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#20278 - 02/12/09 06:20 PM What are you reading right now?
Zoid Zoid member Registered: 01/24/09 Posts: 109 Loc: USA - New Jersey	I am always curious as to what people are reading, even if, like ceruleansteel currently, you're mainly reading textbooks. So let this be a thread where you can simply announce what you're reading, say a few words about it if you wish, learn what others are reading and post comments thereof. Also on topic will be announcing any books you have on order but haven't received yet. I'm reading "My Rise and Fall" by Benito Mussolini. There are noticeable similarities to Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," which I had previously read. Both men depict themselves as virile, decisive, and insightful, to a heroic degree. Both depict themselves as utterly altruistic, humble servants of the fatherland. Both demonize the Socialists. Both paint the prior political regime as hopelessly corrupt and incompetent. Both wax reverent toward soldiers in general and dead soldiers in particular. There is definitely a formula here. I have the following on order and will comment on them as I delve into them: Kurt Saxon: "The Poor Man's James Bond" (a recommendation from ceruleansteel) Robert Green: "The 48 Laws of Power" Robert Green: "The 33 Strategies of War" Raymond B. Cattell: "Beyondism: Religion from Science" (a recommendation from Fist)
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#20281 - 02/12/09 06:45 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
6Satan6Archist6 6Satan6Archist6 senior member Registered: 10/16/08 Posts: 2233 Loc: Oregon	I am reading several books at the moment: The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm - Paul Kurtz The Occult - Colin Wilson Burning Rainbow Farm - Dean Kuipers _________________________ Ultimate Satanic Bad Ass of Ultimate Satanic Bad Assery PhD Esq. LLC Inc.^∞ DCLXVI°
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#20286 - 02/12/09 09:53 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	Currently I am reading a couple books on music. The first book is called *Musical Form and Musical Performance* by Edward T. Cone. I won't go into details, but it is, as its title suggests, centered on the formal structure of music and how musicians can shape a musical performance around it. Cone is very astute in his observations. For instance, he likens a musical composition to a piece of visual art, specifically a painting, and observes that much like the frame that delimits the space of a painting (though the subject of the picture, conceivably, can encompass far more than the artist chose to depict) our musical frame is silence, that which precedes and follows a performance. The other book is called Music, Science, and Natural Magic in Seventeenth-Century England by Penelope Gouk. It is a look at how the English viewed science and music, which was, at the time, within the sphere of the sciences rather than the arts as it is today. Indeed, Gouk points out that most of the writers on the theory of music of the period (theory here differing from modern concept of music theory as chord progressions, counterpoint, melody, harmony, etc.) where those like Newton. I'm not very far in the book yet, but it seems to be a fairly interesting read. I am also reading the highly controversial and highly contested "autobiography" of great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich *Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich* as related to Solomon Volkov. There is much debate in the music community amongst scholars with regard to the authenticity of this book, due to some of the things that are said "by" Shostakovich, for one thing. However, as my music history professor pointed out several years ago, if it was an inauthentic document, then surely Shostakovich's son would have contested it (which he has not). Those of a more general readership probably won't find the first two interesting, but Shostakovich was a fascinating person and a masterful composer (ref. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 [Bernstein's recording], his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and any one of his string quartets, which contain some of his most introspective and personal music, particularly his "autobiographical" Quartet no. 8) so I would recommend it to even a general reader; it does not, as far as I know, contain an overabundance of musical terminology. I also just finished rereading a book on Vlad Ţepeş (1435 - 1476) titled *Dracula: The Prince of Many Faces - His Life and Times* by Raymond T. McNally and Radu R. Florescu. This man is the real life figure whose acts of justified cruelty gave way to a tradition of horror stories which eventually culminated in Bram Stoker's famous novel. It focuses on the socio-political climate of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as well as Romanian territories (Wallachia, for one) which the Turks were trying to use as a beachhead for their campaigns to secure a foothold in Europe, and how this affected Dracula's accession to power. I highly recommend this book to anyone, but specifically those who are interested in this period and Turkish expansionism, as well as this fascinating historical figure. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#20304 - 02/13/09 05:27 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Zoid Zoid member Registered: 01/24/09 Posts: 109 Loc: USA - New Jersey	Originally Posted By: Draculesti I also just finished rereading a book on Vlad Ţepeş (1435 - 1476) titled *Dracula: The Prince of Many Faces - His Life and Times* by Raymond T. McNally and Radu R. Florescu. I own this book and have read it with interest and pleasure. I may re-read it as part of my current study of sovereignty and warfare. With regard to books on music, I found a well written one to be "The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing" by David Pino, which I took up in response to my elder daughter's interest in the titular instrument.
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#20305 - 02/13/09 05:48 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Fabiano Fabiano member Registered: 09/06/08 Posts: 374	Last books I recently read : "The Prince" N. Machiavelli "Why we can't be good" J. Needleman
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#20314 - 02/13/09 11:16 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fabiano]
Morgan Morgan senior member Registered: 08/29/07 Posts: 2303 Loc: New York City	I'm currently reading... Philosophy in the Boudoir by Marquis de Sade. I find it to be a more philosophy, political, and Anti-Xitian book than a sex book. The books about 170 pages, and maybe 15-20 at most were devoted to sexplay. Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk. Short stories he wrote based upon his personal experiences. Nice to know other people have bizarre experiences too. The Confessions of Aleister Crowley an autohagiography, edited by symonds & grant. So far it covers stuff I already knew, but I have a lot more to read. The book is over 900 pages. Generation of Swine by Hunter S. Thompson. Just really still in the beginning. Looking to see how his version of the 1980's matches my memory of them. I read more than one book at the same time depending on my moods, and where the current one captures me. Morgan _________________________ Courage Conquering Fear Fuck em if they can't take a joke Don't Like What I Say, Kiss My Ass.
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#20317 - 02/13/09 12:30 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Morgan]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	I find "Confessions..." a bit rough to get through. Crowley is quite verbose, and he goes on an awful lot about mountain climbing, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but after 400+ pages with little else (a few episodes with regard to his dealings with Mathers and the Golden Dawn, and his work with the book of Abra-melin )to break the monotony, it starts to get rough. Definitely a labor of love, in my opinion. I have yet to finish it, though, so I will keep plodding along. I have yet to finish "Philosophy in the Boudoir." Unfortunately, it is in storage right now... $\:\($ I have read "120 Days in Sodom" and while it is certainly a book about sexual depravity, one could also see it as a study in amorality and cruelty and criminal behavior, especially of the sexual variety. In addition to Vlad the Impaler, Sade is a personal hero of mine. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#20320 - 02/13/09 01:47 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Diavolo Diavolo Moderator stalker Registered: 09/02/07 Posts: 3780	I think I'm reading or rereading at least ten books at the moment. I switch from one to the other according my mood. I'm weird when it comes to reading. If it isn't fiction or non-fiction I can finish in one session I probably start reading something else before finishing. Around my sleep-spot on the floor -I prefer the floor or occasionally the couch to sleep when alone- you'll find two or three works by Dennett, The Ancestor's tale by Dawkins, something on the rise of intellect by W.H. Calvin, a book called On Science by B.K. Ridley, Nausea from Sartre, erotic art by Poulton and a collection upon modern Belgian art and something from a Belgian writer/poet. They're all good or interesting. The last interesting thing I finished was -oh the unsatanicness- the Harry Potter cycle. The partner's kids had them and I wanted to know what the fuzz was all about. I actually enjoyed reading it. T'was nice escapism for a bit. D.
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#20325 - 02/13/09 05:42 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fabiano]
Zoid Zoid member Registered: 01/24/09 Posts: 109 Loc: USA - New Jersey	Originally Posted By: Fabiano "The Prince" N. Machiavelli When I was quite a bit younger, there used to be a perfume sold in the USA named "Prince Matchabelli" (yes, spelled like that) and I still remember the day I realized what prince the perfume was named after. $\:\)$ I'll be interested in your reactions to the book.
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#20326 - 02/13/09 05:50 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Zoid Zoid member Registered: 01/24/09 Posts: 109 Loc: USA - New Jersey	Originally Posted By: Draculesti I have read "120 Days in Sodom" and while it is certainly a book about sexual depravity, one could also see it as a study in amorality and cruelty and criminal behavior, especially of the sexual variety. So few writers are willing to come out in favor of amorality. Because he was one of the few, I appreciate the Marquis de Sade.
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#20353 - 02/14/09 05:39 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Diavolo Diavolo Moderator stalker Registered: 09/02/07 Posts: 3780	"Letters from Prison" is an interesting read when one wants to explore the man behind de Sade. The guy went through some shit in his time, what he wrote or said wasn't accepted that good by the society he lived in. It is revealing at times to check out the man behind the works but it can also disrupt some romantic ideas one has about them. I had it with Nietzsche. I like his work but after reading his letters, I had to conclude that the dude was one big cry baby and that much of his venom against females simply was caused because the guy could get no pussy. No pussy blues indeed. D.
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#20362 - 02/14/09 12:04 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Fist Fist active member Registered: 08/31/07 Posts: 1007 Loc: B'mo Cautious MF	You can find a more comprehensive list of my recommended reading list here Books of the Left Hand Path. Currently, I am studying Pashto language and tribal dynamics for a trip I will be taking soon. _________________________ I am the Devil and I am here to do the Devil's work.
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#20364 - 02/14/09 12:17 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fist]
Jake999 Jake999 senior member Registered: 11/02/08 Posts: 2174	As-salam-aleikum! Ze-ma num Fist dai. Ze tushnab ta tlal ghua-ram. Tassa da tarjoma ka-wo-lay shei? "Good morning! My name is Fist. I must go to the toilet. Can you translate this?" I used a cheat sheet... but good luck with Pashto, Fist. _________________________ Bury your dead, pick up your weapon and soldier on.
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#20367 - 02/14/09 12:24 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fist]
Zoid Zoid member Registered: 01/24/09 Posts: 109 Loc: USA - New Jersey	Originally Posted By: Fist You can find a more comprehensive list of my recommended reading list here Books of the Left Hand Path. These two are completely new to me: Yamamoto Tsunetomo "Hagakure" Bertrand de Jouvenel "On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth" I'm looking them up on Amazon. Originally Posted By: Fist Currently, I am studying Pashto language and tribal dynamics for a trip I will be taking soon. I wish you the fulfillment of your intent.
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#20397 - 02/14/09 07:24 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
ceruleansteel ceruleansteel member Registered: 10/15/07 Posts: 549	Aside from textbooks for escuela, I'm reading, "War as I knew it" by Patton and wrapping up "Out of Range: Why the constitution can't end the battle over guns". Stacked up nearby, awaiting their turns, is a mess of Tom Brown books.
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#20479 - 02/15/09 05:29 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Damis Damis pledge Registered: 12/10/08 Posts: 60 Loc: England	Currently I am reading- The Art of War by Sun Tzu Previously read- Bushido the way of the samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto _________________________ Leben ist krieg.
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#20481 - 02/15/09 05:38 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Asmedious Asmedious Moderator active member Registered: 09/02/07 Posts: 973 Loc: New York	1 of: The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC 1 of: NLP: The New Technology of Achievement Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC 1 of: The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC Well not reading them yet, but they are on the way. A note on the last book: "The Mystery Method," it's only for the study of human nature, sociology, and psychology. Yep, that's the ticket, it's my story and I'm sticking to it! _________________________ "The most important right a government can provide for it's people, is the right to be left alone"
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#20491 - 02/15/09 07:19 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Damis]
Zoid Zoid member Registered: 01/24/09 Posts: 109 Loc: USA - New Jersey	Originally Posted By: Damis Currently I am reading- The Art of War by Sun Tzu Previously read- Bushido the way of the samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto Along the same lines, you might find interest in this one: “Be Like Water: Practical Wisdom from the Martial Arts” by Joseph Cardillo
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#20494 - 02/15/09 09:02 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Damis]
Fist Fist active member Registered: 08/31/07 Posts: 1007 Loc: B'mo Cautious MF	Quote: Previously read- Bushido the way of the samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto Where did you find this translation? Have owned three copies of this book and they were always: "Hagakure" Yamamoto Tsunetomo. _________________________ I am the Devil and I am here to do the Devil's work.
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#20496 - 02/15/09 09:15 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fist]
Jake999 Jake999 senior member Registered: 11/02/08 Posts: 2174	"First With The Most" - FORREST by Robert Selph Henry. Book about my favorite Civil War general, Nathan Bedford Forrest and his campaigns throughout the south. _________________________ Bury your dead, pick up your weapon and soldier on.
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#20501 - 02/16/09 02:49 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Jake999]
xear xear Admin member Registered: 07/06/07 Posts: 256 Loc: Los Angeles, CA	The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Part one of a trilogy by Robert Caro. It's based on LBJ's early life, years in the house, and the Senate. It comes highly recommended. - R
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#20506 - 02/16/09 06:53 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: xear]
Ringmaster Ringmaster member Registered: 04/07/08 Posts: 185 Loc: FT Sill	Currently- Politics - aristotle The Prince - machiavelli Aristotles book seem pretty good but also a dry read which gets boring sometimes. But his thoughts make a lot of sense. As for the Prince, it is a great book. I enjoy this one a lot. Although I do find the principles he sets forth in the book are a little out dated. _________________________ Get off the cross and save yourself, I feel no pity for the cries of a weak man.
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#20509 - 02/16/09 07:18 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Ringmaster]
spiderbreeder spiderbreeder member Registered: 11/29/08 Posts: 300 Loc: Sydney,Australia	I've just finished reading 'Without Conscience- Charles Manson, In His Own Words" as told to Nuel Emmons. Pretty disturbing, but provided a clearer picture of who the man is behind the monster -not to mention leaving me with the distasteful mental picture of Squeaky Fromme getting it on with George Spahn.... I've just started 'The Heroin Diaries' by Nikki Sixx. Pretty interesting so far, but time will tell. _________________________ REGIE SATANAS!
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#20533 - 02/16/09 07:04 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: spiderbreeder]
Zoid Zoid member Registered: 01/24/09 Posts: 109 Loc: USA - New Jersey	While awaiting my books on order, I've been re-reading the sci-fi novel, "The Demoilished Man," by Alfred Bester, about a man who decides to commit murder in a future society where telepaths monitor the citizenry.
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#20546 - 02/16/09 11:49 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Morbid Rex Morbid Rex member Registered: 01/29/09 Posts: 130	The Outsider by Colin Wilson. Very stimulating and eye opening book which looks at "the Outsider problem" in society through many real and literary figures. Definitely worth the read. Still need to set some time aside to finish it up. http://www.amazon.com/Outsider-Colin-Wil...34846161&sr=1-1 Edited by Morbid Rex (02/16/09 11:50 PM) _________________________ Do I dare disturb the universe Satanism! The only scientifically proven religion.
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#20642 - 02/17/09 08:01 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fist]
Damis Damis pledge Registered: 12/10/08 Posts: 60 Loc: England	Originally Posted By: Fist Quote: Previously read- Bushido the way of the samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto Where did you find this translation? Have owned three copies of this book and they were always: "Hagakure" Yamamoto Tsunetomo. From what I understand the correct name for the writings is "Hakagure", my copy says "Based on the Hakagure" as it is a translation from the original. _________________________ Leben ist krieg.
