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Sacred Fire

31 chapters. 7 parts. One story.

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PART 1

The Fire Was One

Paleolithic → Crete. How fire burned before words and temples

0From the AuthorFor that boy I once was.1Fire Before the WordPaleolithic. Venus of Berekhat Ram. 500,000 years.2Sumer: Civilization Born in a TempleInanna. Hierodules. Sex as state foundation.3Egypt: Three Thousand Years of HathorOsiris and Isis. Sekhmet. Temple ecstasy.4Crete: The Labyrinth Without WallsMinoan civilization. Snake Goddess. Bull dance.

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PART 2

Mysteries and the East

Eleusis → Radha-Krishna. Mysteries of Greece and the East

5Eleusis: Two Thousand Years of the UnspokenThe Mysteries. Kykeon. Telesterion.6Dionysus: The God Who Tears ApartMaenads. Sparagmos. Sacred madness.7Tantra: The Science of Inner FireKashmir Shaivism. Abhinavagupta.8Radha-Krishna: Forbidden Love as PathViraha. Chaitanya. Rasa-lila.

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PART 3

Monotheism and the Song

Yahweh → Kabbalah. Monotheism and its secret

9Yahweh vs. AsherahDeuteronomists. Josiah's reform.10Solomon: The Tantric KingThe Temple. A thousand women.11The Queen of ShebaThe Ethiopian line. Kebra Nagast.12Song of SongsThe most erotic text in the Bible.13Kabbalah: Reuniting What Was BrokenShekhinah. Tikkun. Friday night.

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PART 4

Transmutation

Christianity → Sufism. Transmutation of fire

14Christianity: White-Hot AsceticismTeresa of Ávila. Bernini.15Tapas: The Foundation of FireA dam, not a drought.16Alchemy: ConiunctioThe sacred marriage. Seven stages.17Sufism: Drunk on GodRumi. Majnun. Dhikr.

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PART 5

Modern Era

Crowley → Charismatics. Modern attempts

18Crowley: An Engine Without BrakesThelema. Technique without ethics.19Osho: Walls Without a RoofZorba-Buddha. Rajneeshpuram.20Zaporozhtsev: Russian TantraFlowchart. Tapas → kriya → pranayama → maithuna.21Charismatics: The Fire ReturnedGlossolalia. Azusa Street.

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PART 6

Memeplex Mechanics

Suppression → Secrecy. Memeplex mechanics

22Why They Destroy the TriadAnatomy of suppression. Memeplex immunity.23The Capacitor: Physics of ProhibitionProhibition as lens. Lila. Veils.24Three Strategies: Wall, Dispersion, SailThree responses of fire to suppression.25Secrecy as ArchitectureFacade / core / gateway.26Life and Death of GodDead Gods = mitochondria.

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PART 7

Dawn

Psychedelics → Finale. Dawn

27The Psychedelic RenaissancePsilocybin. Hopkins. MAPS.28The Neuroscience of EcstasyfMRI. Default mode network. Maithuna = plateau.29Awakening of RootsNones. Deconstruction.30Global Map of RevivalFour types of Fire. The New Titans.31What He Once Wept AboutFinale. Every memeplex is someone's dream.32AfterwordThank you for walking beside me.

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