Tag Archives: Bataille

Taboo, Transgression, and Death

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Taboo, Transgression, and Death We are not always able to remain true to our taboos all of the time. We allow a limited amount of transgression during certain situations to compensate for the building urge to return to … Continue reading →

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Bataille's Columbine: The Sacred Space Of Hate

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Bataille’s Columbine: The Sacred Space Of Hate Bataille's "heterology" – from the Greek word for difference – concerns the different as such. It is the difference that must be expelled from the same in order for the same … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille: ecstasy and the uneasiness of postmodernism

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Georges Bataille: ecstasy and the uneasiness of postmodernism French philosophers of the 20th century… took the new insights of Friedrich Nietzsche to its extreme and developed a totally new and unheard of philosophy: postmodernism. Crucial in the development … Continue reading →

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George Bataille, dualism, postmodernism and Gnosticism

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : George Bataille, dualism, postmodernism and Gnosticism The core duality of Bataille’s thought is thus between the profane and the sacred. In a first moment, this distinction can be read along the lines of the double intentionality of self-consciousness, … Continue reading →

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The Necessary Devil of Twain, de Sade, Bataille and Artaud

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : The Necessary Devil of Twain, de Sade, Bataille and Artaud The ultimate adversary in this view is the Gnostic’s evil Demiurge who rules not only the world but who in order to do so must disguise himself as … Continue reading →

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Bataille on God, Satan and antinomianism

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Bataille on God, Satan and antinomianism Kojève’s student Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a sociologist and anthropologist. Drury writes, “In Bataille’s view, the deathlike state of modern life has its source in the undisputed triumph of God and his … Continue reading →

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Divine Filth: The Lost Writings of Georges Bataille

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Divine Filth: The Lost Writings of Georges Bataille Could it be that Bataille secretly worshipped strength, and merely resigned himself to wallowing in ruin as the only thing a strong man can do in a world dominated by … Continue reading →

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Key Concepts

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Cognitive frames of reference informing the design and purpose of this web site: Antinomianism – taboo-breaking as a means to wisdom, e.g., the “transgression” of Georges Bataille, Ikkyu , the “left hand” or “short path” of Tantra and Vamamarga. Animism … Continue reading →

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Antinomian Antics: Sabotaging the Matrix

Posted on December 12, 2005 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #85, expanded and revised with original illustrations. An overview of the antinomian strain of gnostic Christianity, touching upon a variety of scintillating and outrageous themes! Continue reading →

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