”
  • 6:08 “this ep will demo eq’ing mic”, “demo of live remiking; substance: I might read… deleting fluff words during editing; casual wording. many tricks possible from audio voice editing.”
  • 7:43 (agenda continues) “Irrelevance of Hanegraaff’s esotericism”
  • 8:02 “I’m using 8b clips to demo remiking. revoicing defined.
  • 9:07 “remiking defined.”
  • 10:34 “I’m stopping mic recording now, to make a test/calib recording”
  • 10:53 creating the mic calibration recording: “beginning of loop … ” (fade out)
    done: keep entire first loop, then fade-out beginning of loop 2, delete loop 3:
  • 11:05 first playback of the calib rec’g: “beginning of loop…” (1.5 minutes)
    done: 2nd playback: fade out after the start:
  • 12:33 2nd playback of the calib rec’g: “beginning of loop…” (1.5 minutes) seems fair quality. muddy, then bright, then good.
  • done:14:00 3rd playback of the calib rec’g: “beginning of loop…” (1.5 minutes)
  • 14:23 live mic again
  • 14:40 demo of phaser
  • 15:59 “I will next re-play the new calib file 210228_2328.wav that I made above, now through Phaser.”
  • done:16:15 – I SCREW UP AND DON’T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF “PLAY AREA = FOLDER” MODE TO SELECT THAT FILE. So you confusingly hear me fumbling playing many different voice recordings, totally not planned or wanted or controlled. CHAOS.
  • 16:32 – intro w/ phaser.
  • done: 16:42 – random pbk, delete.
  • 17:37 good: i find and play the correct loop (but next,….)
  • done:17:56 i terminate that recording pbk… not nece a problem… random recordings CHAOS.
  • 18:00 two different takes of show intro, with phaser.
  • done:18:25 “I’m stuck in Playlist mode, need the instructions”
  • 18:42 “I’m not so much demo’ing eq at the moment; 4 different modes of Phaser”.
  • done:18:59 resume random chaos playing wrong files.
  • 19:10 another intro / phaser
  • done:19:20 random chaos files.
  • 19:32 “a new loop, …” <– seems like I start playing the desired file, not at the start.
  • 20:27 live mic through phaser: “as gray traces of dawn, tinge the Eastern sky, three men of Willowdale”
  • 21:20 seems to be back to playing the desired file, through phaser. continues…
  • 21:51 “beginning of loop”
  • done:22:15 live mic again – really? or not??
  • 22:27 live mic w/ delay
  • 23:12 “found the manual. useful mic rec’g techniques.”
  • 23:54 play 8b clips. phaser.
  • 25:36 continue playing, now w/ slow, now especially, Fast playback.
  • 26:11 add reverb. phaser cont
  • done:26:56 annoying jump. and pointlessly play entire 8b clip, why? delete. annoying jumping.
  • 34:47 reverb w/ 8b clip.
  • 36:18 delay w/ 8b clip.
  • 37:19 eq w/ 8b clip.
  • 38:46 philosophy of bias of eq. music.
  • 39:27 Agenda review.
  • done:39:56 mic adjust – DELETE. (keep music bits around here)
  • 40:28 liner notes: exact words: “this… is tea company. the song is “come and have”… “and i can get more info” = new 27:10
  • done40:47 stupid comment, delete
  • 40:52 music resumes
  • 41:04 liner notes
  • 43:47 this is not a music show
  • 44:18 record changer
  • 45:04 Flowers (song)
  • 46:26 new segment, “This is not a music show”
  • Outro: it’s a sep track to mix.
  • 47:28: end.

“2021-02-27a Egodeath Mystery Show – Revoicing 10c in Realtime.mp3” 🧪 ⚗️

🧪 ⚗️

Download Info

This experiment gathered lots of valuable data, but it’s a failure as far as the quality of the re-voicing. I had to go back to the source, 10c clips, and alter that to make that more amenable to re-voicing. This mp3 might be supplemented/replaced by another pass.

  • Download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-PjpJ9RmKJm
  • Length: 1:35:54
  • Filesize: 106 MB
  • Overall description: Experimental. 🧪 ⚗️
    • Realtime revoicing of “2021-02-10c Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3” by listening to the master recording for that episode in headphones, and recording the mic of my saying aloud (in morning casual standard voice) the words I’m hearing.
      • Initial proof-of-concept demo: Ideally, this recording would be an ideally voiced version (in morning casual standard voice) of the same words that are in the original 10c Clips episode.
      • Aiming for medium, standard speed.
      • The 10c Clips recording is bad: it has no inhale-gaps; it is much too fast-paced; for example, sentencesentence with no gap at all. Inhale gaps ought to be 2s or 3s; 5s when changing topics. I was forced to quickly develop techniques of using Playback Pause & Record Pause.
      • Another, ideal-sounding Proof-of-Concept demo would be to first transcribe to text, a recording of my spoken off-the-cuff idea development, such as “My followers” from “Voice Recording 1” of 2021, and then *read-aloud* that text transcription, at the optimal rate & voicing.
    • Guitar auto-ducking demo. 20:39 long, from 32:09 to 52:48. Also a few minutes at end.
    • Includes some demo of quiet casual standard voice.
  • Timestamps:
  • 0:00 –
Errata
  • I say aloud, “smilefrown eq”, but this .mp3 has no EQ on the mic.
    • This .mp3 has music, but that doesn’t mean that this mp3 uses the Mixer deck recording; the music was added by importing the guitar mp3 into the audio project, then applying ducking to destructively modify that imported guitar track.
    • I didn’t end up using the Mixer recording (which has EQ on the mic).
    • I used the mic deck recording, which has no EQ.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • determine which wavs
  • connect recorder drives
  • create audio project file
  • import Mic Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • add guitar track
  • add some 6s silences to voice track
  • apply Auto Duck to guitar track
  • clean up/ delete/tighten voice track
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link

Intro Segment/Header (0:30)

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

  • Recording header:
  • Content:
    • A live re-voicing of “2021-02-10c Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3”
  • Vocalization:
    • Morning casual standard voice.
    • Repeat phrase for low pitch, fun tone, and casual wording.
  • Time and Date:
    • 9 a.m., February 27, 2021.
  • Miking:
    • Mic: CAD M39 large-diaphragm condenser.
    • Distance: 6″.
    • Position: On-axis, aimed at upper lip.
    • No pop filter.
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid.
    • Limiter.
    • EQ: smile/frown.
    • Mic tracking file: 210227_2102.wav
    • Mixer tracking file: 210227_2326.wav
  • BE DONE AT 0:30!
  • The timestamp is x.131

fade music

Playlist

We’re listening to:

  • Song: Hang Back Freaky, by Illumination Valve (with Auto-Duck 🦆).
    20:39 long, from 32:09 to 52:48.
    Added in Post-Production, by importing .mp3.

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

“Review of Standard Voice” Segment

This is the start of the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
143__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Read from Casual Standard Voice, then return here.

We’ve finished the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
34:14 The timestamp is x. fade music

“Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
3424__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Read from Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show, then return here.

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
3553__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Main Agenda

In this next segment, the Board of Mystics goes through the esoteric agenda.
3608__ The timestamp is x. fade music

  • revoice the master tape cleaned up of “2021-02-10c Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3” in morning casual standard voice.
  • practice and define “morning fast casual standard voice“
  • practice using Playback Pause and Record Pause.

That ends the main agenda, and the discussion of x.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

  • 2:01:26 timestamp, filename

Production Info

Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 210 kbps
  • normal miking: CAD M39 6″ distance. Aimed at upper lip or 1/4″ in front of upper lip. 0 degrees. No pop filter or windscreen. Limiter. +-3dB Smilefrown eq on mixer deck which I halted halfway; use the mic deck rec’g only (that recording, which is heard in the final result “__.mp3”, has no EQ).
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

Heading

The cleaned-up voice recording with feet, that I only did 1 pass thru to re-process:
“2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”
“2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.aup”

“2021-02-25a Egodeath Mystery Show – Psychohallucidelyticogens.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-nRitD3k49b
  • description:
    • Entirely on-topic Egodeath theory substance; no off-topic or peripheral.
    • Words for psychedelics; pros/cons of the words on offer to “fix” previous names of loosecog agents:
      • psychotomimetics
      • hallucinogens
      • psychedelics
      • psycholytics
      • entheogens
      • cognitive loosening agents
    • That’s from 1) a Feb 23 phone mic recording (unreleased; clips only); 2) yesterday’s Feb 24 episode of Egodeath Mystery Show.
    • The below, afterwards, is also from that Feb 24 episode:
      • 59:53 Avoiding characterizing the completed initiate as “surfing/approaching loss of control”, because that’s the perspective from the beginner’s point of view. The {balance} mytheme; new balance; new mode of control-stability.
      • Why am I the first to inventory the mushrooms in the Canterbury psalter?
  • filesize: 101 MB
  • length: 1:06:56
Playlist
  • Pop Sike compilations (snippets embedded in Feb 24 clips; may include):
    • Psychedelic Crown Jewels, Vol. 1
    • A Deadly Dose of Wylde Psych – Authentic Way Col Sixties Artifacts

Intro Segment

Header (to be finished at 0:30!):

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com
Content: This episode covers:

  • words for psychedelics;
  • avoiding saying “approaching loss of control”, because that’s the perspective from the beginner’s point of view;
  • and: why am I the first to inventory the mushrooms in the Canterbury psalter?

This episode consists of voice recording clips from an unreleased phone-mic recording from Feb 23rd (two days ago), and from yesterday’s Feb 24th Egodeath Mystery Show.

Voicing: repeat phrase for low pitch, fun tone, casual wording.

Date/time: It’s now 5pm on February 25, 2021.

Miking: I’m using the CAD M39 LDCM, 4.5″, 0°, aimed at upper lip, no pop filter, set to polar pattern of Wide Cardioid (halfway between Cardioid & Omnidirectional, to get only half the bass boost, and to let in half the room reverb).

repeating the header: I plan to repeat this header info later in this show.

  • DONE AT 0:30!

This episode will combine:

  1. intro / header for Part 1 (from Phone)
    1. content:
      1. Discussion of words for ‘psychedelics’; 30 minutes of discussion form phone mic on Feb 23, two daays ago. points that will be covered (as clips previously voiced).
    2. master recording/tracking file: “New Recording 63.m4a”.
    3. voicing: the Feb 23 phone clips were done in the middle of hardcore voice/mic technique practice, so should be great (“low pitch, fun tone, casual wording”).
    4. date/time: __
    5. miking: __
  2. Feb 23 undeleted phone-mic walkaround discussion of the pros &cons of the words on offer: ‘psychotomimetics, hallucinogens, psychedelics, psycholytics, entheogens, cognitive looseners’.
  3. intro/header for Part 2 (lg dia condender mic on – initially, for “words” section, Omni pattern).
    1. content:
      1. 1st group of clips from that episode:
        orig wav = “210224_2078.wav”.
        0:00-3:03 keep intro.
        Omit junk here
        orig wav 41:34.358–50:40 essentially done; covered, by conjoining two recording sessions, in episode __: clip this: “entheogen is not the real word”.
        done: Omit junk here
      2. orig wav 59:01–1:07:54. could clip this: Reading from M Hoffman article, critiquing the section “25.2 HERMENEUTICS AND A DEFINITION OF TERMS”, about etymology “Do I have any other points about the words on offer?”
        done: Omit junk here
      3. orig wav 1:38:22–1:43:56. could clip this: I covered all the points about the different words. They don’t cause hallucinations.
        done: Omit junk here
        2nd group of clips from that episode: contiguous, no need to edit:
      4. orig wav 3:01:24-3:02:05 Could clip this: Dancing with the two sides of the dragon gate.
        no need to omit anything here
      5. orig wav 3:02:05-3:04:49 clip this: entheogens scholars are driven away from Psalter.
        no need to omit anything here
      6. oriv wav 3:04:49-3:07:40 clip this: {balance}, far side of dragon gate; don’t say “surfing w/ loss of ctrl”.
        done: omit end
    1. master recording/tracking file: ““2021-02-24a Egodeath Mystery Show – Pop Myke.mp3”, which is to say, audio project file w/ extention .aup, same filename; the real master is “210224_2078.wav”.
    2. voicing: casual/relaxed/ unhurried; same as the microcassette 1995 tone of voice.
    3. date/time: around 9pm, Feb 24, 2021.
    4. miking: CAD M39, initially in Omni polar pattern (for the “words” part), 0°, 4.5″, aimed at upper lip, no pop filter. Limiter (MXR – M76), no EQ. Later, Cardioid polar pattern, for bass boost and no room reverb.
  4. Play the Feb 24a clips (new clips; things I said within the 24a episode
    1. Mostly “the words on offer”; also
    2. why am I the first to inventory msh trees in the Psalter?
    3. {balance} mytheme.
  5. outro

I’m using the CAD M39 microphone, at 4.5″ distance, in Wide Cardioid polar pattern, with no EQ, with MXR limiter. fade music

Production Info

Post-Processing Steps

I produced this differently:

  1. I imported the .m4a into the audio project and omitted parts.
  2. I imported the Feb 24 .wav file and omitted parts.
  3. I recorded CAD mic to DR05 to record intro, outro, and mid-show re-intro reminder-header.
  4. I imported the intro/outro (210225_2079.wav).
  5. I sequenced the intro, m4a, mid-show re-intro, feb 24 wav, & outro, selected all, then Tracks: Align Tracks: Align End-to-End.
  6. Muted the unwanted intro/outro tracking-track.
  7. Selected all desired tracks, then exported as mp3.
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
    • optional: import Mic Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
    • optional: normalize vol of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
    • optional: export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes

see track names in project file:

  • New Rec 63; “New Recording 63.m4a”
  • 2078 clips; 210224_2078.wav
  • intro outro tracking – 210225_2079.wav
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps
  • miking:
    • iPhone bottom mic 4.5″ 0°.
    • CAD M39 same. Aimed at upper lip. No pop filter or windscreen. Limiter. No eq.
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

“New Recording 63.m4a”

I will incorp the “words for psychedelics” discussion from that Feb 23 phone-mic recording into episode 25a of Egodeath Mystery Show. Timestamps of the parts to clip: (done: reduced to 30:19)

  • omit __ “Remarkable speed of improvement toward low pitch, fun casual.”
  • 0:10-0:22 header
  • omit “end header, 23 seconds, wanto check the date but, 23 is accurate, it is remarkable the rate of increase by this technique…”
  • 6:37.750-10:41 starting with: “‘Thus’ is one…” – names of psychedelics.
  • done: omit “because.. there i swallowed on mic” “the newest idea is repeat idea, not repeat phrase”
  • 11:28-15:40 words for ‘psychedelics’
  • done: omit “put it this way…”
  • 17:37-17:53 “Psychedelic was the first adequate…”
  • done: omit “clearing throat mic violation”
  • 18:30-40:02 “the word psychedelic…”
  • done: omit to end: “now back to low pitch, fun tone, causual wording”

“2021-02-24a Egodeath Mystery Show – Pop Myke.mp3”

Production Info

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-XUiaCwVQNU
  • description:
    • Casual show w/ lots of Pop Sike rare singles.
    • Demo’d CAD M39 mic.
    • Previous day’s hardcore series of handheld miking/voicing practice recordings.
    • Pros/cons of words like ‘entheogens’.
    • Scoped-out Feb 10’s four episodes, looking to extract clips from them.
  • filesize: 337 MB
  • length: 3:09:09

Content

Timestamps for clips from “2021-02-24a Egodeath Mystery Show – Pop Myke.mp3” that were (together w/ un-deleted phone mic rec’g of New Recording 63 (42:30 long)) used to form 25a episode
  • 41:34-50:40 could clip this: “entheogen is not the real word”.
  • 59:01-1:07:54 could clip this: Reading from M Hoffman article, critiquing the section “25.2 HERMENEUTICS AND A DEFINITION OF TERMS”, about etymology “Do I have any other points about the words on offer?”
  • 1:38:22-1:43:56 could clip this: I covered all the points about the different words. They don’t cause hallucinations.
  • done, I think: create a show / clip , clip rollup show, combining:
    • 1. the recovered recording 23 from Feb 23, 42:30 minutes long (iPhone bottom mic (nominally Omnidirectional) 4.5″ 0° upper lip),
    • 2. then followed by the clips from ep 24a (find “clip this” in present section), about the words on offer (what miking? CAD M39 4.5″ 0° upper lip, which polar pattern? definitely not Cardioid; most likely True Omnidirectional, per 50:38. 34:05 pretty much proves; “This is still the Omni polar pattern.”)
Content

Feb 25 Content:

  • Feb 25:
    • mobile recording discarded: the words on offer to “fix” previous names of loosecog agents. Pros/cons of the words:
      • hallucinogens
      • psychotomimetics
      • psychedelics
      • entheogens
      • psycholytics
      • cognitive loosening agents
  • voice focus planned
    • got CAD M39 large diaphragm condender mic (sounds like SM57, but no hiss – good for Late Night quiet).
      • Demonstrations of cardioid polar pattern vs. Omni, ramif for bass & reverb.
      • Continuously variable polar pattern pot.
    • Yesterday, I did some 8 hours of hardcore miking/vocal practice with handheld recorder/mic.
      • “parking” the mic to point at cloth; only delivering phrases to mic (not mouth noises or throat clearing)
    • Got goodies from storage – albums, mic, tapes of voice 1989, windscreen for SM57.
    • Albums & pop sike singles compilation albums incl
      A (Foo) Dose of (Bar) Psych, x4
      We Can Fly – vol 1-4
      Beyond the Calico Wall
    • thick folder of Hanegraaff article printouts- proof i read tons of his articles every line
    • cad m39 lg dia cond mic
    • microcassette player w tape that says Good Content, could be from ~1995
    • theres probly a 1987 good voice cassette tape (good voicing and miking and content), did i copy/upload to egodeath site?
  • date & time of day
  • what mic/ miking/position
    be DONE AT 0:30
  • done: incorp latest header from voice recordings into Egodeath Mystery Show template. Must say date, time, miking, including ep# eg “24a”, “24b”.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • determine which wavs
  • connect recorder drives
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • 210224_2078.wav – mixer
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps
  • normal miking: CAD M39 large dia cond mi. Variable polar patterns demo’d, from Omni to Cardiod (& some Figure 8). 4.5″ distance. Aimed at upper lip or 1/4″ in front of upper lip. 0°. No pop filter or windscreen. Limiter. No eq. Occasional fx.
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).
Playlist
  • Pop Sike compilations:
    • Psychedelic Crown Jewels, Vol. 1
    • A Deadly Dose of Wylde Psych – Authentic Way Col Sixties Artifacts
Errata/ Things to Improve
  • Get to the damn point! START by saying the 5 key words, the conclusion, the executive takeaway FIRST! There are times here where I do the ol’ “There’s somethign I found, which I’m not sure if I mentioned it, but I think blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah: The cat sat on the mat.
  • Music too quiet. Watch the meter. Force music up to -20dB.
  • Negative song looped while I was busy w/ mic off, typing. “Daddy drop dead” song.

“2021-02-23a Egodeath Mystery Show – DJs per Time of Day.mp3”

Download Info
Content
  • This episode is mostly about voice at time of day. This entire recording has been cleaned up; clean/efficient/fast-paced.
    • 3 or 4 different voices at different times of day
  • 12:29 “I’ve been sss- Tripped” (echo on tripped) – Blue Oyster Cult lyrics processing (the printed lyrics i saw online wrongly said “t-tripped”; Errata for the 22a episode); the correct Egodeath lyrics transcription is “s-tripped”. I think the printed liner lyrics might say “stripped” (check my LP), but he actually sings “sss tripped” w/ echo on “tripped”.
  • 13:43 2 seconds of singing range explore – pursue this more.
  • 14:11 “This is the morning DJ” announcements – From episode “2021-02-23a Egodeath Mystery Show – DJs per Time of Day.mp3”, CLIP THIS FOR REUSE; add it to the intros/outros audio project. ego mystery death show etc DJ Gruff -> DJ Cyber rock -> DJ Frozen Rock; “the morning DJ Frozen Rock” “new dawn” (leads into 16:20 topic of Max Frost song lyrics) Mystery Death Ego Show / Death Show (etc)
  • 16:40 Show-Intro announcements like lyrics of Shape of Things to Come (from memory; inaccurate lyrics)
  • 17:24 I’ve been meeting some really well-informed people in dream land
  • 18:42 Max Frost actual lyrics of song Shape of Things to Come: “There are new thoughts, ready and waiting…”
  • 22:50 changing the worldmodel vs. destroying the world
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • share rec’g from mobile to computer
  • import m4a into new project
  • cleanup wav
  • export mp3
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps
  • mobile device bottom mic 4.5″ 30° aimed at upper lip (so, no eq, no limiter, no popfilt)
    • keyboard shortcut for degrees: Shift+Option+8 aka Shift+Alt+8

Added to show page template, to say what time of day:

  • the show header
    • must say
      • what mic
      • what time of day <– important for research about voicing
    • Nice to say:
      • date
      • planned intended topics; motivation for hitting Record. even if i don’t cover those topics, it’s good context to know.

The original “structured recording header” concept, that begat the Egodeath Mystery Show. I first defined the Header concept in https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Voice-Recording-2-for-Jan-26

  • 2 content ideas
  • 2 vocalization focus ideas
  • 2 technical points, usually what mic/miking, and what date. Date has been forgotten, and I should practice saying header – or even going so far as to artificially add it, post-recording.

“2021-02-22a Egodeath Mystery Show – Blue Axis Sabbath.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-fFhLz8KvNw (260 kbps, 250 MB)
    • filesize: 260 kbps = 250 MB: C.E. album sounds swishy
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-OEOKym9zAa (320 kbps, 343 MB)
    • filename: “2021-02-22a Egodeath Mystery Show – Blue Axis Sabbath 320.mp3”
    • title: “2021-02-22a Egodeath Mystery Show – Blue Axis Sabbath 320”
    • Assessed whether 320 kbps 🐷 sounds less swishy. Inconclusive, so far.
  • length: 2:23:05

Content

  • Read-aloud & vocal technique, mic technique, and music/lyrics.
    • Mixing practice.
    • On-axis 4.5″ mic technique
    • Started w/ pop filter, then ditched it to be able to see.
    • Placed mic setup off-center, to enable moving out of or into the miking pickup zone.
    • Working on no breathing or mouth noises, while on-axis in sweet spot.
  • I read-aloud all the book titles from my Bibliography of my 2006 main article, looking for Astral Ascent Mysticism.
  • Read-aloud lyrics for 2-3 of the Classic Rock songs played in the background.
  • Developed a piano-referencing pitch range to find my desired voice character, eg for read-aloud of M Hoffman’s article Entheogens and the Ancient Mystery Religions.
    • I read-aloud random passages, adjusting pitch-range.
Playlist

I read some lyrics aloud.

Read-Aloud Bibliography
  • I read-aloud book titles from my Bibliography of my 2006 main article, looking for Astral Ascent Mysticism:

Arbel, V. Beholders of Divine Secrets: Mysticism and Myth in the Hekhalot and Merkavah Literature. Albany: SUNY, 2003.

Ashton, J. The Religion of Paul the Apostle. New Haven: Yale, 2000.

Balsekar, R. Who Cares? The Unique Teaching of Ramesh S. Balsekar. Redondo Beach: Advaita, 1999.

Barton, T. Ancient Astrology. London: Routledge, 1994.

Bryan, C. Render to Caesar: Jesus, the Early Church, and the Roman Superpower. New York: Oxford, 2005.

Collins, J. J. (editor), and M. Fishbane (editor). Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys. Albany: SUNY, 1995.

Crowley, M. Secret Drugs of Buddhism. Forthcoming, and presented at Entheogenesis Conference 2004.

Culiano, I. Out of This World: Otherworldly Journeys from Gilgamesh to Albert Einstein. Boston: Shambhala, 1991.

Cumont, F. Astrology and Religion among the Greeks and Romans. New York: Dover, 1960 (1912).

Davies, S. Jesus the Healer: Possession, Trance, and the Origins of Christianity. New York: Continuum, 1995.

Detering, H. Der Gefälschte Paulus; The Fabricated Paul: Early Christianity in the Twilight. Düsseldorf: Patmos, 1995.

Doherty, E. The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ? Challenging the Existence of an Historical Jesus. Ottawa: Canadian Humanist. 1999.

Drews, A. Die Petruslegende; The Legend of Saint Peter: A Contribution to the Mythology of Christianity. Frankfurt: Neuer Frankfurter, 1910, 1924.

Fishbane, M. The Kiss of God: Spiritual and Mystical Death in Judaism. Seattle: University of Washington, 1994.

Forte, R. (editor). Entheogens and the Future of Religion. San Francisco: Council on Spiritual Practices, 1997.

Fowden, G. The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind. Princeton: Princeton University, 1986.

Freke, T.; and P. Gandy. The Complete Guide to World Mysticism. London: Piatkus, 1997.

Grof, S. (editor), and C. Grof (editor). Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1989.

Grof, S.; and C. Grof. Beyond Death: The Gates of Consciousness. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980.

Heinrich, C. Strange Fruit: Alchemy and Religion: The Hidden Truth. London: Bloomsbury, 1994.

Hoffman, M. A. (editor). Entheos: The Journal of Psychedelic Spirituality. Entheomedia.org, 2001-2002.

Hoffman, M. A., C. A. P. Ruck, and B. Staples. “The Entheogenic Eucharist of Mithras”. Entheos 2.1:13-46 (2002).

Hoffman, M. S. “Wasson and Allegro on the Tree of Knowledge as Amanita”. Journal of Higher Criticism, in press, 2007.

Hoffman, M. S. “The Bubble of Simulation: Subjective Experience as a Virtual Environment”. Fringe Ware Review 5:22-24, 1994.

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Johnson, L. T. Religious Experience in Earliest Christianity: A Missing Dimension in New Testament Studies. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1998.

Kubby, S. The Politics of Consciousness: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. Port Townsend: Loompanics, 1995.

Martin, L. H. Hellenistic Religions: An Introduction. New York: Oxford University, 1987.

Merkur, D. Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions. Albany: SUNY, 1993.

Merkur, D. The Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation, and Mystical Experience. Rochester: Park Street, 2001.

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Post-Processing Steps
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  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
    • optional: export mp3 of Mic wav n/a
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy heading to TOC, link
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
Log of Takes
  • filename
    • 210222_2077.wav – mixer
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps
  • normal miking: Shure SM57 mic. 4.5″, on-axis. Aimed at upper lip or 1/4″ in front of upper lip. Limiter. No eq.
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

Heading

Added “riding the mic sweet spot” to casual standard voice page, to read-aloud those mic principles.

“2021-02-21a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Master Tape.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-SusEhbnlwn
  • description:
    • Reading Comments at Cyberdisciple’s site.
    • Preparing to do a double-reading of M. Hoffman’s article Entheogens and the Ancient Mystery Religions. Testing a brighter mic position.
    • A somewhat scattered tour of master tape Egodeath Mystery Show episode:
      “Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud.mp3” (it would be nice to get more familiar with this master tape and add more timestamps, practice this more.)
    • See Esoteric Agenda below.
  • filesize: 253 MB
  • length: 2:33:30
Esoteric Agenda
  • Read Comments at Cyberdisciple’s page on Transcendent Knowledge Podcast episode 26. Mostly Wrmspirit’s Comments, & one of my Comments.
    https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/transcendent-knowledge-podcast-ep-26
  • Discussed miking and voicing a re- double-reading of Hoffman’s article. Did some practice double-reading of M. Hoffman’s article Entheogens and the Ancient Mystery Religions.
    • Discussed mic positions’ effect on bass and treble, in preparation for a re-do of reading Hoffman article.
  • Played master tape of the beloved, solid, ambitious Feb. 7 episode of Egodeath Mystery Show, “Plastic Cloud”. 💕 🎙 🕰 🎶
    • Whimsical hyper-reading of Rolfe book passage (twice).
    • Despite some slurring on Feb 7, I nailed the exercise of saying “botched statement”.
    • Within the master tape, I found the {balance} mytheme discussion, = retaining control. Added the 42:00-46:00 timestamp to idea development page 11 in those show-notes. Played that entire “clip” (directly playing portions of that master tape).
    • I updated the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page, to add another “recording type”: I didn’t literally prepare any clips (as such) from Feb 7 show, but I played passages from that master tape; EXPLORED the previous episode and discussed passages from that show (interesting approach, using an entire master tape, not an mp3, nor a wav clip).
    • This suggests a Mystery Show format: giving a tour of the master-tapes archive.
    • 1 57 31 “new” variant of recording types: loading a previous episode’s master tape and exploring it during the current episode.
    • 2 12 06 critiquing Feb 7 Plastic Cloud episode master tape. Inconsistent ‘s’ slurring.
    • Again playing the full first 5 minutes of the Feb 7 show, a lovely show episode (while learning to press P key to pause and freshly comment about that episode).
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    • optional: normalize vol of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
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  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210221_2072.wav – mixer
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps
  • normal miking: Shure SM57 mic. 4.5″ distance. Aimed at upper lip or 1/4″ in front of upper lip. 0-25 degrees. No pop filter or windscreen. Limiter. No eq.
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode (didn’t record) > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

Intro Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com
February 21, 2021.
To differentiate this episode: I might cover the following: 30 seconds; 4 items, 6 words each

I’m using the Shure SM57 microphone, at 4″ distance, approximately on-axis, with no EQ, with limiter. 

Playlist

We’re listening to:

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

“Review of Standard Voice” Segment

This is the start of the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Read from Casual Standard Voice, then return here.

We’ve finished the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

“Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Read from Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show, then return here.

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

That ends the main agenda, and the discussion of x.
__ The timestamp is x. fade music

Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

  • __ timestamp, filename
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

Forgot Plots:
“Forgot Late/ Forgot Steadily/ Forgot Early”
= the Maximal/ Moderate/ Minimal Entheogen Theories

Maximal theory (Hoffman): ……. 10 9 0 – “falls late” curve
Moderate theory (Ruck): …………. 10 5 0 – “falls steadily” curve
Minimalist theory (McKenna): … 10 1 0 – “falls early” curve

Forgot Plots:
“Logarithmic vs. Exponential Fall” Is Ambiguous;
“Falls Late/ Falls Steadily/ Falls Early” Is Direct Description; or:
“Forgot Late/ Forgot Steadily/ Forgot Early”

When it comes to decline-curves, the terminology of “logarithmic vs exponential” is inconclusive.

According to the Maths synth module:
The “falls early” curve (Minimalist; McKenna) is an exponential decline (not logarithmic, as I’ve been saying).
The “falls late” curve (Maximalist; M. Hoffman) is a logarithmic decline (not exponential, as I’ve been saying).

After looking at image search results, the terms “exponential” and “logarithmic” are ambiguous, for declines.

It might be justifiable to call the “falls late” curve “exponential decline”, as I’ve been doing. I’d have to get into the math to check how the terminology usage works.

In recordings, I described the “falls late” curve as “exponential decline” as, “at first, the decrease per year is slight, and then later, the decrease-per-year becomes greater; an exponential increase in the rate of decline”.

It’s probably best to avoid the vague, indirect “log/exp” terms, and simply describe, instead, “the declines early” & “the declines late” curves. McKenna’s curve falls-off early; Hoffman’s curve falls late.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=logarithmic+fall
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=logarithmic+decline
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=logarithmic+reduction
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=logarithmic+decrease

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=exponential+fall
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=exponential+decline
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=exponential+reduction
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=exponential+decrease

The Two-Level Personal Control System (Personal + Transpersonal)

At present, I have not read the comments at the below page.

I posted a Comment at:
https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/transcendent-knowledge-podcast-ep-26/ –

The person in the mystic state experiences being God as higher, transpersonal controller.

Sophia discovers her higher partner.

Everything in myth is aspects of oneself, the initiate.

The personal, lower self is distinct from the transpersonal, higher self.

The “overall person” (or initiate) includes the formerly unknown, higher, transpersonal component of control, as well as the lower, personal, controller portion of the “personal+transpersonal” control system.

The ‘personal’ control system includes the lower, ‘personal’ component of the personal control system, and the higher, transpersonal component of the personal control system.

See the image of Jesus and Sophia dancing, both with lifted garment indicating the higher state of awareness about the two levels of control.

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/12/13/lifted-garment-mushroom-folds-in-christian-greek-art-indicating-the-ecstatic-holy-spirit-altered-state/#Jesus-and-Dancer

Compare the two snakes (male ruler/controller & female ruler/controller) intertwined in the caduceus.

The word ‘person’ or ‘personal’ is ambiguous, and means both:
o Specifically the lower control-component (the passive thought receiver).
o Both of the levels of control: the control-thought inserter and the control-thought receiver); the personal and transpersonal levels.

In gnosticism, when Sophia wasn’t aware of her higher partner, and she tried to produce enlightenment, the result was a monster, Yaldabaoth: the lion-headed serpent-monster.

The well-formed mental worldmodel of control requires accounting for one’s higher, transpersonal level of control (the uncontrollable higher controller, uncontrollable by the lower, local locus of control), and recognizing the limits & dependency of the lower, local locus of control.

Double Reading of M. Hoffman Article Entheogens and Ancient Mystery Religions

Consider doing a morning double-reading of M. Hoffman’s article Entheogens and Ancient Mystery Religions.

Not like my first time’s approach I gave to M. Hoffman, “read a paragraph, then paraphrase it”. I should listen to that full recording first.

A double-reading would give higher comprehension and better overall result, than my initial format (“paragraph then paraphrase”).

My first read-aloud recording of this article (Feb 2) was a reading of each paragraph (ie on a per-paragraph scale), followed by a paraphrase of the paragraph. Included References/Biblio at end.

A double-reading would replace my own, choppy paraphrase, by a smooth 2nd reading, on a per-sentence scale. And would replace the initial read-through of a paragraph, by a per-sentence doulbe-reading. Omit References. Focus just on learning Hoffman’s headings & sentences, as-is. Far more scalable and repeatable than inventing a paraphrase on the spot.

New addl type of modifcation of a read-through:

  1. Create recording of double-reading an article body.
  2. Read footnotes / Biblio, not recording.
  3. Record various critiques, as a prep.
  4. Then Play back and Pause the double-reading, and intersperse my reaction/critique/ comments.

Extracting Panofsky Clips

Consider clipping just the Art portions from the first 47 minutes of the “Ourgument” episode of Egodeath Mystery Show. What are all the passages I’ve ever recorded re: Panofsky? Do a “clips rollup episode” of all those.

1:45 – Art: represent all artists, especially esoteric religious artists. always mean mushrooms.
~10:00 Art: the book will convince
~12:00 “I’m scrolling down” <- del
13:00 Grid: the grid game explained/summarized, from last show, to be here independent of previous episode. Points explained. 200 vs -200, don’t change; we’ll change never.
~15:45 Art: the book will convince, devastating. bedtime cover story.
17:00 Art: artists given messed-up templates
19:00 Art: asked boss, copy machine. job desc. ital pines templates, badly malformed due to incompetence. follow your directives.
23:30 Grid: grid game again. briefly? unreasonable committed believer in plants.

Defining “clips rollup episode“, “full episode“, “core episode“, & “clip“, for Egodeath Mystery Show

Spectrum of recording complexity approaches:

see Egodeath Mystery Show page

Robert Segal’s Reductionism of Religion/ Myth as Social Structures

Shouldn’t Cyberdisciple list Robert A. Segal himself as a theorist specifically within the category of “Myth-ritualist theory” or “Functionalism“? Is Segal a good guide to categories of theories/ interpretations of religion/ myth? Segal advocates a Social Science interpretation/ explanation of religion/ myth.

https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/evaluating-theories-of-mythology/ – begins by mentioning Segal, but doesn’t list Segal himself in any view in section “Variants and Theorists”.

The post only mentions Segal as a *guide to* theories of myth, in paragraph 1, and doesn’t present Segal himself as a particular theorist advocating specifically the Reductionist (ie Social Science) approach to the interpretation of religion/myth and/or the historiography of religion/myth.

What theory of Myth does Segal himself believe and advocate? Segal owns the advocacy of the Social-Science Reductionist approach to interpretation of religion, I tentatively suggest.

Cyberdisciple’s post begins:

“Evaluating Theories of Mythology

“This post will evaluate theories of mythology. Initially I drew from Robert A. Segal, Myth. A Very Short Introduction and Eric Csapo, Theories of Mythology for 19th and 20th century theories. Like a reviewer of Csapo’s book on Amazon, I find Segal’s a better introduction, Csapo’s a better analysis and critique. Read Segal for the quick and dirty, dig into Csapo for social context and method. Both make clear how 19th century all theories of myth have been, even the 20th century ones, before the Egodeath theory. Mythology as a discipline is tied to European imperialism and social Darwinism, ‘evolutionism’.

“I’m added summaries of ancient Greek approaches, mostly drawn from Luc Brisson, How Philosophers Saved Myths. I’m considering these summaries of ancient Greek approaches partial approximations because our understanding of what the Greeks meant needs to be revised in light of the Egodeath Theory.”

from “Empirical_Method_in_the_Study_of_Esoteri.pdf” 1995 Hanegraaff article:

article, Robert A. Segal, 1983, In defense of reductionism,

“In defense of reductionism” robert segal
https://www.bing.com/search?q=%22In+defense+of+reductionism%22+robert+segal

The article:
https://academic.oup.com/jaar/article-abstract/LI/1/97/683591

In Defense of Reductionism
Robert A. Segal
Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 1, March 1983, Pages 97–124, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.1.97
Published: 01 March 1983

wik lacks a Robert Segal page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_interpretation_of_religion#Gnosticism – “On the other hand, it is clear from a comparison of Jung’s writings and that of ancient Gnostics, that Jung disagreed with them on the ultimate goal of the individual. Gnostics in ancient times clearly sought a return to a supreme, other-worldly Godhead. In a study of Jung, Robert Segal claimed that the eminent psychologist would have found the psychological interpretation of the goal of ancient Gnosticism (that is, re-unification with the Pleroma, or the unknown God) to be psychically ‘dangerous’, as being a total identification with the unconscious. To contend that there is at least some disagreement between Jung and Gnosticism is at least supportable: the Jungian process of individuation involves the addition of unconscious psychic tropes to consciousness in order to achieve a trans-conscious centre to the personality. Jung did not intend this addition to take the form of a complete identification of the Self with the Unconscious.”

The terms ‘the conscious’ and ‘the unconscious’ are terrible, vague, off-base, ineffective theory-constructs.

2nd line of footer says:

Segal = the social-scientific study of religion and myth

reductionism means the theory/interpretation

religion & myth is social science

religion and myth are understood by science of sociology.

Religion and myth are sociological constructs

Religion/myth is social stuff, so is understood by social science.

To scientifically understand and study religion/myth, we must use social science.

The right way to understand religion/myth, is through social science.
That view is known as “Reductionism”; the Reductionist view.

The Reductionist view of Western Esotericism is the Social Science approach/perspective on Western Esotericism.

Western Esotericism = Social Science.

To understand Western Esotericism, approach Western Esotericism through the Social Science approach.

March 8, 2021 Addition

Evaluating Theories of Mythology
https://cyberdisciple.wordpress.com/evaluating-theories-of-mythology/

From what I gather from Hanegraaff’s 1995 article, Robert Segal himself should be listed as a theorist in the body of the article.  Not just at the top, as a provider of a categorization scheme to place other scholars into.

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#Robert-Segal’s-Reductionism-of-Religion-Myth-as-Social-Structures

from “Empirical_Method_in_the_Study_of_Esoteri.pdf” 1995 Hanegraaff article:
article, Robert A. Segal, 1983, In defense of reductionism

Wouter Hanegraaff’s 1995 article: “Empirical method in the study of esotericism”
https://www.academia.edu/1761692/Empirical_Method_in_the_Study_of_Esotericism_1995_
3 approaches: Religionism, Reductionism, Empiricism
Journal: “Method & Theory in the Study of Religion”

Segal is the leading advocate of “Reductionism”.  In the context of Theory of Religion, this “Reductionism” means that to explain religion, mysticism, or spirituality, means explaining those in terms of Social Science.  

Per Segal’s Reductionism, when you have explained religion, mysticism, or spirituality in terms of Social Science, you have finished explaining religion, mysticism, or spirituality.
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Christopher Partridge appears to be this type of reductionist.  His area of research is contemporary counter culture, with extreme hyper-emphasis on “counter”, which for him, means an entire, heavy interpretive framework: his trademark term ‘occulture’. 

His model seems as breathtakingly superficial as any exoteric esotericism.

“2021-02-20a Egodeath Mystery Show – At War with the Exoteric Mystics.mp3”

Recommended re: what’s wrong with Mystics. Entire episode is on-topic.

Throwaway morning vocal warmup show with no Egodeath core theory content, except that there’s no vocal warmup, and it’s only Egodeath core theory content.

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-MpvumYS97K
  • Filename: see Heading above.
  • description:
    • what’s wrong with Mystics.
    • Exoteric esotericism.
    • The Forgot Plots of enlightenment, corresponding to of plants.
    • Hanegraaff is a crypto-Reductionist; Hanegraaff approves of Clifford Geertz’ definition of ‘esotericism’ as “skilled concealment and skilled revealing FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING SOCIAL CONTROL OVER OTHER PEOPLE”. I recommend that Hanegraaff combine good Religionism with good Empiricism; but instead, it appears that Hanegraaff approves of combining Reductionism (ie Social Science explanatory approach) with Empiricism, to explain religion/ myth/ esotericism.
  • filesize: 47 MB
  • length: 50:54

Errata

Hanegraaff’s 2012 article – I said “Clifford Geertz”, meant “Michael Taussig” said…. –

“after its sensational and exhibitionistic public phase during the 1960s, the use of psychedelics in a spiritual context evolved after 1970 into a private and discreet, individualist practice, which continued to have a considerable impact on New Age religion because of the types of religious experiences and visions that it produced or facilitated.

This makes it into an aspect of “esotericism” in the specific dictionary sense of secrecy and concealment – but not of the well-known discursive practice of secrecy as “skilled revelation of skilled concealment” (as elegantly formulated by Michael Taussig (in “Viscerality, Faith, and Skepticism”, 273)), where secrets are forms of social capital that impart power to those who are in a position to hide or reveal them.

Instead, we are dealing with practices of secrecy and concealment born simply out of social or legal necessity.

The obvious difficulties of finding hard data under such conditions are not a sufficient reason to ignore this dimension of New Age, for at least two reasons.

First, simply by being more attentive to it, evidence relevant to entheogenic esotericism may be noted and recognized that would otherwise be overlooked: authors and practitioners do make references to it, but often just in passing and by means of coded language (e.g. “power plants” and “psychotechnologies” rather than “drugs” or “psychedelics”).

Second, even where there is no strict empirical proof of entheogenic esotericism, it may still be the most plausible explanation in specific cases, such as those discussed above.

The assumption that spectacular experiences as reported by Capra and Roberts [or any esotericists ever, in any era -cm] happened “just like that” (because we cannot think of anything better), are unsatisfactory and in fact rather lazy from an intellectual point of view [for an example of such laziness, see Hanegraaff himself re: any esotericism in pre-modern eras -cm]: until somebody comes up with a better explanation, it seems much more reasonable to attribute them, at least provisionally, to the use of substances that are known from clinical research to have exactly these kinds of effects.”

Post-Processing Steps

from mobile device mono Voice memo app, not sm57/dr-05.

  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
    • optional: import Mic Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
    • optional: normalize vol of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
    • optional: export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps

“1997 Egodeath Core Theory Spec.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-XjtdmBg2Av
  • description: Read-aloud of 1997 Core Theory Spec; the cybernetic theory of ego transcendence. Double-reading; each sentence twice. No music.
  • filesize: 135 MB
  • length: 56:20
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  • remove silences/gaps
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename;
    “2021-02-19a Egodeath Mystery Show – 1997 Core Theory.aup”
  • bitrate: 320 kbps
  • normal miking: Shure SM57 mic. 4″ distance. Aimed at upper lip or 1/4″ in front of upper lip. ~45 degrees. No pop filter or windscreen. Limiter. No eq.
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

“2021-02-19a Egodeath Mystery Show – 1997 Core Theory.mp3”

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  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-7F2FjnDBra
  • description:
    • Updated, streamlined template for the Egodeath Mystery Show.
    • 3 techniques for revoicing speech to casual standard voice.
    • New WordPress page, “casual standard voice”.
    • Several possibilities for long show episodes, shortened episodes, and extracted clips.
    • Reading aloud the 1997 Core Theory article.
    • LP: Volume 4, by Black Sabbath.
  • filesize: 228 MB
  • length: 1:35:14
Post-Processing Steps
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  • determine which wavs
  • connect recorder drives
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Detailed Description

In the main segment, the Board of Mystics goes through the esoteric agenda:

  • Updated, streamlined template for the Egodeath Mystery Show.
  • 3 techniques for revoicing speech to casual standard voice.
    • while speaking, no recorder, repeat phrase.
    • record speech, play in headphones while revoicing to create a fresh new 2nd-gen recording with only the 1st-gen words, but not the 1st gen voicing.
    • mix playback of 1st-gen speech, pause it, the record 2nd gen speech; result recording alternates between 1st gen and 2nd gen voicing.
  • New WordPress page, “casual standard voice”.
  • FORGOT to do this – critique & revoice with vary-pitch 17d (the lozenge episode, which starts to define “quiet casual standard voice”.
    • findings in episode 17d:
      • the mouth noises are bad,
      • the voicing is good, toward defining “quiet casual standard voice”.
      • quiet casual standard voice – add varying the pitch
  • Several possibilities for multiple forms of a given recording, for the Egodeath Mystery Show; various multiple possible versions/ formats/ outputs/ clips.
    • long show episodes, “full version of the episode”
    • shortened episodes “core version of the episode”
    • extracted standalone clips.
  • Reading aloud the 1997 Core Theory article.
    • I read the first sections from WordPress copy of the article. I read the later sections from Principia Cybernetica website, as posted
    • plans for multi-recording the 1997 article. two versions simultaneously produced – “dance mix” & the condensed voice-only mix (both a double-reading and a single-reading version)
    • engage the mic recorder
    • 8 pages, 3247 words
    • Using a revoicing technique: Repeat Sentence form, to target casual standard voice.
    • Haven’t pre-read.
    • Voice state right now: Average.
    • Early evening volume; 7/10. (3 p.m. = 10/10; 3 a.m. = 1/10).
Log of Takes
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 320 kbps
  • normal miking: Shure SM57 mic. 4″ distance. Aimed at upper lip or 1/4″ in front of upper lip. ~45 degrees. No pop filter or windscreen. Limiter. No eq.
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

Intro Segment

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com
This episode covers: 30 seconds; 4 items, 6 words each

  • Updated, streamlined template for the Egodeath Mystery Show.
  • 3 techniques for revoicing speech to casual standard voice.
  • New WordPress page, “casual standard voice”.
  • Several possibilities for long show episodes, shortened episodes, and extracted clips.
  • Reading aloud the 1997 Core Theory article.

