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Pioneer of Inner Space
Story of the largely unknown Fitz Hugh Ludlow, the ‘American De Quincey’ and best-selling author of The Hasheesh Eater in the years before the Civil War. Ludlow, a fixture in…
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Polemics
Poetry and polemics have typically gone in opposite directions—the fine flame of the sonnet, blue cone in orange, versus the raging blazes of oratory. But opposites are alike in every…
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Political Essays
Anarchist and libertarian, Kostelanetz combines the creed “the best things in life are free” characteristic of the former with the approval of enterprise and competitive markets associated with the latter….
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Psychedelics ReImagined
This collection of writings on contemporary psychedelic culture covers a huge range of material, including biographical material on Casteneda, Ganesh Baba, and Fitz Hugh Ludlow, the Biblical history of certain…
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Radiotext(e)
A first-ever collection of documents that makes a strong articulate case for radio as a communication of hope and horror — an “other” medium. This is our Big Grey Book…
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Read Me!
A compilation of writings and debates from the Nettime newsgroup and internet mailing list. This book documents the debates over emerging media technologies that are currently reshaping society. What are…
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Revolutionary Writing
After a century of failed attempts to bring about radical social change, the concept of revolution is itself in crisis. What does anti-capitalism in its contemporary form of anti-globalization mean…
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Root Is Man, The
An anarchist classic. In these essays, Macdonald turns his back on every doctrine that treats humans as objects, whether implicitly or explicitly. “We must emphasize the emotions, the imagination, the…
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Scandal
A search for the “poetic facts” of heresy in Islamic history, ranging from “sacred pederasty” in Persian sufism and forbidden imagery in Islamic art to the inner teachings of the…
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Select Strange and Sacred Sites
Renegade historian and novelist Metzger takes the reader on a wild ride through the Burnt-Over District of Western New York, exploring the weird, ignored, and inexplicable spiritual landscape of his…
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Shower of Stars
A tradition of intentional and initiatic dreaming, stretching from present-day dream-interpretation booklets back to ancient Sumerian and Egyptian practices, connects the Sufism of Ibn Arabi, medieval Kabalah, hemp-inspired Taoist scriptures,…
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Shut Them Down!
Shut Them Down! is an essential collection of reflections on the movement against the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. As well as action stories from the frontlines of resistance…