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Post by Summerless on Sept 3, 2018 12:47:51 GMT -5
While DS is obviously inseparable from the fantastical, I am wondering what everyone's favorite non-fiction literature influences are. History? Philosophy? Psychology? Occult Studies?
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Post by olofdigre on Sept 3, 2018 13:03:28 GMT -5
I have loads of 2nd hand books about mystery and the unknown. Not deep occult rare stuff but basically mainstream train station bookstore stuff. Books about loch Ness creature, mkultra, cults, vampires and folklore. Books Mulder would collect. Things not really fiction but close. I read the common history and stuff like behind communism and the secret history of the freemasons. I read church history and life of the saints. I enjoy documentarys, the teaching company mp3s and infowars.
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Post by Summerless on Sept 3, 2018 13:11:28 GMT -5
I have loads of 2nd hand books about mystery and the unknown. Not deep occult rare stuff but basically mainstream train station bookstore stuff. Books about loch Ness creature, mkultra, cults, vampires and folklore. Books Mulder would collect. Things not really fiction but close. I read the common history and stuff like behind communism and the secret history of the freemasons. I read church history and life of the saints. I enjoy documentarys, the teaching company mp3s and infowars. "Books Mulder would collect," has by far got to be the most succinct and accurate visualization of a book collection that I can think of - love it  |
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Post by dedran on Sept 4, 2018 9:09:41 GMT -5
I love creepy, occult, and/or paranormal non-fiction, too -- I just wish it wasn't an area saturated with swindlers and poor reporting. Would be cool to get some book recommendations of that kind if anyone knows of anything actually worth reading, though. Anyway, sometimes reality is more fantastical than fiction. Here's some stuff I've been reading or have been considering reading. What draws me to some of these topics is a basic process of looking at influences and themes in fiction, music, art, etc., and asking the question, "Where does this stuff come from?" Europe's past is certainly far more interesting -- and far longer in time -- than what's taught in school. Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings www.amazon.com/Ancestral-Journeys-Peopling-Venturers-Vikings/dp/0500292078Beowulf & Grendel: The Truth Behind England's Oldest Legend www.amazon.com/Beowulf-Grendel-Behind-Englands-Oldest/dp/1842931539Bog Bodies Uncovered: Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery www.amazon.com/Bog-Bodies-Uncovered-Solving-Europes/dp/0500051828Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas www.amazon.com/Ancient-Germanic-Warriors-Warrior-Icelandic/dp/0415486823Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error www.amazon.com/Montaillou-Promised-Emmanuel-Roy-Ladurie/dp/0807615986The Middle Ages: Everyday Life in Medieval Europe www.amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Everyday-Medieval-Europe/dp/1454909056 |
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Post by DieuxDesCimetieres on Sept 4, 2018 9:34:35 GMT -5
I'm a pretty voracious reader and pick up basically anything when I see it for cheap, but I have a particular predilection for books about history, no matter what era or part of the world they are about. Which is reflected pretty heavily in DDC's music.
I also have a weird penchant for crappy new age mysticism. I mean, it's most obviously total bollocks and badly construed such, but it's entertaining to read. I've got dozens of half-assed books on supernatural topics bought from thrift stores, flea markets and whatnot about all sorts of silly new age thingies. I'd never give any money directly to these charlatans, so all of 'em are second hand purchases. Not sure they qualify as non-fiction though, ha.
I try to alternate between fiction and non-fiction, so lately I've read stuff like Albert Speers' autobiography, a university textbook on comparative religion, a biography of Douglas Adams, a statistical study of the victims of the concentration camps of the Finnish civil war, an introduction to the history of the muslim world, and so on. Next up, after I finish Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, is an introduction to the philosophy of Fidel Castro written from a pro-Castro standpoint.
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Post by Summerless on Sept 4, 2018 12:58:29 GMT -5
I love creepy, occult, and/or paranormal non-fiction, too -- I just wish it wasn't an area saturated with swindlers and poor reporting. Would be cool to get some book recommendations of that kind if anyone knows of anything actually worth reading, though. Anyway, sometimes reality is more fantastical than fiction. Here's some stuff I've been reading or have been considering reading. What draws me to some of these topics is a basic process of looking at influences and themes in fiction, music, art, etc., and asking the question, "Where does this stuff come from?" Europe's past is certainly far more interesting -- and far longer in time -- than what's taught in school. Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings www.amazon.com/Ancestral-Journeys-Peopling-Venturers-Vikings/dp/0500292078Beowulf & Grendel: The Truth Behind England's Oldest Legend www.amazon.com/Beowulf-Grendel-Behind-Englands-Oldest/dp/1842931539Bog Bodies Uncovered: Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery www.amazon.com/Bog-Bodies-Uncovered-Solving-Europes/dp/0500051828Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas www.amazon.com/Ancient-Germanic-Warriors-Warrior-Icelandic/dp/0415486823Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error www.amazon.com/Montaillou-Promised-Emmanuel-Roy-Ladurie/dp/0807615986The Middle Ages: Everyday Life in Medieval Europe www.amazon.com/Middle-Ages-Everyday-Medieval-Europe/dp/1454909056I know what you mean! I love a lot of occult works, but the 'occulture' has been pretty oversaturated with instagram "witches," crystal peddlers, and other vapid personalities. In terms of history, though, I have never been a huge reader, having only read Howard Zinn's "A People's History . . . ," when I was much younger. What you've provided here seems like an incredible opening into an area of literature I have never explored before!  Edit: I find a lot of works by Ixaxaar Publishing and Xoanon Publishing as more 'up my alley' in terms of occult works, the former being geared more towards the darker aspects of the 'Left-Hand Path,' while the latter tends to be a poetic and idiosyncratically English interpretation of witchcraft. |
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Post by hasufel on Feb 17, 2021 1:16:07 GMT -5
As far as reading material goes, I am primarily engaged with non-fiction works. My interests lie primarily in the realms of history, politics and religion.
One of my favorite non-fiction books is the biography of Joseph Smith, "No Man Knows My History" by Fawn Brodie.
Recently I have also enjoyed "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins, "How To Hide an Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr, "A People's History of The United States" by Howard Zinn, and "The Devil's Chessboard, by David Talbot. All of which, to some degree, study the role of the United States as a unipolar imperial power in global history.
There are also many historical political texts that I also really enjoy wrapping my head around.
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