Solve et Coagula

Neuroboards Phase N

2007-06-30T21:26:27Z

We're back, bitches.

http://www.neuroboards.com/

Circuses and bad publicity...

2006-02-20T09:39:57Z

"When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained."
- Edward R. Murrow

Googlism

2006-01-17T16:39:39Z

"ROBERT HENLEY is the Chief Executive Officer in charge of Operations."

http://www.hardhatt.com/page3.html

It's been a year already?

2005-12-21T13:42:45Z

One year ago today I read an article in The Age about Neurocam, read many blogs in their completion, and sent in my reg info.

I'm still here. And I'm trying not to be sentimental.

It wouldn't do any good, anyway, since it seems like most of the 'cammers these days weren't around back then in the before time. I mean, how many of you even remember Xul Solar?

But I've been trying to get a handle on the idea that new ops are coming along and looking at me in the same way as my generation came along and viewed Q, xade, Tript, and even Hamish, but then hadn't they only been around for six months themselves at the time? Graham was the real ole-timer, having began his association some two years ago now, or one year before the article for those of you bad at math.

So today, on the one year mark of my becoming a part of a process called Neurocam, I want to salute the real old-timers, those five, Q, xade, Tript, Hamish, and Graham.

Merry Crowleymas!

2005-10-12T15:48:03Z

There is a sucker born every minute, and 130 years ago was no exception. Happy birthday, Aleister.

The Neuroboards

2005-10-06T09:31:45Z

So the Neuroboards went down. No one bothers to ask me why they are down, and then a few days later the following disclaimer appears on Neurocam's disclaimer page:

neurocam has not requested the removal of www.neuroboards.com
neurocam is not affiliated with www.neuroboards.com
the management of www.neuroboards.com are not inducted operatives of neurocam international

The Neuroboards went down because Nixsys PAUS went down. Nixsys PAUS (that's Public Access Unix System, by the way) supplies the disk space and bandwidth to the Neuroboards free of charge. I did not take the Neuroboards down, and I have not been asked to take the Neuroboards down. I have also never told anyone anything to the contrary of that, though I'm aware of at least one person claiming that I told them NCI asked me to take them down.

Also, Neurocam did not ask me to set up the boards in the first place, as some have suggested. It was my idea; I wanted to ease communication between operatives on non-classified Neurocam related topics. I felt this was a resource needed by the Neurocam community as the number of public, blogging operatives was growing to the point that it was difficult to keep track of them all, let alone regularly visit them all.

Also, I am not an inducted operative, as that also seems to be a part of the rumor going around. Again, I have made no claim to be an inducted operative.

I do not know why Nixsys went down. The Nixsys page would normally be found at http://www.nixsys.bz/ as a quick Google search would show. I do not know when Nixsys, and subsequently the Neuroboards, will be back up. I am still trying to reach Nixsys' admin to find out why it's down and what the time table is for it to be back up.

While I'm at it, no one asked me to post this post, but as a friend of mine once told me, there's enough misdirection going on without me jumping in.

Update: The word from the man behind Nixsys:

"An update went not so good. Working around my schedule and that of the colo op. They've still not setup RCM so this wouldn't be a problem again. Not enough people wanted to pay for it to make it a priority, so here we are again. Ideally, it'll be back up tomorrow, when he and i both have time off to fuck with it. The mail's being queued."

Another quote from Foucault's Pendulum

2005-09-22T04:56:32Z

The Jesuits knew that if you want to confound your enemies, the best technique is to create clandestine sects, wait for dangerous enthusiasms to precipitate, then arrest them all. In other words, if you fear a plot, organize one yourself; that way, all those who join it come under your control.

A quote from Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum

2005-09-08T02:41:59Z

   ... he made a vague gesture, as if urging us to exercise greater discretion. "Forgive me," he said, "I don't know wether you gentlemen are interested in the subject purely from a professional, commercial standpoint, or whether you are connected with any mystical group . . ."
   We reassured him on that point.
  "Perhaps I am being excessively cautious," he said, "but I do not wish to have anything to do with a member of the OTO." Seeing our puzzlement, he added: "Ordo Templi Orientis, the conventicle of the remaining self-styled followers of Aleister Crowley. . . . I see that you are not connected. . . . All the better: there will be no prejudices on your side." He agreed to sit down. "Because, you understand, the work I would now like to show you takes a courageous stand against Crowley. All of us, myself included, are still faithful to the revelations of the Liber AL vel legis, which, as you probably know, was dictated to Crowley in Cairo in 1904 by a higher intelligence named Aiwaz..."

neurocam is not what you expect

2005-07-25T10:43:02Z

Initiation is never what you think it is to be: if it were, you would already be initiated.
~ Aleister Crowley

The Neuroboards

2005-02-10T03:36:06Z

http://www.neuroboards.com/

Questions and Answers with Maxwell Knight

2005-01-26T04:44:52Z

Dear Operative Simon Moon,

Thank you for your considered queries.

To answer your questions :

1. Does Neurocam have anything to do with initiation?

Although there are certain similarities, Neurocam is not an initiation process.