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#20646 - 02/17/09 08:19 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Damis]
NaebNaes NaebNaes stranger Registered: 02/15/09 Posts: 7	I am currently reading the Long Hard Road out of Hell by Marilyn Manson Marilyn Manson is one artist I listen to a lot so I thought I would just read his book. So far it's pretty interesting how his life was. But I wouldn't say it is an exciting book
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#20745 - 02/18/09 05:22 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: NaebNaes]
PrinceOfBabalon PrinceOfBabalon stranger Registered: 10/27/07 Posts: 49 Loc: London	I'm presently reading: The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers Admittedly I almost had to sleep with the light on! Almost needless to say that my main interest is in those stories which use The King in Yellow mythos as a theme. In terms of the subtle way it embeds itself in the mind and the ways in which it allows the imagination to snowball, I suspect that it produced the exact Magick effect that Chambers had in mind. Lucifer and Prometheus by R. J. Zwi Werblowsky A comparative literary analysis focusing on Milton's Lucifer and Byron's Prometheus. The introduction by Jung is interesting (not quite as interesting is the authors finger wagging against cosmic rebellion) and if you are a fan of Paradise Lost and/or Prometheus Unbound you may get something out of it, but on a whole there are better things to read. Future reading.... Shattered Glass by Elaine Bergstrom The Vampire Lestat and Queen of The Damned by Anne Rice Interview with the Vampire ranks as one of my favourite novels though I won't hold my breath with it's sequels. _________________________
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#20751 - 02/18/09 07:46 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: PrinceOfBabalon]
The Zebu The Zebu active member Registered: 08/08/08 Posts: 1129 Loc: Orlando, FL	"The Occult" by Colin Wilson General overview of basic occult concepts and a history of magic. Pretty good read, but occasionally sprinkled with parapsychology bullshit here and there. ======= Everything HP Lovecraft Ever Wrote Been workin' on ol' Howard for a year. Got all his famous stories down, so now I'm wrapping up the loose ends and tracking down his poetry. ================ King in Yellow - RW Chambers FUCK YEAH HASTUR! Only just started the other day, but it's pretty badass. ================ Random Chaos-Magick Shit I don't know what to say, really. ================ Lucretius - On the Nature of Things This guy is awesome. He really is. Edited by The Zebu (02/18/09 07:47 PM)
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#20760 - 02/18/09 10:25 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: PrinceOfBabalon]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers Why have I never heard of this? It sounds like it would be right up my alley. Lucifer and Prometheus by R. J. Zwi Werblowsky I'll have to track this one down. FYI, Prometheus Unbound was by Shelley. You're English, too, so you should know that. Tsk, tsk, tsk. $;\)$ Quote: Interview with the Vampire ranks as one of my favourite novels though I won't hold my breath with it's sequels. If you're using the movies as the basis for your judgement, you will be missing out on some of the greatest vampire fiction ever written, at least in the 20th century. I'm partial to The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, and Memnoch the Devil. Honestly, you can't go wrong with these books. They absolutely butchered the story for the second movie; it was the biggest mistake to try and cram two books' worth of material into one movie. It never had a chance. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#20764 - 02/19/09 12:00 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
NihilisticMystic NihilisticMystic stranger Registered: 02/16/09 Posts: 8 Loc: Albuquerque New Mexico United ...	Currently I'm re-reading The Stranger by Albert Camus, because I'm writing a screenplay that's a loose retelling of it. And I've recently finished re-reading of mice and men by John Steinbeck and Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky. _________________________ ?
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#20770 - 02/19/09 01:59 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Linaka113 Linaka113 member Registered: 10/28/08 Posts: 112 Loc: East Bay 510 CA	Currently I'm reading; High Voltage Tattoo By: Kat Von D I'm such a big fan of hers. Her book is very beauitful. _________________________ 6Hail6Satan6
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#20776 - 02/19/09 05:42 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
PrinceOfBabalon PrinceOfBabalon stranger Registered: 10/27/07 Posts: 49 Loc: London	Quote: FYI, Prometheus Unbound was by Shelley. You're English, too, so you should know that. Tsk, tsk, tsk. I knew that, I was just err..... testing you. $\:D$ Quote: If you're using the movies as the basis for your judgement, you will be missing out on some of the greatest vampire fiction ever written, at least in the 20th century. I'm partial to The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, and Memnoch the Devil. Honestly, you can't go wrong with these books. I have not seen the movie of Queen of the Damned for the same reason that I have prolonged reading the sequals to Interview (the movie of which I adored). However I am now looking forward to making a start on the novels. I finished The King in Yellow last night. Having done so it will - without a doubt - have a place among the best, and most genuinely frightening, literature I have read. _________________________
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#21046 - 02/23/09 07:34 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Fabiano Fabiano member Registered: 09/06/08 Posts: 374	Originally Posted By: Zoid Originally Posted By: Fabiano "The Prince" N. Machiavelli ... I'll be interested in your reactions to the book. I'll not enter an academic analysis of it; there are plenty of such analyses it in the bookstores. It made me having a more realistic view of the games of power. It helped me to realize how our political leaders have to think. Now, what interests me the more in this, is that I'm currently facing a grand manipulator working in my team. I don't know how, but I'm sure having read The Prince helps me in "handling/controlling" him. During a chat with my manager, I was happy to learn that he bought The Prince and plan to read it... I'm currently reading Utopia from Thomas More, a contemporary of Machiavelli. It gives some interesting "lightening" on The Prince... It's only a hundred pages long, I can only recommend this reading... BTW, I followed Nem's in downloading Atlas Shrugged via torrent. I'll start it after Utopia. Edited by Fabiano (02/23/09 07:51 AM) Edit Reason: grammar & link to Utopia
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#21055 - 02/23/09 03:14 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: NihilisticMystic]
IsacijH IsacijH stranger Registered: 02/18/09 Posts: 15 Loc: Umeå, Sweden	For the moment i am re-reading a wonderful book called Röde Orm (Red Serpent, or "The Longships" in its english title). I highly recommend this book. _________________________ Allt bör betvivlas.
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#21239 - 02/27/09 11:53 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: IsacijH]
Rig Rig stranger Registered: 02/26/09 Posts: 19 Loc: Grand Rapids, MI	Originally Posted By: IsacijH For the moment i am re-reading a wonderful book called Röde Orm (Red Serpent, or "The Longships" in its english title). That sounds interesting; I may pick up the Swedish version when I'm in Norway this summer. I'm reading Being and Nothingness, by Jean-Paul Sartre; it's a philosophical treatise on existentialism.
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#21312 - 03/01/09 01:17 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Rig]
Grandpabeast Grandpabeast member Registered: 02/26/09 Posts: 157 Loc: No. Utah. USA	Right now I am reading a text book for work. Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World. The book is over 700 pages long. I am reading it for my "Professional & Personal Growth" requirement at work. I have to turn in five reports through the next year on the five most common psychological disorders I encounter in my work. It's not a page turning burner, but very informational and educational. The book normally sells for $123 but I found it used but in new condition for $21 including shipping. I definitely scored on that one! Roger. _________________________ We can't stop here, this is bat country!
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#21313 - 03/01/09 01:22 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Dimitri Dimitri veteran member Registered: 07/13/08 Posts: 1357	Started to reread "the compleat witch". Ended up on pg 64, looks like I've forgotten a few things from it.. Also started reading "dreams at the witches house" of Lovecraft. _________________________ You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
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#21664 - 03/06/09 11:59 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Falhalterra37 Falhalterra37 stranger Registered: 03/04/09 Posts: 11 Loc: Missouri, USA.	I am reading "Silence of the Lambs" right now and had finished the movie just tonight. I get obsessed like that. _________________________ A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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#21725 - 03/08/09 12:29 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Falhalterra37]
Cody Cody pledge Registered: 09/16/07 Posts: 72	Nothing
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#21727 - 03/08/09 01:21 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Cody]
Bacchae Bacchae Satan's White Trash Neighbor member Registered: 05/13/08 Posts: 438 Loc: los angeles	Originally Posted By: Cody Nothing no one-liners. no single word replies.
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#21775 - 03/09/09 02:36 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Bacchae]
Vampirate Vampirate lurker Registered: 03/06/09 Posts: 3 Loc: Tennessee	The Antichrist, A Criticism of Christianity by Friedrich Nietzsche, probably my 3rd time reading it but I become distracted quite easily. Just finished The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft, definitely a notable classic.
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#22061 - 03/15/09 10:22 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
Rasha Rasha stranger Registered: 03/05/09 Posts: 19	One of the books I am reading right now is "Why we hate- Understanding, curbing, and eliminating hate in ourselves and our world" by Rush W. Dozier, JR. I found the chapters that discuss the scientific and subconcious elements of hatred in human beings very interesting. Edited by Rasha (03/15/09 10:31 PM)
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#22068 - 03/16/09 01:58 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Rasha]
Morbid Rex Morbid Rex member Registered: 01/29/09 Posts: 130	I recently finished Colin Wilson's The Outsider and now I have a big selection of what to read next. I'm thinking about going the novel route next so it looks like I'll be starting The Old Man And The Sea by Hemingway. _________________________ Do I dare disturb the universe Satanism! The only scientifically proven religion.
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#22072 - 03/16/09 04:27 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Morbid Rex]
Grandpabeast Grandpabeast member Registered: 02/26/09 Posts: 157 Loc: No. Utah. USA	I am rereading The Satanic Bible again and the Satanic Ritual book. To be a little covert at work I printed them off from the Media Center and put them in a 3 ring binder. TSB is 99 pages printed out and the ritual book is 129. So, when I need a break from my abnormal psychology textbook, this is a nice break and something I am actually interested in. If you haven't read these books, or cant get them due to censorship, this is a great place to get your hands on it. Roger. _________________________ We can't stop here, this is bat country!
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#22141 - 03/17/09 07:31 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: NihilisticMystic]
ceruleansteel ceruleansteel member Registered: 10/15/07 Posts: 549	Originally Posted By: NihilisticMystic Currently I'm re-reading The Stranger by Albert Camus, I fekkin' LOVE that book! I didn't even know it existed until I paused "Jacob's Ladder" to see what the hell he was reading while on the bus. Quote: Jean-Paul Sartre Reading Sartre is like reading Joseph Oreilly.... Edited by ceruleansteel (03/17/09 07:35 AM)
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#22150 - 03/17/09 03:05 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
6Satan6Archist6 6Satan6Archist6 senior member Registered: 10/16/08 Posts: 2233 Loc: Oregon	Originally Posted By: ceruleansteel Reading Sartre is like reading Joseph Oreilly.... Yes, except for the fact that Sartre actually had something to say. And I doubt if J.O. would be able to nail Simone Bouvier. _________________________ Ultimate Satanic Bad Ass of Ultimate Satanic Bad Assery PhD Esq. LLC Inc.^∞ DCLXVI°
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#22178 - 03/18/09 02:28 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: 6Satan6Archist6]
The Antagonist The Antagonist stranger Registered: 05/21/08 Posts: 26 Loc: Los Angeles	Has anyone read "The God Delusion"? If so, did you like it? I will be reading that book soon . . . once it arrives to my local library. I read all my books from my local library, and if I like them, I end up going to the bookstore to buy them. Currently, I'm reading books from my classes (Anthropology and Sociology): 1. Religions In Practice: An Approach to the Anthropology of Religion 2.Latino Los Angeles: Transformations, Communities, And Activism 3.Latino/a Popular Culture Edited by The Antagonist (03/18/09 02:31 AM) _________________________ There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. -Joseph Brodsky
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#22188 - 03/18/09 05:09 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: The Antagonist]
ceruleansteel ceruleansteel member Registered: 10/15/07 Posts: 549	I love sociology/psychology/et al. books. I don't know if you go to a local bookstore or not, but unless (you are like me and simply love your local bookstore person) but you can find anything cheaper online. Damn, I feel like a Benedict Arnold saying that... I have totally been a traitor to the lady at the "booke shoppe" who knows me by face, name, and credit card...and never fails to ask about my family by name...even when it's been three years since I was last in... I wonder, that being said, if a bookswap would be feasible here? Because it really is difficult for me to look at her and tell her that my toddler is getting better at pronouncing letter "B", then ask if she has a copy of TSW available...
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#22445 - 03/23/09 11:40 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Grandpabeast]
Rasha Rasha stranger Registered: 03/05/09 Posts: 19	I am flipping through "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. I have read through it many times. It is a great read if you enjoy controlling your environment.
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#22780 - 04/02/09 11:38 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Rasha]
97and107 97and107 member Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 196 Loc: Olympia, WA. USA	Loyalty Rules! from Harvard Business School Press, written by Frederick F. Reichheld. It's a very good book, picked it up for a 1.00 at the local thrift store. The book is about tapping into loyalty, one of the greatest threats to one's enemies (in the case of standing armies) as well as the hallmark of success in today's fast economy. Surprising? Man's done his research, here's the six principles he outlines in the beginning of the book: 1. Play to win/win (profiting at the expense of partners is a shortcut to a dead end) 2. Be Picky. (Membership is a privilege) 3. Keep it Simple. (Complexity is the enemy of speed and responsiveness) 4. Reward the right results (worthy partners deserve worthy goals) 5. Listen hard, talk straight. (long term relationsips require honest, two-way communication and learning) 6. Preach what you practice. (Actions often speak louder than words, but together they are unbeatable) to support these asserted principles he goes on to tell the stories of the companies which exemplified one or all of these rules, all of whom are great employers and highly profitable businesses, Enterprise, Dell, Harley-Davidson. In particular I noted rule 3. is supported by chaos theory - massive, complex systems are unpredictable and will eventually lead to a cascading collapse. (Hey, U.S. economy 2009 anyone??) Furthermore the Satanic quality of being picky about customers, employees and investment partners is undeniable I think - he goes into detail on this particularily in Dell's model of cockblocking newbies from buying any resources from them, instead expecting Compaq and HP to pick up the new customer business. I'm only half-way through but it affirms a few ideas I've had about business marketing and also digs the dirt on some reputable companies worth looking into for jobs. The advice given out here comes from leaders who have more than enough wealth to go around - companies that accrue billions a year and waste no time with pompous grandstanding. No bullshit.
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#22821 - 04/02/09 08:46 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: 97and107]
Morbid Rex Morbid Rex member Registered: 01/29/09 Posts: 130	I picked up a few new books from Barnes & Noble. I recently finished The Outsider by Colin Wilson and started up For Whom The Bell Tolls. _________________________ Do I dare disturb the universe Satanism! The only scientifically proven religion.
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#22824 - 04/02/09 09:00 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Morbid Rex]
cheryablinsk70 cheryablinsk70 stranger Registered: 04/01/09 Posts: 25	I'm rereading the Art of War and starting on Thus Spoke Zarathustra. I'm actually a bit embarrassed that I haven't read it yet, considering how much I'm interested in Existentialist and Nihilist thinkers... I have been reading a bit of Sartre lately though, that's always enjoyable.
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#22838 - 04/02/09 10:48 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
JohnMichaelArisp JohnMichaelArisp lurker Registered: 03/28/09 Posts: 3	Hi, My name is John Michael Arispe. I have been reading Witchcraft by Ly De Angeles. I haave also been reading a Book about The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo. I have read Mein Kamph. Besides that I made the Book. I figured out that my Brother in law John Garza became a Jew & that has history given him, I am a traveling Stone. I change through times.
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#22841 - 04/02/09 11:31 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: JohnMichaelArisp]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	Yes, you have read, but have you understood? Generally, when talking about books, art, music, we say a few things about them which has enriched our understanding of ourselves, the world, or...anything. For instance, what were some interesting points you found in Mein Kampf? What do you agree or disagree with, and why? You gave a useless list of books, followed by some gibberish. Your eyes may move over the page, but without assimilation and comprehension, it seems a useless gesture. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#22842 - 04/02/09 11:51 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
97and107 97and107 member Registered: 09/04/07 Posts: 196 Loc: Olympia, WA. USA	I read the Mein Kampf...dry reading, that one... It didn't seem to have much substance to it and I'm used to plowing through dense texts - it was a little like eating a whole pail of popcorn compared to any number of philosophical texts I've picked up which come across more like a grisly steak...NIETZSCHE, for example... Nietzsche wasn't half the narcissist Hitler was so I think that makes the difference. 'course I havn't read it in about five years so I could be forgetting...it just felt like Nietzsche loved to think and he loved laying out his thoughts to think even deeper... I do love some Nietzsche...could be masochistic...he had some good points. great points. And Christians hate him (and complain a great deal more) about him, so must be some good devilry in his shit... Hitler is a prime example not to follow your hunches blindly...wait a few months, think it over...better answers will come...imagine if he had harnessed the jews to build nuclear weapons instead of torturing them in the gas chambers. Hell...Hitler could have started Satanism if he wasn't in such a hurry to think superior genotype was as simple as appearances, culture, religion, morals...the error was worse than useless. imho Lavey got it right...and put it into writing. It's a transhumanistic movement. p.s: HAHAHHAA America wins you fuckers!!! $\:\)$
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#22845 - 04/03/09 12:50 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
ceruleansteel ceruleansteel member Registered: 10/15/07 Posts: 549	"Picket Lines and Bargaining Tables" -- Thomas R. Brooks "Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival" FM 5-25 Edited by ceruleansteel (04/03/09 12:51 AM)
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#22848 - 04/03/09 01:19 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: 97and107]
cheryablinsk70 cheryablinsk70 stranger Registered: 04/01/09 Posts: 25	I'd like to pose a question here, since there's a lot of talk of Hitler and Nietzsche going on in this thread. Do you think that Hitler could have misunderstood Nietzche's concept of the Ubermensch, and that might have influenced his eugenics programs? Just curious to hear your opinion.