I’m using the Shure SM57 microphone, at 4″ distance, with no EQ, with limiter.

Playlist

We’re listening to:

“Review of Standard Voice” Segment

This is the start of the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.

Read from Casual Standard Voice, then return here.

“Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.

Read from Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show, then return here.

Main Agenda

In this next segment, the Board of Mystics goes through the esoteric agenda.

Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

OFF AIR

Episode Agenda for the Egodeath Mystery Show <- follow realtime live updates here as the Board of Mystics updates the Esoteric Agenda
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/

Making a Voice Assessment/Revoicing Routine

to make next episode: record half hour start. Play that back, mixing in new mic – pause and revoice.

Not the best approach: making a 3-hour recording, then hearing it the next day and hearing that it was all voiced not very well. Instead, leverage the power of .wav playback in the visual, audio editor app, on a shorter , near-real-time scale.

  1. Do: Record my voice as I type & talk.
  2. Generate half an hour of voice recording
  3. load that into the audio editor app
  4. Play/ pause/ re-record/ re-voice the first voice rec’g, as “layer 2”.
  5. Read-aloud, and talk about, the new, “casual standard voice” page.

This new page has helped a lot! I did a read-aloud of it, came out pretty great:
Casual Standard Voice – combine that page with:

  1. Speak off the cuff, record that.
  2. Play back that recording while generating a new, fresh voice recording.
  3. Pause playback and revoice correctly.
  4. Listen to 2nd recording – it is great, the revoicing that I achieved/produced.

Not sure there’s any point to my doing that exercise over older recordings. My time is better spent on refining / revoicing brand new recordings. Focus on developing my ear, hearing and recogtnizing the great intended voicing result, casual standard voice.

My most recent results fixed many errors, and introduced some new errors (hyper-enunciation).
The Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-07) Plastic Cloud
eg:
11:58 “time stamp 12 minutesh” – not a middle-of-tongue slurring; it’s closer to the tip, almost a whistle, sometimes a whistle.
13:10 “I want to make a shingle mp3″ (I slurred it w/ front of tongue, not middle of tongue)
14:08 “hear the flawsh“

  1. My phase 1 was: slurring and tight honky back of throat and high pitch.
  2. My phase 2 was: hyper enunciation and high too-gentle pitch.
  3. My phase 3 is: Casual Standard Voice

Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

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Contents:

Warmup Reading Prep

separate each word, pronounce every letter of every word

The whole point and purpose of this warmup reading is to continue enunciating and properly vocalizing in this same way (casual standard voice) through the rest of the show.

After I finish reading this passage, I will continue to vocalize in this same way (casual standard voice) for the rest of the show.

  • exaggerate the bass, treble, and pitch swing
  • pitch swing within the lower half of the spectrum
  • repeat statement, keeping it within the lower half of the spectrum
  • vary speed from fast to medium
  • neutral standard reference tone; no accent, no hyper-enunciation
  • separate each word
  • pronounce every letter of every word

Summary of the Main Article

The Entheogen Theory of Religion and Ego Death – Summary

The Entheogen Theory of Religion and Ego Death explains what is revealed in religious revelation and in enlightenment, including the nature of personal control agency.

The essence and origin of religion is the use of visionary plants to routinely trigger the intense mystic altered state, producing loose binding of cognitive associations. This loose cognitive binding then produces an experience of being controlled by frozen block-universe determinism with a single, pre-existing, ever-existing future.

Experiencing this model of control and time initially destabilizes self-control power, and amounts to the death of the self that was conceived of as an autonomous control-agent. Self-control stability is restored upon transforming one’s mental model to take into account the dependence of personal control on a hidden, separate thought-source, such as Necessity or a divine level that transcends Necessity.

Myth describes this mystic-state experiential insight and transformation. Religious initiation teaches and causes this transformation of the self considered as a control-agent, through a series of visionary-plant sessions, interspersed with study of perennial philosophy. Most modern-era religion has been a distortion of this standard initiation system, reducing these concepts to a weak interpretation that is based in the ordinary state of consciousness.

Miscellaneous Sentences

How the Egodeath Mystery Show was started:

My followers are taking something that is the epitome of simple and clear, and then they’re applying their big-brain analysis to it; and quickly, by the time they touch it, they leave it a smoking complicated ruin and wreck, that’s all complicated and broken, and the opposite of what it is.

It is impressive and admirable, the consistent dedication to falsehood which the Exoteric paradigm has.

The Romance of the Fungus World

1924 Rolfe book https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf

Example link: https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf/page/282/mode/2up?q=plaincourault

Book:
The Romance of the Fungus World: An Account of Fungus Life in Its Numerous Guises, Both Real and Legendary
Rolfe (1925)

R. T. Rolfe & F. W. Rolfe.  The Romance of the Fungus World: An Account of Fungus Life in Its Numerous Guises, Both Real and Legendary.  ISBN: 0486231054.  1925 (1974).  Foreword by John Ramsbottom, 1924 <- same year as Manly Hall’s book Secret Teachings of All Ages.

Dover changed to “Imaginary”, orig = “Legendary”
https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf/page/272/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf/page/n346/mode/1up

Transcription copied on Dec. 31, 2024 from http://egodeath.com/WassonEdenTree.htm#_Toc135889187 —

“A Curious Myth.  

“We may close this chapter with a fitting historical reference to the fungi, relating to a curious myth, connecting them with our reputed ancestors, Adam and Eve.  

This is seen in a fresco in a ruined chapel at Plaincourault, in France, dating back to 1291, and purporting to depict the fall of man.  

A reproduction of this is shown,1 and the Tree of Life* is represented as a branching Amanita muscaria, with the Serpent twining himself in its “branches,” while Eve, having eaten of the forbidden fruit, appears from her attitude to be in some doubt as to its after effects, which it is gratifying to know caused her no serious harm.  

It is impossible to say whether this picture is merely a quaint conception on the part of the artist, or whether it has any better traditional foundation.”

– Rolfe, Romance of the Fungus World, 1925, p. 291, chapter “Some Historical Aspects of Fungi”

1. (1911) Bull. Soc. Mycologique de France, xxvii., p. 31.

“It is impossible to say whether this picture is merely a quaint conception on the part of the artist, or whether it has any better traditional foundation.”

Given mushrooms in Christian art eg pilzbaum, interpreted as psychedelic eternalism including integrated motifs of {mushrooms}, {branching}, {handedness}, and {stability} motifs, against Rolfe:

It is possible to say that this picture is not merely a quaint conception on the part of the artist, but has a traditional foundation.

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/branching-message-mushroom-trees-psychedelic-eternalism-depicted-in-medieval-art-as-branching-mushrooms-handedness-and-non-branching/

My 2006 Wasson article is quite good, not just for this passage. The one gap is that I made it only 99% of the way toward realizing that Wasson’s ellipses(!) in Panofsky’s letter (of two!) MUST be a deleted citation that I was wanting. I did accuse Wasson of seeming to withhold citations, but should have specified: at the ellipses.

*I pointed out in 2006: “The tree would actually be the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, not the tree of life.” I recently (late 2024) saw that someone eg. Ruck wrote that all the trees are interchangeable.

I am glad Dec. 31, 2024 that my 2006 article says:

“The final sentence seems to be asserting that it is unknown whether this portrayal of the Amanita mushrooms in a chapel indicates that Amanita mushrooms were used by those Christians, and that it is unknown whether there is a tradition of portraying Amanita in Christian art. 

The Virtual Ego and the Illusory Aspect of its Control Power

The ego exists, but in a way that is more limited and complex than is usually felt. The Enlightenment conceived of the ego as an autonomous self-steering entity, rather than as a slave or puppet of gods or Fate. The cognitive structures of the semi-illusory ego must be preserved even while discovering that its thoughts and actions originate from the underlying plane, rather than originating from the ego. The ego exists virtually, or in certain limited aspects, the naive concept of ego is distorted, accepting the projected ego image as being as real as the egoic cognitive structures.

The ego-entity exists as a real set of patterns and dynamics, but the ego is not as solid, continuous, or powerful as it seems. The ego is both a set of real patterns, but also a projected, constructed image. In a way, the perceived ego exists, and in a way, it does not. The mind usually projects and constructs a fairly solid and simple image of oneself. Seeing the illusory aspects of this mental representation and feeling the absence of the accustomed sense of personal solidity can be experienced as death, as literal cessation of personal existence, because the naive mind strongly identifies with the projected image and the sense. Mental processing is structured with the conscious ego-representation as the center of control and experiencing. This representation of the ego is a dynamic set of mental constructs. This deceivingly tangible representation of the self or ego is only a part of the ego.

In a dissociative cognitive state, the usual cognitive structures constituting the ego cease, and the projection of the ego image also ceases. Oneself still exists in many ways, such as a body, a brain, a mind, possessions, and a personal past. One genuine aspect of oneself has temporarily ceased to firmly exist: the egoic cognitive processing, which is largely but not entirely suspended. The projection of the self-image is also partly suspended. Insofar as the mind confuses the projected self-image with that part of the self which is genuine, that projected self never existed, other than a perceptual illusion, and so could not cease to exist. If the ego is defined strictly as the natural assumption that the mentally projected self-representation is literally oneself, then it can be said that “the ego is only an illusion”. But such a narrowed definition of “ego” raises the question of what to call the real cognitive structures that reliably project that illusion. The ego is more than just an illusion. It’s a large, complex, and dynamic set of mental processes, of which the deceivingly tangible mental representation is only one part.

The will exerts control power, but this power is virtual rather than literal. There is some control-power, but the normal perception of this power is distorted. The sense of having control power is taken too literally and too simply. Ego structures are refined after enlightenment, not eliminated. Physics cannot provide a legitimate dwelling place for the ego entity, because the ego is largely illusory. Delusion or enlightenment are collective: first there is a uniform interegoic control field, deluded about control agency, then the rational, cybernetics explanation of enlightenment is discovered and communicated. There is a shocking feeling of helplessness upon realizing the insubstantiality of the cross-time ego.

Panofsky’s Letter Censored by Wasson

“The plant in this fresco has nothing whatever to do with mushrooms, and the similarity with Amanita muscaria is purely fortuitous. The Plaincourault fresco is only one example – and, since the style is provincial, a particularly deceptive one – of a conventionalized tree type, prevalent in Romanesque and early Gothic art, which art historians actually refer to as a ‘mushroom tree’ or in German, Pilzbaum.  It comes about by the gradual schematization of the impressionistically rendered Italian pine tree in Roman and early Christian painting, and there are hundreds of instances exemplifying this development – unknown of course to mycologists. … What the mycologists have overlooked is that the medieval artists hardly ever worked from nature but from classical prototypes which in the course of repeated copying became quite unrecognizable.”

– Erwin Panofsky in a 1952 letter to Wasson excerpted in Soma, pp. 179-180

Note the ellipses, where Wasson omitted Panofsky’s recommendation of Brinckmann’s book; Wasson’s book SOMA shows only ellipses here, and Brinckmann’s name doesn’t appear in SOMA.

For clarity, I here break out the restored text as a separate paragraph:

“The plant in this fresco has nothing whatever to do with mushrooms, and the similarity with Amanita muscaria is purely fortuitous. The Plaincourault fresco is only one example – and, since the style is provincial, a particularly deceptive one – of a conventionalized tree type, prevalent in Romanesque and early Gothic art, which art historians actually refer to as a ‘mushroom tree’ or in German, Pilzbaum.  It comes about by the gradual schematization of the impressionistically rendered Italian pine tree in Roman and early Christian painting, and there are hundreds of instances exemplifying this development – unknown of course to mycologists.

If you are interested, I recommend a little book by A. E. Brinckmann, Die Baumdarstellung im Mittelalter (or something like it), where the process is described in detail. Just to show what I mean, I enclose two specimens: a miniature of ca. 990 which shows the inception of the process, viz., the gradual hardening of the pine into a mushroom-like shape, and a glass painting of the thirteenth century, that is to say about a century later than your fresco, which shows an even more emphatic schematization of the mushroom-like crown.

What the mycologists have overlooked is that the medieval artists hardly ever worked from nature but from classical prototypes which in the course of repeated copying became quite unrecognizable.”

– Transcribed from the photograph of Panofsky’s letter in Figure 2 (in Brown’s article): Letter of Erwin Panofsky to R. Gordon Wasson, May 2, 1952. Wasson Archives, Harvard University Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass. Page 145.

Salverte – Occult Sciences, 1846

The aspirants to initiation, and those who came to request prophetic dreams of the Gods, were prepared by a fast, after which they partook of meals expressly prepared; and also of mysterious drinks, such as the Ciceion in the mysteries of the Eleusinia.  Different drugs were easily mixed up with the drinks, according to the state of mind into which it was necessary to throw the recipient, and the nature of the visions he was desirous of procuring.

– Salverte, Occult Sciences, 1846, quoted in Hall, Secret Teachings, 1928, pp. 353-354.

Isis Unveiled, Blavatsky, 1877

Plants also have like mystical properties in a most wonderful degree, and the secret of the herbs of dreams and enchantments are only lost to European science, and useless to say, too, are unknown to it, except in a few marked instances, such as opium and hashish.  Yet, the psychical effects of even these few upon the human system are regarded as evidences of a temporary mental disorder.  The women of Thessaly and Epirus, the female hierophants of the rites of Sabazius, did not carry their secrets away with the downfall of their sanctuaries.  They are still preserved, and those who are aware of the nature of Soma know the properties of other plants as well.  

– Blavatsky, Isis Unveiled, 1877, quoted in Hall, Secret Teachings, 1928, p. 353

Motivation of This Page
  • Remove from flow of live broadcast instructions/steps for the Egodeath Mystery Show.

Transcendent Knowledge Podcast episode 27

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Contents:

  • Links
  • Outline
  • Commentary
  • Machine Transcription

Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkmpbFAAJXI

Outline

  • The meaning of the word ‘mystic’
  • Precise definition of mystical transformation
  • Setting the bar for attaining mystichood
  • How special are mystics?
  • Idealisation of mystics
  • The relevance of mystics to the egodeath theory
  • Mystics tripping frequently
  • Comparable concepts such as gnostics, hierophants and prophets
  • Verbal communication compared to written communication
  • The relevance of Ramesh Balsekar’s thinking compared to other self-help gurus
  • Fusing the two states of consciousness; joining vs blending
  • Hesychasm as a natural means of accessing the altered state
  • The incompatibility between Jimmy’s book knowledge and his experiential knowledge

Commentary

  • The word ‘gnostic’ is recently controverted. April D. DeConick defends its use, in her book The Gnostic New Age. Reclaiming and redefining it better.
  • Like Max said here, I too have a tepid idea about the usefulness of the term ‘mystics’, it’s kind of a joke, not a respected concept to me.
  • ~”none of them impress me that much. … What’s impressive [re: brands of mysticism] when you’ve got the Egodeath theory ? … Ramesh weak compared to.” 24:44 quotable
    24*60 + 44 = 1484s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkmpbFAAJXI&t=1484s
  • “jimmy is a mega advanced mystic” ~29:00 “but i don’t like the concept of ‘mystic’”
  • he wants something more than, perhaps, a panic-stricken psychotic trip to Hell” ~47:29 todo: audio clip.
    47*60+29 = 2849s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkmpbFAAJXI&t=2849s
    • That gives me an idea for a new marketing/branding plan:
      the Egodeath theory = a panic-stricken psychotic trip to Hell

Machine Transcription

hello and welcome to transcendent knowledge podcast episode number 27. now this episode is subtitled the mystic episode this episode is going to be a solo podcast with just myself max freakout experimenting with a new podcasting format going to see how this goes so the last episode of the podcast was a three-way conversation between myself cyber disciple and jimmy and it generated a large amount of discussion and analysis and also controversy and even about the fundamental issue of whether or not it is even appropriate for me to have jimmy as a guest on the podcast given his whole disorganized conversational style and also his disorganized and incomplete understanding of the ego death theory so with this episode i wanted to carefully respond to what came up in the time since episode 26 came out and i also wanted to clarify my own point of view point of view on the various issues which i think is much needed at this point so in particular i need to fully explain why i said several times that we are not mystics and that the ego death theory is not relevant to mystics or it doesn’t address mystics because during the conversation with jimmy and cyber i never really said what i personally think because i was purely split between either paraphrasing the ego death theory or else paraphrasing jimmy kind of saying stuff back to him what i understood him to be saying or implying but maybe the recording didn’t go exactly according to plan i didn’t keep it focused enough i failed in that endeavor because before we did the recording i had planned to try to make the conversation focus very specifically on the topic of determinism so that we could clear up some specific misconceptions about the ego death theory in jimmy’s understanding but so i didn’t exactly succeed in that name because jimmy does have an exceptional ability to throw curveballs into the conversation so we ended up talking about some topics that i hadn’t planned at all and indeed i hadn’t even really ever thought much about a lot of the issues that that we talked about during that episode

so it mostly centers around the meaning of the word mystic and the connotations of that word it was maybe the the point when the podcast was thrown off track in terms of what i had planned for it was the moment when the word mystics reared large in in the conversation so i want to state absolutely precisely what i think about the word mystic and about the definition of the word mystic as well well so first of all the basic point of grammar is that the word mystic has two forms it can either be an adjective or a noun and the ego death theory already contains a very clear robust definition of the word mystic in the adjective form as in the the phrase mystic altered state which appears all over the ego death theory

so when you’re just considering the adjective form of the word mystic it very straightforwardly just means the same as loose cognitive but i think something about in the specific etymology of the words is to do with the two-stage dynamic of first secret and then revealed

however the ego death theory does not have a corresponding definition of the word mystic in the noun form unless i’ve missed it i think this now this kind of recent discussion this is the first time that this has come up as a big issue in addition to jimmy saying explicitly like i think that the ego death theory should cover mystics to to a greater extent so the real problematic issue here is about the meaning of the noun form of the word mystic plural mystics which is shorthand for a mystic person so it’s like you’ve got these two definitions these two grammatical forms where the adjective form refers to a state of consciousness and at least partially it describes that state of consciousness so it picks out a certain crucial feature of the the altered state of consciousness this hidden and then revealed aspect but the noun form of the word mystic refers to a person either to a type of person or else to a specific person and it doesn’t really describe that person it merely designates them it’s a sign as opposed to a symbol

so my basic position about the noun form of the word mystic is that i am skeptical that it’s useful or helpful or meaningful as a concept and furthermore i suspect that it might simply amount to a kind of modern era mistake or a misreading of religious mysticism and what that’s all about so in other words i’m saying the word mystic makes perfect sense it’s easy to define when it’s an adjective describing the altered state of consciousness but it makes far less sense it becomes ambiguous and perhaps even misleads and distorts understanding when it’s used as a noun as in designating a person a mystic person

and i think um if i remember correctly some some writer it might have been elaine pagels made a very similar point about uh about the word gnostic in one of her books might have been um the gnostic gospels she said something like it’s not an accurate concept uh gnostic that is it it’s not a natural kind or it’s not an accurate sociological kind it’s more like a modern misunderstanding projected onto a past era so the people themselves the people who modern people refer to as gnostics wouldn’t have wouldn’t have seen themselves that way so it’s an anachronistic understanding of what agnostic is and also exactly in line with the ego death theory you can make this this kind of point about jesus does jesus refer to a person or does jesus refer to the altered state or does jesus refer to something else like um astrological symbolism or some some other theory so the attitude of the ego death theory is something like jesus as a historical person is essentially a modern era mistake uh the mistaken assumption of historicism and the ego death theory then clarifies that jesus is properly or esoterically interpreted as an altered state or at least a meta metaphorical arrow pointing to the altered state so the claim i’m making here uh is i basically i suspect that something similar to this is the case when when we consider the noun form of the word mystic it’s like perhaps it’s a distorted exoteric inaccuracy to interpret the word mystic as referring to a person

and also just with the definition itself the category of mystic the way i see it could be as arbitrarily broad or narrow as you choose to define it so it could mean any person who has ever taken acid and tripped becomes a mystic or you could narrow the definition uh it could only be people who have been through the the classic initiation progression culminating in ego death maybe those are the the mystics or it could mean only people who know about the ego death theory so it’s a question of how high do you set the bar for attaining mystic hood and it’s arbitrary and the dictionary definitions are completely inadequate for clarifying this matter they don’t tell you that they don’t even uh incorporate and integrate the information from the ego death theory to be able to think of mystic hood in this way

and it and also like jimmy was playing this exact same definitional game that’s a large part of what he was saying was attempting to set a bar for being a mystic for attaining mystic hood and i think one one issue that came up in if you combine transcendent knowledge podcast episode 26 with all of the discussion that came after it was one clear indicator of how fuzzily defined the word the noun form of the word mystic it’s because there were so many different qualifiers that got added on to that word without really even commenting on on the qualifiers all that much so for example during that conversation we hear about great mystics and professional mystics shamanistic mystics dictionary defined mystics aspiring mystics and so on so all these different qualifiers which are going to subtly change the the meaning of what we’re talking about and also looking at the various dictionary definitions they’re they’re mostly quite vague and imprecise uh in the sense that you can clearly make all of them basically can be made more precise by integrating the information from the ego death theory which none of them have done so so for example there was one one definition that i saw in the merriam-webster dictionary which defined mystic as a follower of a mystical way of life or an advocate of a theory of mysticism and it strikes me both of those are quite vague and both of them stand to be corrected by the ego death theory to say a follower of a mystical way of life needs to be clarified precisely in terms of what changes in a in a person’s daily conduct before and after psychedelic initiation um and to say the second definition they’re an advocate of a theory of mysticism well that’s you can straightforwardly just just just say an advocate of the ego death theory perhaps i mean are there other forms are there other theories of mysticism that you know would also compete for that title of turning a person into a mystic but anyway having said that i would also say that any definition of what a mystic person is would surely have to include people like me uh and jimmy and michael hoffman and cyber disciple you know us like altered state explorers and thinkers to have any any real meaning if i mean it’s like if if we are not mystics in this world then nobody is i mean like that’s crazy to think of what you would have to do if if if we didn’t fit the bill so jimmy said twice that he thinks he’s an aspiring mystic and i take that to mean like like not really a mystic especially in the way that he couched it of like oh you know i i should trip more often to be to be like the mystics were you know he wasn’t including himself in the in the group known as mystics by calling himself an aspiring mystic but you know i would i would be more inclined to say no he’s not aspiring he’s a highly advanced mystic because well two reasons first of all because of his personal experience he’s had really hardcore bad trip on mushrooms which is such a central part of of understanding mysticism understanding religious metaphor but also because because of the fact that he’s engaging in this dialogue he’s coming on the transcendent knowledge podcast and even though he might not be fully able and and you know as as competent with understanding the theory of some other people that have been on the podcast at least he’s engaging in a dialogue at least he’s not just ignoring it and or turning the other way like not wanting to engage with it at all so he’s actually you know he’s he’s an advanced mystic uh he just doesn’t think of himself that way but so to be absolutely clear that’s my opinion that’s what i think personally which i explicitly avoided saying during episode 26 of the podcast because it’s too it’s too complicated and nuanced and it was completely not relevant to what i was trying to achieve with with jimmy which is to have a a a conversation about the intricacies of the concept of determinism and we we’d gone off course by that point uh so yeah that’s that’s how i understand mystical like a fairly you know unhelpful concept i think i have a tepid opinion about about the word mystic in the noun form of the word so i need to explain very carefully why i said and why i repeated several times the claim that we are not mystics

so it’s crucial to understand the context of that claim in light of the conversational dynamics that i was immersed in at the time rather than just isolating that claim we are not mystics you know to do that is to take it out of context it was a highly unusual highly specific context that i was saying that in uh because i i as i said i i planned that conversation to be very specifically just about the com the the concept of determinism just to clear up what i a crucial place where jimmy seemed to be getting the ego death theory wrong but at the same time i knew from experience i know from a lot of uh dialogues that i’ve had with jimmy that it is difficult typically to pin him down um to keep a conversation focused on a specific topic and to get him to come to a specific concrete conclusion about any particular topic it’s it’s a challenge and it’s something that i’ve tried to do a lot in the past and been met with a lot of frustration when i’ve been doing it so i was very much in the mental mode of i must just keep this conversation on track keep bringing it back to the core focus this time i’m i’m going to succeed with jimmy like i have to achieve what i failed to do last time so i was really psyched up to lock horns with jimmy and try to keep his mind focused and just have a productive conversation that actually goes somewhere you know goes towards further clarification and no longer repeating errors misunderstandings um but then so the conversation was progressing and then at some point it occurred to me that jimmy was talking about a concept that he had constructed in his own head and he was he was uniquely defining this thing which he was calling mystics sometimes he said shamans i think once or twice he used the word shamans to mean more or less the same thing but mostly he was saying mystics and he was explicitly defining this this concept is a group of people there’s various things that he said about mystics various characteristics that he picked out in his his idea his idealization of of what mystics are he said things like they were from a bygone era he said they don’t really exist in the modern world and he said that he didn’t say maybe but he implied that they’re holier than we are they’re more special than we are because they have better ethical conduct for example um like we were talking about jainism at one point where they’re known for being you know highly you know morally um conscious on the on a day-to-day level um and also he said not just not just better ethical conduct but that they trip more often he he said that they were frequenting the altered state and that he doesn’t see anybody in the modern world including himself frequenting the the altered state like these ancient mystics uh were um and he said that these mystics they lived in like secluded temples in the forest in some places and also he said mystics can sometimes uh access the psychedelic state by natural means like hazy chasm he didn’t go into much detail about hazy chasm i looked it up afterwards it’s like uh the christian concept of contemplation like um basically probably something like sitting around meditating probably but he didn’t really define that he just said yeah they go into the psychedelic state by natural means they don’t need to take drugs those are all things that jimmy said more or less explicitly during that conversation in episode 26 um about what mystics are like that was his concept of a mystic so he was setting his own bar for the level of specialness that mystics have he was suggesting his own definition of what mystics are and generally at least like i strongly got the impression that he was defining mystics in such a way that uh it’s like he wanted to push them out of reach of us make them more special or better like he was striving to just define mystics as a special class of people somehow above everybody else different from everybody else and yet crucially he was including himself in the set of non-mystics he wasn’t claiming to be a mystic uh like aspiring mystic to me means failing to attain mystical and he said that he himself didn’t he didn’t trip often enough uh he was even if it was like he was lamenting himself and not tripping often enough to be a proper mystic he felt guilty about it because he said he does it once a year

so so i explained like how i personally i think that the concept of the noun form of mystic in general is poorly defined i think that’s that’s a broad overall opinion that i have it’s not a concept that i would normally use myself i wouldn’t bring a concept like that into a conversation it was it was very much prompted strongly prompted by jimmy to even start talking about mystics in this way and so then like it’s like so i i start out by thinking uh without really thinking about it very much i just have this general feeling that the word mystic is poorly defined and not very useful and then jimmy is saying all these things about um mystics in the forest and mystics who uh have really good ethical conduct don’t kill insects uh that kind of thing and at that point i got the feeling that he was basically pushing the concept of mystic even further into the the realms of feeble definition than they already are

i mean i think that probably inevitably a big part of this is simply the fact that the nature of verbal communication compared to written communication it’s a completely different thing like in in a written conversation like on a web forum or email exchange it would be so much easier to explicitly spell out the respective definitions of the word mystic you know the the truly philosophical approach to a you know breaking down a discussion like this but given like you have to understand this was a spontaneous unscripted verbal conversation and furthermore like it was a conversation with jimmy like of all people like this very particular type of person with a very particular style of communicating you know michael hoffman was talking about um adhd attention deficit um asperger’s um to characterize you know this this way of communicating

so it’s like whenever i’m talking with jimmy like what’s going on in my head is you know if i’m the one that’s doing the talking at the time like okay i’ve maybe got a few more seconds to make a point to say something and then jimmy is going to start talking again and he’s gonna come up with some other tangent you know plucked out of some place he’ll say something like i don’t know if you’ve heard of this person i don’t know if you’ve heard of this idea and then i have to listen to him say talk about this and figure out how to integrate it into the theme of the conversation and it’s almost inevitably going to be some trites predictable pop spiritualism you know making the same kind of predictable familiar mistakes when compared alongside the ego death theory and what they’re trying to explain spiritual issues uh nothing really impressive um he doesn’t he’s like he impresses me with the breadth of his his book knowledge like it’s impressive that he’s he’s got a good bibliography attached to to him to his message but none of the individual writers impressed me that much like like what’s impressive when you’ve got the ego death theory you know ramesh bolsakar is feeble compared to the ego death theory in terms of you know the depth of the explanation and so so the conversation with jimmy is just not a particularly organized situation on the contrary it’s chaotic and disorganized you know to have that like hour and a half period of engaging in in verbal dialogue with this guy it’s like i want him to be a part of the conversation because like the alternative approach would be to just say to him okay jimmy sit down shut your mouth and i’m going to lecture you about the ego death theory talk to me at the end ask questions at the end but it’s it’s that’s not the way i’m doing it that’s not what not the way i do things you know i’m hoping that his comprehension will gradually just kind of come about um over time via like this back and forth communication so i give i give him all the space that he needs to spell out what he wants to talk about but i’m always trying to link it back to to the the core concept of the ego death theory i mean that’s one thing about jimmy that did impress me is like sure he’s kind of all over the place with his citations of different writers but i like the way that he um really gives so much attention to ramesh balsa car like he’s got an instinct about that at least that ramesh balsa carl probably one of the most um like explicitly relevant writers uh in in the the domain of pop spiritualism for the ego death theory like in like given that basically ramesh bolsikar’s whole presentation was a self-help guru um and if you take all the self-help gurus and then measure them up you know for the criteria of um relevance uh applicability to the ego death theory like so he’s you know he jimmy jimmy has focused on ramesh bolsikar um because he recognizes i i hope he does the had the closeness of the the model uh so yeah i mean written communication is just so much more organized than verbal communication because it allows for the possibility of re-reading um when you write a comment you can like go over it and i always do this when i’m when i’m engaging in written discussions on like by emails or um web forums like i don’t i will edit and re-edit and keep reading and refining um the way that i write something but it’s completely different in verbal communication because you just you know as soon as as soon as a comment a sentence has left your mouth that’s it you can’t go back and and change it so invariably the you know the quality of the communication is going to be sub-optimal compared to written anyway um so jimmy mentioned being an aspiring mystic he said that three times in total over the course of the the episode so one time he said i am an aspiring mystic so it’s like he was in some way he was characterizing his relationship with with mystics um but then a second time he said like hey remember that i am an aspiring mystic he was like putting that issue back into the the conversation like but then on a third okay a separate occasion i don’t know if it was before or after he said he actually contradicted himself on that point and he said if i was an aspiring mystic i would trip more often than once a year so that implies that he’s not even an aspiring mystic let alone an actual mystic so in other words uh jimmy stated three times the logical equivalent of i am not a mystic um but you know that that contrasts with like what i said a minute ago that the way i see jimmy personally in my opinion um is like if someone put a gun to my head and insisted on pain of death that i have to answer the question is jimmy a mystic i would say well yeah that’s a no-brainer of course he’s a he’s a mega advanced mystic even though he doesn’t think he is from my point of view he’s a mega advanced mystic he’s quite close to the cutting edge like the the growing tip of of mysticism which is the ego death theory but but of course in any normal situation i would never do that because i don’t like the concept of mystic in the noun form it’s a sub-optimal concept i never use that concept naturally you know of my own volition because i just i don’t really agree with the whole edifice the whole network of associations of using the word mystic to refer to a person instead of a state of consciousness so i think that that definition of mystic it’s it’s like a suspicion like i suspect that it’s grounded in modern era distortion concerning what mysticism is really all about i mean it’s like i think there’s a question that comes up here is who exactly gets to do the etymology in cases like this like who’s on whose authority do we take the etymology do we leave the etymology up to the kind of people that write the dictionaries who don’t incorporate the ego death theory and who knows if if they themselves are psychedelic initiates or not um but they they don’t explicitly incorporate uh the concepts of psychedelic initiation into their dictionary definitions of the word mystic um or or can we trust ourselves as as psychedelic initiates as advanced initiates who know about the ego death theory can we decide ourselves so michael hoffman has talked about this issue in regard to the the etymology of the word baccalaureate and whether it relates to bacchus and laurel um and he asked the same question like who who do we leave it up to who is the correct authority in etymology for these you know very central relevant concepts um like like like like the meaning of mystic the meaning of what a laurel represents that kind of thing

so so like i get to this point in the conversation with jimmy in episode 26 where i suddenly realized that he’s doing he’s doing this he’s talking about mystics in this way like it’s like i felt that he had succeeded in throwing the conversation off track away from determinism and into irrelevance like like concepts about mystics that i don’t even agree with that i’ve never even thought about when i still hadn’t achieved my goal of pinning him down on a clear understanding of the way that determinism is relevant to or the way that it applies to the ego death theory and so i said emphatically like several times i said we are not mystics and like when i said that i was basically paraphrasing jimmy i wasn’t expressing my own opinion i was repeating back to jimmy what i understood him to be saying that we are not mystic so he was saying that he isn’t mystic and then i guess uh i guess to establish kinship with him like put myself at the same in the same bracket maybe i i don’t know um what was going through my head exactly at that point but according to his definition of what a mystic is as i understood him to be said these ancient uh forest dwelling people who trip very regularly by natural means etc this idealized concept of a mystic who’s basically better than us above us more holy than than we are uh but that’s not that’s not what i think at all um my opinion on the question of is jimmy a mystic or am i a mystic is far more nuanced than a simple binary yes or no answer we are mystics we are not mystics and i i’ve never thought about it in this much depth and like spelled it out in this much depth because it had never mattered to me that much like

so i think that my strategy in the conversation at that point saying uh i am not no we are not mystics i think what i was really saying is like something along the lines of jimmy i don’t want to talk about your artificial conception of what mystics are please stop talking about mystics they are irrelevant to this conversation let’s go back to talking about determinism like i have planned to

uh another thing that i said which i need to carefully address here um saying that the ego death theory is not relevant to mystics and i think when i said that specific comment i was uh somehow tacitly using the same kind of definition of mystic which belongs only to jimmy you know this um this idealized way of like special forest dwelling people who who trip very often that set of associations that jimmy was using um it’s like the the the kind of definition of mystic that pushes them away artificially from the scope of the ego death theory um you know for example just to explain this like as i see it irrelevance between lack of relevance between the ego death theory and jimmy’s conception of a mystic it’s like the ego death theory contains no account of the psychological effect of tripping very frequently which is distinct from its account of the psychological effect of the standard initiation sequence which culminates in mystical ego death death and rebirth experience um the ego death theory doesn’t explicitly um distinguish that from what jimmy mentioned about like mystics tripping frequently as like almost a daily thing because because you know the standard initiation sequence it’s like michael hoffman has clearly spelled that out it’s it just requires a small handful of psychedelic sessions it’s not about some some unknown number done very very frequently as like a a major life practice it’s a circumscribed thing psychedelic initiation it takes a finite amount of time to it has a beginning a middle and a and a completion to it which didn’t sound like like what jimmy was describing at all so no i could clarify then i suppose what i exactly meant i think that mystics are as irrelevant to the ego death theory as jimmy’s sense of frequenting the psychedelic state of consciousness is irrelevant to the ego death theory given that the ego death theory is about this um this progression this psychological progression that happens during a finite number of sessions and similarly the ego death theory contains a completely different model of the meaning of the transformation in morality the transformation in moral consciousness which accompanies psychedelic initiation which actually denies the kind of egoic free will based idea of moral transformation that jimmy was talking about so he he said he gave the specific example of he found it harder to kill insects since his psychedelic tripping experience so that’s that’s an egoic style of um modeling morality and and modeling the transformation immorality whereas the ego death theory has this much deeper issue of this much deeper way of describing it as like there’s whether you kill insects or not according to the ego death theory any actor killing an insect or or refraining from killing an insect or whatever is eternally contained within the four-dimensional crystalline block universe the the pre-existing future and so god the sculptor of the block is ultimately responsible for all acts whether they are good or evil in the conventional egoic sense of of morality but again in in my own personal opinion which i did not express on the last podcast i think that the ego death theory is relevant to mystics but to mystics who are defined differently you know it does it so it may be irrelevant to jimmy’s definition of mystics but it’s relevant to a different definition of mystics and and then to to further flesh that out i would say that the optimal definition of what a mystic is which would then bring mystics within the explanatory scope of the ego death theory is probably going to be some combination of the various dictionary definitions of the word from the various dictionaries but then additionally upgraded or clarified by the information which the ego death theory reveals so you need to look at the dictionary definitions with the ego death theory in mind and then come up with a new

combination like a a new absolutely airtight version of uh how to define mystic which takes the ego ditherian into consideration

um but but then when you think about that that’s like a blatant tautology it’s circular logic because what you’re saying is the ego death theory is relevant to the ego death theory’s own inferred definition of what a mystic is as opposed to jimmy’s irrelevant definition of what a mystic is but there’s so many other um words and phrases that we can use to try to define what exactly we are like our small group who are actually engaged in in this uh this conversation so it’s like are we mystics are we gnostics are we shamans are we hierophants are we wise men are we shepherds are we god’s chosen elect etc and and many others um you know shorthand words for psychedelic initiate

so i mean personally my preferred my my favorite word which i prefer to think in terms of in trying to conceptualize my role michael hoffman’s role you know where we fit in in the work in the world is the word profit i think that’s a much more powerful term much more directly relevant to the ego death theory than mystic because it contains this um this implicit part of the etymology is like seeing the future as the reference to the pre-existence of the future is built into the word prophet and also it contains a connotation of rarity and alienation from non-profits so i mean in that regard i’d be fascinated to hear jimmy comment on whether or not he’s an aspiring prophet or who does he can consider to be prophets does he think that ramesh bolsika for instance is a prophet

so another issue that came up um with the whole concept of fusing the the two states of consciousness uh that was michael’s word that like michael was the one who brought that into the the the discussion um the way i said it in the last podcast it was something like collapsing the distinction between the two states of consciousness so the way i see it the way i understand the ego death theory it’s like in some sense the two states are as a matter of fact fused or they become fused in some sense at the point of ego death but in a different sense of being fused a different sense of what it means to be fused the two states of consciousness are not fused so again it’s not a binary straightforward issue of fused or not fused like there’s a semantic challenge here to define the sense in which the two states of consciousness are fused and the sense in which the two states of consciousness are not fused so it’s an ambiguity in the meaning of the word fuse because fuse can mean blend or it can also mean like like blend as in mix but it can also mean join or or fix like join together fix together so i think that the best way of saying it the two states of consciousness are joined but they’re not blended so they’re fused in the sense of joined but they’re not fused in the sense of blended they don’t become one but they do become attached to each other it’s like this is in line with the ego their theory like the two states are joined because they are contiguous with each other you go from the ordinary state into the altered state and then back again but the memory of each state is present in the other state so you can remember the ordinary state when you are tripping and you can remember what it’s like to trip when you’re back in the ordinary state it’s like a yin yang symbol with like that’s that’s the the shape of the join between the two states of consciousness

so i think the way that jimmy was defining the way that the mystics access the altered state of consciousness suggested to me a blending to some extent of the two states as opposed to mere joining jimmy was was veering in the direction of blending so for example he talked about mystics tripping frequently he didn’t i don’t think he spelled out exactly how frequently he had in mind but that that suggested to me like a blending of the altered state of consciousness into ordinary life to make it part of daily routine instead of a special thing set apart in circumscribed trip sessions and similarly he was talking about like he thinks that mystics use natural means like hazy chasm to access the altered state without taking drugs and that also suggests to me a kind of blending i mean so okay so maybe he’s not precisely defining it that way but it’s like i get the impression that’s what he’s that’s what he’s pushing towards that’s something like what he has in mind i mean so maybe i’m i’m stretching jimmy to make jimmy fit into the concept of blending of the two states of consciousness but i think it’s more general than that it’s a like a general i’m trying to understand jimmy’s whole mindset and i don’t i suppose the way i see it it’s like he’s got two competing forces in his head i think that’s a good way of understanding what’s going on with him um his book knowledge and his experiential knowledge compete and so he does understand the distinction between the two states of consciousness but at the same time he strives to blur that distinction

i think i get the impression that maybe jimmy is disappointed by enlightenment he’s expecting something more than deterministic non-control he wants something more blissful perhaps than a panic-stricken psychotic trip to hell and he’s seeing that blissful thing in the pop spirituality books that he’s reading because those those books like uh ken wilbur and ramesh balsa car people like that they’re so typically they’re based at most in the premature beginner stage um of the the non-dual style of thinking and then mistaking that for advanced enlightenment and ego death you know against his own personal experience of the altered state so he he did actually express explicit disagreement with michael’s characterization of non-dual experience as beginner’s level um he wants that non-dual blissful thing he wants to elevate that to the advanced level enlightenment so that’s why he comes up with this idealistic concept of a mystic for whom the distinction between the two states is different to how the ego death theory describes it

and and then because the ego death theory is for ordinary people it doesn’t apply to mystics in in that regard

so i think i’m going to leave it there for this episode but i think the next thing that should happen maybe is another trialog with jimmy um so we will see how that goes so until next time

Egodeath Mystery Show

Site Map

Contents:

Finding Episodes

See the latest idea development page:
Site Map: Idea Development
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/nav/#idea-development
Find: mp3

Agenda Items for Working on the Show-Format

Segments Design
  • Making a show-format that is simple, repeatable, and flexible.
    • There is a spectrum of #keystrokes to begin recording a show, based on where are agenda items maintained (for Show Format, Voice/Mic, the egodeath theory).
  • Specify duration of segments. 6 / 2 hours 120 min / 6 segments = 20.
  • Do a basic show to practice walking through the show format with timed segments.
  • Fewer Segments, More Focus on Egodeath Theory topical segments, more room for music while doing work-items (typing).
Gear
  • Hook up the Big Mixer?

Template for Episodes & Announcement of Download

Motivation of Creating the Page: Reduce the number of keystrokes total, from “I’m going to do a show”, to “Announced at idea development page”.

Show Prep

  1. Copy template from
    Episode Template for Egodeath Mystery Show
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/28/episode-template-for-egodeath-mystery-show/, paste into latest Idea Development page, fill-in there.
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

New Format Concepts

State the “header” every half hour: content, voicing, date/time, miking.

repeat idea, not repeat phrase. repeat with: low pitch, fun tone, casual wording.

Names of the Show

  • The Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk
  • The Egodeath Show, with Cybermonk
  • The Egodeath Mystery Show
  • The Egodeath Show

What 1987 me thinks about these show names:

  • It’s a mystery to me.
  • It’s a strange loop.
  • It does nothing but raise questions.

Content Sources to Read From

  • the Egodeath.com site
  • My WordPress site
  • the Egodeath Yahoo Group (site)
  • Cyberdisciple’s site
  • Email
  • my personal library
  • my recordings
  • Amazon
  • Academia.edu
  • Archive.org
  • YouTube

Show Format: Independent Voice Recordings or Voice Takes

  • clips roll-up episode
  • “full” version of an episode
  • “core” version of an episode
  • standalone clip (no header??)
  • proto-show format, with “header” stating 2 content points, 2 vocalzn points, 2 technical points
  • standalone voice recording (similar to standalone clip).

First versions of the Egodeath Mystery Show were one-off DR-05 voice recordings, literally was no concept of “the Egodeath Mystery Show”, but they are branded afterwards that way.

Describe these voice recording files as date-named episodes/ instances/ manifestations/ components of the Egodeath Mystery Show, though no show intro/outro/framing within the mp3. I already dubbed the first, voice recg files later as the Egodeath Mystery Show. “the Egodeath Mystery Show is not a format, but a Mystery.

IT’S NOT ARBITRARY CHAOS – IT’S A *MYSTERY*. IT JUST *LOOKS* LIKE ARBITRARY CHAOS.

Complex Intro Segment Settings Procedure

Initial settings, for canned Intro segment:
1. Music player: track at 0:00. vol 40%. main vol 80%.
2. Mixer deck: arm Rec.
3. Mic deck: Not Rec mod. Select track 2222, Single mode, at 0:00.
4. uMixer: Turn down mic (Ch 1 Gain).
5. Turn down eq level to -10.5 dB for canned announcement from Deck 1.
6. Turn Delay’s FX Level to 1:30 for canned announcement.
___________
1. Press Record on Mixer Deck.
2. Press Play on keyboard to start music.
3. Press Play on Mic Deck to trigger announcement.
4. Ride mixer’s Line level from Noon to 10:30 during announcement.
Return to normal settings, for Mic intro segment:
5. … Turn up eq level to 0 dB for mic signal from Deck 1.
6. … Turn Delay’s FX Level to None.
7. … uMixer: Turn up mic (Ch 1 Gain) to Noon.

Sets of Recordings

  1. Create direct mic recordings.
  2. Process & mix the direct mic recordings.

57’s proximity bass boost complements the bright speakers of mobile devices.

Create lots of voice recordings like orig Classic-era Egodeath Mystery Show before the Mystery was revealed. (but hold the angry midget pls) NO RULES except must be Professional Reference VO; 100% conscious mindfulness of vocalization 100% of the time. No forgetting. THE OPEN BINDER PAGES OF APRIL 1987.

