Doc Strange

The Journey

• Blackburn
  Lancashire. GenX. Working class. Northern. CB radio era — the handle was "Doc Strange" at age 11. That was the name before anything else. Still is.
• Teens
  First magic trick. A pack of cards, a borrowed book, a room that went quiet. Something clicked that never unclicked. Thirty-plus years later, still clicking.
• 1999
  GlowGadgets born. Selling EL wire and glow kits to ravers in Bristol. Lakota. Trinity. The Depot. Bionic nights. The water boy — looking out for everyone, making sure nobody was lost or cold or on their own. PLUR before he knew the word for it.
• 2000/01
  Clifton Gorge. 3am. A free party in the dark. Acid techno. Fluffy Dave lit up on a hillside. Twelve hours of conversation with a man called Lusty that rebuilt everything — introspection as a technology. Lusty died of an overdose. He deserves to be in this story with his name on it.
• 2014
  "A Strange Way to Stage Hypnosis" published. The method in print. Post Pandemic Edition 2023. Stage hypnosis — not a party trick, a tool for genuine human change.
• Magic Circle
  Member. Passed the hardest audition in magic. The rave ethic translated perfectly — both are about holding space, reading a room, making someone feel something real.
• Recent
  AuDHD diagnosis. Late. Life-changing. Named what had always been true — the pattern recognition, the intensity, the connections nobody else spotted. The superpower, not the deficit. Everything in this ecosystem is built on it.
• Now
  Building the village. FeelFamous. GlowGadgets. The -Oid family. Spoke 5 of The Wheel — Connection. Going back to where he knew himself. The dancefloor taught everything worth knowing.

The Craft

The magic, the music, the healing — they're all the same thing. They're all about creating a moment where someone steps outside their ordinary and sees something they didn't expect to see. In themselves.

The Shaman's Philosophy

The rave didn't teach me to escape. It taught me to arrive. Fully, completely, without apology. Everything since has been about how to hold that state — and help other people find it too.

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  PLUR is the operating system. Peace, Love, Unity, Respect. Not a slogan — a decision architecture. Run every choice through it and you rarely go wrong. The village is built on it. The apps run on it.
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  The floor was theirs first. Before it was yours — before you showed up — other people built that culture with their bodies and their courage. Know who came before. Hold the lineage.
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  The three strikes rule. Be kind. Be clear. Give people chances. But after three — you protect the energy of the space. No guilt. It's a social contract, not a judgment.
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  The Quantum Leaper moves between spokes. Fully present in each. No dilution. The rave head becomes the magic circle member becomes the radio operator becomes the village builder. Each one complete.
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  World domination through kindness. One ember at a time. The whole thing exists so someone can say "I wore a dress today" and get "well done."

The Kit

These are what actually get used. Every single one. Chosen for a reason, not a fee. The Dynavap for a walk. The Volcano when the session needs ceremony.

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Things Worth Saying

The Listening Room

The music that built the floor. The signal that's still going. Turn it up. Close your eyes. You'll know exactly what I mean.

Playlist updates. If the link 404s, search YouTube for "Bristol rave 1999" and you're most of the way there.

Light a Beacon

Drop your name and email and I'll send you occasional dispatches from the hamlet. No spam. No hustle. Just signal from the fire.

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