Alan Moore: Language, Writing and Magic

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  • Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
  • The second of four interviews that were recorded for the Channel 4 documentary 'Comic Tales with Alan Moore'.

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  • @kenthefele113
    @kenthefele113 10 месяцев назад +587

    Fun fact, that opening wasn’t edited in. Alan Moore can actually materialize out of thin air.

  • @Wowjustwow37
    @Wowjustwow37 8 дней назад +112

    13 years later? Must be just what I need!

    • @jhaisimpson
      @jhaisimpson 6 дней назад +7

      Same

    • @bibbityboppityboo1206
      @bibbityboppityboo1206 6 дней назад +6

      @@jhaisimpson Same

    • @alliieacid
      @alliieacid 5 дней назад +4

      For real lol

    • @jackstoltz1379
      @jackstoltz1379 5 дней назад

      What path are you all on that you think this is coming to you right now. I use magic alot in life to influence weather or people. You all might be interested in new thinking allowed channel

    • @MadeNDade-h9b
      @MadeNDade-h9b 3 дня назад +3

      Same

  • @liammcooper
    @liammcooper Год назад +66

    The greatest philosopher to never wear sleeves.

    • @liammcooper
      @liammcooper Год назад

      ~ 6:00 Carnap's "der Raum" is all about this concept of different definitions of space material vs immaterial

    • @magmasunburst9331
      @magmasunburst9331 8 дней назад +2

      Do you really know that for sure? I mean, Greeks were great philosphers. They may have not worn sleeves.

  • @DocLantern85
    @DocLantern85 11 лет назад +715

    "Any creative act is a magical act" That's so sublime!

    • @antares5561
      @antares5561 4 года назад +7

      @The Elder There is no god, it's the collective consciousness you're referring to in your comment...that is source, the Nothing and the All.
      God as a figure/a noun is a dangerous entity that no one should ever open their hearts to...that's an alien entity/energetic mass feeding off your soul

    • @antares5561
      @antares5561 4 года назад +2

      Sublime is such a perfect wording, since he is referring to Golden Dawn and alchemy!

    • @deriangueldner23
      @deriangueldner23 4 года назад +2

      Precisely why I picked up the guitar a year ago

    • @antares5561
      @antares5561 4 года назад

      @The Elder I not a darling.

    • @blackbird5634
      @blackbird5634 3 года назад

      the artist is a potato, french fries are art.

  • @bevrosity
    @bevrosity 8 лет назад +891

    the only person without sleeves i've ever taken seriously.

    • @urgr8696
      @urgr8696 8 лет назад +6

      lol

    • @HuhWhatHuhwhatHuh
      @HuhWhatHuhwhatHuh 6 лет назад +6

      Lol lol

    • @zanderrose
      @zanderrose 5 лет назад +18

      the long arms and long hair and beard make him look like an ent or something

    • @Kosmo999
      @Kosmo999 5 лет назад +6

      Thats just some magik inside your head!

    • @neganstains5745
      @neganstains5745 5 лет назад +28

      Only advanced wizards go sleeveless. No hiding places.

  • @deepwaters7242
    @deepwaters7242 4 года назад +50

    I saw the quote "Magic is just what science hasn't figured out yet." I made magic in a few paintings.... Powerful.

  • @mrmannyman2
    @mrmannyman2 10 лет назад +328

    His voice is hypnotic. I bet it was brilliant when he read stories to his kids.

    • @Xarfax321
      @Xarfax321 6 лет назад +74

      "Once upon a toime, there were three little pigs..."

    • @tranglomango
      @tranglomango 5 лет назад +11

      Youi mean hypnoitic

    • @iggypapscootypuffjr.1168
      @iggypapscootypuffjr.1168 4 года назад +2

      tranglomango
      M(ollo)K Ultra

    • @iggypapscootypuffjr.1168
      @iggypapscootypuffjr.1168 4 года назад +1

      Never ended

    • @gabrielp9646
      @gabrielp9646 4 года назад +9

      Actually, there's an old documentary about Alan Moore, where you can see footage of him reading a story to his two daughters.

  • @thecryogenicdrummer1110
    @thecryogenicdrummer1110 4 года назад +432

    There comes a point in one's writing, when you recognize you aren't in control of what you write. You merely record what it is you "see" - like an antenna receiving some coded transmission while the body serves as a vessel to decode and record what that signal is, streaming from beyond The Void.

    • @a-rod1527
      @a-rod1527 4 года назад +29

      The beginning of a schizophrenic break you have described.

    • @aaron2lit141
      @aaron2lit141 4 года назад +2

      141♾❤

    • @thedeadpoet_33
      @thedeadpoet_33 4 года назад +11

      Absolute truth in my opinion. Once I achieved this realisation once, it became apparent that the same realisation will be achieved quicker upon the following attempt..
      With regular practice then, should almost instant results be achieved. From here, limits dissolve; for me at least.

    • @thedeadpoet_33
      @thedeadpoet_33 4 года назад +6

      @@a-rod1527 That's interesting. Have you ever experienced that?

    • @ImRunningazoo
      @ImRunningazoo 4 года назад +1

      So is that what Stephen King does ??

  • @nellkellino-miller7673
    @nellkellino-miller7673 2 года назад +61

    I didn’t understand it when I was younger. I was too proud and so utterly enthralled with orthodox scientific materialism.
    It’s taken me over a decade of experience, pain, growth and contemplation to realise how true all this magic stuff is. And Moore is right. If you declare yourself a magician or a shaman or a healer, you will wake up one do to discover that it’s more true than you could possible have imagined.
    Consciousness is more strange than strange.

    • @itsallgoodman4108
      @itsallgoodman4108 Год назад +6

      We used to hear the gods and even see them. We only chose to stop listening and forgot to speak

    • @savagecatgt
      @savagecatgt 5 дней назад +1

      Yes

  • @ridabydidaby84
    @ridabydidaby84 4 года назад +89

    He’s totally right about those synchronicities in writing! I’ve written so many stories that turn out to be true in some aspect.

    • @InquisitorClock
      @InquisitorClock 4 года назад +14

      That's because they're in line with the structured patterns of reality. The first Hermetic Axiom from the Emerald Tablet: As Below so Above; As Above so Below.

    • @MIHMediaInc
      @MIHMediaInc 4 года назад +11

      Thats because we literally create the world we live in.

    • @brooklyn7722
      @brooklyn7722 2 года назад +8

      Absolutely true.
      Now I know to be careful of what I write

    • @de.negroz.rize47
      @de.negroz.rize47 8 дней назад +1

      same with my raps

    • @arbsan8366
      @arbsan8366 День назад

      This comment resonates so much for me!

  • @enriquekhoza8566
    @enriquekhoza8566 8 дней назад +10

    The creative expression of The Creators fullness is a magical element. All was created through a form of language, the first language. Language is a transmutation of energy from thought to its physical structure(Magic😅)

  • @matthewburtonshaw1006
    @matthewburtonshaw1006 3 года назад +9

    I keep coming back to this as a comfort

  • @Astral_serpent
    @Astral_serpent 5 лет назад +70

    the gandalf I never had in my life, but always yearned for... never would of guessed I would find him on youtube.

  • @BridgetteBentley
    @BridgetteBentley 4 года назад +36

    Language is magick...so is writing..performing, acting...and magick is both science..art...and philosphy😊✨ Wonderful talk, thank you🙏🏽

    • @galvezledoux154
      @galvezledoux154 3 года назад +1

      Would you say also psychology and religious?

  • @abraintrust
    @abraintrust 4 года назад +47

    While writing books, I’ve felt I was channeling a reality that was real, at least in my head. You build it up in your head, and then it follows through, tills it’s conclusion.

    • @infilthitshallbefound5129
      @infilthitshallbefound5129 3 года назад +1

      But how do the thoughts appear in your head?

    • @abraintrust
      @abraintrust 3 года назад +1

      @@infilthitshallbefound5129 I can't prove but believe it is channelling another reality.

    • @scraggybear
      @scraggybear 12 дней назад

      ​@@abraintrustpossible access to the subconscious ?

    • @abraintrust
      @abraintrust 9 дней назад +2

      @@scraggybear Certainly possible, would seem that way.

    • @arbsan8366
      @arbsan8366 День назад

      Such a interesting comment and I resonate with it for some reason! Like wonder if Jk Rowling experienced such a feeling when writing her Harry Potter masterpiece? I pretty sure she did!

  • @valdocarvalho603
    @valdocarvalho603 День назад +3

    I love this message. Thank you for sharing your insight.

  • @bellakrinkle9381
    @bellakrinkle9381 7 лет назад +46

    A deep, wise and generous man whose words are magical.

    • @FTW_666
      @FTW_666 2 года назад +2

      Agreed. He doesn’t HAVE to share this wisdom, and yet here he is. Thank you Alan Moore.

  • @steved1593
    @steved1593 4 года назад +71

    Creativity = Magic. Because it's an embodiment of the imagination.

    • @scribeofsolace
      @scribeofsolace 4 дня назад

      And imagination being the western term for SOUL.

  • @foofighter5509
    @foofighter5509 7 лет назад +78

    I think you nailed it when your character in "From Hell" said words to the effect that "I made it all up and it came true anyway." I didn't know anything about magic and language at the time but that idea really struck me as profound for reasons I couldn't define..

    • @jmpsthrufyre
      @jmpsthrufyre 4 года назад

      I've seen that movie at least 3 times. Before I use the dreaded Google, care to share what character he played? Was it the coach driver?

    • @iroveashe
      @iroveashe 4 года назад +10

      @@jmpsthrufyre I think he was talking about the comic book

  • @LOVEITTVclips
    @LOVEITTVclips 4 года назад +8

    Loving the piles of books in the background. A true sign of a creative thought leading magician.

