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Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984 2 reviews
Henri Michaux
University of California Press, 1997
Indispensible translation of a modern master
+ In The Company of Lautreamont
Even if you speak French, this book is an indispensible source on the great, 20th. century poet Henri Michaux. One of the important things that David Ball establishes is the chronology of Michaux's publishings. Michaux often published a string of small books between major collections - the major ...
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Principia Discordia14 reviews
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson Games, 1994
Notes on this edition, my favorite
+ Um, dude. "Discordianism"?
+ Do not order this from Amazon if you need it soon
+ Great fun and thought provoking
+ Take A Bite, I Won't Fight You
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Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way 9 reviews
Wei Wu Wei
Sentient Publications, 2002
When the Dreamer Wakens.....
+ Get some Tylenol!
+ Definitely one of the best!
This is a rich and beautiful collection of short essays, quotes, and commentaries regarding the glorious "path" of Nondualist Realization. The mysterious Wei Wu Wei shares wondrous bits of the highest wisdom from his own understandings and insights but also quotes liberally from Taoism, Zen, ...
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The Book of the SubGenius : The Sacred Teachings of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs 43 reviews
J.R. Dobbs, The SubGenius Foundation, ...
Fireside, 1987
THE LOWEST PRICE FOR THIS BOOK TODAY IS 666
+ Amazing Prophecies
+ In Dobbstown, the Book reads You
+ Finally a belief system even I can believe in!!!
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Lao-tzu's Taoteching: with Selected Commentaries of the Past 2000 Years15 reviews
Lao-tzu
Mercury House, 2001
Finally! A Tao Te Ching with the appropriate commentaries
+ The BEST on the Tao
+ My favorite TTC so far
+ It makes you think!
+ 'untying our tangles. . . softening our light . . .'
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The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U.G. Krishnamurti12 reviews
U. G. Krishnamurti
Sentient Publications, 2002
Good
+ Dont chase enlightenment
Although I rate this book with five stars, I should add the rider that this book and other similar books by UG lack universal appeal and are not for everyone.
UG is not an author as he does not write books. He does talk a lot however, and some of his close associates have recorded his talks and ...
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Being and Ambiguity: Philosophical Experiments with Tiantai Buddhism3 reviews
Brook Ziporyn
Open Court, 2004
It's it. What is it?
+ Fun Trip
+ Profound and Enjoyable
This is a romp, an extended riff, a playful presentation, a nest of plausible paradox. I have no notion what to make of it qualitatively, but I quite enjoyed the ride. Especially Prof. Ziporyn's spirit of inquiry and experimentation.
Ideas are tools for building things, or breaking them. The ...
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Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti19 reviews
J. Krishnamurti
HarperOne, 1996
Difficult to read but Impossible to stay away from.
+ In the Direction of Enlightenment
+ Unclassifiable
+ The austere beauty of Truth
+ A Spiritual Pearl
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Zen and Western Thought2 reviews
Masao Abe
University of Hawaii Press, 1989
Increase your SAT score by 200 points
+ THE MISSING LINK !
Fabulous book. I read it when I was sixteen and it was my second book on philosophy. I had to keep a dictionary beside me as I read it because the vocabulary was esoteric, but it made me want to read it more. It changed the way I thought about things and helped me see relationships between ...
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The Book of Disquiet (Penguin Classics)12 reviews
Fernando Pessoa
Penguin Classics, 2002
To dream instead of to live...
+ All is here...
+ What I said when it first came out in Britain!
*The Book of Disquiet* is one of those great books that isn't for the great majority of people. Basically a collection of fragments written over the good part of a lifetime and attributed to one of Pessoa's literary alter-egos Bernardo Soares, *Disquiet* was assembled and translated by editor ...
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Principia Discordia14 reviews
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson Games, 1994
Notes on this edition, my favorite
+ Um, dude. "Discordianism"?
+ Do not order this from Amazon if you need it soon
+ Great fun and thought provoking
+ Take A Bite, I Won't Fight You
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Being and Ambiguity: Philosophical Experiments with Tiantai Buddhism3 reviews
Brook Ziporyn
Open Court, 2004
It's it. What is it?
+ Fun Trip
+ Profound and Enjoyable
This is a romp, an extended riff, a playful presentation, a nest of plausible paradox. I have no notion what to make of it qualitatively, but I quite enjoyed the ride. Especially Prof. Ziporyn's spirit of inquiry and experimentation.
Ideas are tools for building things, or breaking them. The ...
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Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way9 reviews
Wei Wu Wei
Sentient Publications, 2002
When the Dreamer Wakens.....
+ Get some Tylenol!
+ Definitely one of the best!
This is a rich and beautiful collection of short essays, quotes, and commentaries regarding the glorious "path" of Nondualist Realization. The mysterious Wei Wu Wei shares wondrous bits of the highest wisdom from his own understandings and insights but also quotes liberally from Taoism, Zen, ...
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Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-19842 reviews
Henri Michaux
University of California Press, 1997
Indispensible translation of a modern master
+ In The Company of Lautreamont
Even if you speak French, this book is an indispensible source on the great, 20th. century poet Henri Michaux. One of the important things that David Ball establishes is the chronology of Michaux's publishings. Michaux often published a string of small books between major collections - the major ...
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Zen and Western Thought2 reviews
Masao Abe
University of Hawaii Press, 1989
Increase your SAT score by 200 points
+ THE MISSING LINK !
Fabulous book. I read it when I was sixteen and it was my second book on philosophy. I had to keep a dictionary beside me as I read it because the vocabulary was esoteric, but it made me want to read it more. It changed the way I thought about things and helped me see relationships between ...
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Lao-tzu's Taoteching: with Selected Commentaries of the Past 2000 Years15 reviews
Lao-tzu
Mercury House, 2001
Finally! A Tao Te Ching with the appropriate commentaries
+ The BEST on the Tao
+ My favorite TTC so far
+ It makes you think!
+ 'untying our tangles. . . softening our light . . .'
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Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti19 reviews
J. Krishnamurti
HarperOne, 1996
Difficult to read but Impossible to stay away from.
+ In the Direction of Enlightenment
+ Unclassifiable
+ The austere beauty of Truth
+ A Spiritual Pearl
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The Book of the SubGenius : The Sacred Teachings of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs43 reviews
J.R. Dobbs, The SubGenius Foundation, ...
Fireside, 1987
THE LOWEST PRICE FOR THIS BOOK TODAY IS 666
+ Amazing Prophecies
+ In Dobbstown, the Book reads You
+ Finally a belief system even I can believe in!!!
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The Book of Disquiet (Penguin Classics)12 reviews
Fernando Pessoa
Penguin Classics, 2002
To dream instead of to live...
+ All is here...
+ What I said when it first came out in Britain!
*The Book of Disquiet* is one of those great books that isn't for the great majority of people. Basically a collection of fragments written over the good part of a lifetime and attributed to one of Pessoa's literary alter-egos Bernardo Soares, *Disquiet* was assembled and translated by editor ...
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The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U.G. Krishnamurti12 reviews
U. G. Krishnamurti
Sentient Publications, 2002
Good
+ Dont chase enlightenment
Although I rate this book with five stars, I should add the rider that this book and other similar books by UG lack universal appeal and are not for everyone.
UG is not an author as he does not write books. He does talk a lot however, and some of his close associates have recorded his talks and ...
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