Which books should i read to develop a bronze age mindset?Not BAPfag btw, i just really like the bronze age. The epitome of masculinity.Could be fiction or non fiction, dont care.
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>>24951431Illiad and Odyssey
>>24951489in the bronze age, you would be lucky to survive to your 30s without dying in a pointless war or of a disease that is easily curable today or of some other stupid thing like being tramped by a horse or whateverso yeah feel free to develop a bronze age mindset and leave this world forever
>>24952157>many pages of jews whining about how their god will smite those who made fun of their feeble existenceit's like some hollywood comedy about how the jewish loser in high school turns the tables on the aryan chad jock
>>24952177The statue looks Persian (Sasanian). The modern-day Islamic Republic of Iran isn't very fond of monarchy, especially the Sasanian Zoroastrian one.
>>24950345Because christians are intellectual cowards and natural slaves who want to be told what to think, feel, and believe.
>>24950345A select few eventually encounter something beyond this ordinary life and must construct their understanding of their existence in reaction to this encounter, rather than constructing the staircase to such an encounter using reason as a tool. I hope you and all others who wish to believe but rationally cannot one day are graced by such an encounter and are able to see the beauty in all things in the light of it.
>>24950437What is this truth you speak of?
>>24946402same but i dont feel i deserve forgiveness or grace tho i want it for others idk it is late
>>24950433Evolution and universal common descent are proved facts of reality bud. You're an ape and Adam and Eve didn't exist
How do I get into James Joyce if I'm not Irish and I got filtered by Finnegans Wake?
>>24952602Do i need to read the Iliad?
>>24952658Yea
>>24952593Isn't the other bitch better?
Joyce, like all great "Irish" writers, were of English stock. That is, their ancestral origin was in England. Having moved to Ireland in late Middle Ages or early modern period for administrative aristocratic purposes, colonial.
>>24952808>having moved to Ireland in late Middle AgesDescribes almost the entire population of Ireland. There's been enough admixture, both ways and over a long enough period, that Irish and English are genetically indistinguishable, and this has been the case since at least the 1850s when most of the primarily Gaelic stock either died or migrated.
Unwilling Eldritch Horror of Slop EditionStubbed >>24943213>What is /wng/ — Web Novel General?A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, Spacebattles, HFY, various personal author websites, and more>Why read web novels?Not for prose or tight editing or deep themes, frankly. As a whole, web novels are infamous for content sprawl and pacing issues. If you enjoy having millions of words to sink your teeth into to get to know the world and characters, though, you may be interested. Keeping up with other readers on a weekly basis to discuss the story's events unfolding is another perk, in the same way discussing an ongoing TV show might be.>Why write web novels?Ease of access & potential for Patreon earnings. Many successful authors gain an audience on their website of choice and funnel their readers into a Patreon. See graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators/writing for an idea of what some are earning.Also, once an author has earned a fanbase, transitioning into an Amazon self-publishing career is several orders of magnitude easier than starting 'dry'.>/wng/ authors.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24952779kys
I can't decide what the ending of my story should be/what the big looming threat is, or why the big power players of the setting would be doing anything while the MC happens to be alive
>>24952786Sounds like you don't have a story but just a setting, then.
>>24952798I have a story, just no present justification for the inclusion of major powers that otherwise wouldn't do shit if the MC weren't the MC.Obviously.
>>24952782Am I wrong?
>Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place. Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer, with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances that came upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.QUOTE A BIGGER COCKTEASE THAN THIS I FUCKING DARE YOU
David was a terrible man though.
>>24952724Solomon was worse and only got as far as he did thanks to the promise god made to david
>>24952606>uhhh all the rest of this stuff is written in the book of Chronicles, chud>check the book of Chronicles>it's a straight up repeat of the book of Kings>umm all the rest of this stuff is written in the book of Kings, chudJews have always had a great sense of humor
I regularly see threads on JP and Zizek but less commonly Jung and rarely Lacan.I have been reading Lacan on and off throughout the year and it has been pretty revelatory to me. If I were to try to take a stab at summarizing Lacan for anons that haven’t studied him, basically everything is fake and gay, anything not fake and gay is real, and >you are a subject beneath the fake and gay but not exactly a 1:1 product of the fake and gay. Your motif should be to recognize that to understand the real through anything fake and gay is impossible, therefore traverse the fake and gay knowing it’s fake and gay in accordance to your desire(TM). If anyone with more experience in Lacanian thought disagrees with my shit take, feel free to correct. Question: Why is Lacan not talked about as often as Freud and Jung are, or perhaps in general? Is his thought too subversive? Is it because he’s French? Pic related, worst mistake of my life
>>24952578>He was brutally honest about how much work has to be done before you change who you areAgreed, which might make Lacan hard to follow since he demands this from the subject. He also characterized modern “psychology” and “therapy” as bs. I forgot what work of his I was reading (maybe it was one of his recorded lectures), but he challenged the idea of a “normal” in psychology, specifically, who defines what is normal. What is “normal” attention span and what is “ADHD”? A clue is that “normal” makes you a very good wagie.