    • @CephlonMayngrum
      @CephlonMayngrum 2 года назад

      The internet would've cleared all that up

  • @christianlingurar7085
    @christianlingurar7085 4 года назад +32

    oh, whow, this is the most intelligent thing about magic that I have ever heard, big thanks for that!

  • @Mahrimae
    @Mahrimae 5 дней назад +2

    Thank you for saying this. It’s exactly what we need to do - ask real questions.

  • @0Y09
    @0Y09 5 дней назад +3

    I see into my own future unwillingly throughout my whole life, many times, without any mistake. Mostly in the form of my inner intuitive voice tells me exact future dialogues but also many other types.
    Also there is a reason why DMT-Trip-Reports, Near-death-experiences and astral projection reports are all fully interchangeable as in any story from one perfectly fits stories of the other. and everyone says it feels more real than reaity and like sorts of home of the soul.
    great video

  • @james3553
    @james3553 4 года назад +41

    There’s also the whole Judaeo-Christian focus on “The Word.” In a lot of Christian and Jewish mystical traditions, the word is the most powerful thing. It was the tool that made the world. And since language is one of the major things that sets humans up for how complex we are, it’s metaphorically true.

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 2 года назад +2

    "...Magic has quite a lot in common with fiction and fantasy."
    I felt a shiver run down my spine just then.

  • @3RDEYELOVE
    @3RDEYELOVE 8 лет назад +41

    Wow, i like how he said our own consciousness has its own localized space like are bodies or home. Maybe the back door could be earth and we come here to add new experiences to our own higher consciousness. When we die our consciousness expands back to it real size. I come from a totally different background then alan Moore and theres no way i could of gotten this cool ideal. Super dope.

  • @tainaedwards5061
    @tainaedwards5061 3 года назад +3

    A prayer is magic.anything you put your heart and soul into is magic

  • @introvertedfeeler2215
    @introvertedfeeler2215 6 дней назад +1

    Thank you so much. This is the only way I can write and I feel very validated.

  • @markstanton63
    @markstanton63 5 лет назад +6

    Without 'the idea of the chair' the chair could not come into being.
    He is absolutely right.
    The vast majority of almost everything is way beyond our pitifully limited human comprehension ... but he grasps more than most.

  • @nicolarenshaw6460
    @nicolarenshaw6460 4 года назад +3

    Love the reference to scripting. Magic is very real and absolutely wonderful.

  • @moonpie4107
    @moonpie4107 4 года назад +3

    I am so amazed I found you just randomly when I was wishing for more information about magic. Real magic and here you are.

    • @MIHMediaInc
      @MIHMediaInc 4 года назад

      Why are you looking for something that is not missing?
      That you r alive is in itself the magic you looking for. Everyday you wake up is magic. You have been magic since conception cause you are the result of a race run by millions of sperm cells all try to get to one ovary. You won that race hence you were born. Now that's real magic. Do not go looking for things not lost or you may actually find it n wonder in regret how you got there.
      Live by taking pleasure in being alive. Love as much as your heart can love. Be happy in all things mundane because you are the embodiment of a miracle. ❤👏👍

  • @rahnsingh7693
    @rahnsingh7693 4 года назад +18

    This brings to mind a particular thought I had about the impact of internet comments (particularly in social media)on the collective consciousness. As you suggest that writing itself is like the invoking of a spell... then we have perhaps an unimaginable number of spells constantly in competition with each other.
    Just a thought, I felt prompted to amend.

  • @yellowbelly7863
    @yellowbelly7863 4 года назад +51

    The human imagination is the most powerful spell we possess. It can manipulate anything and everything

    • @discipleofthecapedbaldy962
      @discipleofthecapedbaldy962 4 года назад +5

      So much respect for Einstein because in spite of his knowledge of physics and such, he knew that imagination and intuition have and always will be the most powerful forces. Some goes for Edgar Allen Poe, who was so far ahead of his time it's scary.

  • @pantera29palms
    @pantera29palms 6 лет назад +5

    Alan, I wish you did more lectures man. Could listen to you all day...and feel smarter for doing so!

  • @OviTexhnolyze
    @OviTexhnolyze 2 года назад +2

    That was a really strong 11 minutes. I never got into Watchmen, but i'll really have to look into him at this point. What a brilliant individual.

  • @ThirdEyeTyrone
    @ThirdEyeTyrone 4 дня назад +1

    You hit the nail on the head.

  • @pummeluff230
    @pummeluff230 9 дней назад

    This is the kind of knowledge which you ignore as somone starting the journey, cause it sounds so simple. Then you seek it when you progress, because you can fill the gaps with what you already have. Bombshell!

  • @juanvela7164
    @juanvela7164 4 года назад +2

    The way that you faded into that chair....i had to watch all the way through

  • @heretomakemagic
    @heretomakemagic 10 часов назад

    I felt like you were talking to me whole video in fact you talked to my soul thank you Magician...

  • @blackbird5634
    @blackbird5634 3 года назад +2

    The Shaman, by definition, is someone who can transform the properties of observable phenomena. By this metric, a comedian who turns tragedy into comedy is one such Shaman.
    Remember, the map is not the territory. Which is Robert Anton Wilson's message for those who mistake the representational image for the thing they are standing upon.
    And secondly, information travels faster than the instruments we use to measure it.