Show Format Version 2: freeform but keep log. delete all structure; ROLLING STRUCTURE. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND RESUME THE NORMAL FLOW, PERPETUAL ROLLING MEETING, TAKING NOTES, CHOPPING REUSL T INTO ARB HARD-CUT 2-HOUR PIECES (AT NEAREST SEGMENT BREAK) – WHICH EVER SEGEMENT TOPIC CHANGE IS BEOFE FORE THE 2:00. HARD-CUT EPISODES AT THE CLOSEST TOPIC BREAK LESS THAAN 2:00:00.

*MUCH* more freeform, get rid of concept of “start” of “show” and “end” of “show”. It’s an on-going thing, no start or stop. GOT TO ELIM OVERHEAD. TOO HEAVY STRUCTURE. lightweight! just only work on logging. ZERO OVERHEAD *NOW*! BUT, DO LOGGING only – nothing else!! put all focus on loggin instead of any other overhead.

Misc

todo: clip “My followers…”, pitch it down, play it in the show– wav file:
It’s the start of a track in “2-Level Egodeath Model.aup”
see also:
The Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-01-20) 2-Level Egodeath Model

Purpose and Rules

  • The “2 hour limit” must *never* impede producing hours of copious solid content – when on a roll, keep on a roll. new major rule for the show. never let it break the momentum.
    • Use 2-part episode.
      • mp3 #1 has intro, voc’zn, topical segment 1
      • mp3 #2 (part 2 of ep) has topical segmenet 2, 3, 4, & Outro.

Prep Agenda and Audio Project File

Note: always delete bad takes immediately when possible; *must* save space and reduce noise on drives.

Mic Closet

TASCAM – DR-05 stereo field recorder, R or L – omni, small dia cond. Handheld, or desk stand clip mount. No pop filter needed.

Shure – SM57 – cardioid dynamic. 4″ gives not too much bass boost proximity effect, and enables more on-axis without pop filter required, such as 30 degrees.

CAD – M39 – servo large dia cond – standard LDC tone. quiet except when whine decides to manifest; unreliable re: whine. Remarkably same curve as SM57. Variable polar pattern.

Phone bottom mic – hi-fi, omni, probably comparable response to DR-05.

earbud mic, usually dangling. Were I to do lifted (thus using an arm), I’d instead Pause, unplug earbuds, resume recording, then use bottom mic instead of earbud mic. up-ramp response. Used for some Morning Vocal Warmup recordings.

Computer built-in mic – 12″ distance, usually, to see the screen

CAD – M100 – servo large dia cond. Supercardioid (so, dark). Equivalent EQ to e609.

Sennheiser – e609 – less treble than e906; midrangy.

Recording Log

Types of Recording-Files to Track

  • .wav tracking files
  • .mp3 delivered files
  • .m4a tracking files
  • .aup audio project files

Info needed about a recording-file:

  • what miking (mic, position, eq)
  • description of content / topic
  • stereo/mono
  • date (auto-included in some cases, both in filename & timestamp)

Miking Approaches

  1. hand-held, all-in-one recorder <- first voice recordings of 2021
  2. mic-stand-mounted, all-in-one recorder <- this episode
  3. separate mic, preamp, recorder <- first used for Feb 2 reading of M Hoffman article https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#Egodeath-Show-2021-02-02b
  4. separate mic, preamp, mixer, multiple sound sources, recorder(s)
  5. separate mic, preamp, mic-recorder, mixer, multiple sound sources, mixer-recorder

Types of Voice Recordings

1-5 minute voice notes made in isolation. Nice to state which mic.

core version of Egodeath Mystery Show episode – omit non-core segments/passages; keep intro/outro

master tape of an episode – playing freeform exploring

handy to have existing outline of timestamp.

voice recording with structured header

An intermediate type of voice recording that’s becoming an episode, is when I started adding a structured header to voice recordings. eg Jan 26b opens by defining what the structure of a recording header will be:

  • 2 points about the content plan
  • 2 points about vocalization
  • 2 points about technical

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Voice-Recording-2-for-Jan-26

clips (or voice recordings) rollup episode

a special type of new episode – intro, clips from multiple previous older episodes, outro.

full episode

full version of Egodeath Mystery Show episode

full episode – intro, prelim/warmup segments, topical segments, outro. A normal, sprawling episode like (in spirit at least) a 4-hour episode.

core episode

Contains an intro, the main egodeath core theory topical clips from that episode, and an outro. 1-hour or at most, a 2-hour condensation of a 4-hour sprawling, “full” episode.

voice recording without header

“2021-02-06b Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.mp3” at 1:23:00 says “2-Level Egodeath Model.mp3” is the first episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show ”, but actually, that’s a “voice recording without a header”.
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Voice-Recording-1-2021-01-20
“2-Level Egodeath Model.mp3” lacks intro or header, lacks outro, and lacks a miking statement. Therefore it’s a (standalone-created) voice recording, not an episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show.

A “voice recording” (without header) can be included within any episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show.

article-reading voice recording with header

Has a header. It’s not framed as an episode.

clip

Can contain only talking.

A new, standalone “voice recording” – with or without a structured recording header – is equivalent to a clip.

An extracted clip taken from longer context in which the clip was created. eg a portion of quietly reading Hanegraaff’s 2021 article Entheogenic Esotericism over the song I Robot, with effects.

A new standalone voice recording without a header is the same thing — derived/ generated in a different context — as an extracted voice-only clip.

A clip could be stereo and have music or previous voice-generation mixed.

A clip has no “show” wrapper/intro/outro.

A clip can be included within any episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show.
eg the 5-minute “Eleusis” piece

standalone mic voice recording

eg “Veil metaphor CAD M39.mp3”

mono

reamped standalone mic voice recording

eg “Veil metaphor CAD M39 fx.mp3”

stereo

Re-construction of the “Review of Vocalization” Section Feb. 15, 2021

Frozen Backup; Legacy; Do Not Change: Feb 15 2021 snapshot of Review of Vocalization

Legacy Vocalization Section, February 15, 2021; Preserve As-Is.

Vintage Golden-Era Traditional High-Point Copy / Reconstruction of This Section Just Before I Moved It To the Ambitious New Page “Voice & Mic Techniques” (but note it was *constantly* changing)

The following was from the final read-alouds of this section/segment in episodes of the Egodeath Mystery Show, just on the cusp of creating the page “Voice & Mic Technique”, where I moved these items out to become, mostly, the section “Standard Voice Practice” in that new page.

Review of Vocalization

This is the start of the Vocalization Review segment.

Special Focus for Vocalizing in This [2021-02-15a/b/c] Episode
  • Open the back-of-mouth chambers and top of throat.
    • Exercises. Pull up and back. Experiment from tight to pressed open and upward.
  • Push pitch down consistently, continuously.
    • Pitch Grounding technique while off-the-cuff speaking, as an exercise.
  • Staying mindful of vocalization techniques while doing off-the-cuff commentary in the main segments. No particular focus but just trying to stay cognizant overall.
  • Off-the-cuff mindfulness: controlled vocalizing while doing off-the-cuff speaking.
  • Standard voice; transcendent voice.
Read-Aloud Techniques
  • Read each heading twice.
  • Read each sentence twice, defined as 3 lines.
  • Read each paragraph twice, defined as 7 lines.
  • Read a complete paragraph before commenting.
  • Separate the reading of a paragraph from the commenting on a paragraph.
  • Contiguous unbroken long stretches of reading.
  • State my commentary at end of paragraph.
  • Turn any text into standard vocalization.
  • Double-reading.
  • Read-aloud each sentence twice.
  • Don’t read footnote numbers in mid-sentence.
  • Don’t read author citations that are in mid-sentence.
Standard Reference Speaking and Tone
  • Exaggerate the bass, treble, and pitch swing.
  • Practice standard reference vocalizing.
  • Speak low pitch with a neutral-positive tone.
  • Speak low pitch with a smile, or neutral at least.
  • How to speak low-pitch without sounding forceful, but rather, neutral; nor soft.
  • No particular character or inflection of feeling.
  • No odd resonance.
  • No character or attitude skew.
  • Generic reference speech.
  • Standard voice.
  • Straight-up standard pronunciation.
  • Neutral-medium pace as mid-point.
  • Not lax, not edgy.
  • Neutral non-emphasis.
  • Neither soft tone nor aggressive.
  • Neutral in tone.
  • Functional & plain.
  • Regular matter-of-fact speech.
  • No attitude or tone skew.
Vocal Apparatus
  • Back top of throat.
  • Lower chest.
  • Tip of tongue.
Pitch
  • Force pitch downward hard.
  • Vary the pitch from low to very low.
Pronunciation & Enunciation
  • Enunciation: Consistently hype the letters: ‘c d s t w x z’.
  • Never slur; always pronounce the ‘s’.
  • Separate each word.
  • Pronounce every letter of every word.
Speed
  • Nuetral fast low-pitch.
  • Vary the speed from slow to fast (fast & smooth).
  • Separate each word.
  • Pronounce every letter of every word.
  • Repeat botched statement correctly.
Conversation Technique
  • Start a sentence, then finish it.
  • Don’t interrupt myself.
  • Talk about “we, us , community, conversation”.
  • Skip straight to the point.
  • Think of key words, then construct statement around them.
  • What are the 5 key words you need to say?
  • Speak simply, with only 1st-order detail.
  • Stay on a topic more, without jumping among topics.
  • Use segments to stay on-topic and separate the topics.
Mic Technique
  • Ride the mic gain.
  • Move aside/back from the mic slightly, to inhale.
  • Ride the music gain.
  • Fade-up guitar leads.

/ end of Preserve/Legacy section

Re-Constructing the Development of the “Standard Voice Practice” Section in Early February 2021

I have now painstakingly reconstructed the 2021-02-15c snapshot of the Vocalization Review segment just prior to moving that section to the present section. At the moment, that’s in the Egodeath Mystery Show

Feb10a has a very short, probably too early version. Find an ideal classic version of this section, after Feb10. o2-11 “Vocal Warmup Reminders”.

Feb 11 is still short.

02-12a: does it have “Vocal Warmup Reminders” segment? timestamp? how long is it? skipped “vocalization warmup”.

Feb 13 is pretty good representation (and, represents the ever-changing wording). 02-13a: smoking complicated ruin does it have “Vocal Warmup Reminders” segment? timestamp? how long is it? “I’m going to playing a clip of commentary on Hane 1995, “criticized negatively” (Merkur). And take 1 of Hanegraaff 1995 reaction. Then ‘my followers’ clip. Then alternative approaches to making clips/shows. sm57 no eq.” 2:45 MTCDT passage, Tim Held. 3:15 Review of Vocalization. Special focuses for voczn in this ep. Exercises: “as usual, never slur, (4:18) learn how to turn any text… Pron & Enun: consis hype czstwxz. Alphabet recital (w/ voc apparatus note). pitch forced downward hard. vary the pitch from medium to very low. vary the speed from slow to fast. speak with a neutral positive tone. speak w/ a smile . Repeat Botched statement coorrect.ly . bass treb pitch swing. etc etc. conversation technique: don’t interrupt myself . start a sentence then finish it. skip straight to the point. speak simply. (pause, to type out: with only first-order detail. what are the five keywords you need to say?) Segments. stay on a topic more. read a complete para before commenting. separate the reading of a paragraph from the commenting on the paragraph. Contiguous unbroken long stretches of reading. talk about we, us, community, conv. mic tech: ride the mic gain (added “when adjust mic stand). move aside from the mic slightly, to inahl. rid the music gain. fade up gtr leads. Fin, 9:00.

02-13b: does it have “Vocal Warmup Reminders” segment? timestamp? how long is it? practice reading Hane 2012 chapter. Music to Come Down To. skipped his first section, coverd in 13a. No voc review.

This could be ideal. 02-14a Ironic Distancing Through Sound. Added Limiter (1:51). 2:17 fin’d Intro. 2:45 – Next, a review of Vocalization. start of the Vocalization Review Segment. 3:00. 3:25 “I’ll read some points twice. Short items/lines.” 4:20+, blah blah blah blah, voice professor’s instructions. Added nw section “Standard Reference speaking”, and “vocal apparatus”. 4:50: “pronunciation and enunciation.”

2-15a vocn review – 2:15. open the back of mouth chambers and top of throat. exercises. to pull up and back, as opposed to letting clamp. push the pitch down consistently, continuously. exercise. the origin of the article (example of off the cuff with downward pitch/ open throat). 5:00: read-aloud techniques: read a complete paragraph beffore commentimng. 5:30 doulbe: Special focus for vocalizing in this jpisode. Open the back of mouh chambers and top of throad. Exercises. x2. / read-aloud techniques. read each heading twice. read a complete paragraph before commenting. 6:20. adding: read each sentence twice, defined as 3 lines. then read each paragraph twice, defeined as 7 lines. separate the reading of a paragraph from the commening on a paragraph. contiguous long unbroken. std ref’c speaking and tone: exagerate the bass, treb & pitch string. practice std ref voc’g. speak low pitch with a neutral positive tone. …. no particular character or inflection of feeling. no odd resonance. no character or attitude skew. generic reference speech. striaght up std pronunciation. neutral medium pace as midpoint. not lax, not edgy; neutral non-emphasis. neither soft tone, nor agreessive. neutral in tone. functional and plain. regular mattter-of-=fact speech. no attitude or tone skew. vocal apparatus: back top of throat. lower chest. tip of tongue. reading techqnieque: 10:08. (moving that gruop up read-aloud technique). Pitch: force pitchdownward hard and vary the pitch from low to very low. Pronunciation & Enunciation: consistently hype the letters cdstwxz. never slur; always pronounce the s. sep each word, pronounce every letter of every word. Speed: 13:09. (I need more items). vary the speed from slow to fast; fast and smooth. sep each word; pronounce eveyr letter of every word. low pitch, neutral tone slowly. repeat bot hed statement correcly. concersation technique: start a sen t then fin it. dont interrupt myslef. talk about us, we community, conversation. think of key words, then construct senetnece around them. …. Mic technique: Ride the mic gain. 16:30. Move aside back from the mic. (getting rid of aside; changing to “move back” from mic). move back from the mic slightly to inhale. ride .. gain. fade up leads… [good example: double saying each item].

What date was final inline form, before moved to sep page an d moved all around?

02-15b pipe organ. Double Critique. The secret conspiracy exo/eso standoff. Cyberdisciple’s latest post, Hesiod. sm57 no eq, with limiter. 15b 1:30 fin’d Intro. (probably still had red text to say exactly what to say aloud). “Next a review of vocn. Voczn Reveiw segment. 15b 2:30 – staying mindful of voczn techniques while doing off cuff cmtry in main segs. Read-Aloud Techniques: 15b 4:20 blah blah blah. off the cuff mindfulness = special focus in this episode. Read-Aloud Techniques: Turn any text into std voczn. Double reading. reading aloud any sent twice. read each sent twice… skip rest. Std Ref .. NEW SECTION . practice std ref’c voczn. Exaggerate the bass, treble, & pitch swing. low pitch w/ n-pos tone. low pitch smile. w/ o . no particular character or inflection of feeling. No odd resonance. No character or attitude skew. Generic ref’c speech. Straight-up std pronunciation. neutral medium pace as midpoint. not lax, not edgy. neutral non-emphasis. Neither soft tone nor aggressive. neutral-positive tone. … … … No attitude or tone skew. Regular matter of fact speech. functional and plain. soft/aggressive. Vocal Apparatus: tip of tongue. Pitch: force pitch downward hard.

02-15c https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#2021-02-15c-Egodeath-Mystery-Show is part 2 of an episode w/ 15b. 1:15 “it’s time for me to review the vocalization standards’, voczn review segment. special for this episode: ….
open the back of mouth chambers and top of thrat. exercises. push pitch down, consistently. off-the-cuff mindfulness. controlled vocalizaing. Standard Voice (new addition now). transcendent voice (new addition now). My default voice is egoic and I’m trying to transcend it.

  • push pitch down consistently, continuously.
  • read-aloud techniques. std ref’c speaking and tone: exagerrate… speak low pitch w…. smile. no odd res…. no char/att skew. generic ref’c speech. “I need to add in this section, standard voice.” straight-up std pron. neut. not lax. nor aggressive. func’l & plain. no atttone skew.
  • voc apparatus: force ppitch dward hard.
  • P&E: consisten cdstwxz. never slur. always pron s.
  • Speed: vary the .. separate.
  • Conv techniue… to point.
  • Mic Technique: 5:00
    -blah blah. 57 working well. …. 5:47. 3 simple tricks to using this low-profile slip mic. podium. nice mellow tone. i like to not even eq it. not flat spks. bright spks. why eq? this mic is muddy if you’re listening to perfect flat spks. 7:30 blah blah. 8:00 boost treble demo OW harsh. 10:20 I’m actually reading text off the screen right now. Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness. 12:30 Ruck’s book, crossed with Metzner’s book, purely to try to off-cuff controlled casual standard voice. JESUS DO I EVER FINISH TEH VOCZN SEGMENT WTF.

the above is the final reading of the section when it was inline

02-16a morning edition

02-16b Repeat Phrase for Standard Voice – sm57 no eq, with limiter. Kicks by Paul Rev, Shape of Things, Prunes x2. 1:25. REview of Std Voice seg. 144. Repeat Phras. During off the cuff spekaing, during idea dev, repeat phrase in std voice. finished. 2:14. [skipped]

02-17a Morning vocal warmup wo. Outlining 15b-15c Episode. No std segs.

02-17b – https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#2021-02-17b-Egodeath-Mystery-Show 108 review of std voice segment, 1:08. SKIPPED. 1:27.

02-17c – https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#2021-02-17c-Egodeath-Mystery-Show — NOTEs imply skipped pretty much. “2021-02-17c Egodeath Mystery Show – Never Repeat Phrase.mp3” 142 fin’d Intro seg. Review of Std Voice: 1:53. Repeat Phrase: during off-the-cuff during idea development, … Breathing. skipped.

02-17d – ??

02-18a – morning show

02-19a – i had moved vocal review to separate page. Volume 4. 1997 Core Theory reading. new WordPress page, Casual Standard Voice. sm57, 4″, no eq, with limiter. Review of Std voice segment. from new page casual standard voice. bad is Uncontrolled Sloppinness, good is… bad is… gentrl lush soft drawl. bad is serious, sloppy comical. Defining the Chaacter of Casusal Std Voice. This page is an early draft. Speak low pitch with a smile, no 3:27. Not lax, not edgy. Neutral in tone. functional and plain. No attitude or tone skew. General purpose, not any partic. [I lost something charming, from Voczn segment, when I moved to expansive casual standard voice page. in some way, restore access to the inline longest inline version b4 it got moved to amibitious new page. Take a backup frozen snapshot of the section right before it got moved from the Egodeath Mystery Show / template page. ]

02-21a https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#2021-02-21a-Egodeath-Mystery-Show “2021-02-21a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Master Tape.mp3” seems unlikely to have the segment.

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#2021-02-22a-Egodeath-Mystery-Show. 5:45 “I better do a vocal warmup”. but I seem to skip it. 8:08 I’m reading Bibliog of main article.

Idea Development page 11

Site Map

Contents:

Incoming Ideas

Idea Development page 12
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12

zNew page has helped a lot:
Casual Standard Voice

“2021-02-18b Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3” – probably wasn’t created; master tapes only

I doubt I’ll upload this long utility episode. I might listen to it. You can see the topics below in the show notes/agenda. No core Egodeath theory content, I think. Meta ideas about show format, vocal use.

March 6, 2021 – I doubt I created project or mp3. only have wavs?

OFF AIR

Episode Agenda for the Egodeath Mystery Show (Board of Mystics – Esoteric Agenda) – the live meeting is here

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: TBD (doubt mp3 was created)
  • description: __
  • filesize: __
  • length: __
Post-Processing Steps
  • todo: (I doubt any of this was done)
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 1. 210218_####.wav – mixer – desc reached 3:22:00
    • 2. 210218_####.wav – mixer – desc auto-started, then chip filled.
    • 3. 210218_2056.wav – mixer – desc new chip. As of 2018/03/06, it’s on a green/white SD card, “TK Audio 2”: “/Volumes/TK Audio 2/DR-05 Mixer Deck 2021-02-25/210218_2056.wav”
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    Board of Mystics – Esoteric Agenda
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

Esoteric Agenda

Misc. Items
  • x

1. Intro Segment

  • __ timestamp started fade music

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

This episode covers:

Topic ideas:

  • Need to develop habit (temporarily) of Repeat Phrase to accomplish revoicing per Standard Voice.
  • Errata: lozenge, MacArthur
  • Timer to add timestamp every 15 minutes & say what I’ve been talking about.
    • Moved timestamps to leftmost part of each list item, for future episodes. (Improvements to the Show-page template.)
  • A SHORTENED VERSION OF AN EPISODE W/ CORE EGODEATH THEORY CONTENT ONLY.
  • Assessment of previous / development of Standard Voice over past weeks/shows.
    • Remarkable variance / inconsistency of my voice. Gruff, flowery… Standard Voice when I remember it, establishes a determinate consistent tone.
    • 2018/2019 play some voice clips, critique them during show.
    • Slurring/ closed-throat phase. Play some Jan 20 Voice Recordings.
    • Hyper-enunciation phase. Play some ~Feb. 7 the Egodeath Mystery Show episodes.
    • Repeat Phrase seems to be sometimes challenging to execute.
  • timestamp. topic: show agenda
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
139 timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

2. “Review of Standard Voice” Segment

This is the start of the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
209 timestamp fade music

  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
Repeat Phrase
  • During off-the-cuff speaking during idea development, repeat phrase, in Standard Voice.
Breathing
  • Practice it.

We’ve finished the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
241 timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
304 timestamp fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • __ timestamp. topic: __

do a reading from the below page, then return here
Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
602__ timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

4. First Topical Segment:
Develop a “Repeat Phrase” Habit to Learn/Develop Casual Standard Voice

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
701__ timestamp fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • Need to develop habit (temporarily) of Repeat Phrase to accomplish revoicing per Standard Voice.
    • Repeat Phrase seems to be sometimes challenging to execute.
    • _1135 timestamp. topic: challenges of repeat phrase during off the cuff idea development.
    • Ear training by listening to previous voice recordings. (& revoicing them)
    • Guard function: eg if hear high pitch, triggers revoicing/repeat phrase.
  • 2642 timestamp. topic: the above + mouth noises per next, errata segment
  • __ timestamp. topic: __

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
3111 timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

5. Second Topical Segment:
Errata for Previous Episode 17d

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
3139__ timestamp fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • Errata:
    • mouth noises are worse when speaking quietly
      • lozenge amplifies the problem severely.
      • speaking quietly relatively amplifies mouth noises; take actions to counter that. back off, close lips.
    • John MacArthur

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
~4200__ timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

6. Third Topical Segment:
Casual Standard Voice

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
11457 timestamp started fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • new idea: “standard voice proper, vs standard voice casual”
    • 4200__ timestamp. topic: “standard voice casual”, ear training virtue of listening to these voice recordings / shows
  • 5630__ timestamp. topic: __ “standard voice casual” ditto above
  • voice physical exercises, singing during show
    • possible: tip of tongue exercises (c s v w x z etc)
      • upper top back throat chamber physical stretching/exercises
      • bottom chest bass spectrum physical stretching/exercises
      • ear training / guard function is working well; leverage it even more fully. take a constant critical stance asseessing/listening to my voice character, as a voice actor. “I am a voice actor”. amateur voiceover artist.
    • church groups singing (small or choir or online virtual choir).
    • 1:10:10, 11725__ timestamp. topic: the above two topics
  • 12639__ timestamp. topic: __ gentleman amateur scholars polymaths. becoming/identifying/ embracing / enjoying prospect of interest in “voiceover artist”: tech, analysis, communication, fixes ghastly voice characters that I’ve been projecting. VO “VO guy”. broadcaster voice casual mic standard voice.
  • 14134 timestamp. topic: wiki “voice-over” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice-over
  • Done: make webpage “transcendent cultivated casual standard voice” distinct from any specific application; general purpose body of knowledge.
    • url = casual standard voice
    • title = “How to Master General-Purpose Casual Standard Voice”
    • notes: transcendent, cultivated
    • link to various *applications* of standard voice. but, … general purpose core body of knowledge.
    • 1:56:38 timestamp. topic: created webpage General-Purpose Casual Standard Voice
    • done: move voice tips warmup section from the Egodeath Mystery Show page to the new page.
    • 2 12 07 timestamp. topic: agenda segment refresh/retitling, retitled the new page.
  • 2 24 51__ timestamp. topic: moved voice tips from the Egodeath Mystery Show page to the new casual standard voice page.
  • done: DISCUSS HAND TENSION AS ANALOGY FOR EXERCISING THE VOICE APPARATUS
    • 2 36 55 timestamp. topic: __
    • note about representing timestamps:
      • say “two , 36, 55” not “the timestamp is 2 hours and thirty six minutes and fifty five seconds”.
      • use space instead of colon.
  • 2 48 14 timestamp. topic: updated the Egodeath Mystery Show page to put template at bottom.
Timestamp Management
  • done: Timer to add timestamp every 15 minutes & say what I’ve been talking about.
    • done: Moved timestamps to leftmost part of each list item, for future episodes. (Improvements to the Show-page template.)
    • done: Merged timestamp templates into the esoteric agenda within each segment.
    • 11655 timestamp. topic: timestamp mgmt

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
2 50 40 timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

7. Fourth Topical Segment:
Compressed Version of Episodes

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
2 52 00 timestamp fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • A SHORTENED VERSION OF A GIVEN EPISODE of the Egodeath Mystery Show, W/ CORE EGODEATH THEORY CONTENT ONLY.
    • eg yesterday’s 17b “full episode” vs 17b “core episode” (made today).
  • 2 58 20 timestamp. topic: update my segment breakouts/ agenda list. experience today creating compressed “clips” version of ep 17b.
  • 3 07 30 timestamp. topic: started playing Black Sabbath album: Volume 4.
  • This approach vs “voice rec’g” vs “clips” isolated mp3s.
    • turns out, avoid saying “best”, use neutral filename/title of “clips”.
  • 3 17 30 timestamp. topic: discussed “best” vs “clips”. long, “deep cuts” version of an episode, vs. the shortened, “radio cut” version of the episode.
  • 3 22 00 + 4 16 [NOTE – TAPE DECK STARTS NEW .WAV FILE AUTO’LY AT 3 HRS 22 MIN; CLOCK RESETS TO 0:00 THEN] timestamp. topic: 4 hour mystery episode then make 2 hour shortened version.
    • 1. Record a 4-hour “variety show” version of the episode.
    • 2. Create a shortened 2-hour “core Egodeath theory topics only” version of the (same) episode. (an “empirical” show-creation approach)
    • the show (just like anything) has a long name and a short name; similarly, an episode has a long version and a short version.
  • timestamp. topic: show agenda [move this way up near start of show]
  • 3 22 00 + 24 05 timestamp. topic: whether to deliver clips as standalone voice rec’g vs. several clips within a “shortened episode” format w/ timestamps to locate a desired clip.
  • 3 22 00 + 34 02 timestamp. topic: scoping out YT ch “United by Rock” = Classic Metal + Classic Rock albums. Looked up double album “We Sold Our Soul for Rock n Roll”
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • OUTCOME: RESOLUTION:
    • The Board of Mystics has decided to not use much the utilitarian standalone clips of isolated voice recordings (use it selectively); USE ALL THE OPTIONS.
      • long episode (“full episode”)
      • shortened same episode (“core episode”), with list of retained topics, but no timestamps needed – decide whether to use this format, on a per-case basis.
      • isolated voice clips – decide whether to use this format, on a per-case basis. eg Hane 2012 double-reading the other day.
    • We surmise from experience with the 2007 & 2018 standalone voice recordings, that shortened “core” versions of the “full” episodes of the Egodeath Mystery Show will get more usage/plays, than isolated voice recordings. this will require timestamps/guide.
      • In some cases, can freely choose to deliver isolated voice rec’g clips instead or in addition to the shortened, “core” episode. Selectively provide certain clips as isolated voice rec’gs, as done with the Hane 2012 EE article double-sentence read-aloud.
    • Producing/managing/presenting a set of isolated voice recordings just isn’t, or doesn’t seem, very inspiring/exciting – except, do this in some cases.
  • 3 22 00 + 54 07 timestamp. topic: making decisions on format after having discussed.
  • 3 22 00 + 1 04 17 timestamp. topic: listed OPTIONS, both “core version” shortened same ep, AND option of isolated voice clips; choose option on per-case basis (ie per-episode basis)
  • 0:00 timestamp. topic: [note: timestamp was reset to 0:00 again b/c chip filled; this is the 3rd .wav file for this episode. error: should have noted file length & name before ejecting storage]
  • 0 14 48 timestamp. topic: low pitch is not the goal;
    • varying pitch med-to-low is the goal. for my ideal “dream voice” that I’d *love* to have. just a *great* neutral, natural sounding voice. an ear-training driven, aesthetics-definition-driven, approach to transcending the voice; transcendent control of the voice. define dream target; train ear, train the GUARD FUNCTION to alert to re-voice a phrase/utterance.
      • make the “pitch > medium” range off-limits; alert when that happens, to revoice.
  • 26 21 timestamp. topic:
    • Defined the aesthetics of “casual standard voice”.
    • Deciding whether to pitch the “topical segment” heavy structuring.

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
30 03 timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

8. Topical Segment:
Read-Aloud New Page: Casual Standard Voice

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
30 42 timestamp fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • 34 58 timestamp. topic: created this new Segment Section.
  • 46 00 timestamp. topic: retrieved “left behind” agenda item: play older voice recordings to critique voice.
  • 56 06 timestamp. topic: updated description of the “Core version of episode” idea in idea development page 11.
  • Read-aloud new page:
  • https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/casual-standard-voice/
  • 1 06 32 timestamp: Regained orientation in segment sections, started reading new page: Casual standard voice.
  • 1 16 05 timestamp. topic: cleaned up new page, some basic cleanup
  • 1 26 04 timestamp. topic: reading and tweaking new page
  • 1 36 14 timestamp. topic: reading the main part of the page
  • 1 46 15 timestamp. topic: “
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
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That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
1 51 04 timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

9. Topical Segment:
Critique Past Voice Recordings

CURRENT SEGMENT

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
1 51 43 timestamp fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • Assessment of previous voice & of development of Standard Voice over past weeks/shows. Remarkable variance/ inconsistency of my voice. Gruff, flowery… Standard Voice when I remember it.
    • The previous episode; ie, 02-18a
    • Standard voice establishes a determinate consistent tone.
    • 2018/2019 voice recordings
    • 2021 voice recordings including the Egodeath Mystery Show
    • trivia: When was the first episode that opened with saying “the Egodeath Mystery Show”?
  • todo: decide whether to retire/demote the “Topical Segment” approach and just use rolling outline list. low overhead/ streamlined/ lightweight/flexible/fast/agile. Try the non-segment approach on next episode, in the Agenda page, w/o changing yet the template in the “Egodeath Mystery Show” page.
  • 1 56 39 timestamp. topic: trying to find first mention of “this is the Egodeath Mystery Show” – Feb 5?
  • 2 07 14 timestamp. topic: critiquing the first show mentioning the Egodeath Mystery Show – “Egodeath Show 2021-02-05.mp3” – severe slurring of ‘s’ as ‘sh’
  • 2 16 35 timestamp. topic: assessed that mp3. shutting down; outro ran
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __
  • __ timestamp. topic: __

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
__ timestamp fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

  • __ timestamp. topic: __

“2021-02-18a Egodeath Mystery Show – Esotericism Forgot Plots.mp3”

Download Info
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • .m4a – mic|mixer – desc – mobile Voice Memos app, earbud mic
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes

false? 210? earbud mic, not 57, no Limiter, no TASCAM.

  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps from mono <- from stereo?
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

Contents

“2021-02-18a Egodeath Mystery Show – Esotericism Forgot Plots.mp3” Morning Vocal Warmup Edition Throwaway with Guaranteed No Egodeath Content Except for Breakthrough
Replacement of ‘Entheogens’ by ‘Esotericism’ an Order of Magnitude Broadening of
the Maximal Entheogen Theory of Religion as
the Maximal Esotericism Theory of Religion
re:
why no evidence for ahistoricity?
why no evidence for visionary plants?
why no evidence for no-free-will?
why no evidence that Valentinian Gnostics existed?
– “Revoicing/ Repeat Phrase” Technique Demonstration/Practice

🎙 🎶

minor note: all future voice recordings will be sung instead of spoken

self-within-world = Cybernetics within Eternalism

transformation of the mental worldmodel from self-in-world model A to self-in-world model B; self-within-world = Cybernetics within Eternalism

23:00
transformation of the mental worldmodel from
autonomous-control WITHIN POSSIBILISM-BRANCHING WORLD
to
dependent-control WITHIN NONBRANCHING WORLD
thus
Cybernetics *within* Eternalism

“2021-02-17d Egodeath Mystery Show – Always Repeat Phrase.mp3”

Download Info
Description
  • 1:07:55 starting new Quiet segment.speaking quietly, exploring “quiet time standard voice”.
  • 1:13:32 reading aloud the lyrics to the song “Face Behind the Sun” by the Plastic Cloud.
  • 11836 in middle of reading aloud (w/ Repeat Phrase!) Face Behind the Sun lyrics.
  • 1:29:00 finished Face reading/ lyrics correction, proposed giving a tour of Rush songs on this show.
  • 1:35:05 finished reading-aloud (w/ Repeat Phrase) the lyrics to “Epistle to Paradise” (Plastic Cloud).
  • 1:38:16 settling in to Double Mellow DJ Mode with my new, 4″ distance and the gentle, reassuring ROARING HISS OF THIS DYNAMIC MIC.
  • 1:48:12 turned off music, about to do Repeat Phrase Idea development.
  • 1:58:19 James MacArthur “no secret knowledge/esoteric non-quantifiable experience that’s going to catapult you to another level”.
  • https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/11/11/john-macarthur-strange-fire-transcendent-knowledge/
  • 2:18:31 remarkable when I engage standard voice, it *really* stands out, next to my all-over-the-map random, out of control voicing.
  • 2:29:07 mic demo: distance, 8″, 4″, 2.5″, 60 vs 45 degrees, amount of resulting hiss & room reverb, and amount of bass due to proximity effect.2:31:30 todo: playback (17d), does it sound clogged nose?
  • filesize: 265 MB
  • length: 2:35:25
Errata

🤨 😵 💥 🎙 🙉

  • John MacArthur, dammit, not “James Arthur”, not “James MacArthur”, not “John Arthur” 😵
  • Mouth noises during quiet-speaking portion. 🤨 😵 💥 🎙 🙉
    • TOP PRIORITY FOR QUIET SPEAKING: BE EXTRA QUIET W/ MOUTH NOISES.
    • No lozenge allowed at mic, especially when speaking quietly.
    • Ride the gain a lot during quiet time.
  • Typing is an issue during quiet time.
Post-Processing Steps

17d:

  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • n/a; none – import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • n/a normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • n/a export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210217_2051.wav – mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc no mic rec’g for this show
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps from mono <- from stereo?
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    Board of Mystics – Esoteric Agenda
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

Esoteric Agenda

Misc. Items
  • x

1. Intro Segment

[timestamp started: 0:00] fade music

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

This episode covers:

  • x
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 942] fade music

2. “Review of Standard Voice” Segment

This is the start of the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 1130] fade music

  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
Repeat Phrase
  • During off-the-cuff speaking during idea development, repeat phrase, in Standard Voice.
Breathing
  • Practice it.

We’ve finished the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 1219] fade music

3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 1231] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

do a reading from the below page, then return here
Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 1452] fade music

4. First Topical Segment:
Normal-Volume Demo of the Repeat Phrase Technique During Spoken Idea Development

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 1513] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: successful at remembering to repeat phrase while idea development re: “secret esotericism” [timestamp: 2300] 🎉 🎸
  • topic: mic distance 2.5″ moving to 4″ and speaking quietly, exploring “quiet time standard voice” [timestamp: 4348]
  • topic: finished reconfig mic/gain/speaking volume. now resume demo’ing REPEAT PHRASE [timestamp: 5205]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 10431] fade music
move “current segment” sign to next segment

5. Second Topical Segment:
Quiet-Time Demo of the Repeat Phrase Technique During Spoken Idea Development

CURRENT SEGMENT

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • Before this segment, I moved the mic from 2.5″ to 4″, and re-gain-staged. Hiss city.
  • i moved the timestamps / topics to top of whole section above

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

6. Third Topical Segment:
__

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

7. Fourth Topical Segment:
Unplanned Segment

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

8. Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

“2021-02-17c Egodeath Mystery Show – Never Repeat Phrase.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-tZ6cRQIe0G
  • description: __ try looking below
    • hypothesis: previous recording 17b has better Egodeath content, this 17c has better voicing
  • filesize: 143 MB
  • length: 2:01:06
Post-Processing Steps

17c:

  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • skip import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • skip export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210217_2050.wav – mixer
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 210 kbps
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    Board of Mystics – Esoteric Agenda
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

Esoteric Agenda

Misc. Items
  • x

1. Intro Segment

CURRENT SEGMENT

[timestamp started: 0:00, 12330] fade music

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

This episode covers:

  • Demo of Always Repeat Phrase
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 142, 12432] fade music

2. “Review of Standard Voice” Segment

This is the start of the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 153, 12503] fade music

  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
Repeat Phrase
  • During off-the-cuff speaking during idea development, repeat phrase, in Standard Voice.
Breathing
  • Practice it.

We’ve finished the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 222, 12535] fade music

3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 233, 12608] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: sample of computer’s built-in mic at 12″ [timestamp: 349-512]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

do a reading from the below page, then return here
Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 927, 12758] fade music

4. First Topical Segment:
Discover that Take 1 Failed to Repeat Phrase But Just Did Good Idea Development

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 12850] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: play 1st take’s 22:00 re: Kore 210217_2049.wav [timestamp: 13:44]
  • topic: play 1st take’s 24:39 re: I have not said “there’s never any secrecy” [timestamp: 23:17] – note: in Take 1, I 99% failed to remember to REPEAT PHRASE
  • topic: THE merit of “it’s like”, 29:11 in Take 1 [timestamp: 45:00]
  • topic: 32:54 in Take1 , resume Secret. __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • todo: extract the great discussions on Secret, & Kore, from the “failed take” 210217_2049.wav
  • topic: listening to good Secret discussion in Take 1 37:32 [timestamp: 56:36]
  • topic: todo: release the failed Take 1 as episode 17b b/c great content. [timestamp: 10640]
  • topic: next episode: start w/ repeat-phrase version of Intro, repeat *everything* in entire episode [timestamp: 11759]
  • todo: alternate short “warmup readings” with idea development w/ Repeat Phrase.

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 13240] fade music

5. Second Topical Segment:
Take 2: Actually Demonstrate “Always Repeat Phrase” During Off-the-Cuff Idea Development

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 13400] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • todo: 1:51:30 compare my revoicing now vs. Take 1 (they alternate).
  • topic: incoming producer track [timestamp: 13854]
  • topic: reviewing the warmup reading voice in Take 1 [timestamp: 14820]
  • topic: critiquing 23:13 and re-voicing Take 1 [timestamp: 15858]

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

6. Third Topical Segment:
__

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

7. Fourth Topical Segment:
Unplanned Segment

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes
  • x
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

8. Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

“2021-02-17b clips Egodeath Mystery Show – Secret Esotericism and Kore.mp3” – Best Of Episode, Trimmed/Condensed

This should be very interesting, to hear an “episode” as an episode, but w/ the “noise” / “filler” removed. Reduced to half the duration/length!

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-LxkdpKcSqr
  • description:
    • The secret conspiracy to suppress all of esotericism, not merely ahistoricity or entheogens.
    • Toward listing the views which differentiate exoteric vs. esoteric.
    • Elaine Pagels’ contrasts of the two sets of views, in Valentinian Gnosticism.
  • filesize: 76 MB
  • length: 1:05:34 (vs. 2:01:06 orig)
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • skip:connect recorder drives
  • skip:determine which wavs
  • skip: import Mic Deck wav
  • skip:import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip:normalize vol of Mic wav
  • skip:normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • skip:export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • project file:
    “2021-02-17b Egodeath Mystery Show – Secret Esotericism and Kore.aup”
    track: “Trim ep17b 210217_2049”
  • bitrate: 210 kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

“2021-02-17b Egodeath Mystery Show – Secret Esotericism and Kore.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-hDZ7arOlJr
  • description:
    • todo: from this episode, clip (extract) the Egodeath theory idea development content, which is solid.
      • timestamp start, timestamp stop, topic
      • plan: create a smaller version of ep 17b w/ “the Egodeath Mystery Show” Intro & Outro, containing only the good clips.
      • todo: think about this pattern: record a verbose sprawling episode, then create a “highlights-only” version of the ep while still framed as “the same episode”. GIVES me elbow room to be casual & verbose, plus, deliver a later trimmed optimized shorter “best-of episode” version, but more of an “whole episode” experience than just a “clips-only” recording.
        • A COMPRESSED VERSION OF AN EPISODE W/ THE BEST EGODEATH THEORY CONTENT ONLY. & cleaned up of cussing, lozenge gross-out, dead air, off-topic, plosives, phone ringing, typing-session, “timestamp-log eggtimer alarm”, etc.
      • 1. note: old time stamps here before removed gaps: 20:28-21:21, 22:00-28:17 Kore, & grid game, Canterbury “don’t dare gaze at it”, secret, I have not said “there’s never any secrecy”
      • 2. 32:57-40:06 resume Kore, Demeter, Persephone are only mentioned. Secrecy.
      • 3. 40:40-42:06 Pagels’ exoteric/ esoteric contrast (then fading energy/break)
      • 4. 43:55-47:17 pagels (then falling asleep)
      • 5. 48:01-1:30:23 pagels — delete the GROSS lozenge and mic adjustment near start; the *slightest* lozenge mouth sounds is *absolutely* gross & offensive & grating, 100% as bad as eating Snickers bar at mic.
        • delete at 49:24.
        • 59:17 gross talking w/ lozenge, delete “I’m kinda disappionted”.
        • delete to 1:00:13 (lozenge discussion)
        • ~1:04:55-1:30:23 long discussion of my 2013 bad non-summary of Pagels. then falling asleep.
      • 6. 1:39:58-1:43:47 need sep page to summarize pagels
      • Phase 2 of condensing ep 17b:
      • 2. nuke 0:22-0:48
      • keep 0:49-1:03
      • 1. nuke 1:03-20:08
      • 20:08+: keep.
    • good discussion of the “repeat phrase to revoice” technique. (zero execution though.)
    • wrestling with voice in bad state, what exercises to re-access my full lower voice.
    • defining “esoteric/ exoteric” per Pagels per my book reviews. incredibly awful total fail at writing these as a simple SUMMARY of the points of difference. I’m trying to confirm and expand this list of what constitutes exoteric vs. esoteric:
      • no-free-will &
      • ahistoricity &
      • entheogens
      • literalism vs metaphoricity
      • …. true?? anything else?
    • secret esotericism as opposed to a careless vague exaggerated concept of a “secret conspiracy to suppress/ eliminate” plants & ahistoricity & no-free-will = esotericism )
  • filesize: 156 MB
  • length: __
  • 210217_2049.wav – rough timestamps for clips
    • 22:00 Kore
    • 24:39 I have not said “there’s never any secrecy”
    • 32:54 resume Secret
    • 37:32 Secret discussion
Post-Processing Steps

17a = 210217_2046.wav
17b = 210217_2049.wav
17c = 210217_2050.wav
17d = 210217_2051.wav

17b:

  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • skip import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mic wav
  • skip normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • skip export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210217_2049.wav – mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
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    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 210 kbps
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

Content

There’s more than just this topic:
todo: list other topics:

This take (17b) Failed its intention of demo’ing Repeat Phrase; colossal Fail at Repeat Phrase 🗑 😭 🤨 😵, but has good Egodeath theory content, so, I’ll release this take (“take 1”), for its great Egodeath theory content.

Hypothesis: my chest was in awful state, and that distracted me from remembering to do Repeat Phrase. Proof: Even my read-aloud sounds pretty bad chest-vocals (“lost access to the bottom half of my chest”).

In a later replay (17c recording), I was easily able to out-do & revoice even my warmup read-aloud, which is usually quite good.

After this 17b take, I was mad at this take for forgetting to Repeat Phrase – but, I had to admit that the content of idea development here was quite solid (and the voicing is fairly good).

I almost trashcanned this 17b recording, for failing to Repeat Phrase!

This recording just needs a couple timestamps, there are worthy gems here (the discussion of voicing is good, too; just not on-topic for Egodeath).

4. First Topical Segment:
Working-up Toward a Demonstration of the “Repeat Phrase” Technique While Speaking Off-the-Cuff

In this segment, and throughout this entire episode, I demonstrate the “repeat phrase” technique whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud.

  • reminder: repeat phrase whenever speaking off-the-cuff, and whenever reading-aloud
  • policy: log a timestamp every 10 minutes

“2021-02-17a Egodeath Mystery Show – Outlining 15b-15c Episode.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-lq2hR7LUXC
  • description:
    • best clips from “2021-02-16a Egodeath Mystery Show – Repeat Foo Morning Vocal Warmup.mp3”
      • “I guarantee there will be no content in this throwaway warmup show”
      • In standard voice, I read-aloud the lyrics of the song Kicks.
      • 3 grids in the Grid Game (amount of presence of visionary plants throughout history)single-religion grid (diachronic)
        • single-region grid (diachronic)
        • single-era grid (synchronic) (not useful for extracting a Forgot Plot)
        • each with 2 variables from list: [religion, region, era]
      • clip about Hanegraaff, “the worst idea ever written by an academic”; Hanegraaff non-drug entheogens
        • Adding Hanegraaff’s non-drug entheogens to the Hall of Shame. “broaden”, “literal”, “entheogens (in the wider sense)” – several sentences from article Entheogenic Esotericism. “This is the #1 WORST IDEA I’VE EVER SEEN“
    • 18:02 Warmup reading: Romance of the Fungus World – nice deep smooth non-hyper-enunciation reading; good example to listen to, example of Standard Voice for read-aloud.
  • filesize: 213 MB
  • length: 3:00:28
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav – skip
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip – normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • skip – export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    Board of Mystics – Esoteric Agenda
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

Esoteric Agenda

Misc. Items
  • when playing clips into the show, mark start stop timestamps.
  • go through episode 15b 15c 5:22:00, go through it and mark timestamps.

