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Henry Miller-The Tropic Of Capricorn
This book was the bible of my self-destruction.
The single most influential book in my life
thus far. It rubs your face in the dirt and
asks you to see God. It wears you down then
sets you up for moments of amazing satori.
I have many copies and they're all tattered
and worn. I dare you to read it twice!
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Henry David Thoreau-Walden
This book appealed to me because it reminded
me of my own time living in the forest. But
more important, Walden carries a message that
is still subversive, still speaks to the issues
of our age, and still has the power to cause
an internal revolution in those who hear its
call. Thoreau is the father to so much of
what is embraced by the counterculture today.
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James Joyce-Ulysses
It's hard to explain why this book effected
me as much as it did. I understood very little
of what I read. (even with the help of Cliff's
Notes) But just giving way to the mystery
of it, surrendering to its flow, and being
washed away in the beauty of the language,
seemed to open doors within myself. I have
returned to it many times. Sometimes even
with art, great rewards require a sacrafice.
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Frederick Nietzsche-The Will To Power
This is perhaps the most challenging book
I have ever encountered. Even today it forces
me to ask myself questions I can't bear to
even consider. Its effect is subversive. Within
days, try as you might, you cannot avoid questioning
ideals which seem too sacred
to even doubt for a moment. This book has
made me realize my own foolishness more times
than any other. A master force of destruction
and enlightenment.
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Carl Jung-Collected Works
I have read more words written by Jung than
any other writer. He has greatly influenced
by views and effected my approach to my creative
work. Jung's theories on the manner in which
the unconscious mind gives meaning to symbols
provides artists with a communication tool
that allows
one to speak seperately and simultaneously
to the primal spirit and the intellect.
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Aldous
Huxley-Brave New World
I was fortunate to have read this book at
the perfect time in my life. As I was trying
to decide whether I should join the Weathermen
in overthrowing the U.S. governement and was
searching for an utopian model to attach my
political beliefs to, a friend gave me this
book to read. Brave New World takes the social
ideals set forth by Eastern philosophy, and
later by Marxism, and transforms them into
a nightmare of repression.
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Camille
Paglia-Vamps and Tramps
Camille Paglia helped me become a man. I grew
up trying to be what the feminist propaganda
taught boys of my generation a good modern
man should be. Despite this women seemed to
become angry at me for not being something
that I was taught was bad in men. At a time
when I felt drowned in frustration towards
this issue, this book was an emotional watershed.
Paglia cuts through the bullshit and demands
strength from both men and women.
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Sigmund
Freud-Basic Writings
Say what you like about his failings, Freud's
work has changed the way we view life. Even
those who don't even know who he is, use words
he created, and think of the human mind based
on his model.
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Tao
Te Ching
Of all the world's great spiritual books,
the Tao Te Ching says the most in the very
least words. Although this book is often embraced
by new agers in a superficial manner, to truly
follow it's message would destroy the Western
value system. Spirituallly and politically
subversive, and a tool for great personal
power.
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Ghandi-His
life and legacy
Ghandi overthrew the English army without
firing a shot. His life is one of the most
amazing in human history. When one reads his
words and of his actions, one cannot deny
how extraordinary this man was. Of all my
hero's Ghandi perhaps looms the largest.
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Gary
Zukav-The Dancing Wu Li Masters
Science and spirituality always went together
in my mind. In the world of physics, where
scientists grapple with the edge of human
knowledge, and seek to understand the very
nature of the material world, this is even
more so. In the world of quantam mechanics
we discover that we are dealing with abstractions
described long ago by mystics and monks.
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