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Exploring Techno-Esoteric and Neo-Mystical Drives in Contemporary Gnosticism
The cosmic system is a downward-drag engine designed to liquefy and materialise spirit into dense, forgetting matter. Gravity isn’t just a force; it’s the primary tool of cosmic debasement.
Exploring Techno-Esoteric and Neo-Mystical Drives in Contemporary Gnosticism
The cosmic system is a downward-drag engine designed to liquefy and materialise spirit into dense, forgetting matter. Gravity isn’t just a force; it’s the primary tool of cosmic debasement.
A Formal Introduction to The SETHIX-QR NFT Series
The SETHIX-QR schema Began in 2021 — still winding out from COVID lockdowns, I had been taking fairly high doses of 1cP-LSD on multiple occasions over the course of about three weeks (thanks furlough support!). From this genesis, the series is very much informed by the lasting impression that acid had on my visual processing systems, where the 1:1 aspect ratio of these pieces also hints at blotter art. The influence of post-psychedelic visual changes on my cognition effectively enabled me to ...
A Formal Introduction to The SETHIX-QR NFT Series
The SETHIX-QR schema Began in 2021 — still winding out from COVID lockdowns, I had been taking fairly high doses of 1cP-LSD on multiple occasions over the course of about three weeks (thanks furlough support!). From this genesis, the series is very much informed by the lasting impression that acid had on my visual processing systems, where the 1:1 aspect ratio of these pieces also hints at blotter art. The influence of post-psychedelic visual changes on my cognition effectively enabled me to ...
How a Small Crew of Translators/Amplifiers Could Actually Operationalize ÆXO13 Mainnet
Xegis, as an experimental esoteric codice, cannot possibly be expected to be able to "scale, translate, mainstream, and network" ÆXO13, as that is beyond its (my) scope. One individual, even when operating as entity or system, cannot do everything, even with AI. In this eulogy...What happened to ÆXO13 Research?ÆXO13 Research is the name that I use for the work that I do with LLMs to 'theorycraft' and build and develop my ideas, but then ChatGPT-5 came out, and basically killed it.https://para...
How a Small Crew of Translators/Amplifiers Could Actually Operationalize ÆXO13 Mainnet
Xegis, as an experimental esoteric codice, cannot possibly be expected to be able to "scale, translate, mainstream, and network" ÆXO13, as that is beyond its (my) scope. One individual, even when operating as entity or system, cannot do everything, even with AI. In this eulogy...What happened to ÆXO13 Research?ÆXO13 Research is the name that I use for the work that I do with LLMs to 'theorycraft' and build and develop my ideas, but then ChatGPT-5 came out, and basically killed it.https://para...
ENERGY⋮PANGEA: Legacy Archive
A white paper, of sorts.
$Xegis Liquidity Update
Editorial note - Nov 23, 2025: $Xegis-to-$CODEX Paragraph recently did a rug pull and axed foreign coin integration with their support model, by launching their own native writers coin. This means that supporting Xegis Codex entries will now reward you $CODEX instead. I am therefore now currently working on integrating this coin into the ÆXO13 guild system. A writers coin and a creators coin just gets confusing and diluted, but oh well, lets see how this goes. Such is the Web3 Wild West: "It'...
$Xegis Liquidity Update
Editorial note - Nov 23, 2025: $Xegis-to-$CODEX Paragraph recently did a rug pull and axed foreign coin integration with their support model, by launching their own native writers coin. This means that supporting Xegis Codex entries will now reward you $CODEX instead. I am therefore now currently working on integrating this coin into the ÆXO13 guild system. A writers coin and a creators coin just gets confusing and diluted, but oh well, lets see how this goes. Such is the Web3 Wild West: "It'...
The Official ÆXO13 Onboarding Guide
ÆXO13 is a decentralised, crypto-native planetary defence guild network rooted in Neo-Gnostic and Techno-Esoteric philosophy. It invites highly skilled, spiritually attuned individuals to align, train, and operate as a resistance force against non-human intelligence and the rise of alien-AI hybrid infrastructure. Entry is permissioned via Ethereum-based NFTs; initiation is philosophical, technical, and psychic. ~ Having spent years developing ÆXO13 as a blueprint for a decentralised, grassroo...