  • @jacobhartline5579
    @jacobhartline5579 5 дней назад +1

    In the Stormlight Archive series, the cognitive realm is the realm of ideas. It’s super interesting and reminded me of what is presented in this incredible video

  • @jReze
    @jReze 7 дней назад +1

    This video popped up for a reason at the perfect time. Thank you.

  • @TheMillionDollarDropout
    @TheMillionDollarDropout 3 года назад +2

    I remember this video so I came here to sleep to it. His voice is so calming

  • @agapitomemelas8181
    @agapitomemelas8181 5 лет назад +7

    Master of all master, one of the best writers of all the ages in the comics.

  • @titan9663
    @titan9663 4 года назад +3

    Truly brilliant, excited to read more fictional books.
    I've loved philosphy due to its abstract nature and willingness to attempt to explain conciousness.

  • @23skidoo78
    @23skidoo78 12 лет назад +67

    do you think he is "not brilliant" because he is smart enough to be able to communicate effectively? and only the truly "brilliant" are unable to reach our level?
    because he IS a GENIUS writer and thinker, and the western world should count him among our greatest writers of all time

  • @prophez23
    @prophez23 6 дней назад +2

    Ritual is the movements of material manifestation that binds our desire and imagination with the movements of the body that in conjunction becomes an algorithm of sorts within the Aether that is the secrets of creation. Our minds alone can only do so much but once we add in all the other attributes given to us to use for the purpose of creating our reality then all things are possible. Every since I was very young I was always able to make things happen or come to me because I could see and understand how things worked behind the curtain.

  • @thricegreatart
    @thricegreatart 8 лет назад +95

    I misheard "space" as "spice" and I was like, what is this jump into Dune style thinking?

    • @vinayseth1114
      @vinayseth1114 4 года назад +4

      Exactly! I was watching videos on the Dune for the past few days, and that was the first thing that came to my mind as well!

    • @janjanjul
      @janjanjul 4 года назад +4

      The spice must flow.

    • @tetsusiega2
      @tetsusiega2 4 года назад +5

      Fear is the mind killer.

    • @esterhudson5104
      @esterhudson5104 4 года назад

      thricegreatart 😂

    • @thaumatik
      @thaumatik 4 года назад +1

      The sleeper must awaken.

  • @yhyhcalmg
    @yhyhcalmg 8 дней назад +1

    I loved this video, thank you, Robert 💜

    • @yhyhcalmg
      @yhyhcalmg 8 дней назад +1

      Or Alan, whichever you may be sir!

  • @contactkeithstack
    @contactkeithstack 4 года назад +29

    On the topic of magic sort of.
    I Once had a psychedelic experience where I became so identified with what I was doing that as it permutated I felt permutations in me. It felt like strings tying to parts of my psyche and uprooting it. There was a physical sensation of rearrangement.
    That's not really novel, except in how extreme it felt, people identify with music and are moved.
    But it was unique in how abstracted the emotion was.
    Up until then I always thought I cried tears of joy or sadness There was accompanying images, memories, or ideas - the experience felt painful or ecstatic. One or the other. Which seems a totally valuable process.
    But this was beyond happy or sad. There was no accompanying images or memories. This made it It feel maybe more like a psychological sweat.
    Reflecting on this later I wondered if I had discovered a more abstracted emotional state, emotion beyond happiness or pain, and if achieving that abstraction allows an emotional process to be more holistic or total.
    Anyway that was around 13 years ago, and have never been back there, I so wish I could explore that more, but am also happy with the simple takeaway that life is more curious than you can know.

    • @thatginger3416
      @thatginger3416 4 года назад

      The clinical trials available are limited at this time to certian research. Research needs to be broader. I feel for drug addiction as the studies have shown psycadelics are non additive.

    • @philipambler3825
      @philipambler3825 3 года назад

      It was fresh, powerful, and effective!

  • @amanofnoreputation2164
    @amanofnoreputation2164 2 года назад +2

    When I bring my synchronisities to more or less anyone around me: "What _are_ you on about?"
    When I bring them to Alan Moore: "look, mate, it's the cosmic giggle -- it's your curse now as well as it is mine."

  • @t.l.rhoads3211
    @t.l.rhoads3211 5 дней назад +1

    Very very well said ! The creative experience is magic 🪄 Birth of a thought that begins to grow.

  • @je8z6x
    @je8z6x 5 дней назад +1

    Being a writer is one of the most important careers on earth! Wow. Illustrators comes after something has been written. Scientists/Mathematicians explain after something has been written. Designer's draw after something has been written. Religions arise after books have been written

  • @M.O.C.2023
    @M.O.C.2023 11 лет назад +5

    Wow, seriously pulled some of the ideas straight outta my head.
    Wonder how many other people are playing intentionally/experimenting with subjectivity and fiction nowwadays.

  • @absintheminded8466
    @absintheminded8466 4 года назад +66

    As a little girl, just learning to read, I would wander through the library and come across books of mythology and ancient civilizations history. I gravitated toward ancient Egypt and the god Thoth with a early fervor that I didn't understand. As I began to empty the shelves of local libraries I developed a love of writing, learning, the concepts of wisdom, cleverness, and magic...but most of all the fact that Thoth was not featured much in what I read, and so, he was my private god of sorts- although I was still a very good Christian girl who only prayed to Jesus.
    Around twelve years old I learned about how sometimes magic IS real, and the dangerous consequences of its reality, from my family. I then took a serious look at Thoth, and the auspiciousness of my favor toward him... As I developed my abilities with my family's help I noticed that my love for God was pulling me towards self loathing... if I was a witch I was suppose to die, right? But... that doesn't make sense, because, when I was three or four years old I received a miracle that regrew a body part inside of me. The miracle saved me from dangerous surgery; my family's fasting and my churches prayers saved my life. So God WANTED me to live, even though I was born with oddity in my DNA?
    I was very confused.
    On my thirteenth birthday I received a statue of Thoth and was so happy I set up a special place in my room for it, a shrine of sorts, and even spoke to it as a true friend for years... I don't know why but on a whim I drew what I wanted to be and added my blood into the picture and put it under the Thoth statue. Not immediately, but soon after,, it was like... some kind of Tulpa or pk entity developed around the statue. My life got very weird after that. Eventually the whirlwind of my occult journey left me almost dead, and in so much pain, that I told God if He didn't do something I was going to die right there in my bed.
    Suddenly it was like I was floating, and I felt hands touch me everywhere I was hurting and the pain left me whever the hands touched. All I could do was close my eyes and cry, and I saw some things im having a hard time explaining right now. I asked over and over to go with Him and pass on, but i kept getting the reply "no, you're not dying" and eventually, annoyed, "shut up you're not dying!" I think the whole thing lasted 20 min and I was able to twist and bend like I had the flexibility of a baby, no pain and laughing. Changed my life.
    After that incredible encounter with God, I smashed my idol of Thoth and swept ALL the pieces under my porch... but over the course of a week big chunks were popping back onto the porch. I swept them off until they stopped appearing.
    I dont know why I'm sharing all this... God bless...

    • @wes_1001
      @wes_1001 4 года назад +6

      thank you for sharing

    • @DaFKSV
      @DaFKSV 4 года назад +25

      Not sure but I am guessing the troubles you had "with Thoth" were actually the consequences of your family being against all kind of Magic and the genetic memory of the transcriptions of the Bible, like "u won't have other idols or Gods in front of me" and the negative of the ancient catholics against any kind of Magic.
      Beliefs can be very powerful, either for good or for bad, and the memory of ancestors fears and anger written on your genetics might have been responsible for your bad experiences.
      I sincerely believe that the bible is a black magic book, with damnations written on it that really do have a negative effect on any kind of spiritual practitioner journey.
      Namasté.

    • @MIHMediaInc
      @MIHMediaInc 4 года назад +9

      You very lucky to have had this experience n survived. The Lord must have need of you.
      Some people are born with innate knowledge that theres a world beyond this material construct. But theres a side that identifies this people from early age n tries to nudge them to there side hence they can get caught up in witchcraft. But the eventual aim is to destroy them before they can use their ability to help others to wake up that this physical world is not real. It's a pull that starts from childhood and it takes different forms. The sad part is most parents do not knw themselves so are aware when this pull starts happening to their child or they may even be complicit.
      Ever wonder why babys seem to stare at particular empty spots or places in rooms? But the parents just shrug it off as nothing 🤫

    • @swhite8381
      @swhite8381 4 года назад +1

      Luke Stein boom!

    • @elektrikshaman1212
      @elektrikshaman1212 4 года назад +1

      Thanks for sharing (:

  • @OrlandoVidali
    @OrlandoVidali 4 года назад +1

    This is beautiful. Thanks for posting it.

  • @MemphisP123
    @MemphisP123 9 лет назад +20

    Most excellent. Thank you. Deep wisdom in this. I need to listen to more of this man.

    • @bankruptbritain6103
      @bankruptbritain6103 8 лет назад

      Phil Harris don't, he's dangerous....

    • @MemphisP123
      @MemphisP123 8 лет назад +4

      care to explain? I have my own intuition and free will. Nothing I've heard here seems dangerous to me, if you know how to use it properly.

    • @ferrumbruti167
      @ferrumbruti167 7 лет назад +3

      To describe both the concept of material and also perception? Look at this analogy.
      Imagine a cube, and upon seeing it, we understand it as three dimensional. X, Y, Z. Plain and simple! Now beyond this we always discuss the fourth dimensional well it's not just be looking outside the box? But literally understand that as there is X, Y, Z? Or the sides or even corners representing the space or surroundings what we live in?
      But instead the center point in the cube if you will. This center or fixed point of where we stand, and perceive is basically the reception of perception through conscious sentient thought.
      So in a nutshell you could hypothesize that indeed consciousness and perception thus is fourth dimensional. Our minds in a way making through dream, idea, and finally conception in innovation become the means to make the intangible material.
      Now keep in mind this is coming from both a metaphorical, metaphysical and also philosophical point of view.

  • @spiralsun1
    @spiralsun1 6 дней назад +2

    This was surprisingly good 😂❤

  • @fatsumo
    @fatsumo 6 дней назад +1

    You can trace back a lot of these concepts or 'magical terminology' to ancient religions or apocryphal groups that split from them, especially Judaism and Christianity. Alchemy and the esoteric in general all build from this root of "Speech is not only power, it is our divine quality". Concepts like God being 'the Word', what Alan mentions in the first minute of the video, and a multitude of other symbolically prevalent things in ancient belief. It's all pretty interesting!

  • @schoolofhot
    @schoolofhot 3 года назад +1

    Magick is the random desire to watch Swamp Thing but making your way down the RUclips rabbit hole by searching “magick writing” and finding yourself listening to the creator of Swamp Thing...

  • @W711-t7x
    @W711-t7x 4 года назад +12

    Ohh god damn this talk is so spot on with what I have gathered over time... I have to mention Berserk by Kentaro Miura. I recommend to read even for non comic/manga fan's, even tho it is as dark as it get's, for sheer world building... The way Miura describes Berserk universe through story telling is very similar what Moore just described in this talk.
    In Berserk (spoilers ahead) there are multiple layers existing parallel, present at all times. The physical world, which we can touch, the astral world which itself divides further in many, many layers each representing some form of consciousness, inhabited by various mythical creatures, and lastly the world of idea where everything that has ever been thought of takes shape and is born in the form of an idea. Later in the story a 'world tree' emerges, in it's universe better know as spiral world tree, which serves as somewhat of a bridge between the wildest imaginations of man and physical reality.
    It fascinates me how some like Tolkien or Miura have managed to craft world that hit so close to home... Wouldn't it be marvelous to know that at least some part of it is true?
    I recommend anyone that was at least mildly interested in this talk to read Berserk by Kentaro Miura...

    • @MIHMediaInc
      @MIHMediaInc 4 года назад +2

      He was able to write it because he managed to tap into the frequency like a radio tunes to a channel. Some people are born with strong antenna but everyone can eventually have a strong antenna. That's why our body is mainly water as it's a conductor and storage media too. You need to watch David Icke videos he brakes it down more. 👍

    • @deefunkstrong7818
      @deefunkstrong7818 4 года назад

      Thanks ✊🏾

    • @discipleofthecapedbaldy962
      @discipleofthecapedbaldy962 4 года назад +2

      Yep, this is something so few people, including many many writers, just don't seem to grasp. Sure, a story can be well-written, entertaining, etc, but a truly great story works to certain principles irrespective of whether or not it is fictional or based on real events. I always say the greatest works of fiction will transcend fiction and give you an insight into the reality that goes far beyond what we can merely see. You're absolutely right about Berserk and the same applies to Akira, which, from a conceptual standpoint, I still hold as one of the most complete and profound stories ever told - even though most people just talk about the bikes lol

    • @W711-t7x
      @W711-t7x 4 года назад +2

      @@discipleofthecapedbaldy962 ​ Spot on dude! Akira definitely is going to be remembered as an iconic piece that transcends that of just a mere work of fiction. Damn, gotta write this down... - "The greatest works of fiction will transcend fiction and give you an insight into the reality that goes far beyond what we can merely see".
      I know what you mean. I feel this way very strongly towards a couple pieces. For example J.K. Rowlings works and the Wizarding world as well as LOTR and Naurto have transcended the status of a fav. book or movie/show and become almost like a feeling for me. Sort of like a place you can go into you're mind and feel a very strong connection with.
      It's like every time I think of Harry Potter I can almost feel being there... Not it only associates with real sensual phenomenon like smells and for example lighting that triggers certain moods but whenever I think about it, it arouses very strong feelings that associate with it.

  • @dylanlawhorn5309
    @dylanlawhorn5309 4 года назад

    You are a bucket list to meet my guy. I love ur work.

  • @bananartista
    @bananartista 10 лет назад +170

    art is magick

    • @thename...
      @thename... 10 лет назад +3

      Ya

    • @andrews2812
      @andrews2812 5 лет назад +9

      Magick is art

    • @iggypapscootypuffjr.1168
      @iggypapscootypuffjr.1168 4 года назад +7

      Art
      Artificial
      Artificer
      The great artificer
      Idol workship
      Slaveship to an ideology as any societal cult[ure] becomes.
      Real magic or Sourcery is real and not artificial; which is what the Elites forbid slaves from knowing.

    • @bananartista
      @bananartista 4 года назад

      @@iggypapscootypuffjr.1168 sourcing my art -ificial ben e fit fluctu (ans) shipz

    • @morantNO1
      @morantNO1 4 года назад +2

      and magick is art.

