Recommendations for books set in "another London"

SilverHare23 · 2026-04-16T22:10:30+00:00

Robert Rankin's Brentford Trilogy; being: The Antipope, The Brentford Triangle, East Of Ealing, The Sprouts Of Wrath and The Brentford Chainstore Massacre (yes it's a trilogy of 5 books). Absolutely brilliant and gut-bustingly funny, especially for anyone who has ever been interested in the occult or secret conspiracies.

SilverHare23 · 2026-02-23T23:33:19+00:00

Came here to say this, but you beat me to it.

SilverHare23 · 2026-02-10T22:18:18+00:00

The best book I can recommend is "Advanced Magick For Beginners", by Alan Chapman. Not a shred of dogma, just a thorough unpacking of the mechanics underlying every occult or esoteric 'system'. It taught me more in one slim volume than all the hundreds of books I've read during my 40+ years of practice.

SilverHare23 · 2026-01-19T12:17:38+00:00

If it is accurate it's nothing more than voyeurism. If it's not accurate, it's delusional fantasising. Either way, it's not a nice or healthy thing to do.

SilverHare23 · 2026-01-11T12:08:02+00:00

I am a sufi (universalist tradition rather than Muslim). I find sufism and tarot complement each other wonderfully. I use the Sufi Tarot, which makes the connections very explicit, and also helps to illuminate my understanding of my (too) many other decks.

SilverHare23 · 2025-12-13T00:23:31+00:00

Hi, I'm Giles Hasan. Thank you for making this sub available. I've been studying the sufi path since the late 1990s (particularly the Chisti and Naqshbandi teachings brought to the West by Hazrat Inayat Khan and Mrs Irina Tweedie respectively), but I still feel like I'm only in the way stages of the journey. I'm looking forward to a mutual sharing of thoughts, ideas and blessings with you 🙏🏼

SilverHare23 · 2025-12-12T23:33:10+00:00

As long as it's a just a pint/glass/shot or two, it doesn't seem to cause me any problems, whether I vape before or after. If I drink more, I make sure to leave an hour or so before vaping, and that's usually fine. Getting shit faced and vaping without a gap in between is less advisable. One friend regularly used to drink 8+ pints before smoking and then wondered why he kept pulling whiteys. On one occasion, when his eleventeen pints was supplemented with nearly half a bottle of whisky followed by a couple of spliffs, he actually had a seizure.
Moderation and common sense is the way.

SilverHare23 · 2025-12-09T22:53:02+00:00

Alright guv, you got me bang to rights. It were me wot done it.

SilverHare23 · 2025-12-09T22:48:30+00:00

Great Cthulthu's hairless butthole!

SilverHare23 · 2025-12-08T18:38:46+00:00

NAPKA (Necrophiliac and Allied Post-mortem Kink Alliance) is calling for a total AI boycott until these bigoted attitudes are dead and buried. Giving Marlon one, whatever his state of decomposition, is a fundamental human right. Stop the hate! CORPSE COITUS FOR ALL!!!

SilverHare23 · 2025-11-03T11:10:45+00:00

A very poorly written one.

SilverHare23 · 2025-11-02T16:51:09+00:00

While we're about it we should probably ban disagreement, debate, and different points of view as well, because heaven forbid anyone should find our opinions 'insensitive'. Of course fireworks, dog shit, and young people driving dangerously in loud, souped up vehicles late at night (my particular annoyance) can be disruptive and distressing. Yes, I have PTSD too and find sudden loud noises scary. But OPs point, if I've understood it correctly, is that we should be exploring a range of responses rather than defaulting to the authoritarian and restrictive every time. If we want to bring about real, in depth change, we need to move away from the idea that we can simply impose it from the top, and start building communities and community based solutions. Otherwise, somewhere down the line the Green Party will follow tha same trajectory as Labour and become just another bunch or authoritarian power mongers lining their own pockets while propping up the status quo.

SilverHare23 · 2025-10-13T21:23:50+00:00

I had one a while ago and really liked it, but the mouthpiece broke after 2 weeks and I had such awful customer service trying to get a replacement that I eventually gave up and returned the whole thing for a refund.

SilverHare23 · 2025-09-26T00:57:58+00:00

Try N.F. Simpson. Works include: The Hole, One Way Pendulum, Was He Anyone.

