Visions of treachery by graham mcneill roland barthes by roland barthes. Posts about post written by mark frauenfelder, seamus bellamy, rusty blazenhoff, rob beschizza, cory doctorow, boing boings shop, and xeni jardin. Aug 27, 2012 high weirdness by mail hwbm is a kind of directory of kooks circa 1988, built up during stang and friends hobby of collecting kook literature, a listing of hundreds of addresses that a collector could write to and, either for free for for only a little money, receive some authentic weirdness for their trouble. Revelation x isnt even an ebook and may well soon go the way of the bobliographon, high weirdness by mail and threefisted tales of bob. At the end of the 20th century, the term began to broaden, illustrating the evolving, anomalous, cultlike nature of cultural strangeness.
Drugs, esoterica, and visionary experience in the seventies by erik davis. Pdf the book of the subgenius download full pdf book. The akaschic record of the astral convention aaaz technoccult. I told him over 7 years ago that in me he finally had an effective enemy. Hidden teachings and deuterocanonical 231 copies high weirdness by mail. The return of high weirdness by mail 20 years ago, rev. Before the internet allowed us to read the diatribes of fanatics, kooks, and morons of every persuasion, there was this little thing called postal service, hence the title. Ivan stang is something of a kook himself, though by design. Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization, individualism, and consumer capitalism, this book explores religious movements founded in the west which are intentionally fictional.
I have evidence too, in ivan stangs high weirdness by mail, billed as a directory of the fringe. Well, the internet kind of made that a redundant thing. Publicly accessible cited figures from 1988 indicated a membership. Wiley brooks, the guru of breatharianism, espouses a system of physical vitality by which one may stop eating and drinking entirely, and live, lichenlike, off light. The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight. Ivan stang, who cofounded the church of the subgenius in the 1970s, serves as its leader and publicist. See more ideas about church of the subgenius, flying spaghetti monster and robert anton wilson. Now i just need to dig up my copy of ed moods classic the psychology of purity and chastity and get it scanned. Church of the subgenius signs and symbols of cults, gangs. At last, the longawaited sequel to the underground bestseller, the book of the subgeniusan even more radical, more twisted, and more hilarious journey into the wild world of bob. For what its worth, i asked w the student leadership at woodson to reconsider holding that candlelight event which is pictured on the front page of the post.
The postal world seen within the pages of high weirdness by mail by ivan stang has now mostly migrated to cyberspace, where many of these fringe cultures. The true subgenius holy books are the book of the subgenius and revelation x. Discordianism, the church of all worlds, the church of the subgenius, and jediism. Published in 1988, it was a groundbreaking book that opened the door to the widening field of crackpotology, and a number of more serious books looking at the fringe. Originally based in dallas, texas, the church of the subgenius gained prominence in the 1980s and 1990s subculture and maintains an active presence on the internet. Notes from the november, 2019 tamale hut cafe writers group. He describes it as a reprint from loompanics press, so it could still be satire, but its probably been around rather longer than 30 years. Read download the book of the subgenius pdf pdf download. The bob apocryphon, but high weirdness by mail was the book that truly opened my eyes for bob. Philo drummond whom stang credits with the original idea.
Book is now an ebook as well and might not survive much longer as a physical book. Vacillating mind inputs through text and video from al fry. The mail bomb incident is, stang assures us, a total lie based on nothing but. Mail order culture was the primary mode of communication with the underground for many people in the 80s. Weve done homeschooling for large chunks of our sons elementary school years, but high school is the big fork in the road in fairfax county.
However, the movement died down by the early 1990s, as other wacky popculture groups distracted potential acolytes. Ghost canoe, rumored troll, hell mouth and more originally published june 27, 2018 at 6. I mean, im a member of the flat earth society and have been for decades because of that book. Ivan stang and others wrote the book on kooks, visionaries and rogue weirdos of every stripe. Wiley brooks, the guru of breatharianism, espouses a system of physical vitality by which one may stop eating and drinking entirely, and live, lichenlike, off light and air. From my recollections of the conversation that we had, it really could have been either. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through americas west coast at a time of radical technological. Coot cat reverend ivan stang, high holy of the church of the subgenius, has compiled a bestiary of american creeps and crazies so that you can write to them and receive mail that is weird, horrible, wonderfully absurd, or a combination of all. Feb 12, 2020 high weirdness by mail by ivan stang this hysterical hobbyists guide belongs in every hip library. High weirdness by mail hwbm is a kind of directory of kooks circa 1988, built up during stang and friends. Now i just need to dig up my copy of ed moods classic the psychology of purity and chastity and get. They dont call it subgenius for nothing the anarchist library.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Ivan stang1 is an american writer, filmmaker and broadcaster, best known. Oct 31, 2012 obtain a copy of high weirdness by mail, by rev. Inhigh weirdness, erik davisamericas leading scholar of high strangenessexamines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own lifechanging mystical experiences. Profiting from its dense listings of fringe groups and offkilter minds, one could write away for sundry printed material and paraphernalia. Ivan stang, simon and schuster, 1988, a catalog of dissident groups in the u. The church of the subgenius was founded by ivan stang born douglas st clair smith and philo drummond born steve wilcox as the subgenius foundation. Nov 15, 2019 matt h said that he had read high weirdness, which i assumed to be high weirdness by mail by ivan stang, but i see that theres another book titled high weirdness. So great is doug smithivan stangs anxiety over all this that he gets very, very sloppy. They dont call it subgenius for nothing the anarchist. You will automatically be redirected to our official domain, lockhaven.
