magick author, neuro-linguistic programming licensed trainer

Phil Farber is a postmodern magician who conceived the future of initiatory ritual. Part of a revolutionary cabal that includes Robert Anton Wilson, Genesis P-Orridge, Laurence Galian, Peter J, Carroll, Phil Hine, and Antero Alli, Farber has updated Aleister Crowley's definition of magic ("the art and science of causing change in conformity with Will") for the contemporary environment. His unique and humorous synthesis enables the individual to manifest hidden desires, discover their True Will, and experience Mastery of the Self.

He updates ritual techniques derived from Middle Ages daemonology and Enlightenment Rosicrucian schools with insights gleamed from Cybernetics (Norbert Wiener) Psycholinguistics (Alfred Korzybski, Noam Chomsky), NeuroLinguistic Programming (Richard Bandler, John Grinder), and Hypnotic Trance (Milton Erickson).

In FutureRitual: Magick for the 21st Century (Eschaton Productions, 1997), Farber applies Occam's Razor and dazzling wordplay to a frequently misunderstood (mind)field. He explores how tools such as bio-feedback, chaos theory, meditation, mind-machines, psycho-active drugs, and "therapeutic metaphors" (Erickson) can radically restructure our subjective experience of the cosmos.

"The genius of Farber's open-ended and constantly evolving framework is that it is about decoding and changing meta-patterns and systems, not simply content: the practitioner can substitute preferred personal aesthetics for Farber's evocative neo-Pagan deity encounters. Thus, Farber nimbly avoids the twin errors of rigid adherence to an atrophied tradition, and becoming ensnared in an infinite regress of mirage-like goals. Farber's framework can also be employed for everyday trance occurrences, such as overcoming phobias and improving personal relationships."

-- Alex Burns, Disinformation