1. Intro Segment

[timestamp started: 0:00] fade music

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

This episode covers:

  • Play clip copy: “2021-02-16a Egodeath Mystery Show – Repeat Foo Morning Vocal Warmup.aup”[1:09:42] – I read-aloud in Standard Voice (neutral) the lyrics to the song Kicks by Paul Revere & the Raiders.
  • Play clip copy: “2021-02-16a Egodeath Mystery Show – Repeat Foo Morning Vocal Warmup.aup”[10:10, 34:00] Same recording: play 2 clips of Grid Game
    • 3 grids in the Grid Game (amount of presence of visionary plants throughout history)single-religion grid (diachronic)
    • single-region grid (diachronic)
    • single-era grid (synchronic) (not useful for extracting a Forgot Plot)
    • each with 2 variables from list: [religion, region, era]
  • Same recording: play clip about Hanegraaff, “the worst idea ever written by an academic”
  • Critique and re-voice as Standard Voice: Find the worst voicing (farthest from Standard Voice) in that recording.
  • I can’t find clip, so instead, read-aloud now this section of idea development page: 1:00:00 read a summary as I typed into idea development page 11. Next to emojis; find “new extreme double-reading approach” “off the cuff as well” “more granular and universal” – mic recording of reading-aloud this section while typing it:The “Repeat Phrase” Technique Breakthrough for Transcendent Control of Voicing
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We’ve finished the “Intro” segment.
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[timestamp ended: 17:18] fade music

2. “Review of Standard Voice” Segment

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[timestamp started: 1728] fade music

  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
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Repeat Phrase
  • During off-the-cuff speaking during idea development, repeat phrase, in Standard Voice.

We’ve finished the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 1754] fade music

3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

This is the start of the “Warmup Reading” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 18:02] fade music

  • 18:02 Warmup reading: Romance of the Fungus World – nice deep smooth non-hyper-enunciation reading; good example to listen to, example of Standard Voice for read-aloud.
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

do a reading from the below page, then return here
Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 1919] fade music

4. First Topical Segment:
__

CURRENT SEGMENT

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

“2021-02-15b Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”

“2021-02-15c Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”

  • discussed segment vs topics
  • What topics are discussed in episode 15b/c (5:21:57 long), 15b then 15c.
Timestamps for Part 1 (b) –
“2021-02-15b Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”
  • 25:13 Virtual Ego reading
  • 3240 – talking = idea development , for me
  • 3833 – Discuss technique of repeat phrase while off the cuff.
  • 4826 transcending voice
  • 5300, 1:00:54, 1 wild vs cultivated (while using Std Vpoiec)
    • 1:02:50 “my transcendent voice” vs “my former, egoic voice”. mimicked high pitch then lost my transcendent voice.
    • 1:07:20 forgetting / remembering the two voices: egoic/t’t.
    • 1:11:00 sacrificing eogic voice, transcendent voice attained. here i do actual high-idea development while using standard voice.
    • 1:11:21 Kore
    • 1:14:08 probably end of Kore discussion
  • 1:14:57 “sentence” problematic
  • 11749 auto gap removal feature
  • 12035 revisit cultivated voice. (brief mention)
  • 12145 flowery voice
  • 12501 my experienced character (intended tone of voice) during speaking vs. character upon playback (actual resulting tone of voice) – very shockingly difference.
  • 12535 Arnold’s photograph driven appraoch to bodybuilding.
  • 12657 report on my double-read-aloud of 2012 hane artic. many critqieuses, how to remember them.
  • 13120 deciding to keep going and not terminate my show-recording at 2 hours, keep momentum.
  • 13329 “secret”, need better framework. ‘conspiracy’.
    • 13700 exoteric hegemony. are academics anti-plant?
    • 14343 – preparing to do a critique of 2012 article in the ofrm in the form of pausing pback and saying critque. “Contributions & Limitation”.
    • 14509 ahistoricity – why not written about more? Richard Carrier: Jesus from Outer Space
    • “secret” has baggage 14906
    • 15405 critiquing my voicing of a read-aloud of hane.
  • 20745 re-stating words from a recording of my speaking, to close the gap toward standard voice.
  • todo: 1″37″00 in 17a recording, compare my current revoicing to the recording
    • result: my new voicing in 17a is *way* better than in 15b at this point. No fair: my 17a voice was in peak, strong, awake, state; super deep and full. in 17b, my voice apparatus was in its weak state. THEREFORE: TODO: *REPEAT PHRASE*. Do a recording (17b) where I talk off-the-cuff, using *repeat phrase* as the whole point ; 17b = demo of repeat phrase for off-the-cuff speaking.
  • 20905 how to critique how far I am from standard voice
  • 20922 Vial
  • 2:11:22 behavior change course at uni
  • 2:14:00 mis-voiced during 2012 readaloud “two” as if “to”
  • 2:16:00 – major value topic: Hane’s logic about New Age suspect visionary plants — his logic implies he should recognize all of Western Esotericism as plants.
  • 22345 if it sounds like mushrooms it is. transition to topic: Vial article’s min mod max argment.
  • 23009 criticizing field of entheogen scholarship for failing to recog myth describing fx of msh; only limited to descrip5tion of mushroom physical form.
  • 23146 the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image proves what Letcher-0Hatsis said an’t be done: deliberate mushrooms for religious experience.
  • 23321 returrn to general subject: limits in field of entheogen scholarship . dale pendell,
  • i think here i discsus combining Ruck book “Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness” vs. Metzner book “The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience” <–
  • 24651 degrees of literalness of depictions of mushrooms: Y-stem of msh trees.
  • 25157 myth is analogy describes *fx* of msh’s.
  • 25411 memorizing title of Ruck book
  • 25633 look for in Ruck & Metzner: does it see myth as description of msh fx? to what extent transfoormation of consciciousness resulting from msh?
Timestamps for Part 2 (c) –
“2021-02-15c Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”
  • Timestamps for Part 2 (c) –
  • “2021-02-15c Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”
  • 0:31 – how was my voicing. review of voicing poitns.
  • 7:08 don’t eq dark (prox’y) sm57; good for bright spks. demo of eq applying.
  • 847 benefit of dark mic miakes use tip tongue bright trebnel enuciation more.
  • 10:31 Ruck levels of evidence omits fx. Metzner.
  • 12;30 metzner: Varieties of Transformative Experiencee.
  • 0:23:25 2 hour length limit is bad for the Egodeath Mystery Show
  • 02655 add voczn reminder right withint the Agenda segment sections.
  • 03203 Metzner
  • 03302 the Psychedelics Integration Handbook
  • 03525 must do your own Lyrics Transceioptoin optimized for the egodeath theory
  • 03642 “shadow” chapter in the Psychedelics Integration Handbook
  • 03846 why academic is so Exoteric?? re: plants & ahistoricity. hegemony anti-Pagan, really? “crypto-Protestants vs heretics & pagans” — FOR REAL???
  • 04654 – HOW TO comment over my playback of readaloud of Hane article
  • 04853 – 2-hour limit for the Egodeath Mystery Show doesn’t work.
  • 54:44 – entheogens taboo in academia
  • 58:42 – evaluate taboos and “censorship” in terms of the exoteric/eso ongoing tension.
  • 1:02:40 meta discussion of “segments” concept
  • 10323: How it went when I did a readaloud of Hane 2012 article. The post-processing went great, everything went great. criticquigin playback of readaloud of Hane article
  • 10950 suggest todo: read 1997 article “double sentence” approach (now id say using the “double phrase approach”)
  • 11119 tool saved massive time by auto removing gaps. there’s no overhead. Should I do more such readings? All the overhead vanished. So, yes.
  • 11254 no overhead for post-production or prerparion pre-read-aloud, so, do more of these double-phrase readings. (i wasn’t aware of it, but here, I was developing toward idea of “repeat phrase” as universal solution to both read-alloud technique and off-cuff speaking).
  • 11647 ahistoricity in academia taboo?? plants taboo??
  • 12557 attitudes have improved in academia re: plants, Ruck reports. “what’s the big deal?”
  • 13237 acadamia pushes Exotericism.
  • 13315 Hane read-aloud went great (not re: prep; re: the recording tracking/vocalizing using “repeat sentence”, and post-production.)
  • 13437 good strong critique over playback of readaloud of Hane 2012 article. Laughing and mocking Hane’s reasoning.
  • 14710 looping/mocking “that may trigger” (from Hane article).
  • 14808 critique Hane’s pressupposition that Western Esotericism != plants.
  • 14916 Luck says Theurgy = plants.
  • 15819 Hane’s arg for plants in New Age implies by same token, by same arg, plants in all of Western Esotericism
  • 20123 mystics either use plants or fraud/fake. (re Hane article Abulafia)
  • 20141 “plants are contentious” – I retort “no, what’s contentious is your violent redefinition of the word ‘entheogens’. book length treatment on Western Esotericism ‘s use of plants — not merely New Age’s use of plants as Hane argues “needs a book-length trreatment”.
  • 20323 be aware of my “entheogen diminisihment fallacies”
  • 20416 Hane participates in the UNSTATED PRESUMPTIONS that our own religion / Western Esotericism is NOT plants.
  • 20952 plethora of my critiques of 2012 article means I must *NOT* comment on every sentence, but be selective.
  • 21116 Hane’s presuppostion that Western Esotericism lacks plants.
  • 21429 Christopher Partridge says there was no plants 1977-1984. fail.
  • 21548 go to Amazon to read TOC in both volumes of Partridge’s books-set.
  • 22036 Christopher Partridge avoids the word “entheogens” in favor of psychedelic.
    • The Re-enchantment of the West, vol. 2, 82–134; see also parts of the chapter on “Cyberspirituality” (135–64).
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That ends the x segment.
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5. Second Topical Segment:
__

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

  • x
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That ends the x segment.
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6. Third Topical Segment:
__

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

  • x
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That ends the x segment.
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[timestamp ended: ] fade music

7. Fourth Topical Segment:
Unplanned Segment

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

  • x
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
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  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]

That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

8. Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210217_2046.wav – mixer – desc
    • 210217_2293.wav – mic – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 210 kbps from mono <- from stereo?
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
“2021-02-17a Egodeath Mystery Show – Outlining 15b-15c Episode.mp3”

Topic ideas for Egodeath Mystery Show:

  • Play: At 1:10:50 in “2021-02-16a Egodeath Mystery Show – Repeat Foo Morning Vocal Warmup.mp3”, I read-aloud in Standard Voice (neutral) the lyrics to the song Kicks by Paul Revere & the Raiders.
  • Same recording: play 2 clips of Grid Game
  • Same recording: play clip about Hanegraaff, “the worst idea ever written by an academic”
  • Critique and re-voice as Standard Voice: Find the worst voicing (farthest from Standard Voice) in that recording.
  • 1:00:00 read a summary as I typed into idea development page 11. Next to emojis; find “new extreme double-reading approach” “off the cuff as well” “more granular and universal” – mic recording of reading-aloud this section while typing it:

“2021-02-16b Egodeath Mystery Show – Repeat Phrase for Standard Voice.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-jWXABsl1l8
  • description:
    • The “repeat phrase” approach to transcending one’s voice
    • Assessment of the previous, 5-hour show
    • A “repeat-phrase” reading of Cyberdisciple’s latest posting, Hesiod, Theogony
  • filesize: 211 MB
  • length: 2:10:55
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav skip
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav skip
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    Board of Mystics – Esoteric Agenda
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

Esoteric Agenda

Misc. Items
  • x

1. Intro Segment

[timestamp started: 0:00] fade music

This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk.
egodeaththeory.wordpress.com

This episode covers:

  • The “repeat phrase” approach to transcending one’s voice
  • Assessment of the previous, 5-hour show
  • A “repeat-phrase” reading of Cyberdisciple’s latest posting, Hesiod, Theogony
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2. “Review of Standard Voice” Segment

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[timestamp started: 1:44] fade music

  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
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Repeat Phrase
  • During off-the-cuff speaking during idea development, repeat phrase, in Standard Voice.

We’ve finished the “Review of Standard Voice” segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: 2:14] fade music

3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

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[timestamp started: 2:27] fade music

  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
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do a reading from the below page, then return here
Warmup Readings for the Egodeath Mystery Show

That ends the Warmup Reading segment.
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[timestamp ended: 6:41] fade music

4. First Topical Segment:
The “repeat phrase” approach to transcending one’s voice

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 7:00] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

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That ends the x segment.
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[timestamp ended: 32:20] fade music

5. Second Topical Segment:
Assessment of the previous, 5-hour show

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 32:52] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

  • todo: more than the major planned topical segments, record what topics and timestamp i’m actually discussing, throughout the show. WRITE DOWN MANY MANY MORE TIMESTAMPS WITH WHATEVER TOPIC. GOAL IS *NOT* TO PRE-PLAN TOPICS. GOAL IS TO RECORD WHAT TOPICS I DID ACTUALLY COVER, AND WHEN.
  • flaw: try quiet speaking at 4″ instead of 2.5″, to give reverb & reduce claustrophobia effect.
  • flaw: failed to note unplanned diversion topics & timestamps
  • flaw: preplanned segments didn’t really work, two were too similar
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That ends the x segment.
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[timestamp ended: 1:31:48] fade music

6. Third Topical Segment:
A “repeat-phrase” reading of Cyberdisciple’s latest posting:
Hesiod, Theogony

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: 1:33:26] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

That ends the x segment.
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[timestamp ended: 2:08:35] fade music

7. Fourth Topical Segment:
Unplanned Segment

In this next segment, we discuss x.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp started: ] fade music

reminder: repeat phrase

  • topic: __ [timestamp: ___]
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That ends the x segment.
The timestamp is x. write timestamp below
[timestamp ended: ] fade music

8. Outro Segment

This was the Egodeath Mystery Show.

Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210216_2044.wav – mixer
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
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Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

The “Repeat Phrase” Technique Breakthrough for Transcendent Control of Voicing

the key is “repeat phrase”!

Big milestone announcement: modified prophecy that I made:

The universal solution to all voice problems or goals is: repeat phrase.

This “repeat phrase” technique is even better than “double reading each sentence”, and applies to all forms of writing and speaking, eg lists of items, mega long compound sentences from Hanegraaff/ academia.edu, all forms of vocal utterances.

Thus “repeat phrase” is a UNIVERSAL technique for all types of voicing (reading, off-the-cuff), and for all stylistic goals, such as: affectation, sarcasm, AND voice actor work.

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To reach that double holy grail at last, of Standard (neutral, non-affectation) Voice, *even* while doing off-the-cuff speaking/idea development: repeat phrase.

No matter what your goal tone/voicing is, the “repeat phrase” technique always works, and directly works to head straight to the target.

Announcement: new extreme double-reading approach, more granular and universal, and applies to speaking off-the-cuff as well! Repeat each *phrase*/clause/utterance (not “sentence”) twice.

So, this episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show is focused on demonstrating “repeat phrase”, both while reading aloud and while off-the-cuff speaking.

Including — but not depending on — brand new technique idea this morning, of playing back an immediately previous recording of off-the-cuff speaking, while critiquing it (ear training).

maybe a series of two recorders, mic then mixer

whether during read-aloud or during off-the-cuff speaking.

Vary pitch/vol/speed/enunciation.

Add — after mastering Standard Voice – then add “vary affection” as opposed to having *NO* affectation but only varying pitch/ speed/ vol/ enunciation.

Kicks – Song Lyrics

At 1:10:50 in
“2021-02-16a Egodeath Mystery Show – Repeat Foo Morning Vocal Warmup.mp3”,
I read-aloud in Standard Voice (neutral) the lyrics to the song Kicks by Paul Revere & the Raiders:

Paul Revere & the Raiders

Girl, you thought you found the answer
On that magic carpet ride last night
But when you wake up in the mornin’
The world still gets you uptight

Well, there’s nothin’ that you ain’t tried
To fill the emptiness inside
But when you come back down, girl
Still ain’t feelin’ right

And don’t it seem like
Kicks just keep gettin’ harder to find
And all your kicks ain’t bringin’ you peace of mind
Before you find out it’s too late, girl
You better get straight

No, but not with kicks
You just need help, girl

Well you think you’re gonna find yourself
A little piece of paradise
But it ain’t happened yet
So girl, you better think twice

Don’t you see, no matter what you do
You’ll never run away from you
And if you keep on runnin’
You’ll have to pay the price

And don’t it seem like
Kicks just keep gettin’ harder to find
And all your kicks ain’t bringin’ you peace of mind
Before you find out it’s too late, girl
You better get straight

No, you don’t need kicks
To help you face the world each day
That road goes nowhere
I’m gonna help you find yourself another way

Kicks just keep gettin’ harder to find
And all your kicks ain’t bringin’ you peace of mind
Before you find out it’s too late, girl
You better get straight

And don’t it seem like
Kicks just keep gettin’ harder to find
And all your kicks ain’t bringin’ you peace of mind
Before you find out it’s too late, girl
You better get straight

Songwriters: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
http://mann-weil.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Barry_Mann_and_Cynthia_Weil
They also wrote the true ASC song:
The Shape of Things to Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEqWCH_4srU

Prunes’ song Too Much to Dream was by songwriters: Annette Tucker, Nancie Mantz

Prunes’ song Get Me to the World on Time was written by Jones, Tucker (probably Annette)

“2021-02-16a Egodeath Mystery Show – Repeat Foo Morning Vocal Warmup.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-XQf9YGLYSc
  • description:
    • 80% voice warmup
      • Standard Voice
      • the Repeat Phrase method.
      • my theory of Standard Voice has been corroborated, by a guy in my dream – I got external corroboration that my approach is right, by that guy in my dream
    • 20% Egodeath theory content:
      • 10:10, 34:00 3 grids in the Grid Game (amount of presence of visionary plants throughout history)
        • single-religion grid (diachronic)
        • single-region grid (diachronic)
        • single-era grid (synchronic) (not useful for extracting a Forgot Plot)
        • each with 2 variables from list: [religion, region, era]
      • 47:00-52:00 Hanegraaff non-drug entheogens
      • 1:10:50 read-aloud in Standard Voice (neutral) the lyrics to song Kicks by Paul Revere & the Raiders
  • filesize: 89 MB
  • length: 1:50:18
Post-Processing Steps
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Log of Takes
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210216_2285.wav – mic – Morning, handheld stereo field rec
    • 210216_2286.wav – mic – Morning, now hooked up to SM57 mono (concat’d to the R ch of the above)
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 210 kbps from mono
  • mic:
    • 1st part: DR-05 R.
    • 2nd part: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
      • mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode

“2021-02-15c Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-49pvGq4fvh
  • description
    • the 2nd half of 5:21:32 episode. 15b is the first part.
  • filesize: 224 MB
  • length: 2:24:45
Timestamps for Part 2 (c) –
“2021-02-15c Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”
  • Timestamps for Part 2 (c) –
  • “2021-02-15c Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”
  • 0:31 – how was my voicing. review of voicing points.
  • 7:08 don’t eq dark (prox’y) sm57; good for bright spks. demo of eq applying.
  • 847 benefit of dark mic makes use tip tongue bright trebnel enuciation more.
  • 10:31 Ruck levels of evidence omits fx. Metzner.
  • 12;30 metzner: Varieties of Transformative Experience.
  • 0:23:25 2 hour length limit is bad for the Egodeath Mystery Show
  • 02655 add voczn reminder right within the Agenda segment sections.
  • 03203 Metzner
  • 03302 the Psychedelics Integration Handbook
  • 03525 must do your own Lyrics Transcription optimized for the egodeath theory
  • 03642 “shadow” chapter in the Psychedelics Integration Handbook
  • 03846 why academia is so Exoteric?? re: plants & ahistoricity. hegemony anti-Pagan, really? “crypto-Protestants vs heretics & pagans” — FOR REAL???
  • 04654 – HOW TO comment over my playback of readaloud of Hane article
  • 04853 – 2-hour limit for the Egodeath Mystery Show doesn’t work.
  • 54:44 – entheogens taboo in academia
  • 58:42 – evaluate taboos and “censorship” in terms of the exoteric/eso ongoing tension.
  • 1:02:40 meta discussion of “segments” concept
  • 10323: How it went when I did a read-aloud of Hanegraaff 2012 article. The post-processing went great, everything went great. criticquigin playback of readaloud of Hane article
  • 10950 suggest todo: read 1997 article “double sentence” approach (now id say using the “double phrase approach“)
  • 11119 tool saved massive time by auto removing gaps. there’s no overhead. Should I do more such readings? All the overhead vanished. So, yes.
  • 11254 no overhead for post-production or prerparion pre-read-aloud, so, do more of these double-phrase readings. (i wasn’t aware of it, but here, I was developing toward idea of “repeat phrase” as universal solution to both read-alloud technique and off-cuff speaking).
  • 11647 ahistoricity in academia taboo?? plants taboo??
  • 12557 attitudes have improved in academia re: plants, Ruck reports. “what’s the big deal?”
  • 13237 academia pushes Exotericism.
  • 13315 Hane read-aloud went great (not re: prep; re: the recording tracking/vocalizing using “repeat sentence”, and post-production.)
  • 13437 good strong critique over playback of readaloud of Hane 2012 article. Laughing and mocking Hane’s reasoning.
    • 14710 looping/mocking “that may trigger” (from Hane article).
    • 14808 critique Hane’s presupposition that Western Esotericism != plants.
    • 14916 Luck says Theurgy = plants.
    • 15819 Hane’s arg for plants in New Age implies by same token, by same arg, plants in all of Western Esotericism
    • 20123 mystics either use plants or fraud/fake. (re Hane article Abulafia)
    • 20141 “plants are contentious” – I retort “no, what’s contentious is your violent redefinition of the word ‘entheogens’. book length treatment on Western Esotericism ‘s use of plants — not merely New Age’s use of plants as Hane argues “needs a book-length treatment”.
    • 20323 be aware of my “entheogen diminishment fallacies”
    • 20416 Hane participates in the UNSTATED PRESUMPTIONS that our own religion / Western Esotericism is NOT plants.
    • 20952 plethora of my critiques of 2012 article means I must *NOT* comment on every sentence, but be selective.
    • 21116 Hane’s presupposition that Western Esotericism lacks plants.
  • 21429 Christopher Partridge says there was no plants 1977-1984. fail.
    • The Re-enchantment of the West, vol. 2, 82–134; see also parts of the chapter on “Cyberspirituality” (135–64).
    • 21548 go to Amazon to read TOC in both volumes of Partridge’s books-set.
    • 22036 Christopher Partridge avoids the word “entheogens” in favor of psychedelic.

“2021-02-15b Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”

New policy: never let a 2-hour “limit” make me switch from being on a roll, to hitting a brick wall. If I’m zooming along, KEEP ZOOMING ALONG. don’t break the momentum.

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-DqbEiwTurE
  • description
    • mushrooms, Hanegraaff, double reading
    • First half of a 5:21:32 mega-episode. 15c is 2nd half.
  • filesize: 297 MB
  • length: 2:57:12
Timestamps for Part 1 (b) –
“2021-02-15b Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Critique.mp3”
  • 25:13 Virtual Ego reading
  • 3240 – talking = idea development , for me
  • 3833 – Discuss technique of repeat phrase while off the cuff.
  • 4826 transcending voice
  • 5300, 1:00:54, 1 wild vs cultivated (while using Std Vpoiec)
    • 1:02:50 “my transcendent voice” vs “my former, egoic voice”. mimicked high pitch then lost my transcendent voice.
    • 1:07:20 forgetting / remembering the two voices: egoic/t’t.
    • 1:11:00 sacrificing eogic voice, transcendent voice attained. here i do actual high-idea development while using standard voice.
    • 1:11:21 Kore
    • 1:14:08 probably end of Kore discussion
  • 1:14:57 “sentence” problematic
  • 1:17:49 auto gap removal feature
  • 1:20:35 revisit cultivated voice. (brief mention)
  • 1:21:45 flowery voice
  • 12501 my experienced character (intended tone of voice) during speaking vs. character upon playback (actual resulting tone of voice) – very shockingly difference.
  • 12535 Arnold’s photograph driven appraoch to bodybuilding.
  • 12657 report on my double-read-aloud of 2012 hane artic. many critqieuses, how to remember them.
  • 13120 deciding to keep going and not terminate my show-recording at 2 hours, keep momentum.
  • 13329 “secret”, need better framework. ‘conspiracy’.
    • 13700 exoteric hegemony. are academics anti-plant?
    • 14343 – preparing to do a critique of 2012 article in the ofrm in the form of pausing pback and saying critque. “Contributions & Limitation”.
    • 14509 ahistoricity – why not written about more? Richard Carrier: Jesus from Outer Space
    • “secret” has baggage 14906
    • 15405 critiquing my voicing of a read-aloud of hane.
  • 20745 re-stating words from a recording of my speaking, to close the gap toward standard voice.
  • todo: 1″37″00 in 17a recording, compare my current revoicing to the recording
  • 20905 how to critique how far I am from standard voice
  • 20922 Vial
  • 2:11:22 behavior change course at uni
  • 2:14:00 mis-voiced during 2012 readaloud “two” as if “to”
  • 2:16:00 – major value topic: Hane’s logic about New Age suspect visionary plants — his logic implies he should recognize all of Western Esotericism as plants.
  • 22345 if it sounds like mushrooms it is. transition to topic: Vial article’s min mod max argment.
  • 23009 criticizing field of entheogen scholarship for failing to recog myth describing fx of msh; only limited to descrip5tion of mushroom physical form.
  • 23146 the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image proves what Letcher-Hatsis said an’t be done: deliberate mushrooms for religious experience.
  • 23321 return to general subject: limits in field of entheogen scholarship . Dale Pendell book set including the Psych’s one.
  • combining Ruck book “Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness” vs. Metzner book “The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience” <–
  • 24651 degrees of literalness of depictions of mushrooms: Y-stem of msh trees.
  • 25157 myth is analogy describes *fx* of msh’s.
  • 25411 memorizing title of Ruck book
  • 25633 look for in Ruck & Metzner: does it see myth as description of msh fx? to what extent transfoormation of consciciousness resulting from msh?
Music for the Show
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode.
  • project file: same as mp3 filename, .aup
Post-Processing Steps
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav – skip
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav -skip
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav 1
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav 2
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC

Esoteric Agenda

Possible Topics in this Episode
  • done: play “last night’s” recording/show to hear “flowery” personality/voice.
  • partly done: secret c0nsp!r@cy exoteric/ esoteric (= /”gnostics”/”gnosticism” – as the demonized “other” of exotericists) standoff. ie
    • esotericists are the demonized “other” of the exotericists. including eg no-free-will, plants, ahistoricity.
    • covered: what does Jesus from Outer Space Richard Carrier say about why ahistoricity was not widely explicitly discussed?
    • Hane is asking academics to cover entheogens, but the subject is (for some of them) taboo. Is that taboo to be considered as “censorship”? “secrecy”? “suppression”? “conspir”? we need a more neutral analytical framwework eg re: some existing academics balking at no-free-will , ahistoricity, plants.
Misc. Items
  • todo: read aloud double, 1997 theory-spec.
  • todo: partial/selective double read-aloud of Cyberdisciple’s posting. only doulbe the hard sentences.
1. Intro Segment

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2. “Vocalization Review” Segment

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3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

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4. Segment Topic: How it went in this morning’s double read-aloud Hane Entheogenic Esotericism
  • homework: read side by side,
    • Ruck & Hoffman’s book Entheogens, Myth, and Human Consciousness
      http://amzn.com/B00BSEQOPW
    • Ralph Metzner’s book The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience http://amzn.com/098183180X
    • Write essay on why not combine the two books/ theories/ treatments/ perspectives/ analyses?
    • Does Ruck fail to attempt to recognize how myth describes by analogy transformation of mental worldmodel induced by plants?
    • What is the limitation and contribution of Rucks book and of Metzner’s book?
    • Does Ruck’s book treat entheogens & mythology & consciousness (transformations of experiential mental worldmodel)?
    • Does Metzner’s book treat entheogens & mythology & consciousness (transformations of experiential mental worldmodel)?

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review vocalization standards, for any off-the-cuff talking! stay conscious/mindful!

Standard Voice

Standard Reference Speaking and Tone

  • exaggerate the bass, treble, and pitch swing
  • Practice standard reference vocalizing
  • speak low pitch with a neutral-positive tone
  • speak low pitch with a smile
  • No particular character or inflection of feeling
  • No odd resonance
  • No character or attitude skew
  • Generic Reference speech, standard voice
  • Straight-up standard pronunciation
  • Neutral medium pace as midpoint
  • Not lax, not edgy (neutral non-emphasis)
  • Neither soft tone, nor aggressive
  • Neutral in tone
  • Functional and plain
  • Regular matter-of-fact speech
  • No attitude or tone skew
  • todo: improve lexicon about controlled vocalizing.
    • target voicing
    • vocal standards
    • voice standard
    • “my transcendent voice”
    • “my former, egoic voice”
    • nonstandard egoic former voice = high pitch + slurring + tight top-back of thr
    • standard voice
    • cultivated voice vs wild uncultivated voice
    • “previous voice” “former voice” = analogy: standing outside ego. talking about my “former”; challenge of avoiding reincarnation into possibilism-thinking.
      • Talk in terms of “my former voice”. puts a transcending distance between my new vs old consciousness/personality/voice.
        • [6:50 p.m. February 15, 2021] – Ruck’s focus-idea of {wild vs. cultivated} = egoic vs transcendent ; egoic thinking vs transcendent thinking.
          • egoic ~= my default uncultivated voice ~= Ruck’s “wild”.
          • transcendent ~= my “standard voice” I worked to develop & engage ~= Ruck’s “the cultivated”.
          • todo: check Ruck’s writings about wild vs. cultivated, isn’t it equiv/isolmorphic w/ child/animal vs. adult/human?
          • wild vs cultivated
          • egoic vs. transcendent
          • my default voice vs my “standard voice” that I designed and installed
          • child vs. adult
    • target voice
      CONTROLLED VOCALIZING (target vocalizing voice) WHILE SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF (= doing idea development off-the-cuff)
      (BOTH DURING IDEA DEVELOPMENT AND NOT(??) do i ever speak w/o doing idea development?? NO.)

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5. Read aloud Cyb’s posting: Hesiod, Theogony. Commentary (work-in-progress) [didnt get to this]

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6. Unplanned Segment

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7. Segment Topic

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8. Outro Segment

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Log of Takes

  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210215_2039.wav – mixer – desc
    • 210215_2040.wav – mixer – desc
    • 210215_2284.wav – mic – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
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“Entheogenic Esotericism Double-Reading.mp3” (No music, removed long silences)

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-vU7KO6BtoM
  • description
    • I read-aloud Hanegraaff’s article Entheogenic Esotericism, reading each sentence twice.
    • Cleaned up the direct microphone-only recording: removed gaps; a simple voice recording file.
  • filesize: 115 MB
  • length: 1:47:38

Exported from the project file “2021-02-15a Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Entheogenic Esotericism.aup”

“2021-02-15a Egodeath Mystery Show – Double Entheogenic Esotericism.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-3D5GMo2tre correct link
    https://we.tl/t-IrDqGCze2S wrong link
  • description
    • 31:32-2:39:00 – the actual reading of the article.
    • I read-aloud Hanegraaff’s article Entheogenic Esotericism, reading each sentence twice.
    • This particular .mp3 file is a “Show” format: flute & piano between paragraphs.
      • I plan to later clean up the direct microphone-only recording: remove gaps (and ideally, remove false takes), and make that recording available as a non-show .mp3 file; a simple voice recording file.
  • filesize: 266.4 MB
  • length: 2:41:11

Article:
Entheogenic Esotericism
Wouter Hanegraaff
https://www.academia.edu/3461770/Entheogenic_Esotericism_2012_

Music for the Show
  • Song: “Singing Theramin DLFO”, by Illumination Valve
  • 2 songs: flute and piano practice. Playlist: “2020-01-19 flute piano”
    • “01 – piano & flute rehearsal 1”
    • “02 – piano & flute rehearsal 2”
    • Recording Engineer & Producer: Illumination Valve.
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic, no eq. Limiter.
    mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode.
  • project file: same as mp3 filename, .aup
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav 210215_2283.wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav 210215_2037.wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav – skip/delay, remove gaps first.
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC

todo: go through the feb 14 morning takes – look for a good intro w/ sep words w/ good timing.

Esoteric Agenda

Possible Topics in this Episode
  • Read-aloud double-reading Hanegraaff article Entheogenic Esotericism.
Misc. Items
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1. Intro Segment

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2. “Vocalization Review” Segment

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3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

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4. Read-aloud double-reading Hanegraaff article Entheogenic Esotericism

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5. Segment Topic

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8. Outro Segment

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Log of Takes

  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
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OFF AIR

“2021-02-14a Egodeath Mystery Show- Ironic Distancing Through Sound.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-lbzvo2Vw1x
  • description
    • Play clips of reading-aloud Hanegraaff’s article Entheogenic Esotericism with I Robot music and effects, in which I start developing techniques of reading-aloud, a week ago:
      • Ironic distancing from the article by music + effects + speaking quietly + repeating for emphasis
      • Repeating a phrase or statement for ironic emphasis. Led to developing a reading-aloud technique of reading each sentence twice.
  • filesize: 249.9 MB
  • length: 2:28:39
Music for the Show
  • Song: Hang Back Freaky, by Illumination Valve
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic > Pyle mixer > M76 limiter > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq (bypassed) > B mixer > TASCAM DR05 in Stereo mode.
  • project file: same as mp3 filename, .aup
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav (__ kbps from mono)
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • todo:
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC

Esoteric Agenda

Possible Topics in this Episode
  • 4. Progress on this Show Format and an approach to combining recordings with a live broadcasting format.
  • 5. Playing some of the February 7 night reading of that article, to hear me developing the technique of “reading-aloud for meaning”, and double-reading for emphasis.
  • 6. Practicing double-reading of Hanegraaff’s 2012 article Entheogenic Esotericism.
Misc. Items
  • todo: Silence an f-word; todo: edit Mixer deck 210214_2017.wav @40:50, a good take of practice run of the Egodeath Mystery Show. is there anything actually worth keeping??
  • 210214_2025.wav & 2027 (better input take) – processed intro deep-pitch straight-ahead intro. Loaded into project “[mbp]/Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/Intro Outro/Intro Outro.aup”
1. Intro Segment

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2. “Vocalization Review” Segment

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  • diversion on breaking up sentences and paragraphs during read-aloud

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3. “Warmup Reading” Segment

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  • Diversion about __ and __.

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4. Run Through the Follow-the-Numbers Show Format with Double-Reading

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  • Show format, discuss double-reading the show flow
  • Limiter
  • Improved show-flow pages
  • Data Management: not sure whether to save direct mic rec’g or only the mixed show. Need to reduce the minutes of .wav files generated.
  • Discuss verbose ideas in Idea Development Page 11 top of page – show format.
  • Diversions: reviewed Vial history and forgot-plots, Brown’s conversion from Moderate to Maximal entheogen theory of religion.

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5. Precursor to Ironic Distancing + Double-Reading Technique, in the Episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show, “At War with the Mystics” (Feb. 7) – Play Clips

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  • Play 1:45:00 in “/Users/michaelhoffman/Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-07b Egodeath Mystery Show – At War with the Mystics”
    That’s the start of Hane EE article “traditional methods of the mystics may…”
    • 1:49:36 “Dare to take… (not at all comparable to the eucharist)” (sarcasm editorializing) – but play before/after that point. as well as clipping this.
    • Play Feb7 final 45 minutes, listen for double-reading/ reading-aloud for meaning-emphasis. Sarcastic demo; demonstrate during this show, the type of reading I was doing feb7 pm.
    • 2:02:20 in that aup. clipped for present show.
    • Turned his article into an ironically distanced art-piece. The echo and background music and the requirement to speak quietly, added up to a “bracketed-off context” as opposed to a “take the author seriously” tone — plus Hane’s own tone is ironic/disbelieving/ scare-quotes. This “scare-quote” reading was the *mindset* of repeating twice; thus was invented double-reading.
    • Info about that episode:
      The Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-07) At War with the Mystics
      https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#Egodeath-Mystery-Show-2021-02-07

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6. Practice Double-Reading Hanegraaff EE Article

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Outro Segment

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Log of Takes

  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210214_2030.wav – mixer – 2:28:39 show episode
    • 210214_2279.wav – mic-only; SM57 mic>preamp>limiter M76>volpot>deck (no eq). 2.5″ 60 degrees aimed middle of upper lip. (monitored via earbuds yay no mega swamping with bass)
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc

Leveraging the Separation of Concerns: Record Purely a Reading of an Article, then Play that Recording on my Show, Pausing to Add Commentary as if a Separate “Track” – Need to “DJ” my own *clips* that are *separately* recorded.

the playback of the reading to add my peanut gallery commentary/ explnations/ critrqieu/ objections

My attempts to do a single perfect live take of 2 hours of variety show, ends up squandering massive amounts of storage space and thus drowning my good clips (signal) among mountains of noise.

It is *easy* to do a “killer take” of an Intro segment, when I’m not also, simultaneously, trying to talk to create a 2-hour show.

  1. Generate & gather 2 hours of clips, none of which reference the show. No timestamp statements in these recordings.
  2. Hit Record, do a DJ continuous take, 2 hours, with timestamps, where I play back the clips that I have gathered into the audio project file for the episode.

Mic Demo & Vocalization Victory Lap (I Hope)

  • https://we.tl/t-BfQubKBBq9 320kbps mp3. Preview (Magnifying Glass icon) for in-browser listening is only available for .mp3 files, not for .wav files (below).
    (no real Egodeath content (Brinckmann random demo read-aloud’s))
  • The full-fidelity .wav version is only 2x the filesize! so .wav dl is: https://we.tl/t-Tq3jfnbtR4
  • Microphone demo Shure SM57 with & without Limiter, several distances / angles.
  • Cardioid mic (therefore has bass proximity effect)
  • Vocal lessons learned about my two “impediments” I corrected.
  • No pop filter (yay!) – 60 degrees off-axis, plus Limiter, obviates evil pop filter.
  • Handling-noise demo with and without Limiter engaged.

“2021-02-13b Egodeath Mystery Show – Hanegraaff Entheogenic Esotericism Double Reading Practice.mp3”

Download Info
  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-UkQCEmmIAS – warning: contains semi-edited cussing, and “b.s.” about 8 times in 1-2 minutes
  • description [topics/segments; 4 items of few words each; 20 words total – not details]
    • several critical-commentary sections by me.
    • I played some of my Feb 7b obscured read-aloud where I started developing a read-to-amplify technique.
    • worked out (planned) a new reading-aloud strategy for this article.
      • Don’t take “paragraph” and “sentence” literally; use shorter definitions of those.
  • filesize: 275 MB
  • length: 2:00:09

Practice Run of Hanegraaff 2012 article Entheogenic Esotericism w/ double reading & warning commentaries that he’s FULL OF IT

Music for the Show
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 320 kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic > Pyle mixer > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode.
  • project file: same as mp3 filename, .aup
Post-Processing Steps
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • todo:
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC

Practice Run of Hanegraaff 2012 article Entheogenic Esotericism w/ double reading & warning commentaries that he’s FULL OF IT

Content

Practice Double-Reading Hanegraaff 2012 article Entheogenic Esotericism

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  • Reading policies:
    • Disclaimer before start
    • Define ‘paragraph’ as like 1/4 page. Define “paragraph” loosely, as eg ~10 lines.
    • Read title twice
    • Read section headings twice
    • Read each sentence twice. Define “sentence” loosely, as eg ~4 lines.
    • Don’t read most quote-marks.
    • Break up long sentences as if multiple sentences.
    • Don’t mention footnotes
    • End of paragraph:
      • Paraphrase/ loose/informal quick reading of the paragraph (nominally 1-time) – it can be as-is.
    • Commentary on the paragraph

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Play feb 7 night reading of EE article where i devd “reading with amplified meaning” technique

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Log of Takes

  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210213_1988.wav – mixer <- export as mp3
    • 210213_2270.wav – mic
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 2102##_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc

“2021-02-13a Egodeath Mystery Show – Smoking Complicated Ruin and Wreck.mp3”

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-GuBDjMm184
  • description [topics/segments; 4 items of few words each; 20 words total – not details]
    • x
  • filesize: __ MB
  • length: __
Music for the Show
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: __ kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic > Pyle mixer > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode.
  • project file: same as mp3 filename, .aup
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC

Esoteric Agenda [for Ruin episode] – tbd, clean up after recording next episode starting now…

  • todo: how is hard drive full if storing on cloud???
  • todo: how were the jan 2021 voice recordings so substantive, and no gaps, needing no editing, with no planning, no show format?
Play a Clip of Commentary from Reading Hanegraaff’s 2012 article Entheogenic Esotericism, “May Induce”

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Play a Clip of Commentary from Reading Hanegraaff’s 1995 article where Dan Merkur writes “Criticized Negatively”

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Play a Clip of Commentary from Take 1 of Reading Hanegraaff’s 1995 article on Empirical Historiography

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Play a Clip of the First Episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show, “My Followers”

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A double-reading of Wouter Hanegraaff’s 2012 article Entheogenic Esotericism

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  • A double-reading of Wouter Hanegraaff’s 2012 article Entheogenic Esotericism.
  • Decide the reading approach eg read each sentence twice, then at end of paragraph, paraphrase the paragraph by doing a loose read-aloud of paragraph ie skip fluff words and replace some words by simpler words.
    • decide if will do commentary/ explanation & critique, of entire article & on a per paragraph.
    • scale/scope of summary/critique:
    • book or article
    • entire
    • chapter or section
    • paragraph

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Generating Fewer Hours of Recording, with More Content Ratio, Piecing Together a Show from That, without Micro Editing

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  • Use of Stop often, Pause often, mute , to generate less recording time, more content. Increase ratio of content to recording time.
  • todo: Decide the extent to which to use the audio editor.
  • make show structure ; get format set up to guide you to it
  • check past to do items

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Log of Takes

several intro takes

  • added to show project:
    • Comments while doing reading Take 1 of Hane 1995 article dr05. thats:
    • project file: “2021-02-11b Egodeath Mystery Show – Empirical Method Esotericism.aup”,
    • added to show project: 24:10-31:31 Dan Merkur writes “should be criticized negatively”. critique, commentary
    • added to show project: 45:38-48:32 “even more exciting section” named “Wisdom of Clowns”, rescuing enlightenment from the mystics, who are not worthy
  • mic deck 210212_2257.wav (sm57 into DR-05) (no mixer deck)
  • filename – mic|mixer – content to use
    • 210212_2264.wav – mic – hane “May Induce” 7:54-13:00 laughing at Hane’s list of nondrug entheogens – in a reading of his intro, just add plants. re: Reading of Hane EE article.
    • 210213_2267.wav – mic – producing fewest rec’gs
    • 210213_1983.wav – mixer – ruin & wreck delay
    • 210212_1968.wav – mixer – sep-word intro w/ reverb
    • 210213_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc
    • 210213_####.wav – mic|mixer – desc

finished episode: mixer: 2102-13_1986.wav <– export as mp3 (added to the project file)
mic: 210213_2268.wav

Download Info

copy the below template to Agenda page, fill-in there, then move from there to idea development page

Download Info

“2021-02-12a Egodeath Mystery Show – Double-Reading Communication Breakthrough.mp3″

For agenda during show creation/recording, see new page:
Board of Mystics – The Esoteric Agenda

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-h1RmivL1jg
  • filesize: 248.5 MB
  • length: 2:28:17
  • desc:
    • Segment 1: New breakthrough Communication technique-invention today: Reading each sentence twice, to read-aloud an article.
      • 46:22 I play the exact spot in the read-aloud recording, where I discovered/invented the double-reading technique.
      • 1:38:06 Feb 11 Take 1 of 1995 reading, with bright mic (TASCAM DR-05 omnidir) & voice in bad state.
      • 1:40:34 Feb 12 Take 2 of 1995 reading, with dark mic (Shure SM57 cardioid) & voice in good state.
        • Errata 1:41:03 I said “that’s today’s bright mic that I’m using now” – I meant, dark mic.
    • Segment 2 & end: The point of Hanegraaff’s 1995 article advocating Empirical method against the Religionist method.
      • 2:17:40 At final segment near end of mp3, I say Hanegraaff must combine:
        • empiricism
        • religionism
        • the egodeath theory; “analogical psychedelic eternalism dependent-control”.
          • correct, productive historical research must specifically trace the history and differences of “analogical psychedelic eternalism dependent-control” (synchronic & diachronic).
          • The right/correct brand of religionism for empiricism (as a method of academic historiography of esotericism) to track & integrate is analogical psychedelic eternalism cybernetics.
          • In religionism, the Signal is analogical psychedelic eternalism; the Noise is everything else. Good, relevant, substantive empirical historiography is that which tracks Signal (analogical psychedelic eternalism), not Noise (everything else).
    • Segment 3: Spectrum of various formats combining, of the Egodeath Mystery Show as a broad umbrella, from individual voice recordings, to multimedia extravaganza.
      • A sliding scale of structure is available.
      • The only rule is, Standard Reference vocalizing.
      • 1:17:39 drums w/ delay
    • Segment 4: Vocalizing-work paid off, and combines with this great double-reading technique.
      • Pronounced a curse on the web page that strawmans broadcasters. In fact, broadcasters work hard to speak correctly and clearly and naturally.
Production Notes
  • bitrate: try 260 kbps
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic > Pyle mixer > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode. During the show, I played some of
    • today’s great SM57 (cardioid/prox’y/dark) (good voice state) reading of Hane1995, side-by-side with
    • yesterdays’ (omni/bright) (bad voice state) reading, of the Abstract.
    • To hear the eq difference & voice quality difference.
  • mic deck: 210212_2263.wav
  • mixer deck: 210212_1959.wav
  • project file: “2021-02-12a Egodeath Mystery Show – Double-Reading Communication Breakthrough.aup”
  • done:
  • determine which wavs
  • connect recorder drives
  • create music project containing both wavs
    • 2021-02-12a Egodeath Mystery Show – Double-Reading Communication Breakthrough
  • import Mic Deck wav
    • import Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav (skip)
    • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav (skip)
    • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • todo:
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • done: copy heading to TOC

Content

Double-Reading
  • My new, Double-Reading technique
  • special Board of Celebration edition- hit it out of the park w/ vocalizing & diamond-run 10/10 difficulty article.
  • remember my prophecy i made: “the universal solution to all vocalization problems is “repeat statement””.
  • double – my listening repeatedly to cds of Teaching Co
  • double reading: Cybernetics = communication
Hanegraaff 1995 Article
  • explain the point of the article, 3 positions.
  • Explaining Hanegraaff’s article about empiricism vs. (the false-dichotomy debate between religionism vs reductionism)
  • conversation w hanegraaff, the email i sent him
  • explain Hanegraaff’s 1995 article
    • mysticism/theosophy, gnosticism, esotericism
    • religionism, reductionism, empiricism
  • read aloud Hane 2012 article , double-reading –
    • todo: decide reading approach eg read each sentence twice, then at end of paragraph, paraphrase the paragraph by doing a loose read-aloud of paragraph ie skip fluff words and replace some words by simpler words.
      • decide if will do comentary/ explanation & criqique, of entire article & on a per paragraph. scale/scope of summary/critiqieu:
        • book or article entire
        • chapter or section
        • paragraph
  • read aloud M Hoffman article, double-reading
  • first take, last night – uploaded: some good commentary.
New Formats of the Egodeath Mystery Show
  • Format of the show – like Carl “Professor Secret” Ruck, the format of this show will be present but absent
  • need to extract clips – worry about that later.
  • show format: pros/cons of clipping/breaking-up an episode/take/recording session.
  • whether to use audio editor & how much.
  • new format for the show: each episode will use a completely different, unitque format
    • why? it’s a mystery
    • looking for the late night point in time where I received the word ‘mystery’
    • the Egodeath Mystery Show is an umbrella for all kinds of my recordings, download files.
    • insanity tunnel: i play shows within shows, the resampling workflow:
    • during the show, i play a section of a previous show,
      • in which i play a section of a previous show,
        • in which i play a section of a previous show,
          • in which i play a section of a previous show,
            • in which i play a section of a previous show,
              • in which i play a section of a previous show, 😱🤯😵
Vocalizing, Voiceover, & Microphones
  • hammer pitch down down down — result: it sounds full and normal, not bassy. only sounds resonant, not “bass pitch”.
  • Voiceover / vocalization breakthrough/remedial recovery.
  • voice before & after demo
  • done: 2 mics – play samples
  • vocal: beware of overconfidence & poor speaking
  • vocal: how bright mic caused slurring
  • voice professor : open up back/top of throat
  • vocal: play nightmarish reject 57->dr05 night takes? from when i switched to 57.
  • vocal: hate for web page against broadcasters – logical fallacies

About today’s Cybernetic Communication Breakthrough: Double-Reading – Hanegraaff article voiceover reading take 2, reading every sentence twice

planned commentary show-episode about this newly discovered method of reading/vocalizing.

