In article <337f2875.1497035@snews2.zippo.com>, kingsword <kingsword@greenheart.com> wrote: >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. >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. I would hope to be dead and in my grave long before I had any discussion like this. what exactly might a 'cultural revitalization movement' be when it's at home with its friends? > 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. maybe to analyze it and put it into the terms of modern psychology. was this a good thing? it is, at least, a thing. more words. > There was even a German edition of it. >It is far longer (5000 words) than anything workable in a USENET >discussion format. 5000 words is not that long. > 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? I will certainly read anything sent to me for free, unless the prose is truly appalling. my address is: joshua geller PO Box 311 Mountain View, CA 94042 I might write a line or two about it if I feel like it. no gaurantees. josh [end of message ... text also available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=3266439&hilit=HYPNOSIS> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&3280165 Score: 78 Subject: Re: In a major funk - Spoilered (Peter Barach)