De Oppresso Liber

Pedro "Papi" Munoz

from Fayetteville,North Carolina​

born 30.6.1957 Quebradillas,Puerto Rico​

son of Antonio Munoz​

husband of Gisela Munoz,North Carolina (1 daughter Dalia)​

entered service February 1986​

graduated SF 1989-90​

3 SFG 1990-99​

US Army Parachute Team "the Golden Knights" 1999 - 2002​

7 SFG 2002-05​

awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with V device,Bronze Star,Meritorious Service Medal,Army Commendation Medal​

KIA Shindand,Herat Province,Afghanistan 

Papi was stationed in Herat with my unit to conduct Special Forces assignments in the area. I had sat down with him one day and asked if I could ask him some questions while we ate. He said sure and was friendly but had a seriousness about him. I would have his attention for several meals. He didn't mind answering my Special Forces questions and was very encouraging. We even went on a run and I was incredibly impressed by his speed and endurance. 

The next time I saw SFC Munoz was when he was being unloaded from a blackhawk in Herat on a stretcher. It was a night assault and he was wounded. He bled out on the way to the field hospital. My deepest condolences to his family and friends. For the short minutes he spent with me, it left some lasting impressions. He is remembered. 

 My Brother starts testing for his Expert Infantry Badge this week. Hopefully he can attend Ranger school. His commander is Ranger qualified so maybe he has some authority that would be willing to help if he asked her. He has a great command supporting him at the moment. I am proud of his commitment and discipline. He is a Staff Sergeant now. 

I just read Kill or Get Killed by Rex Applegate.

Some good details in it that survive the test of time. I found several items worth remembering. I also read a book on combat knives which was really good. The beginning is a really thorough breakdown of knife design and manufacturing, but the second half is really the meat. 

One time during a flight I sat with an SF soldier and had a conversation. He left me with this : "Be the grey man." What he meant was don't be highly polarized but seeing of both sides in a team. I had seen how team work was often a time demonstrating communication skills but he was giving me another angle. I assume he was also part of 7th Group, we were on a flight to Herat, but I never got his name. The Quiet Professionals as they are sometimes called are a really fascinating breed of character attributes. The tasks they are asked require extensive expertise in several areas.

I have much admiration and respect for them. I owe one of them my life. I had a serious gastrointestinal pain that came along with the shits. I was stationed in Hawaii and I went to our unit P.A. He was a former 18D and casually agreed to look me over. He announced what he thought it was after the exam: appendicitis. He then sent me to the hospital for further evaluation. None of the Doctors could figure out what it was and I had even when I shared with them the diagnosis he gave me. Eventually, they decided for exploratory surgery where they found appendicitis to be the case. 

I also met a Sergeant Major Lighty, or Bob as he liked to be called. He was kind enough to give us a tour of the hotel they had acquired and showed us the AT4 launchers lined parallel with the road at the windows to the place. This was also in Shandand Afghanistan. He was a hoot. He was also a Special Forces soldier. In charge of training Afghan National troops. I hope he is doing well these days.

Some people are into the SEALs and others are a fan of the Superbowl. I' am more impressed by the Special Forces and The Best Ranger competition. There is an excellent online community for interacting with retired and active Special Forces and it is well worth joining. As for the Best Ranger Competition I will still look over the lists of participants and winners. It takes 62 hours of testing. Fuck the Superbowl. It changes with each competition as well.

https://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums

 

22 forms

 Inside this book are instructions for 22 forms or postures. I have made a previous post on Butoh. With these forms you can channel emptiness, while simultaneously focusing on parameters for execution. 

This is a physical gesture that works even when the names of the forms have been altered to that of the Thelemic qliphoth. These entities correspond to the Trumps of the Tarot. There is a Class A Thelemic Holy book on the subject. Liber 231. The gestures can be performed to configure an appropriate expression of physical intelligence that the entities can identify with. After the appropriate fundamental rituals are performed. 

Thought forms are a Tibetan expertise but the Class A text leads to its use. These are patterns of orientation I am applying for ritual purposes. The music corresponding to this series of gestures can be aligned with 22 E.D.O. tuning, allowing a note for each of the separate intelligences. Note systems were developed by the Golden Dawn, Aleister Crowley (a cryptic note of corresponding information from someone else), and Kenneth Grant. Grant was the only one to hint at microtonal music by including a 31 note structure created by a composer named Choates. 