“Empirical method in the study of esotericism (Hanegraaff).mp3” – Take 2, with new, double-reading technique 🎙👍 👍 👍 🎉 🏆 🔥 (Feb. 12)

Black Diamond Run

⛷♦︎

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-jZ0bWg5Ljl
  • filesize: 136.3 MB
  • length: 2:07:45
  • desc:
    • Read Hanegraaff’s 1995 article “Empirical method in the study of esotericism”, reading every sentence twice.
    • He defines 3 approaches:
      • religionist
      • reductionist
      • empiricist <- he advocates, against the other two approaches.
  • Communication breakthrough: at 46:12, I discover/create the technique of deliberately, strategically reading each sentence twice.
    • Standard practice for voiceover.
    • Increases my comprehension & vocalization.
    • Produces far higher comprehension for the listener.
  • Take 2 read-aloud of Wouter Hanegraaff’s 1995 article: “Empirical method in the study of esotericism”. In this take, I discovered/invented the breakthrough “double-reading” technique of vocalizing & comprehension & comprehensibility.
    https://www.academia.edu/1761692/Empirical_Method_in_the_Study_of_Esotericism_1995_ (religionist/ reductionist/ empiricist)
    Journal: “Method & Theory in the Study of Religion”
Production Notes
  • bitrate: 260 kbps from mono
  • mic: Shure SM57 mic > Pyle mixer > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode.
  • mic deck 210212_2257.wav (sm57)mixer deck n/a
  • project file: “Empirical method in the study of esotericism (Hanegraaff).aup”
  • I discovered this technique about 1/3 through the article, started using it at that point of time. A communication breakthrough, right here on the show live on-air.
    • Vocalization apparatus usage:
      • Open bottom of chest;
      • Open top/back of throat;
      • Open back of mouth;
      • Focus activity tongue-tip.
      • Push pitch down, hard.
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav
    • import Mixer Deck wav (n/a)
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
    • normalize vol of Mixer wav (n/a)
  • export mp3 of Mic wav (260 kbps from mono)
    • export mp3 of Mixer wav (n/a)
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • TODO:
  • copy heading to TOC

based on my “failed” late-night reading of Hanegraaff’s ch19 Entheogenic Esotericism (music/fx too loud), then, I re-read for effect & clarity, selected phrases. Now, while reading-aloud (a 2nd time) the much harder 1995 Hanegraaff article “Empirical method in the study of esotericism”, I full-on discovered, a few minutes ago, around 9:30 am feb 12 2021, a new way of communication — read every sentence twice.

I just discovered a breakthrough new way of communication: reading-aloud every sentence twice. This really provides a great value-add opportunity for me; for the Egodeath Mystery Show.

Today’s vocalization & comprehensibility is *great*; solidly professional (don’t let down my mindfulness-guard though! always keep pushing for correct std ref’c speaking!)

“2021-02-11b Egodeath Mystery Show – Empirical Method Esotericism.mp3” – Hanegraaff article voiceover reading, with suitable commentary – Take 1

See also the Feb 12 “double-reading” version instead:

“Empirical method in the study of esotericism (Hanegraaff).mp3” – Take 2, with new, double-reading technique 🎙👍 👍 👍 🎉 🏆 🔥 (Feb. 12)

The below, version 1 voiceover take, is interesting just for its commentary in the middle.

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-1E5axGzHRx
  • length: 1:50:53
  • desc: the reading, raw voiceover take – raw…
    • 24:10-31:31 WARNING: CONTAINS HEAVY CUSSING, right about where Dan Merkur writes “should be criticized negatively”. critique, commentary
    • 45:00 – i read the section titles, about 10 of them.
    • 47:00, 49:00 Look up diachronic & synchronic.
    • 48:00 critique, rescuing enlightenment from the mystics, who are not worthy
Errata
  • Failed to say title immediately before the read-through that started w/ Abstract.
  • done (b):
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav & Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of dr05 wav
  • todo (b):
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC
  • mic deck wav:
    • 210211_1956.wav
    • 210211_1957.wav
  • mixer deck wav: n/a, dr-05 only
  • project file:
    “2021-02-11b Egodeath Mystery Show – Empirical Method Esotericism.aup”
  • the orig was 45 min pre-stuff, including Conclusion pre-read, then 1:50:00 to read the article, to end.
  • 3.5 hours of content – split, omitted recorder discussion, omitted vocalizging discussion.
  • Full semi-smooth reading of the article. 1st take, never read before, ui awkward (pdf of photocopies).

“2021-02-11a Egodeath Mystery Show – 2- 3- 5-Level Models.mp3” – pre-reading commentary/ theorizing, Conclusion pre-read

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-LxLUF12hfB
  • length: 45:10
  • pre-reading commentary & theory-development
    • title of article
    • skeptical of hanegraaff
    • newage bunk cover story of “no plants”.
    • 2- 3- 5-level models.
    • the “stuck in the middle bucket” syndrome.
    • pre-read of the Conclusion
  • mic deck wav:
    • 210211_1956.wav
    • 210211_1957.wav
  • mixer deck wav: n/a, dr-05 only
  • project file:
  • “2021-02-11b Egodeath Mystery Show – Empirical Method Esotericism.aup”
  • done (a):
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav & Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of dr05 wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC
Black Diamond Run Confirmed

⛷♦︎

Their knowledge level, on a scale of 0-10: -1
Their pomposity level: 11

Finished reading-aloud the article and recording, 26 pages.
My resulting I.Q. decrease: 20 points

😵

Vocalization

Voiceover takes approach: deliver a recording to piece together a good reading & shorten gaps.

Emphasis here is on trying to open bottom chest and lift and open upper throat; more resonant cav (actively open /lift the top back of throat), less “tight throat” odd, bad tonality.

Take control of the full vocal aparatus, engage, exercise it, contrast bad operation/muscle patterns.

Judge, assess, identify problem spots, analyze, remedy.

Do not ever again think “I can quit trying, I can tune out and forget about trying to improve and judge my speech firmly.

Shocking how poor, sloppy, inattention, out of touch w/ own totally hit or miss voice.

was worse than embarrassed, upon listening critically, about a week ago wtf i thought and announced that my gear was broken.

omg i was delusional and out of touch w/ my own vocal sound.

resting on laurels.

i carefully measured my ego and determined that it was much too large in size.

i thought i was quite good, and in fact I was quite bad.

“My recorder is surely broken.”

Esoteric Agenda

  • todo:
  • listen to the recordding and decide whether to clean it up (removing bad takes, separating segments / clips.
    • Evaluate my vocalization.
    • Study the article by listening to this reading-aloud of it.
    • Decide whether to clean up the reading, or re-vocalize better this time and then do a fresh cleaner recording.
    • The relevance of this article and its value are in doubt; understanding this article amounts to following propellerhead debates per this 1995 article about 3 positions:
      • reductionists
      • religionists <– this article says religionists are evil. Analyze.
      • empiricists (Hanegraaff advocates this position)
      • todo: listen and identify the point of each section.
  • Policies for reading this particular article:
    • don’t read footnotes,
    • don’t comment (not even after paragraph),
    • don’t read list of citations;
    • don’t read References section.
  • add to vocal warmup at the Egodeath Mystery Show page: Anatomy section:
    • add notes about inhaling
    • open lower chest
    • open & lift top of throat and back of mouth
    • open front of mouth, tip of tongue
  • 5 levels of esotericism
    • the egodeath theory
    • irvin
    • hanegraaff
    • Western Esotericism scholar unaware of entheogens & the egodeath theory (analogical psychedelic eternalism dependent-control)

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion

Journal of the North American Association for the Study of Religion

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion publishes articles, notes, book reviews and letters which explicitly address the problems of methodology and theory in the academic study of religion.

This includes such traditional points of departure as history, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, and sociology, but also the natural sciences, and such other approaches as feminist theory, discourse analysis, and ideology critique. 

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion also concentrates on
the critical analysis of the history of the study of religion itself. 

Publisher: Brill
Print Only
ISSN: 0943-3058OnlineISSN: 1570-0682

“2021-02-11 Egodeath Mystery Show – Critique of Reading.mp3”

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-2xFowQlAVi
  • desc:
    • read the conclusion section of Hane article, with open throat/back of mouth.
    • played & critiqued samples of my readings from yesterday’s episodes of the Egodeath Mystery Show.
  • mic deck 210211_2255.wav
  • mixer deck 210211_1955.wav
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav & Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC
Esoteric Agenda
  • done: Intro
  • mic deck 210211_2255.wav
  • mixer deck 210211_1955.wav
  • done: Vocal Warmup reminders
    • More bassy! PUSH PITCH DOWNWARD!
    • FINISH EACH SENTENCE; DON’T INTERRUPT.
  • done: Vocal Warmup reading
  • done: put this agenda in a page that doesn’t scroll around.
  • done: play sample of 3 readings from yestday.
  • done: Critique of yesterday’s readings, there are very good clips buried in there – but, they need editing and cleanup.
    • OPEN UP THE TOP OF THROAT/ BACK OF MOUTH.
    • a: 27
    • b: hanegraaff
    • c: played most of “best clips from show feb 08b”, critiqued “surfing w/ loss of control” as egoic pov.
    • d: reading from book The Hidden Passion: A Novel of the Gnostic Christ
    • Not bassy enough. Not consistent effort. STEP IT UP 100FOLD!
    • Too stop & start; requires extensive editing to piece together a listenable result.
    • 27 reading was good as a warmup prep ONLY. NEED TO REDO- OR TAKEAWAY LESSON LEARNED: PUSH BASS, CONTIGUOUS.
      • policy: 2 takes max (on a phrase), then move on.
    • Way too many interruptions, breaks, gaps, etc. – except fiction reading was smooth/continuous.
      • GOAL: MORE CONTINUOUS READING; obviate post-tracking edit cleanup pass.
  • not control loss or transformn or restabl
    • 1. egoic
    • 2. trannsfmn
    • 3. perma new the personal control system that’s stable, has long been reconfigured; monolithic pseudo-autonomous control replaced by transpersonal 2-level-aware the personal control system (todo later: polish that concept-label).
  • todo: stop the throat clearing tic.
  • todo: analyse funny tone of saying
    • church
    • show
    • hypoth: open up top of throad/ back of mouth. try flipping between bad vs good.
      • always monitor for failure tone here.
  • todo: Read Hanegraaff’s 1990s unreadable article against religionists, comment on it. skill level: 10 (black diamond run)
  • 1:40:00 finished re-levelling mic & drums reversed fade-in. to stop clipping when full-throated vocal at mic.
  • FINDING: OPEN UP THE TOP OF THROAT AND BACK OF MOUTH.
  • 1:45:00-1:47:00 read-aloud hane conclusion.
  • 1:49:00 todo: read-aloud regarding vocal anatomy. https://www.bing.com/search?q=vocal+anatomy –
    https://voicedoctorla.com/vocal-anatomy
    https://www.bing.com/search?q=vocal%20anatomy%20voiceover

How to Develop Your Voice for TV or Radio <– i hated this page the first time, and I hate it now. fake amateur career site, “let’s write an article about everything EXCEPT proper normal standard reference vocalizing, and say nothing but disparagement & demonizing about correct standard vocalizing.” COMPLETELY USELESS PAGE, NOTHING BUT PERIPHERAL “LOOK HOW SAVVY I AM” — OOPS, FORGOT THE BASIC SUBSTANCE!!

Extracting Clips from the Four Feb 10 Episodes

this section was written Feb 26 or 27, within idea development page 12, when I created clips:

It’s been a huge project, trying to extract all my Egodeath clips from the four Feb 10 episodes.

It took time to add timestamps — and develop a better approach to do that. I scoped-out the potential clips from episodes 2021-02-10a through 2021-02-10d.

It’s taken a long time to clean up the projects and start noting timestamps in a clean, standard way. I’m only half done (finished A & B, need to do C & D). A 2-day project! done: I’m not even done w/ B — I need to make sure my commentary is timestamped separately from reading Hane’s words.

done: From B, I’m going to omit my readings of Hane’s EE article, and only keep my commentary – I’m sick of some passages of the article.

“2021-02-10d Egodeath Mystery Show – Hidden Passion.mp3”

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-8r77lTcjND
  • Description/content/timestamps:
    • Overall description: Read-aloud from Preview pages of Laurence Caruana’s book The Hidden Passion: A Novel of the Gnostic Christ.
    • 0:00-1:15 overhead for the show is as low as a micro size dot
    • 2:15-x:xx short episodes
    • 3:45-x:xx rolling agenda
    • 8:00-x:xx switched from Hang Back Freaky (music) to Test Coast.
    • 10:22-13:54 Advanced mystic state is about stability, the other side of the coin as egoic fear of loss of control. step through dragon gate w/ right foot, to shift basis of control from possibilism-thinking to transcendent thinking / eternalism-thinking. through the guard gate.
    • 19:42-x:xx song Vanishing Girl by Dukes of Stratosphear
    • 21:00-x:xx vocalization rules
    • x:xx-x:xx __ My Love Explodes, What in the World. album Chips from the Choc fireball, Dukes of S.
    • 23:30-x:xx Conversation rules
    • 25:24 -2624 dragon gate jumping topics = jumping through gateway.
    • 2624-x:xx __ finish read-aloud entire paragraph b4 commenting
    • 29:00-x:xx __ song: What in the World starts.
    • x:xx-29:00 __review of vocalization finishes.
    • 30:16-31:30 Rolfe warmup reading.
    • continue here extracting timestamps
    • 44:03-x:xx the readings
    • x:xx-x:xx __
    • x:xx-x:xx __
  • Mic Deck .wav: 210210_2243.wav
  • Mixer Deck .wav: 210210_1949.wav
  • Mic vs. Mixer recording length/timestamps: same
  • Project location: Green/white label SD card “TK Audio 2” – “/Volumes/TK Audio 2/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-10d Egodeath Mystery Show – Hidden Passion/2021-02-10d Egodeath Mystery Show – Hidden Passion.aup”
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav & Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • todo:
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC

The Esoteric Agenda

  • done: Review vocalization rules.
  • meeting rules:
  • resolved: create project, named same as mp3.
  • done: Decide which reading to do. Caruana http://amzn.com/0978263707
    • The Hidden Passion: A Novel of the Gnostic Christ
    • Laurence Caruana
    • Based on the Nag Hammadi Texts Paperback
    • 2013
  • done: Do the selected reading.
  • done: write the wav filenames for this meeting.
  • done: Define a *minimalist* template for downloading the show.
    • todo: “Voice Recording log file”: in the Egodeath Mystery Show page, list all mp3 files (w/ dl link / desc; ie MINIMALIST TEMPLATE).
    • also must announce each mp3 in the idea development page. Must update TOC of idea development page.
  • pick musci – DONE
  • DONE: think-aloud to work-out a new thought, in a low pitch.
  • DONE: review “2 sides of “loss of control” coin”, new lexicon/usage.
  • DELAY: make a list of themes of not “loss of control” but of “new balance”; discuss.
    • 1:50:00
    • leopard fountain
    • kylix
    • pink initiate in the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image
    • etc.

“2021-02-10c Clips Fx – Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3”

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week from Feb. 27, 2021: https://we.tl/t-dePZ8sRiU2
  • Length: 36:59
  • Filesize: 89 MB
  • Overall description: Demo of EQ & Fx on “2021-02-10c Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3”.
    The SM57 mic, close-miked at ~3″ 45° (as in 02-08 & 02-10c), is dark – which is good for some trebly speakers. It’s hard to master for mobile speakers/bluetooth earbuds. I instead mastered for Apple earbuds & my good pair of Sony 7506 headphones, bouncing between them.
  • EQ: Gentle U eq variants, freshly dialed (U; not much smilefrown). Mastered for speakers: Apple earbuds & SONY 7506 closed-back headphones. One or the other, at a time, different mild U variants.
  • Timestamps:
  • 0:00 –
  • Recording header:
  • Content:
    • __
  • Vocalization:
    • Evening. See 02-10c.
  • Time and Date:
    • eq/fx 11:00 p.m., February 27, 2021.
  • Miking: Based on 02-08b, which was prior to the 02-10 episodes.
    • Mic: SM57
    • Distance: 3″.
    • Position: 45°, aimed at upper lip.
    • No pop filter.
    • Polar pattern: Cardioid.
    • Limiter: none
    • EQ: explored U via MXR 10-band.
    • FX: yes
    • Mic tracking file: Fed by 2021-02-10c Clips v2.
    • Mixer tracking file: 210227_2105.wav
  • BE DONE AT 0:30!
  • The timestamp is x.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • skip: normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
Production Notes
  • Track title & project file: same as mp3 filename.
  • bitrate: 260 kbps
  • normal miking was likely:
    Shure SM57 mic. 3-4″ distance.
    Previous episode, 2021-02-08b, uses:
    Shure SM57 3″, 45 degrees. Aimed at upper lip or 1/4″ in front of upper lip. ~45 degrees. No pop filter or windscreen. Probably no Limiter. No eq. Check the previous episode’s miking.
  • normal chain: mic > Pyle mixer > MXR M76 > JHS volume pot > TASCAM DR-05 in Mono mode > eq > mixer > TASCAM DR-05 in Stereo mode
Show Prep
  1. Prep the agenda: Copy template from Show page to Agenda page
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/11/board-of-mystics-meeting-agenda/
  2. Prep the audio project file, named same as mp3 (no keywords necessary yet, after show name).

“2021-02-10c Clips v2 – Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3″ – new, Feb. 27, 2021 (replaces Feb. 26 v1)

I cleaned-up this Clips episode, then subsequently made an Effects version of this cleaned-up episode (see above section).

I made a Clips (or Core) shortened version, of Feb 10 3rd episode (02-10c). Forthe Clips version of the ep, I used the dry direct mic recording (no music). Has the intro & outro. I omitted the 8b clips segment, since that’s available separately and I want to give full attention to the new content. At the start, I retained the list of types of readings & recordings that I can incorp into any episode, but I omitted the recorded, 8c cleaned-up clip.

v2 (Feb 27):
  • increased the gaps to allow read-aloud & inhaling.
  • various fixes.
  • removed fluff words.
  • cleaned up (nice & clean now for re-use such as remixing).
  • added one statement at the end.
  • reorged the end sentences a little.
Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week (starting Feb 27, 2021):
    https://we.tl/t-WbCQned14u <- v2, super-clean, better timing/gaps
  • Length: 31:56 32:23 (deleted some words, added space/gaps, added 1 sentence)
  • Filesize: 33 MB 78 MB (320 kbps this time, not 210 or 260)
  • Overall description: See v2 notes above. The below remains true, for v2.
    A Clips (or Core) shortened version, of the Feb. 10, 3rd episode (10c). I used the dry direct mic recording (no music). Has the intro & outro. I omitted the 8b clips segment, since that’s available separately and I want to give full attention to the new content. At the start, I retained the list of types of readings & recordings that I can incorp into any episode, but I omitted the recorded, 8c cleaned-up clip.
  • Timestamps (per the original episode):
  • 0:22 – Voice intro announcement/spot.
  • 1:40 – “The candidates for types of readings or voice recordings, on this show, are… ” I mention the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image content from clip “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show [– Drums on the Wing].mp3″ – touching the column base is enough. board of mystics.
  • 54:45 – Dancing stability – Eadwine, not “Erdwine”. Shipment of msh images has been delivered (during late Nov 2020), in art, past the censor squad. No one has written about the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image. Cybercide guys. Secret field of entheogen scholarship. Dragon gate. dancing image.
  • 1:03:20 – Title of “lifted garment” page.
  • 1:05:22 – Her lifted garment. Dragon gate. Transpersonal 2-level control system.
  • 1:12:18 – Dragon gate.
  • 1:18:55 – I just now found that her garment is lifted [Errata: I had actually noted her lifted garment in the bottom of the image some weeks ago, but whatever.]
  • 1:19:31 – Jesus is barefoot.
  • 1:19:56 – Hand wrapped around cartoon cell border.
  • 1:21:03 – Factors keeping the “spot the mushroom” scholars from covering the Psalter on the order of magnitude warranted. Once they spot 1 mushroom, they are done; they have no provision for order of magnitude. Inability to deal with a huge gold mine that the Psalter is. Overfocus on just a few of the msh trees in the Psalter. Bad PR for Pop Sike Cult. Cybercide.
  • 1:26:44 – I had been wanting to look at the Dancing image. No coverage of the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image? Levels in the field of entheogen scholarship. What should the field of entheogen scholarship be?
  • 1:32:59 – Non-headphone state of consciousness.
  • 1:34:08 – Entheogen scholarship has little coverage of Psalter. Foundation column pillar. Egoic thinking says “loss of control threat”. Dragon gate.
  • 1:41:47 – Foundation. Female lifted garment.
  • 1:43:20 – Leaky metaphors.
  • 1:46:20 – Dragon gate.
  • 2:00:09 – End of show.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • todo:
  • copy heading to TOC, link
  • test that link
  • announce in idea development page 12
  • link from idea development page 12 to section here
  • test that link
  • done: below, mark the old v1 download link as superseded

“2021-02-10c Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3” – new, Feb. 26, 2021

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-knrOGmhfGl – version 1, about to be superceded by an improved v2, above
  • Length: 31:56
  • Filesize: 33 MB
  • Overall description: A Clips (or Core) shortened version, of the Feb. 10, 3rd episode (10c). I used the dry direct mic recording (no music). Has the intro & outro. I omitted the 8b clips segment, since that’s available separately and I want to give full attention to the new content. At the start, I retained the list of types of readings & recordings that I can incorp into any episode, but I omitted the recorded, 8c cleaned-up clip.
  • Timestamps (per the original episode):
  • 0:22 – Voice intro announcement/spot.
  • 1:40 – “The candidates for types of readings or voice recordings, on this show, are… ” I mention the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image content from clip “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show [– Drums on the Wing].mp3″ – touching the column base is enough. board of mystics.
  • 54:45 – Dancing stability – Eadwine, not “Erdwine”. Shipment of msh images has been delivered (during late Nov 2020), in art, past the censor squad. No one has written about the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image. Cybercide guys. Secret field of entheogen scholarship. Dragon gate. dancing image.
  • 1:03:20 – Title of “lifted garment” page.
  • 1:05:22 – Her lifted garment. Dragon gate. Transpersonal 2-level control system.
  • 1:12:18 – Dragon gate.
  • 1:18:55 – I just now found that her garment is lifted [Errata: I had actually noted her lifted garment in the bottom of the image some weeks ago, but whatever.]
  • 1:19:31 – Jesus is barefoot.
  • 1:19:56 – Hand wrapped around cartoon cell border.
  • 1:21:03 – Factors keeping the “spot the mushroom” scholars from covering the Psalter on the order of magnitude warranted. Once they spot 1 mushroom, they are done; they have no provision for order of magnitude. Inability to deal with a huge gold mine that the Psalter is. Overfocus on just a few of the msh trees in the Psalter. Bad PR for Pop Sike Cult. Cybercide.
  • 1:26:44 – I had been wanting to look at the Dancing image. No coverage of the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image? Levels in the field of entheogen scholarship. What should the field of entheogen scholarship be?
  • 1:32:59 – Non-headphone state of consciousness.
  • 1:34:08 – Entheogen scholarship has little coverage of Psalter. Foundation column pillar. Egoic thinking says “loss of control threat”. Dragon gate.
  • 1:41:47 – Foundation. Female lifted garment.
  • 1:43:20 – Leaky metaphors.
  • 1:46:20 – Dragon gate.
  • 2:00:09 – End of show.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mic Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
  • test that link
  • announce in idea development page 12
  • link from idea development page 12 to section here
  • test that link

“2021-02-10c Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.mp3” – reissue of the entire episode

Feb 26 resissue of entire episode, with _ filelanme.

This is a pretty solid episode, but it was still good to make a “Core” version of this episode. It’s a Core version of an episode that contains clips from another episode.

The Core version is labelled as a “Clips” episode, but it is packaged as a real episode – a shortened version of an episode – not just as standalone clips out-of-context. The episode does include an actual Clip, that is, from another episode – confusing the distinction. It’s a “Core, with Clips from elsewhere” episode.

Most of the episode is on-topic Egodeath theory-development content.

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week, starting from Feb. 26, 2021:
  • Length: 2:00:09
  • Filesize: 283 MB
  • Overall description:
    • Best clips from another show – Includes most of the top-clips track “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”
      • Forgot Plots; Grid Game; segment about receiving vision of segment format, vulnerability spotted
      • (omitted most of the feet discussion of the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image).
    • New content for this episode, after the clip – Dancing with the 2 Sides of the control stability coin.
      • Saying that the altered state is dancing/surfing the edge of loss of control, that’s the egoic point of view. The transcendent point of view = using the higher form of control stability.
      • Control-transformation -> transcendent control system.
      • Female garment lifting.
      • The dragon gate.
  • Timestamps:
  • 0:00 – Guitar intro (song: Hang Back Freaky, by Illumination Valve)
  • 0:22 – Voice intro announcement/spot.
  • 0:30 – “This episode covers”
  • 0:37 – Brief guitar
  • 0:40 – “Then some kind of a reading”
  • 1:25 – Guitar
  • 1:30 – “Now I have to decide what I will read next” (Instead, I played long clip of voice, from episode Feb 8b.)
  • 1:35 – Guitar
  • 1:40 – “The candidates for reading, on this show, are”
  • 2:18 – Guitar, ‘but’ delay
  • 2:44 – The egodeath.com site, I can read from …
  • 3:19 – “Such as “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show [– Drums on the Wing].mp3″ – the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image – touching the column base is enough. board of mystics.
  • 7:57 – Hard to find the outline, too much scrolling. guitar passages in this segment.
  • 13:51 – Guitar stops, mention plan to review vocalization rules.
    __________________________
  • 22:31 – Play 02-08b dry mic cleaned-up clip. But I kinda ruin it by critiquing instead of a straight play-through. todo: replace the clip-section by 8b clip wav.
  • 52:07 – End of clip. Transition from playing the clip; start the guitar again.
  • 52:22 – Guitar resumes. meeting room sizing reverb. board of mystics meeting room. next on the agenda is deciding what’s next on agenda.
  • 54:22 – The timestamp is, according to the deck… we have finished playing 8b & commenting on it.
    __________________________
  • 54:45 – Dancing stability (remainder of episode) – Eadwine, not “Erdwine”. shipment delivered, in art, censors. no one has written about the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image. Cybercide guys. secret field. dragon gate. dancing image.
  • 1:01:04 – Pasting Dancing image.
  • 1:03:20 – Title of “lifted garment” page.
  • 1:03:43 – Pasting Dancing image.
  • 1:05:22 – Her lifted garment. dragon gate. transpersonal 2-level control system.
  • 1:09: 34 – “but” echo section.
  • 1:09:37 – Tech echo – omit.
  • 1:09:55 – Guitar + but echo
  • 1:12:18 – End of echo “but” section. Dragon gate.
  • 1:18:02 – Guitar
  • 1:18: 36 – Turn down mic while typing.
  • 1:18:55 – I found that her garment is lifted [Errata: I had actually noted her lifted garment in the bottom of the image some weeks ago, but whatever.]
  • 1:19:31 – Jesus is barefoot.
  • 1:19:56 – Hand wrapped around cartoon cell border.
  • 1:21:03 – Factors keeping the “spot the mushroom” scholars from covering the Psalter on the order of magnitude warranted. Once they spot 1 mushroom, they are done; they have no provision for order of magnitude. Inability to deal with a huge gold mine that the Psalter is. Overfocus on just a few of the msh trees in the Psalter. Bad PR for Pop Sike Cult. Cybercide.
  • 1:25:58 – Echo & levels.
  • 1:26:44 – I had been wanting to look at the Dancing image. No coverage of the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image? Levels in the field of entheogen scholarship. What should the field of entheogen scholarship be?
  • 1:32:23 – Dark mic helps make me enunciate.
  • 1:32:59 – Non-headphone state of consciousness. echo.
  • 1:33:51 – Pitch range.
  • 1:34:08 – Entheogen scholarship has little coverage of Psalter. Foundation column pillar. Egoic thinking says “loss of control threat”. Dragon gate.
  • 1:41:47 – Foundation. Female lifted garment.
  • 1:43:20 – Leaky metaphors.
  • 1:43:35 – Don’t know how to low pitch while doing idea development.
  • 1:46:20 – Dragon gate. Rest of show includes typing-up the same points.
  • 2:00:09 – End of show.
Production Notes
  • Mic Deck .wav: 210210_2242.wav
  • Mixer Deck .wav: 210210_1948.wav
  • Mic vs. Mixer recording length/timestamps: they start to differ around 13:00 b/c stereo has long clip from other episode, while Mic rec was Paused.
  • Project location: Green/white label SD card “TK Audio 2” – “/Volumes/TK Audio 2/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-10c Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability/2021-02-10c Egodeath Mystery Show – Dancing Stability.aup”
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav & Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC
Meeting Agenda
  • Review vocalization rules. didn’t get to that.
  • Play the mic recording 08b, comment.
  • entheogen scholars are driven away or mis-led/distracted away from the 70 mush trees the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image by swords like “ego death” drives ppl away (dragon-threat). i’m the only “spot the msh” scholar to dare look at the sword image (bad pr for Pop Sike), leaving me, alone, to decode these msh images.
    • why did it wait until 2020 for a spot-the-mushroom scholar to inventory Psalter 70 trees & decode (or *mention*) the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image.
  • [4:31 p.m. February 10, 2021] – identified the woman in the … as having lifted garment, held by Jesus/God. Noted also the sun and moon faces above them.
  • Decide which reading to do.
  • Do the selected reading.
  • todo: think-aloud to work-out a new thought, in a low pitch.
  • todo: make a list of themes of not “loss of control” but of “new balance”; discuss.
    • 1:50:00
    • leopard fountain
    • kylix
    • pink initiate in the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image
    • etc.
    • TWO SIDES OF SAME COIN: EGOIC POV = “LOSS OF CONTROL THREAT”; TRANSCENDENT POV = *STABILITY* BUT, TRANSPERSONAL MODE OF STABILITY.
      • 1. EGOIC LOSS OF CONTROL
      • 2. CONTROL TRANSFORMATION PROCESS/ RE-STABILIZATION OF CONTROL
      • 3. END-STATE = TRANSCENDENT *HAVING* OF CONTROL, AGAIN, BUT IN TRANSPERSONAL 2-LEVEL CONSCIOUS CONFIGURATION. = “balance” mytheme & column base stability foundation = the new configuration of HAVING STABLE CONTROL. DONTSAY “THE MYSTIC STA IMAS IMAS THE MYSTIC ALTERED STATE = sufring the loos of control”. instead, say the mystic altered state = having the transpersonal stable control, depicted by the art mytheeme of “balance” and “stability” eg amanita w/ round stembottom & pink in the the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image, and the coloumn base in the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image. “higher-mode control is stable” – *not* “loss of control”, that’s egoic thinking/talking. 2 sides of coin = egoic says “loss of control”; transcendent transcendent thinking says “presence of transpersonal control”

Mystic Jesus: Hanged Man and Dancer: Gnostic Heresy in the Paris Eadwine Psalter
https://web.archive.org/web/20111019025829/http://www.metahistory.org/psychonautics/Eadwine/MysticJesus.php

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f8/52/3c/f8523c7d7d01a68398008139eed8efdf.jpg
red garment lifted on left, lifted pink cloth on shoulder. <– this older note proves i didn’t discover today her lifted garment, but went deeper merely.

“2021-02-10b Clips from Egodeath Mystery Show – Hanegraaff.mp3” – new Feb. 26, 2021

Only the on-topic, my-own-words parts (shown in bloack bold in the timestmps section of …. Not my reading Hanegraaff’s words. Not my non-Egodeath content.

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after Feb. 26, 2021: https://we.tl/t-nOgc61NDPN
  • Length: 38:41
  • Filesize: 41 MB
  • Overall description: Clips from episode where I read much of Hanegraaff’s article Entheogenic Esotericism.
  • Timestamps: [not very useful here; they’re per the original episode]
  • 0:00 – Intro initial part.
  • 10:43 – Board of Mystics. Purpose of theory channelling muses.
  • 49:11 – Reading (pre-reading). The book Contemporary Esotericism is the context.
  • 56:31 – Commentary: “magic vs. religion”, “manipulation”. author failed to define spiritual result, scholars framework theory, a certain theory as of myth.
  • 58:30 – Choosing to ingest Eucharist is “magic”/”manipulation”, by their same argument. trying to delegitimate.
  • 1:02:20 – Take note of footnotes & ellipses. using footnotes strategically deployed. Hanegraaff’s bunk footnote.
  • 1:09:34 – What does he mean by “they”?
  • 1:12:30 – commentary on ‘manipulative’
  • 1:13:02 – “sorry for interrupting the reading”
  • 1:20:03 – Commentary (a break from the reading): I explain the pretext story, that Hanegraaff said he got misled by, he should have been more sensitive to the realities. The New Agers’ “Non-Plants” Lie. New Age is based on visionary plants, but they have to lie `about that and pretend they switched to “meditation”.
  • 1:25:27 – The remarkable extent to which Hanegraaff says New Age = closeted psychedelic spirituality.
  • 1:32:21 – Real esotericists use skills concealing of Foo, then revealing of Foo, = analogical psychedelic eternalism, ahistoricity, unity of religions at the top
  • 1:35:12 – Partridge’s periods.
  • 1:38:33 – Partridge’s periods. (more)
  • 2:19:53 – My summary of the point of the Hanegraaff article.
  • 2:22:00 – Christopher Partridge has a gap in plants usage 1977-1983. <– I’m very interested in this ignored period which has been written out of history; Hanegraaff is trying to fill in the grid. Grid Game.
  • 2:33:42 – “That a widespread shift happened” … Hanegraaff contradicts himself.
  • 2:36:03 – I’m defining my word-usage of ‘mediation’ and ‘plants’. ‘meditation’ and ‘plants’. By ‘meditation’, I by default mean non-drg.
  • 2:41:52 – Outro.
Post-Processing Steps
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  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • Copy heading to TOC, link.
  • Demote orig episode in TOC.
  • Test this page’s TOC links.
  • announce in present heading.
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“2021-02-10b Egodeath Mystery Show – Hanegraaff.mp3”

A Clips version of this episode is available, above, as of Feb 26, 2021.

Hanegraaff’s chapter 19 of book Contemporary Esotericism: Entheogenic Esotericism.

  • what pages were read?
  • is there any commentary / clarification of mine, mixed-in with reading Hanegraaff’s writing?
    • I’d like to hear my commentary in isolation, without any reading of his article.
Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-UTM47te1Ma
  • Length: 2:42:14
  • Filesize: 389 MB
  • Overall description: Read-aloud part of Hanegraaff’s article Entheogenic Esotericism, with interspersed commentary and summary of the article.
  • Timestamp – Topic:
    • 0:00 – Drums, Intro initial part
    • 0:13 – More intro
    • 2:00 – Vocal pitch, treble, alphabet letters pronunciation: how much treble does each letter-name have, where? (start/middle/end)
    • 4:00 – Drums/typing. vocal principles review. pitch range. speed.
    • 8:27 – Drums
    • 8:57 – Formats of Egodeath Mystery Show available w/ degrees of formality. too many overhead steps. Overhead of explaining what’s in the recording, full outline w/ timestamps. log overhead (a log can be empowering).
    • 10:28 – Agenda. Added formats range; formats of show & recordings available.
    • 10:43 – Board of Mystics. Purpose of theory channelling muses.
    • 11:28 – Review of Vocalization segment continues. Don’t interrupt myself. Conversation reminders. Don’t slur.
    • 16:25 – Warmup reading: Rolfe.
    • 18:37 – Deciding what to read in this episode.
    • 20:29 – Goals for practice vocalizing in this episode.
    • 21:14 – Practicing standard reference vocalizing to turn any text into speech. standard reference vocalizing. turn any text into speech. Cybernetics = Communication.
    • 22:00 – Receiving ideas about formats for the show. Low overhead. No rules except use casual standard voice & repeat phrase. Vocalizing, standards/techniques.
    • 30:03 – It’s nice to have elaborate show format available.
    • 31:40 – Advantage of recording the mic.
    • 33:30 – Dark SM57 complements bright mobile speakers; no eq needed.
    • 36:15 – Merits of separately recording the direct mic vs. produced show (mixer).
    • 36:48 – Spectrum from casual recordings to formal “show” format. Pros and Cons of heavyweight Egodeath Mystery Show format.
    • 42:05 – Agenda. Hard to remember voicing consciously.
    • 44:36 – Like falling back into egoic thinking. End of Show-Formats discussion.
    • 45:48 – Deciding what articles to read from. Vocalizing review.
    • 49:11 – Reading (pre-reading). The book Contemporary Esotericism is the context.
    • 51:30 – My reading of part of the Hanegraaff article Entheogenic Esotericism – section: Entheogens and Religion – Conceptual Pitfalls and Prejudices – it’s entirely his words.
    • 53:16 – Headphones.
    • 54:10 – Read-aloud Hanegraaff continues: “highly problematic assumptions, theories of religion/legitimacy norms, hegemonic, can’t claim scholarly validity. anti-paganism.”
    • 55:03 – Inhaling.
    • 56:00 – Reading continues: “Ultimately based upon the theological battle against paganism…”
    • 56:31 – Commentary: “magic vs. religion”, “manipulation”. author failed to define spiritual result, scholars framework theory, a certain theory as of myth.
    • 58:30 – Choosing to ingest Eucharist is “magic”/”manipulation”, by their same argument. trying to delegitimate.
    • 1:00:23 – This is not a Commentary pass; this is purely a vocalizing-practice pass. Purpose is not to explain his article.
    • 1:00:50 – Resume reading: “A second cause of controversy is…”
    • 1:02:20 – Take note of footnotes & ellipses. using footnotes strategically deployed. Hanegraaff’s bunk footnote.
    • 1:03:34 – transitional junk
    • 1:03:53 – Continue the Reading of Hanegraaff article.
    • 1:05:47 – End of paragraph. comment on inhaling.
    • 1:06:46 – Planned pro-level reading of this article. Will speed-read next paragraph.
    • 1:08:55 – Resume reading the article at next paragraph.
    • 1:09:34 – What does he mean by “they”?
    • 1:11:17 – Resume reading, “Almost inevitably, “
    • 1:12:30 – commentary on ‘manipulative’
    • 1:12:45 – reading continues, “The ‘drugs’ category further”
    • 1:13:02 – “sorry for interrupting the reading”
    • 1:14:11 – reading continues, “The bottom line”
    • 1:15:35 – How much to repeat myself to get articulation right?
    • 1:16:13 – Reading continues. “In this chapter, “
    • 1:17:04 – Drums
    • 1:17:35 – Miking positioning, sweet spot.
    • 1:19:27 – Resume reading at next section & paragraph: Entheogens and the New Age – but then I skip it.
    • 1:20:03 – Commentary (a break from the reading): I explain the pretext story, that Hanegraaff said he got misled by, he should have been more sensitive to the realities. The New Agers’ “Non-Plants” Lie. New Age is based on visionary plants, but they have to lie `about that and pretend they switched to “meditation”.
    • 1:24:41 – Drums (= silence in mic track)
    • 1:25:27 – The remarkable extent to which Hanegraaff says New Age = closeted psychedelic spirituality.
    • 1:32:21 – Real esotericists use skills concealing of Foo, then revealing of Foo, = analogical psychedelic eternalism, ahistoricity, unity of religions at the top
    • 1:33:47 – Deciding what to read.
    • 1:34:26 – Continue Hanegraaff article reading. Entheogenic Shamanism section.
    • 1:35:12 – Partridge’s periods.
    • 1:38:06 – Reading continues. “Publishing his book in 2005, Partridge…”
    • 1:38:33 – Partridge’s periods. (more)
    • 1:38:45 – “I should just read”
    • 1:38:57 – Reading continues. “While such a periodization…”
    • 1:39:26 – “i swear i’m gonna do a straight reading”
    • 1:40:09 – Reading continues. “Neoshamanism has drawn…”
    • 1:45:37 – End of paragraph. I am hungry. Speed demo’s.
    • 1:46:52 – Resume reading. “The main outlines of the pre-Prohibition phase…”
    • 2:04:40 – Break from reading. song: Hang Back Freaky, by Illumination Valve.
    • 2:06:12 – Resume Hanegraaff article reading, now over guitar background from Cybermonk. “Pinchbeck, for his part, “
    • 2:13:10 – End of reading the article. “That’s the last word on the final page.” Deciding what to do next. Level change; gain staging.
    • 2:19:53 – My summary of the point of the Hanegraaff article.
    • 2:22:00 – Christopher Partridge has a gap in plants usage 1977-1983. <– I’m very interested in this ignored period which has been written out of history; Hanegraaff is trying to fill in the grid. Grid Game.
    • 2:29:30 – I can play background music w/o me hearing it. Headphones nixed.
    • 2:33:42 – “That a widespread shift happened” … Hanegraaff contradicts himself.
    • 2:33:59 – I slowly work up toward finally saying that I have taken a meeting note that I’m defining my word-usage of something (UNSPECIFIED), which I fail here to specify – FINISH YOUR STATEMENTS; MAKE COMPLETE STATMENTS. STOP MAKING PARTIAL FRAGMENT STATEMENTS. Secretary Meeting of the Board of Mystics: Cybernetics = Communication.
    • 2:36:03 – I’m defining my word-usage of ‘mediation’ and ‘plants’. ‘mediation’ and ‘plants’. By ‘meditation’, I by default mean non-drg.
    • 2:36:40 – Vocal pitch range target.
    • 2:39:44 – “end of segment” Timestamps on the two decks. Mixer deck timestamp is off bc ran out of space.
    • 2:41:52 – Outro.
Production info
  • Mic Deck .wav: 210210_2241.wav
  • Mixer Deck .wav: 210210_1946.wav
    • 2nd part: 210210_1947.wav
  • Mic vs. Mixer recording length/timestamps: complicated, but same after patching the 13-minute gap in Mixer stereo rec’g by copying-in the Mic mono rec’g.
  • Project location: Green/white label SD card “TK Audio 2” – “/Volumes/TK Audio 2/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-10b Egodeath Mystery Show – Hanegraaff/2021-02-10b Egodeath Mystery Show – Hanegraaff.aup”
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav & Mixer Deck wav
    • Done: patch-in 13 min from mic deck to mixer deck track(s). got up to 1:53:07, in Mic & Mixer decks. 2:04:46 in the Mic Deck is the end of the dropped portion.
    • append part 2, but omit junk at start; use 6:21 to end.
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC

the bad news: I failed to check Space Remaining on the Mixer Deck, lost apparently 13 minutes of pretty good read-aloud of Hane artic Entheogenic Esotericism. I’m waiting for files to transfer, to clear space, so I can resume recording/reading.

the good news: I’m doing a good job of vocalizing – excerpt for the re-takes, the clarifying value-add commentary interrupting the paragraph-reading.

