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Auditas Requirit Silentium
(To Hear One Must Be Silent)
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- Relentless Compassion Libraryby peacenik
A curated selection of books from the 20th and 21st Centuries. Primary and Secondary Sources for Inner Revolution
Outside of this post, you can always access the Library from the link on main menu.
Pricipia Discordia – Wholy 1st Edition – The Bible of the Discordians
T.A.Z. – The Temporary Autonomous Zone – Ontological_Anarchy – Poetic_Terrorism – Already a Classic. Bey coined the term TAZ.
Angel Tech – A Modern Shamans Guide To Reality Selection – The only self-help book you will ever need to read.
Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magick – by Peter J. Carroll – Brilliant, succinct, but not for the faint of heart.
Tao Te Ching – translated by Ursula LeGuin – A poetic, as opposed to literal, translation of the Taoist classic that is entirely appropriate for the faint of heart.
Tao Te Ching – translated by Jane English and Gia FuFeng – A more literal translation that has been my favorite rendition of the Tao Te Ching since I first discovered it in childhood.
Chang Tsu: Inner Chapters, translated by Jane English and Gia FuFeng – “Very little is known about Chuang Tsu and that little is inextricably woven into legend. It is said that he was a contemporary of Mencius, an official in the Lacquer Garden of Meng in Honan Province around the fourth century B.C. Chuang Tsu was to Lao Tsu as Saint Paul was to Jesus and Plato to Socrates.”
Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism – Political Statement of the Weather Underground, A reprint from 1974 of the original 1970 document. A primary source of first order significance in the History of Revolution in the USA.
Occupy Everything: Anarchists in the Occupy Movement (2009 – 2011) – A reflection on the actions of Anarchists during the Occupy phase of Revolutionary Struggle in the USA.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence – The auto-biographical account of the activities of T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, during the Arab revolt at the time of World War I.
The Secret of the Golden Flower by Richard Wilhelm and Carl Jung – First translated into German by sinologist Richard Wilhelm, a friend of Carl Jung, The Secret of the Golden Flower describes a straightforward and silent meditation method that has been characterized as “Zen with details.” In “Memories, Dreams, Reflections” Jung wrote this about it: “I devoured the manuscript at once, for the text gave me undreamed-of confirmation of my ideas about the mandala and the circumambulation of the center. That was the first event which broke through my isolation. I became aware of an affinity; I could establish ties with something and someone.”
The Phenomenon of Man – by Teilhard de Chardin – “Visionary theologian and evolutionary theorist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin applied his whole life, his tremendous intellect, and his great spiritual faith to building a philosophy that would reconcile religion with the scientific theory of evolution. In this timeless book, which contains the quintessence of his thought, Teilhard argues that just as living organisms sprung from inorganic matter and evolved into ever more complex thinking beings, humans are evolving toward an “omega point”—defined by Teilhard as a convergence with the Divine.”
Culture Jam: How to Reverse America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge–And Why We Must – by Kalle Lasn (Founder of AdBusters) – “America is no longer a country but a multimillion-dollar brand, says Kalle Lasn and his fellow “culture jammers”. The founder of Adbusters magazine, Lasn aims to stop the branding of America by changing the way information flows; the way institutions wield power; the way television stations are run; and the way the food, fashion, automobile, sports, music, and culture industries set agendas. With a courageous and compelling voice, Lasn deconstructs the advertising culture and our fixation on icons and brand names. And he shows how to organize resistance against the power trust that manages the brands by “uncooling” consumer items, by “dermarketing” fashions and celebrities, and by breaking the “media trance” of our TV-addicted age.
A powerful manifesto by a leading media activist, Culture Jam lays the foundations for the most significant social movement of the early twenty-first century — a movement that can change the world and the way we think and live.”
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