2. Is Neurocam influenced by Thelema?

Neurocam's employees, operatives and servitors draw influence from a wide variety of sources. We are not, however, directly influenced by the Thelema.

3. Is Neurocam influenced by the Rosicrucians?

Neurocam International is not directly influenced by the Rosicrucians.

4. Is Neurocam influenced by con games?

Neurocam International is not directly influence by "con games".

5. While I imagine this is to be left to my discretion, how much should I trust the information about Neurocam that can be gained from the study of the blogs of operatives who have been active for a longer period of time?

Your supposition that this matter is left to your discretion is correct.

6. Trust is an interesting thing, isn't it?

Trust is indeed an interesting thing. It can take years to establish, but mere seconds to destroy.

7. Does Neurocam have anything to do with Herpes virii?

Neurocam doe not have anything to do with Herpes Virii.

8. How should I, as an operative, respond if contacted by Archavida?

The organization known as Archavida does not have an official or authorized association with Neurocam.

Their motives, methods and actions are known only to themselves and thus Neurocam International can not guarantee the safety and security of any operative who choose to engage them.

Although Neurocam does not prohibit operatives from communicating with Archavida, we strongly recommend against this practice.

Thank you once again, Operative Simon Moon, for your e-mail. I hope my response has been to your satisfaction.

Regards,

Maxwell Knight
Head, Human Resources Security Division
Neurocam International
maxwell.knight@neurocam.com

Initiation and the Big Con

2005-01-20T03:09:12Z

For your consideration...

In a con game, everyone knows their part in a structured drama except for the mark.

When being initiated into a secret society, everyone knows their part in a structured drama except for the initiate.

Con games have a decided advantage in the illusion created: they happen in the real world, seamless with reality. The mark may never know that s/he was deceived.

The initiate knows s/he is being initiated. The initiation happens within the bounds of the lodge. The initiation rituals of most orders have lost their power.

The initiate does not need to know s/he is an initiate to experience initiation. Initiation, when brought into the model of the con, happening seamlessly with the rest of life, is greatly empowered.

I find it probable that Neurocam knows all of these things.

Neurocam fits the mold for what I would expect an organization seeking to spread initiation in this manner would look and operate like.

An email from Iocus Severus to Graham is relevant. For those too lazy to click, I quote the following from Graham's blog.

Consider this: In 1617, alchemist Michael Maier (1566-1622) published his book "Jocus Severus" in which he deals with certain processes of initiation, couched in the languages of satire and allegory.

And this: In your journal entry, dated January 29, 2004, you published an email you received from Robert Henley. I quote,

"As a kind of introduction (we prefer this term to *initiation*) we would like to set you an assignment. ...It is an important part of *a process you will soon come to understand.*" (my asterisks)

The Theatre of Magic by Ray Sherwin is good reading on this subject.

New Mission

2005-01-19T21:50:30Z

I've recieved a new mission today. I am unable to reveal the details (at this time?), but I can say that it has something to do with "The Magus" by John Fowles.

Neurocam Mission One - COMPLETE

2005-01-05T21:44:46Z

Response to NCI-1001/02

1. How did you hear about Neurocam?
On the Join My Cult! Email list.

2. What are your expectations of Neurocam?
In a con game, everyone knows their lines except the mark. In an initiation, everyone knows their lines except the initiate. Bringing initiation out of the lodge, and into the same conditions of spontaneity that con men face, initiation becomes more powerful. So, I expect initiation. You all really should read Ray Sherwin’s Theatre of Magic, if you haven’t already. Same idea.

3. What is your lucky number?
23

4. Do you instinctively turn left or right?
No.

5. Complete this sentence - "Neurocam is."
Neurocam is a con, and I am a mark.

Response to NCI-2001/01

4:00 PM
I am with two friends, a couple, L (male) & J (female), pulling out of Newport Federal Back. I am accompanying them as they complete some errands.
4:01
Stop at Mobil Gas Station so L can buy cigarettes.
4:05
Leave Mobil to visit a mutual friend, T.
4:07
Arrive at T's. Conversation is mostly bland, with the exception of church hopping. Church hopping is when a person who is traveling makes his travel money by stopping in at churches. At these churches, the traveler burst in and claims he has been sent here by God to give a message, takes over the service, and takes all the money gathered during the offering. The traveler is more likely a grifter than a Christian. We also listen to some local hip-hop made two blocks away by people we all know.
4:27
Depart T's for Wal*Mart.
4:33
Arrive at Wal*Mart. On the way in to Wal*Mart, L meets an elderly woman he knows. After we move on, I am told about this woman. She is married to one of the few hippies that have settled here. Inside the store, L meets another older woman that he knows. She turns out to also be much more interesting than most people in the area, having been one of the founding members of Cocke County's one and only poetry slam team. J picks up laundry detergent.
As we continue in Wal*Mart, we spontaneously decide to do a bit of guerilla ontology, with both L and I holding J's hands. We receive many confused and disapproving looks. L picks up 10-w40 motor oil. We continue to toy section, as L & J need to pick up a helmet for L's little sister. J notices a little girl near us who is alone, and asks her if she thinks it is pretty. She does indeed think it is pretty. I notice that the child has brown eyes and blond hair, an uncommon combination.
When we go to pay, I notice that line 23(!) is empty. Every other line has numerous people. We go to line 23, and the woman working there has a difficult time getting the register to work.
Exit Wal*Mart. As we walk to the car, one woman walks up to another woman and starts screaming.
"What's this shit I hear about you talking shit about my kids?"
"I ain't been saying nothing about your kids."
"I heard tell of it from Brenda and two other people that you been saying they're half Mexican. Well you ain't in no place to talk about nobody's kids."
At this point I had made it far enough away from the altercation that I couldn't make out what they were saying anymore.
5:00 PM
Depart Wal*Mart.
5:09 PM
Arrive Sonic Drive-In. L & J order food.
5:19
Depart Sonic.
5:20
Arrive at Coin Laundry laundromat.

L & J need to do laundry. In looking through my change, I notice I have one Quetzal from Quatemala. I have no idea how this coin entered my possession. L has been to Quatemala, but we are both confident he didn't give it to me. I find out that you can smoke in this laundromat. I find this odd since non-smokers wash their clothes here. Very bad Country music playing on the radio. "It's where I drank my first beer. It's where I found Jesus." We talk about how we could write Country songs that would sell, having been surrounded by Country for so long. Talk about the advent of technology and evolution. Question posed: Will the day come when we will not teach our children how to write, but instead start them on typewriters? Talk of the moon landing, and the possibilities it was a hoax. Talk moves on to media distortion and the JFK assassination.
6:47
Leave laundromat. I notice something odd about the children's ride outside the laundromat. On the coin box is a sign, and on the sign is the message "Push for bent coin release" along with an arrow, but there is nothing to push.

6:54
Back at L & J's place. L & J busy themselves putting up clothes and doing some light cleaning. My mind drifts to the Abramelin operation, and the difficulties in performing it, particularly the bit at the end requiring the small child.
7:10
Talk with L about Crimethinc's pseudo-anarchism and the four months I spent on a cult farm. Talk of eugenics, adoption, and what drives people to join the U.S. military. Talk of lighters. What does one call a generic Zippo? Generic Bics are disposable lighters. Naptha lighters?
8:00
J finishes showering and joins us. Talk about mail trucks and Jeeps. GP = general purpose. Does Jeep make mail trucks? Replaceable flint lighters?
8:06
B, L's dad enters. He reminisces about the good old days when "we were going to the moon and JFK was still alive."
8:20
Bathroom break. Bring out my copy of The Book of the Law to read while occupied. Liber AL II:35 "Let the rituals be rightly performed with joy & beauty!"
8:32
Talk about cyberpunk novels and authors, particularly Jeff Noon and Neal Stephenson. Talk of fantasy and sci-fi. I recommend Issac Asimov’s fantasy stories to J, a fan of fantasy.
8:45
Talk of emotion and how anger is the only socially accepted emotion for men to express. L & J argue. Talk of love, common of J, and once again I try to get J to pin down what she means by the word. Avoids the question by proclaiming that she wants to make love a science. L & I object, and the clock strikes 9:00 PM.

The worst thing that happened to me on Jan 3 was my father needed to move my car. (I am home for the holidays and look forward to going back to college Friday.) In my car, my backpack was wide open, and my carton of cigarettes was easily viewable. My smoking has been kept out of sight from my parents because I know they do not approve.

The best thing was spending a couple of hours of my afternoon sitting in the city park reading Nietzsche.

Second message from Neurocam

2004-12-28T06:10:13Z

Dear Applicant

To conclude Neurocam's application process ALL APPLICANTS are required to
complete the following questionnaire and perception-based assessment.

An assessment of the applicant's suitability for operational deployment will
be made following the fulfillment of these non-negotiable pre-requisites.

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NEUROCAM QUESTIONAIRE - NCI-1001/02

1. How did you hear about Neurocam?
2. What are your expectations of Neurocam?
3. What is your lucky number?
4. Do you instinctively turn left or right?
5. Complete this sentence - "Neurocam is."

END NEUROCAM QUESTIONAIRE - NCI-1001/02

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APPLICANT PERCEPTION ASSESSMENT NCI-2001/01

(A) MISSION.

Assess applicant's perception abilities.

(B) EXECUTION.

1. Write a detailed account of everything that happens between 4pm and 9pm
on Monday January 3, 2005. Pay particular attention to any occurrence which
may be deemed "out of the ordinary". Include in your account two images that
represent the best and worst things that happen on Monday 3, 2005.

2. Submit this report via email to operations@neurocam.com by close of
business Friday January 7, 2005.

(C) OPERATIONAL SECURITY.

Not Applicable.

(D) GUIDELINES.

As with all Neurocam assignments, you will be assessed on the manner in
which you complete this assignment.

Intelligence and creativity are traits highly valued by Neurocam and a
demonstration of both of these will expedite your further advancement within
the organization. Your application and aptitude in this assignment will be
the basis for consideration for operational integration.

ENDS APPLICANT PERCEPTION ASSESSMENT NCI-2001/01

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Regards,

Charles Hastings
Head, Operations Division
Neurocam International
operations@neurocam.com