Toward a Definition of Purpose

BY: Mark

I’ve had this domain for more than a decade, and have never really found a suitable use for it. Finally, it seemed like I should either use it or let it go, and that started a lengthy process of trying to find something that would appropriate for the moniker of “darkline.” This search coincided with two other things: (a) a desire to get back to some semblance of blogging, and (b), a realization that investigating the occult was going to be an ongoing theme in my work, CODEX books aside.

I’ve been writing books fairly seriously for a few years now, and as it’s a fairly solitary process, I’ve begun to miss the elements of both a forum and a community. Instead of trying to find one (see OPi8.com and the culture logs we tried to build back in the day) or show up on the doorstep of another, I mulled over what it was that I really wanted. As much as some of the other occult and esoteric communities interest me, they seem to be too focused in their efforts (and the materials they cover). As anyone who has read Lightbreaker can attest, my issue isn’t one of specialization.

Plus when you get right down to it, I’m a better writer than I am a magician. And there’s your focus: this’ll be a writer talking about magic and the occult. Perhaps, a few years down the road, we’ll all discover we’ve become magicians. At least, that’s the idea.

There will be no set publication periodicity here. Not in the beginning, at least. The idea is to put up material as I find time. I do hope to add some more contributors so it won’t be a solitary voice blathering about the shiny things. Throw this site into your RSS reader, and we’ll all be pleasantly surprised when the content starts flowing regularly.

The intent is collate and discuss, and with that in mind, “reviews” per se will be one-sided. I’m not really keen in getting back into the reviewing business, but I am interested in what’s being done in the field. A book (or CD or film or magick ritual) may be the topic of post, but it’ll be more of a starting point for conversation. That’s more of a caveat to people who would like to send stuff. Yes, I’m happy to accept material, but realize that a traditional review probably won’t be in the offing.

Beyond that, let me leave you with the little piece that used to be the entirety of content at DARKLINE.COM. I was happy to discover I still had it, as it says everything that needs to be said.

Sigil

-m