[Opinion] Obscure, interesting esoteric websites

[StoatCatcher]

Which small esoteric websites do you enjoy?

My pick is Russel Cottrell's personal website:

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. The I Ching section has a big list of interesting translations, alternative techniques for getting extra hexagrams, different methods for generating primary hexagrams and a digital tool to compare different translations of a reading with all the extra methods included. Theres also a tarot section on the website, a few math and fractal-related experiments and a page for lunisolar calendars.

 

[Eliberto1]

For those interested in esoteric teachings of buddhism and hinduism, a very good website is wisdomlib.org, with translations of many texts.

 

[MorganBlack]

David Chapman's is pretty darn cool. He's the former AI researcher and philosopher focusing on Meta-Rationality and Vajrayana Buddhism, with a background in the Aro gTer lineage, a school within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

FYI. He is not Alan Chapman of Chaos Magic fame, but Meta-rationality is very Chaos-magic-flavored, and is about knowing which tool to use, when to put them away, and how to bridge the gap between a rigid formula and a complex reality.

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[StoatCatcher]

David Chapman's is pretty darn cool. He's the former AI researcher and philosopher focusing on Meta-Rationality and Vajrayana Buddhism, with a background in the Aro gTer lineage, a school within the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

FYI. He is not Alan Chapman of Chaos Magic fame, but Meta-rationality is very Chaos-magic-flavored, and is about knowing which tool to use, when to put them away, and how to bridge the gap between a rigid formula and a complex reality.

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This guy's stuff is really interesting. I'll have to give it a read.

For those interested in esoteric teachings of buddhism and hinduism, a very good website is wisdomlib.org, with translations of many texts.

Keeping this in my bookmarks from now on.

 

[AntoniusBlock]

I suppose it depends on what you'd count, but languageisavirus.com is a very handy set of tools for writers in addition to being a lot of fun and seems like a useful esoteric resource. Arguably, you could use some of the tools for divination, there's a cut-up tool, and it is inspired by William S. Burroughs.

chaostarot.com/app has some handy tools for sigilcraft and other Chaos magick purposes.

Lastly, it's not anything specific, but naturally it's always handy find a favorite website for divination/astrology/etc. as it might be easier at times to just whip out your phone and answer a question there rather than busting out a tarot deck, rune set, or physical version of the I Ching.

 

[StoatCatcher]

haostarot.com/app has some handy tools for sigilcraft and other Chaos magick purposes.

Thanks for reminding me of this.

 

[crooktooth]

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Really weird esoteric writings, most read like the scribblings of a mad man, but it's pretty interesting and has that peak interactive 90s interface. Lots of weird secrets, the subject matter in some cases is questionable at best so use caution. There's probably several trigger warnings needed.

chaosmatrix.org

This is a great resource of essays, rites, ritual instructions, and just general information on chaos magic.

Not exactly a website but if you can find it The Corpus Fecundi of the AutonomatriX is a huge resource, you effectively download a full website index and it works in your browser as if it were a live site. Tons of ritual instructions and essays, there is a bunch of cross over with Chaosmatrix. There is some additional stuff in the Corpus Fecundi. If you can find it I highly recommend it!

 

[StoatCatcher]

The Corpus Fecundi of the AutonomatriX

I had to use the internet archive but I did find this again.

The version you are talking about is the 2004 version of the Corpus that the maintainers zipped themselves. They seem to have stopped doing that for later editions. The latest complete version of the Corpus that I could find is from June 2009 according to it's own timestamp, with the site remaining online until 2011. There is a later version of the Corpus with potentially a few more articles that was on autonomatrix.org/cms/ but the wayback machine's version only seems to have captured the indexes and very few of the articles.

The 2004 zip version on the wayback machine (it'll prompt you for a download):

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The 2009 web version on the wayback machine (latest full snapshot I could find):

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I downloaded the 2009 version using Httrack and I will probably post it on the book share section later.

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[crooktooth]

I downloaded the 2009 version using Httrack and I will probably post it on the book share section later.

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That would be amazing! I have briefly looked at the 2009 version, but I have been working off he 2004 as it was more easily accessible.

 

[StoatCatcher]

That would be amazing!

Check it out

Collection - AutonomatriX Community - Corpus Fecundi (Website Mirror)

The Corpus Fecundi is a collection of rituals and experiments by the members of AutonomatriX, in a similar vein to Chaos Matrix. I'm sharing an official zipped version of it from 2004 and the latest version I could mirror from the Wayback Machine which is from 2009. Inside each folder there is...

wizardforums.com

 

[crooktooth]

Check it out

Collection - AutonomatriX Community - Corpus Fecundi (Website Mirror)

The Corpus Fecundi is a collection of rituals and experiments by the members of AutonomatriX, in a similar vein to Chaos Matrix. I'm sharing an official zipped version of it from 2004 and the latest version I could mirror from the Wayback Machine which is from 2009. Inside each folder there is...

wizardforums.com

Awesome thanks! Excellent contribution to the library!

 

[StoatCatcher]

Bumping this thread again because I decided to upload chaosmatrix.org to the library and I'll probably do the same for the others. Keep the recommendations coming and I might do yours as well.

 

[Underlaws]

1. Stichting Argus
A website run by an independent research institute focused on analyzing political, economic, religious, and social structures (often referred to as “parapolitics”). Its main strength is the availability of primary sources and rare documents, including materials on Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Satanism, cults, initiatory orders, and even some intelligence reports, with an emphasis on investigation and transparency. They sell some collections of documents from both recent and historical initiatory orders. I purchased the Martinist Library and received it, so I believe it is not a scam (the risk is yours). However, it is important to note that many of these documents can also be found online for free or even here on WF. They also have a free section with compilations of rituals from initiatory orders.

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2. Internet Sacred Texts Archive
One of the largest free online archives of religious, esoteric, and mythological texts. It gathers hundreds of public domain works covering traditions such as Hermeticism, Gnosticism, Eastern religions, and occultism, aiming to promote comparative study and broad access to spiritual knowledge. I came across this site because they host a public copy of the "Vampire Codex," which they received directly from the author. It is a rare document that is available online.

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The Vampire Codex:

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[StoatCatcher]

Internet Sacred Texts Archive

Funny, I never thought to do a backup of this one because I assuming they were still adding stuff to it. But it seems like they stopped doing that in 2010. What a shame.

Stichting Argus

Now this is what I'm talking about. Very interesting find. Looks like the kind of stuff a historian good money into trying to find some obscure source.