Living in the Magical Mode Notes from the Book of Minutes of a Guild of Shy Sorcerers

A mythogeographic guide to sacred space, place and time, non-systems magic, psychic war, conspiracies, somatics, ghosts, paganism, conjuring Planet B, the third hauntology, jellyfish, apocalypse, what the horses mean, and the transformation of certain readers moving from fiction to fictioning.

Dr. Phil Smith is a performance-maker, writer, and academic researcher, specialising in work around walking, site-specificity, mythogeographies, and counter-tourism. He is an Associate Professor (Reader) at the University of Plymouth.

Publisher’s Note The Discovery of the Text The Group Disintegrates The Field Reports There is a Planet B Happenings “The Fuck Up in the Club is the Fuck Up in the World” Pan The Minutes Book contd. More Arguments Separateness Conspiracy Theories Inner Life Yet More Happenings Alchemy Games, Rituals, Arts and Journeys Sacred Space “Something Ancient and Dreadful” The Minutes Book contd. Horses and The Origins of Melancholy Psychic War Manifestoes and Grimoires Psychic War 2 Ritual Psychic War 3 How This Story Ends References Appendix l: Lexicon of pseudo-sacred spaces Appendix 2: bibliography for the Professor’s paper ‘Dancing in pseudo-sacred spaces: signs passing through flesh’ Appendix 3: pamphlet extracts received by the Guild