[ This is the second compilation of my draft writings for this year, from July to November. It takes the form of an expansive rant, centered loosely around the ideas of Hakim Bey and James Carse, along with other influences. A special thanks to Siona for introducing me to this material... in fact, this whole rant is a kind of 'gift' of thanks: I hope you like it! Also a shout-out to our Phoenix Awakened... keep up the good fight! We're waiting for you along the roads ahead. ]

[note: I will continue exploration of these ideas in the months to come, likely in the form of a fictional narrative that will bring them closer to the subject matter of 'The Shadow of Shambhala' or SOS project.]

The Poetic Terrorist

In Search of the Temporary Autonomous Zone

We are the disappeared. We surround you, invisibly, always subtle in our aid, vigilant in our patience. Our action is harmonious – though we may have never met, there is a faith amongst us that others, like us, exist.

We do not know the stories that come of our actions, and though this sometime pains us, it liberates our imagination. Our collaborative action is such that no one can take credit – for the collective is just as unknown as the action. We simply see what could be so, should others, like us, in fact exist.  We are discovering that we are a part of the Network.

It is difficult to suggest that this is a secret society. Commonly used, such a term implies cohesion, order, hierarchy, knowledge and the initiation of membership by the group – all of which the Network needs nothing. You join the Network by aligning yourself with it, by tuning in, by believing in it and then living your life as fully as you are able. You join the Network when you value your  own freedom and when you discover your own courage.
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[ these notes are taken from the theories presented by James P. Carse in his book 'Finite and Infinite Games' and are hereby to be associated with the literature of the TAZ and Immediatism, by Hakim Bey earlier appended ]

I’ve canonized Carse and his teachings, for the sake of playful irony, which I’m certain won’t be lost on the author when he inevitably finds his way here and laughs his head off.

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[ these notes have been extrapolated and expanded upon, the source is Hakim Bey's writings on the the subject of Raw Vision, Silence and the Critique of the Listener ]

Writing has taken us to the very edge beyond which writing may be impossible. Any texts which could survive the plunge over this edge– into whatever abyss or Abyssinia lies beyond–would have to be virtually self-created… the last screamed messages of a witch or heretic burning at the stake.

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[ these notes have been extrapolated and expanded upon, the source is Hakim Bey's writings on the the subject of Ontological Anarchism and Immediatism ]

“The practice of immediatism will release within us vast storehouses of forgotten power, which will not only transform our lives through the secret realization of unmediated play, but will also inescapably well up & burst out & permeate the other art we create, the more public & mediated art.” [ ... ]

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[ these notes have been extrapolated and expanded upon, the source is Hakim Bey's writings on the TAZ ]

“The New Autonomy will either infiltrate the media and subvert ‘it’ from within — or else never be “seen” at all. The TAZ exists not only beyond Control but also beyond definition, beyond gazing and naming as acts of enslaving, beyond the understanding of the State, beyond the State’s ability to SEE.”

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