>>24952117The idea of archetypes, for instance. Also the reconciliation of conscious and unconscious, the individual’s transformation etc. not only is derivative but is clothed in cringe, superficial rhetoric.
Lacan is currently important in psychoanalysis which is slowly being proven (by neuroscience) as the only form of therapy that can help you long term
>>24952706Yeah he basically claimed that previous psychoanalytic schools were producing therapists who weren't doing the job. So if a therapist claimed it could cure something but wound up failing it would say the drive was too powerful and the patient is the problem not the method. Lacan said this was nonsense. He also had some other controversial claims like Platonic philosophy only develops neuroses. Nietzsche's WtP always winds up breaking down but he also borrowed extensively from Nietzsche. Despite making some critical differences with Hegel he also borrowed extensively from Hegelian self-conscious. Lacan also thought he could go after Marx and while he may have created a buffer for himself he wound up providing them a surplus of new material and that almost had him canceled for a decade or 2.>sorry neetch you still have to do math>look Hegel no one can beat Kojeve we have to move on man>Marx is radioactive and a biohazardous mass of mind viruses. Good or bad not relevant.>told everyone in his field they weren't working>doesn't matter how often he gets canceled he still comes backWhat is normal?
>>24952772Literally false, akshually CBT are pretty much the only scientifically proven therapies, and the downfall of psychoanalysis was the failure in proving its clinical benefits (Freud's falsifications of the few cases his literature relies on did not help)Do not fall for the psychoanalysis meme anons, or do it as an exploration, not a therapy
I read Augustine's Confessions which convinced me to get a Bible (picrel) and I've been reading through the gospels and psalms and proverbs and have decided I want to get more serious about studying the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ. Can any anons recommend me a good study bible to get over winter break? I was considering getting the Ignatius catholic study bible or the Reformation Heritage KJV study bible but I'm open to any suggestions. I've attended catholic mass a couple times and also intend on trying out a Lutheran and a Presbyterian church nearby, but I was raised in a secular household so I have no idea what I'll end up choosing denomination-wise.There was a thread earlier this week about Machen where someone posted some /lit/ and I got some writings of the Church Fathers and Luther I intend on reading through as well, but aside from that and a few youtube videos from online personalities I'm pretty ignorant so I'd be grateful for any help
>>24952445>>24952442Also, Ive been in your shoes, and I think attending a church is very important for you right now, though it will be difficult to leave if your understanding and conscience compels you to switch after your faith matures, I speak from experience as I first attended a Church of Christ. I firmly reject their doctrinal beliefs, but loved the people there and it was difficult to break away without some guilt. Still attending worship is worth that risk, it's the most nourishing thing in the world for a Christian.
>>24952440The ESV probably does do what he wants a Bible to do, but I was sticking to him looking for a KJV. The ESV is certainly more enjoyable to read for us, but I know a lot of people want the KJV experience because of how universal it is in the culture.
>>24952449Yes , you're right, it's ideal for his purposes if he wants to stick with KJV.
>>24952445>>24952447Thanks Anon I'll do that...I'll also get baptized as it seems like the obvious proper start no matter what church I end up deciding on.
>>24952386Read the Church Fathers and look into the first six ecumenical councils to get and understanding of basic Christian teaching. All trinitarian denominations affirm the first six so it can be done before choosing a church and will help you learn some basic principles to understand your reading of Scripture through
Redpill me on Dr. William Pierce. Are his works worth reading?
>>24949064Ancien France had institutionalized miscegenation in Haiti and was on the path to bringing its mulattos back to Europe before the Revolution and Napoleon disowned it.
>>24949071>but pierce is a faggot sodo you think if you just keep repeating that without any evidence it'll magically become true?
>>24951910pierce is a faggot and a pornographer>>24951395how about all the scenes where jaeger cups his posslq's boobies and she asks him when they can do something about the white birth rate and he says later honey i need to do improbable terrorisms>>24949476do muslim terrorist manuals come with sex scenes in which the terrorist protagonist refuses to get his concubine pregnant
>>24951910>>24951395>>24949476by the way this is what a heterosexual racist sounds like
>>24952109so is your entire "proof" that Pierce was supposedly gay that the fictional character he created didn't immediately impregnate a female character?not sure if you're dishonest or just really that stupid
How to get into Henry James? What do I start with? Pound said only to read The Sacred Fount after about 20 of James' novels...
>>24952725Washington Square is a good one to start with. Then read Portrait of a Lady and The Bostonians and What Maisie Knew.
>>24952725That's good advice. Daisy Miller, Aspern Papers, Washington Square, Bostonians, What Maisie Knew would be good starting points. Portrait is the classic but it is also huge. There's a good Penguin anthology called Selected Tales, sort of a "greatest hits" for HJ short fiction, and a very good two-volume set from Everyman's Library under the title Collected Stories that has pretty much everything a casual or even advanced HJ reader will ever need.
>>24952767I'd read at least one (earlier) James novel before Portrait and Maisie after Portrait because then you'll get to see a clear development in the prose style and way in which he deals with the inferiority of his characters. Maisie especially is when I personally think he makes a major breakthrough.
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>>24952619What a retard, kill yourself pajeet
Add the Tain please
>>24951578McCarthy - The RoadBrodsky - WatermarkShaw - Pygmalion
>>24951578iliadbros this is our year
>>24952672Fairly agreeable entry that is also widely read, much more than most other entriesWith unlimited votes at one's disposal it is no surprise that many would vote for it
If you are an American or English, why are you not reading the wealth of world-historic literature written in your own tongue for people of your own mind?Why are you reading translations of brown-people literature (viz. French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian) instead of the WASP corpus?
>>24951500>If you are an American or English, why are you not reading the wealth of world-historic literature written in your own tongue for people of your own mind?i mostly am, translations are zoom-through light reading breaks from real reading
>>24951500Jonathan Edwards was one of the finest theologians ever.. and American.
>>24951540>American parroting as white
>>24952648It's posturing you retard
>>24952424South being Norman is a LARPSoutherners cluster with englishmen and the majority of southerners, even the "southern aristocracy" don't descend from Normans but from lower class english and lowland scottish settlers
Should I reread this series as an adult?
>>24951452>>24951459(me)I should add that it's no coincidence that the book that focuses the most on Percy and Annabeth, House of Hades, is the best one in the sequel series.
>>24951382I'm not going to tell you not to and it might be that that's the itch you need to scratch, but as far as YA goes it's pretty much "passable". Not something to truly cringe at at, but also aimed squarely at boys aged 13 +/- 2 years and with the dubious literary worth that that implies.For my money, the YA series that have held up the best to me are>His Dark Materials>Mortal Engines quartet>Bartimaeus trilogy>A Series of Unfortunate EventsSo yeah, if you want to indulge in YA I'd recommend one of those instead.
>>24951382I think the prose is more the slog than anything. It's pretty fun reading the core case level up over time. Even passing knowledge makes the greek monster reveals a chore to get through. I would not reread it without double fisting with an actual Greek mythos book.>>24951461Ain't that the one that turned Nico gay for Percy?
>>24951487>Ain't that the one that turned Nico gay for Percy?I don't remember. It's possible. I just remember Percy and Annabeth being in hell for most of the novel being awesome.
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What magazines are /lit/?
>>24946453Epoch times, occidental observer, american renaissance
>>24946453A couple of good ones in this thread, but does no one here really read the NYRB or the London Review? Would have guessed that those are the ones that /lit/izens would naturally gravitate towards. Admittedly they're left leaning so that might but some people off, but most of the articles are written well enough and there are always a couple of exceptional ones in most issues. I actually just got my holiday issue for the NYRB.While we're on the topic does anyone have any suggestions for print magazines covering geopolitics that are European based? I've given Le Monde Diplomatique a try, and the articles are decent, but too short for a monthly magazine imo.
>>24946453jewrag
>>24946453Plough Magazine, The Lamp Magazine.
>>24946453The New StatesmanThe Spectator2000ADPrivate EyeThe Beano
is this actually a decent microcosm of growing up in American society? he and his family did most of the stuff my family did growing up.
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>>24949304love these books as a kid but teachers are faggots that didn't let us read them because they want reading to be miserable
>>24949304I recall maybe up until Cabin Fever, then grew out of them. Maybe Dog Days, but that may be me confusing with the movie. It was fine. Suprised its still going desu.
>>24949304The Perks Of Being A Wallflower spoke to me.
>>24949311>>24949312Who's gonna tell him?
Best writers for increasing your vocabulary?
>>24949924There were at least 3 words in The Passenger and Stella Maris that I'd never seen in my entire life. Of course I promptly forgot them.
>>24949924?
>>24949924I would say most author between 1750-1850
>>24952282You can't count
Hemingway