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#22851 - 04/03/09 01:25 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: cheryablinsk70]
Morgan Morgan senior member Registered: 08/29/07 Posts: 2303 Loc: New York City	NO, This is a thread for what people are reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have a question in regards to philosophy.... Post it in the Philosophy section. Fuck!!!!!! Just read more, and think before you post!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Morgan _________________________ Courage Conquering Fear Fuck em if they can't take a joke Don't Like What I Say, Kiss My Ass.
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#22852 - 04/03/09 01:37 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Morgan]
cheryablinsk70 cheryablinsk70 stranger Registered: 04/01/09 Posts: 25	It's related to what I and other people are currently reading. For example, I'm reading "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", which illustrates that same Ubermensch concept. Apparently I was mistaken in my assumption that it was related enough. I appreciate your advice that this is not the appropriate thread for my question, and I'm sorry if I have caused any damage to this thread by posting it. I do not, however, appreciate your hostility towards me, and I would like to inform you that I do, in fact, think before I post. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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#22866 - 04/03/09 10:03 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
Lucius600 Lucius600 stranger Registered: 03/29/09 Posts: 28 Loc: USA	Dr.Jean Shinoda Bolen is one of my idols.If you have read any of her books,please let me know and we can talk. _________________________ stop the forgiveness of child molesters, UN-SEAT jesus!
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#22868 - 04/03/09 10:25 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: 97and107]
Lucius600 Lucius600 stranger Registered: 03/29/09 Posts: 28 Loc: USA	Hitler was obsessed with Wagner,not Nietzsche.I doubt Hitler even read one of nietzsche's books as I believe they were banned during the nazi regime-certainly they were censored.Christians may not like Nietzsche,but from what I understand,he didn't live anything but a 'moral' life,in spite of his claims at being an 'immoralist'.Nietzsche is hated by christians because he specifically rejected/attacked christianity as a moral code,saying:"Morality is herd instinct in the individual."And while there are many parallels between Nietzsche's Master morality and Satanism, Nietzsche,however brilliant a philosopher was no satanist. Edited by Lucius600 (04/03/09 10:27 PM) _________________________ stop the forgiveness of child molesters, UN-SEAT jesus!
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#22871 - 04/03/09 10:48 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: cheryablinsk70]
Lucius600 Lucius600 stranger Registered: 03/29/09 Posts: 28 Loc: USA	Like I told 97and107,I doubt Hitler even read Nietzsche.He was a fanatic disciple of Richard Wagner's-NOT Friedrich Nietzsche's.Hiter's eugenics policies probably stem from his relationship with german biologist Ernest haeckel.They both were interested in the ancient Spartans."Among the Spartans all newly born children were subject to a careful examination and selection.All those that were weak,sickly or affected with bodily infirmity were killed.Only the Perfectly healthy and strong were allowed to live,and they alone afterwards propagated the race."-Ernst Haeckel,father of german ecology,The History of Creation. _________________________ stop the forgiveness of child molesters, UN-SEAT jesus!
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#22872 - 04/03/09 10:51 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Lucius600]
fakepropht fakepropht Big Slick active member Registered: 08/29/07 Posts: 980 Loc: Virginia	This is a thread for "What you are currently reading", not a discussion of Hitler and Nietzche. If you would like to discuss them and their influences on each other and such, take it to another section and start a new thread. Morgan was right. _________________________ Beer, the reason I get up every afternoon.
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#22901 - 04/04/09 04:27 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: fakepropht]
cheryablinsk70 cheryablinsk70 stranger Registered: 04/01/09 Posts: 25	Yesterday I picked up a copy of Machiavelli's "The Prince". It's pretty interesting so far, and it seems to live up to its reputation as one of the definitive works on autocracy. Anybody else reading any Machiavelli?
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#22904 - 04/04/09 04:41 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: fakepropht]
Lucius600 Lucius600 stranger Registered: 03/29/09 Posts: 28 Loc: USA	Morgan was right absolutely,but I didn't start this discussion.I was simply stating what HITLER was or wasn't reading in regards to what had been previously posted,and it wasn't Nietzsche unless someone knows otherwise. _________________________ stop the forgiveness of child molesters, UN-SEAT jesus!
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#22962 - 04/05/09 03:51 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: cheryablinsk70]
JudgeFudge JudgeFudge stranger Registered: 03/26/09 Posts: 19 Loc: Hills of Appalachia.	I've been reading the following,... -The Pocket Pema Chödrön by Pema Chödrön. -Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber. -Welcome to the Desert of the Real by Slavoj Žižek. -Marijuana Botany by Clarke. I want to get the 70 stanzas on Emptiness by Nagarjuna or Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze, next. _________________________ "Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?"-Diogenes of Sinope.
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#22994 - 04/05/09 11:42 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: JudgeFudge]
cheryablinsk70 cheryablinsk70 stranger Registered: 04/01/09 Posts: 25	How is that David Graeber book? I've considered reading that, but I haven't heard much about it and I don't know anyone who's read it.
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#23007 - 04/06/09 03:43 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
DREX DREX stranger Registered: 03/23/09 Posts: 29 Loc: USA	i am currently reading: The Satanic Bible Might is Right yeah im a noob _________________________ "The end justifies the means" - Machiavelli
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#23042 - 04/07/09 12:36 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: cheryablinsk70]
JudgeFudge JudgeFudge stranger Registered: 03/26/09 Posts: 19 Loc: Hills of Appalachia.	Originally Posted By: cheryablinsk70 How is that David Graeber book? I've considered reading that, but I haven't heard much about it and I don't know anyone who's read it. Though I'm not finished with the book just yet it's interesting in it's implications and addresses the usual issues concerning the State, Anarchist praxis and so forth. While I think it's sightly leaning towards the left, it's useful, interesting and all that jazz for right leaning Anarchists as well. A definite read. Here is an online verson; http://www.prickly-paradigm.com/paradigm14.pdf _________________________ "Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?"-Diogenes of Sinope.
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#23046 - 04/07/09 01:20 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: JudgeFudge]
cheryablinsk70 cheryablinsk70 stranger Registered: 04/01/09 Posts: 25	Thanks. I'll definitely take a look at that. Should be interesting.
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#23716 - 04/23/09 04:41 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: cheryablinsk70]
icu4whatur icu4whatur stranger Registered: 12/14/08 Posts: 21	I'm almost done with "Luciferian Witchcraft", and I could not wait to start "The Book of Thoth"... I do that a lot. I skim over the last bit of a book (especially if it's nonfiction) and pick something else up. LW is a fabulous book though. Highly recommended. I'm still waiting on my copy of "The Bible of the Adversary" to be delivered. Waiting sucks. Nice nug JudgeFudge $\:\)$
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#23724 - 04/23/09 07:14 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
locuststar locuststar stranger Registered: 04/21/09 Posts: 5	just finished reading desperation by stephen king,ive read most of his books and i gotta say it kicks ass! i recommend it to anybody thats a fan of king.best one of his ive read so far.deserts,abandoned small towns in the middle of nowere...what more can you ask for
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#23731 - 04/23/09 09:50 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	I just finished Georges Bataille's Blue of Noon I have begun to read his *Erotism: Death and Sensuality* I also recently finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. A good bit of fiction; it was a slow start, but it eventually turned out to be quite a good read. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#23738 - 04/24/09 12:06 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Bacchae Bacchae Satan's White Trash Neighbor member Registered: 05/13/08 Posts: 438 Loc: los angeles	i have just finished a series of 10 Gene Wolfe books, and my brain hurts, so Im taking a break from concentrating and enjoying Jack Vance's The Dying Earth series. fun stuff, written in the 50's and still kicks ass.
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#24010 - 05/02/09 06:04 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
miriam miriam pledge Registered: 03/11/09 Posts: 90 Loc: Seattle, WA	a quick side note- draculesti, i thought you might be interested in the dead russian composer quiz, just for shits and giggles. you know, since you're reading a book on shostakovich. i like the string quartet no. 8. although i imagine you have a lot of reading for school, if you need a break, here's a link: http://www.doppelgriff.com/russian/ _________________________ "Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced."
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#24011 - 05/02/09 06:22 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: miriam]
miriam miriam pledge Registered: 03/11/09 Posts: 90 Loc: Seattle, WA	i forgot to say what i am reading! i'm reading "the obscene bird of night" by donoso, and lautréamont's "maldoror." the donoso is pretty incredible. it's roughly about an isolated, deformed man who takes on different monstrous shapes and beings. i'm not sure why, although the book is one of the great works of magical realism, so i imagine there is a chilean symbolic context that i don't yet understand. i'm trying to read "maldoror" in french and english simultaneously, so it's taking me a bit. i love the decadent movement perhaps more than any other. _________________________ "Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced."
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#24360 - 05/10/09 12:56 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: miriam]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	Just finished reading a delightful book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith. And yes, it is exactly like it sounds. Next up: The Art of Fugue: Bach Fugues for Keyboard, 1715-1750 by Joseph Kerman The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#24373 - 05/10/09 03:31 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Gabby Gabby Banned stranger Registered: 01/22/09 Posts: 34 Loc: West Virginia	Just finished Surfacing by Margaret Atwood and am starting up Angels and Demons. _________________________ Gabrielle
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#24929 - 05/23/09 12:02 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
ELTOURER ELTOURER stranger Registered: 05/20/09 Posts: 13 Loc: California	I just finished ‘Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin’. It was a complete history (a brief chapter by chapter history) of their entire career; including post careers and up until the recent reunion. A truly good read, even if you are like me and already know a lot about their history and, shall we say, well documented deviant antics, that covers their history in an easy to follow, well thought out manner. This is also a photo montage book that is packed, cover to cover, with some truly rare photographic gems. Some of the photos, I must admit, I had never seen before, which is a treat for a Zep veteran like myself. If you are a die hard Zep fan, or just curious about the band, I highly recommend this book. Now, on to a re-read of Paradise Lost. It’s been on my mind lately, so it’s time to dust it off and jump into one of the greatest stories ever told. _________________________ "Dad, the heathen's getting away!" ~Todd Flanders
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#25004 - 05/26/09 11:36 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
Saligia Saligia stranger Registered: 05/03/09 Posts: 37 Loc: Manchester, England	I'm half-way through the Necronomicon (the collection of some of Lovecraft's short stories, not the pseudo-grimoire). Got it for just over £12, an absolute bargain considering it's normally £20 or more. Definitely worth looking out for if you're even remotely interested in Lovecraft.
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#25038 - 05/27/09 02:25 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
bodom bodom lurker Registered: 05/26/09 Posts: 3 Loc: United Kingdom	I am currently reading two books at the moment. One is entitled They Used Dark Forces by D Wheatley. My other book is The Complete Jack The Ripper by Donald Rumbelow. _________________________ Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.
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#25054 - 05/27/09 07:13 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
MorbidMaxxx MorbidMaxxx stranger Registered: 05/25/09 Posts: 6 Loc: From New Jersey, currently in ...	well, i have a stack of books waiting on me to open such as the "the devils notebook" -lavey, and "devil worship" - isya joseph. since im new into Satanism i am still at the basic reading. just finished the Satanic Bible along with some sci-fi books like "orphanage" -robert beuttner. and also just recently finished reading essential asatru - diane saxton.
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#25500 - 06/08/09 11:09 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: MorbidMaxxx]
ShadowWalker ShadowWalker stranger Registered: 09/09/08 Posts: 22 Loc: Yokosuka, Japan	I am currently reading "The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King, and I have about 18 books on order from Amazon. Here are a few of the books I am waiting on: Might is Right - Redbeard Beyond Good and Evil - Nietszche Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos - Lovecraft Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx The Prince - Machiavelli Walden - Thoreau Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Emerson Book of Lies - Crowley _________________________ "Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." ~Henri Louis Bergson
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#25508 - 06/08/09 06:29 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ShadowWalker]
ta2zz ta2zz veteran member Registered: 08/28/07 Posts: 1413 Loc: Connecticut	Interesting Gene Wolfe’s Shadow of the torturer was a turning point in my teenage years. I bought it new I think I was 14-15? I have read three of the four books in that series and I just realized there are more. I should hit my favorite hometown used bookstore and see if she can find me the books I am missing. Another series I started to read as a young adult was the Horseclans saga by Robert Adams. This was like a more bloodthirsty version of Conan set in a post nuclear apocalyptic world. Somewhere in my collection rests an original 1st edition “Coming of the Horseclans” with original cover art by Ken Kelly. Sadly I stopped reading this series when I hit a few that were unavailable (out of print). I read Tommyknockers when it came out, like most King novels the endings are always a let down. I much prefer his short stories as the buildup allowed for less of a drop at the end. In school I once did a book report on Cujo, which was the last time I was allowed freedom to choose my own title in that class. Once Clive Barker hit the scene I left King on the shelf. Just a quick note to the Sci-Fi readers out there you should read Larry Niven’s Ringworld for sheer enjoyment and Robert L Forwards Dragons Egg as a nudge to see things from a different perspective. For those of you still following this, I am currently reading a book called Uncensored Sales Strategies XXX-Rated Secrets” by Sydney Biddle Barrows (The Mayflower Madam) with Dan Kennedy. While I do not know how much I can implement this learning into my business, I can say I have learned a lot about what drives a customer. Myself included. Too long has it been I have not read for sheer enjoyment but only knowledge. ~T~ _________________________ We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams. ~Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
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#25533 - 06/09/09 11:21 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Sitra_Ahra Sitra_Ahra lurker Registered: 06/08/09 Posts: 4 Loc: California	The Doomsday Testament by Scythe Of Death Productions _________________________ I seek to open the path to Azoth for we who have been awakened from our eternal slumber.
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#25632 - 06/14/09 11:08 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Sitra_Ahra]
FromGehenna FromGehenna pledge Registered: 02/24/09 Posts: 53	'Killing Pablo' By Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) about the hunt for druglord Pablo Escobar, 'Mauritius Command' by Patrick O Brian, The Children Of Hurin by Tolkien, and The Satanic Scriptures (for the 3rd time, it's brilliant.)
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#25654 - 06/14/09 11:33 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: FromGehenna]
Azza Azza stranger Registered: 06/10/09 Posts: 9 Loc: New Zealand	i am on my third time through 'The long hard road out of hell' the Marilyn Manson autobio. i like to read it when i am feeling down. i am also on my way through 'Johnny the homicidal maniac' Jhonen Vasquez.
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#25722 - 06/17/09 11:39 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Azza]
Xarxes Xarxes stranger Registered: 06/16/09 Posts: 14	re-reading The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. _________________________ "There is a beast in man that needs to be Exercised not Exorcised"
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#25798 - 06/19/09 06:42 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Xarxes]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	Just finished Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. I really like Vonnegut a lot. I'm trying to get through his whole oeuvre, or as much of it as I can get my hands on. So far I've read *Player Piano, Sirens of Titan, Mother Night* and the above mentioned novel. Up next is God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Still working on the Alex Ross and the Kerman. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#25975 - 06/22/09 03:01 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
NDawg NDawg stranger Registered: 04/05/09 Posts: 30 Loc: Da South	Currently reading "The Deer Park" by Norman Mailer, "Life, The Universe, And Everything" by Douglas Adams, and I'm thinking about rereading "On The Road" by Kerouac. Mailer's books are kinda tough to get into, at least for me. It seems that every main character is ex army, but they're very good books for all that. Douglas Adams' work is just amazing sillyness. I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for a break or a good laugh. _________________________ I live to be proved wrong. Help expunge my ignorance.
