How Grant Morrison Manifested Himself Into Reality

In 1996, Grant Morrison nearly died from a staph infection that mirrored what they'd written happening to their comic book character months earlier. Collapsed lung. Face being destroyed. Two days to live.Their explanation? The comic was a spell. And they'd forgotten to write themselves out.This is the story of the hypersigil—a technology for editing reality using fiction as the interface. How Morrison built a six-year magical operation disguised as a comic book called The Invisibles. What it cost them. And the question you should probably be asking: are you already inside one? Watch this episode next: Journey Out of the Illusion [Part 1] The stories you repeat start repeating in you. 0:00 — Writing Fiction That Writes Back 0:54 — The Origin of Sigils and Chaos Magic 2:04 — How Sigils Bypass the Conscious Mind 3:29 — The Limitation of Single-Use Magic 3:46 — The Birth of the Hyper-Sigil 4:00 — The Invisibles as a Magical Experiment 4:49 — Becoming the Character: The Fiction Suit 5:54 — Turning Readers Into Participants 6:08 — The Wankathon and Collective Sigil Charging 6:52 — Writing Torture Into the Story 7:26 — When Fiction Became Physical Reality 8:01 — Writing Himself Out of Death 8:47 — Three Explanations for Why This Worked 10:36 — Collective Attention as Reality Fuel 11:06 — William S. Burroughs and Cut-Up Reality 12:12 — Philip K. Dick and Information From Elsewhere 13:05 — Alan Moore, Gods, and Idea Space 14:06 — Slenderman and Industrial-Scale Hyper-Sigils 15:21 — The Attention Economy as Magic System 16:06 — Auditing the Stories Running Your Life 16:46 — Withdrawing Attention From Bad Narratives 17:22 — How to Build Your Own Hyper-Sigil 18:09 — The Final Question: What Story Are You Living? SOURCES & FURTHER READING: Grant Morrison - "Pop Magic!" (Book of Lies, 2003) Grant Morrison - The Invisibles (1994-2000) Grant Morrison - Supergods (2011) Austin Osman Spare - The Book of Pleasure (1913) Disinfo Convention Speech (2000) Arthur Magazine Interview William S. Burroughs - The Adding Machine Philip K. Dick - The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick Alan Moore - The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic #hypersigil #grantmorrison #theinvisibles #chaosmagic #sigils #occult #popmagic #fictionsuit #austinspareosman #philipkdick #alanmoore #williamsburroughs #egregore #realitymanipulation #consciousness #magick #comics #vertigocomics #kingmob #slenderman Become a member of this channel to enjoy benefits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6gJYYFDueIzAk_Jn6SmZw/join --- ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices