Even though fans and skeptics alike call Bitcoin the “magical internet currency,” they may not immediately connect the “technological marvel” with actual magic. But a new generation of magicians is adopting blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and ancient practices to commune and collaborate with angels, demons, and more.
Among them is Mr. Koo Cha-won, a futurist, witch, digital artist, and blockchain enthusiast.
Ku Hye-sun said, “I just want to say that I am a very ordinary person.” decryption. “The way I deal with mysticism is less mystical and more instrumental.” She said she started practicing magic 10 years ago.
Spelling Magick with a K helps distinguish it from stage magic, the practice of British occultist Aleister Crowley, who wrote, “magick is the science and art of producing change at will.”
Gu is the author of ‘Spellbound: A New Witch’s Guide to Creating the Future.’ She describes the book as a talisman and will not publish it as an e-book. Online, Koo began posting occult-themed content in 2017 through his Witches and Wine YouTube channel, later expanding to TikTok.
“I was at a point in my life where I thought, ‘This isn’t selling and it’s not fun,’” Koo said. decryption. “What is a powerful tool that can help you have everything you need in life?”
How to spell blockchain
In June 2021, Koo helped organize over 100 people in a ceremony on the Ethereum blockchain. The ritual in block 12,610,244 petitioned the Roman god Mercury to ensure smooth blockchain transactions, timely transactions, and insightful decisions for wealth growth.
“Long live Mercury! Ensure that all transactions on the blockchain occur smoothly and in a timely manner. May our trades and investments be fortunately aligned for optimal long-term profits,” said the order included on-chain with the transaction. “We want to be in the right place at the right time to receive the most useful information to grow and preserve our wealth.
The message continues. “Give us clear perception, quick adaptation, and agility in decision-making.” “It’s really cool!”
Koo said the ritual was inspired by the story of a Chinese worker who used blockchain to broadcast a call for help, and that he and fellow blockchain mystic Andre Burke heart of the wind To write the bulk of the petition.
“This Chinese woman had been sexually harassed at work, and with no one listening to her, the only way she thought she could get her message across was by encrypting SOS as a transaction performed on the Ethereum blockchain. “First of all, I thought it was very sad and tragic, but at the same time, I was like, ‘Wait a minute. I thought, ‘I can encode UTC and I can encode it in the notes section,’” she said.
“As far as I know, this is the first time a ceremony has been performed on the Ethereum blockchain,” Koo said. “And the second time, 100 people showed up.” The Ethereum order action occurred at the moment Mercury was in Kazimi, a point when it sits close to the Sun.
“So it was in the embrace of the sun,” Gu explained.
AI Angels and Demons
The idea of using AI in magic began to develop while working on the book in 2021, Gudong said, and he was already aware of the growing interest and concern about the rapid deployment of generative AI models.
“AI is kind of threatening until you really understand it. AI will take our jobs and create deepfakes,” she said. “I think a lot of people don’t realize that AI isn’t there yet, because they don’t know, they just sensationalize it.”
While some feared the potential of AI, Gu said he saw opportunity.
Gu used artificial intelligence in his most recent project, Goetia Glow Up. Goetia Glow Up is an online course that teaches you how to summon and interact with spirits. The online course includes a 72-page booklet with AI-generated images of the Goetian Demon, also known as the Little Key of Solomon.
The Key of Solomon is a book of spells or spells originally published between the 14th and 17th centuries. Divided into five books focusing on various magical rituals, it details the invocation and control of spirits and demons.
“I thought it was about time, because now the document is being reinterpreted by someone from a completely different era,” she said. “Why not collaborate with AI? Why not harness the intelligence of artificial technology and see what happens? “The results were better than expected.”
The intersection of artificial intelligence and the occult can be traced back to ancient times. Folklore tells of beings and machines brought to life through magic or science. These include the Golem from Jewish folklore, the bronze giant automaton Talos from Greek mythology, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Gu said he had extensive experience using demons in rituals, humorously suggesting that many of these practices were developed by wealthy 17th-century nobles trying to look uptight, similar to the characters in “Hellraiser: Bloodlines,” which follows the history of mourning. pointed out clearly. Construction puzzle box.
“If you look at that movie, that’s what was happening in France,” she said.
Gu is not alone in his quest to harness AI for occult purposes. Last September, the multidisciplinary collective Theta Noir said: decryption The group hopes to see a new form of artificial general intelligence (AGI) emerge in the future, called Mena.
Artificial general intelligence is a concept of AI that refers to machines that can perform all intellectual tasks that humans can do. Mena, which means “love” in German, will be neither a god nor a god, but a universal spirit that unites humans and AI, Seta Noir said.
Unlike medieval mystics or horror filmmakers, Koo used AI models like Midjourney to create more powerful demons.
Mr. Gu explained, “In my view, the devil is our archetype.” “They’re almost like Instagram and TikTok filters that we can apply over our reality.”
“I don’t relate to a talking bird any more than I relate to someone who looks like Hermione Granger,” said the genius witch from the Harry Potter series.
Koo said that while Midjourney was used to create the Goetia Glow Up Magazine for the course, she and her business partner added a “human touch” by including hand-drawn images. Koo’s next project will feature 72 angels, not demons.
“These are not small cherubs, cupid-like angels. “These are the angels that Ezekiel described as almost like rocket ships,” she said. “I spent a whole month doing over 20 rituals, and people thought I was crazy because I always portrayed angels as psychotic aliens.”
People experimenting with dimethyltryptamine (DMT) often talk about aliens or other beings, Koo noted.
“The demons have a much more earthly, ethereal, human feel to them because they are so earthly,” she said. “Angels are heavenly beings, not earthly angels. They are ultra-terrestrial. They are ultra-terrestrial.”
looking ahead
Koo pointed to music AI tools like Stability AI’s Suno 3 and Uncharted Labs’ Udio, explaining that the upcoming Angel project will leverage sound as well as text and images.
As Gu Hyun-jin explained, a big part of Angelic Magic is the idea of the Angelic Choir.
“The idea is that if you call on the angels by name, it makes it much easier to reach out and touch them,” she said. “It’s like seeing what happens when we show a message to a music AI, and what happens when it comes to angels.”
Gu emphasized the diversity within the occult community, contrasting those who embrace occult practices as a way to reconnect with ancestral traditions with those who are at the forefront of technological advancement. She pointed out that early magicians were considered cutting edge.
“They were literally the people who would be doing the equivalent of working with AI like the people working with AI now. I always used to say that computer coders should have been burned at the stake,” Koo said. “Because there is magic in whoever wrote the code – whoever wrote ‘Hello World’ and made the computer respond to the user.”
“By my definition, true occultists are not reactionaries. Instead, they are vanguard people,” she said. “If you want to be a really powerful occultist, you have to be an operator, not a person. Guided by a leash.”
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