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#25991 - 06/22/09 08:10 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: NDawg]
TornadoCreator TornadoCreator member Registered: 10/24/07 Posts: 579 Loc: No Fixed Address	I've been reading a lot of light hearted stuff. I recently finished 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins, and I'm now reading 'Moab is my Washpot' by Stephen Fry and 'For Crying Out Loud!' by Jeremy Clarkson. As much as I dread admitting this, I'm also starting the first of the Harry Potter books, just to see what everyone was raving about. The films where OK as far as children's fantasy goes. _________________________ If you can't practice what you preach, at least have the decency to preach what you practice
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#25992 - 06/22/09 08:28 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: NDawg]
RedDraco RedDraco stranger Registered: 06/20/09 Posts: 12	Just started reading: "On the Genealogy of Morals" by Friedrich Nietzsche. It's a tough read; no doubt I'll have to re-read it to the Nth degree until I understand it inside and out. "The Devil's Notebook" by Anton LaVey. I always did like sardonic humor...somewhat. Re-reading "The Satanic Rituals". _________________________ "Fe-t'ie que t'achudaré."
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#27194 - 07/17/09 09:14 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
Emily Emily stranger Registered: 05/20/09 Posts: 23 Loc: north wales, U.K	i've just finished reading two books. One called "scream for me" by keran rose (i think, somewhere along them lines) and its a sort of crime/romance book. Its really good and it hooks you into the story. The other book that i have just finished reading was an autobiography of a professional wrestler called "stone cold steve austin" a life of a wrestler is very interesting. Now i have just ordered a book from the libary and its come today, another autobiography but this is about Marilyn Manson. It looks good and ive been a fan of Manson for quite some time and i have no doubt that it wont be a good book. _________________________ when theres a will, theres five hundred relatives
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#27209 - 07/18/09 02:25 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Emily]
hellbent666 hellbent666 Unregistered	Beyond Good And Evil By Nietzsche I'm also reading a few vampire novels by RPG company White Wolf, WOD series. Just got off a huge Satanism binge because they wouldn't allow it in while I was in prison, so I had to get it out of my system. Just finished Lucifer Rising and Gillmore's Satanic Scriptures before that. Holy Hell I hate that guy.
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#27211 - 07/18/09 02:37 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Emily]
6Satan6Archist6 6Satan6Archist6 senior member Registered: 10/16/08 Posts: 2233 Loc: Oregon	Long Hard Road out of Hell is a good book. I read it years ago when it first came out. It was so good I read it a couple more times. I have lost this book, rebought it and lost it again. Though I am still a big Manson fan I have not gone out and bought the book again. Still a good read though, gives and indepth look at the man and his madness. _________________________ Ultimate Satanic Bad Ass of Ultimate Satanic Bad Assery PhD Esq. LLC Inc.^∞ DCLXVI°
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#27212 - 07/18/09 02:58 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: 6Satan6Archist6]
hellbent666 hellbent666 Unregistered	awesome book if I do say so myself. I've had the same bad luck with TSB. Sold my last copy to a friend hoping it would make sense to him reading it the second time. LOL! Didn't work, he still thinks the devil exists especially when he's drunk. Edited by hellbent666 (07/18/09 02:59 AM) Edit Reason: thinks not think, stupid keyboard :(
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#27217 - 07/18/09 12:24 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ]
Samuel Hain Samuel Hain pledge Registered: 10/06/07 Posts: 62 Loc: arkansas	I just started the True Blood vampire series. From what I can tell so far the books are better than the movies (Is that not always the case) The TV series added a lot of stuff that isn't in the books.My problem with books of a vampiric nature is many authors try to make them to politically correct.I would imagine if Vlad Tepes was still among us today he would hate the modern day, democratic-egalitarian age and would despise the vampires that try to fit in. By trying to be politically correct they destroy the dark mystique. One series of novels that does not do this is the Sonja Blue novels by Nancy. A. Collins. She is my favorite vampire author. I highly recommend Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection!
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#27223 - 07/18/09 04:46 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Samuel Hain]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	Just finished Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Slaughterhouse-Five. Really very enjoyable books. Up next: Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich by Solomon Volkov (I know I had said that I had already read this, but I had to return it at the end of the school year, before I finished it. So, I went out and bought it) Human, All Too Human by Nietzsche. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#27226 - 07/18/09 04:55 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Morbid Rex Morbid Rex member Registered: 01/29/09 Posts: 130	Finished For Whom The Bell Tolls. Currently reading The Third Chimpanzee, and been having my heart set on picking up a copy of Les Chants De Maldoror when I get the chance. _________________________ Do I dare disturb the universe Satanism! The only scientifically proven religion.
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#27372 - 07/22/09 05:06 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: SkaffenAmtiskaw]
blsk blsk member Registered: 09/22/08 Posts: 298 Loc: salem or	I'm currently reading 'The End of Faith' by Harris. I like it so far, but I am not a fan of his "humanism" if you will. 'God is Not Great' was just that in my opinion. I love his ability to balance (all due)disrespect toward religion without being obnoxious. In 'River Out of Eden' Dawkins gives great scientific evidence toward the contrary of religious ideas, so that was a fun read too. I strongly suggest to those who have not yet given them the time. _________________________ Ed made mens sewing cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mhsW5aWJM
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#27552 - 07/26/09 11:50 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: SkaffenAmtiskaw]
synthysys synthysys lurker Registered: 06/11/09 Posts: 2	Just finished reading The Humanist Manifesto by Corliss, and am planning on re-reading Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing (I may have butchered the title, since it is from memory).
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#35261 - 02/08/10 02:25 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: synthysys]
Cesare Borgia Cesare Borgia stranger Registered: 12/30/09 Posts: 30 Loc: Madrid, Spain	In the present I´m engaged in reading all novels writen by Michel Houellebecq. The man has such a sincerity that has caused many debates in France. He has made the best portrait of contemporary human behavior and dehumanized political and economical present system. Novels: -Extension of the Battlefield -Elementary Particles(his greatest success) -Platform -The possibility of an island Edited by Cesare Borgia (02/08/10 02:34 PM)
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#35262 - 02/08/10 02:32 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Cesare Borgia]
Asmedious Asmedious Moderator active member Registered: 09/02/07 Posts: 973 Loc: New York	Got a copy of the "Naked Ape," last week and working my way through it. I absolutely love Amazon's used book sellers option by the way. I rather get a hard copy for half the price of a brand new paperback any day. Easier to read the larger print. _________________________ "The most important right a government can provide for it's people, is the right to be left alone"
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#35266 - 02/08/10 04:28 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Asmedious]
Room 101 Room 101 member Registered: 10/17/09 Posts: 262 Loc: Scotland	The catcher in the rye. Saw it in the shop and just though “why the fuck not”. 18 pages in, and Im still undecided. _________________________ "Nothing is your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull." - George Orwell (1984)
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#35474 - 02/11/10 09:52 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Saanu Aino Saanu Aino lurker Registered: 02/01/10 Posts: 2 Loc: Flint, MI.	Greetings, Dont know if anyone is aware yet for great esoteric books and such try http://www.esotericarchives.com Ave Satanas!!!!!! _________________________ In nomine Magni Dei Nostri Satanas. Ave Satanas
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#35475 - 02/11/10 10:12 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Fnord Fnord active member Registered: 01/11/10 Posts: 718 Loc: Texas	Right now: Under the Dome - Stephen King Chariots of the Gods - Erich Von Daniken Temple of Set - Michael Aquino Have ordered and waiting to start: The Hidden Dimension - Edward Hall Cycles of Heaven - Guy Playfair Her-Bak Egyptian Initiate - Isha Schwaller de Lubicz For some reason I can't discipline myself to stay on one book and finish it. I'm good with a group though. _________________________ Scratching Peace Symbols on Your Tombstone
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#35478 - 02/11/10 11:03 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fnord]
JWG JWG pledge Registered: 10/29/09 Posts: 50 Loc: Japan	Originally Posted By: Room 101 The catcher in the rye. Saw it in the shop and just though “why the fuck not”. 18 pages in, and Im still undecided. Yes, I am currently reading this book as well. Not bad, but I may put it to the way-side for now, to be replaced by a few books that have caught my interest as of late. Right now, I'm waiting on reading Mastery by George Leonard which I heard good things about thus far. It's on hold for the next available copy at the local library. Originally Posted By: Fnord Have ordered and waiting to start: The Hidden Dimension - Edward Hall Cycles of Heaven - Guy Playfair Her-Bak Egyptian Initiate - Isha Schwaller de Lubicz For some reason I can't discipline myself to stay on one book and finish it. I'm good with a group though. Yes! I plan on finding a copy of Her-Bak. From what I understand, Isha Schwaller has some interesting insights on the more esoteric and exoteric aspects of ancient Egypt and their Temple Initiation [personal insight, not objective of course]. Certainly a book up my ally. Although perhaps someone can assist in lifting a bit of my ignorance on this matter. I've seen two volumes for Her-Bak, will I need to buy both volumes or is volume II just a latter revision to the first volume? _________________________ In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. -Friedrich Nietzsche
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#35497 - 02/11/10 10:53 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Simon Jester Simon Jester stranger Registered: 10/24/09 Posts: 36	AMSG by V. Scavr. This is styled as a Satanic Manifesto of sorts. I purchased this treasure on the promise of its introduction...and it is everything that I had hoped. Scavr is delightfully winsome. Maybe others here will appreciate the unintentional comedy of his(?) work. This book is a torturous monologue of broken english, and gibberish from start to finish. "Here I share my tribute to Master Satan, affirm dignity of Demonic Spirit, manifest destruction of human nature and extermination of all divine. I give it like my legacy and share my knowledge and experience with those equal to me, with those accepted and affined by Hell like sons and daughters. All my writings are based on years of profound and hard ritual practice during years of struggle for strengthening of Demonic values in place where I found myself able to break resistance of created cosmic order. Deep personal experience, trials shared with my Brothers in Evil, and achievements gotten by our blood are on the basis I stand in the name of Hell and give my contribution into primordial Deed of actualization of essence of Satan on the earth."
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#35501 - 02/12/10 12:28 AM Symbolique [Re: JWG]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Originally Posted By: JWG I've seen two volumes for Her-Bak, will I need to buy both volumes or is volume II just a latter revision to the first volume? H-B is a 2-volume set: H-B: The Living Face of Ancient Egypt followed by H-B: Egyptian Initiate. Author Isha is the wife of Rene SdL, and her books do an excellent job of "novelizing" her husband's work, which can be pretty complex and somewhat MEGO. His interpretation of Egyptian metaphysics has been strongly influential in the Temple of Set since its 1975 founding. John Anthony West is another author who has endeavored, also commendably, to make RSdL's work a bit more intelligible to modern readers; his Serpent in the Sky is a very readable survey. If you want to tackle Rene himself, I'd recommend his Sacred Science as a good starting point. It gets heavier from there, all the way up to his definitive work, The Temple of Man. Enjoy! _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#35575 - 02/12/10 08:37 PM Re: Symbolique [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
JWG JWG pledge Registered: 10/29/09 Posts: 50 Loc: Japan	Dr. Michael Aquino, Thanks for taking the time to answer my question and expand far beyond it. I'll save these suggestions and am grateful for them. The concept of the Serpent seems universal in many cultures. In my own state, I just recently found out about what is known as the Serpent Mound. Definitely going to visit it before I head off for the military. Such a treasure of mystery in my own backyard, makes me want to smack my self on the head that it took me this long to be informed about it! Source Link #1 Quote: Atop a plateau overlooking the Brush Creek Valley, Serpent Mound is the largest and finest serpent effigy in the United States. Nearly a quarter of a mile long, Serpent Mound apparently represents an uncoiling serpent...The head of the serpent is aligned to the summer solstice sunset and the coils also may point to the winter solstice sunrise and the equinox sunrise. Source Link #2 Quote: The Serpent Mound may have been designed in accord with the pattern of stars composing the constellation Draco (dragon). The star pattern of the constellation Draco fits with fair precision to the Serpent Mound. The fact that the body of Serpent Mound follows the pattern of Draco may support various theses. Putnam's 1865 refurbishment of the earthwork could have been correctly accomplished in that a comparison of Romain's or Fletcher and Cameron's maps from the 1980s show how the margins of the Serpent align with great accuracy to a large portion of Draconis. Some researchers date the earthwork to around 5,000 years ago, based on the position of the constellation Draco, through the backward motion of precessionary circle of the ecliptic when the star Thuban, also known as Alpha Draconis, was the Pole Star. Alignment of the effigy to the Pole Star at that position also shows how true north may have been found. This was not known until 1987 because lodestone and modern compasses give incorrect readings at the site. Quote: The mound is located on a plateau with a unique cryptoexplosion structure that contains faulted and folded bedrock, usually produced either by a meteorite or a volcanic explosion. $\:o$ Got to love this stuff, at least I do. _________________________ In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. -Friedrich Nietzsche
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#35801 - 02/19/10 06:00 AM Re: Symbolique [Re: JWG]
Fredenburgian Fredenburgian stranger Registered: 09/04/09 Posts: 11 Loc: Norway	Currently reading Adskillelsens Politikk, don`t really now how to translate it right, something like Seperation Politics or something. It`s basically about several different smaller topics connected to some incidents in Copenhagen and Oslo out from what I have seen so far. Title roughly translates as "The Policy of Separation". It's a book about accepting others' belief systems. Never mind me... $;\)$ Edited by MawhrinSkel (02/19/10 08:15 AM) Edit Reason: Clarification...
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#36249 - 03/12/10 06:07 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
GiantRubberDuck GiantRubberDuck lurker Registered: 01/29/10 Posts: 4 Loc: Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands	I am currently working through some Dutch medieval literature for a school project. It's quite interesting, so I might be reading some more, if I find the time for it. _________________________ The watchword of Satanism is indulgence instead of abstinence, but it is not compulsion.
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#36252 - 03/12/10 08:54 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: GiantRubberDuck]
PeteOfTheDead PeteOfTheDead member Registered: 12/11/09 Posts: 122 Loc: Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria...	I'm currently reading Robert Greene's The 48 Laws Of Power. It's a facinating book and I'm learning a lot by reading it. _________________________ "The snake will always bite back." "Every moment is an experience." Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
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#36259 - 03/12/10 12:29 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: PeteOfTheDead]
Adversary Adversary pledge Registered: 02/19/10 Posts: 93	Richard Dawkins Greatest Show on Earth. Very informative and, of course, well written. One piece in particular is the story of a russian man breeding foxes for their fur and getting some surprise side effect mutations. I will post the actual account a bit later as the book is in the car and I aint going outside right now. Another great book is christopher Hitchens The Portable Atheist; excellent compilation.
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#36297 - 03/13/10 03:11 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Adversary]
reverand reverand stranger Registered: 03/31/08 Posts: 39 Loc: London, Ontario Canada	the Satanic Scriptures by Gilmore must say pretty disappointing but at least i found a free pdf _________________________ I never really hated the one TRUE god, but the god of the people I hated.
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#36306 - 03/13/10 08:34 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: reverand]
felixgarnet felixgarnet active member Registered: 10/17/09 Posts: 620 Loc: UK	"The Little Stranger" by Sarah Waters. It's a ghost story which also engages a fascinating insight into the English class system of the 1940's. Waters is perhaps best known for her Edwardian lesbian novel, "Tipping the Velvet" but she also wrote "Affinity", a story of mediumship and betrayal set in a women's prison and the seance rooms of the 1900's. This is one of the finest and most frightening works of fiction I have ever read - and I've read a lot. $;\)$ Waters really knows how to build tension, slowly and subtly and her research into occultism, politics and history is impeccable. _________________________ "Here's to Artifice!" - Anton Szandor LaVey.