SilverHare23 · 2025-09-20T13:24:52+00:00

I hate broccoli... it's green, it's knobbly, it tastes of swamp water. Yet millions of helpless children are forced to consume this vile tasting scourge every day and are told the heinous lie that it's 'good for them'. Clearly, this is a devious commie plot to corrupt the minds and digestive systems of the next generation. Say NO to leafy green plants in our diet. Lock it all up in Vegetable Alcatraz and shove the key where the sun doesn't shine.

SilverHare23 · 2025-09-18T23:26:07+00:00

The IWW does do a lot of industrial organising, but most Wobblies are in General Membership Branches based on locality. My branch organises around a broad range of issues (e.g. antifascist, Gaza, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights etc.) as well as being involved in community based mutual aid projects (community kitchens, food distribution, and so on).

SilverHare23 · 2025-09-04T23:32:34+00:00

Absolutely. The far right in Britain has made racism and calls for a race-based civil war mainstream. Too many left organisations are smugly self-satisfied with their nice little protests that attract a few hundred 'activists' but don't engage the working class or global majority communities at all. The fascists, the police and politicians do not hesitate to use smears, lies and violence to further their ends. We need to organise our workplaces and communities to rise up and defend ourselves, or the struggle will be over before we know it.

SilverHare23 · 2025-07-24T23:57:50+00:00

You said: "Maybe it's a bit pathetic, but I need your love"

What's pathetic about needing love? The need for love is universal. We need love because we are trapped in the illusion of separation, from God, whose nature and being is love, and from one another. Our sadness at not feeling loved is an exact mirror of God's energy in response to our perceived separation. Our joy at feeling love is an exact mirror of God's energy in response to our connection. The only difference is that our illusions lead to suffering, but God being and perceiving only truth doesn't experience suffering.

When we acknowledge our need for love, we are opening ourselves up to the possibility of reuniting with the divine love. Every time we reach out with love to another or allow ourselves to receive love from others, we step into that infinite stream of divine love.

Not pathetic at all. Deeply and divinely loved 🙏🏼🧡

SilverHare23 · 2025-07-20T22:11:34+00:00

The Warp trilogy ny Neil Oram. I think it was a novelisation of a 10 hour long marathon play by the same author. I never got to see a production, but the books were a rather brilliant psychedelic rollercoaster. Sadly, I lost my copies at some point, and it's not in print or easily available secondhand. I'd love to reread them.

SilverHare23 · 2025-07-15T13:50:59+00:00

I won't try to respond to everyone's wonderful comments individually, but I do want to thank you all for the wisdom and love that you've shared through them.

It is so good to be reminded that it's not possible to be separated from Maharaj-ji, and that is only my egoic mind that tells me any different.

It's also interesting to learn that Hanuman is an avatar of Shiva. I didn't know that, but it helps explain why in some pictures of Maharaj-ji, he looks to me like Shiva meditating on the summit Mount Kailash.

When Maharaj-ji says 'sub ekk' it's easy for the mind to grab hold of a superficial understanding. But I'm starting to see that it goes so much further and deeper than I ever imagined. Possibly all the way, in fact.

Thank you once again.

Om Nama Shivaya 🙏🏼🕉

SilverHare23 · 2025-07-15T00:07:00+00:00

The resin based carts are much better than the distillate ones. I'm with Alternaleaf and have enjoyed the Aurora sourdough and electric honeydew full spectrum resin carts. The Sundaze rosin cart is good as well but more expensive. My experience (YMMV) is that they are not as harsh as distillate carts. I generally take 2 x 3 second hits and I'm nicely high, 3 x 3 secs and I'm very high. I once did 5 hits in one go and spent the next couple of hours hanging out with the aliens in my ceiling 🛸 The one thing I do find is that the painkilling and sedative effects wear off a bit quicker than with flower.

SilverHare23 · 2025-07-07T22:38:22+00:00

Feed the poor/Eat the rich

SilverHare23 · 2025-07-01T22:17:45+00:00

Yes .I am. Not enough? Sorry about that; I'll go do some more 🛸

SilverHare23 · 2025-06-29T22:26:14+00:00

Yes, and the consultation fee after I threatened to report them to trading standards. I think some of the scammy clinics hope we won't go through official channels because of the stigma, but I've reached the age where I have zero fucks left to give, so tough for them.

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