You had me at "kooks"

Anyone else's bookshelves starting to look as though you could actually be a Watcher (excuse the Buffy reference) in real life? Anyone else out there gathering up the weird and weirder books on the weird?

I have a couple of bookcases filled with references of this sort. I wouldn't go so far as to call it an obsession (but some of my friends have done so).

OK, I'll join. I admit it, I do seem to be oddly attracted to this sort of thing. I have to be careful to not embarrass myself in public by sharing said 'secret' information with those who are not worthy :)

This year, my wife's work had a Christmas party with a white elephant gift exchange. I put in the book Kooks by Donna Kossy. You know why?

Because I had two copies.

That said, I'm a drop in the ocean next to Ken Hite.

-G.

A student of theology SHOULD probably not own many of the books I have in the library... :)

Perhaps not, but the best heretics start out as theologians.

Welcome to the Secret Masters.

Exciting news ...

The late Idries Shah's group The Institute For Cultural Research has updated its web presence and is now offering free .pdf downloads of nearly all of the ICR Monographs! The only ones (out of 44 put out from 1965 to 2004) that aren't included are the 5 "book-length" releases and the 2 "missing" (#13 and #14) Monographs. The most recent numbers (#45-52) are still only available in hard-copy, however.

This is really remarkable, as these have been very expensive ($10 for a 6-28 page paper, which is what they're still charging for hard copies) over the years, and now you can just print out your own copy!

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