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#37362 - 04/04/10 02:53 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: felixgarnet]
Fabiano Fabiano member Registered: 09/06/08 Posts: 374	"La Révole d'Atlas", french traslation of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand; translated by Monique di Pieirro, Editions du Travailleur. I'm not yet at the end, but in the middle of part 3 I can say it's indeed one of the best book I ever read. It brought old souvenirs to my mind. I had the impression to rediscover the vision of world as I had when I was a young teen; before I digged it because the world told me it was evil... Wonderfull !
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#37399 - 04/05/10 08:25 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fabiano]
MatthewJ1 MatthewJ1 member Registered: 10/28/09 Posts: 529 Loc: Australia	I have been reading a lot of Australian political history lately. I have read David Day’s biographies on John Curtin and Ben Chifley. I had read the Curtin book before, but really wanted to read it again and in conjunction with the book on Chifley. Day is an excellent writer and he has a book out at the moment on Andrew Fisher, which I bet is pretty good as well. I have also read a book by the man Alan Reid on the fall of John Gorton called The Gorton Experiment, which was published in the early 1970’s and has been out of print for a few years now. Reid does not really need much of an introduction if you are aware of Australian political history. Reid was the most influential of the federal political media commentators and he reported Australian politics for nearly 50 years and had an impact on the outcome of a number of federal elections. I have just started Recollections of a Bleeding Heart by Don Watson, which is an excellent account of the Labor government of Paul Keating during the early 1990’s. I have also lined up Paul Kelly’s The End of Certainty for a re – read. This is one of the most significant books ever written about Australian politics and covers the 1980’s Hawke Labor government and the undoing of the Australian settlement put in place by Barton, Deakin, the early Australian Labor Party and Justice Higgins etc. during the first decade of federation. Also have a biography of Doc Evatt to read, along with a classic by Jack Lang on The Great Depression, which will be a great read. I also have a book on Joe Lyons and Australian defence and re – armament policy during the mid to late 1930’s. By the way Paul Kelly has a new book out on the Keating and Howard governments of the 1990’s and 2000’s called The March of Patriots, which looks good. Also Laurie Oakes has a book out as well. I have set myself to order a couple of books off the TOS reading list soon and want to get started on my studies so politics and everything else will have to wait for a while.
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#37593 - 04/14/10 07:41 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: MatthewJ1]
TheInsane TheInsane member Registered: 09/16/09 Posts: 356	I have been reading this nice little book on Nietzsche called "the key concepts". I am very familiar with Nietzsche from earlier. I have both read some of his work (maybe 5 books or so) as well as having taken a University class on his philosophy. This small book describes some key concepts (no shit!) in his philosophy. Its not a huge book by any means and each section gets at most about 5-6 pages but I really enjoy it. Its simple and you dont have to read it cover to cover but its like a small encyclopedia. It made me want to pick up Nietzsches books again and read the original source. Today Im looking to buy something by Julius Evola. Possibly "men among the ruins" as it was being mentioned in a thread in the forum for political debate. I was inspired. I do have the book in a pdf-version but find that I never get around to actually read pdf's if I can get my hands on an actual physical copy.
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#37595 - 04/14/10 09:01 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
Chandler Chandler stranger Registered: 08/30/07 Posts: 36	I'm working on "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" by Ken Robinson. It was recommended to me by an education counselor. So far it's mostly just antecdotes about people who were succesful doing unconventional work, like artists and dancers and whatnot.
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#37601 - 04/14/10 07:00 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
Zophos Zophos member Registered: 03/28/10 Posts: 115 Loc: U.S.A.	My amount of reading has been rather small due to an especially busy semester, but I've managed to keep a few embers burning. Last summer while at a used and rare bookstore in London, I had the good fortune to stumble upon quite a large collection of books from the library either of Marie Boaz Hall or her husband, A. Rupert Hall. Among them was a copy of the exceedingly rare Mathematical Works of Isaac Barrow, printed in 1864 and edited by none other than the brilliant William Whewell. Excepting a few pages, this particular copy had never been read by another person, and thankfully was untranslated from the Latin. Although not cheap (£80, or ~$125 at the time), I would later find that the cost was an astonishing bargain in comparison to its usual running price (~$450-600). My pet project has been to go through and make sense of the book, using Before Newton: The Life and Times of Isaac Barrow (purchased at the same bookstore, no less) as a guide to contextualize the material by Barrow himself. In other news, two mathematical works have been at the forefront lately: Paul J. Cohen's Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis and Anderson and Feil's A First Course in Abstract Algebra. I've also been working irregularly on Arthur Schopenhauer's masterpiece, Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, but my workload has presented a continuous distraction. Z. _________________________ Nihil sit tam infirmum aut instabile quam fama potentiae non sua vi nita.
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#37806 - 04/18/10 05:04 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zophos]
Mardi Gras Mardi Gras stranger Registered: 04/14/10 Posts: 26 Loc: Louisiana	I've just recently discovered books by Michael w. Ford, "Bible of the Adversary", "Luciferian Witchcraft", "Book of the Witch Moon", and several others myself while browsing through the "spooky" section of my local occult bookstore. Though I don't agree with most of his views I do find his work to be an interesting read. I found his artwork in his "Luciferian Tarot" deck to be marvelous. I went ahead and ordered his book "The First Book of Luciferian Tarot" from amazon. While waiting on it I'm re-reading "Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf" _________________________ Some say the devil is dead and buried in Killarney More say he rose again And joined the British army
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#37808 - 04/18/10 05:22 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Mardi Gras]
Tigeress Tigeress stranger Registered: 04/04/10 Posts: 13 Loc: under your bed	Originally Posted By: Mardi Gras I've just recently discovered books by Michael w. Ford, "Bible of the Adversary", "Luciferian Witchcraft", "Book of the Witch Moon", and several others myself while browsing through the "spooky" section of my local occult bookstore. Though I don't agree with most of his views I do find his work to be an interesting read. I found his artwork in his "Luciferian Tarot" deck to be marvelous. I went ahead and ordered his book "The First Book of Luciferian Tarot" from amazon. While waiting on it I'm re-reading "Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf" I am reading Michael Ford as well right now. I just finished Liber Null. I have The Bible of the Adversary and Luciferian Witchcraft. Hitler wrote books?! Should I have known that? lol. I will have to look into them eventually out of sheer curiosity. I wonder what my poor jewish boyfriend would say....lol, thank goodness it's only his ethnicity and not his religion.
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#37816 - 04/18/10 07:14 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Tigeress]
Sireal Sireal stranger Registered: 01/04/10 Posts: 27 Loc: Canada	Currently reading a curious little tome called "The Ghosts" by Robert G. Ingersoll FE. It can be found here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30208 Upon finding and opening the book I landed in a place where he speaks of the Declaration of Independence and his take on Sovereignty caught my eye right away. The price was right for a FE and i grabbed it. Just getting ito it but it looks great so far. Books on the go already: Plato's Republic...again The Temple of Man-R.A. Schwaller deLubicz which I must say is a fine set and worth the price. edit: http://englishatheist.org/zing/zingindex.shtml a better site with all his stuff. Prolific guy! this is the first I've heard of him though. Edited by Sireal (04/18/10 07:23 PM) _________________________ SIREAL
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#38502 - 05/13/10 12:59 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Sireal]
Room 101 Room 101 member Registered: 10/17/09 Posts: 262 Loc: Scotland	At the moment I’m re-reading Of Mice and Men by john Steinbeck. After cleaning out my loft I came across my school copy of this book, and decided to go through it once more. The sentiment and social observations still ring true given the economic state of Britain today, and I have to say, I greatly enjoy looking at my 16 year old self's notes on sections of the book as I read. It’s like a trip back in time with a more naive version of myself. _________________________ "Nothing is your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull." - George Orwell (1984)
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#38544 - 05/14/10 01:41 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Room 101]
Doomsage680 Doomsage680 member Registered: 10/01/09 Posts: 109 Loc: NJ, USA	Currently half-way through The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand, and also in The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. Ayn Rand is really challenging and advancing some thoughts of mine, and Camus's The Stranger was the best fiction I've ever read, so I figured I have more to learn from him. Next is either god is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens or Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche. Going to have to compare Nietzsche to Rand, when I do I'll probably make that a thread and see what people think...I know there's a huge Nietzsche fan-base here, might go bad for my gal Ayn. _________________________ "I who have nothing but the comfort of my sins" - Vinny Paz
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#38582 - 05/15/10 04:33 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Doomsage680]
TheInsane TheInsane member Registered: 09/16/09 Posts: 356	Right now Im reading Fritjof Capras "The Hidden Connections". So far so good. Capra is a physicist and in this book he tries to work out a way for human societies to work good based on how sub-atomic physics work. My explenation is lame but I recommend the book to anyone really. The part on conciousness and mind and how wrong the descartian view on body and mind is is my favorite so far. Im also reading Robert O. Paxtons "The Anatomy of Fascism". I havent read much yet but so far Im not all that impressed to be honest. We'll see if it picks up eventually. Originally Posted By: Doomsage680 Next is either god is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens or Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche. Going to have to compare Nietzsche to Rand, when I do I'll probably make that a thread and see what people think...I know there's a huge Nietzsche fan-base here, might go bad for my gal Ayn. The difference is quite huge between the two and I definately prefer Nietzsche. Thus Spoke Zarathustra is great but can be tough to ge through for beginners (I dont know which level you're at). Still anything by Nietzsche is highly recomended. When I startd out with Nietzsche in my early teens I found it helpful to start with basic introductions to his philosophy and then go to the source himself.
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#38613 - 05/16/10 07:17 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
Anne Anne stranger Registered: 11/25/09 Posts: 30 Loc: Denmark	Just finished off "The girl who kicked the hornet's nest" the last book in the Millenium triologi by swedish author Stieg Larsson.. The first book is called "The girl with the dragon tattoo" and the second book is called "The girl who played with the fire" It is about a journalist named Mikael Blomkvist, who is hired to do a research job about a woman murdered in the 60's. He hires Lisbeth Salander who is a gothic, asocial girl with extreme define hacker skills. The next book is based on Lisbeth and how she grew up with the government conspiracing on her. The 3rd is about saving her ass.. Catching the bad guys and so on.. If you have a somewhat interest chrimis, read em.. read em nauw! _________________________ There is no heaven, there is no hell, except here on earth.. - Anton LaVey
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#40250 - 07/14/10 03:52 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
Dakota Dakota Banned pledge Registered: 12/23/09 Posts: 60 Loc: Michigan	I'm Okay- You're Okay The Idiot's Guide to Investment And some book about music Also bought The Satanic Witch Edited by Dakota (07/14/10 03:53 PM)
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#40253 - 07/14/10 04:02 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Dimitri Dimitri veteran member Registered: 07/13/08 Posts: 1357	At the moment: Plant physiology Dr. Miller _________________________ You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
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#40378 - 07/17/10 01:35 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	*A Monster's Notes* by Laurie Sheck A work of fiction based on the premise that the Frankenstein monster was not a figment of the imagination of Mary Shelley, but was a real being that visited her at her mother's grave site when she was a little girl, and that the monster is alive in the 21st century. *On Monsters* by Stephen T. Asma. This book is a work of nonfiction that explores the possibility that the irrational belief in monsters is based in evolutionary theory, with respect to self-preservation, i.e. fear is a survival impulse. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#40413 - 07/18/10 01:27 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
Morbid Rex Morbid Rex member Registered: 01/29/09 Posts: 130	The Ego and its Own by Max Stirner. I'm extremely surprised this wasn't one of the influences on Lavey's Satanic Bible. I guess it could be an indirect influence if the theory that Nietzsche was influenced by Stirner is true. _________________________ Do I dare disturb the universe Satanism! The only scientifically proven religion.
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#40427 - 07/18/10 06:01 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Walt Disney's Railroad Story by Michael Broggie [again, as I re-read many cherished books periodically]. Walt Disney was a master magician, of course, and in many different ways. His fascination with railroads was one of his deeper interests, resulting in an extensive home layout, the Carolwood Pacific, and of course the elegant vintage railroad circumnavigating Disneyland. Lilith and I particularly enjoy peaceful trips in Walt's private parlor car, the "Lilly Belle", which is a welcome haven when the Park is packed. This elegant book by the son of Walt's close RR friend and collaborator Roger Broggie (a "Disney Legend" recipient) shares this secret magical universe with the reader. You will never think of Walt, or Disneyland, the same way again. For example, the famous statue of Walt and Mickey Mouse at the Hub actually shows Walt giving a RR hand signal known as a "highball". [One of the more bizarre rumors was that upon his death Walt was secretly bronzed as that statue. A friend commented, "Bummer for the Cast Member playing Mickey that day!"] _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#40481 - 07/19/10 11:05 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Damis Damis pledge Registered: 12/10/08 Posts: 60 Loc: England	In my current reading pipeline is- Liber Khaos by Peter J. Carroll Liber Null and Psychonaut by Peter J. Caroll (Although I'm not sure which to read first at this moment in time). Empiricism and History by Stephen Davies And finally if audiobooks count then I am currently listening through "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli. _________________________ Leben ist krieg.
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#40483 - 07/19/10 11:38 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Damis]
ceruleansteel ceruleansteel member Registered: 10/15/07 Posts: 549	I'm currently reading children's stories in German...because I suck at composing a sentence that doesn't make me sound/read like a two year old and children's books are an easy way to become more familiar with proper structure and conjugation.
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#40485 - 07/19/10 12:22 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
Diavolo Diavolo Moderator stalker Registered: 09/02/07 Posts: 3780	Vor einem großen Walde wohnte ein armer Holzhacker mit seiner Frau und seinen zwei Kindern; das Bübchen hieß Hänsel und das Mädchen Gretel. I'm more into e-books than normal books lately. Reading: The Church of Satan by Michael A. Aquino, some satanic magazines in pdf form and The history of the Devil by Paul Carus. The last real book I read was No Angel by Jay Dobyns. D.
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#40510 - 07/19/10 05:23 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Diavolo]
Knievel74 Knievel74 member Registered: 05/18/10 Posts: 104 Loc: NY	I'm currently re-reading The Three Musketeers. If anyone hasn't read it, it's a great book. I haven't met anyone who's read it and didn't wish they could be D'Artagnan. I'm also trying to finish Might Is Right, when I have the time. I'm not crazy about some of the ani-semitic statements, but looking past them, I think it's an interesting read. _________________________ "Man was meant to live, not just to exist". - Evel Knievel
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#40578 - 07/20/10 10:09 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Knievel74]
Manticore551 Manticore551 lurker Registered: 07/09/10 Posts: 1	American Gods by Neil Gaiman
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#40603 - 07/21/10 03:42 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Manticore551]
TV is God TV is God member Registered: 08/11/08 Posts: 199 Loc: The Cornhole	Having put Atlas Shrugged down halfway through a while back (I love her writing style but damn it cab get just so repetitive) I felt the urge to pick it back up again but found that I must have it stored in another state. So I went to the library and, on high recommendation from Draculesti, picked up the Fountainhead. Lets hope I get through this one. _________________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
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#40908 - 07/27/10 10:59 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TV is God]
MatthewJ1 MatthewJ1 member Registered: 10/28/09 Posts: 529 Loc: Australia	I am slowly making my way back into Edmund Husserl. I am reading two books at the moment - a book by Paul Ricoeur on Husserl's work, which came out through Northwestern University some time ago. I am also reading The Cambridge Companion to Husserl, which is a series of essays by different writers. I want to really nail these introdcutions down and then move back into Cartesian Meditations and the Ideas by Husserl himself. I read these works years ago, but had a limted understanding of them to be honest. I very much like the idea of a rigorous science of consciousness which acts as a sort of first foundation upon which the sciences and other domains of knowledge are based. I have to admit that at times I am Cartesian minded. I hope to present some posts on my reading which I hope will interesting.
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#40935 - 07/28/10 01:59 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: MatthewJ1]
Autodidact Autodidact member Registered: 01/23/10 Posts: 371	Originally Posted By: MatthewJ1 I hope to present some posts on my reading which I hope will interesting. I look forward to these - I enjoy your posts, and do not have enough time to do all the reading I would like. _________________________ An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?
