Esoterrorist / Lust for Paper

Spotlight on the cult publication by Genesis P-Orridge

Esoterrorist is a publication that, much like its creator Genesis P-Orridge, refuses to be confined by definition or category, inhabiting a space that is deliberately unstable. In approaching its content, we have chosen to translate it into the form of a cut up, a process of dismantling and reassembling words that finds its origins in the experiments first of Brion Gysin and then William S. Burroughs. His shadow has always lingered over P-Orridge’s work, not only as a spiritual guide but also as a linguistic and artistic presence that shaped the way life and art could be fused into a single, inseparable entity. In this sense, Esoterrorist situates itself in a lineage of radical experimentation where language is not just a tool of communication but a living material to be torn apart and reconfigured.

Thee struggle of Man is to feel alive, to focus on a blurred self-image. Video, Cassette Tape, Polaroid Cameras mimic the fusion of thee other, the Individual. The magickal view, a neurology, We have been split, separated contradiction non-verbal feeling sexuality, our neurology. there is no language of words, perhaps a way through thee psyche into myth. To articulate our unspoken language Timeless indeed, thee lost souls. Sadness. Memory flooding. Thee human dead. Thee image battle Thee word may be virus no fixed moments. Rapidity, fusion, time splits. THE BATTLE FOR THE MIND WILL BE FOUGHT IN THE VIDEO ARENA Control and Behaviour. Unplugged at birth. disillusioned, dehumanised, debilitated, A video warfare greater than a cruise missile.”VIDEO LIFE IS ALL OVER THE WORLD” Brion Gysin We crave stimulation addictive and un fulfilling culture. Addiction is a state of mind, created by disappointment disease forced on us by cathode ray tube. ULTRAVISION. Eyes burn and close. 

Thee averted eyes of youth. 23 visions of light. No sound Flickering memories as trains rebuild every life. pass away time in… worn eyes. There is no need for light. Happiness paralysing suicide thee outcast can never relax All these marvelous words, It’s a matter of. Dangerous. Objects are camouflage of ideas self-image blurred or not, rearranged, lacking truths “What do you want?” ANY thing Light of night twisted Thee traces remain. wall flaking like death Any flesh Cold damp In thee nature of essential shadows thee rest Drifting… Frequency and Pulsation In other ethnic culture trace states “Magick” AS MUSIC thee brain metabolic regulator We need to discover Dreamachines, TG individual structure totally potent. explosive vibratory power disguise stress marble table noise pollution PROGRAMMED ENVIRONMENT 4-work curves muzack: M4R slaughterhouse hormones and rhythms. oppressive status quo, anarchism ends. thee REAL WAR must begin.

BEHAVIOURAL CUT-UPS Death at this stage “Being Alive” endorphin alpha-wave paintings and speakers thee speakers of frequency in unspoken rituals. manipulators control Control sub-cortical regions Sound enters body through things as supposed to be inherited, simultaneously. Control denies intuition space to grow and develop system of evolution and expansion a practical, functional method thee Media bore no relation how self-delusion. Sexuality illogical also Random is Random? ridicule, attack, abuse, mind and couming convenient or complacent, we can re-assemble re-integrate the human character. THEE IDEA to understand and to treasure To seek self-improvement like junkie needs junk Control hides Mass Media Magick integrates. infused with emotion is to apply thee cut-up thee essence of social control London 1987 21 We see S&M sex a new secret language and x-tianity in particular. Thee crystal itself, not thee reflected light. 

TRUTH is the first casualty of war… real total war has become information war. Politics is just a convenient charade Don’t believe that at all ANY dogmatic “Control Process” is that enemy. More people are breaking taboos Sex is often the locus of personality Men are so necessarily mad the fear of death is a universal thoughtless action given the consciousness of the terror. Most men spare themselves this trouble. a protest against the industrial system MAGICKAL DIARY These people are de-personalizing RE-COGNITION camouflaging love, guilt in anger TURN ON (control) TUNE IN (to your Self) DROP OUT (ov control).

Esoterrorist / Lust for Paper

Credits

Words: Giulia Piceni / @giuliaapiceni
Editor: Maria Abramenko / @mariabramenko
Junior Editor: Annalisa Fabbrucci / @annalisa_fabbrucci

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