“2021-02-10a clips from Egodeath Mystery Show – TK Podcast 27 Mystic.mp3” – new, Feb 26, 2021

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week starting Feb. 26, 2010: https://we.tl/t-el8zBoami4
  • Length: 15:15
  • Filesize: 16 MB
  • Overall description: clips of my own commentary from episode “2021-02-10a Egodeath Mystery Show – TK Podcast 27 Mystic.mp3”.
  • Timestamps:
  • 0:00 – Intro (Egodeath Mystery Show)
  • 1:44:00* – Nondual experiencing is beginner’s nonduality. Kafei asked for clarification of my position, he didn’t say “I disagree with MH position”. Nondual experiencing is beginners’ level.
  • 1:46:30* – Two types of nondual experiencing: Beginner vs Advanced Nondual Experience.
  • 1:51:38* – Dancing with higher stable control. Jesus & Sophia dancing, image from Eadwine. Cybernetic Nonduality is depicted. personal and transpersonal self layers, dancing. Lifted garments.
  • 1:53:12* – Eadwine shipment of images , prohibitionist art authorities. Exoteric suppression/blocking the msh images.
  • 1:55:21* – Eadwine’s image of dancing: use it as to represent the control transformation advanced nonduality experience. Nonduality depicted as dance of Jesus/Sophia. egoic point of view: “dancing w/ loss of control”, but transcendent point of view: conscious dance between (in mystic state) the two levels: transpersonal consciousness, personal thinking. Become aware of the dance that’s always going on.
  • 1:56:44* – Theme of elegant balance, not just “desperate balance”. Touching Demeter’s snake w/ the right hand.
  • 1:59:07* – “That’s gold, that’s a clip”.
  • 2:05:52* – Actual Outro.

* subtract about 1:44:00

Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • normalize vol of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
  • test the toc link
  • announce at this heading
  • announce at top of this page
  • announce at idea development page 12.
  • test the cross-link to this page from page 12.

“2021-02-10a Egodeath Mystery Show – TK Podcast 27 Mystic.mp3”

  • download/preview link for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-1663cMYiPv
  • Description/content/timestamps:
    • Overall description: A full good reading of the entire machine transcription of Transcendent Knowledge Podcast, episode 27 – the Mystic episode.
    • 0:00 – Intro (Egodeath Mystery Show)
    • 0:45 – Voczn review
    • 2:15 – Now have volume pot after mic
    • 6:11 – Warmup reading #1: misc sentences
    • 11:45 – Drumming to replace typing
    • 25:00 – Warmup reading #2: Rolfe.
    • 28:46 – Lead-in to reading of Transcendent Knowledge podcast 25.
    • 30:48 – The actual reading; read-aloud the machine transcription of Transcendent Knowledge Podcast episode 27.
    • 1:44:00 – Nondual experiencing is beginner’s nonduality. Kafei asked for clarification of my position, he didn’t say “I disagree with MH position”. Nondual experiencing is beginners’ level.
    • 1:46:30 – Two types of nondual experiencing: Beginner vs Advanced Nondual Experience.
    • 1:51:38 – Dancing with higher stable control. Jesus & Sophia dancing, image from Eadwine. Cybernetic Nonduality is depicted. personal and transpersonal self layers, dancing. Lifted garments.
    • 1:53:12 – Eadwine shipment of images , prohibitionist art authorities. Exoteric suppression/blocking the msh images.
    • 1:55:21 – Eadwine’s image of dancing: use it as to represent the control transformation advanced nonduality experience. Nonduality depicted as dance of Jesus/Sophia. egoic point of view: “dancing w/ loss of control”, but transcendent point of view: conscious dance between (in mystic state) the two levels: transpersonal consciousness, personal thinking. Become aware of the dance that’s always going on.
    • 1:56:44 – Theme of elegant balance, not just “desperate balance”. Touching Demeter’s snake w/ the right hand.
    • 1:59:07 – “That’s gold, that’s a clip”.
    • 1:59:45 – post-reading vocalization comments/struggles/injunctions.
    • 20146 – miking, windscreen dull, prox’y effect.
    • 20334-20527 volca synth music keyboard to reference my voice pitch against.
    • 2:05:52 – Actual Outro.
  • Mic Deck .wav: 210210_2240.wav
  • Mixer Deck .wav: 210210_1945.wav
  • Mic vs. Mixer recording length/timestamps: same
  • Project location:
    • was at: DataTraveller USB thumbdrive “100 G3 64GB” titled “KINGSTON 1” – “/Volumes/KINGSTON 1/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-10a Egodeath Mystery Show – TK Podcast 27 Mystic/2021-02-10a Egodeath Mystery Show – TK Podcast 27 Mystic.aup”
    • moved entire project to main drive for processing.
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • create music project
  • import Mic Deck wav & Mixer Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link here
  • test the dl link/preview
  • copy heading to TOC
Content
  • A full good reading of transcription of entire Transcendent Knowledge Podcast, episode 27 – the Mystic episode.
  • Vocalization exercises. That paid off – I did a good reading, afterwards (maybe there is hope – but don’t be overconfident!)

I did use my “Show” format, but here, I plan to eliminate all possible overhead. I will provide the download link here, the file name could be as shown.

The Full Experience – Battery-powered recorder + mic stand clip, 2 approaches to holding

  • handheld
  • mic stand <- no cable needed; offers a standalone wireless desk mic stand.

When I started the 2021 voice recordings, all of the recordings were made with battery-powered field recorder, sometimes mounted on med-small desk mic boom stand w/ clip, no pop filter. Have to say, it was pretty cool and clever to simply clip-mount the recorder and use batteries, is the most fun – it’s fully mobile; can:

  1. walk around holding recorder as close-mic and backing it away between speaking at the mic (move arm)
  2. press Pause
  3. put recorder in desk mic stand clip
  4. press Rec
  5. now sitting at a battery-powered recorder – move away from mic between speaking at the mic (move torso)

if you are willing to lose a little high-end by mic placement of 45 degrees off axis, no pop filter is necessary. No cable is necessary. Can place stand anywhere, no cable. or hold and walk around.

Highly Selective Logging of Timestamps when Recording My Speaking

Often, when recording my talking, I deliver a 10/10 10-minute segment, then I go… uh, what do I do now?

In that case, I can write down the timestamp (and optionally, the filename), so I can spot-target *that* clip. *NOT* a massive project of inventorying everything, nor of constantly writing down every minute of timestamp.

That highly selective approach is similar to when I decode a mytheme, I use [acro]/keyboard shortcuts to mark the time or date:
[February 9, 2021]
[ p.m. February 9, 2021]

Pure Voice Recordings vs. Egodeath Mystery Show

Differentiating (and recording/capturing) Pure Voice Recordings/Clips vs. Remix DJ multimedia “the Egodeath Mystery Show” which Remixes the Pure Voice Recordings (while also capturing the dry mic during the show, to later extract the best 5% from, as pure voice clips, to share and to reuse) <– skyrocketing the quality/density of value

my totally live shows (w/o playing-back my voice recordings) are a disservice to my followers: the content & quality is too thin, too hit-or-miss.

I can hugely increase the density of substance, by playing back the best *clips* of my occasional, best voice commentary. 

I did some great new speaking (with substance) while DJ’ing last night in the Egodeath Mystery Show, but, that was only like 5% of the time. 

SO: i can *clip* my best 5% from my dry mic recording (yay!) and then play back those clips in a “live show” subsequently. 

This is why it is such a *great* idea to record the mic directly, as well as recording the fully mixed show. 

I ran two recorders at same time – good call; I have a perfect mic-capture w/ no eq/fx/mixing, to extract my 5% best clips from, that I spoke last night — it’s always the unplanned, spontaneous discussions I do, that are the good ones!

My current thinking: *forget* logging the timestamps when making the content. Purely focus on good vocal delivery/ideas, during the show.

EXTRACTING TIMESTAMPS IS USUALLY HAS TO BE DONE AS A SECOND, LISTENING PASS.

The best way to think about it – 2 phased approach:

Phase 1: make the best pure voice recordings i can (for example, extract my best voice-clips)

Phase 2: the Egodeath Mystery Show: do a *little* live DJ mic work, but *mainly* play-back *recordings* of my best voice work. Then, the branding/concept of “the Egodeath Mystery Show” would refer *not* to my pure voice recordings, but rather, would refer to my *playback* of those voice recordings. Thus:

  • purely Voice Recordings (no eq/fx/mixing)
  • the Egodeath Mystery Show – I apply eq/fx/mixing-music, while playing-back my collection of pure voice recordings (best clips).

I keep forgetting:

  • DR-05 SOUNDS CLEAR B/C OMNI POLAR PATTERN SO NO PROXIMITY EFFECT.
  • SM57 MIC HAS CARDIOID POLAR PATTERN, SO, HAS PROXIMITY EFFECT – IE, MUDDY BASS.

stop forgetting that!

Back to Basics: Voice Recordings, No Overhead Concepts – Bracket-off All Signal Processing & Packaging & Timestamp Logging & Delivery Considerations

  • 210209_2233.wav = dr-05 no eq
  • 210209_2231.wav = sm57 no eq

“show” (the Egodeath Mystery Show ) connotes taking a collection of direct mic recordings (no eq/fx/musicmix baked-in), then combining many separate clean pure mic voice recordings, w/ eq/fx/music/mixing — DON’T DO ALLTHAT AT ONCE, LIVE. can’t do good job.

“live broadcast” would only work if I play recordings of pure miked-voice ideal recordings. then dj casually over that, but don’t expect to generate good speaking/content in the “do everything at once” mode. extreme overhead/distraction, of the “live broadcast mulltimedia” aaproach.

use time-separation/ phases. can do a far, far better results/approach, by dividing:

  1. phase 1: capture direct mic pure voice recording, vocazn. focus purely on ideas (content) + best-possible vocalization.
  2. phae 2, later: mix various voice recordings (thru eq/fx) mixed with music or other(?) audio – *possilby* adding live dj mic at that time, maybe.

external mic 57 caused me to think of show format with massive overhead. go back to deskmount dr05 field recorder even w/ batteries. nice standalone. no nonsense. no overhead. no log file. NO NOTHIN but voice, mic, recorder. zero overhead.

Use the Minimal Approach: (= nothing to remove):

  • Voice
  • Mic
  • Preamp [don’t use eq/mixer function, if present]
  • Recorder

all other considerations are agnostic, separate, later.

Create non-show, pure voice recordings.

but, using lessons learned, about the need to log timestamp ideally every minute. don’t even think about it. just give me raw mic recgs! w/ good voczn. Focus on voczn & capturing the mic; *none* of the other questions.

debate: record raw mic and share that? options: [doesn’t matter; that’s all a SEPARATE ISSUE; don’t even think about it. just give me raw mic recgs!]

options:

  • mic>recorder>export as mp3 <– some mics will sound like mud / random, but works well for the slightly bright & bass-shy field recorder 🤷‍♂️
  • mic>eq>recorder>export as mp3 <– bad approach; follow pro-audio rule: “never print eq; separate the mic rec’g from the applying of eq”
  • mic>recorder>daw-eq>export as mp3 <– recommended

New Streamlined/Focused Format for the Egodeath Mystery Show – Vision: Received, for the Show’s Nature

Rolling Log Approach, cut at 2 hours, no special start or end, no 2-hour structure

most will be straight voice

in future, will log timestamp like every minute. more is better. the more frequently, the better; every 1 minute would be good.

Generations of 2021 Voice Recordings
  1. Jan 20 – __ – no structure, no concept of “show”
  2. __ – Feb 8 – heavy-weight structure attempt, after thought of “show” – became so heavyweight, it fell over, leaving a streamlined new lightweight approach.
  3. Feb 9+ – no structure, but packaged as loose “show” concept (rolling log <2hr files, ZERO OVERHEAD. livestream w/ logging segments, <2hr.
    Periodic “station identification” – not “start of a show”, not structured as a show.

its purpose was revealed to me [12:36 a.m. February 9, 2021] is a rolling, logged hangout freeform, in 2-hour .mp3 format.

end the audio idea development file – just like creating fresh idea development page. Audio version of creating a new idea dev page.

logging overhead for this wav/mp3, and exporting/sharing it, = toc maint overhead.

Zero Overhead. Log the

  • .wav filename SEPARATE THE CREATION OF WAV, FROM SHARING OF MP3. CREATE ONGOING FREEFORM 2-HOUR REC’S, W/ REQUIREMENT OF MAINTAINING A LOG ROLLING FORMAT. GET RID OF CONCEPT OF “STRUCTURE FOR START VS END OF SHOW”.
  • date
  • time. and which mp3 # of the day.

Minimal Overhead to Produce a Rolling Log of Segments, No Start or Stop, cut <2hr at nearest segment end; still structureed… no strong segment concept, but *log meeting notes* ongonig. don’t even need to invent fancy names. ELIM SPECIAL FILENAMES. WHAT WE NEED IS JUST <2HR MP3 FILES, WITH GOOD LOGGING MAINTAINED LIKE MEETING NOTES DURING ANY … A LOG APPROACH. JUST INCIDATE: TIMESTAMP, IN FILE. FILENAME + TIMESTAMP; BREAK THIS PAGE PER FILE.

New template:

– Rolling Log, No Start or Stop. Sucky Dud Segments Alternating with Top-Tier Segments, all logged, sliced at segment closest to 2hr.

“2021-02-08c Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3” (continues seamlessly from 08b; this is part 2 of episode 08b)

used the >2hrs cut from 08b‘s .wav file.

  • filename of mp3: “2021-02-08c Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”
    • maybe i should have suffix: Pigs on the Wing
  • display name/title of mp3: “2021-02-08c Egodeath Mystery Show”
  • download/preview: https://we.tl/t-8OR00hvWbk (voice+eq, + music+eq)
    • mixer source file: 210208_1932.wav (voice+eq, + music)
  • download/preview: TODO (>2hr portion. voice, raw mic; no eq; no music)
    • mic source file: 210208_2227.wav (voice, raw mic; no eq; no music)
  • project file: 2021-02-08c Egodeath Mystery Show.aup

Eadwine

“2021-02-08b Clips Fx – Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”

fx & eq on voice-only best clips

  • mp3 Filename: “2021-02-08b Clips Fx – Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”
  • Download/preview for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-AKH9rR9dGs <- merely a trial run and test to see what works and what DOESNT. first take
    • lessons learned:
      • avoid looping a segment
      • try only eq and subtle reverb, to subtly highlight the orginal dry-mic great sound/focus.
      • manual jumpback is ok.
      • looping is too repetitive.
      • delay too obscures the great dry-mic sound.
  • Description: the 2021-02-08b show’s direct-mic best-clips through eq/fx.
    • Notes/expl: “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.wav” -> thru eq/signal processing -> 210210_1938.wav (Mixer Deck)
      much eq explore.
    • Clips include (see further below too):
      • fast talking to capture ideas.
      • feet in the the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image.
      • double-signalling in the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image.
      • it’s sufficient for foot to touch the column base.
      • diversions work well, eg Eleusis satire.
      • increasing focus on segment topics & timestamps.
      • shipment of msh images. 3 theories of… min mod max; forgot plots.
      • provider of mushroom images.
  • Production:
    • sm57 mic
    • project file: 2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.aup
  • done:
  • connect deck to computer
  • open wav into project
    “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.aup”
  • export solo track as mp3
  • xfer mobile
  • upload
  • post link
  • place link in correct pages/announcement sections.
  • source file for intro: 210208_2222.wav 1-shot in Playlist, Mic Deck.
  • 210210_19##.wav Mixer Deck for intro
  • 210210_1942.wav Mixer Deck for outro, best take.

“2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3” (Drums on the Wing)

  • Download/preview for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-yY0VW59NCo <- best clips of the show. v1.1 [10:55 p.m. February 9, 2021]
    • Desc: Canterbury, Forgot Plots/ Grid Game (entheogen scholarship)
  • Filename of mp3: “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”
  • Display name/title: “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show”
  • Filesize: 63.3 MB
  • Length: 26:23

Voice only, best clips. Removed from music context.

  • Project filename: “2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show Best Clips.aup”
    Exported .wav filename: “2021-02-08b Clips – Egodeath Mystery Show.wav”

deprecated: https://we.tl/t-s15BIoPuiv – had 3 flaws. Eadwine remains.

“2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show – Drums on the Wing.mp3” – reissued Feb 28, with “Drums on the Wing” added to filename & track name

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-02-28:
    https://we.tl/t-qlMsLNF8V9 <– reissue, with ” – Drums on the Wing” added to name.
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • See the below several pages.
  • Filename: see section heading above; added ” – Drums on the Wing” compared to v1
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension; added ” – Drums on the Wing” compared to v1
  • Length: 1:56:28 (same as v1)
  • Filesize: 280 MB (same as v1)
  • Bitrate: 320 kbps (same as v1 (orig Feb 8))
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 –
  • Project path: green/white label SD card 64 GB. “/Volumes/TK Audio 2/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show”
  • Project filename: “2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show.aup” (includes 08c too; so no key words)
    Track within audio project: “Mixer Deck First 2 Hours – the master for “2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show – Drums on the Wing.mp3″”
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • todo:
  • test the TOC link
  • Announce reissue in present idea development page (11)
  • Announce reissue in idea development page 12
  • Test links for announcements

/ end of Reissue section Feb 28 2021
orig section Feb 8 2021:

  • filename of mp3: “2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show.mp3”
  • display name/title of mp3: “2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show”
    • maybe upload w/ suffix: Drums on the Wing
  • download/preview: https://we.tl/t-IEO9n19oL3 (voice->eq/fx/mixer/music)
    • Reissued – For a later download link (with ” – Drums on the Wing” added to mp3 filename & track title), see above.
    • Length: 1:56:28
      • no “end of show” concept/ announcement – do “station identification” at random times instead, and at start of show but can be very low-key, no heavy structure or “DJ pot dance” like I had to do to create this opening while live (too hard & distracting – but, can reuse clip!)
    • mixer source file: 210208_1932.wav <- load, trunc, export
  • download/preview: TODO (<2hr portion. voice, raw mic; no eq; no music) – this raw isolated track was not designed to be heard alone. STATUS: EXPERIMENTAL 🧪 ⚗️
    • mic source file: 210208_2227.wav (voice, raw mic; no eq; no music)
  • project file: 2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show.aup
    • containing 1932.wav broken into 1:56 + xtra, 2 trks, export sep’ly as b & c.

i was running mic through fx in the show – added clean clips of the straight-up mic (leak from spks into mic is Pigs on the Wing)
sm57 3″, 45 degrees, upper lip, no damn pop filter, no windscreen (that would make it even more mellow – make sure to produce treble consistently – i’m still hearing lisp/slur sometimes. Hammer against the proximity effect; give that cardioid proximity effect a run for its money: blast that prox effect & windscreen with full-on treble edge assault: cut through the load of prox mud; by adding a windscreen, that would make me really want to hammer the mic with treble on as many letters as possible: [ c d f g h j k p q s t v w x z ]).

Extracting Best Clip from Dry Mic Recording
  • todo: extract the best clip from approx 35:00 to 1:04:00 –
  • play that range, take notes
  • copy/paste to new track.
  • export new track as mp3.
  • upload.
  • transfer to mobile device.
  • paste link above.
Best Clips from 210208_2227.wav (2021-02-08b Egodeath Mystery Show)
  • got 15:57-17:04 fast speaking is needed when capturing ideas
    • got 20:03-20:29
    • got 21:02-21:18 need to become conscious of communication apparatus voice, for cybernetics.
    • got 21:33-21:51
  • got 26:50-27:00 speakers, mystic friends lp record changer
  • got 34:24-46:04 Canterbury Psalter as receiving a communication transmission. Difficulty in interpreting red initiate pulled by angle’s feet on column base.
  • got 46:04-47:48 Eleusis piece was spontaneous
  • got 49:40-50:07 muses rush of info, fast capturing
  • got 51:32-54:56 mystics meeting communication receptor notes secretary, Grid Game
  • got 55:26-5728 Art historian mshroom art confiscation squad. Grid Game.
  • got 5802-10145 con’t
  • got 10249- 10402 con’t
  • got 10435-10724 logging good clips. good diversions. attractive vulnerability = timestamps of segments
  • got 10825-10922 logging good diversion segments/clips
  • got 11215-11250 diversions, segment logging, falling into pit
  • got 11415-11441 – cybernetics = communication
  • got 11509-11540 designing receiving vision
  • got 11558-11616

Lessons Learned from this Productive Experiment

  • be extremely against any overhead. eg STATING THE INTRO OF THE SHOW AT START, IS *OVERHEAD*!!! IT IS PROHIBITIVE! RETURN TO NEUTRAL GENERIC “VOICE RECORDING”.
    • pure mic/voice recordings w/ timestamp logs are good.
    • “show” is dangerous concept, it can backfire into counterproductive overhead!!!
  • heavy structure overhead doesn’t work. abandon “show” format in that sense.
  • eliminate all structure – but, *log* every minute (w/ .wav filename, then after, .mp3 filename).
  • do “station identification”, not “start of show” or “end of show” announcement.
  • it’s more like an ongoing radio station/ livestream, than a bounded-duration “show”.
  • later can chop “clip-out” 5-minute segments… somehow, track the timestamps/filenames(both .wav/.mp3) to manage this. then can re-use those “best clips” (use .wav master of dry mic rec’g when possible).
  • must be able to instantly terminate (at a given topic-transition < 2 hours). Any time there’s a topic-switch, can razor-blade cut the tape there, now & later.
  • on “ongoing, open” show format.
  • The Egodeath Mystery Show is a Perpetual Meeting of the Mystic Board of Directors (the Board of Mystics directors), directing the inrushing torrent of inspiration at the current problems posted on the board by Martin Luther’s massive railroad spike that shattered the church door and demolished the entire entryway of the exoteric church.
  • supporting any length 5minutes to 2 hours is a requirement.
  • make it more like a perpetual rolling meeting with no start or stop
  • need *way* more timestamps, once per minute would be ideal.
  • must be *extreme lightweight* format overall. must be *able* to mix-in music, but it’s basically AN ONGOING NONSTOP PERPETUAL MEETING, DELIVERED AS ANYWHERE FROM 5MINUTE TO 2HOUR MP3S, THE KEY IS FILENAME+TIMESTAMP(PER-MINUTE).
  • REPLACE “RADIO SHOW SEGMENT” IDEA BY MEETING NOTES W/ TIMESTAMPS. PERPETUAL ROLLING MEETING W/ TIMESTAMPS LOG.
  • MORE SOLO VOICE, LESS MUSIC.

🧪 ⚗️

This is a transitional experimental … thing. Many lessons learned.

The Egodeath substantive content is spread out – use the timestamps.

Special handling for this final episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show that starts with complex structure at start:

  • done:
  • load the wav
  • save project
  • move > 2hr to be sep track
  • solo the 2hr 1st part
  • export the first 2 hrs as mp3 08b
  • copy to player
  • upload
  • paste link above.
  • normalize the >2 remainder-track
  • export >2hr as mp3 08c
  • copy to player
  • upload
  • paste link above.

Final show that has “show” structure at the start eg list of what will cover.

A briefly used format for the show (overly structured).

Music for the Show
  • a drummer played & recorded this acoustic drum kit for this episode of the Egodeath Mystery Show, a few minutes before recording this show.
  • my field recording of band Pigs on the Wing
Planned Content [abbreviated outline plan]
  • This episode covers:
    fade music
    • Defining a vocalization style that’s deep and resonant, and *fast*, for doing intensive work sessions.
      fade music
    • Increasing my focus on stating show *segments*, & logging segment timestamps and topics.
      fade music
    • The nature of this Egodeath Mystery Show as a multimedia working session.
      fade music
    • Directly recording the microphone, to enable using all types of recordings.
      fade music
    • Extending the concept of “idea development pages”, to integrate spoken idea development and audio content for both mystics and prophets.
      fade music
    • Multimedia ideas for voice, including reading-aloud text, speaking off-the-cuff, and recorded speech, mixed with music.
      fade music
    • The {balance} mytheme; transcending the loss of control and mastering the transpersonal mode of control.
      fade music
  • I’m using the SM57 mic recorded directly, for reuse and playback.
  • We’re listening to a Producer, who played drums a few minutes ago for this episode. Later I might play some live cover band, Pink Floyd, that I recorded – it was the first time I tried this field recorder for a Rock band – had I known how good this recorder is, I would have recorded the entire show.
    fade music

  • This episode covers:
    • Defining a vocalization style that’s deep and resonant, and *fast*, for doing intensive work sessions.
    • Increasing my focus on stating show *segments*, & logging segment timestamps and topics.
    • The nature of this Egodeath Mystery Show as a multimedia working session.
    • Directly recording the microphone, to enable using all types of recordings.
    • Extending the concept of “idea development pages”, to integrate spoken idea development and audio content for both mystics and prophets.
    • Multimedia ideas for voice, including reading-aloud text, speaking off-the-cuff, and recorded speech, mixed with music.
    • The {balance} mytheme; transcending the loss of control and mastering the transpersonal mode of control.
  • I’m using the SM57 mic recorded directly, for reuse and playback.
  • We’re listening to a Producer, who played drums a few minutes ago for this episode. Later I might play some live cover band, Pink Floyd, that I recorded – it was the first time I tried this field recorder for a Rock band – had I known how good this recorder is, I would have recorded the entire show.
  1. We’ve finished the intro segment of this show. The timestamp is x.3:00

    Next is my review of my vocalization conventions.
  2. Switch to other tab and read the “Review of Vocalization” section).
  3. Return to this tab, and note the timestamp for completion of the Vocal Warmup segment.
  4. Review the Agenda/Log below, “Working Session Agenda and Log of Topics Covered and Timestamps”.
  • Vary pitch
  • Vary speed
  • Vary volume
  • Vary enunciation

This is a THINK TANK WORKING SHOW, which produces gems in the outline below, and many other outputs:

  • working session on website
  • check emails
  • incidentally: produce an mp3 for mystic couch potatoes
Todo: Listen to the entire 3-hour show from start to finish, logging the timestamp & topic every minute; like running meeting notes (write-up from scratch in a fresh new Minutes Log format)

in future shows/meetings: log the time & topic as often as every minute, during the meeting/show, in future; “mystery meeting minutes log”

12:00 start, 34:00: Define a vocalization style that’s deep, full, resonant, and *fast* for doing intensive work sessions. Use that for off-the-cuff, too – mono-speed fallacy:

  • 35:00 start:
    [Diversion segment 1: Start time: __, End time: __ Canterbury Psycalter as receiving a communication transmission. difficulty in interpreting red initiate pulled by angle’s feet on column base.]
    [Diversion segment 2: Start time: __, End time: 1:04:00 finished diverseion segment: Forgot Plots.]
    35:00 start: end: 1:13:00 – Increasing my focus on stating segments & logging segment topics and timestamps – step it up all the way.
    • (pre-segment) what I’m going to talk about in this next segment.
      • timestamp & filename in mic tape deck
      • timestamp & filename in final tape deck
    • (mid-segment) what I’m currently talking about in this next segment.
      • timestamp & filename in mic tape deck
      • timestamp & filename in final tape deck
    • (post-segment) what I’m going to talk about in this next segment.
    • timestamp & filename in mic tape deck
    • timestamp & filename in final tape deck
  • Review of progress in the Egodeath topics in the previous show:skip.
  • 1:15:00 [confirmed then, that the next 4 topics can be treated together]
    [start reading the extant notes for these 4 topics: 1:37:00]
  • #1 Designing a way to receive a vision for the nature of this show as a multimedia working session.
  • #2 Directly recording the microphone; what that enables, for using all types of recordings – the Reamp approach/concept to miking the voice then later re-processing that dry recording, This Reamp approach is the motivation of this episode: the show-format VISION-RECEPTION PROJECT: both gear-usage (recording-usage [eg making & using dry mic recording during the show]) opportunities AND, distinctly, the function/purpose of this show, as a vehicle to receive visions [eg the top-tier realization during and surrounding the past couple shows re: {balance} metheme & the equivalent themes] and Transcendent Knowledge development.
  • This episode is a project to receive/articulate/ develop a vision for the format & purpose/function of this show.
  • #3 Extending the application / concept of “idea development pages” to integrate recorded & audio idea development
    • eg the Egodeath Mystery Show – eg my talking + recording + writing at same time = DEVELOP & RECEIVE VISIONS/ MAKE CONNECTIONS. THE “SECRETARY” ROLE AS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS/CYBERNETICS USED FOR HIGH IDEA DEVMT. or something like that
  • idea development – this show is where Transcendent Knowledge development occurs.
    todo: demonstrate last night’s mystic reading technical of Haneg artic.
  • #4. Multimedia ideas for voice ie reading-aloud or speaking off-the-cuff, mixed with music – a hookup and gear usage framework putting to use all “mystic speaking” ALWAYS CAPTURE THE DRY MIC (COMBINED W/ WORK HARD TO PRODUCE A CLEAN VOCAL PERFORMANCE). always capture the dry mic. then re-play/ re-process/ re-mix the playback of that recording later.
    • In support of the awesome ideal Reamp approach of capturing the cleanest [mystic-]vocalization possible [various read-aloud styles/conventions supported]:
      • Mimic my horrific speaking tonality, learn it consciously, in order to avoid / not do that.hoarse; not resonant diaphragm usage
      • Practice my bad vocalizing. I could gather samples of horrendous slurring, lisping, odd bad sounding traits. I’m noticing/spotting *many* — it’s all too easy. “loshes all my balanch levelsh”
    • lisping/slurring
    • back of mouth nasally
    • leverage voice actor concept – my awful voice – learn how to consciously deliberately mimic this – in order to not do this.
    • ideal broadcaster/voiceover straight.
    • hyper-enunciation comparable to mid-Atlantic accent; video: “Why do early 20th C actors talk that funny affected distinctive non-normal way? The “actor accent” from early mid 20th C.

2:08:00 completed the 4 topics + diversions into {balance}/ control restabilization. <– consider this word;= control -transformation.

  • 2:08:00 (guessing from note at below item #4 below), and
  • The {balance} mytheme; mastering/transcending the loss of control;
    • Touching the Sword of God
      • touching the sword (in the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image)
    • Touching the Snake of Demeter
      • TOUCHING DEMETER’S SNAKE W/ RIGHT HAND AFTER PURIFICATION
    • Jesus (w/ lifted garment) dancing w/ woman
    • “surfing control-loss”
    • the bridal chamber, knowing that one can enter that intercourse door room and experience the transpersonal control-awareness/ control seizure loss borderline situation.
    • pass through the dragon-guarded gate
      • dance/ surf/ touch the sword on the other side, the sword-touching gate
    • {balance}
    • CONTROLLED LOSS of control
      • TRANSCENDING THE LOSS OF CONTROL.
    • touching w/ right hand Demeter’s snake [8:14 a.m. Febuary 8, 2021] 8:17 am. the bigger … snowballing effect of more and more connections jackpot. re: NATURE OF BREAKTHROUGHS.
      • i had that idea as part of the jackpot cluster immed in the hour after the nov 2013 breakthrough –
        • the bridal chamber, knowing that one can enter that intercourse door room and experience the transpersonal-control awareness borderline situation.
        • the bridal chamber, knowing that one can enter that intercourse door room and experience the control seizure loss borderline situation.
      • = pass through the dragon-guarded gate, to dance/ surf/ touch the sword on the other side, the sword-touching gate
    • see the below section “Touching Sword of God = Touching Snake of Demeter = Jesus (w/ lifted garment) dancing w/ woman = “surfing control-loss” = {balance}”
  • 2:08:00 completed the 4 topics + diversions into {balance}/ control restabilization. <– consider this word;= control -transformation.
    • WISDOM = CONTROL-TRANSFORMATION = CONTROL RESTABILIZATION.

Vision for the Show, Balance (2021-02-08b)

Download-File Info
  • Filename: see above
  • Track name:
  • Length: #:##:##
  • Download/preview for 1 week: __
  • Filesize: # MB
  1. We’ve finished the intro segment of this show. The timestamp is x.3:00
    Fade up music.
    Next is my review of my vocalization conventions.
  2. Switch to other tab and read the “Review of Vocalization” section).
  3. Return to this tab, and note the timestamp for completion of the Vocal Warmup segment.
  4. Review the Agenda/Log below, “Working Session Agenda and Log of Topics Covered and Timestamps”.

This is a THINK TANK WORKING SHOW, which produces gems in the outline below, and many other outputs:

  • working session on website
  • check emails
  • incidentally: produce an mp3 for mystic couch potatoes

During the show, fill-in the episode-info template below.

Working Session Agenda and Log of Topics Covered and Timestamps

  • [timestamp] Finished the Intro segment.
  • [timestamp] Finished the Vocal Warmup segment.
  • [timestamp] Began segment about __.
  • [timestamp] Began segment about __.

Now to review the Working Session Agenda and Log of Topics Covered and Timestamps:

Errata
Production Notes
  • Tracking file
    • Filename: 210207_####.wav, stereo, __ GB
    • 16 bit, 44.1 kHz, stereo
  • Mic:
    • SM57
    • 3.5″
    • 45 degrees off axis
    • no popfilt/windscreen
  • Eq: -4.5dB, +2dB <– STATIC EQ FALLACY – double-mellow night dj quiet, vs. daytime loud:
    • 3pm loud = midrangy voice; -4.5dB, +2dB
    • 3am quiet = bassy voice (no midrange); attenuate bass like -9dB
  • MP3 export
    • Bitrate: 320 kbps
    • Stereo/Mono: stereo

“Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-08 Mic-Deck Fx Mixer-Deck.mp3” (functionally episode 02-08a)

Download-File Info
  • Filename: “Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-08 Mic-Deck Fx Mixer-Deck.mp3”
  • Track name: “Egodeath 2021-02-08 Mic Deck > Fx > Mixer Deck”
  • Length: 2:42:56
  • Download/preview for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-ipBhbla4rx
  • Filesize: 391 MB
  • Project path: USB thumbdrive: “/Volumes/KINGSTON 1/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-08a Egodeath Mystery Show – Mic Deck Fx Mixer Deck”
  • Project file: “Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-08 Mic Deck Fx Mixer Deck.aup”
Music for the Show

none

Content
  • A much superior Mic recording deck & eq/fx hooked up. 🎉 thx to levels-monitoring failure in last night’s end of show.
  • Unplanned coverage emphasis: Grid Game & Forgot-Plots; developed theory. Developed the grid concept (as stated 1:28:00):
    • “I deviated from the plan for this episode, but I have been highly productive, and am (fortunately) highly aware of segment-tracking.”
    • Then the recording halted/choked at 1:30:00. Had to re-start a new recording file. That didn’t help me get on-track for this 2-hour, planned episode …. I failed, ran out of time, and had to punt *all* the planned topics to the next episode! 😭 To avoid any more 5-hour episodes.
  1. [1:30] Finished the Intro segment.
  2. ~14:00 Grad Student work crew working on the Grid Game / Forgot Plot analysis tools. Entheogen scholarship. Grid Game construction team.
    1. [22:00] Finished the Intro segment.
  3. [22:00] Began Vocal Warmup segment.
    1. This room reverb reminds me of… never mind, private autobiography.
    2. Failure of mixing voice and music at correct ratio.
    1. [34:00-37:00] reading: Rolfe 1925 Amanita. Aiming for semi-hyper-enunciation.
    2. [36:00] mentioned grid game forgot plot
    3. 38:30 mocking the “needed” word ‘entheogen’. I want to discuss more, I found a great writeup, highly insightful sarcastic deconstruction of the word ‘entheogen’ – oh, it’s mine.
      1. 40:00 My forgetting and my alienation from my own past writings.
      2. I recognized my set of concepts I created, even though the columnist plagiarized my work and used somewhat different words.
    4. [43:00] almost finished warmup but, during Warmup, did a diversion segment about difficulty of continuing that practiced enunciation into the show.
    5. I am devoted to this take even though it’s gone ADHD. “I swear we’ll get to substance in this episode!”
    6. 44:00 two “guard gates”: at source of thoughts before vocalizing, and one after vocalizing (which caught the word ‘um’).
    7. 45:00 Yeti mic has a mute knob.
    8. Added note “the whole point of vocal warmup is continue that way”.
    9. 46:00 restarted vocal warmup segment.
    10. 47:00 finished vocal warmup segment.
    11. 48:00 Why, in each episode, I talk about the show format first, then talk about substance at end of show.
    12. 49:00 Vision for the Egodeath Mystery Show – this show is to engineer and construct receiving a vision — today, to receive a vision for the nature of this show.
    13. 51:00 The {balance} mytheme is of top importance, but so is receiving a vision for this show as a venue for discovering & developing ideas such as {balance} mytheme.
  4. (lead-in to Grid Game) Saying a metaphorical truth. an approximate and 1st-order way of speaking ie “All entheogen scholars agree that visionary plants are in archaic not modern era.” <– true as a broad-brush, 1st-order statement – not as a 2nd-order statement/assertion.
    1. 55:00 Review summary/overview of the Grid Game.
      Construction crew is building analysis tools.
    2. 57:00 defining “1st-order model vs. 2nd-order model” – transistor amplification curve.
      1. 1:00:00 1st-order model of transistor: Output = Input * 10. Linear. Simplified.
      2. A good glossary definition should first have a 1st-order sentence (clear, not precise), then a precise, 2nd-order sentence/definition (not so clear, but it is precise).
      3. 1:02:00 random inspiration spontaneous segments above. private vs publicly declared statements, to fill-in the grid. Allegro implies, but doesn’t state, that Greeks (surrounding the Christians) lacked plants; he implicitly asserts the absence of plants in Greek religion around 1st C. Further discussions along analysis along these lines are needed, for example, [listed in recording].
      4. we’re in the middle of a spontaneous segment about grid game & forgot-plot.
      5. took notes (below) about grid game discussion. “THIS SHOW IS A SERIES OF WORK SESSIONS”. “I COULD USE MUSIC HERE WHILE I TYPE”.
    3. [1:06:00] Finished segment about Grid Game. Good progress in adding details:
    1. A pair of grids:
      1. left grid: time is left to right. each row is a religion. the grid represents a single region eg Mediterranean.
      2. right grid: time is left to right. each row is a region. the grid represents a single religion eg Christianity.
    1. spontaneous topic
    1. The idea of “forgot plots”:
      1. Must differentiate between private vs. published statements by a given author.
      2. If author lies (misrepresents his beliefs), that means: he explicitly makes published statements that contradict his private belief about that grid cell.
    1. A writer’s explicit statements vs. implicit implications of how grid is filled in.
    2. etc. WHAT DOES A GIVEN FILLING-IN (+ OR -) OF THE GRID REPRESENT – INDIV WRITER, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, COLLECTIVE ALL WRITERS AVERAGED??
  5. ~1:13:00 Ended segment about 1st-order models vs. 2nd-order models
    1. spontaneous topic; not planned for this episode.
    1. ; or, max’ly simplified model vs. / and (integrated with but differentiated from) a 2nd- order model.
    1. spontaneous topic as i had finished the warmup segment and was explaining I would first discuss tech topics and only then cover the planned TOPIC-OF-SUBSTANCE, the “breakthrough” of the past day, THE {BALANCE} MYTHEME
    1. interwoven w/ topic “grid game”
  6. 1:14:00 purpose of this episode: engineer the receiving of a vision for this show.
    1. bad level mixing of last night’s part 2 of that show, poor monitoring, good ultra-quiet vocalizing, good mode of “mystic reading” developed but the recording is unintelligible b/c levels bad.
  7. 1:18:00 Hanegraaff’s article Entheogenic Esotericism says “Writers don’t believe what they write; hiding their post-1967 entheogen use, lying that that they use non-plant-based meditation.” I vocalized that article (first part) last night, but FAILED TO RECORD THE MIC directly, which I’ll do from now on.
    1. They made Hanegraaff in 1996 look like a gullible fool.
    2. Similarly, we’ll hit the same issue when filling-in the grid in the grid game.
    3. What New Age writers write, vs. what they do & believe. Two different things.
    4. 1:21:00 What entheogen scholars write, vs. what they believe. Two different things.
    5. 1:22:00 Religions come from plants, so, obviously we should fill-in the whole grid and then just argue about the exact level; how much were plants present in each cell of this grid.
    6. Metaphor “down through history”, vs. “left to right through history”. Grid uses left to right; converts to “forgot-plot” from upper left to lower right corner
    7. 1:27:00 Pick 2 out of 3 for a given grid drawn:
      1. Left Grid: time (eras), multiple religions, single region.
      2. Right Grid: time (eras), single religion, multiple regions.
  8. The show equipment went down at 1:30:00 b/c the Mixer Deck ran out of space.
  9. Discussed where to put the show template for each episode, vs. the download-data/ info section for each episode. (“the Egodeath Mystery Show” page vs. “Idea development page”)
    1. 1:36:00 The rest of the episode (I think) is these MECHANICS OF THE SHOW info; talking+typing-fest.
    2. 1:48:00 doing vocal warmup then when done, forget about it; “ok, done, lets have a shlur-fest”.
  10. 2:31:00 finished segment discussing how to finish current episode & start next episode by using the Show Episode Template.
    TIME RAN OUT, 2:36:00; moved the below items (the ones I planned, the whole damn reason for this episode!😭) to the next, planned show’s outline:
  11. the Reamp approach/concept to miking the voice then later re-processing that dry recording,
    1. This Reamp approach is the motivation of this episode: the show-format VISION-RECEPTION PROJECT: both gear-usage (recording-usage [eg making & using dry mic rec’gs during the show]) opportunities AND, distinctly, the function/purpose of this show, as a vehicle to receive visions [eg the top-tier realization during and surrounding the past couple shows re: {balance} metheme & the equivalt themes] and Transcendent Knowledge development. This ep is a project to receive/artitculate/ develop a vision for the format & purpose/function of this show.
    2. Extending the application / concept of “idea development pages” to integrate recorded/audio idea development eg the Egodeath Mystery Show – eg my talking + recording + writing at same time = DEVLEOP & RECEIVE VISISIONS/ MAKE CONNECTIONS. THE “SECRETARY” ROLE AS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS/CYBERNETICS USED FOR HIGH IDEA DEVMT. or somethin like that
      1. idea development – this show is where Transcendent Knowledge development occurs.
      2. Multimedia ideas – a hookup and gear usage framework putting to use all “mystic speaking” ALWAYS CAPTURE THE DRY MIC (COMBINED W/ WORK HARD TO PRODUCE A CLEAN VOCAL PERFORMANCE). always capture the dry mic. then re-play/ re-process/ re-mix the playback of that recording later.
    1. In support of the awesome ideal Reamp approach of capturing the cleanest [mystic-]vocalization possible [various read-aloud styles/conventions supported], Mimic my horrific speaking tonality, learn it consciously, in order to avoid / not do that.
      1. hoarse; not resonant diaphragm usage
      2. lisping/slurring
      3. back of mouth nasally
      4. leverage voice actor concept
        1. my awful voice – learn how to consciously deliberately mimic this – in order to not do this.
        2. ideal broadcaster/voiceover straight.
        3. hyper-enunciation comparable to mid-Atlantic accent; video: “Why do early 20th C actors talk that funny affected distinctive non-normal way? The “actor accent” from early mid 20th C.
  12. Increasing my focus on stating segments & logging segment topics and timestamps – step it up all the way.
    1. (pre-segment) what I’m going to talk about in this next segment.
      1. timestamp & filename in mic tape deck
      2. timestamp & filename in final tape deck
    2. (mid-segment) what I’m currently talking about in this next segment.
      1. timestamp & filename in mic tape deck
      2. timestamp & filename in final tape deck
    3. (post-segment) what I’m going to talk about in this next segment.
      1. timestamp & filename in mic tape deck
      2. timestamp & filename in final tape deck
  13. Review of progress in the Egodeath topics in the previous show:
    1. skip.
  14. The balance mytheme; mastering/transcending the loss of control; Touching the Sword of God; Touching the Snake of Demeter = Jesus (w/ lifted garment) dancing w/ woman = “surfing control-loss” = {balance}= TOUCHING SWORD OF GOD = TOUCHING DEMETER’S SNAKE W/ RIGHT HAND AFTER PURIFICATION = CONTROLLED LOSSS…. TRANSCENDING THE LOSS OF CONTROL.
    1. touching the sword (in the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image ) = touching w/ right hand Demeter’s snake [8:14 a.m. Febuary 8, 2021] 8:17 am. the bigger … snowballing effect of more and more connections jackpot. re: NATURE OF BREAKTHROUGHS. and, i had that idea as part of the jackpot cluster immed in the hour after the nov 2013 breakthrough – the bridal chamber, knowing that one can enter that intercourse door room and experience the transpersonal control-awareness/ control seizure loss borderline situation. = pass through the dragon-guarded gate, to dance/ surf/ touch the sword on the other side, the sword-touching gate
Errata
  • lots of typing toward end, what cn u do? 🤷‍♂️ its a working session, and great ideas
Production Notes
  • Tracking file
    • Mic deck: Filename: 210208_2223.wav, stereo, 827 MB
      210208_2222.wav = A nice Intro announcement take; added to chip’s PLAYLIST
      Mixer deck: Filename: 210208_1923.wav, stereo, 952.3 MB [rec’g ended b/c ran out of space]
      note: 210208_1924.wav was a throwaway to make sure changed the folder that recordings are getting stored into.
      Filename: 210208_1925.wav, stereo, 777.7 MB
    • 16 bit, 44.1 kHz, stereo
  • Mic:
    • SM57
    • 3.5″
    • 45 degrees off axis
    • no popfilt/windscreen
  • Eq: slight smilefrown on 10-band (downstream deck; none for Mic Deck)
  • Eq: -4.5dB, +2dB <– STATIC EQ FALLACY – double-mellow night dj quiet, vs. daytime loud:
    • 3pm loud = midrangy voice; -4.5dB, +2dB
    • 3am quiet = bassy voice (no midrange); attenuate bass like -9dB
  • MP3 export
    • Bitrate: 320 kbps
    • Stereo/Mono: stereo
  • ONE RECORDER JUST RAN OUT OF SPACE AND HALTED THE SHOW….
  • DONE:
  • empty the chip except for guitar files and 1923.wav, then start recording a new file on that chip.
  • finish recording the show, ran 44 minutes over 2 hours, yet still failed to get to the two tech-vision topics + 1 Egodeath theory breakthrough topic.
  • Decided to leave the previous, “At War w/ the Mystics” show as-is.
  • Fill-in the below data about this episode.
  • Export as mp3.
  • Upload this episode.
  • paste dl link below.