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#40968 - 07/28/10 09:28 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Autodidact]
DharcDB DharcDB stranger Registered: 06/14/10 Posts: 13 Loc: Florida	I just got finished reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "A Separate Peace". They were school summer reading assignments. To Kill A Mockingbird was okay, the symbolism was nice. A Separate Peace, to be honest, was in my opinion a tedious, horrible read. Books I want to Read: Five Classics (Five ancient Chinese books used by Confucianism) Qur'an (Islam's holy book) Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing (Chinese classic text for Taoism/Daoism) Vedas (oldest Hindu scriptures) If you cannot tell, I'm interested in studying religioins. My world religions class should help me learn about other religions this school year. _________________________ “There is a beast in man that needs to be excersised, not exorcised.”
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#41902 - 08/13/10 11:33 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Satan's Mistress Satan's Mistress stranger Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 14 Loc: United States	Right now,I am reading Sarah Rayne:"A Dark Dividing" . Beatrice Sparks:"It Happened To Nancy" . Both books are good,but I much prefer "A Dark Dividing" .
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#41975 - 08/16/10 05:38 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Satan's Mistress]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	I'm currently reading: *Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, a new Rand biography by Jennifer Burns. I've never read a biography of her before, so I'm enjoying this quite a lot. I'm reading this on the heels of Rand's The Virtue of Selfishness*. _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#41984 - 08/17/10 05:10 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: DharcDB]
TheInsane TheInsane member Registered: 09/16/09 Posts: 356	I just went back reading parts of Göran Häggs Mussolini biography called En studie i makt (a study of power). The story fascinates me how someone who made all the rights could suddenly do all wrongs and how he ended murdered and only as a puppet for Hitler. He had it all and lost it all. I also currently listen to Herman Hesses Siddharta. I havent gotten very far yet but I do enjoy it. Originally Posted By: DharcDB Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing (Chinese classic text for Taoism/Daoism) I love the Tao Te Ching. Its very abstract but beautiful and contains alot of wisdom. $\:\)$
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#42014 - 08/18/10 01:25 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
Duende Duende pledge Registered: 03/25/10 Posts: 75 Loc: USA	I'm currently reading _Introduction to Magic:Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus_ by Julius Evola and the UR Group. A rereading of John Fowle's _The Magus_ is up next. Duende
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#42033 - 08/18/10 04:24 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Duende]
TV is God TV is God member Registered: 08/11/08 Posts: 199 Loc: The Cornhole	Finished the Fountainhead. Loved it. I've started Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. Gathering some much more informed ideas about the brain to replace my inaccurate ones. Edited by TV is God (08/18/10 04:24 PM) _________________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
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#42048 - 08/19/10 04:42 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
wormholetheory wormholetheory stranger Registered: 12/10/08 Posts: 10	I am a little over halfway reading a science fiction novel called " Dune " by Frank Herbert. It has been around for awhile and a friend of mine recommended that I read it. I am soon to buy the other books that are in companion to it such as Children of Dune and Heretics of Dune. I might even make a thing of reading the entire Dune series, and other works related to Dune by Kevin J. Anderson and Frank Herberts son, Brian Herbert. I find it a great science fiction novel to that of the likes of The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. I know LOTR is not sci fi, but the stories are just as complex with language, culture and folklore within the stories themselves.
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#42052 - 08/19/10 09:34 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: wormholetheory]
Lamar Lamar member Registered: 02/03/10 Posts: 226 Loc: Alabama	I am currently reading the Luciferian Goetia. Just completed the Bible of the Adversary to understand a little better of Luciferian ritual foundation. I'm studying the aspects of the ritual, I'm endeavoring to undergo a working with Asmodeus. _________________________ Blast for Satan
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#42054 - 08/19/10 10:12 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Lamar]
Fnord Fnord active member Registered: 01/11/10 Posts: 718 Loc: Texas	General Reply I tend to read several books at once, usually about three. Right now I'm reading the following: Essays in Satanism Crossfire, the Plot That Killed Kennedy Snow (odd little horror tale) The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection The Mummy: Funereal Rites and Customs In Ancient Egypt _________________________ Scratching Peace Symbols on Your Tombstone
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#42058 - 08/19/10 12:03 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fnord]
6Satan6Archist6 6Satan6Archist6 senior member Registered: 10/16/08 Posts: 2233 Loc: Oregon	Now that I have a month off from school I can finally read books that I want to. Today I started to reread We Only Kill Our Friends by Bill Wasz. It is a pretty good book on the author's time spent in different prisons around the country and his literal fight for survival inside each one. After that one is finished I think I am going to reread Little White Trip: Horror in the Pines I bought it from the author for $5 when I was in Venice Beach and I remember being unable to put it down once I picked it up the first time. _________________________ Ultimate Satanic Bad Ass of Ultimate Satanic Bad Assery PhD Esq. LLC Inc.^∞ DCLXVI°
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#42068 - 08/19/10 02:25 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
TaintedOne TaintedOne stranger Registered: 08/03/10 Posts: 8 Loc: Alabama	I just started reading No Room for Doubt by Angela Dove."A compelling account of a real life homicide and it's aftermath". After I read this one I have The Postcard Killers by James Patterson lined up for me to read.
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#42076 - 08/19/10 03:24 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Dedalus Dedalus pledge Registered: 08/13/10 Posts: 51 Loc: Ireland	I'm re-reading Less Than Zero, because the sequel was a bit of a dissapointment for me, and I'm almost finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, even though the endind was ruined for me in great detail. I think a friend of mine recommended snow to me, I hear good things. _________________________ Let us represent worthily for once the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us.
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#42082 - 08/19/10 06:01 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: MatthewJ1]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Originally Posted By: MatthewJ1 I am slowly making my way back into Edmund Husserl. You have my admiration and sympathy. I have a copy of H's Ideas on my shelves. I am fascinated because I can open it to any page, read any sentence, and have absolutely no clue what it means. _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#42083 - 08/19/10 06:34 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
MatthewJ1 MatthewJ1 member Registered: 10/28/09 Posts: 529 Loc: Australia	Dr, I have to read the damn thing so slowly. It is a constant battle just to keep the eyes right there on that word and keep the mind moving carefully and slowly so it sinks in. Man, it teaches me a form of discipline though. Getting the result or an understanding though, as a result of that hard work, is something I treasure though. P.S. am also reading Mystery Train by Greil Marcus (good stuff)
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#42086 - 08/19/10 09:01 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: MatthewJ1]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Originally Posted By: MatthewJ1 Dr, I have to read the damn thing so slowly. It is a constant battle just to keep the eyes right there on that word and keep the mind moving carefully and slowly so it sinks in. Here's a reasonably succinct summary of the old fellow. As for making sense of Ideas, I submit that reading this is as good a preparation as any. Quote: Man, it teaches me a form of discipline though. O.K., but I think that being tied up and lashed by a gorgeous woman in black leather & fishnets would give you the same amount of pain but be more fun somehow ... _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#42091 - 08/19/10 10:32 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
MatthewJ1 MatthewJ1 member Registered: 10/28/09 Posts: 529 Loc: Australia	Dr. A, don't tempt me with those Gorgeous ladies who flog and their wicked and delicious pleasures! That Postmodern Generator is a work of mad and diabolical brilliance! I love it. Soon I will know more about Husserl than ole Fink ever did.
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#43879 - 10/28/10 11:14 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: MatthewJ1]
TheSerpent TheSerpent stranger Registered: 06/11/10 Posts: 13 Loc: Northern Ireland	Recently I have currently fallen in love with the author Dan Brown, I have read the Da Vinci Code and I am now nearly finished Angels and Demons and there is quite a lot of references to Satanism and how evil and bad they are which sort of pisses me off! _________________________ The Mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work unless you open it!
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#43997 - 11/04/10 05:49 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheSerpent]
Draculesti Draculesti member Registered: 09/18/07 Posts: 279 Loc: Rockville, Maryland	Currently reading: Are You Morbid? Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost by Tom Gabriel Fischer. Had to spend $60 on half.com for this one, but it's worth every penny. Tales by H.P. Lovecraft *Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World* by Norman Lebrecht _________________________ The Holy Trinity: Me, Myself, and I. Homo Homini Lupus
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#43998 - 11/04/10 06:37 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Draculesti]
PrinceOfBabalon PrinceOfBabalon stranger Registered: 10/27/07 Posts: 49 Loc: London	For pleasure: The Vampire by Ornella Volta It gives a good general overview of vampirism with a strong anthropological leaning. Homosexuality in Renaissance England by Alan Bray A well researched and really interesting little book for those whom sexuality is a subject of interest. It essentially gives the Elizabethan view of homosexuality, not as something rigidly defined with corresponding labels and social groups built around those labels, but rather as a term describing acts which are in turn only instances of the broader, highly-personal sexuality that cannot be easily categorized. As part of my undergraduate reading; The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper Protagoras by Plato Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Edited by PrinceOfBabalon (11/04/10 07:17 PM) _________________________
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#44000 - 11/05/10 12:21 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: PrinceOfBabalon]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Originally Posted By: PrinceOfBabalon For pleasure: The Vampire by Ornella Volta. Haven't seen old O.V. pop up in some time ... Here's the Temple of Set Reading List #8C entry, with its #8A reference included: Originally Posted By: Category 9: Vampirism, TS Reading List 8A. The Vampire Papers by Bernhardt J. Hurwood (Original title: Terror by Night, later released as The Monstrous Undead). NY: Pinnacle Books #523-00975-5, 1976. (TOS-3) MA: “Unlike the werewolf or vampire sections of most occult anthologies, this book focuses directly on the sexual and psychopathic bases of both archetypes. Other sections dealing with necrophilia, cannibalism, blood rituals, and premature burial have made this one of the books least likely to be kept in stock at your neighborhood bookstore. A short but informative bibliography is appended. [See also #8I.] Books dealing exclusively with subjects such as necrophilia [sample title: The Love of the Dead (!)] were evaluated for this reading list but rejected as being mere attempts to pander to degenerate and morbid tastes. #8A relates such themes to the more significant precepts addressed by this reading list category.” 8C. The Vampire by Ornella Volta. NY: Award Books #A807S-MAC, 1962. (TOS-4) MA: “Only slightly less gory than #8A, this book explores various psychological implications of vampirism and proceeds to case studies. Again the nature of its contents makes it unlikely that this book will be easily located.” Bernhardt Hurwood is pretty creepy: Go to Amazon and do a book search for his name and you'll see what I mean. [Then in the middle of all that stuff he does a book on Burt Reynolds?] _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#44016 - 11/05/10 07:16 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
PrinceOfBabalon PrinceOfBabalon stranger Registered: 10/27/07 Posts: 49 Loc: London	Thank you Dr. Aquino. I will seek out Hurwood's The Vampire Papers (more alarming I think than Hurwood's work on Burt Reynold's is the fact that Amazon UK lists two of Hurwood's more "exotic" titles under the Home & Gardening category). As part of a research project into literary vampirism I recently obtained Beth E. McDonald's The Vampire As Numinous Experience: Spiritual Journeys With The Undead In British And American Literature which contains some interesting perspectives and analysis' (although regretfully filtered through the RHP lens of the author) that could be of use in hunting down the Vampyric Essence. _________________________
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#44098 - 11/15/10 11:21 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
Fnord Fnord active member Registered: 01/11/10 Posts: 718 Loc: Texas	Just got Stephen King's new novella collection "Full Dark, No Stars" and so far I love it. I'm two stories in (out of four) and I think this is some of the best stuff I've read from King in a long time. _________________________ Scratching Peace Symbols on Your Tombstone
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#44099 - 11/15/10 05:01 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fnord]
SkaffenAmtiskaw SkaffenAmtiskaw veteran member Registered: 06/24/09 Posts: 1272	Interesting. Picked up his "Near Dark", which was pretty true to form for the old master. Went on to read "Under the Dome", which wasn't bad, but hardly "The Stand" all over again. He often panders to the collective subconscious, but I think I put up with it because he presents his narrative in an 'impressionist' style. Makes for an impression of realism. Watched "Salem's Lot" again last night. Just proved once again that filming a King story is damn near impossible. With a couple of honest exceptions. _________________________ "I'd rather be right than consistent" - Winston Churchill
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#44100 - 11/15/10 08:12 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Fnord]
Lamar Lamar member Registered: 02/03/10 Posts: 226 Loc: Alabama	Originally Posted By: Fnord General Reply I tend to read several books at once, usually about three. Right now I'm reading the following: Essays in Satanism Crossfire, the Plot That Killed Kennedy Snow (odd little horror tale) The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection The Mummy: Funereal Rites and Customs In Ancient Egypt The next book that I want to get is Essays in Satanism. From what I've read from some reviews it seemed to be pretty interesting. The Mummy: Funereal Rites and Customs In Ancient Egypt looks pretty cool also. _________________________ Blast for Satan
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#44101 - 11/15/10 08:54 PM Oz [Re: Lamar]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Originally Posted By: Fnord [*]The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection Judging from the comments on Amazon, this seems to have some Kindle-format problems. You may have an easier read here, and here for John Neill's stunning "Gibson Girl" artwork. _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#44102 - 11/15/10 10:30 PM Re: Oz [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
Oxus Oxus member Registered: 04/15/10 Posts: 172	Dr. Aquino, Any movies worthwhile in the Hekate vein?
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#44108 - 11/16/10 11:18 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: SkaffenAmtiskaw]
Fnord Fnord active member Registered: 01/11/10 Posts: 718 Loc: Texas	I've read every one of King's works. There was a definite turn after his accident, I believe for the worse, with a few exceptions to the rule. I thought Under the Dome was a bloated and predictable piece of garbage. King does characters best, and a few in that book were worth the read, but overall I hated it. He's written a few collections of shorter stories and I think these days that's where his strengths lie. Everything's Eventual had some truly twisted and nightmarish short stories in it as did Just After Sunset. This latest collection, so far, is stripped down high octane stuff like he sometimes wrote in the past. He also recently released that baseball book, Blockade Billy, which was also short and quite good. And, yes, I agree, the movies aren't quite the same caliber as the books (ok, not by a long shot). I think the best movie tie ins are: Carrie The Shining (Kubrick, King hated this one) Creepshow Pet Sematary Misery Dolores Claiborne The last two and The Shining are my personal favorites. Most people seem to like Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Those were both good adaptations but lacked the heart of the books in my opinion. Not sure what Near Dark is... probably called something else in the states? _________________________ Scratching Peace Symbols on Your Tombstone
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#44112 - 11/16/10 01:52 PM RStephen King [Re: Fnord]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Stephen King dropped off my reading/viewing list when he started churning out formula stories - bad spooky car, bad spooky dog, bad spooky airport, etc. But I think he did a superb writing job with Hearts in Atlantis, in which the Low Men in Yellow Coats are that very rare thing in horror: something quite new and decidedly creepy. Unfortunately the HIA movie turned the LMiYC into mere MIBs. [And just filmed the first chapter of the book, which really needs to be shiverenjoyed as a whole.] _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#44115 - 11/16/10 03:46 PM Re: RStephen King [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
Fnord Fnord active member Registered: 01/11/10 Posts: 718 Loc: Texas	Heh, shiverenjoyed. I like it! Hearts in Atlantis isn't really stand alone at all. Most all of King's work revolves around The Dark Tower and each separate volume can be understood as standalone or as canon to The Dark Tower series. For example, From a Buick 8 was largely a disliked book by the general reading populous, but when taken as part of the overall canon it's a pretty cool read. Your low men also make many appearances throughout King's work, particularly in the last three Dark Tower novels. In Salem's Lot, the priest who challenges Barlow (Father Callahan) and is made undead goes on to serve quite an interesting purpose later on. Same goes for Ted in HIA... Anyway, HERE is a site that explores some of the interlinking stories. It didn't occur to me to start linking the stories together until I read IT wherein Christine makes an appearance and executes a dastardly deed. _________________________ Scratching Peace Symbols on Your Tombstone
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#44159 - 11/17/10 04:19 PM Re: RStephen King [Re: Fnord]
HeimiricIX HeimiricIX pledge Registered: 10/29/10 Posts: 75 Loc: Mexico City.	Currently reading Michel Foucault's "The Order of Things". and rereading. Anne Rice's "The Vampire Lestat". On the waiting list: Futhark - Edred Thorsson Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco As for King, I remember long ago having found a book that had all links between stories and novels, however this was so long ago that the the Dark Tower V+ didn't existed yet so if it still exists hopefuly is an updated version or it won't be of much use anymore. Sadly for me the bookstore closed shortly after that and never bought it. I'll look for it or something similar and share it around if I happen to find something. Best _________________________ HeimiricIX - Made you look
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#44163 - 11/17/10 05:10 PM Re: RStephen King [Re: HeimiricIX]
Nemesis Nemesis senior member Registered: 09/01/07 Posts: 2029 Loc: US	"The Stand" had quite a few links...Randall Flagg was a featured character in both The Dark Tower and "The Eyes of the Dragon". They also mention Trashy (not by name) in the "My life for you" reference. The Tower is mentioned in several other novels, such as "Insomnia". In DK#5 "Wizard & Glass", after their ordeal with Blaine the Mono the traveling band winds up in the Earth from "The Stand". _________________________ Nothing is sacred.
