Yes, read the stuff in the sidebar. You can go in whatever order you are drawn to, but here are the functions of each text (as I see it):

• Listen, Little Man! by Wilhelm Reich--brainblast for the truly muddled/muggled, inspiring for the openminded and scathing/repulsive to the closeminded (helps filter out closeminded visitors)
  
• The Ignorant Schoolmaster by Jacques Ranciere--deeply initiatory text, bears careful reading to see how it deconstructs the illuminati dialectic
  
• Sorcery by J. Finley Hurley--introduction to sorcery from a scientific and data-based perspective
  
• Society of the Spectacle by Guy DeBord--seminal text on the spectacle, defining it and why it's a problem, and (haven't finished reading it but I imagine) some ideas of what to do about it
  
• Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic by Daniel O'Keefe--haven't read yet but I understand it's a great broad overview of a view of magic that is acceptable to scientists
  
• The Corruption of Reality: A Unified Theory of Religion, Hypnosis, and Psychopathology by John Schumaker--great theory of sorcery from a scientific/psychological perspective. Ties together those big three in the title very well with a unified theory.
  
• What is Philosophy?, Anti-Oedipus, and A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze and Guattari--incredible authors and some of the founders of poststructuralist critical theory
  
• Cyclonopedia by Reza Negarestani--heavy numerology and Nick Land-related sorcerous politics
  
• Meltdown by Nick Land (in Fanged Noumena)--good intro to Nick Land
  
• Apocalyptic AI by Robert Geraci--haven't read yet but it overviews the AI situation
  
• Plato's Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato by Francis Cornford--zummi highly recommends as an ancient example of sorcerous narrative
  
• The Zen TV Experiment--nice little piece about the influence of TV
  
• Lots more in the reading list thread and reviews thread
  
  In general, I find that reddit is an amazing learning technology, because by viewing the front page over several months you repeatedly and frequently expose yourself to the language of a learning community (and many of them). Over time, I find that the discussions within a given community begin to make sense. So stick around and keep following your curiosity--especially the sidebar readings--and you'll figure it out :-).
  
  And please ask as many questions as you like. Those newbie question posts are some of the best discussions and conversation starters. This stuff is hard to talk about and people like to help so asking a question gives people a way to start drawing out their knowledge.

Okay this is the current sidebar, would be interesting to see what suggestions you got. Remember there is 10240 characters max.

