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dmax
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 		Puzzle: Aquarium contents
Go to the About Us page and click on the horizontal arrows and you'll find the Butterfly & Chaos article. In the midst of it, you'll see this nonsequiter:
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"was there ever a more effective acrostic of 'for divers visions' than an infrared remote control"
Well, there's not even an A to create the word infrared, and what the heck is this a reference to?
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catherwood
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 		Re: Puzzle: Aquarium contents
dmax wrote:
In the midst of it, you'll see this nonsequiter:
Quote:
"was there ever a more effective acrostic of 'for divers visions' than an infrared remote control"
Well, there's not even an A to create the word infrared, ...?

You're probably thinking of anagrams. Acrostics are like acronyms, the first letter of every word; anagrams are scrambled letters.

Is 'infrared remote control' really pointing you to an IRC chat room? Or is there a paragraph somewhere that spells out "fordiversvisions" with its initial letters?

--just an outsider lurking and poking her nose in.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:52 pm
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AnthraX101
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 		"Divers visions" probably would refer to getting narked, or Nitrogen Narcosis. Thats what causes divers to become disorented, and is probably the most dangerous thing that can hapen to a diver.

In further research, however, it seems to refer to the fourth chapter of the third book of Abramelin. It contains acrositic squares in some sort of cerimonial magic. Book can be found here (Ch. 4 begins on page 16):

http://w3.one.net/~browe/pdf/abramelin_book3.pdf

More details on Abramelin to follow.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:38 pm
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AnthraX101
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 		Ok, darn it, I lost my post. Grr. Lets see if I can retype it.

The quote in question is part of the original Wishing Well article. In the incantations of Abramelin, he puts forward acrostic squares that are then translated back into their original Hebrew and are chanted in order to perform magik [sic]. Book 3, Chapter 4 contains the spells to create visions. The first square, for instance contains the incantations to create a vision in a mirror of glass and crystal.

Now, Frater Choronzon was referring to this in his article "The Wishing Well -or- Releasing the Butterfly of Chaos" was the similarity of technology and magic. In the words of Arthur C. Clarke, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. This is the whole paragraph from the article

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The actual process by which a successful wish is transformed into its outcome is, of course, magic; at least in the sense that modern TV receiver might be acknowledged as such by Agrippa or Abra-Melin the Mage - Was there ever a more effective acrostic "for divers visions" than an infrared remote control?


As I am sure that Abramelin would agree, pointing a magic wand at a box of mirror glass and crystal, and then having visions appear would truly be an act of magic.

For those interested, here is the conclusion of the article "The Wishing Well -or- Releasing the Butterfly of Chaos". I did not see it posted anywhere before, and is quite an interesting read;

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The atmosphere is not the only chao/dynamic envelope surrounding our
planet; there also exists the magnetosphere, which we perceive at
ground level as the earths magnetic field. At present it exerts a
force which causes a compass needle to point approximately towards
the North Pole.

The magnetosphere extends out into so-called empty space well beyond
the atmosphere of the planet, and is anything but static in
character. Complete polarity reversals can occur. A record of these
is preserved in the sequence of North and South oriented volcanic
rocks which have been mapped in the ocean floor extending outwards
from mid-oceanic ridges, such as that which runs the lenght of the
Atlantic. The magnetosphere exhibits its own "weather" patterns
which, like the atmospheric weather, are driven primilarily by
radiation from the Sun/Solar Winds. Magnetic and electric storms
which affect TV and radio reception are a phenomena of
magnetospheric weather, and interaction between the magnetosphere
and the atmosphere can result in phenomena such as the Aurora
Borealis or Northern Lights. Other manifestations include ball-
lightning and St. Elmo`s fire.

The ritual procedure put forward here postulates a process whereby a
sudden pulse of electro-chemical energy, through an operators
nervous system, establishes a magnetic structure which is the
mathematical equivalent of a smoke-ring. It is suggested that this
can occur on the onset of orgasm or accompanying a powerful
martial-arts styled shout or KIAI, by a process akin to that of the
Faraday Induction described in any half-decent textbook. The
"magical" part of the process involves injecting a
flash-visualisation of the eventual desired outcome of the magneto-
smoke-ring as it is being established. The rest of the process of
wish fulfillment is left to the wondrous dynamics of Chaos. It may
be helpful for the operator to face towards the geographical
(magnetic) North Pole.

If performed as a solo working, this ritual may usefully be preceded
by a banishing and visualisation exercise. The ritual text is
written in the Enochian language of the angelic calls which were
devised or discovered by Dr. John Dee in the 16th Century. In the
sense that Enochian can be seen as a system of control (or cyber-)
language for "life, the universe, and everything" it has many of the
characteristics of a computer programming language. Among such
properties would be those of recursive self-reference (ie. the
ability to modify itself), and some of the phraseology of the
preamble to the ritual is designed to apply ideas developed by
Douglas Hoffstadter in his book Godel, Escher, Bach to the Enochian
language. Specifically, the text of the ritual should increase its
own potency with repetition.