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#44273 - 11/20/10 10:31 AM Re: RStephen King [Re: Nemesis]
Fnord Fnord active member Registered: 01/11/10 Posts: 718 Loc: Texas	Very true. For the record, this new book has a few links too, though nothing overt or important. One character says "Long days and pleasant nights" to another who responds by saying "what was that?" I've probably missed hundreds of little links like that. _________________________ Scratching Peace Symbols on Your Tombstone
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#45198 - 12/18/10 06:19 PM Re: RStephen King [Re: Fnord]
TV is God TV is God member Registered: 08/11/08 Posts: 199 Loc: The Cornhole	I never finished Atlas Shrugged last time I tried to tackle it. I started again from the beginning and am getting through it a piece at a time. It really doesn't draw me in the way the Fountainhead did but I am curious enough about the story to stick to it. But that's on hold since I just got my copy of Arcana: Musicians on Music. It's a bunch of writings from experimental musicians compiled by John Zorn (very accomplished experimental composer/performer) It's not exactly a book about music theory(at times it is) but more about the theories behind the theory. Very interesting read for soundfreaks, probably not so much for audiophiles. _________________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone.
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#46482 - 01/10/11 08:48 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Zoid]
MatthewJ1 MatthewJ1 member Registered: 10/28/09 Posts: 529 Loc: Australia	I am spending so much of my spare time reading at the moment. I am reading on trains, while I walk, in bed at night, at the table in the morning. I am reading about 3 to 5 hours per day at the moment. I am also receiving a lot of books from Amazon and am starting to get annoyed looks from my lady for spending so much I lay the blame for all of this reading and book purchasing at Dr. Michael Aquino and the Temple of Set, and at Born and his Goat of Mendes online library. (Just kidding Dr. and Born) Below is the list of black books I have read, am reading and have lined up to read over the next 12 months or so: Lords of the Left Hand Path by Dr. Flowers Black Magic by Dr. Aquino Voice of Destruction by Hermann Rauschning (what a book this is!) Race and Race History by Rosenberg Table Talk: Hitler’s Secret Conversations by Trevor-Roper (ed) Mein Kampf by Hitler (I read this book years ago, but will be reading it again) The Passing of the Great Race by Madison Grant The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore Man into Wolf by Robert Eisner The Man who lived in Inner Space by Arnold Federbush The Hastur Cycle by Robert M Price (ed) Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber Metropolis by Thea von Harbou The Stars my Destination by Bester The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker The collected works of Lovecraft Houses that Kill by de Laforrest A selection of works by the Order of the Nine Angles Men among the Ruins by Evola The Ego and his Own by Stirner This is a big list, but my studies are worth it I think.
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#46483 - 01/10/11 09:08 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: MatthewJ1]
BaronVonShankly BaronVonShankly pledge Registered: 03/23/09 Posts: 67	Reading Thee Psychik Bible edited by Genesis P-Orridge. I'm about halfway through and topy shares alot with Satanism. Im also reading "The Secrets of the Lazarus Club" by Tony Pollard, it's an interesting concept having Isambard Kingdom Brunel helping to investigate a murder. spelling edited Edited by BaronVonShankly (01/10/11 09:16 PM)
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#46484 - 01/10/11 09:12 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: BaronVonShankly]
felixgarnet felixgarnet active member Registered: 10/17/09 Posts: 620 Loc: UK	That would be Genesis P-Orridge, Baron (now Genesis Breyer P-Orridge). $\:\)$ They're a true one-off and, in my opinion, a true Magician of the LHP. _________________________ "Here's to Artifice!" - Anton Szandor LaVey.
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#46486 - 01/10/11 09:39 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: felixgarnet]
Autodidact Autodidact member Registered: 01/23/10 Posts: 371	Currently reading The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution. Here's what's next in my list, in no particular order: Her-Bak All The Devils Are Here Seven Footprints To Satan The Culture of Fear Magic: History / Theory / Practice (Schertel's) The Lucifer Principle On Complexity (Morin) Og (Unearthed Edition) Be Dangerous On Rock Guitar (had it 20 years ago, just got it again) (too many others!) Would love to get my hands on a hard copy of Lords of The Left Hand Path - seems to be out of print now ... (yes, there's on on ebay, but I don't want it $80 much). _________________________ An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?
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#46507 - 01/11/11 06:58 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Autodidact]
Clicks Clicks member Registered: 06/14/10 Posts: 114 Loc: New Orleans	I've acquired a few books from a Pantheist friend of mine (Interesting fact: I accidentally typed mine as 'mein' 4 times over. Somehow, I'm beginning to think more and more in German everyday) who is very well read in the occult, magic, and herbalism. The only one I have started to read is A Pictoral History of Magic and the Supernatural by Maurice Bessy. It is basically just a picture book with explanations of the pictures. A little interesting. Outlines the history of the use of magic by different cultures since whoknowswhen. He also let me borrow these three: The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft - Judika Illes This looks like an almanac of witchcraft. Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizzard - Oberon Zell This outlines just what a wizard is (by the author's definition, which seems like it was compiled from other sources), what a soul is, the nature of...nature, the workings of magic, and how to go about doing a ritual. The Magic and Ritual Use of Herbs - Richard Allen Miller Gives you some herbs and tells you what they do. I don't know what I'll walk away from these books with, but I have to hope that it's at least something useful. _________________________ Join your local Wizards' Association today!
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#49210 - 02/20/11 11:12 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Clicks]
SinfulAngel SinfulAngel lurker Registered: 02/18/11 Posts: 4 Loc: Essex	I have just finished readind a series of books called 'The Lords Of The Underworld' by author Gena Showalter. They are aimed at women and are a brilliant read. The author has managed to mix sex, comedy, gore and heartache into her books, making them a fantastic read.
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#49212 - 02/20/11 11:29 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: ceruleansteel]
Hegesias Hegesias active member Registered: 02/16/11 Posts: 702	Bruce Lee's Tao of Jeet Kune Do Hagakure; Book of the Samurai Will to Power (The Late Notebooks), Twilight of the Idols, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good & Evil by Nietzsche Liber Null & Psychonaut by Peter J. Carroll Codex Saerus: The Black Book of Satan I, II, & III NAOS: A practical Guide to Modern Magick PanParadox from IXAXAAR The rest of my physical collection are various serial killer/ criminal psychology books scattered about the place as door stops or reference points, I read most other things from online having invested in an 'electronic book reader' to store various Occult literature in PDF. The above are among my favoured books and I have plenty shit to do for years if I continue apply it all via Sinister Dialectics.
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#49237 - 02/20/11 03:03 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Hegesias]
TheInsane TheInsane member Registered: 09/16/09 Posts: 356	Originally Posted By: Hegesias PanParadox from IXAXAAR That one is hilarious. Seldom have someone so completely missed the target or simply ignored history as the writer of this book. Sure, the other TotBL litterature does not make them look particularly intelligent but this is the worst one so far. Just have a look at the description which should be enough to dismiss it: PanParadox: Pan Towards Chaos Ixaxaar Publishing (SOLD OUT) Pan, the untamed beast in demon-shape, which strolls restless around our woods and mountains, or rather, coils, levitating through our filthy cosmic galaxies, as a burning dragon, laughing relentlessly at the creation of cosmos. Pan is the one who ignites the torch of Lucifer, which brings forth the black flame. Pan is the one who creeps up behind, sprinkling gasoline on ones back and flicks sparkling matches at you. Not because for the fact that he hates you, but just to get one's attention… to get you to wake up and for once, take your existence or subsistence seriously. When you have succeeded with that, then your work as a magician can start – a magician who imposes masterwork in black Chaos magic. For this is what black Chaos magic essentially is all about, to feed ones inner, develop and to transcendent into Chaos. Whether Chaos exists in ones mind, or beyond cosmos is irrelevant at this moment, what is important is ones awareness as a Chaotic individual, a human in black magical possession. Anti-cosmic, Chaos-gnostic and Satanic philosophy and mysticism around the misrepresented contemptuous god and black magical Chaos-philosophy. Includes Satanic illustrations and rituals.
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#49241 - 02/20/11 04:07 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
LucyFur LucyFur member Registered: 02/06/11 Posts: 121 Loc: Bible Belt, USA	The Anti-Christ by by Nietzsche The Magicakal Essence of Aleister Crowley by Cornelius Red Goddess & Diabolical by Scarlett Imprint Sword of Truth series by Goodkind (reading these because my kid is reading them) Math For Mystics by Renna Shesso The Science of Masonic Initiation by Lomas The Lodge and the Craft by Blackmer Cinema Sewer by Bougie Psychopath's Bible and Urban Voodoo by Chris Hyatt Edited by LucyFur (02/20/11 04:07 PM) _________________________ I spit on your crapulous creeds. Let all chaste women be utterly despised among you!
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#49269 - 02/21/11 12:28 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
Hegesias Hegesias active member Registered: 02/16/11 Posts: 702	A short but hopefully concise book review at 5:19 am in the morning, why? I don't know, make something up. PanParadox is a historical & mythological investigation/ narration and black Chaos magic tracts dealing with the link and the nature between the unconscious mind and Chaos. Before ruling out something as absolutely false, for one solitary moment take a step back and look at the way Norsemen are portrayed in Nazarene media still today, as a lowbrow uncultured swine, or at best having his only redeeming quality being something like a 'good heart' but with a low mental capacity. This minuscule connotation does not summarise how Nazarene society has overwritten history, book burning etc. The authors studies are compared to the original remaining scripts of the Old Norse and Icelandic literature having nothing to do with Christianised overwritten history, and many times discussed with Professors, Ph. D’s, etc. from sundry universities and institutions on the subject. Many things about the unfamiliar and unknown will appear instantly wrong to the uninitiated. All correlations between ancient Greek (Hellenic), Norse and other sundry traditions record the essence of 'Pan' which means 'All' and in the workings of PanParadox this is the paradigm towards the paradoxical nature of Chaos within the individual. Pan is the anti-cosmic pestilent thought, a Dark God. To impose masterwork in black Chaos magic. For this is what black Chaos magic is essentially, to feed the inner abyss, develop and to transcend into Chaos. Whether Chaos exists in one´s mind, or beyond cosmos is irrelevant, what is important is one´s awareness as a Chaotic individual, a human in black magical possession. So you can either be dismissal of anti-cosmic philosophy or learn to laugh as I do at people dying, at having ones own head smashed in, at violence and at suffering and death, why? because we mock the cosmos by our very essence, not in ego. We are Sinister, and nihilistic paradigms, especially polarised nihilistic paradigms are powerful to work with, why? because we are to bring about anarchistic causal change. The writings in the PanParadox book for example are metaphorical, culminating and unifying understanding that man has an inexorable link to Chaos in his psyche and that archetypes have emerged from this recognition around the worlds existence all correlating in some manner to one another being all in the same, that enlightenment is to be found in absolute darkness. The all and nothing of Chaos, that all leads back to Chaos/ nothingness just as all philosophies and trains of thought, all eventually lead back to nihilism. Existential nihilism is not an end to, but a means to open the stage for the revaluation of 'all' values. Nihilism opens the stage for the Will to Power to assert itself. Nihilism is the preceptor of revaluation, nihilism does not replace values, it destroys them and opens the stage for unification of opposites. Nihilism functions as a transitional stage, and ought to be understood as a means of progression toward self knowledge. Nihilism is not an end of progression, quite the opposite and more, more being the key word. Synonymous with what is psychonautics and internal black Chaos magic. Disregard the philosophical clarity that leads back to simplicity/ clarity and dwell solely for the the abstractions of external tantalisations. However, the unconscious mind and the Dark Gnosis is something very few will ever come to understand or experience. Knowledge is not the same as understanding.
