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A PhD in Magic - Polymath vibes
As above, so below! It's true - I was awarded the doctorate in 2019 for this thesis (you can read it!) Anyways the whole thing was a whirlwind: it took me 10 years to write. I think that as with all PhD work, it became kind of a battery: it is my definitive statement on magic? Hardly - but is it important? Definitely. In a nutshell I decided to tackle the problem of a universal definition of magic - and I failed - but I failed really well, and in the process invented a syst

Peter Duchemin, Phd
3 hours ago1 min read
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The Wizard of Bronze, Part 1
And it begins with an accident... In 2021, two days before my son was born, a change encounter set into motion a series of events that has changed the course of my life, and will soon bear fruits in the world in the form of a series of massive, powerful Bronze Sculptures that monumentalize the esoteric Tarot in a way that has never been done before. The light shines through. It began in Hong Kong. We were living there at the time - in the beautiful seaside community called Mu

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 291 min read
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Strength and Death
Strength and struggle are married, it is clear. There is something about "rising to the occasion" that brings this path to its mature stage. It is not force of violence, in my opinion, but rather courage. In a sense, Strength manifests at its most profound when we face into that which terrifies us the most. Fear is a good indicator. Turn towards it. Face, it. Hold. The term Hormesis refers to good stress which makes the body stronger. I think this path involves a Hormesis of

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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