Recording the Mic Directly, Plus Results, Will Enable Everything Awesome & Inspiring

new approach to miking: 2 tape decks recording:

  • record the mic directly
  • record the mix of mic + music
  • play back the direct mic recording, thru eq/fx / mix w/ music
  • this is the reamp approach

HUGE IDEA 1: when speaking/mic/recording the mic, just put all focus on clear speaking, clean miking – not eq, at all. don’t eq at all, in the raw rec’g. THE REAMP APPROACH.

HUGE IDEA 2: log, log log – both dry voice recgs & processed.

  • add a log entry before talking about x or doing a reading of x
  • add a log entry in middle, if forgot
  • add a log entry afterwards, like when siad “I like how i said, that gold, thats a clip”
  • log the .wav and the .mp3 timestamp and filename

Touching Sword of God = Touching Snake of Demeter = Jesus (w/ lifted garment) dancing w/ woman = “surfing control-loss” = {balance}

  • touching the sword (in the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image ) = touching w/ right hand Demeter’s snake [8:14 a.m. Febuary 8, 2021] 8:17 am. the bigger … snowballing effect of more and more connections jackpot. re: NATURE OF BREAKTHROUGHS. and, i had that idea as part of the jackpot cluster immediately in the hour after the Nov 2013 breakthrough – the bridal chamber, knowing that one can enter that intercourse door room and experience the transpersonal control-awareness/ control seizure loss borderline situation. = pass through the dragon-guarded gate, to dance/ surf/ touch the sword on the other side, the sword-touching gate
    • demonstrate the Reamp approach: play on the show, the dry mic recording of talking-through the above, w/ no eq/fx/music, then with eq/fx/music mixed in. no goddam lisping/slurring! do a *clean* offf-the-cuff vocaliizing, cpature that – but don’t capture any eq/fx. double-entry recording: live, mix my realtime micing w/ fx/music, BUT, capture dry direct mic. then on dshow, play the dry rec’g again, now w/ diff eq/fx/ music. read-aloud ep 26, rec’d dry mic. play that dry mic rec’g back, twice, mixed w/ diff music/fx.
    • new policy for the Egodeath Mystery Show – pause/halt/interrupt the background music is allowed. continuous 40-minute studio album in the background is *not* the experience target.
    • answer to the question “whats the point of reading-aloud an article? why not just have ppl read the article?” capture my reading of it, stylized voicing of it, then process/mix that dry stylized reading-aloud/ “mystic-vocalizing the article”, then don’t put that on the show, so much as, put on the show, the eq/fx/music-mixed playback of that dry mystic-vocalization of the text.

The Record Changer Expeience – side a alb 1, side a alb 2, side b alb 2, …

Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-07) At War with the Mystics:
“The Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-07b At War with the Mystics.mp3” 2:27:54

Download Info
  • Filename: “The Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-07b At War with the Mystics.mp3”
  • Track name: “Egodeath 2021-02-07b At War with the Mystics”
  • Length: 2:27:54
  • Download/preview for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-A4wzmyfA24 <– nuke this b/c final 45min is failure? that final part is (MOSTLY, probably) so bad (unintelligible) – partly failed experiment – that I created a whole new approach to the show, tbd. I want to re-upload w/o the final (Alan Parsons I Robot) part – but doing so is not top priority. DECISION: FOR NOW: THAT PART HAS POTENTIAL, I’M NOT WILLING TO JUST NUKE IT… I’ll leave it as-is for now. 🤷‍♂️
    • idea: i should separate the 2nd part; the first part is too good to be burdened by the 2nd.
  • Filesize: # MB
Content Summary
  • Only has peripheral Egodeath theory content.
  • Motivations:
    • Practice hyper-enunciating.
    • Practice background music, especially levels (music still too quiet – and, mic too loud, partly due to fx)
    • Hook up eq + fx to mic.
  • Read Cyberdisciple’s recent ~5 weblog postings, slowly, with hyper-pronunciation and FX, with Lips behind it. Allegro, Graves.
  • Read first pages of Hanegraaff’s chapter 19, but not the first paragraph, slowly, with hyper-pronunciation and FX, with I, Robot behind it.
Music for the Show
Errata
  • Music still much too quiet, in first file. Was aiming for -20dB. Aim mic & music at -10dB.
  • Failed to update the outline as I went along.
  • Final 45:00 is mostly unintelligible. FAILED: SHOULD HAVE TURNED DOWN ECHO, SHOULD HAVE TURNED DOWN MUSIC. OVERALL, THIS SHOW PROVED THAT MY SLOPPY MONITORING WHEN COMBINED WITH SIGNAL PROCESSING , DOESN’T WORK.
  • Too bright?
Production Notes
  • Update: [February 14, 2021] I created an audio project file:
    Audio project file path: “mbp drive/Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-07b Egodeath Mystery Show – At War with the Mystics”
  • Tracking file
    • Filename: 210207_1921.wav, stereo, 1.08 GB <- GOOD, EXPORT THIS as first portion of show
    • Filename: 210207_1922.wav, stereo, 487 GB <- Mostly unintelligible, unfortunately didn’t record the mic directly – lesson learned (but, recording the mic directly, risks filling hard drives with massive mountains of noise/junk/waste). Failed experiment/EXECUTION DUE TO LACK OF MONITORING TO HEAR THAT IT’S AN UNINTELLIGIBLE MUSH [yeah but it is a *good* unintelligible mush]
    • 16 bit, 44.1 kHz, stereo
  • Mic:
    • SM57
    • 3.5″
    • 45 degrees off axis
    • no popfilt/windscreen
  • Eq: -4.5dB, +2dB <– STATIC EQ FALLACY – double-mellow night dj quiet, vs. daytime loud:
    • 3pm loud = midrangy voice; -4.5dB, +2dB
    • 3am quiet = bassy voice (no midrange); attenuate bass like -9dB
  • MP3 export
    • Bitrate: 320 kbps
    • Stereo/Mono: stereo

Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-07) Plastic Cloud:
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud.mp3”
Re-released as:
“2021-02-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Cloud.mp3” (Episode 16)

Re-Released “Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud.mp3” as “2021-02-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Cloud.mp3”, on Feb. 22

see also re Way of Zen: https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2022/03/09/idea-development-page-13/#Ep82Core-Hierophants-v2

also re: Forgot Plots: the Psalter proves strong high presence of mushrooms in Middle Ages.

I removed the duplicate Eleusis passage at the end, and boosted that passage.

  • old Download/preview for 1 week [after Feb 7]: https://we.tl/t-9bVWNDNvHi
  • new Download/preview for 1 week [after Feb 22]: https://we.tl/t-uDrUVrQVv4
  • old Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud.mp3”
  • new Filename: “2021-02-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Cloud.mp3”
  • old Track name: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud”
  • new Track name: “2021-02-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Cloud”
  • old Length: 1:33:15
    new Length: 1:28:23 omg < 1.5 hrs; a mini-episode
  • old Filesize: 223.8 MB
  • new Filesize: 212.1 MB
Changes to the “new” version (Feb 22):
  • Removed duplicate “Eleusis” piece
  • Boosted volume of that piece.
  • Changed filename to display date (in Title) better on narrow mobile screen.
Music for the Show
Content
  1. The length of show episodes.
    1. Limit to 2 hours. To do more, do a separate episode.
    1. Scale/scope this outline at 2 hours.
    2. Scope the music selection at 2 hours.
  2. Logging the outline of topics and timestamps during the show.
    1. During the show, continuously update the outline & note timestamps. Note what I’m starting to cover, time, what i finished covering, time. State aloud, explicitly, the topic as “THE CURRENT … STARTING SEGMENT ON X, AT TIME X. WE’RE IN MIDDL OF SEG X , TIME IS X. WE FINISHED SEG X, AT TIME X.”Log each topic that I bring in. LOG TIMESTAMP!
    2. Add topics to cover.
    1. Maintaining this running outline during the show.
    1. Talk explicitly about what segment we’re starting/ in / finished, & timestamp.
      1. Continuously state “I’ve now started the segment on topic x. The timestamp is x. We’re in middle of segment on topic x, time is x. We finished the segment on x, timestamp is x.” (Assumes policy: don’t re-edit post-show).
    1. To do more, do multiple distinct episodes per day.
  3. Setting the mic eq; that is, Mastering, to make the mic sound good in at least two speakers.
    1. multiple headphones & speakers, eq curve applying to mic by chaining preamps. Listen to the eq’d result in multiple speakers, so that no speaker sucks too bad; finding best compromise.
    1. At least 2 of: avoid the single-speakers fallacy.
    1. Good laptop speakers
    2. JVC bluetooth earbuds
    3. lightning earbuds
    4. Sony 7506 headphones – don’t *optimize* *only* for these headphones; rather, balance the eq to sound least bad among *all* my current set of speakers/headphones, while also playing reference albums through those.
  4. Filesize of this show.
    1. mp3 bitrate 320 kbps; filesize.
  5. Tour of my available audio files.
    ______________________
  6. Review of progress made in Egodeath topics in the previous show:
    1. 2-level vs 3-level models.
    2. Birth of the Egodeath community 2001.
    3. 42:00 (or 42:30) -46:00 The {balance} mytheme
      = control stability; pink initiate = red initiate. blade, control, loss of balance.
    1. 52:00 The 3 falloff curves of visionary plants – 3 entheogen scholars, Min Mod Max, 3 eras of history: Archaic era, Mid-History era, Modern era.
    2. 55:00-1:05:00 My history with the book the Way of Zen by Alan Watts. rejected it then extracted the info from it.
  7. 1:05:00-1:07:56 water break, restructured show template, music interlude
  8. 1:07:56-1:16:29 critiqued the first post by wrmspirit that argued “plants have risk, therefore shouldn’t use”. https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-2/#message99
  9. The problem of too-long episodes. I could patch-in an existing recording to bring the length to 2 hours….
    1. 1:17:47: such as the Eleusis piece… Types of my recordings. Defining a “show” vs. a “voice recording”.
  10. 1:21:03-[1:26:58 in v2 of this episode] Eleusis satire (quiet-voice handheld recorder voice-only piece), with Plastic Cloud album in the background in the present episode.
    https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Comedy-Eleusis
Production Notes for the 2nd Release of this Episode

I did that (on Feb. 22, 2021) by deleting from “unique strain” where Face Behind the Sun in the background ended, to the 2nd “unique strain”. Boosted the level of that Eleusis passage. Normalized (boosted) entire program.

Re-release “Feb 7 Plastic Cloud” episode of Egodeath Mystery Show.
Here’s the approach I actually used: just delete dup. dlete 12545- “unique strain in fact”

Source file (not used here; I just deleted dup passage between “unique strain”, then re-normalized): “__” = Eleusis satire master tape. green on white SD card Kingston 64 GB “TK Audio”:
“/Volumes/TK Audio/Music/TK/2LevelModel/__.wav”
Length: 5:30
song len: 25:54-30:42
30:42
-25:54
=
29:102
-25:54
= 4:48
speech len 5:30
– song len 4:48
=
4:90
-4:48
= 42s
/2 = 21 s of song, then speech then 21s song
recording that mix onto 210222_2320.wav… done but not used. ended up w/ Face ending early, started next song I don’t like, then I clumsily restarted album in background (w/ Epistle to Paradise).

On Feb 22, I created a new audio project:
main: “Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Cloud/2021-02-07a Egodeath Mystery Show – Plastic Cloud.aup”
Re-export mp3, re-upload, announce.

I could have re-created [that approach was not used] the Eleusis satire reading at the end, with good music behind the entire piece. “Auto-Duck” is supported.

[orig; superseded w/ dup-eleusis removed] Download-File Info
  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud.mp3”
  • Track name: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud”
  • Length: 1:33:15
  • Download/preview for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-9bVWNDNvHi
  • Filesize: 223.8 MB
Errata
Production Notes
  • Tracking file
    • Filename: 210207_1919.wav, stereo, 986.9 GB
    • 16 bit, 44.1 kHz, stereo
  • Mic:
    • SM57
    • 3.5″
    • 45 degrees off axis
    • no popfilt/windscreen
  • Eq: -4.5dB, +2dB
  • MP3 export
    • Bitrate: 320 kbps
    • Stereo/Mono: stereo

“2021-02-06bc Core Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.mp3” – not created from the audio project file yet

  • done:
  • create project “2021-02-06bc core Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.aup”
  • todo:
  • mark timestamps for 06b
  • mark timestamps for 06c
  • copy track within project
  • delete portions
  • export
  • upload
  • announce

Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-06) Caress of Steel
(“Egodeath Show 2021-02-06b Caress of Steel.mp3″ &
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel.mp3″) (Episode 15 (2 parts))

Cross-link: https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#Levels-of-Western-Esotericism-Clipping-2021-02-06

Download-File Info
  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06b Caress of Steel.mp3″
    (the non-b, non-Caress mp3 file, elsewhere, is today’s earlier, morning show)
    • Name in music player: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06 Caress of Steel.mp3”
      • ‘b‘ suffix is missing. earlier show lacks “Caress of Steel”, to differentiate.
    • Length: 3:22:48
      • Future episodes will be capped at 2 hours; shorter shows, more episodes, 1 mp3 per dowload link/ episode.
    • Filesize: 486.7 MB
    • mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
      • orig .wav file itself sounds warbly.🤷‍♂️ work on steadiness of voice??
  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel.mp3″
    • Name in music player: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel”
    • Length: 1:21:22
    • Filesize: 195.3 MB
    • mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps – still seems swishy to me; todo: compare to .wav

Content

Summary List of Substantive Topics
  • 2-level vs 3-level models.
  • file c, 5:00 Birth of the Egodeath community 2001.
  • The {balance} mytheme.
  • The 1925 Rolfe Amanita passage. (not substantive)
  • The first words spoken in the Egodeath Mystery Show. (not substantive)
  • file b, 1:40:00, 1:49:00. file c, 0:00, 17:00 – The 3 falloff curves of visionary plants – 3 entheogen scholars, Min Mod Max, 3 eras of history: Archaic era, Mid-History era, Modern era.
  • My history with the book the Way of Zen by Alan Watts. rejected it then extracted the info from it.
  • also notable: got background music set up, got studio speakers set up to monitor just the music.

It would be good to mark the timestamp of each of the above.
Solution: during recording the show, update the outline & timestamp. Talk explicitly about what segment we’re starting/ in / finished, & timestamp.

Background Music
  • Blue Oyster Cult song The Alchemist, multiple times
  • Rush, La Villa song, live, multiple times
  • Rush, Fly by Night album
  • Rush, Caress of Steel album, multiple times
Show Notes – Mystery Revealed Outcome/ Output of this Idea Development Production Mystery Show
  1. Hyper-enunciation vs. lisping.
  2. The birth of the Egodeath Mystery Show with the Angry Midget aka 2-level model of Egodeath .mp3, Jan 20 2021.
    1. 2-level vs 3-level models.
    2. When was my first use of the phrase “exoteric esotericism”? 2003-09-08
      https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-45/#message2254
  3. Birth of the Egodeath community 2001.
    1. The Egodeath community (in the Egodeath Yahoo Group) contributed the Dionysus mosaic.
  4. I recently discovered the {balance} mytheme in the Dionysus mosaic.
    1. During and after the show, I recognized the equivalence [7:30-7:55 a.m. February 7, 2021] – & the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image. keeping control stability = balance. Feb 7 added that point to the new {balance} entry.
    1. During the show, I created the Key Mythemes page entry for the {balance} mytheme.
      https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/11/15/mytheme-list/#balance
  5. Advocating the Communication layer of High Cybernetics, embodied by
    the Egodeath Concepts Collection:
    1. the Core Concepts page
    2. the Key Mythemes page
  6. Read a little about the new Blue Oyster Cult song The Alchemist
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4TFfTSUbto
    1. part of a video doc’y about Blue Oyster Cult.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WprUq_gxkJg
  7. “Rush – La Villa Strangiato (Official Music Video)” – Live
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo
  8. fileb, 2:09:00 Hooked up front speakers, then back speakers.
  9. Got continuous background music going.
    1. When I do a typing session, I can fade mic/music.
    1. Song: The Alchemist, by Blue Oyster Cult.
    2. Album: Fly By Night, by Rush
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGJ0wHkkT-8
  10. Quiet hyper-enunciation of reading the 1925 Rolfe Amanita passage.
  11. Quiet hyper-enunciation of & voice-actor irritation reading of the first words spoken in the Egodeath Mystery Show: How the Egodeath Mystery Show was started: “My followers are taking something that is the epitome of simple and clear, and then they’re applying their big-brain analysis to it; and quickly, by the time they touch it, they leave it a smoking complicated ruin and wreck, that’s all complicated and broken, and the opposite of what it is.”
  12. file 1, 1:40:00, 1:49:00 Discussion of the 3 falloff curves of visionary plants in the 3 eras of history, aka the “Forgot curves”
    1. Maximal = Hoffman
    2. Minimal = McKenna
    3. Moderate = Ruck
    4. Archaic era – 10 10 10
    5. Mid-History era – Min: 1, Mod: 5, Max: 9 <- todo: PROVE
    6. Modern era – 0 0 0
  13. Background music: Album: Caress of Steel, by Rush
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYbeuri1ptY
  14. LP stack on record changer.
  15. How old is the Egodeath community? Almost 20 years old.
    1. Michael Anderson posted the first posting, #21, 2001-06-18 = June 18, 2001. <– very worthy start of the Egodeath community; excellent post, it appears.
      https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-1/#message21
      2021-02-06
      -2001-06-18
      =
      2020-13-36
      -2001-06-18
      = 19 years 7 months 18 days; almost 20 years old.
      BIRTHDATE OF THE EGODEATH COMMUNITY: JUNE 18, 2001
      AGE OF THE EGODEATH COMMUNITY AS OF FEB 6, 2021:
      19 years 7 months 18 days; almost 20 years old
    1. wrmspirit’s first post: #99, 2001-08-06. https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-2/#message99
  16. Read-aloud the raw machine transcription of Transcendent Knowledge podcast episode 26 as-is, then “translated” into intelligible.
    1. My history with the book the Way of Zen by Alan Watts. Initial rejection of the book.
Errata
  • Scope and cap each episode at 2 hours. Then break out a separate episode.
  • Length: ~4:44:10 (I could have skipped joining the two .wav files together… and produced Part 1 & 2, two separate .mp3 files🤔)
  • Download/preview for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-3W4sQKHhLT (260 kbps, sure sounds quite swishy)
  • Filesize: 485.7 MB
    • This is probably excessive. I did lower compression from 320 to 260 kbps. The problem is, sheer show length. I made huge progress during this episode, on show format; that will help keep shows to like 2.5 hour daily show.
  • DONE: I’ll split this into two and re-export with higher fidelity as two separate .mp3 files, and re-upload. Seems unsteady sound.(it *could* be my voice but it sure sounds like lossy compression).
    • todo: I’ll listen to the raw wav files compared to the 260 kbps .mp3, and decide whether to re-export/re-upload [DONE] as two 320 kbps mp3 files. I suspect an inferior codex is being used, ever since I updated some software recently. it sounds like shiite at 260. update: it sounds bad at 320 too; swishy/unsteady.
Production Notes
  • Tracking file
    • Filename: 210206_1914.wav, stereo, 2.15 GB
    • Filename: 210206_1915.wav, stereo, 861.2 MB
    • 16 bit, 44.1 kHz, stereo
  • Mic:
    • SM57
    • 3.5″
    • 45 degrees off axis
    • no popfilt/windscreen
  • Eq: -2dB, 0dB. Need to do full eq, w/ 2 different headphones/spks.
  • MP3 export
    • Bitrate: 320 kbps
    • Stereo/Mono: stereo

Mind-Blowing Lesson Learned from Last Night’s Playback Freakout “My Recorder Is Broken!”

  • Check recordings using multiple headphones/speakers.
  • Warmup/practice readings: separate each word. exaggerated state-actor hyper-enunciation of every letter of every word. d, t, v, w, x, etc. Send pitch soaring way high then plummetting to the depths, on each separated word.
  • I HAD BEEN GIVING MYSELF AN ‘A’ GRADE FOR PRONUNCIATION. NOW I GIVE A ‘C-‘ INSTEAD. I NOW BUMP THE STANDARDS FOR READ-ALOUD PRONUNCIATION WAY, WAY HIGHER. EVERY LETTER, LET ME CLEARLY HEAR EACH WORD, EACH SYLLABLE, LETTER.
    • REPEAT EACH WORD TO SHOWCASE EVERY SYLLABLE, EVERY LETTER.
  • SPEAK WITH AS MUCH BASS-SPECTRUM AND TREBLE V-SHAPE CONTENT AS POSSIBLE.
  • hype the letters: c d s t w x z
  • SM57 curve: bass -2dB, treb 0dB seems good per my good pair of 7506 headphones. That flat treble (w/ SM57) will be a touch mellow for NON-FATIGUING 3-hour show playback.

I just did an excellent exercise, hyping my musical pitch-swing and enunciation, reading this:
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/egodeath-mystery-show/#Romance-of-Fungus-World

The Romance of the Fungus World: An Account of Fungus Life in Its Numerous Guises, Both Real and Legendary
Rolfe

exaggerate the bass, treble, and pitch swing
separate each word, pronounce every letter of every word

Takeaway: I can’t fix runny chest (post-meal) or hoarse or constricted end of day, but anyway, AIM FOR VOCALIZATIN A “V” CURVE: BASSSY AND FULL BASS SPECTRUM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND, LOUDLY PRONOUNCE EVERY ‘S’ AND ‘T’. SPEAK IN A “HYPED EQ CURVE” WAY. REGARDLESS OF HEADPHONES OR NOT, OR PARTICULAR MIC. IGNORE MIC, IGNORE HEADPHONES, IGNORE E-EQ; GIVE THE MIC ALL THE BASS AND TREBLE I CAN VOCALLY PRODUCE.

maybe todo: rename filename of every mp3 and every “song name” of all the Egodeath Mystery Show since #1 in 2021-01-20, re-upload every one, good for 1 week.

Length of filename and song name: try like: HAVE TO EXPERIMENT, DONT GUESS

problem: date fails to give hint of distinctive. they all look exactly identical show name, only date differs – meaningless.

“Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-06.mp3”
“Egodeath Mystery Show 2021-02-06 Mixing-in past recordings, Prohibitionist Art Historians.mp3”
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-06 Mixing-in past recordings, Prohibitionist Art Historians.mp3”
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-06 Mix prev recgs, Prohib Art Hists.mp3”
“Egodeath 2021-02-06 Mix prev recgs, Prohib Art Hists.mp3”

Loss of Control of Speaking

omg it’s looking like the mic was accurate last night , not broken. I WAS SLURRING B/C VERY VERY TIRED – scary. plus, the other big factor, is a different set of headphones, which i consider my best hedaphones, which i hadn’t beeing using for a long time, for vocals or guitar. combination of tired slurring + good headphones = revealed slurring. scary.

what if my gear wasn’t broken last night, but i had a speaking impediment, wtf.

😳 🤦‍♂️ 🤯 🤨 😵

Vocalizing errors:

  • hoarse
  • end of day
  • quiet talking
  • very very tired
  • slurring half the s’s
  • tried to avoid bass freq’s
  • RESULT –> awful, awful, voice sound. blew my frikkin mind, “omg my gear is broken!”

but i learned and figured out a lot of miking stuff to run my show

Boy, I better guarantee i’m enunciating correctly! else i can’t troubleshoot my gear.

  • my gear’s broken: it’s playing too fast, and dropping bits.
    • nope, you’re speaking too fast.
  • my gear’s broken: it’s warbling.
    • nope, you need to get chest under control.
  • my gear’s broken: it’s playing high-pitched.
    • nope, you’re speaking too high-pitched.
  • my gear’s broken: it’s garbling the treble making me sound like awful lisp.
    • nope; you need to work on louder s & t.
  • my gear’s broken: swishy lossy compression.
    • nope, you need to work on voice steadiness.

Warmup Readings, for the Egodeath Mystery Show

My followers are taking something that is the epitome of simple and clear, and then they’re applying their big-brain analysis to it; and quickly, by the time they touch it, they leave it a smoking complicated ruin and wreck, that’s all complicated and broken, and the opposite of what it is.

Cybermonk, the very beginning of episode 1 of the Egodeath Mystery Show (“2-Level Egodeath Model.mp3″)

todo: clip the above, pitch it down, play it in the show.

PERFECT! TURN IT INTO THE SHOW MOTTO “HOW THE EGODEATH MYSTERY SHOW WAS STARTED”

😄 🎉

Shpeech Impedimensh Due to Bright Mic/Eq/Headphonesh

hypoth: bright mic/eq/headphone caushes me to shlur my mouth-treble, sho the reshult ish shpeaking with a shlur.

solution: turn down eq, speak more brightly -> no slurring; mellow yet clearly enunciated result.

“2021-02-06 core Egodeath Mystery Show – Prohibitionist Art Historians.mp3”

This is the “core” version of this Feb. 6 episode.

Download Info
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • connect recorder drives
  • determine which wavs
  • import Mixer Deck wav
    • optional: import Mic Deck wav
  • normalize vol of Mixer wav
    • optional: normalize vol of Mic wav
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
    • optional: export mp3 of Mic wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy dl link to this Download section
  • test the dl link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC, link
  • 210 kbps
  • “2021-02-06 core Egodeath Mystery Show – Prohibitionist Art Historians.aup”

Levels of Western Esotericism – Clipping or Condensing the 2021-02-06 Episodes

I’m set up to condense the later, “Caress of Steel” ep that day (parts b & c) – that “full” episode is 4:44:04 long.

Created “2021-02-06bc core Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.aup”

“Egodeath Show 2021-02-07 Plastic Cloud.mp3” recommends clipping my discussion of the amount to which the different levels of Western Esotericism get the airplane off the ground. That’s in episode 06 or o6b/c. “the main show of 06” (seems to imply 06, not 06b/c).

Feb 20: I now have two audio project files, cleaned/normalized/prepped:

  • “2021-02-06 core Egodeath Mystery Show – Prohibitionist Art Historians.aup”
    • x
  • “2021-02-06bc core Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.aup”
    • x

Next, scope those out to find core content timestamps. But these (06, 06b, 06c) have already been scoped-out at

The Topics That I Wanted to “Clip” from an 2021-02-06 “main” Episode

the amount to which the different levels of Western Esotericism get the airplane off the ground

the field of entheogen scholarship = field of “spot the mushroom” but only on the lower level (depictions of physical form, sheer presence, of mushrooms – failing to perceive depictions of msh *effects*, especially mental worldmodel transformation re: time/control; eternalism & cybernetics; model of self in world; model of cybernetics within eternalism.

  • Should I have called the 17b “clips” mp3 file “core” instead of “clips”? Yes, because:
    • This is a shortened version of the episode.
    • This is not an individual clip that’s modular/ context-free.
    • This is not a new, rollup-clips episode.
  • https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/idea-development-page-11/#2021-02-17b-clips-Egodeath-Mystery-Show
    • mp3 filename I used:
      “2021-02-17b clips Egodeath Mystery Show – Secret Esotericism and Kore.mp3”
      mp3 filename i perhaps should have used:
      “2021-02-17b core Egodeath Mystery Show – Secret Esotericism and Kore.mp3”
  • clear drive space
    • locate file 210206_1901.wav – found on green 64GB SD card named “TK Audio” at path “/Volumes/TK Audio/Music/TK/DR-05 TK Voice starting 2021-02-05”
    • import that 210206_1901.wav into the audio project:
      “2021-02-06 clips Egodeath Mystery Show – Prohibitionist Art Historians”
    • “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06.mp3” – Make a “core” version of this episode. Create audio project from 210206_1901.wav (that’s not quite at location “/Volumes/KINGSTON 1/TK/TK Voice Recordings Mostly Mixer Deck Feb 10 2021”, which starts w/ 210206_1902.wav).
      latest filename pattern, for a “core” version of an episode mp3: tbd
      • create audio project using latest filename pattern
        Audio project planned name:
        “2021-02-06 clips Egodeath Mystery Show – Prohibitionist Art Historians.aup”
        “2021-02-06 clips Egodeath Mystery Show – Prohibitionist Art Historians.mp3”
    • “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06b Caress of Steel.mp3″
      • Filename: 210206_1914.wav – found on Kingston black thum dribe “KINGSTON 1” at path “/Volumes/KINGSTON 1/TK/TK Voice Recordings Mostly Mixer Deck Feb 10 2021” – loading wav into aup now… 2.15 GB!
    • “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel.mp3″
      • Filename: 210206_1915.wav – 861 MB
      • Audio project planned name (containing – if not too long – b & c content/clips:)
        Created: main drive: “/Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-06bc core Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel/
        2021-02-06bc core Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.aup”
        to export as mp3 after copy track, assess timestamps, & omit sections:
        “2021-02-06bc core Egodeath Mystery Show – Caress of Steel.mp3” (not done, as of Mar 6 2021)

for latest filename pattern see
“eg yesterday’s 17b “full episode” vs 17b “core episode” (made today).” the latest pattern is:
“2021-02-17b clips Egodeath Mystery Show – Secret Esotericism and Kore.mp3”

Note: I fixed several bad TOC links in “idea development page 11” near 2021-02-06.

There are 3 mp3 files for 2021-02-06:

  • 1. First show of day:
    • mp3 filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06.mp3”
    • Title in music player: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06”
    • Heading in idea development page 11: __
  • 2. Second show of day, first part:
    • “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06b Caress of Steel.mp3”
    • Title in music player: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06 Caress of Steel”
    • Heading in idea development page 11: __
  • 3. Second show of day, second part:
    • “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel.mp3”
    • Title in music player: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06c Caress of Steel”
    • Heading in idea development page 11: __

Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-06) Mixing-in past recordings, Prohibitionist Art Historians 🔥 “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06.mp3” (Episode 14) 2:24:25

I also made a “core” version of this episode, 45:00 instead of 2:24:25 long.
Cross-link: https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/idea-development-page-12/#Levels-of-Western-Esotericism-Clipping-2021-02-06

  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-06.mp3”
  • Length: 2:24:25
  • Download/preview for 1 week: https://we.tl/t-bvSkREchgo
  • Filesize: 346.6 MB
    • i didn’t want to over-compress yet; doing other experiments first. smaller files maybe in future.
Production Notes
  • Source filename: 210206_1901.wav, st, 1.53gb
  • Mic: sm57, eq: -6, +1
  • Bitrate: trying 320 (stereo)
Content

Started as a gear hookup episode — then it caught fire with Egodeath theory topical substance toward the end.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD ON THE ROAD, IN THE EGODEATH MYSTERY SHOW

SOMEONE OUGHTTA MAKE CLIPS FROM THESE SHOWS, OF THE SUBSTANTIVE PASSAGES

[February 20, 2021] – I created today a project file “2021-02-06 core Egodeath Mystery Show – Prohibitionist Art Historians.aup”, imported wav there, cleaned/norm’d. Below, add timestamps, then produce a “core”, shortened mp3 output. Pos

  • Practicing following this structured show format.
    1. consider “loosely following” – this could work really well. zero overhead show, but with structure *available* if/when desired. no *requirements* AT ALL.
  • Mixing-in music into this show.
    • How to use studio headphones.
    • My special fx voice recording from 2018 mixed in w/ Esoteric Rock and mic.
    • 1:16:00-1:20:00 (if clock is true) — mixing my voice fx with Esoteric Rock – you have to turn up the volume bc i messed up the levels
    • During the show, I found & fixed a ground-loop noise problem.
  • Editing-in (post-show) or mixing-in (live) my past voice recordings.
    1. List of all my 2021 voice recordings from idea development page 10 & 11.
  • Reading from the mystic episode of the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast.
  • Scoping out wassonwest.com
    • Ruck’s background
    • M. Hoffman’s background
    • Muraresku’s background
  • 0-:09 intro, keep
  • nuked interv for “core” version of ep.
  • 0:38-0:46 “scoping out wasson west)
  • nuked interv for “core” version of ep.
  • 1:24:08-1:31:06 work crew grid game CLIP THIS
  • nuked interv for “core” version of ep.
  • 1:33:04-1:46:08 – rolfe is how many yrs b4 allegro? CLIP THIS
  • nuked interv for “core” version of ep.
  • 1:56:10-end scoping out wassonwest.com, 4-level model of Western Esotericism/ entheogen scholarship – clip this
  • Critique of levels in Western Esotericism and in entheogen scholarship aka the field of Spot the Mushroom.
    • Entheogen scholars are “mushroom spotters”. They are spot-the-mushroom scholars. That’s the only perspective they contribute. No cognitive phenomenology.
    • Entheogen scholars are spot-the-mushroom scholars.
    • I’m not an entheogen scholar; I’m not just a spot-the-mushroom scholar.
    • When entheogen scholars are based *within* the field, unlike me, who am based *above* the field.
    • When entheogen scholars say the word ‘consciousness’, or ‘spirituality’, they mean: Spot the Mushroom.
    • “What we do is fill-in the Grid Game. That’s what we do. That’s the purpose of the field of entheogen history scholarship: to play spot-the-mushroom; to fill-in the Grid Game.
  • Hanegraaff demonizing those evil Religionists / Eranos school. Now he’s telling people in Western Esotericism to start playing spot-the-mushroom.
    • Low esotericism; med-lev esotericism; authentic high esotericism.
    • Spot-the-mushroom “esotericism”.
    • LOW Western Esotericism = AN AIRPLANE STUCK ON THE GROUND.
    • IRVIN/RUCK GETS THE AIRPLANE 1′ OFF THE GROUND.
    • THE EGODEATH THEORY ACTUALLY FLIES THE AIRPLANE (ACTUAL ESOTERICISM) = ANALOGICAL PSYCHEDELIC ETERNALISM CONTROL-TRANSCENDENCE.
  • Theoretically identified 4 levels of the Grid Game aka Spot the Mushroom.
  • 3 plots, for min/mod/max the maximal entheogen theory of religion — all start upper left, all end in lower right;
    • Logarithmic Forgot Curve,
    • Linear Forgot Curve,
    • Exponential Forgot Curve.
  • Prohibitionist-Owned Art Historians, conflict of interest, artists make mushrooms, people consume the art mushrs, then the Exoteric Squad confiscates the art mshrms. Roasting the “Scholars for Hire” – pay us, tell us your prohibitionist exoteric tale, and we’ll scholar-it-up for you”🔥 – we don’t even need to write any books & arguments & research; we’ll just agree to tell the paid lie, all together. Brinckmann’s book didn’t work out, so we won’t go with that approach, of actually writing any scholarly works – we’ll just show our diplomas and tell our lies (with impressive celerity!)

Shorter Voice Files – Paste into a Show? Content Idea for a Show Episode: Paste-in Shorter Recordings eg Eleusis 5-min comedy piece

Did Some Practice Takes Instead of a Worthy Evening Show

I heavily revised my script or structured page for the Egodeath Mystery Show [ems] by using the technique I recommend: reading-aloud some draft text, then revising the draft text. I did about 10 takes – portions meet the bar, but no entire take meets the bar. I did various practice and fixes, tried a mic boom arm but not compatible (too heavy-duty). My energy is gone, but I got good practice in, improved my guidelines and reminders, I practiced reading the machine transcription of the mystic show.

I kinda wanted to hear my eq results, but I already know it’s dialed-in now (-6, +1), for SM57 mic. My main motivation for this evening practice was “following the script” – but that ended up being, modifying the script/structure of my show format page.

This session was good setup for a later, real take when I can be loud and have energy.

It’s good that — even if my entire shows aren’t solid from start to finish – there are many good segments/clips present within the Egodeath Mystery Show.

Part of the purpose of the 2021 voice recordings is prepping to guest on Transcendent Knowledge podcast. d/k if i’ll have the Mystic content Kafei wants.

How about a Transcendent Knowledge podcast episode with two people discussing mysticism which both of them don’t …. two people critiquing mysticism.

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/ideas-for-podcast-topics/#Quick-Ideas-for-Topics

Headphones

Using headphones when miking:
More monitoring of self = more control of self. Headphone monitoring is like lifting the eye of awareness out from egoic mental construct/ structures.

Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-05) Polished the Format; Mythology = Communication Part of Cybernetics; Entheogen Scholarship
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-05.mp3” 2:12:13

  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-05.mp3”
  • Length: 2:12:13
  • Filesize: 144.3 MB
  • Download or preview link: https://we.tl/t-1I2zwn2QlX
    • 1 week to download
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps, “Force to mono” checkbox
  • Raw filename: 210205_1879.wav

At the start: “This is the Egodeath Mystery Show, with Cybermonk. My website is egodeaththeory.wordpress.com. This episode…”

Content – Solid Entheogen Scholarship Segments alternating w/ show format discussion. Communication in Cybernetics, Analogies. Amanita as gateway, Allegro/Plaincourault as Barrier. Wasson’s Censoring of Brinckmann’s Book.
  • New page about this show.
    • About the Egodeath Mystery Show.
  • Last night’s revelation of the nature of this show.
    • Gear and everything came together.
      • (Low volume, excess bass.)
  • History of Adding Communication / Myth / Analogy layer of the cybernetic theory of ego transcendence
    • Myth in communication layer of cybernetics theory, & history of phases of planned figuring out enlightenment & self-control, planned writeup of enlightenment
    • During 1988, I developed the Direct part of the Communication layer of the Transcendent Cybernetics theory.
    • By 1997 I dev’d the Analogy part of the Communication layer of the Cybernetics theory, coming together including the Full communication layer of the Transcendent Cybernetics theory in 2006.
    • myth description closure reached in 2013. app’n to the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image in 2020.
  • More discussion of last nights show.
  • Adding the machine transcription to a new page, “Transcendent Knowledge Podcast episode 27”.
  • Appreciating Amanita scholarship. Solid segments.
    • Irvin’s contributions are sound.
    • Against Plaincourault/Allegro misuse.
  • Really solid summary at end of show, about why Wasson censored Brinkmann’s book. The Panofsky cover-up story (mentioned).
Errata
  • I said many entheogen scholars have tension with J.I. I spoke a little too certainly; I want to soften my statements there. I’ve heard from one or two scholars who have made claims. I don’t know the facts of the matter.

Heading

1924 Rolfe book https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf

https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/quotes-from-the-great-mystics-of-egodeath/#Experiencing-the-Block-Universe

That’s a beautiful description of the classic, standard, normal, mystic experience that everybody has, and which the Egodeath theory explains. 

“2021-02-04b Core – Egodeath Mystery Show – Quiet Mystery Test.mp3” – new: Core version, 1:22:00, downloadable March 4-March 11

Download Info
  • Download/preview link for 1 week after 2021-03-04:
    https://we.tl/t-N3BL716XXW
  • Episode theme; overall description: (see also the Recording Header section)
    • Best of the episode.
      • Tested a 3-way mixer for the show (initial test hookup)
        • mic (SM57);
        • album music – song: Divine Wind, by Blue Oyster Cult, at start;
        • guitar, at end (by Illumination Valve)
      • Locate Rolfe’s 1924 Romance/Fungi book at Archive.org; describe, read, screen capture.
      • Received & developed the idea of a Mystery Show.
      • The name Cybermonk.
      • Intellectual autobiography.
  • Filename: see section heading above.
  • Track name: same as filename, without extension.
  • Length: 1:22:00 (the original, full episode is 3:05:51)
  • Filesize: 133 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
  • Timestamps in .mp3:
  • 0:00 – see idea development page 11.
Post-Processing Steps
  • done:
  • create project file (see idea development page 11 for details)
  • import Mixer Deck wav
  • log all timestamps
  • mark – or + to omit or keep
  • copy the track within the project file
  • delete sections
  • delete micro junk until get sick of doing that
  • export mp3 of Mixer wav
  • transfer mp3 to music player
  • upload mp3
  • copy download link to this Download section
  • test the download link/preview, make sure correct file
  • copy heading to TOC
  • link TOC heading to present section
  • test the TOC link
  • announce in idea development page 11

Egodeath Show/ Egodeath Mystery Show (2021-02-04b) Quiet Mystery Test:
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-04b.mp3” 3:05:51 (Episode 12)

March 4, 2021: Newly available: Core version of this episode, half the length; tightened up. See above.

  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-04b.mp3”
  • Length: 3:05:51
  • Filesize: 304 MB
  • Download or preview link: https://we.tl/t-swl3G7MKRs
    • 1 week to download
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps, stereo
    • Stereo is for ext. audio, and for guitar, which was initially hooked up wrong, so guitar tape deck is only at the end.
  • At 1:16:00 & especially at 1:24:55, I say the word ‘mystery’ for the first time, regarding “the Egodeath show”.

Origin of the Name & Concept of “the Egodeath Mystery Show” (Transcription & Timestamps)

Timestamps:

At 1:16:00 & especially at 1:24:55, I say the word ‘mystery’ for the first time, regarding “the Egodeath Show”:

the below timestamps are for the .aup project file/ master tape, until you hit the (orig, v1 Full Show) .mp3 timestamps. The project file has about 2 minutes of junk (dud guitar mixer attempt) that was removed from the orig mp3.