High weirdness by mail by ivan stang 19880501 ivan stang. The book of the subgenius, high weirdness by mail, threefisted tales of bob, and revelation x. The akaschic record of the astral convention technoccult. X born monte dhooge was also present at the groups inception.
A blog about freaky real life creatures such as whats apparently the biggest insect in the world. Matt h said that he had read high weirdness, which i assumed to be high weirdness by mail by ivan stang, but i see that theres another book titled high weirdness. High weirdness by mail recorded rant on cassette ace rev. This hysterical hobbyists guide belongs in every hip library. High weirdness by mail hwbm is a kind of directory of kooks circa 1988, built up during stang and friends hobby of collecting kook literature, a listing of hundreds of addresses that a collector could write to and, either for free for for only a little money, receive some authentic weirdness for their trouble. The church of the subgenius is a religion that promotes slack, while in a metacommentarial way, satirizing religion, conspiracy theories, ufos, and popular culture. I was kind of thinking of stuff like high weirdness by mail. Another dadayeti deep cycle brain pan highweirdness recharge. I bought the pdf because thats the one anyone can read, even me. Coot cat reverend ivan stang, high holy of the church of the subgenius, has compiled a bestiary of american creeps and crazies so that you can write to them and receive mail that is weird, horrible, wonderfully absurd, or a combination of all three. There are multiple format available for you to choose pdf, epub, doc. I sent the exact same form letter to all of them to whom it may concern. Download or read high weirdness by mail book by clicking button below to visit the book download website.
Right now we have a nice supply of the book of the subgenius and revelation x. The moes are the fanatics, the ranters, the cult gurus, the uri gellers and the debunkers. High weirdness by mail, threefisted tales of bob, and revelation x. Tamale hut cafe writers group writers talking about writing. In his yuppie coffeetable book high weirdness by mail, stang as he admits in a letter ive already quoted holds up extremists to derision, as mere entertainment. The church of the subgenius expanded in the 1980s with the publication of scriptures and liturgy. Subsite high weirdness by web church of the subgenius. Ivan stangs high weirdness by mail brought together a lot of that sort of thing. He has imitated actions of other religious leaders, using the tactic of culture jamming in an attempt to undermine betterknown faiths. By 1988, fan culture had spawned the church of the subgenius arguably the mother of all weird pop cultural touchstones, and its founder, ivan stang, had published high weirdness by mail, a directory of the fringe mad prophets, crackpots, kooks and true visionaries.
There are three kinds of people i call them larrys, curlys, and moes. Church of the subgenius signs and symbols of cults. Aug 23, 2007 mail order culture was the primary mode of communication with the underground for many people in the 80s. Pdf the book of the subgenius download full pdf book download. Pick out five groups that seem sane and plausible, and five that seem. The son of prince daniel of moscow, ivan succeeded his brother yury as prince 25 and then as grand prince 28. Mar 27, 2020 ivan i, grand prince of moscow 2840 and grand prince of vladimir 3140 whose policies increased moscows power and made it the richest principality in northeastern russia. High weirdness by mail by ivan stang this hysterical hobbyists guide belongs in every hip library. Ivan stangs classic book on oddball culture, high weirdness by mail. It wasnt as overt, as far as being a subgenius thing, youre right about that. The church of the subgenius was founded by ivan stang born douglas st clair smith and philo drummond born. Coot cat reverend ivan stang, high holy of the church of the subgenius, has compiled a bestiary of american creeps and crazies so that you can write to them. I have this marvelous book, high weirdness by mail, compiled by the righteous ivan stang, founder of the church of the subgenius, whose savior is bob.
Church of the subgenius 1 church of the subgenius jehovah 1, the primary deity of the church of the subgenius the church of the subgenius is an american ufo and parody religion that targets better known belief systems. Before the internet allowed us to read the diatribes of fanatics, kooks, and morons of every persuasion, there was. The subgenius manifesto internet sacred text archive. It teaches a complex belief system that focuses on j.
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