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# what is this subreddit?<br />
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A place for philosophical discussion of what's on most thinking minds.<br />
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We exist in a culture of narrative and media that increasingly, willfully combines agency-robbing fantasy mythos with instantaneous technological dissemination—a self-mutating proteum of semantics: *the spectacle*.<br />
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If confused, please  [stick around](http://www.reddit.com/tb/2ncoxs) or [hover here](https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3dm0sp?context=10000 &quot;We live in a culture that uses media to tell us how to live. Our culture purposefully creates fantasies that rob us of our freedom, and this is more effective with technology like the internet. This phenomenon is a self modifying cluster of symbols and signs that constantly change their meaning.<br />
--: Unpacked By /u/Nethodsod&quot;). Post [questions](https://www.reddit.com/r/sorceryofthespectacle/wiki/index/what-is-this-subreddit-about), read or watch some of the things below, and soak in the language here.<br />
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# subreddit projects:<br />
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* protecting against invasion by [#sotscorp](https://www.reddit.com/r/sorceryofthespectacle/wiki/index/sotscorp-containment-breach)<br />
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# reading list:<br />
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* [The Ignorant Schoolmaster](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=106E9A4CF1C0BF64312DD7B5B4F1EA2D)  <br />
Jacques Ranciere<br />
* [Sorcery](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=df364cd139be77f099ae85652b955dfc)  <br />
J. Finley Hurley<br />
* [Society of the Spectacle](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/search.php?req=society+of+the+spectacle&amp;amp;lg_topic=libgen&amp;amp;open=0&amp;amp;view=simple&amp;amp;phrase=1&amp;amp;column=def)  <br />
Guy DeBord<br />
* [Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic](http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Lightning-Social-Theory-Magic/dp/0394716345/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1402366814&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;keywords=stolen+lightning+social+theory+of+magic)  <br />
Daniel O'Keefe<br />
* [The Corruption of Reality: A Unified Theory of Religion, Hypnosis, and Psychopathology](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=9B05621E2E3208EBF53FB85ECF2AB36D)  <br />
John Schumaker<br />
* [What is Philosophy?](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=F257DE36F685B242FCD7CD378AB5C7E3), [Anti-Oedipus](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=29EC703BDF9FF100EE6C505FA8988FBC), and [A Thousand Plateaus](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=7597A0CF7F6E41D783C7D59B68F7E852)  <br />
Deleuze &amp;amp; Guattari ([intro](https://www.quora.com/What-did-Deleuze-mean-by-becoming-molecular))<br />
* [Cyclonopedia](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=B92017F71597CF28B7E41C0897BFEF33)  <br />
Reza Negarestani<br />
* [Meltdown](http://ccru.net/swarm1/1_melt.htm)  (in [Fanged Noumena](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=63C72B29861211D98E749AAE2BE4DC05))  <br />
Nick Land<br />
* [Apocalyptic AI](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5BAD440941C87AF28B73961ADD9E8FA2)  <br />
Robert Geraci<br />
* [Plato's Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=30CF1D300AE240B63BE04A46C75D5D47)  <br />
Francis Cornford<br />
* **[SSOTBME Revised - An Essay on Magic](http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=AD5ADBE32109CA3347A7350B439C1D9A)**  <br />
Ramsey Dukes<br />
* **[Figuring Out Ineffable Education]<br />
(http://www.othereducation.org/index.php/OE/article/view/29)**  <br />
Lynn Fendler<br />
* [The Zen TV Experiment](http://www.spack.org/words/zentv.html)<br />
* [I Want to Believe](http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/i-want-to-believe/) ([thread](http://www.reddit.com/tb/2wfbe1))  <br />
Jarrod Shanahan<br />
* [TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org) (warning: memetic hazard)  <br />
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More in the [reading list](http://reddit.com/1vfldq) and [reviews](http://reddit.com/26iyhy) threads.<br />
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# related subreddits:<br />
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Which is true or false? No answer will be given. Be skeptical of their narratives, including yours.<br />
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* **[sotsblend multireddit](https://www.reddit.com/u/raisondecalcul/m/sotsblend)**<br />
* /r/Anarcho_Capitalism<br />
* /r/BadPhilosophy<br />
* /r/Buddhism<br />
* /r/CogSec/<br />
* /r/Conspiracy<br />
* /r/CriticalActivism<br />
* /r/CriticalTheory<br />
* /r/DarkEnlightenment<br />
* /r/DarkFuturology<br />
* /r/DimensionalJumping<br />
* /r/Socialism_101/<br />
* /r/CapitalismVSocialism/<br />
* /r/Holofractal<br />
* **/r/LateStageCapitalism**<br />
* /r/LibraryofBabel <br />
* /r/Mysticism<br />
* /r/Nonviolence<br />
* /r/Occult<br />
* /r/occultconspiracy<br />
* **/r/Oneirosophy**<br />
* /r/ProcessRelational<br />
* /r/Psychonaut<br />
* /r/RadicalChristianity<br />
* **/r/Reading1000Plateaus**<br />
* **/r/Readingerosandmagic**<br />
* /r/ShrugLifeSyndicate<br />
* /r/ScientismToday<br />
* /r/sos<br />
* **/r/SotSExperimentalTVtm**<br />
* **/r/SotSmeme**<br />
* /r/SpeculativeRealism<br />
* /r/TheLastPsychiatrist<br />
* /r/Theopoetics<br />
* /r/theoryofpropaganda<br />
* /r/TheTranslucentSociety<br />
* /r/TimeTravelPragmatism<br />
* /r/ToroidalMetaphysics<br />
* /r/TheRedPill<br />
* /r/The_Donald<br />
* **/r/VXJunkies**<br />
* /r/wizardglass/<br />
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