22 E.D.O. suits my needs for the time being. The twenty two postures can be reflected by utilizing my Geiger tarot deck. Shuffling through would determine the shell being worked with, the microtonal key, and a physical mudra. I got the mudra idea from applying a deck of seventy two hand mudra cards with the Goetia. It has worked very well. Seventy two is a bit more to memorize than twenty two. With the knife angles it is a base of ten, reflecting the Tree of Life.

There are twenty two Thelemic Holy days to observe a card in scrying. March 20th through April 10th. I still need to acquire a ASM Hydrasynth for musical data. Maybe next year. Goetic workings are going nicely and I have method or style of working that has yielded results. My favorite Goetic paraphernalia are probably the Goetic deck created by Priscilla Schwei. It like the Giger deck is rare now. 

 

My magickal Crown was decimated and eaten by the Goetia in my brass bowl. I had set the object inside and it deteriorated. A fungus grew up around it and it was left to reclamation on the workbench. Ms. Schwei guided me to finding the corresponding demon for the time of my birth. A very useful bit of information. 

TOPY and the OTTT

 I first came across The Temple ov Psychick Youth as a teenager. I had discovered Thee Grey Book online. It fascinated me and I looked forward to finding more about them but really couldn't find anything other than references to one of it's founding members: Genesis P. Orridge. It felt like coming full circle because I had discovered Genesis on some Pigface records. I would years later find Genesis' TOPY book, Thee Psychick Bible.

In it were numerous articles from various authors and it even had a recommended reading list. At the launch of the book, Genesis announced that there would be a new TOPY presence, going by the name of One True TOPY Tribe online. It was on Ning. I went through the book list a selected a few titles to study. One was on Communes. I was living in Washington State at the time and read about Tolstoy farms. 

It was near my house and soon to my fortune I ran into a girl who lived and worked there. We began dating and I stayed on the commune for some time in her house. This was even suggested by the temple that members online meet communities in the real world and network. It was a call for outsiders and artists and other such slanders to actualize a new organization. All held together with an online hub hosted by Genesis. 

If you had net access you could join the online community. It was free. Soon it attracted a lot of different people and the communication was global. A group of musicians decided to network and collaborate and I was among them. I helped with the draft of intent and purpose for a collaboration and like all good temporary autonomous zones, it had an end date. We traded tracks online and collaborated virtually and put together an album in the spirit of The Third Mind by Gysin and Burroughs and put it out. https://keepersofthefire.bandcamp.com/

After a while the online community was doing all sorts of things like releasing albums and collaborating on art, and then Genesis said no more. Having had her reasons They unplugged it. The hub was dead and the entities scattered in the void of the web. I learned a lot from this period of time. Something about communes and something about cultural engineering. I am a fan of intentional communities and visit Snake Village here to see friends. I also learned there needs to be a death cycle for a proper temporary autonomous zone. 

It is an organic expression of a living body so naturally, it would be best to surmise its activity in a proper death cycle. In a sense the OTTT had one. It just wasn't known to it's adherents. I still have my backpatch. Haven't thought of the proper rockers. IT was Genesis' idea to carry on the biker motif and I had the yellow and gold patch but much prefer the red and black colors. A patch or signifying badge or limited production item is worthy of possession. It is set apart from mass produced product. A memento then its done. 

I tracked done an original copy of Thee Grey Book and still resonate with it. What a pleasurable piece of propaganda. The Psychick Cross was trademarked by Genesis during their lifetime, and it originally served as the symbol of non-aligned forces in Vietnam. It was shown in one of the photographs, accompanying The Grey Book. Since its adoption, it has symbolically been charged with occult information and has several articles on it in The Psychick Bible. The 23 Enigma is hard to pinpoint. The majority of influence comes from Gysin and Burroughs. Then Crowley in chapter 23 of the Book of Lies.

Although as of yet I don't have a TOPY tattoo but I do have The Process symbol. A cult/collective I was exposed through Skinny Puppy and TOPY. I saw the symbol above doorways in places in Afghanistan. It is symbolic of many things to me. Lords of the four quarters. The Thelemic pantheon. The elements. Transformation. Creative energy. 

Within it the Temple stands. Genesis did some good leaving behind The Psychick Bible. T.O.P.Y. T.A.Z.! People apparently sell copies of Thee Grey Book for 300USD. Start your own cult of personality today. Simply "borrow" from the dead ones. Anything to dismantle CONTROL. There will be a humiliation ceremony or hazing. Even the 12 step groups do that. Ritualistic scarring will be self inflicted. The severity of your loyalty will be apparent. Schrodinger's cat was named Sekhmet. All gods and goddesses are alive and dead. You need to adhere to as many as you like. 

The One shot recordings

In Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, the worlds music is highly produced and perfect. I make recordings that are improvisational and not rehearsed to the point of perfection. What I have been trying to capture is a solid audio take that catches -the moment- something sticks to the web of imagination. So I grab an instrument, program the beats (or play them), and loosely play along then abruptly stop. I am making a live arrangement, usually with a single take. Then I can layer and mix. 

I prefer the qualities of doing these layers of improvisation and continue to record this way. My Rhizome Connectome track "lime" is a good example of bass guitar used in this context. 

https://rhizomeconnectome.bandcamp.com/track/lime

I have several paintings I need to photograph and upload to my gallery. Some of them were well executed and others show resistance to the creative process. Most were produced by way of the critical paranoiac method described by Dali. Typically my music recording goes the same route. Writing too. I think I will continue the one shot experiments for a while longer. They have really impressed me as a form of channeling energies. 

I recorded an album called Sylphs which was my intentional scryings utilizing audio and instruments bound to the zodiacal notation standard. It is something I am considering selling as merch on bandcamp, but only to produce funds for the next record. The next record will be utilizing microtonal tuning in 22 E.D.O. In the meantime, I am working on a cassette EP recorded on a Fostex X 14. My favorite four track recording medium thus far. This is my second unit. 

Working with microtonality is something I really want to do. There are VST instruments which are microtonal, but I prefer hardware GUI over computer and found something else. 

49 keys would be ideal for Heptarchy Workings. Tuned to 22 E.D.O. and played for each invocation. 

Evocations also. I am re-reading Aleister Crowley and the Ouija Board by J. Edward Cornelius. This tool is something I am considering designing for my own use. I prefer the planchette over the pendulum. And even the keyboard of the Hydrasynth uses the Dactyls. For concentration I found a recommendation in Mastering the Mystical Heptarchy for the photosonix 100. I looked into it and found a different product which was better designed. 

With audio generators you can enhance the trance experience. Roughly fifteen minutes is needed to entrain the brain. A meaningless sensory overload is useful before attempting contact. A simultaneous hypnotic induction may be played in conjunction to further aid the proper brain state. After sitting in asana and letting the audio and visual stimulus begin to elapse one will harness a deeper awareness. 

Burning henbane seeds is something that witches and sorcerers have been utilizing for some time. It is generally not mentioned in detail as to how this is done, but there is an excellent book on a serial killer who used henbane seeds in his seances. Later he resorted to henbane injections. He was so dependent on it that he was allowed to administer an injection in the presence of the police just so he could remain mentally clear.

I still have yet to read his hypnosis scripts in the book. I am cautious when it comes to ingesting the word virus as William S. Burroughs calls it. Especially the words of a hypnotist that is advanced in training. I was taught hypnosis via an Ericksonian school. Under Dr. Doug Yost. Dr. Doug was an excellent clinician and would never hesitate to tell you your odds with hypnosis and turn people away because they simply were not ready to implement a change. He was very ethical that way.

Dr. Doug also had an excellent hypnosis stage show that I helped with for several events. We spent many nights chain smoking and drinking coffee. He taught me much regarding scripts and nuerolinguistic programming. I used to record my hypnosis tapes and sell them to clients. It was a long time ago. Some favorite quotes: "I can't means you don't want to or you don't know how" " You never talk negatively about your partner in the company of others. " "In a couple there is usually one that loves the other more."

He got me Board certified through the A.B.H. but I never kept up my practice and got on with the Army instead. I had thrown out my Hypnosis Institute learning materials years ago. So I am looking for an Ericksonian book that can help me revisit my old interest. 

Hebephrenia

 Holy shit there is a lot of noise on this blog. Took a look at some past entries. Interesting to come back to all these years later.

Hunter S. Thompson was on my mind earlier. I was curious as to what weapon He used to shoot himself. I could only get it down to caliber. A .45 of some sort. I wonder if the cops took it. The weapon. Or will it lie in the museum they are opening for fans. It should be only right that the gun should be left to the family, but seeing as suicide is considered a crime in many places, I wouldn't be surprised if it was taken.

I'm wearing a HST t shirt right now. I have yet read any of his books but I loved the movies which were semi autobiographical. The narration by Depp in Fear and Loathing was excellent and hilarious. I then watched a couple of documentaries on Hunter S Thompson and found myself a fan of His spirit. I learned that He felt better knowing a way out of this mess via suicide. In AngelTech there is a questionaire and one of the questions is which would you prefer: Slow death or quick decay? 

Recently a Veteran I know passed away in Her home of fairly natural causes despite a long time with mental degradation. She was fortunate to have her beloved friends guide her through that transition. She lived to 78. An Heroic dose of Slow death. She remained strong all the way through it. She was a Goddess devoted to Hecate. 

Last week I was curious as to how Jeff Ward, the drummer for Nine Inch Nails, Lard and Ministry, went about His business. Apparently, all I found was carbon monoxide poisoning. That usually takes five to fifteen minutes. That isn't as quick as Hunter, but virtually painless. The usual method is by vehicle exhaust in a confined space or by attaching a tube from the exhaust pipe to the window. No word on if this is what Jeff did. 

I also came across a anti-psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz. He died by His own hand after suffering a fall. I can find nothing regarding how He did so. He is on my list to read. Don't worry, I can live that long. The idea of lasting long is something I am attached to. Longevity being what it is in this era of pollutants and indulgences, I remain skeptical. Dr. Szasz died at 92. Hunter S. Thompson was 67. Jeff Ward was 30. 

I will continue living and seeing this world evolve as I do, but I live with a dark spirit that impedes my concentration and fills it with curious thoughts. However repugnant or vile they may be, that trash and noise is proof of communication. I have already crossed that bridge. These are spirits. Not emanations from some imaginary subconscious. 

There is material out there regarding this phenomenon but I haven't gotten that far into it. Hell's Angels is at the library. I will pick it up. Make up for this lack of respect for Hunter S. Thompson. I recently read Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton and I am venturing into Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. I had been suggested to read it years ago and then it came to mind the other day. The very next day it was on the juvenile shelf laying singled out from the others and I picked it up. 

Hiro Protagonist is a swordsman in the book. I found this interesting because I really enjoy studying swordsmanship. I was shown some basic elements by my friend Jesus Garcia back in Hawaii. I would like to take it up again. It took some time and an investment in the wrong DVD but I was able to find the style he was teaching me Eishin Ryu Iaido. There is a signature movement that made it apparent to me. Thank you Jesus. 

For now I am working on knife work by practicing drills from this book:

It has been a good read an study implement. My Mom has been doing Tai Chi but I am not certain which style. I found a promising DVD on the Yang style here: https://ymaa.com/publishing/dvd/tai-chi-chuan%E2%80%94classical-yang-style-long-form

It goes through the thirteen postures which aligns with my Lunar predisposition. I have suffered a foot ailment and I am attempting to restore balance. Besides, my footwork needs it. The knife I borrow from the Sikhs. They carry a knife as a spiritual item. My Thelemic leanings into their writings has been nil. Though we keep the four volume set here in the kiblah. I yearn to Honor the Moon. I have read some interesting things. It would be nice to read some more. 

Is this Kali yuga?

 It's been some time but I am reviving this blog. These days I find myself in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. Recording here and there, not painting. It has been three years since my last realization coinciding with my introduction of injections. Chemognosis at an expense. 

No cell phone. Again. I will miss the maps but it is not my thing anymore. Staying quiet, and making new connections. Walked away from a cult after five or six years. What a head trip. It turned me on to a different existence but ultimately it lacked in various ways which would not facilitate growth. It was a good decision to leave and live another way. 

I still reside with the other yet I suspect there are more than one inside. I went into a sweat lodge and had felt the presence of several entities struggling for attachment. I left the lodge and settled by myself and smoked a cigarette. I had an impression come over me while inside that I was experiencing something with my Mother. It was at the very moment that the Medicine Man said the lodge was like the womb of our Mother. 

I plan on attending again but I don't know how I feel about sweating. The entities assured me harm if I sought to rid myself of them. Another question asked by a loved one, was whether I was ready to give it up anyway. There are the benefits of a symbiotic relationship. I am eager to see what comes of this. I hope you are doing well dear reader. This is the kali yuga.