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#49315 - 02/21/11 07:41 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Hegesias]
TheInsane TheInsane member Registered: 09/16/09 Posts: 356	Your post is like most posts I have seen by sympathizers of the so called “anti-cosmic tradition” – long, full of pseudo academic language and in the end saying very little. TotBL are masters at using old traditions but spin them completely to their own system and basically disregarding what they actually stood or stands for. They did it with the Egyptian tradition, they did it perhaps even more with the Indian one and they did it again here with Pan. The problem with their interpretations are that they hard core dualists and try to impose that on other traditions (particularly laughable with their interpretation of Kali). Pan was more of a symbol of chaos in nature – the untamed nature. It wasn’t opposed to the cosmos but was shown that it was a aspect of cosmos (just like Kali in the tantric vamachara tradition). This keeps being the problem with TotBL or the so called 218 tradition. They claim that there is opposition and conflict between chaos and cosmos while most of the symbol they use deny such a division. It doesn’t matter how they phrase the words, neither Pan nor Kali were ever anti-cosmic. Chaotic? Absolutely, but never in hard core dual opposition but rather as a part of what makes, what is perceived as, order to work. And for anyone who has read the authors early writings when he tried to be the leader of his own cult knows that he really has no sound base on where to stand and that the PanParadox book is a rather weak attempt at trying to justify his ill-informed ideology from way back when (when he could be excused because he was just a teenager at the time). So yeah, if you have good evidence that the traditions and gods used by the 218 crowd are actually dualistic in a cosmic/anti-cosmic relation feel free to show me. For some reason not even the people regarded as the leaders of the movement have been able to convince me thus far with any of their writings. And please be concrete instead of wrapping your post in all that mumbo-jumbo (that most sympathizers of the 218 crowd seems to be so good at). Edited by TheInsane (02/21/11 07:42 PM)
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#49318 - 02/21/11 09:09 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Hegesias]
Michael A.Aquino Michael A.Aquino veteran member Registered: 09/28/08 Posts: 1247 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Originally Posted By: Hegesias Bruce Lee's Tao of Jeet Kune Do I began to get interested in Bruce Lee when I read the biography The Legend of Bruce Lee in 1974 and decided to recommend it in the next Cloven Hoof. However: Originally Posted By: Diane LaVey to M.A.A. 10/7/74 Delete the Legend of Bruce Lee review. Anton knows from reliable sources that the entire Bruce Lee legend was a PR invention of which the book is part. He was a ghetto kid from the orient who knew some fancy footwork, and the legend-makers took him in tow and did what they do best. Now if the book were written as fiction, we could all be inspired by his "critics-be-damned" attitude, just as we are by any convincingly-written story about superpeople. I responded: Originally Posted By: M.A.A. to Diane LaVey 10/9/74 Just like you, I thought that the Bruce Lee book was merely one more Kung Fu cult item when I glanced at it in the store. But then I read it and changed my mind. This fellow comes close to being an Anton Szandor LaVey of the orient. Broke all the rules, told critics that if they didn’t like it, it was just tough, and was loved for it. Was fiercely hated by all conventional schools and traditions of Karate, Kung Fu, etc. Designed his own system from scratch. Strong possibility that his death was contrived by people who didn’t like boats rocked. Get the book and you’ll see what I’m driving at. Nevertheless Lee remained banned from C/S recognition or recommendation. Upon the 1975 founding of the Temple of Set, I added the same work you've cited here to its Reading List, where it has remained ever since: Originally Posted By: Temple of Set Reading List, Category #19: MetaMind 19D. Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee. Burbank: Ohara Publications, 1975. (TOS-4) Lee: “To realize freedom, the mind has to learn to look at life, which is a vast movement without the bondage of time, for freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness. Watch, but don’t stop and interpret, ‘I am free’ - then you’re living in a memory of something that has gone. To understand and live now, everything of yesterday must die.” In 1991 David Carradine, star of the Kung Fu television series, offered this interesting comment in another Temple of Set-recommended book: Originally Posted By: David Carradine, The Spirit of Shaolin, 1991 There are two stories about why Bruce Lee didn’t get the part [of Caine in the original Kung Fu television series]. One: that he was turned down because he was too short and too Chinese, which is a way of saying he was, ironically, a victim of the same prejudice we would be dealing with as our theme in the film. Two: that, for some reason I can’t fathom, he was advised by his people not to take the part. I was told by someone in the production company that they weren’t sure he could act well enough to handle the complexities of the character. Maybe he groveled at Jerry’s [Thorpe, Warner Brothers producer/director] feet. I don’t know. Whatever the reason, it caused him to quit Hollywood, go home to Hong Kong and embrace his destiny. Bruce Lee is thought of by many as a quintessential martial artist. Actually he was first and foremost an actor. His father was a star of Chinese opera. Bruce was born in San Francisco while his father was on tour there. He was doing work as a child actor in Hong Kong before he began his Kung Fu studies. The two disciplines progressed side by side throughout his life. While Bruce was possessed of great energy, concentration, and charisma, the most memorable thing about him was his style, which was his own. Bruce studied the wing chun system, which is a very stiff style. He was prompted to develop his own system, Jeet Kune Do, to escape the limitations of the style he was taught. He could have accomplished this goal simply by studying the flowing Northern Shaolin styles, but then we would not have Jeet Kune Do. Bruce was highly respected by the martial artists of the world, and he was dedicated to the art, but he was not superhuman. He was like us. He had his weaknesses and his blind spots like the rest of us mortals. He relied heavily on his right side, and his left was never as strong nor as fast nor as accurate. We know now that many of his moves were done by stunt doubles. These things in no way diminish the glory he achieved. When he died suddenly on June 20, 1973, he was the number one box-office star in the world, and the first oriental actor ever to achieve international stardom. _________________________ Michael A. Aquino [On Ignore: Dan_Dread, 6Satan6Archist6, Caladrius, MindFux]
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#49324 - 02/21/11 10:12 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
Hegesias Hegesias active member Registered: 02/16/11 Posts: 702	Bruce's philosophy is more prominent in my life than Traditional Satanism. Satanism is a tool for me to assert Will to Power along the lines of Nietzschean self-overcoming but the application of Bruce's philosophy/ concepts has been far more natural with the flow of things. Since I was around 16 I have studied his JKD concept from those old 70's books, not just the physical side that seems to be all over the world these days, but the sobering truths that will befall upon anyone to read his philosophy. Because of the concise and direct way he would put things in perspective, we can see clearly that all things are naturalistic and that 'simplicity' is closest to the abstractionless oneness of nature that we are likely to get, Sinister or otherwise. I have posted many parts on this site that are what could be described as aggressive Gnosticism/ Satanism/ Death-worship but in real life the best way to assert ones Will is with graceful adaptation and through various paradigms and applications of polarised mindsets are to be put to use in real life—in an individual way we all can be strengthened by exploring those opposites of our nature. This means to be in contrast to nihilistic/ desensitised dispassion that has culminated over the years, although I apply internal black Chaos magick/ psychonautics to control my reactions, to recognise the importance to be respondent to ones surroundings at certain times and places, other beings and nature, to be formless like water able to seep into the cracks of the hardest rock. To oppose with arms flailing in anger is useless, so we are subversive, elusive, deception. The nature of the martial arts fuses deception with harmony as oneness. This means that we ought to move in synchronisation with our opponent whatever they may be, know them, be them and adapt to the situation in this way being in true control of the outcome by being in the moment all the time. Obviously Satanism has use for different paradigms, by moving over Bruce's philosophy I have fulfilled and preserved my own understandings of myself, understandings and application of his teachings which many are opposites to Satanism and vice versa have been strengthened and fulfilled by their opposites. Nietzschean philosophy also contributes to my understandings, especially to converge philosophical nihilism and the Tao. (Also coincidentally, southpaw (right lead), is favoured in jkd because of the long fist wing chun/ western boxing punching style, as for the running side kick also is the strongest/ fastest leg, the right arm does most of the damage in contrast to western boxing were the jab is mainly a feeler, in jkd the lead arm and leg is the closest to the target and most damaging to meet your opponent at the correct time on that instant they move to attack. so the rear arm and leg are for counters and follow ups, there is not combinations so to speak but broken rhythm and reaction, this is why the southpaw is favoured) Edited by Hegesias (02/21/11 11:05 PM) Edit Reason: grammar
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#49332 - 02/21/11 11:17 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Hegesias]
Hegesias Hegesias active member Registered: 02/16/11 Posts: 702	Also, by chiselling away at the non-essentials we come to realise that the merging actuality of ourselves is in simplicity and that all systems no matter how structurally sound they appear are a disadvantage in some way or another, for anything rigid is prone to crumbling and also ought to be pushed to crumble, so we are adaptable and instead of systems we have a concept to be formless and adaptable. Much likened to all thought process leading back to nihilism and the re-evaluation/ revaluation of values. Sinister transcendence.
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#49446 - 02/23/11 05:55 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Hegesias]
Woland Woland Seasoned active member Registered: 08/28/07 Posts: 616 Loc: Oslo, Norway	Originally Posted By: Hegesias Before ruling out something as absolutely false, for one solitary moment take a step back and look at the way Norsemen are portrayed in Nazarene media still today, as a lowbrow uncultured swine, or at best having his only redeeming quality being something like a 'good heart' but with a low mental capacity. This minuscule connotation does not summarise how Nazarene society has overwritten history, book burning etc. The authors studies are compared to the original remaining scripts of the Old Norse and Icelandic literature having nothing to do with Christianised overwritten history, and many times discussed with Professors, Ph. D’s, etc. from sundry universities and institutions on the subject. Well; Norsemen I know a thing or two about, being one myself. I wholeheartedly agree that what little scraps of Norse history actually remains, has been more or less systematically overwritten. Either by historical warlords (church/state) in search of a new & effective power-tool (Judeo/Xian mindset). Xian storytellers/historians of the past realizing the sensibility involved in transforming existing religions towards Xianity in stead of imposing (by force) a new mindset on an unwilling culture. And last but not least; by the practice of projecting ones own needs and worldview into a puddinglike distortion of "how it must have been". Now; I take pride in my historical culture. And the Judeo/Xian mindset is a foul and dirty thing indeed. But the fact is; we know dip shit about Old-Norse religion and traditions. What little we know is more or less exclusivly based on Xian distortions, and I am tormented by the fact that those who bangs their shields most violently when it comes to celebrating "The Norsemen" base their assumptions on the same Xian distortions they oppose. As a paralell; theistic Satanists will do... There is for example little archeological evidence of Odin-worship. Some scientists claim that Odin traditionally was more like a runner for the big boys & girls, and there IS archeological evidence to support that theory. The same scientists ponts out the inherent similarities between the religious role of Odin & Jesus of Nazareth, and if you think about it? The powers in control around 800-1000 AD needed a vessel to make Xianity more edible for the highly aggressive (and highly spiritual) people of the North, and found the perfect tool in Odin. Bottom line; evidence points toward Old-Norse mindset being so utterly strange that we cannot even begin to fathom. What really pisses me off is how MY roots and origin is being used as crutches by neo-nazis and other individuals with a massive need to get a historical justification for their petty and juvenile needs. I have heard young Black-Metallians claim to have historical Old-Norse justification for their primitive dislike for coloured people. And the facts they have proudly brought to the table is that the Old-Norse word for blacks & arabic people was blámaðr (Blue Men). In their simple understanding this is a word for contempt, akin to Nigger... In my book it is simply basic logic; they are men, they are blue... Another example would be the word for Native-Americans and Inuits; Skraeling. The origin of the word is unknown, but it can mean "clad in fur" (logical), or "physically challenged" (not so logical). Guess which understanding applies for these young bright men? We are humans. We project. And since Nietsche has been brought up; the Abyss comes to mind. I would like to recommend some litterature for you, but I am afraid that these are scientific works not translated into English. Interesting titles would be: "Old-Nordic beliefs and cult." By Oddgeir Hoftun. Mr. Hoftun is an archeologist and art-historian, and is known for his lifelong attacks on the obvious National-Romanticism which clouds any scientific understanding of the subject. Really interesting stuff it is... "Dreams about the past, memories for the future." By Gry B. Mørk This is a scientific paper about the Old-Nordic influences in Norwegian Black Metal 1992-1995. Ms. Mørk (fittingly translates into Ms. Dark ) is by no means a novice. She lived with one of the members of Gorgoroth for several years and her contacts are impeccable. I believe that she was one of the few scholars Mr. Varg Vikernes was willing to communicate with whilst imprisoned. Other contributors to her paper are Gaahl (Ex-Gorgoroth) Daimonion (Enslaved) etc. Now; gonna do what Norsemen did. Heading for the woods for the weekend! _________________________ Regards Woland Unhand that woman, Sir!
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#49459 - 02/23/11 01:04 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Woland]
Gueheriet Gueheriet stranger Registered: 12/11/09 Posts: 23	It´s a shame both works aren´t translated to english. Do you know of any othet good book about old norse traditions and customs, not just religion, that could be translated? Thanks.
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#49488 - 02/24/11 02:56 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Woland]
Hegesias Hegesias active member Registered: 02/16/11 Posts: 702	Odinism is a worship of the Aesir correct? the gods of the light... Odin is the bastard demiurge, Compare Baldr and Tyr with Jesus the savior of the paradise. They have nothing to do with the dark gods and satan; they are the light. The Nazarenes stole many other attributes from sundry religions. Hell is taken from the Old Norse underworld called Hel. The foolish demiurge (the light of creation) is the negative and weak, and Satan is the positive and strong, highest principle of Chaos. Surtr (Satan), Loki (Lucifer), Gullveig (Lilith/ Hecate), Fenrir the black wolf and Jormungand the serpent who rise at Ragnarok who ensnare the bastard demiurge creation. They are archetypes wrought from the dark wrathful anti-cosmic Chaos. May we seek the unbroken Dark Gnosis. The Pure Chaos. The end of the cosmic lie. Hegesias
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#49510 - 02/24/11 06:38 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Michael A.Aquino]
Hegesias Hegesias active member Registered: 02/16/11 Posts: 702	David Carradine's character in the Kung Fu series was an absolutely racist portrayal of a Chinese Shaolin/ kung fu man if you could call it kung fu (a sorry sight of western ignorance). Lee created the concept for the series The Warrior, which was then stolen by Warner Brothers and the part of the martial arts warrior given to another American a one David Carradine because he was not too Chinese looking like Bruce was. As to fallacious claims made by Carradine that Bruce was foremost an actor, obviously insinuating that Bruce was on his level in discarding Bruce's element as a philosopher and of the martial arts re evaluation built from the ground up. In this we see that Carradine was the big screen fake and a sorry sight at that, slothful and more ridiculous than Batman fight choreographs around at the time. The 'stunt double' play of words asserted by David was a twist of events where Bruce would actually 'use stunt men' in his movies to take the powerful running side kicks that he would deliver. Bruce's punches were too fast to be caught on the 25 frames per second of the film they were using and had to be slowed down. Contrary to Raymond Chows frame cutting technique to speed things up in other Golden Harvest productions. Bruce used a simple camera angle effect on a few jumps in the 'Big Boss', some funny shit swinging two guys round on what we know is wires in the Dojo battle royal scene in 'Fist of Fury', and a flip when being pressed down on a smashed vase by the tall guy Kareem Jabbar in the totally hacked to pieces by Hollywood after Bruce's death, 'Game of Death', which was fucked up by placing some ludicrous double in his place playing the part of Bruce, funny as fuck and shitty. The missing footage (fight scenes) of 'Game of Death' can now be watched without sound in places on dvd and youtube.
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#49764 - 02/25/11 07:42 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Hegesias]
TheInsane TheInsane member Registered: 09/16/09 Posts: 356	Originally Posted By: Hegesias Odinism is a worship of the Aesir correct? the gods of the light... Odin is the bastard demiurge, Compare Baldr and Tyr with Jesus the savior of the paradise. They have nothing to do with the dark gods and satan; they are the light. The Nazarenes stole many other attributes from sundry religions. Hell is taken from the Old Norse underworld called Hel. The foolish demiurge (the light of creation) is the negative and weak, and Satan is the positive and strong, highest principle of Chaos. Surtr (Satan), Loki (Lucifer), Gullveig (Lilith/ Hecate), Fenrir the black wolf and Jormungand the serpent who rise at Ragnarok who ensnare the bastard demiurge creation. They are archetypes wrought from the dark wrathful anti-cosmic Chaos. May we seek the unbroken Dark Gnosis. The Pure Chaos. The end of the cosmic lie. Hegesias You still haven't answered my original response to your earlier post but you do continue to do the same mistake over and over. You apply your hard core dualism of so called "anti cosmic Satanism" to old traditions that really weren't dualist. Perhaps you should take some time and explain yourself and your reasoning in regards to the statements I made earlier. Just like the vamachara tradition in India the old norse tradition wasnt hard core dualist. They both realized/realize that order comes from chaos and that its manifestations may sometimes be that of conflict but they depend on eachother (just like Heraclitus - dike eris). It is never a matter of a war between light and dark but a way to describe the cycle of life and change.
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#49782 - 02/25/11 10:51 PM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
Autodidact Autodidact member Registered: 01/23/10 Posts: 371	I am reading "How To Read A Book". obNoOneLiners: No, that's not a joke. _________________________ An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?
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#49843 - 02/26/11 09:59 AM Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: TheInsane]
Hegesias Hegesias active member Registered: 02/16/11 Posts: 702	How to the objectives of these seemingly opposite philosophies work, well Traditional Satanism is naturalistic and anti-cosmic Satanism isolates the consciousness from the laws of nature. The realisation is fulfilled and preserved by it's opposite. An objective is met. I don't talk/ write in conformity to what's been established as contemporary. I cut the shit and tell you the object as I see it. The objective is to flood the demiurgos illusions with Chaos, how does this apply to a human?, Abyss/ unconscious mind, consciousness/ ego/ light... a certain bastard demiurge. Fit the pieces together. Mate, check that anti-cosmic Satanism thread (somebody made one), I posted a few personal understandings on there that may clear away some abstraction. I can't speak for others nihilist paradigms or explain the holographic universe theory or the eleventh dimensional shadow universe without the laws of physics on here. Why? Because I can't be bothered. Find out online. Why all these unnecessary traditions, deities, blah, they are all flag poles set up in the psyche to guide your descent. Basically it's all abstraction. Why? because this is a way to order it all in your mind as a means to the objective. Why are all these traditions linked together? Existential nihilism as psychological state actively sought out by design is for some called Chaos-Gnosticism. I'm nihilistic, always have been, I saw and polarised what I saw beneath the philosophy.
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#49968 - 02/26/11 11:13 PM

Re: What are you reading right now? [Re: Autodidact]

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That's interesting. I often teach people how to really read food labels because they may be looking at the writing on the front of tins and packets (low fat is no indication of anything, it could still have over 250 calories in half a serving for instance). Sometimes they don't know what's inside and what it'll do for them if anything beneficial at all. Even reading the nutritional label on the backs of packs is no good unless you know what it all stands for. Reading your food labels correctly is one of the most important and simple things you can apply to be healthier. For instance, don't get anything that says, low fat, get 'non fat' whenever you can because low i