what is it about Phil Dick...

"pulse" <nonehere RemoveThis @nosuchplace.com> wrote in message news:bO9Oc.16268$oE1.1579279@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> You're probably right. It's pretty bizarre nonetheless. Every time I "tune
> in", I'm overwhelmed by the number of well known stars that are evidently
> shedding their clothes so they can have their pics splashed across the
> internet. Odd though, I've never seen them advertising pics of Glenn Close.
> Well, perhaps that's not such a bad thing after all...
>
> PS: still wondering where the idea for Mercerism came from...

You got a reply in this thread the other day. A Google search
on "Mercerism" produces an amazing number of hits.
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>From: "Bill Cleere" bcleere.TakeThisOut@philipkdick.com
>Date: 7/29/2004 11:46 AM Pacific
>"pulse" <nonehere.TakeThisOut@nosuchplace.com> wrote in message

>> You're probably right. It's pretty bizarre nonetheless. Every time I "tune
>> in", I'm overwhelmed by the number of well known stars that are evidently
>> shedding their clothes so they can have their pics splashed across the
>> internet. Odd though, I've never seen them advertising pics of Glenn Close.
>> Well, perhaps that's not such a bad thing after all...
>>
>> PS: still wondering where the idea for Mercerism came from...
>
>You got a reply in this thread the other day. A Google search
>on "Mercerism" produces an amazing number of hits.
>
>
You are correct about the google hits. Hundreds. I didn't read them and I
havent read Do Androids.... for several years.

However, from what I recall is that mercerism via the "empathy box" allows one
to share an archtype thats sort of a combo of Prometheus/Atlus/Jesus.

Mercerism is not in Bladerunner or so I have been told, I own the film but have
actually never watched it; seen bits and pieces on cable TV.
 >> Stay informed about: what is it about Phil Dick... 

"pulse" <nonehere DeleteThis @nosuchplace.com> wrote in message news:ZMlOc.2769$cL2.630032@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> Sorry for not viewing the thread. As ridiculous as it may sound I've never
> done a Google for Mercerism. My interest lies in, as a practitioner of
> vipissana and a Dominican expatriate (as in O.P.), the similarities I find
> to certain meditation methodologies.

Ahhh.... "Dominican" -- meaning ex- of the Dominican friars or
from the Dominican Republic? What's O.P.? For that matter,
what's "vipissana"?

> While I have no more than a pedestrians idea of Phil Dick's background, I
> have read just about all of the books available from the man. In literary
> terms, the guy's insight into several areas is sobering. The man's books
> should be required reading in any philosophical curriculum. But then, so
> should Shirer's "Rise and Fall..." be included in the poly-sci list but we
> might not want to hold our breath for either.

Shirer has been consigned to the ash heap by the academics. That's a
shame, because the obvious inadequacies of the information he had
available compared to what we have today doesn't mean that his
readable and fundamentally sound synthesis isn't still very important.

> Thanks for the responses. I'm heartened to see that this newsgroup isn't
> merely a repository for celebrity skin links.

What's happened is that most of the Dickheads have gone to one or
more Web forums such as Yahoo. This group used to be very busy.
It still, however, has the advantage of being Usenet, where someone
can wander in by accident.

If anyone's looking for more traffic, I'd be happy to crosspost in a few
very intelligent and entertaining trolls. The only trouble is, you never
know what will follow in their wake, but I guarantee it won't be dull.

-- Bill Cleere
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"pulse" <nonehere.RemoveThis@nosuchplace.com> wrote in message
news:gZvOc.12296$cL2.2304185@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> > Ahhh.... "Dominican" -- meaning ex- of the Dominican friars or
> > from the Dominican Republic? What's O.P.? For that matter,
> > what's "vipissana"?
>
> Dominican as in Order of Preachers (O.P.),

Oh, of course. ....It's been a long time.

> or Friars Preachers as is the
> more common name in some quarters, or if you happen to be at Oxford
> University you'd know of Blackfriars College which is yet another way of
> saying the same thing. It's kinda novel how good people are at taking
> something simple and complicating it beyond all necessity.
>
> And vipissana is said to be the Pali word for insight, e.g.; insight
> meditation. Largely a Buddhist practice, one needn't be a Buddhist to
> practice it. I believe Thomas Merton was a practitioner as well.

Hmmm. What would be the distinguishing feature
of "insight" meditation?

-- Bill Cleere

"I prefer the pleasure of writing bits of nonsense to that of
wearing an embroidered coat which costs 800 francs." (Stendahl)
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