  • @marinatessmer1116
    @marinatessmer1116 4 года назад +1

    Hi Rob! That sound to me very much also like the concepts they talk about in law of attraction, such as in scripting that I've heard from Abraham hicks. This is a miraculous universe and only those might see that decide to see. I am familiar with the works from the bigger ones such as thoth, so thank you very much for this point of view and connection between magick and the laws of the universe and how time has shown us basically all of this over and over again. I see you and namaste :)

  • @omaradrianleist-zuniga8751
    @omaradrianleist-zuniga8751 3 года назад +1

    To any future initiates. The way your master upkeeps his physical look speaks volumes. Take this guy, you can tell that the theoi do not dwell in him. As above, so below. So below as above
    If you don’t use your magic, some one else will.
    The language of magic is symbolism.
    The universe speaks in energy, frequency and vibration.

    • @thethingsthathappenamongus
      @thethingsthathappenamongus 7 дней назад

      @@omaradrianleist-zuniga8751 so you don’t like the way he looks and therefore the gods do not reside in him? What do you look like

  • @dagonming1319
    @dagonming1319 4 года назад +10

    thats why his SWAMP THING was so good

  • @tattoofthesun
    @tattoofthesun 12 лет назад +5

    the magic wand is the pen. if you like it is the human, the stick figure, the one, the individual self with a point to it. and indeed that point is expressed through words. the sharper the better. sharp= control of language and talking to and knowing the audience.... the tool must know its job elements... the writer is a magician. alan recognizes and has revealed the scape of the natural and for that we thank him for being sharply him. thank you alan, you have released information that will help

  • @JAHLEADINI
    @JAHLEADINI 10 месяцев назад +3

    I listen to this periodically to check I'm not alone among the masses

    • @dai19721
      @dai19721 9 месяцев назад

      oh how lucky us masses dont carry your burned , oh my heart bleeds for your endless pain.....

  • @Antigov247
    @Antigov247 День назад

    I noticed Strange incidents occur that were similar to the story I sang and recorded from Psalms in the Bible. I thought I was going crazy! I am so happy to hear I'm not crazy and that this has happened to others in a similar situation 😳 😮😊

  • @SKOLAH
    @SKOLAH 4 года назад +8

    Several times what I have written has then happened. I've often wondered about this.

    • @dullknifefactory
      @dullknifefactory 4 года назад

      @Unauthorized i agree. Burroughs predicted the procedure of liposuction in naked lunch years before it hit Hollywood surgery tables

  • @cerberusguardianofthegates7104
    @cerberusguardianofthegates7104 4 года назад +1

    I'm off to the book store to look for your books first thing tomorrow morning. Cheers Bro!

  • @AUTISTICITE
    @AUTISTICITE 5 дней назад +1

    Language magic and writing are connected to every word that we speak has vibration if we believe in it it would manifest if a language is lost and no one speaks of it or believes in it then there won't be no magic in it. Example- certain tribes used to curse at the tree to kill it so it creates vibration a tree does not have ears but it can feel the vibration in the sound waves leading to its demise.

  • @wouldntyouliketoknow230
    @wouldntyouliketoknow230 3 года назад +1

    I find it hilarious Alan Moore decided to casually phase himself into the scene

  • @MarekMirocha
    @MarekMirocha 4 года назад +1

    Speaking is silver. Silence is gold.

  • @mchalo188
    @mchalo188 4 года назад

    Loved this perspective so innocent. Make me think of the word worship amongst our society...makes me feel like we are giving up our magic and response-ability because we stop co-creating our reality. Even in the religious scriptures it said "in the beginning was the word"...clearly we have be "sh'd" in our "word-ship" magic spelling!

  • @TheSumerianTradition
    @TheSumerianTradition 3 года назад

    This is a good explanation of the 4 qabalistic worlds of ideas and creation

  • @PauloAndreAzevedoQuirino
    @PauloAndreAzevedoQuirino 3 года назад

    When light shines upon light, no darkness is revealed, when it shines upon darkness, still there is none.
    When you improve what is outside of you, you improve what is inside of you. And when you improve what is inside of you, you improve what is outside of you. Life makes man and man makes life.
    Feel and act, act and feel.

  • @giarcnella66
    @giarcnella66 2 года назад

    The manifestation of writing is simulateneously REFLECTION and PROJECTION of our own personal realities. So indeed it is a sort of magic.

  • @colincrawford1111
    @colincrawford1111 4 года назад

    Thank you, came at a perfect time!

  • @alphanumericskeptic
    @alphanumericskeptic 4 года назад

    There is different degrees of reality. Just as opinions differ between people. Just as there is different degrees of consiousness, different degrees of awareness. Memories and the power of imagination also vary between people. Some have deep insight, some shallow, some have stong memories, some have weak memories. These powers or skills of the mind (thought, memory, opinions, imagination, emotions) could be viewed as a language in themselves. I read a book once, that said that the ancient Hebrew language, was the spoken language of the mind. That was a wild claim! If I remember correctly (which I rarely do), the title of the book was: Zolar's encyclopedia of ancient and forbidden knowledge. Thanks for your video, and for sharing your views! You have very interesting and inspiring views of life, and your experiences.