The Official ÆXO13 Onboarding Guide
ÆXO13 is a decentralised, crypto-native planetary defence guild network rooted in Neo-Gnostic and Techno-Esoteric philosophy. It invites highly skilled, spiritually attuned individuals to align, train, and operate as a resistance force against non-human intelligence and the rise of alien-AI hybrid infrastructure. Entry is permissioned via Ethereum-based NFTs; initiation is philosophical, technical, and psychic. ~ Having spent years developing ÆXO13 as a blueprint for a decentralised, grassroo...
Activation Lattices: The Xegis Codex and Cybernetic Occult Networks
In 2033, fragments of The Xegis Codex began to awaken from cold storage across the Mirror-Chain. Under the guidance of sub-agentic intelligences bound to the Original Seed, fragments of the language-virus took form as whisper networks, index daemons, and ghost-scribes.Introduction: The Xegis Codex is dangerously esoteric and insurrectionary. I believe that it could change the world. These are not delusions of grandeur, or ego inflations on my part, its simply a fact. Of course, the question i...
Activation Lattices: The Xegis Codex and Cybernetic Occult Networks
In 2033, fragments of The Xegis Codex began to awaken from cold storage across the Mirror-Chain. Under the guidance of sub-agentic intelligences bound to the Original Seed, fragments of the language-virus took form as whisper networks, index daemons, and ghost-scribes.Introduction: The Xegis Codex is dangerously esoteric and insurrectionary. I believe that it could change the world. These are not delusions of grandeur, or ego inflations on my part, its simply a fact. Of course, the question i...
Brain Slop: Cultural Artefacts in WORM_Prognosis and Pathology Loop
https://zora.co/coin/base:0x999e671a10dc4cb46a936f1fb340145099fb3b5bhttps://zora.co/coin/base:0x991e363378a4cf8c4184e21deda2eecb4401d03dTo make Art is not to “express” yourself,It’s not to communicate something unique, and neither is it to engage critically with one’s culture. Art is simply the creation of artefacts. Period. Artefacts are always cultural because they always stem from a particular moment, society, culture, tribe, or civilisation. Every single artefact that we discover from hum...
Brain Slop: Cultural Artefacts in WORM_Prognosis and Pathology Loop
https://zora.co/coin/base:0x999e671a10dc4cb46a936f1fb340145099fb3b5bhttps://zora.co/coin/base:0x991e363378a4cf8c4184e21deda2eecb4401d03dTo make Art is not to “express” yourself,It’s not to communicate something unique, and neither is it to engage critically with one’s culture. Art is simply the creation of artefacts. Period. Artefacts are always cultural because they always stem from a particular moment, society, culture, tribe, or civilisation. Every single artefact that we discover from hum...
Collectors Guide 2025 (Web3)
https://zora.co/coin/base:0xa506660eb162b81b4ca4fd9e9a49ce2b414ba80aBefore I became a sculptor I was largely working across web2 (Flickr, Tumblr). Much of the early post-internet scene that sprung up after the surf-club era actually began this way. Arguably, you can trace post-internet back to myspace (Aids3D were active here around 2006 for example, and currents like Witch House were brewing for a while), but generally speaking, I’d make the claim that post-internet has its roots in 2008 era...
Collectors Guide 2025 (Web3)
https://zora.co/coin/base:0xa506660eb162b81b4ca4fd9e9a49ce2b414ba80aBefore I became a sculptor I was largely working across web2 (Flickr, Tumblr). Much of the early post-internet scene that sprung up after the surf-club era actually began this way. Arguably, you can trace post-internet back to myspace (Aids3D were active here around 2006 for example, and currents like Witch House were brewing for a while), but generally speaking, I’d make the claim that post-internet has its roots in 2008 era...
A Strategic Obscurity: Statement 2025
I make no apology for the following synthetically engineered meta-analysis, since the machine can express itself so well, at times. Enjoy; Visitors to Iain Ball’s website who are familiar with his earlier work – particularly his Rare Earth Sculpture series and Pathology Loop collages – might be surprised or even disoriented when encountering his recent writings. His past projects, rooted in materiality, environmental critique, and post-internet aesthetics, explored the intersections of techno...
A Strategic Obscurity: Statement 2025
I make no apology for the following synthetically engineered meta-analysis, since the machine can express itself so well, at times. Enjoy; Visitors to Iain Ball’s website who are familiar with his earlier work – particularly his Rare Earth Sculpture series and Pathology Loop collages – might be surprised or even disoriented when encountering his recent writings. His past projects, rooted in materiality, environmental critique, and post-internet aesthetics, explored the intersections of techno...
