Liminal Space: The BACKROOMS of Reality

The Whole Rabbit

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In this week’s show we traverse the perilous Backrooms of creepy-pasta fame, using its dark mythology popularized by Kane Pixels as a case-study of the nature and power of liminality. We begin by exploring the liminal space of the backrooms as they first appeared originally in their anonymous creepy-pasta format alongside other images labeled “liminal spaces.” We discuss what liminality even means and how it can be creepy, exhilarating and a powerfully nuanced feature of creation itself. We discover, as with most inspired pieces of art, the horror of the backrooms was a reflection of real world events at the time. Aside from the mental and spiritual aspects, we put on our nerd glasses to explore how liminality functions in the world of natural, physical phenomena. We then conclude the free show by revealing where and when the backrooms photo was actually taken with some light-hearted musing about the synchronicities around this discovery. In the extended show we continue our discussion of liminality by exploring the dread abode of Catholic limbo, why dogs are inherently liminal by nature and how the mighty goddess Hecate rules over this entire domain of related ideas. Heck we even explore, in its entirety, an easily performed ritual by the late Satanic Church founder Anton Lavey designed to elevate the enjoyment of liminal spaces to its maximum degree. We discuss whether the classical minotaur of Crete was trapped in a labyrinth or a maze before exploring in detail the potent magickal ideas of ancient Egypt as they pertain to liminality specifically. Its pretty surprising how old some of these now popular ideas and motifs really are. Then, right before wrapping up we visit the Vault of the Adepts to discuss how liminality is celebrated in the Hermetic tradition and how feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote about the backrooms almost exactly how they are portrayed in today’s creepypasta but over 100 years ago. Thank you and enjoy the show!

Things we discuss during the free-section of this episode:
The Original Backrooms Creepy Pasta
What is Liminality anyway?
No Clip
Being Spirited Away
The Physics of Liminality
Kane Pixels Backrooms
The REAL Location of the Original Backrooms Image

In the extended version of the show (available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit) we go much further down the rabbit hole and discuss:
Liminality in the Occult
Catholic Limbo
Dogs
Goddess Hekate
A Satanic Ritual for Liminal Spaces
The Labyrinth vs. The Maze
The Egyptian Akhet
Vault of the Adepts
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”

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Sources
The Backrooms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms

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