2,429 words Neville (Goddard) Five Lessons: A Master Class (1948) Reissued with a bonus chapter by Mitch Horowitz New York: Tarcher/Perigree, 2018 This is going to be a very practical Course. Therefore, I hope that everyone in this class has a very clear picture of what he desires, for I am convinced that you can […]
4,337 words Part 2 of 2; part 1 here Earlier, I noted Wilson’s second thoughts, 45 years later, about Religion and the Rebel as an “overstuffed pillow”; he specifically felt that the early biographical material on Rilke was “unnecessary.” But actually, it supplies us with a remarkable parallel to Neville’s method, as well as a […]
6,326 words Part 1 of 2 “What was needed was not some new religious cult but some simple way of accessing religious or mystical experience, of the sort that must have been known to the monks and cathedral-builders of the Middle Ages.”–Colin Wilson[1] “The serpent said that every dream could be willed into creation by […]
210 words Neville Goddard Feeling is the Secret Edited by James J. O’Meara Amazon.com, Kindle, 2016 “This book is concerned with the art of realizing your desire. It gives you an account of the mechanism used in the production of the visible world. It is a small book but not slight. There is a treasure […]
“Is ‘Short Time Preference’ Really Such a Problem?” by Eumaios, apart from its own considerable merits, was particularly interesting for me.
9,916 words What has got to be gotten over is the false idea that a hallucination is a private matter. — P. K. Dick [1] There is no fiction. What is fiction today will be a fact tomorrow.
4,196 words Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here) It is with relief that one turns to Neville’s biography; the bright Sun, soft breezes and blue ocean of the Caribbean replace the dark and soggy little Plymouth Brethren colony.[1] Neville speaks of his father many times – itself a clue – but here is one […]
4,286 words Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here) “It’s when one gets to the parents that a bottomless pit opens. My dear, such a pair.”[1] “Can we ever be certain that it was not our mother while darning our socks who began that subtle change in our minds?
4,834 words “Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that. Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don’t listen to anyone who doesn’t know how to dream.”–Liza Minnelli “Pessimism of the intellect, […]
1,701 words Since, against all justice, probability – and even common sense – the infamous neocons seem to have taken power once again (as witness the return of John Bolton, and the quickly following bombing campaign in Syria), it may be well to consider once again how out of touch, how foreign, how downright alien, […]
Say what you will about Bro. Stair, the man had a theatrical flair. He passed away late Sabbath evening, April 3, at the age of 87.
In Henderson the Rain King, the titular Eugene Henderson, despite his worldly success, is tormented by an inner voice crying out “I want, I want, I want.”
First off, I want to relieve Skrbina of his concern over my “grudge” against him. I happened upon this book, but was unfamiliar with his work to begin with.
Before Nerd Culture became not just acceptable but dominant, before blockbuster comic book movies and TV series capeshit, there was Galaxy Quest.
In previous reviews, I’ve emphasized that one of the great problems of writing “dissident” literature is the problem of how to handle the dreaded “info-dump.”
5,945 words Sympathy For The Devil: The True Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment Director: Neil Edwards Appearing: Malachi McCormick, Timothy Wyllie, and other former members, along with George Clinton, Lucien Greaves, John Waters, Genesis P-Orridge, and others. 1 hour, 46 minutes; 2015 “What about the Process?” I said. “Don’t they have […]
7,911 words Benjamin Teitelbaum War For Eternity: Inside Bannon’s Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers New York: HarperCollins, 2020 “I am sure you can appreciate the urgency of such matters. . . Richard Spencer [is not someone] that you play around with.” — Jason Jorjani [1]
4,811 palabras Traducido por Editorial Streicher English original here Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels Ostara and the New Templars Traducción al inglés de George Klanderud The 55 Club, 2019 Peces de alta mar, murciélagos, clarividentes Frisones en un brumoso país, el saurio con el ojo central eléctrico en un mundo igualmente oscuro e impreciso, los sabios […]
5,583 words Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels Ostara and the New Templars Translated by George Klanderud GermanenOrden Series, vol. 4 The 55 Club, 2019 Deep-sea fish, bats, clairvoyant Frisians in foggy country, the saurian with the electrical central eye in an equally dim, misty world, the wise Nibelung-dwarves have a strange and conspicuous connection to the […]
6,991 words Barbara Will Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the Vichy Dilemma (Gender and Culture Series) New York City: Columbia University Press, 2011 The joy of the body, the most honorable and fecund joy of all, reign[s] in America. — Bernard Faÿ
6,669 words Edgar Mittelholzer Eltonsbrody London: Secker & Warburg, 1960; Richmond: Valancourt, 2017 (First reprint, with an introduction by John Thieme) Lecktor: “The reason you caught me, Will, is: We’re just alike. You want the scent? Smell yourself.” — Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986)
2,462 words James J. O’Meara Mysticism After Modernism: Crowley, Evola, Neville, Watts, Colin Wilson & Other Populist Gurus Melbourne, Australia: Manticore Press, 2020 “For me real and imagined, by the way, is just the same. Because the world is our imagination.” — Aleksandr Dugin [1]
5,376 words “If you’re committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.” — Saul Goodman “Jerry, just remember . . . it’s not a lie if you believe it.” — George Costanza
2,918 words Where’s My Roy Cohn? Directed by Matt Tyrnauer Interviews and archival footage of Ken Auletta, Roy M. Cohn, Joseph McCarthy, Anne Roiphe, Steve Rubell, Roger Stone, Donald Trump, & Barbara Walters “I bring out the worst in my enemies and that’s how I get them to defeat themselves.” — Roy Cohn
3,897 words Millions of prayers are daily unanswered because man prays to a God who does not exist. — Neville Goddard[1] When last we caught up with (perhaps poor choice of words for someone so jail-prone) Brother Stair and his Overcomer Ministry,[2] the “Last Day Prophet of God” had emerged from detention on a ridiculously […]
3,329 words Infinite Potential: The Greatest Works of Neville Goddard Introduced and edited by Mitch Horowitz New York: St. Martin’s, 2019 All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day […]
4,119 words The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham Foreword and notes by Leslie S. Klinger Introduction by Victor LaValle New York: Liveright, 2019 It doesn’t take much to confuse me, I guess. Having enthusiastically reviewed Leslie Klinger’s previous The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft,[1] I now find he has put out another New Annotated […]
5,554 words Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here) “While, to get greater clarity, I am thinking up a comparison, the founding of Christianity comes unexpectedly into my mind.” — Max Stirner, The Ego and His Own In recent essays, I’ve looked at the writings of Max Stirner[1] and tried to determine the reason for […]
8,679 words Adam Foshko & Jason Henderson California Tiki: A History of Polynesian Idols, Pineapple Cocktails and Coconut Palm Trees Charleston, S.C.: The History Press, 2018 “It’s just a convenient, easily accessible torch. No need to overthink it.”[1]
3,888 words Camille Paglia Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education New York: Pantheon, 2018 “I don’t bake. My specialty is large hunks of highly spiced meat.” — Camille Paglia[1] “We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.” — Emerson, […]