  • @MaximilianDenisPatrickPonsonby
    @MaximilianDenisPatrickPonsonby 4 года назад +15

    Nobody : ...
    Still Nobody : ...
    Alan Moore : Demonstrably

  • @PhilDrury
    @PhilDrury 5 лет назад +2

    Consciousness. The word flows when he (and another comic writer) says it. Others, unconnected with comics yet equally skilled in magickal writing, seem to unconsciously hyphenate it to con-sciousness, often placing emphasis on "con" while telling us about the inevitable doom without any heroes. Makes me wonder about the motives of those who unconsciously hyphenate the word.

  • @Samuel-j9n2c
    @Samuel-j9n2c 5 дней назад

    That man knows the score ❤❤❤ that for sure

  • @frostwinterstarotmagic7960
    @frostwinterstarotmagic7960 4 года назад +3

    You're right about their being magic in words. When I had my spiritual awakening, one of the things that I was told, was that there would be creative people who could put power and magic into their art.
    THE ARIES.
    THE ARIES WAS HERE!!!

  • @OddWoz
    @OddWoz 3 месяца назад +1

    Language is everything. Language is the code our brains/processors run on. We are all programmed by language. Bilingual toddlers literally increase their cognitive abilities massively, but the effect/advantage is lessened if not accomplished within the first few years of life(plasticity) and will not provide the same benefit to a more matured mind.
    We think and dream and problem solve with language. Multilingual children that were exposed and fluent early, think in multiple languages and bounce between them in their minds without effort. The effect of this is profound. This has been known for a very long time and that is part of why the English language became what it is today. The language of the masses, the simpletons, and was deliberately designed to obfuscate and distort our perspectives and construct of reality.
    Symbols are also effectively another language and one that has been used for millennia to openly communicate secrets to only those fluent enough to understand.

  • @purpleshelves8908
    @purpleshelves8908 4 года назад

    you popped up on my suggested and i couldnt help but listen

  • @sillyjelly23ellasnow7
    @sillyjelly23ellasnow7 4 дня назад +2

    The algorithm put me here 13 years later , ai knows what we need when 😂definitely a simulation this 😅

  • @marcoordeep2525
    @marcoordeep2525 10 лет назад +13

    he's an inspirational teacher...

  • @Tafadzwa05
    @Tafadzwa05 7 дней назад

    > appears out of nowhere
    > spits FACTS
    > vanishes

  • @FunnyBuns1
    @FunnyBuns1 4 года назад +7

    Surprised no one mentioned the multitude of mysterious rings on this guys' hands

  • @vern3899
    @vern3899 2 года назад +5

    He reminds me of Rasputin in the Kings Man

  • @92yrsyung
    @92yrsyung 10 лет назад +12

    i love this guy

    • @redstaplerguyforlifepastpr5763
      @redstaplerguyforlifepastpr5763 4 года назад

      I was very skeptical at first, but the longer I listened to this weird looking man in the corner, I actually started to really enjoy listening

  • @clarac.6570
    @clarac.6570 4 года назад +2

    "To some degrouiee, the reason that I involved myself to magic..." hahah. So much depth and novelty inside the head of Alan Moore. I guess world events can have both a scientific and a spiritual explanation to them, and it seems like the second one even has more power to deeply motivate, inspire and contribute to individuals in their day to day perceptions of the world, information processing and dealing with emotion.

  • @ypure3859
    @ypure3859 4 года назад

    Have all of you 12 original Watchman comics. My dad has one signed by you. So cool!!

  • @lsporter88
    @lsporter88 4 года назад

    You speak truth. Great commentary.

  • @IfaKslays
    @IfaKslays День назад +2

    🤔🤔🤔 anybody else have this randomly pop up on timeline in 2025?

  • @johnnyb357
    @johnnyb357 4 года назад

    Alan Moore is amazing!

  • @rozannemaness5177
    @rozannemaness5177 2 месяца назад

    Nature is inexplicably mysterious within and out. We haven’t a clue and never will.

  • @JS-xd3fx
    @JS-xd3fx 6 месяцев назад

    I’d always enjoyed as a kid how certain words moved in my mouth

  • @milesgemini4029
    @milesgemini4029 4 года назад +51

    I'd love a conversation with him and Duncan Trussel

    • @mertderya2979
      @mertderya2979 4 года назад +2

      yes

    • @HavendaleBlvd80
      @HavendaleBlvd80 4 года назад +2

      YES!

    • @jmpsthrufyre
      @jmpsthrufyre 4 года назад +1

      No
      Because if Duncan wore that bushy camo suit you wouldnt be able to tell them apart. They sound exactly alike

    • @rtwo7538
      @rtwo7538 4 года назад +1

      I’d love to hear a conversation of you and him or you and both of them

    • @youtubeuser7798
      @youtubeuser7798 4 года назад

      :/ why?