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12.11.2020

“The Astrological Body Types: Face, Form and Expression” by Judith A. Hill (Revised and Expanded Edition)

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"This third revision of a now classic text is most complete compendium of Astrological Body Types available anywhere. This volume delights readers with over 80 illustrations and detailed descriptions by the author accurately depicting the archetypal Zodiac Sign Types, Planetary Types, Elemental and Modal Types. Character, appearance, vocational suggestions plus numerous example personality types are included for each sign and planetary type. Substantial appendices are included on the physical effects of Lunar Nodes; the famous Mars-Redhead research project; and the Four Medical Elements. A listed "Dave's Top Ten" book by genre at The American Center for Astrology. The award winning author is well known for her exceptional books on Medical Astrology and Vocational Astrology....>>

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11.11.2020

“Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Stroboscopic Light and the Dream Machine” by John Geiger

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"The true story of how the discovery of flicker potentials, and scientific observations about strange patterns, organised hallucinations, and even displacement of time derived from stroboscopic light, very nearly resulted in a Dream Machine in every suburban living room. Chapel of Extreme Experience is an engrossing look at flicker potentials — a visual phenomenon which became the basis of scientific studies into how the visual brain works. In the 1960s the Dream Machine was developed to reproduce this phenomenon, emitting pulses of light and projecting patterns that produced kaleidoscopic images and even hallucinations. This book follows the interest in flicker, from its scientific underpinnings to its role in the countercultural art scene. This is a...>>

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11.11.2020

“Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment” by A. J. Lees

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"A fascinating account by one of the world's leading neurologists of the profound influence of William Burroughs on his medical career. Lees relates how Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and troubled drug addict, inspired him to discover a ground-breaking treatment for Parkinson's Disease. Lees journeys to the Amazonian rainforest in search of cures, and through self-experimentation seeks to find the answers his patients crave. He enters a powerful plea for the return of imagination to medical research."...>>

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11.11.2020

“With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunker” by Victor Bockris

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"Burroughs, the eccentric, brilliant artist who burned the bridge with logic and wrote the classic Naked Lunch, has a court recorder in Victor Bockris. Bockris has collected into a cogent whole the man's most brilliant moments of conversation, thinking, and interview repartee. This fascinating material, gleaned from the fertile time at Burroughs's New York headquarters, the Bunker (which was located on the Bowery, three blocks from CBGB), encompasses the years 1974 to 1980, and also includes a 1991 Burroughs interview from Interview magazine. The Beats' devotion to subjective experience has left readers with a profound amount of objective material to analyze and debate. Choice public and private utterances, hallucinatory and prescient diatribes such as...>>

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11.11.2020

“Mosaic of Juxtaposition: William S. Burroughs’ Narrative Revolution” by Michael Sean Bolton

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"William S. Burroughs' experimental narratives, from the 1959 publication of Naked Lunch through the late trilogy of the 1980s, have provided readers with intriguing challenges and, for some, disheartening frustrations. Yet, these novels continue to generate new interest and inspire new insights among an increasing and evolving readership. This book addresses the unique characteristics of Burroughs' narrative style in order to discover strategies for engaging and navigating these demanding novels. Bolton advises, "Burroughs' subversive themes and randomizing techniques do not amount to unmitigated attacks on conventions, as many critics suggest, but constitute part of a careful strategy for effecting transformations in his readers". Utilizing various poststructuralist theories, as well as recent theories in electronic...>>

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