We will read the controversial article Exiting the Vampire Castle.

Study group meets 7:30-9:30 California time. All are welcome to log in ten minutes early for pre-meeting social interaction and/or stay ten minutes later for meta-discussion.

We will focus on The Proverbs of Hell, within the larger text The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, by William Blake, which has illustrations by Blake.

Text only (easier to read), or find epub/pdf versions.

Illustrations in color here and also here in black and white with text alongside

We will read and discuss Kill the Couple in Your Head, at ungratefulhyenas.noblogs.org, available in both screen reading pdf and imposed pdf (for printing a pamphlet).

Alternatively, you can listen to the full text on Immediatism podcast.  Part 1.  Part 2.

Reading discussion is from 7:30-9:30 California time.  Feel free to come a few minutes early for hellos and stay a few minutes later for metadiscussion, if you like.

We will read Toward the Creative Nothing, by Novatore. The text is available here at TheAnarchistLibrary.org and here at Immediatism.com in podcast form.

Notice that discussion questioning prompts have been added above, in the tab “questions to consider while reading.”  Utilize these to the extent they are helpful or inspire you!

Feel free to come 10 minutes early to check in with a friendly hello if you choose to, and also to stay after the meeting for a meta-discussion if you like.

Next week, we’ll be discussing the nihilistic pessimism of Emil Cioran as presented in his book The Trouble With Being Born. We’ll take a look at Chapters 5, 2, and 3. That totals about sixty pages, but given it’s an aphoristic text, many of which are decidedly brief, all three chapters shouldn’t take more than an hour or so to complete (depending on how you ruminate, I suppose). But if for whatever reason you’re unable or disinclined to read all three chapters, it is suggested that you tackle them in the above order. See you soon! ~N

Towards an Anthropology as Science Fiction by Dominique Ganawaabi

Post-Indian Aphorisms by Dominique Ganawaabi

Both of the above readings by Dominique are in Black Seed 7 on TheAnarchistLibrary.org

For next week, we decided to juxtapose the above reading on anthropology as science fiction with excerpts from volume 1 of The Accursed Share by Georges Bataille. Given the focus on anthropology in Dom’s piece, I’m suggesting we discuss the section “The Historical Data 1”. It is a bit long, but split into two parts (“Sacrifices and Wars of the Aztecs” and “The Gift of Rivalry: Potlach”), which you could read either or both of. I’d say the point here is more to focus on the way Bataille approaches “anthropology” in this text rather than needing to necessarily digest every word of both sections. So, as always, just read what you can/are inclined to! Text is HERE. ~N

Psychoanalysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard, A. Ross

The Psychoanalysis of Fire, chapters 3 and 4, by Gaston Bachelard

Break-out From the Crystal Palace pdf selected pages

We will read three sections of chapter 1 of Breakout From The Crystal Palace:

1. The Origins of Anarcho-Psychology
2. The Existentialist
3. The Anarcho-Individualist and Social Action

These three sections are contained in the following Immediatism episodes:

362 The Critique of Ideology 1, by John Carroll

364 The Critique of Ideology 3, by John Carroll

365 The Critique of Ideology 4, by John Carroll

This week we’ll be discussing Against Method by Paul Feyerabend.  The focus is chapters 1 and 2, with chapter 18 included to provide some extra context and fuel for discussion.

Against Method Ch 1,2,18