After the Enochian preamble, the participant(s) should make a
vocalized statement of a "wish" or willed endpoint for the working,
at the same time strongly visualizing the desired outcome. This
"wish" may be of a benefic or malefic intent, but beware! the
Enochian preamble carries a force of personal honor, in wishes of a
dishonorable character they are likely to backfire.

The pre-climatic mantrum "Zarzas Zarzas Nasatanata Zarzas" is held
to be untranslatable. It is, by tradition, a formula which opens the
Gates of Hell or the Abyss; in this context it is used to invoke the
dynamic process of Chaos by which the wish can be fulfilled. Some
occult authorities, Crowley among them, assert that the Zarzas
formula is dangerous and advise against using it. Modern Chaos
magicians do not share that view and, besides having employed it for
years with no particular ills impacting the user, is consistently
been found to enhance the effectiveness of most categories of
magical working.

The final climatic KIAI may be shout such as that projected by a
martial arts practioner in the process of shattering a concrete
block (or someone`s sternum), or else an exaggerated cry of orgasmic
ecstasy. Prospective participants with orgiastic inclinations may
care to experiment with variant techniques to effect the final KIAI
exclamation which sets the magical "butterfly effect" process in
motion. For example, the Enochian couplet following the statement of
the wish might be committed to memory by operator of either gender,
and repeated while other participants stimulate that operator to a
frenzied pitch of ecstasy, culminating in the final KIAI. Such
variants are for the more experimentaly inclined, but it is the sort
of experiments which magicians of an unhibited frame of mind (or
body) may find it enjoyable to carry out as an end in itself. Any
feedback on results would be welcome!

...continued by ritual text...

Ritual text / Enochian Invocation:

COMSELH I P MALPURG DSI
The circle with eight fiery darts which is

DRILPA EMETGIS DE CHAOS
the great seal of chaos

AS IOADAF DE TOL GLO
was in the of all things.
beginning
T I TA HUBAR BLIOR
It is as a continual of comfort
burning lamp
NONCA GMICALZOMA CRIP I CORAXO
to you of power & but is as thunders of judgement
understanding & wrath
CIAOFI DE PAR AG IAIADIX
to the of them of no honor
terror
SOLPHETH BIEN:
hearken to my voice:

VOMSARG IADNAMAD GOHULIM:
unto every one of you of undefiled knowledge it is said:

"OI EMETGIS LONSHI OVOF SA
"This seal of power may be in
magnfied
MIAN I SAPAH DE OI
continuancewith the mighty of this
sounds
LU IA HE BAHAL"
song of honor cried with a loud voice"

VLCININ DS I ZA ZAZ
Happy is s/he who has framed

ANGELGARD MANIN PRGE
thoughts in the mind with the fire

ANANAEL PI
of this secret wisdom, s/he

I VGEG T CAPMIALI FISIS
is become also successively to execute
strong
BUTMONA ATH OD AMMA EMNA:
By mouth the works and curses herein:

>> MAKE YOUR WISH HERE <<

SA CHAOS ANGELGARD HARG
Into chaos the thoughts are planted

OD IONAS AZIAGIAR.
and they will become like unto the harvest

ZARZAS ZARZAS NASATANATA ZARZAS

!!! KIAI !!!


http://www.the-sacredgrove.com/wishing_.html

AnthraX101

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 		This was copied from elsewhere on the web with no alteration I can see. One source of the original can be found here: http://www.the-sacredgrove.com/wishing_.html

Beware wild geese and tangents for they can suck the life out of you. Wink

I also believe that "divers visions" is simply and old spelling of "diverse visions" and has nothing at all to do with the bends.

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AnthraX101
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 		Yes it was. Sorry, my larger post got messed up. I posted it up now. Smile

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 		Can't delete it

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dmax
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 		Geese sucking?
mottjr wrote:

Beware wild geese and tangents for they can suck the life out of you. Wink


GROSS!

And thanks to all. I hadn't really looked much at this at the beginning, and it caught my eye thus morning before the coffee kicked in.
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 		Did anyone possibly mention or suggest that it's not "diver's visions" or "diverse visions" but rather diversions ?

what better diversion that the infrared remote control? as in the TV. People spend hours clicking the remote in front of the TV.

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 		Aquarium link
I didn't see it posted anywhere, but has anyone checked out the link that comes up when you click on the text underneath "Speech..." (in "Services" on the aquarium page)? When it's the first thing you click on, the link that comes up is http://link2.com/ - it looks like it might not be in-game, but I'm not sure if anyone else has seen it.....

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