The Journal is where the Keepers of the Library announce new and revised texts, correct errors, issue warnings when the Order's name is misused, and occasionally explain a decision at greater length than the Library itself allows.
Like everything else on this site, every Journal entry is dedicated to the public domain. Entries are signed by the Keepers collectively. There are no comments, no subscriptions, and no mailing list. When there is something to say, it will be here.
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A Seventh Text, and a Wider Map
The Blind Maker joins the Library as its seventh text, and eight new pages describe the left-hand path beyond the Order: its origins, its currents, its figures and symbols, and its practice.
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The Library, Reorganized
Every text now has its own permanent address, can be saved as plain text with a single button, and prints cleanly. The site still sets no cookies and loads nothing from anywhere else.
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From the Record to the Commons
The seventh coil asks you to give your work away. Eight practical notes on turning a private record into something that others can use.
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The Price of a Beautiful Book
On limited editions, fine bindings, and the occult book trade: what the small presses do well, and three confusions that a scarce and beautiful book invites.
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First Workings, Second Edition
Nearly fifteen years after it first circulated as a photocopied pamphlet, the Order's primer in self-initiation has been revised. Four changes, and the reasons for each.
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No One Sells Our Degrees
Offers of paid initiation, certificates, and secret documents are circulating in the Order's name. None of them comes from us, and none of them could.
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Fifteen Years Without a Lock
Fifteen years ago tonight, seven people resolved to charge nothing, keep no secrets, and hold no authority over one another. A look back at what we got right, and what we did not expect.
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Why CC0, and Not Something Softer
Why the Order dedicates its work to the public domain instead of using a license that requires credit or keeps derivatives open, and why we think the difference matters.
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