{"product_id":"sorcery-as-technology-s-j-a-9798242537132","title":"Sorcery as Technology: A Record of Perceptual Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe world is not seen. It is rendered.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost approaches to consciousness seek to improve the self, stabilize the mind, or achieve \"higher\" states. This text does the opposite. It provides a technical framework for observing the mechanical assembly of experience and the temporary suspension of the \"owner\" at the centre of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Continuity Gloss\u003c\/b\u003e introduces the concept of the \u003cb\u003eTax\u003c\/b\u003e: the immense metabolic and neural cost required to maintain a seamless, narrated reality. When this tax is too high, or the surplus of attention is directed elsewhere, the \"Seam\" of reality becomes visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of philosophy, psychology, or belief. It is a collection of \u003cb\u003eDisposable Exploits; \u003c\/b\u003etemporary configurations of attention designed to target specific failure points in the human perceptual system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis work does not aim for mastery.\u003c\/b\u003e Mastery implies a master. Instead, it seeks a \u003cb\u003eLoss of Dependency, \u003c\/b\u003ethe ability to recognize the \"Unfinished Construction\" of the world and return to ordinary function without residue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is nothing to achieve. There is no path to follow. There is only the clinical inspection of the hardware and the eventual abandonment of the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrdinary function is sufficient. The rest passes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. J. A\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242537132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d","brand":"S. J. A","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175945777407,"sku":"9798242537132","price":13.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a68320a-a1c1-4ba0-b15a-0581871d9375.jpg?v=1771336358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sorcery-as-technology-s-j-a-9798242537132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}