On 17 May 1997 11:03:56 -0700, dclxvi@best.com (joshua geller) wrote: >imagine how a discussion of physics, or history would go if one of the >participants stopped talking and tried to sell a book wherein he had >discussed some of the matter at hand. people would look at him wierd, >just like I'm looking at you wierd. > >josh Professor Josh: Not very wierd. If we were having a discussion about Cultural Revitalization Movements and I suggested that you read Anthony Wallace on the subject, my learned collegues would concur and probably think you a bit "weird' if you insisted that background reading on a special topic is not necessary. Any discussion of an academic nature presupposes that certain basic works in the field have been read and understood. My 1978 GNOSTICA article *Magick and Hypnosis* was the first to define this issue. There was even a German edition of it. It is far longer (5000 words) than anything workable in a USENET discussion format. We might call it necessary background study. This is why I'm offering it to those who are interested. Because you've made such an issue out of it, I will send you a copy gratis on the condition that you read it and review it for the group; fair enough? KingSword, M.A., Cultural Anthropology C.S.U.N. 1980 [end of message ... text also available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=3217374&hilit=HYPNOSIS> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&3224699 Score: 78 Subject: Re: PLR and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder