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What magazines are /lit/?
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>>24950864
>if you read a magazine you agree with everything it publishes
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>>24950900
Checked. My post does not claim or even suggest this thougheverbeit.
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>>24950967
>My post does not suggest this
Yes it does
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>>24950967
>thougheverbeit
kys
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>>24946453
Epoch times, occidental observer, american renaissance

Would anyone be interested in participating? Seems like a nice alternative to Wikipedia reading
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>>24951332
Audio can cripple many of these. For such thin volumes they can have a ton of illustrations and graphs. They are not described in audio.
Really depends on the content.
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>>24951220
These short introduction books are awful. Even as introductions they fail. Wikipedia is better, and wikipedia is a festering pile of shit and falsehoods.
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>>24951470
It is just supplementary materials. Read real textbooks, listen to VSI and all will be ok.
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>>24951299
what's the secret to getting (You)'s on my posts?
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>>24951621
Depends on the type of (You)s you want.

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prev >>24941253
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>>24952030
he never plays this track live because he stole it from daft punk. the record company forced him to release it.
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>>24952032
me
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Catberg just did an exceptionally big spinny.
>>24952035
It's a Steve Winwood song you ass.
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>>24952074
talking about the mix you dip
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24 years old, and I still haven't written anything worth reading.

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Mention here literature according to /lit/ suitable to matriculate as a real /x/-ian. Or if /x/ was /lit/ cohorts first.
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>>24951488
I thought you were just taking a dig but yeah interesting find ig, thanks.
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>>24946516
If you were raised within Christianity, it's recommended you begin acquainting and familiarizing yourself with the works of Neville Goddard post-haste.
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>>24951488
I stumbled upon that channel about a week ago. I feel jelly of how many impossible to find books he has.
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Is Behold a Pale Horse worth reading? Do any of the conspiracy classics have worthwhile writing?
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>>24952010
Yeah he knows his stuff. Mostly political/conspiracy oriented though.

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Any books I should read on how to write before writing a book? I tried to write just a page but it was utter shite.
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>>24952050
Nah. Just write. Write again. And again. And again and again and again and again, then after 20 or so years of continuously writing, you might create something of below average quality.
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I have found that learning how to draft a novel chapter by chapter has helped me significantly. Here's a good video on how to do it.

https://youtu.be/RmhAGZJOf_o?si=kcX95Qhnqmbw7wJt

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If, according to Gnosticism, the material world was created by an ignorant or malevolent Demiurge, why did the higher, benevolent source of reality allow such a being or such a world to come into existence? This idea seems to relocate the problem of evil to a meta-level rather than resolving it.
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>>24949807
Would the higher, benevolent source of reality punch the small, dumb guy? That wouldn't be very benevolent.
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>>24950587
the problem is that in neoplatonism the monad cannot be understood or known or even thought about
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>>24950052
Read up on emanationism and Plato's view on the demiurge. Plotinus critiques the gnostics for this and their cosmogony. But the gnostics do have their gems.
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>>24949883
>Basically it's Platonism for retarded incels who hate the world
/thread
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>24949807
>24949873
>If, according to Gnosticism, the material world was created by an ignorant or malevolent Demiurge, why did the higher, benevolent source of reality allow such a being or such a world to come into existence?
>The Monad allows the Demiurge's reality to exist
>By allowing Sophia to create the Demiurge
The Absoute (the One, Monad) does not allow or disallow. The Absolute is not the creator of reality or responsible for it. An abstracted, knowable aspect of the Absolute is. The how varies by tradition.

>24949828
There aren't multiple gods in Gnosticism, there is the collective Godhead of the Pleroma.

>24949873
>the Monad could experience imperfection and the cycle of life.
>experiencing Oneness
The Monad does not and cannot experience. There is no experience of oneness. Ego death is a necessity.
>To dwell within the Pleroma is to thrive within Heaven-Nirvana

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Is this actually poorly written, or is that just the thing where they try to bash him any way they can (small dick, missing testicle, secretly gay, etc.)
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>>24942860
Nigga have you considered READING it for yourself? It's not even a long book. If white youth can't read a fucking autobiographical polemic then there is zero hope for a fourth reich
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>>24943861
>because the German National Socialist movement was Christian
Bonhoeffer was Christian. His opponents and persecutors were not
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>>24945757
lol
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>>24950051
Germanic Perfidy
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>>24942898
>they go out and do shit
he did, though
tried to restart the roman empire

Two Weeks Left Edition

>Old:
>>24936611

>Recommended reading charts (Look here before asking for vague recs):
https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb

>Archive:
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg

>Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg
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>>24951393
Always always always publication order.
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https://youtu.be/4hJhmxc3Arw
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>>24951749
Martian Time-Slip too.

>>24951769
Your "reviews" are an excrement, have intercourse with yourself away from here.
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>>24951994
bitch are you calling Earthsea "faggy"? get the FUCK outta here
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>>24952065
left side looks fine?

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What's a good book to start with Jung? I'm already familiar with psychoanalysis.

I am mainly interested in dream analysis and archetypes, but I have researched and found that Man and His Symbols was not written by him personally, but by his assistants, and is actually a simple introduction.
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>>24951656
complete works vol 9
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>>24951656
Jordan peterson lectures as warmup
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Mark Winborn - Jungian Psychoanalysis, A Contemporary Introduction

Man And His Symbols was started by him in collaboration with some of his pupils, then finished by them after he died.
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>>24951656
>dream analysis
>i, as an external, want to not only comprehend a fundamentally self-referential+intrinsically-individual & illogical part of the mind, but also to systematize an understanding/interpretation of the part of the individuals mind that is totally unmodulated and black boxed from the group/society.

kekaroo. literally the dumbest most gigahonked big top clown venture in all of psychology. i would be serious $$$ that astrology has more predictive power.
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>>24951995
>external
>systematise
>unmodulated
>black boxed
Your assumptions are ignorant

ToT UOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>24949238
This man wants gavroche
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bump
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The 1st half is way better than the 2nd half
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>>24947666
Hugo is a better writer overall but Dumas has much better info dumping and filler.
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>>24945423
There's real gore videos to that effect.

Unwilling Eldritch Horror of Slop Edition

Stubbed >>24943213

>What is /wng/ β€” 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.

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>>24951917
yeah. in my head
heh
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>>24951917
No. If there's going to be a wiki around my work, it's going to be handled by my most dedicated and autistic readers (I love them).
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>>24951917
I use a combination of Obsidian and random .txt files located in random folders.
Thinking about making the switch to Zim
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>>24951968
I like everything about Obsidian EXCEPT its text formatting. I am not wrangling fucking asterisks and underscores, I left that life behind on Google+
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>>24951435
I deliberately didn't put numbers on my stats, although improvements to stats did exist. In my head (not in the text), a stat increase (again, not numbered) was like a 50% multiplier against what that person's normal [whatever] was. I also kept things mainly low leveled, so a normal person would be like level 5-10 with a certain number of stat boosts so that people were stronger than others, but not wildly out of scale (until the end lol).
Avoiding numbers is the best way, because otherwise you do have to contend with the power imbalance of it all, and if you do that, readers (at least mine) really didn't want to hear about it. Themes of self-defense and agency compared to super humans really didn't land well; RR readers want power fantasies they can self-insert into.

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>can't win over blacks
>can't win over poorfags
>outright enemies of blue collar workers
>not taken seriously/ seen as useful idiots by their intellectually inferior middle class liberal pragmatic allies
>can't/won't win over the armed forces
>can't/won't win over the intelligence agencies
>can't/won't win over the politicians

>decent success rate with middle class children (dropped by junior yr), academics, homosexuals and trannys.

Is there a book which explains how this leads to revolutionary success or should i just see all the le-science-of-hisory 2-more-weeksism from the past 200 years?
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>>24950512
Truth
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>>24951258
Look, nigger. What exactly wrong with imperialism and why do you hate success and conquest?
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>>24951504
Ironic considering Marx hated brown people
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>>24951946
Something about it subsuming true national interests and depoliticizing the state to the laws of the international economy and the interests of an international cabal of financial kleptocrats who steal and consolidate everything they can while destroying every institution in their way, leading to mass displacement, wars, corruption, and turdies flooding your country 120 years later. Read Schmitts concept of political, stupid globohomo golem.
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>>24951946
>success is when you rape the third world while making Europe commit democide twice just to become vassal states of the Burger Reich, which restarts the process and flirts with nuclear holocausts multiple times along the way
Read a history book you projecting nigger.

What is the oldest book you've read that really disturbed you
I just finished reading Matthew Lewis' The Monk and was surprised by how brutal it still is after over two centuries
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>tfw I want to write horror but it is never scary enough
This has to be one of the hardest genres to write.
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>>24950334
Don't focus too much on the scary stuff. Just make it interesting and be a good storyteller.
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>>24919376
Sell The Monk to me bros. It's only $11 for a copy on Amazon and I'm very tempted to buy it.
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What's the best Stephen King book out of these to read:
>Gerald's Game
>The Long Walk
>11/23/63
>Cell
>Eyes of the Dragon
>Rage
>Thinner
These are the only ones I'm interested at all in reading. I'm also wondering if anyone could recommend books or stories similar to King's novelette Jerusalem's Lot? I couldn't care less to read the book, the prequel was fucking awesome though.
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>>24919376
>The Accusations
>Lewis was accused of unoriginality because he essentially created a "pastiche" by borrowing plot motifs, characters, and entire scenes from various European sources.
>This practice was not as strictly policed as modern copyright law dictates, but critics used it to malign Lewis's literary standing, especially once his identity as an MP was revealed.

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Are there any librarians or library assistants here? How did you get your job? I want to be a library assistant but Ive found it difficult to find a job.
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>>24950059
Library PTSD
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>>24950059
im kinda into the glorified social worker aspect desu its one of the appeals.
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>>24949864
My sister is one.
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My mom ks one. She got in with a bachelor's degree in equine science. Without an MA you can only be a librarian for small-town libraries though
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>>24949864
I once I got a job as a library assistant in a call center. Didn't last for more than six months because I didn't fit in with anyone else. Basically you had to fulfill ALL of these categories.
>must be a woman, if not must be gay or be able to be mistaken for gay
>must be firmly left wing, if not you must be old and fulfill all the other categories
>if you're black and have a legitimate disability you don't have to follow these rules

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Is reading TerryEagleton waste of time!
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>>24951126
Try it out. Let us know.
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>>24951126
No he is not, his literary theory book is good. But graduate to Jameson asap. He had a cool book come out before he died which is just lectures to undergrads so it’s easier
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>>24951927
How does he compare to Raymond Williams?
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>>24951126
>Is reading TerryEagleton waste of time!
It is for you saar.
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>>24951126
I tried reading "What Is Evil?" as a budding teenage philosopher and was severely disappointed by how dull, pedestrian, and religious it turned out to be. From then onward, I had no conception of him as an author worth reading.


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