  • +0:00 aup start, 3 sound sources.
  • done-0:34 aup that’s one sound source,
  • done~~-1:56 guitar fails to play but I don’t realize that.
  • ~~+5:38 “I’ll use the playlist at yt” music
  • done~~-744 what do i call this
  • ~~+8:16 Deadline
  • done~~-8:24 junk
  • ~~+8:37 lets find leads
  • done-10:43 want mellow flowing
  • +13:48 turning point throw away takes
  • done~~-14:05 which i did mention
  • ~~+14:33 motivation discuss show format came from… except vocal warmup
  • done~~-14:45 it’s getting quiet time, water
  • ~~+15:13 and then i’ll do warmup , then discuss format 30 years
  • done-15:24 fading in after unpause
  • +22:55 the title of the book the romance of the fungus world
  • done-23:05 headphones
  • +24:06 The Romance of the
  • done-24:20 i’m a little surprised
  • +24:45 archive .org nice photo
  • -25:44 practice riding pot
  • done+26:52 The Romance [delete lots of junk/slow/repet.]
  • +29:41 Start reading
  • done~~-30:16 footnote
  • ~~+30:36 reading
  • done~~-31:21 bass resonance
  • done~~-37:25 aup my new capture, Dover changed subtitle from “Legendary” to “Imaginary”.
    37:25 aup (“36:00”?)
    37:25
    -36:00
    =1:25
  • ~~+40:46 aup (“38:50”)
    40:38
    -38:50
    =39:98
    -38:50
    = 1:48
    let me read what I wrote so far, about the unlikely “show”, the origin of the Egodeath show, 18 hours ago I thought of this show and it came crashing together. Where did this show come from? That’s the big… the surprising thing. In some ways, it’s highly predictable that this format would work for me. My approach to making a “show”, in many ways, it’s very distinctive, unique. The pieces are still falling together as we speak. I’ve stumbled into this gold mine of potential, I’m still scoping out the potential. A breakthrough feeling, like 1988 the pieces fell together. That was planned, the breakthrough I was counting on, completely deliberately planned. Jan 1988 was not a “surprise breakthrough”. It was a planned breakthrough. That’s the curious thing.
  • +42:55 (“42:17″mp3) You can look in my notebooks in 1987 and I’m tracking my progress toward satori. Nov 2011, 2012, & 2013 breakthrough 3 years in a row, how does that work? You tell me. See book Thagard.
  • done~~-43:32 aup stop clearing throat
  • ~~+43:46 aup reflected on planned
  • done~~-45:41 aup levels
  • ~~+51:11 aup (49:32mp3) – How can I talk about this show when it’s just now coming into view? In the midst of start of breakthrough rush just opening and revealing itself to me right now; i’m in the midst of it, the opportunity for this highly flexible vehicle, wheat it what is this show format, I don’t even know, it hasn’t finished happening yet.
  • +50:50 Its only started to happened, the show as it has revealed itself to me so far. Potentialities are only starting to reveal itself to me now. I’m live-capturing the unfolding history as the event unfolds, half-day by half-day.
  • +52:00 Guidelines written for myself, mixed feelings about reading them. Main purp of this episode , the motivation for … to capture the history, but it’s in midst of unfolding, so this is a live recording of the hist as it unfolds. I’ve done a lot of hard work on the pieces, I felt was wrestling against the equipment than good results, but suddenly everything just seems to work. No pop filter for 57! No need to speak directly into it. Learned how to aim SM57 at upper lip, for close miking. [this night quiet rec’g is much too dark/dry due to too close-mic -Cybermonk March 3 2021]
  • done~~-54:39 aup mic is working suddenly.
  • -55:15 no pop filter needed, I hate them, I don’t want them, don’t block my view.
  • -1:01:01 aup (59:00mp3) new kinds of problems are coming visible: organizing my speaking. There was no show format before, so these errors of non-continuity in my speaking wasn’t apparent. I worked on these distinct errors. I’ve solved most of my vocalization problems.
  • -1:00:20 mics now, “just work”, in my experience
  • -1:00:51 vocalizing. my hard work in 2007 etc.
  • -1:03:47 aup /1:01:40 2007 inspired to do a voice rec’g of main article. hissy headset mic.
  • -1:04:25 aup 2007 posts about mic tech
  • ~~+1:05:46 aup / 1:04:00 had to rewrite long sentences. write by reading-aloud.
  • +1:08:47 aup how does this connect back to
  • 1:06:55 this show is in the midst of the history happening. I had no notion of doing a podcast or “show”. this show is very distinctive to me. As I play back my recent recordings, it seems really unique. I discover that now that this show format has revealed itself to me, I pour myself, it brings out this outpouring.
  • 1:09:00 i feel this rush of and … will it continue? fleeting? cut back on keystrokes. always was impatient w/ typing; micro cassettes. writing -> typing -> voice recording, to speed up my thinking. so-called “show” format. Looking for a voice approach that would work for me. Low-fi. No audience.
  • +1:12:36 aup why didn’t micro cassettes work. 1:10:45mp3: “If I were to play back a ucassette on this show, we’d see the content….
  • 1:11:37mp3 How I can do a show 2021 vs 1995.
  • 1:12:30mp3 too much typing, slowing me down
  • +1:13:00 better tech & vocalization in 2021 than 1995. Mic technique & internet, everything came together. content, miking-tech, voczn.
  • (Core episode: ~25:00) +1:14:21 Transcendent Knowledge podcast & the Egodeath community now exists (and has existed, the great prophets of egodeath). I helped Martin Ball get started with his podcast. I never envisioned myself doing a show per se, I never pulled the pieces together to see a show as such. when
  • +1:15:52 “the egodeath show” started only a few days ago,
  • (Core episode: 26:00) +1:16:00 it’s still a mystery that’s unfolding right now, like Demeter opening the chest… been trying to do voice idea development since 95, the conditions have changed.
  • +1:17:43 every sign suggests this format will come together for me
  • done~~12006aup-12151aup -1:18:00 MP3? will talking quietly in this mic SM57 work, too much hiss?
  • +1:19:15 MP3? the YT’er whose tm is to “whisper”. my late night show.
  • +1:19:45 ppl know i have a variety of [micing volumes]. my show is a kind of ego death variety show.
  • (Core episode: ~30:00) +1:20:30 my early morning messing around/ substantial idea development, is my morning show. My midday show. My late evening show where I’m exploring, like right now, very exploratory.
  • +1:21:20 we shall see what works, when I play it [this rec’g] back after I know it has gone live. Will Rock albums too much dilute? Bracket-aside IP consideration.
  • +1:22:10 “Private distribution” like d live.
  • +1:22:40 If I can play albums, then it would be my unique approach to doing that, the egodeath approach to playing rock music in the context of an Egodeath show, what does that mean?
  • (Core episode: ~30:15) +1:23:08 no one knows, we have to try it and see. that is a new point about this show: there’s not a fixed format, but rather, it is an exploratory format/process, to explore idea development and the show format itself is an exploration of what works, what doesn’t. The whole very concept of “an Egodeath Show”, what does it mean, I want to keep that as an open-ended question mark.
  • (Core episode: ~31:15)+1:24:10 I want to present the question to the egodeath community: what does the concept of “an egodeath show” mean? Let’s keep that as an unknown, let’s keep that as a variable wildcard exploration, let’s call it sort of a exploratory “show” w/ scare quotes around the word “show”; what would it mean to have an Egodeath show?
  • (Core episode: ~31:45) +1:24:55(master tape / orig mp3 of full episode) – Let’s keep that a mystery. Let’s keep it as “the Egodeath Mystery Show.” [<– 1st mention of “Egodeath Mystery Show” 🎉 🎂 ] I kinda like that, I kinda like that. “The Egodeath Show” is pretty good; it’s a pretty good name, “the Egodeath show”, for short filenames.
  • (Core episode: ~32:30) +1:25:50 – What if we were to say that the name of the show is “the Egodeath Mystery Show” with the connotation [that the…] being… [left unspecified! i checked my mic gain levels instead!]
  • done~~-1:28:13 aup – how’s my level — I suddenly worry about the mic gain level in the DR-05 and abandon the topic of “the Egodeath Mystery Show”
  • -1:26:21 you really have to go spelunking with that dr05 ultra quiet mic, no noise/hiss. But this mic (57) is hissy. re: gain level worries. 57 is hissy. the tape deck is silent, so level is not critical.
  • -1:29:30 Several tricks to get the SM57 mic to work w/ quiet talking without hiss. Eager to try other mics too. Basic mistakes to avoid.
  • -1:32:00 Vocalizing technique, I’m still working it out. I’m over the hump. I’m surfing above the waves.
  • (Core episode: ~33:00) ~~+1:36:07 aup 1:34:00mp3 “The Content front: I could have had enough to feed my show in 1995, but now is more/better. I can read emails, I have more scholarly knowledge, the vial debate, the Dionysus mosaic is a whole saga in itself… the Egodeath community provided mosaic. All the books I have, zines I could read aloud. The resources I have are amazing. My vocal skills have come over the hump, it will soon become 2nd nature. … done
  • ~~-1:38:23 aup -13630 “Repeat Statement” is the universal solution. idea for warmup. I need a static page for my vocal warmup.
  • –14246aup 1:41:00mp3 “typing sessions are forbidden, maybe.
  • (Core episode: ~35:00) -+1:43:20 aup Live now Im going to create a new page called Vocal Warmup Page for the Egodeath Mystery Show.” or “Egodeath Mystery Show Warmup Page?”
  • ~~+1:44:02 aup / 1:42:04 “Maybe I should create a page just called the Egodeath Mystery Show”
  • +1:58:43-2:02:30. Show name, informally: Quiet Mystery Test (received the word: ‘mystery’ late at night; (“the Egodeath Mystery Show”): “Let’s assume the word ‘show’. Now let’s consider the question of ‘mystery show’.” Then I say “mystery religions”, “the ancient mysteries”. “initiation”. “‘Egodeath show’ is nice and tight, unlike “Egodeath Mystery Show’, but you always need multiple names.”
  • done~~-2:03:35 aup implementing multiple names, lull
  • ~~+2:05:54 aup the longest name will be
  • done~~-2:06:04 aup impl junk
  • ~~+2:08:55 aup by having multnanmes
  • done~~-2:09:16 aup meditate on that
  • ~~+2:16:14 aup stopped using cybermonk
  • +2:24:34 aup mult theory names
  • done~~-2:28:04 aup typing
  • +2:30:48 one connot mystery
  • done~~-2:35:33 2 hours 36 minutes
  • +2:36:24 aup about the totally unplanned show format
  • done-2:37:20 typing
  • +2:37:49 show, what’s that
  • done-2:39:08 typing
  • +2:39:24 what can it become
  • done-2:42:04 web search for “mystery show”
  • +2:46:12 mult names
  • done-3:01:15 aup no interrupt, vocal review
  • +3:02:32 aup now music

Assessment after listening: Quiet talking seems fine, except turn down bass *if* using closed-back headphones – as prophecied 2 shows ago, that I’d end up cutting bass.

It’s a mystery. Experimental. 2nd half has some Egodeath development history.

Content
  • Late night speaking quietly as possible.
  • 1st part: Audio hookup test – trying cross-fading between 3 sources:
    • Mic
    • external audio (song Divine Wind by BOC)
    • 2nd external audio – I failed to engage the mixer’s “2-TRACK ^ MAIN MIX” switch until the end – so I don’t expect my guitar until the Outro.
  • 2nd part: I started to discuss the history/story of this show, but then realized that the show has only begun to reveal itself – history is happening at high rate right now, so I’m assessing the history so far, as the show rapidly starts to reveal itself.
  • The full name of the show revealed itself. Discussed connotations. Why I don’t say “weblog” or “podcast” re: this site & show aka “voice recordings”.
  • Created a webpage for the show; surprisingly, I haven’t created any dedicated pages for my 2021 voice recordings until this.
Errata

omfg the world’s most THE WORLD’S MOST ANNOYING LEAD-UP TO READING ROLFE’S PASSAGE. 45 MINUTES OF ADHD DIVERSIONS TO *FINALLY*, *FINALLY* GET TO READING THE FRICKIN PASSAGE! K!LL ME AGGHHHHH JESSU %^&#$*@@&!!! AGGGGHHH 😵 😵 😵

Production Notes
  • Source file: green/white 64 GB SD card: “/Volumes/TK Audio/Music/TK/DR-05 TK Voice starting 2021-01-26/210204_2218.wav“
  • Is there an .aup yet? Apparently not, so create one; not found on “TK Audio 2”, main drive, or “KINGSTON 1” thumbdrive. Found some near-dated aup’s but probably I didn’t save, used only transient project. A near-dated aup, eg: “/Volumes/TK Audio/Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/Egodeath Show 2021-02-03/Egodeath Show 2021-02-03.aup”
  • New .aup, created March 3, 2021, on main drive:
    “/Music/TK/Egodeath Mystery Show/2021-02-04b Egodeath Mystery Show – Quiet Mystery Test/2021-02-04b Egodeath Mystery Show – Quiet Mystery Test.aup”
  • Old heading, above, showing orig mp3 filename & length:
    Egodeath Show (2021-02-04b) Quiet Mystery Test:
    “Egodeath Show 2021-02-04b.mp3” 3:05:51
  • Microphone: SM57
    • no eq
    • super quiet talking: hiss an issue? No; faint traditional audible.
    • Need to turn down mic bass to -4.5dB due to proximity effect from close-mic dynamic mic (that’s good news, to help w/ headphones).
    • 3″ (closer-miking than usual).
  • Hookup
    • 2nd DR-05 tape deck patched in, for guitar feed.
      • I should’ve monitored via tape deck, not mixer – would’ve caught error.
      • 2nd external audio – I failed to engage the mixer’s “2-TRACK ^ MAIN MIX” switch until the end – so I don’t expect my guitar until the Outro.
    • See “XENYX” for more desc of hookup, in page 10 or 11 here.

About the Totally Unplanned Egodeath “Show” Format/Concept/ Vehicle – It’s a Mystery to Me

About the Totally Unplanned Egodeath Show Concept – 100% accidental, and yet, the pieces were all intensively developed (with no plan) since 2007… with many roots in audio tech since … uh… 1980 … or before that…

I struggled over the years to work on each element, of pieces that I had no intention of steering into a show.

I never thought of myself as an entertainer – quite the opposite, more like. Maybe an eduator though, eg April 1987 “I’m gonna figure out self control and teach the world it (via writing).”

I wrestled hard against microphones, always a big struggle… and now, “it just works”. My skills seem to fade into the background; “nothing to it” – except years of hard work. I make it look easy to myself, now — it was anything but! Why is the gear “just working” now?

🤯 🤷‍♂️ 🤔

In *no* way did I *ever* envision doing a “podcast” or “show”, or think that this format had any interesting potential for me – for my aptitudes & interests.

kinda like the Vial -> Criteria aritcle -> Proof (the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image ) decoding — IT JUST FELL IN MY LAP, FELL TOGETHER.

‘Show’? What’s that supposed to mean?

It’s a mystery to me.

Accidentally Stumbed Across a Combination of Aspects that Work Really Really Well for Me (2 or even 3 Reallys, on the Really scale by Max)

will this format hold my interest? Highly likely. Mic tech highly appealing. Zero production is highly appealing. A vehicle for me to go on and on about wonderful me (ie, Transcendent Knowledge, my writings / thoughts about Transcendent Knowledge).

Why does this format , that i stumbled across 18 hours ago, seem to work so very well for me? Why does it bring out a set of aptitudes – and interests – i didn’t think I had? What’s the nature of this show? What will it become? WHAT’S *THAT* SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

🤨

It’s a mystery to me.

The mystery is: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SHOW??!!

I have every reason to believe that this format will continue to fit like a glove, and that I will have endless content to fill this format. Is this just a moment of enthusiasm that will fade?

  • been interested in mic & voice since at least 2007 when I got the idea to record…
  • look at my many microcassette voice Transcendent Knowledge development cassettes of 1995.
  • I been trying *hard* to make vocal recording Transcendent Knowledge development work, since… some time after 1985 when I couldn’t handwrite fast enough — or type fast enough, to do Transcendent Knowledge development.

A complete surprise “out of nowhere” …. with a TON of precedent. As they say of bands: “an overnight success that came out of nowhere” — after decades of working hard on the elements.

5 Big Themes came together in Jan 1988 — the breakthrough was REQUIRED completely planned and tracked by % progress during 1987. INTENSE URGENCY, EVERYTHING WAS RIDING ON THIS BREAKTHROUGH. Not sure I’ve told the story.

Thoughts about this show format, or, my voice-recording format, which i never planned

A solid show. Good job, me.

  • topic to discuss: how did … the history of how this show great format accidentally fell together “by accident” after years of hard work on audio. Where did this show idea/format come from? Uhhh…. I have no idea. By accident, luck, and a ton of hard work & precursors. Sort of a “breakthough instance”. Accidental deliberate breakthrough, the result of many years of hard work, fell together by accident.
  • topic: Will I continue this format? Likely, bc:
    • I get to play w/ mics <– the #1 main benefit of the Egodeath Show
    • I get to read my past writings
    • I get to work on my sh*t personality (negative tone of voice + criticizing everything [look in the mirror, buddy])
    • dumbly, i discover an aptitude for on-the-fly cobbling together fun + profound content.
      • bring together my own music production knowledge
      • gear-fest
      • tons and tons of content from my Transcendent Knowledge development history.
      • great content online that i can read
    • The “show” format – surprisingly – works/fits really well for me. I never would have thought. There may be *hints* of this in my 2007 recordings at Egodeath.com. The “show” format seems capable of “packaging” any of my previous recording types… I’ve done so many (2007, 2018) different types of recordings, long list of types:
      • 2007 voice pratice rec’s where I speed-talk throughthe Auust 2007 Psychonautica episode 13 hosted by Max Freakout.
      • Guesting on Psychonautica.
      • Guesting on Erik Davis’ show.
      • 2018 voice readings of my writings.
      • 2018 special-effects processing of my speaking (tons of these are on my music player; my Egodeath playlist has all kinds of 2018 (and now 2021) recordings of mine.
      • Some rare video-website livestreams, just barely enough to kick my butt and get humiliated by the tech (eg the wrong mic is being used by computer/ livestream – fail! super frustrating)
      • My 2007 recordings with my guitar in the background. <– a sign/ indicator, you could predict from this, I’d likely end up doing a “show” format.
      • WHO THE HELL WOULDA THOUGHT THAT A “SHOW” FORMAT COULD WORK WELL FOR Transcendent Knowledge development?!
      • But I reject any whiff of “high production ” — DISCUSS THE TREND AWAY FROM EDITED YOUTUBE VIDS, TOWARD LIVESTREAMS — it’s way, way easier to do a “live broadcast” format than “carefully edited painstaking format pre-crafted”.
      • We’re moving back to a 1930s Radio Live Show In-Studio format, w/o recording technology per later recording/playback format.
      • Can mix-in prerecorded / pre-produced content. Like a radio DJ; live talking + playing re-recorded / pre-produced music content.

The idea “what about an Egodeath Show format?” is an idea I thought of 18 hours ago, and it “caught fire” and rocketed into the heavens. I *did* work really hard on the elements, but I never thought of a show format. I was slightly influenced by Max, but …

I can’t believe the pieces are finally coming together [but in no way am i implying that the “show” format ever crossed my mind], after years of such mixed results. I never thought of doing this, and it’s falling together, I never dreamed of doing a “show”, . I’ve even had big failures, but the clouds are parting and I can’t believe the good quality that accidentally fell together… including new good ideas for content. I never planned this, but I did work really hard, as everyone extremely knows since 2007 focus on audio. I never planned “I want to develop my speaking, voice, mic/recording technique to do a show”, and it’s been hard work, with many failures, many successes, but much difficulty over the years 2007, 2018, 2021.

Read – w/o self-interruption – the 1924 Rolfe book https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf
challenge – scope out (on-air), but in a non-spazzy way.

The song Divine Wind sounded great, despite low-fi via mic. TRY MORE CROSS-FADE VOICE & EXTERNAL AUDIO. MESS W/ GUITAR REC’G MIX-IN or my other field music rec’gs.

MORE CONTINUITY, LESS FRAGMENTED HERKY-JERKY SPEAKING/SENTENCES/SELF-INTERRUPTION.

read-aloud WITH NO DAMN SELF-INTERRUPTION DAMMIT! my plaincourault article. STFU AND READ!! cn u b any more annoying??!! spazzo

errata – instead of saying “assert / waffle / deny”, clearer is:

“presence [of plants] / waffle / absence [assertion, about plants}
“PRESENCE / WAFFLE / ABSENCE”
PRESENCE / “PRESENCE THEN ABSENCE” / ABSENCE
PRESENCE / “PRESENCE BUT ABSENCE” / ABSENCE

IE, “assert” is too ambiguous., same w/ “deny”. “presence” is unambig, so, is better. “assert” stands for “assert plants”, deny means “deny plants” — but better, singlee-word that’s clear, is:

presence/absence <– 1 word, yet unambiguous.

“the forgot curve” = how quickly, according to a given scholar, the plants were reduced, in 2nd gen vs the 1st gen. In a 2-gen model.

see if I can substantiate anything about Samorini claims. rather; repeat that I’m reporting the truth of my feeling from going through his article. It’s a “vibe” thing, not only a fact of his actual assertions. Comparing my vibe vs his vibe.

todo: make list or talk through a list, of “debate” publications re: Plaincourault.

todo: discuss / scope out http://wassonwest.com

M. Hoffman recommends (or at least, likes) Randall Carlson. https://www.bing.com/search?q=Randall+Carlson

Contributions of Jan Irvin – the Most Favorable Possible View; Appreciation of Jan Irvin. Everything Irvin says is right. His limitations != being wrong; errors of fact. I really don’t care if he were to be factually incorrect – small beans.

I disagree that “Irvin is completely irrelevant”, as an amateur witch told me other day. Irvin is solid; reliable. Just limited. I trust Irvin’s research.

Early Mycologists Books

below section copied from a Hatsis page of mine:

What Hatsis mis-calls “the Allegro theory, of mushrooms in Christian art”, is actually, in fact, “the 1924 Rolfe-Ramsbottom-Brightman interpretation of the Plaincourault tree“.

Article:
Wasson and Allegro on the Tree of Knowledge as Amanita
Michael Hoffman, 2006, Journal of Higher Criticism
Subsection: Ramsbottom, 1953
http://www.egodeath.com/WassonEdenTree.htm#_Toc135889189

It is unambigous and safe to say that there were positions taken, about the Plaincourault tree. There was no real debate about that image.

Among Rolfe, Ramsbottom, Brightman; Brinckmann, Panofsky, Wasson; & Allegro, there was neither discussion, defined positions, nor debate, about the relevantly scoped questions:

  • To what extent mushrooms in Greek & Christian religion & culture?
    • To what extent mushrooms in Christianity?
      • To what extent was the Eucharist recognized as mushrooms?

Instead, all of them halted as if taboo, getting themselves completely stuck on A SINGLE ART INSTANCE. Why?

Because none of them are entheogen scholars.

Of Rolfe, Ramsbottom, Brightman; Brinckmann, Panofsky, Wasson; & Allegro, only Wasson took the mantle of an entheogen scholar, but with the Pope, as his banker, Wasson instead censored Brinckmann’s book, and like Terrence McFakea, and like Hatsis, Wasson says

DO NOT LOOK FOR MUSHROOMS IN CHRISTIAN ART.

THESE AREN’T THE SHROOMS YOU’RE LOOKING FOR.

There are no mushrooms in Christianity, because I, Pope’s banker, say so – in my completely evasive, mealy-mouth, roundabout way that could mean anything, by my universally confusing and vague statement “I said there was no … I was wrong”.

Robert Graves 1957-1973 may be the first to pose these properly framed questions.

Rolfe’s Book (1925)

1924 Rolfe book https://archive.org/details/romanceoffungusw00rolf

R. T. Rolfe & F. W. Rolfe.  The Romance of the Fungus World: An Account of Fungus Life in Its Numerous Guises, Both Real and Legendary.  ISBN: 0486231054.  1925 (1974).  Foreword by John Ramsbottom, 1924 <- same year as Manly Hall’s book Secret Teachings of All Ages.

Dover changed to “Imaginary”, orig = “Legendary”
Ramsbottom’s Books (1949, 1953)

John Ramsbottom.  A Handbook of the Larger British Fungi.  ISBN: B0007JA6VC.  1949.

John Ramsbottom.  Mushrooms & Toadstools: A Study of the Activities of Fungi.  ISBN: B0007JALQC.  1953.

Brightman’s Book (1966)

The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants: Ferns, Fungi, Mosses and Liverworts, Lichens, and Seaweeds
Frank H. Brightman & B. E. Nicholson Brightman
ISBN: B0007AKM3I.  1966.
http://amzn.com/B0000CN6AA
http://amzn.com/090740846X

1966
1979

Rotating Among Mics

Hi Scholar,

Thanks for confirming that the Yeti❤️ is good.I automatically know that your recordings are clear, b/c the Yeti is reliably clear (unless aimed at one’s lap or placed far away).

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🎶
👑

I want a Blue – Yeti, to add to my mic closet, to rotate among mics (that’s a big goal, in itself; for peak fun). 

A big plan and motivation I’m enthusiastic about: I really want to have an assortment of mics and rotate among them.

I love the videos that use Yeti – bright and clear. 

I got to hold a blue-colored Yeti, and it feels heavy/solid, pleasant packaging, great look & feel, I was surprised.

The Yeti really delivers the great results at YouTube, and I’m always glad to see people using it, because I know that the video, at YouTube, won’t sound muddy.

Common Yeti usage mistake:

Speak into the side of the Yeti, not the top/end; the Yeti is a side-address mic, not an end-address mic (or whatever the latter term is). 

That is, the Yeti should tilt away, not toward the mouth.

Advise Yeti in Mono mode

I advise Mono mode, not Stereo mode, for the Yeti, when doing solo vocal work. 

To focus and stabilize the sound.In my podcast today, I again dared to speculate that Max Freakout (for the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast) uses a Blue – Yeti in Stereo mode, because I hear him drifting left and right.  

I’m very happy, elated – surprisingly – with the Shure – SM57 dynamic mic.I had been struggling with it before, for voice; but yesterday, all the pieces came together.  

Solved hiss problem of SM57 by learning how to close-mic: 

The Yeti large-diaphragm condenser mic has much less hiss than my SM57 dynamic mic – but with 3.5″ close-miking (off to the side of my mouth), hiss isn’t an issue.

YouTube main competitor to Yeti is Shure – SM7b (but I’d engage its bass cut & treble boost switches) – also, RE20

At YouTube, I dislike the muddy tone of Shure – SM7b dynamic broadcasters’ mic. 

People call the Shure – SM57 a “poor man’s Shure – SM7b”.

The popular electro-voice – RE20 dynamic (broadcasters’) mic seems clearer (brighter) than the SM7b.

The SM57 is used for the U.S. presidential podium, so that encouraged me to keep trying.

My great, epic show yesterday, used the SM57 and I credited switching to that mic for my good luck for everything coming together.

Egodeath Show (2021-02-04) Constructing Analysis Tools:
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-04.mp3” (Episode 11) 3:04:11

Assessment after listening: A solid show.

  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-04.mp3”
    • There’s a false start (2 start-of-show passages) when I realized I had gain at 0 instead of 55. Too bad I didn’t also realize so quick that it was in mono and I should have then switched it to stereo. I like the first start, so I kept it.
  • Length: 3:04:11 (at end of show I thought it was 2.5 hours, I forgot there was the 1st part too).
  • Filesize: 345.2 MB
  • Download or preview link: https://we.tl/t-pGMM8l4vOc
    • 1 week to download
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
  • Source files:
    • 210204_2215.wav (mono beginning of show)
    • 210204_2217.wav (stereo main part of show)
  • Microphone:
    • Initial part: TASCAM DR-05 stereo field recorder, handheld, in monophonic (I initially said, incorrectly, that it was in stereo mode).
    • Main part: in stereo mode, handheld, then on mic stand.

Started as morning throwaway show, but, became the main show – good discussion of many analysis tools for the maximal entheogen theory of religion and assessing where to put each scholar on the spectrum from min/mod/max.

Egodeath Show (2021-02-03b) Reaction Podcast Hookup:
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-03b 260kbps.mp3” 1:14:35

  • “Egodeath Show 2021-02-03b 260kbps.mp3″
  • Length: 1:14:35
  • Download or listen in-browser (magnifying glass icon):
  • Filesize: 76 MB
  • Bitrate: 260 kbps
Content
  • hook-up / patch-in the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast or other external audio signal, mixing that with my external mic (SM57). That’s working well. I did some “reaction podcast” format here, alternating playing (the end of) the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast, “Mystics” episode 27, alternating with my commentary. “Only a trial run” — yet, I provide substance/analysis.
    • That means, necessitates, monitoring w/ headphones – which has pros/cons; it’s a different way of working. Usually I don’t monitor, this 2021 series of voice rec’gs.
  • Try flat eq with SM57 mic. done; I have to listen to playback now.
  • My vocalization was careless; my focus was largely on gear hookup, distracted (but I did talk about substantial topics).
  • I did a full show, 1:14:35, with 2-3 substantial topics:
    • I “proved” that the sequence really is 1) eternalism nonduality experience, then after that, 2) control-nonduality experience — not the other way round.
    • I added to the Transcendent Knowledge Podcast Ideas page: per Max, clarify why I’m the only theorist who claims that the ego is above all, a control agent.
    • Hard drive is full, gotta deal w/ that. I have just enough space /clever way, to produce this new episode.
  • ‘gnostics’ as a garbage-can to throw any enemy into
  • ~55:00 why the main article is in the sequence it is, w/ eternalism THEN cybernetics.
    • Order of main sections of 2006 main article – eternalism then cybernetics.
    • Order of puzzle pieces in 2006 main article — they are in random order – artist didn’t ask me about order.
    • ~55:00 How to make the case that eternalism nonduality comes before cybernetic nonduality. Try the reverse order, does it match reports? NO.
    • ~59:00, 1:01:00 Max’s question of why ego = controller, and egoic transcendence = the control-transcendence. Added to Possible Transcendent Knowledge Podcast Topics to cover page. top of https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/ideas-for-podcast-topics
Morning/Midday/Evening Shows

The way it’s shaped up:

  • Morning show – vocal warmup/ vocalization analysis. Messing around w/ bassy voice.
  • Midday show – Main show; loud full-volume talking, solid content.
  • Evening show – voice worn out, can’t talk loud, out of practice since the morning warmup. Chill.
  • I recommend the above download link instead.
    • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-03b.mp3”
    • Slightly lower fidelity: https://we.tl/t-BySY7OPGiN (57.7 MB, 210 kbps)
      = “Egodeath Show 2021-02-03b.mp3”
      I believe this sounds a bit swishy/unsteady treble.
  • Source file: 210203_2214.wav
  • I exported back to the chip the .mp3 files since hard drive is full.

Draft to Brown (Not Sent)

My process for emailing scholars:

  • in email app, write 12 pages. 
  • Move that to a weblog page. 
  • Try again, briefly this time. 
  • Outcome: 12 new pages of email. 
  • Move that to a weblog page. 
  • Repeat.

Holy smokes my radio show came together today. 

🤩 🎙 📻 😳

Maybe my change to the SM57 mic was good luck.  

There’s room for improvement of course, but still. 

So many dud aspects of previous recordings, then this.

I talked in one segment about the front cover of the Golden Guide .pdf 1976 book I sent, showing in lower left, a serrated bulb quite similar to the vial held by the saint.  

Happy Critiquing  😄 👎

My tone of voice is almost there — but I’m attuned critically to my tone of voice now, and I still sound bitter when I critique. 

I fear I’ve developed a very negative tone I had to try hard to undo, very recently. 

It’s hard to critique scholars, while keeping a warm, pleasant tone.  

I need to force a “smile” tone all the time, to get a “neutral” resulting tone.

I withdrew from guesting on Hatsis’ show partly b/c his adversarial tone — but I’m the worst. 

I merely try to communicate my disagreement/ disapproval, and my tone immediately “reads” as angry/ condemnatory, sharply bitter.  

It’s remarkable, that so much of personality is simply the tone of speaking.

Waffle Gang Member

Everyone needs to change their position to improve their position – and needs to be forthright about it.

When I make a mistake – which I don’t, but were I to – I would say so; “I was wrong about X, so I changed my position to Y.”


I’m far from understanding Hatsis’ tangled, confused mess of a non-position “position”.

Figuring out Hatsis’ position (of the week) is on my priority list, somewhere a ways below “Polish my bottle-cap collection”.

His position is slip-n-slide. Which is not properly a position.

Let us know, when you have a stable, determinate, actual position.

My motto expressing my Philosophy of Science

THE “OLD THEORY” AINT REALLY MUCH OF A THEORY, but a shifting, incoherent, UNSTABLE heap of presumptions – really, biases, which is to say, *a set of attitudes*, not a “theory”.

An un-considered heap of assorted assumptions.

RUSH WOULDN’T USE PSYCHEDELICS, BECAUSE THEY ARE A PHILOSOPHY BAND. <– THE “OLD THEORY” – (IF YOU CAN EVEN CALL IT A “THEORY”)

Email to M. Hoffman

I’ll check out and talk about wassonwest.  I’ve criticized Wasson.  Constructive, is the goal.

I’m now better positioned to re-try a critique of the article – no promises, I have no thoughts except I’m amazed I was able to paraphrase it w/o getting swept up (carried away) by critique-mode, this time.

The attention required to publish books, vs. the headspace and shelter to think, & do more research.

1. My paraphrasing of each paragraph has too much gaps, it has to be smoother but I don’t want to accomplish that by editing it.  I have to speak my own words slower, smoother.  For better comprehensibility.  I felt like oh no it wasn’t good enough to send.

2. Amazingly, miraculously, I refrained from any critique!  Usually I give way too much critique, I get lost in critique, and fail to read-aloud the text that I’m trying to critique.  My first attempts (discarded takes) to read-aloud the article while jumbling my critique (mixing my critique into my reading of the article at the same time), were a disaster; I got nowhere in reading the article (made zero progress), and made awful confusion mistakes.

I need to read-aloud slower.

My “radio show” today omg, came out great and I talk about doing a better job of reading/paraphrasing / critiquing articles. 

I’ll read paragraphs at Amazon & Academia.edu:

1. Read paragraph

2. Paraphrase author’s assertions.

3. Critique.  (Step 3, not step 1!!)

I’m listening to my radio show today’s, now.  I think in the 2nd half I talk about a smoother reading-aloud format. 

I critique my yesterday’s reading of your article.  1:47:45

I’m very happy about the format I figured out yesterday, but it has to be smoother delivery.

Egodeath Show (2021-02-03) Big Game Hunting, along with Winning “Spot the Mushroom”:
“Egodeath Show 2021-02-03.mp3” 2:57:54

  • Filename: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-03.mp3”
  • Length: 2:57:54
  • Download or listen in-browser (magnifying glass icon): https://we.tl/t-6wT9KeeGGu
    • No login or account is needed, at that WeTransfer website.
  • Filesize: Even bigger than my ego (I carefully measured the size of both, to confirm).
    • Excessive! half a GB! its just mono. try the “force to mono” option. future: lower bitrate mp3. My hard drive is full! 😵
  • Mic: SM57
    • Bass -2dB, Treble +2dB.
    • Reduce Bass more, like -6dB, as already proved in 2019, and re-proved early Feb 2021.
    • If want treble actually mellow (to avoid hearing fatigue), do 0dB Treble.

My other episodes, which falsely claim to be a 10, are btfo’d.

Content
  • Talking about reading-aloud Hoffman’s Entheogens Mystery Religions article
  • Errata – WHAT THE HELL AM I TALKING ABOUT REWRITING MAIN ARTICLE – FALSE. Not gonna happen, stupid idea, don’t want, don’t need. Aint broke dont fix.
  • Big Game Hunting – Playing (& winning) the “Spot the Mushroom” game * 100 isn’t enough. Need to be victorious at proving not just the maximal entheogen theory of religion but rather:
    the maximal entheogenic-esotericism theory of religion & Transcendent Knowledge.
    • The Big Game Hunting Claim: I have scientifically proved
      the maximal entheogenic-esotericism theory of religion.
    • My October 2002 claim amounts to:
      I’M AGAINST THE PREMISE WHICH MODERATE ENTHEOGEN SCHOLARSHIP ASSERTS, WHICH IS THAT ENTHEOGEN USE DECREASED OVER TIME; THAT (PER JAMES KENT) AS CULTURE EVOLVES, VISIONARY PLANT USE DECREASES. THAT PLANTS WERE IN PRE-HISTORY, THEN DECREASED.
    • 2002, I announced the more productive alternative to the “ENTHEOGENS SOON DECREASED” premise, which is self-defeating.
      Entheogen use didn’t decrease, but is constant throughout history.
      *Now*, with that premise, what do we perceive?
      Answer: My premise, the Maximal premise — but *not* the waffle-gang’s Moderate premise – reveals the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image; = 70 mshroom trees in heart of Christian art; = scientific proof that Transcendent Knowledge = religion = entheogenic esotericism = plants, and that’s ubiquitous in all religions, eras, & regions.
      • I cheated; had advantage – I had full the egodeath theory core theory , the cybernetic theory of ego transcendence, in hand, before I entered their game of “spot the mushroom”.
      • To win the little game, of spot the mshroom, you need the cybernetic theory of ego transcendence, and ideally the mytheme theory too; ie, my full the egodeath theory.
      • but we shouldn’t just
        play to win the little game, of “spot the mushroom”;
        we should
        play to win the big game, of spot the entheogenic esotericism,
        which =
        proper esotericism
        AUTHENTIC ESOTERICISM
        actual esotericism
        vs.
        exoteric esotericism
        fake esotericism
        pseudo-esotericism
        fake esotericism
        poser esotericism
        PHONY “ESOTERICISM”
        Western Ersatzocism
    • “proper esotericism” = analogical psychedelic eternalism dependent-control; control-transformation, passing through the gateway, guarded by angel, sword, flame, dragon/serpent/monster.
    • For angel+sword, see the Canterbury Psalter “mushroom tree/ hanging/ sword” image, connected to God: angel on the right of God, sword on left of God in the image. No flame, no serpent, no dragon in that image.
    • In that image, the gateway from
      the eternalism beginner-level nonduality-experiencing to
      the cybernetics advanced-level nonduality-experiencing,
      is represented by the themes:
      • non-branching, angel, mshroom, sword, self-threatening, relenting.
    • Not discussed: the great Exo/Eso “w@r” (that’s explicitly discussed in a previous episode).
    • Motto of the Moderate Entheogen Theory Scholars –
      “PLAY TO LOSE, OR TIE”.
  • todo: make this episode available for longer than 1 week.
  • todo: add timestamp for each segment of this great episode.
    • The “grandiose claim/ don’t leave any cash on the table” segment is long / highly repetitive. 🤨 🕰
    • i’m gonna skip from now on, when listening to this otherwise pleasant episode. It *is* the most ultimate point in the world, true; but still.
    • Crafting the ultimate big claim:
      I HAVE SCIENTIFICALLY PROVED THE MAXIMAL ENTHEOGENIC-ESOTERICISM THEORY OF RELIGION.
      There, saved you like … many minutes.
  • 1:09:30 Does the word ‘secret’ = an entheogen diminishment fallacy?
  • 1:12:00-1:22:35 (10.5 minutes) The Amanita vial as an example of why the Moderate entheogen theory of religion is a disaster, that blinds entheogen scholars, compared to the Maximal theory.
    • 1:38:00-1:42:45 Golden Guide to Serrated Amanita Bulbs
      • 1:38:26 <– MOMENT OF DISCOVERY! that the cover of the book has an amanita with serrations very similar to the vial. Disproving an argument for the Moderate entheogen theory (sry for wrecking your pub’d article)
  • 1:47:45 Read-aloud of M. Hoffman’s article on Entheogens & Mystery Religions: 1st paragraph only, and afterwards, smooth paraphrasing of it.
  • Read-aloud the first, long paragraph of Hanegraaff’s article Entheogenic Esotericism. And my attempted smooth paraphrasing – I develop technique of “To do the paraphrase pass, do a 2nd-pass reading, but loosely“. That will trigger my objections, which I can — in the 2nd or 3rd phase — critique.
    “I agree with the author to the extent that he means A; I disagree, to the extent he means B.”
  • Segment: Designing a format (challenging to do w/o editing) for READ-ALOUD FROM AMAZON & ACADEMIA.EDU:
    • Smooth pleasant (thus, high-comprehensibility) recording:
      • Read a paragraph.
      • Paraphrase the author’s message.
      • Critique.
  • I’m still working-out a lot of wrinkles for show production & show format, while on-air, admittedly. But good potentials for future show format are clear, and the content here is as solid as any of my shows; not to be topped.
  • Rock bands 1970s did smooth playing, easy recording.
  • 2000s bands can’t play smoothly; crutch of DAW editing.
    • But my show – the deal is – is a “live broadcast” format, = no editing pass exists; it goes straight to “live/airwaves”.
    • My producer friends cannot grasp this; they say “Just fix it in Edit.” I’m all like THERE IS NO “EDIT” PHASE, IT’S LIVE BROADCAST, DODO HEAD!! YOU DAW-ADDICT POSERS JUST DON’T GET IT. 🤦‍♂️

Fact Check of me: TRUE! Proof that I’m always right. And 8 years quicker than Hanegraaff. I wrote the phrase, extremely boldly with maximum force (“sh00t to k1ll”), “entheogenic esotericism” on the World-Wide Web on June 12, 2004: https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-66/#message3335
See, *that’s* how u should write, waffle gang; the very opposite of “soften the blow to ingratiate yourself with the dominant establishment hegemonic paradigm Exotericism received view, so reasonable, so anti-plant.”

Group: egodeathMessage: 3335From: Michael HoffmanDate: 12/06/2004
Subject: Authentic esotericism is entheogenic esotericism
Authentic esotericism is entheogenic esotericism. Entheogens are the key to
esotericism. This is the simplest possible theory of esotericism, and the
most natural, the least contrived and strained. Theories of esotericism that
are not based on entheogens suffer from the problem of grandiose verbiage,
unmet promises and claims, chronic vagueness, excuses for lack of potent and prompt efficacy, and no ability to deliver the experiences which are talked about. Drug-free esotericism doesn’t work; it is not effectively ergonomic.

— Michael Hoffman
Burn #3

Hanegraaff’s 2012 article Entheogenic Exotericism, in the book Contemporary Exotericism.

Contemporary Exotericism
Egil Asprem, Kennet Granholm
2014
http://amzn.com/1908049324
$173.61
Chapter 19: Entheogenic Exotericism
Wouter Hanegraaff

Errata, and Why I *Must* Stop Interrupting Reading-Aloud a Paragraph to Prematurely Switch to Critique/Praise Mode
  • I claimed that Hanegraaff was good for using the word ‘natural’ for some psychoactives. In fact, this topic has nothing to do with the fallacy of “traditional mystics’ natural, non-drug methods”. At least I did realize that – chastened — at the very end of my commentary; I ended up having to retract my interruption point. My dislike of ‘artificial’ for synthetics is valid, but I conflated two different domains. SHUT UP AND READ-ALOUD, fool.
    • solution: step 2, “paraphase”, is simply re- read-aloud of the paragraph, w/o filler words and 5-syllable words. That’s the time to set-up for a critique. thinkin’:
      1. Step 1: read-aloud, strictly. no interrupting.
      2. Step 2: Loose read-aloud. Critique/interruption allowed, this time/ during this pass.

Production Info

  • Mic: Shure SM57, ~3.5″, 45 degrees off-axis, no pop filter or windscreen.
  • Mic preamp/mixer: XENYX302USB
    • Bass ~-2dB, Treble ~+2dB (2-band).
    • GAIN: 1:30, MIC: 1:30, MAIN MIX: 10:30.
  • Recorder: TASCAM DR-05. Mono, 16 bit, 44.1 kHz. Input level: 0 of 90.
  • Tracking file: 210203_2212.wav
  • Project file:

ATTENTION ALL COFFEEHOUSES OF THE SOLAR FEDERATION – WE HAVE BREWED ESPRESSO

How Brown Asked Whether Egodeath Community Wrote About Criteria of Proof

I Remembered How Brown Asked Whether the Egodeath Community Wrote About Criteria of Proof; Leading to Criteria Article; Leading to Psalter Proof Article, Proving 70 Psychoactive Mushrooms in the Heart of Christian Art

It’s about my having disproved a certain Moderate Entheogen Theory argument about a vial…

Defining “Compelling Evidence” & “Criteria of Proof” for Mushrooms in Christian Art

The Vial Can’t Be Amanita, Because the Vial Has a Serrated Bulb – HAHAHHAHA

todo: even better, the cover image!! haha

Added Golden Guide page to my Vial rebuttal section, SWEET! thx Mr. Schultes

Page: Psychedelic Mystery Traditions (Hatsis)
Section: An Attempted Argument for the Moderate Mushroom Theory of Christianity: The Vial that Looks Like Amanita
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/psychedelic-mystery-traditions-hatsis/#aaaftm

😄 🍄

“Looking closely at the photo, Julie disagreed with this description.
“Jer,” she said, calling me over to the hotel room window to examine the photo in the light. “Look closely, there at the bottom. That’s a straight edge, not the round bulb of an Amanita. And furthermore, this white “bulb” is serrated all over with regular grooves. That’s not a mushroom she’s carrying, but a white vial with a red top probably holding her healing oil.”

Serrations on Amanita base.
From the book Hallucinogenic Plants (A Golden Book), by Richard Evans Schultes, 1976 (0th Edition of Plants of the Gods)

Hallucinogenic Plants – A Golden Guide (Richard Evans Schultes, 1976)

Hallucinogenic Plants (A Golden Guide)
Richard Evans Schultes
(1977-02-23) (1976?)
Kindle Edition
http://amzn.com/B08R7TD35Y

I managed to retrieve from email inbox this nice, clean PDF of the book.
Hallucinogenic-Plants-A-Golden-Guide.pdf

Psalter: It’s That Time Again – Facepalm Time

agghh this accursed image! making a fool out of me, month after month! what next?!

The entheogenic banqueter (the red initiate) who has taken off is supported and pulled by the angel of God by his {right arm}, emphatically not by his {left arm raised up floating} in the air, nor by his {feet} in the ordinary state on the right-hand side of the column, where we are blocked from seeing God’s power.

[10:32 p.m. February 2, 2021] – Correction. I finally recognized now that his feet are not to be read as “floating”, but clearly can be read and are to be read as “right foot on column; left foot floating”. This image embarrasses me month after month; this image continues to reveal “obvious” things that I was blind to and dense about. I added the following observation and struck my incorrect statement above, “supported … nor by his {feet}”. Below, I now added a zoomed, cropped image of his feet to look again. I did look intently before, specifically at his feet, and failed to figure out the reading of his feet; now it is obvious — why couldn’t I figure out the obvious reading, before? I think I evaluated his feet very early on, in my November interpretation pass.
The red initiate’s right foot rests on the stable column, and his left foot floats in thin-air, giving no purchase or support. Here’s what’s different this time:

  1. When I started decoding this image, I looked at his feet, and they didn’t seem to be firmly, sufficiently resting on the base, nor floating.
  2. I decoded all feet in the entire image, but didn’t re-look at these feet enough.
  3. Much later, after evaluating and thinking about all the feet in the image, I took another look, casually, at his feet, and finally now saw – based on the “rules” of how “foot resting on base” is depicted throughout the image – that his feet clearly fit the pattern; his feet are sufficiently on or off of the column base. I had to develop a solid, reliable basis and grounding for judgment on this matter, after comparing all other feet in the image, to see what constitutes “resting on the column base”. -mh, Feb. 2, 2021.
Added crop [10:32 p.m. February 2, 2021]. Right foot rests on stable column base, left foot floats in thin air – thus following the pattern of this overall image.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c/f134.item.zoom

Egodeath Show (2021-02-02b) Reading of Article “Entheogens (Psychedelic Drugs) and the Ancient Mystery Religions”: “Egodeath Show 2021-02-02b.mp3” 1:01:27 (Episode 8)

Egodeath Show 2021-02-02b – Reading of Mark Hoffman’s 2019 Article “Entheogens (Psychedelic Drugs) and the Ancient Mystery Religions”, with Per-Paragraph Paraphrasing

https://www.academia.edu/44235520/Entheogens_Psychedelic_Drugs_and_the_Ancient_Mystery_Religions_Mark_A_Hoffman

Production Info

  • Mic: Shure SM57, ~3.5″, 45 degrees off-axis, no pop filter or windscreen.
  • Mic preamp/mixer: XENYX302USB
    • Bass ~-2dB, Treble ~+2dB (2-band).
    • GAIN: 1:30, MIC: 1:30, MAIN MIX: 10:30.
  • Recorder: TASCAM DR-05. Mono, 16 bit, 44.1 kHz. Input level: 0 of 90.
  • Tracking file: 210202_2208.wav (outro: 210202_2209.wav)
  • Project file: /Users/michaelhoffman/Music/TK/2LevelModel/MarkHoffman/Mark Hoffman Article.aup

The Old, “Secret Entheogen” Paradigm vs. the New, “Explicit Psychedelic” Paradigm

2.5 hour voice recording. https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/idea-development-page-10/#Old-Secret-Entheogen-Paradigm-mp3

Hanegraaff’s chapter “Entheognic Esotericism”,
my 2002 critique of the Old Paradigm,
the Secret Entheogen Paradigm being incorpog Entheogen Diminishment fallacies, self-defeating.
Critiques of Pop Sike from Letcher/ Hatsis/ Irvin/ Kent/ Ball.

are there written critiques of field of entheogen scholarship? meta level.

Field of Western Esotericism ,
field of the egodeath theory,
field of entheogen scholarship.

Martin Luther’s 99 Thesis that demolished the church door to smithereens w/ gigantic nail (Hollywood Epic version).

Brown’s book subtitle has the evil word “Secret”, a sign of the Old Paradigm (Secret Entheogen), bring him to the New Paradigm.
tie-in my page:
“Amanita, Christianity, Surface Form, Low Esotericism” to “Psilocybe, Greek + Christian, Cognitive Effects, High Esotericism”

fav idea of this recording:

egoic vs. transcendent mental worldmodel ::
Old vs. New paradigm of entheogen scholarship

egoic-thinking : transcendent thinking ::
the Old, “Secret Entheogen” Paradigm : the New, “Explicit Psychedelic” Paradigm.