Quantum Leap

Oh dear. Scott Bailey found this website, and it is truly absurd. It appears to be New Thought taken in a slightly different direction than we’re used to. Are you ready for better living through alternate dimensions? Welcome to Quantum Jumping:

For the most part it’s a standard “multiple worlds” hypothesis story, where every decision you make is made in a different way by an alternate you in another dimension. We’re all familiar with that sci-fi plot device, right?

That’s when it gets weird:

Welcome to the Infinite You.

Quantum Jumping is a visualization process where you use your mind to ‘jump’ into parallel dimensions, and gain creativity, knowledge, wisdom, skills and inspiration from alternate versions of yourself.

This happens through a phenomenon known as “thought transference.” You see, although the solidity of our world seems indisputable, Quantum Theory suggests that our physical reality is nothing but a very elaborate mirage. A super-hologram of information and energy. A Matrix.

From there we get New Thought taken to an extreme. It’s not just that the “law of attraction” will make your thoughts become reality. Instead, reality itself is nothing more than thought: “the substance of the universe, of your reality, may be nothing more than consciousness or thought.”

You can pretty much fill in the blanks from there. By using these special mental techniques, you can be richer, happier, healthier, etc.

Black Goat of the Woods

Christmas should have a dark side. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days are short and the air is cold and dry. This is a time for standing alone in a stark winter landscape, surrounded by a silence but for the cracking of ice and the snap of snow-laden branches. Christmas hymns should be haunting – “I Wonder as I Wander,” perhaps.

It’s a good time for this short piece by Joesph Nanni titled “Black Goat.” Lovecraftians should catch the reference right off – Shub-Niggurath, the black goat of the woods with a thousand young.

This is something of a test piece. Nanni is apparently working on a full length picture based on this concept.

Via io9

I Choose To Believe…

Shameless plug!

I’d have put this in the forum if it was up (or more likely Ty would), but in its absence I’m posting it here.

For those who don’t know, regular contributor Ty is on the fast-track to literary super-stardom after the launch of his co-authored book, Leviathan Wakes. Ty is one half of a gestalt entity known as James SA Corey, and seems to be taking the sci-fi / fantasy world by storm right now.

I pre-ordered Leviathan Wakes and have since read it twice. What can I say? Very little new Sci-Fi these days combines originality with a truly epic setting. Leviathan Wakes does. It’s without a doubt the best new Sci-Fi I’ve read in years, rivaling Iain M Banks’ Culture series for raw creative energy and Asimov’s Foundation series for sheer scope. I can honestly see this series becoming an instant classic.

Now I’ve finished that episode of gushing, here’s some happy news: Leviathan Wakes has been nominated for a people’s choice award!

First of all, read it! Secondly, if you love it as much as I do, follow this link and vote for it to receive an award!

Ty, thank you for a good read, and consider yourself thoroughly plugged ;-)

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