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 Twista
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Indoor Marijuana Horticulture : The Indoor Bible - Jorge Cervantes
The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger
Edited by Twista (04/25/03 10:55 AM)
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Madtowntripper
Sun-Beams out of Cucumbers
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 Re: books that changed your life  [Re: Twista]
#1492844 - 04/25/03 11:12 AM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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And STILL not on the list, the best selling book EVER...The Bible!
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After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action. If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it. - Ernest Hemingway
If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent. -Cormac MacCarthy
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus
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 mjshroomer
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The bible is the greatest story ever told.
The best book is Candy by Tery Southern.
It was one of the most controversial books of the sixties.
Check on this classic.
mj
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thestringphish
vajrayana
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: mjshroomer]
#1494770 - 04/26/03 12:05 AM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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A Brief History of Everything: By the Smartest Man on the Planet, Ken Wilbur
The Book on the taboo against knowing who you are: Alan Watts
The Tao Te Ching
Probably the biggest one on the list, The Lesons of Don Juan: by Carlos Castaneda (I also include all the subsequent Castaneda books, but did not feel like listing all of them.)
Introduction to Metaphysics: Martin Hiedigger(i know, i probably spelled it wrong, i cant spell to save my life) This book got me into philosophy.
The Bible: Cant exlude this, You can read this through and through and come up with all kinds of meanings, depending on how you are thinking at the time, i prefer to go through it and look for all the times they are possibly refering to the use of psychedelics. it's a lot, a whole lot.
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"this is life changing"
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mjshroomer
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Carlos Castaneda was a big liar.
There never was a Don Juan. HE made it all up and that ruined the magic of the books.
The book is the Teachings of Don Juan:: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge.
I have posted the Richard De Mille works here over and over . They are inthe archives here somewhere at the shroomery.
mj
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gnrm23
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: shirley knott]
#1495556 - 04/26/03 10:13 AM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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i figgers the one book that messed my mind the most was a paperback copy ("hot off the presses")(given to me by my dad when i was like 11 years old & had read pretty much all the available heinlein juvenile novels, and the "lucky starr" series by asimov & most of the andre norton stuff at my local ibrary) of:
_stranger in a strange land_
(mine da also gimme his pb copy of henry miller's _tropic of cancer_ just because it was a banned book in some places, but i never managed to finish wading thru that turgid prose  ... but heinlein's _stranger_ i have returned to quite a few times over the next 4 decades of my life...)
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Phred
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: gnrm23]
#1495893 - 04/26/03 12:50 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yep. Stranger in a Strange Land was a classic, for sure.
Apparently it is now available in its original un-edited form. Heinlein's publisher had originally asked him to trim it down some before it was first published -- in those days there was concern that an overly-long Sci-Fi book was unsellable.
Next time I am on vacation in the real world I intend to get a copy.
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dubt
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i will say one book as reading it led me to everything else i've ever read or done:
Tao Teh Ching by Lao Tzu.
Zhuangzi's short stories are great as well.
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silversoul7
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 Re: books that changed your life [Re: shirley knott]
#1497176 - 04/27/03 12:37 AM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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Karl Marx--The Communist Manifesto
Heidegger--On Being and Time
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"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."--Voltaire
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SoundsOfWar
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i took a philosophy class and learned quite a bit about thinking about thinking. Nietzche, Sartre, Descartes, and all those other many people throughout the years, had some interesting things to say and i kinda like the way it makes your mind bend to grasp some of their ideas. yeah, i bet that makes good sense. fuck. anyway, as far as books that made a lifelong inpression, I'd say The Hobbit, which I read in fourth or fifth grade. brings on good thoughts. i read the Doors of Perception in high school around the time I started taking acid, and it made things kinda click. If you can dig that. Cool-e-o 
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SoundsOfWar
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: SoundsOfWar]
#1501330 - 04/28/03 04:19 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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oh, and if you want to fuck your head up sometime try reading a book called House of Leaves. Sorry, I forget who wrote it right now. Crazy stuff, though.
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atomikfunksoldier
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: SoundsOfWar]
#1502157 - 04/28/03 08:26 PM (21 years, 10 months ago) |
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if you really wanna fuck your head up, try reading the bible backwards. there are lots of hidden messages that say jesus did mushrooms.
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TrippeeChik
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farfelu
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: TrippeeChik]
#1911067 - 09/12/03 09:15 PM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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the holy bible
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unlikelyhero
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Profoundly life-changing:
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
A Language Older than Words by Derrick Jensen
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Life-changing in a more subtle way:
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Survivor by Chuck Palanhniuk
Life After God by Douglas Coupland
UH
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They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference - Bill Hicks
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fireworks_god
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: unlikelyhero]
#1912101 - 09/13/03 08:04 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Indoor Marijuana Horticulture : The Indoor Bible - Jorge Cervantes
Ahh.. I had that book once. Truly amazing... some fucker stole it off of me.
Handbook to Higher Consciousness, by Ken Keyes Jr.
Definitely worth a read. 
Peace.
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Like being here
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Pala
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: fireworks_god]
#1912120 - 09/13/03 08:18 AM (21 years, 6 months ago) |
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Tao te Ching - Lao Tzu
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Island - Aldous Huxley
On the Road, Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
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JacquesCousteau
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: Pala]
#1937450 - 09/21/03 08:49 AM (21 years, 5 months ago) |
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"Illusions" by Richard Bach. I wouldn't say it "changed my life" but it definitely gave me some philosophical insight. It's one of those books that's telling a completely different story than the one you're actually reading.. the story you're reading is just a vehicle to get you to the actual concept the book is trying to convey...
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Semilanceata
No god, no boss
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1.- Mein Kampf-Adolf Hitler. This book taught me how bad a human can be.
2.- Cocina espa?ola (spanish cuisine)- Many authors. This one taught me how to eat and drink right.
3.- The Tao of health, sex and longevity-Daniel Reid. No comments.
4.- Mushrooms and Truffles growing-M. Garc?a Rollan.
5.- Marijuana Grower?s Guide-Mel Frank & Ed Rosenthal.
6.- The complete Book of Self-Sufficiency-John Seymour.
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kindkesey
take it further
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Re: books that changed your life [Re: Semilanceata]
#1937619 - 09/21/03 10:30 AM (21 years, 5 months ago) |
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Bible
Mysteries & intigues of the bible, J.A Michaels
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Green Rage, Christopher Manes
The Electric Kool-Aid Test, Tom Wolfe
The Further Inquiry, Ken Kesey
oh and of course, The Mushroom Cultivator, Stamets & Chilton
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DAVID JONES where are you?
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