Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, Revised and Expanded

by Brezsny, Rob

• ISBN13: 9781556438189
• ISBN10: 1556438184
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2009-09-22
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

Readers were instantly beguiled by Rob Brezsny's new approach to the humble horoscope when his "Free Will Astrology" column first appeared in 1996. Instead of the generic, one-size-fits-all style of similar columns, Brezsny used witty parables, tender rants, cultural riffs, pagan wisdom, and lively rituals in his playfully positive readings. He brings that same sensibilityand the same message of a smiling universeto this self-help book for people who may be skeptical about self-help books. Brezsny persuasively advises readers to go along with the universe's good intentions, but his rejection of cynicism and a bleak view of human nature isn't rooted in denial. On the contrary, he makes a case for a cagey optimism that requires a vigorous engagement with the dark forces. He asks us to rethink life as a sublime game created for our amusement and illumination. The book is a chameleon of a tome. You can read it straight through, slowly and surely, or else pick it up and open it at random for tasty hits of inspiration as the spirit moves you. You can even start at the end and weave your way backward. Brezsny has updated this edition by expanding various sections, adding more than a dozen new pieces and a new chapter, and providing readers with a number of playtime activities and exercises that let them participate through their own writing and drawing. "Brezsny's horoscopes are like little valentines, buoyant and spilling over with mischievousness. They're a soul prognosis." The New York Times

Author Biography

As much a storyteller and social observer as astrologer, Rob Brezsny brings a literate, myth-savvy perspective to his astrological writing. "Free Will Astrology," his syndicated weekly column, appears in 120 publications all over the world.

In addition to his books and column, Brezsny is a musician and has created five music albums. Three were with the band World Entertainment War, which recorded on MCA Records and was nominated for a Bammie, California's version of the Grammies. Bill Graham, one of rock's top impresarios, managed the band until his death. Brezsny is currently working on a new CD, This Is a Perfect Moment, which will serve as the soundtrack for the book Pronoia.

Between 1979 and the present, Brezsny has performed in more than 700 shows, from intimate performance art venues to giant rock shows at the Whole Earth Festival in Davis, California. After leaving the rock music business for good in 2000, he branched out to develop a series of performance art shows, which he performed at the Burning Man Festival in 2001, 2002, and 2004. He lives in Mill Valley, CA.

Table of Contents

Bravo, Viva, Kudos, Whoopee, Eureka, Hallelujah, Abracadabra

This Is a Perfect Moment Primordial Gossip

The Experiment Secrets of Pronoia

Glory in the Highest Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (Lightning bolts from your fingers)

Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Dear Gorgeous Genius Love Letter

When they say "Be yourself," which self do they mean?

Baby Wipe Communique Medicine Story

Your Inalienable Right to Fresh Omens Guerrilla Oracle

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We're searching for the answers so we can destroy them and dream up better questions

Luminous Tease Love Letter

Evil is Boring Dionysian Manifesto

Slam Special Offer

I Have a Dream Primordial Gossip

Sacred Advertisement (Jung, Whitman, King)

Dreamy Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Fat Lover Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Your bone marrow)

What is the Beauty and Truth Laboratory? Medicine Story

Everyone who believes in the devil is the devil

Your Personal Manifesto Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Ralph Waldo Emerson: Make your own Bible)

The Universe is Made of Stories Dionysian Manifesto

Welcome to the Show Primordial Gossip

PNN 1: Pronoia News Network

Gazing Into the Abyss of Happiness Dionysian Manifesto

Torrential Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

"I vow to interpret every experience as a direct dealing of the Goddess with my soul"

Beyond Goodness Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Thousands of endogenous retroviruses)

A Dangerous Taboo Secrets of Pronoia

Origins of the Homeopathic Medicine Spells Secrets of Pronoia

Homeopathic Medicine Spell #1

Convulsive Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Sacred Advertisement (Iroquois Thunderbird Clan)

World Kiss Primordial Gossip

Sacred Advertisement (The ecstatic state of mind)

How Pronoia Works Secrets of Pronoia

Glory in the Highest, Part 2 Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (Rigel 3200 Pro Night Vision Goggles)

Let's go wash some water. Let's go burn some fire.

A Spell to Re-Genius Yourself Primordial Gossip

What's the Most Important Question for you to ask Today? Love Letter

Bigger, Better, More Interesting Problems Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (The mosquito that kept you up all night)

Tweakable Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

PNN 2: Pronoia News Network

The Rich Get Richer Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Boris Pasternak's poem "Bacchanalia")

Further Evidence Special Offer

Everyone's a nobody-and nobody's perfect

You are Almost Everything Love Letter

Healing Shocks Guerrilla Oracle

Brain-Scrambling Meditation Primordial Gossip

Reap the Benefits of your Scrambled Brain Primordial Gossip

Apocalypse Versus Apocalypse Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (When you ate Peruvian figs)

Hype-Ocalypse Dionysian Manifesto

Pronoia's Villains Secrets of Pronoia

You're a Good Killer Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa)

Ambidextrous Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Homeopathic Medicine Spell #2

What's the difference between dumb pain and smart pain?

Fear of Beauty? Secrets of Pronoia

Sacred Advertisement (Wealthy silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo)

Shadow School Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (Seed rain)

Flip-Flop the Traumatic Imprint Medicine Story

Love Bomb Primordial Gossip

Subterranean Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Sacred Advertisement (The decisions you didn't make)

PNN 3: Pronoia News Network

Art Lessons Guerrilla Oracle

Soaring And Scrounging Bonus Oracle

Visualize____________________at the moment of orgasm Put your deity's name here

All i ask of you Love Letter

What if your Desires are Holy? Dionysian Manifesto

The Mystery of your Thirst Guerrilla Oracle

The Orgasmic Roots of Pronoia Medicine Story

Sacred Advertisement (Sacred underwear)

Devotional Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

PNN 4: Pronoia News Network

Radical Everything Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Ultrasensitive neural receptors)

Elationship Love Spells for Beauty and Truth Researchers Premium Bonus Benefit

Only you can prevent the genocide of the imagination

Prayer for us Love Letter

Four Dignities of the Warrior's Path Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (The River that Loses and Finds Itself)

You're a Prophet Dionysian Manifesto

Your Prophecies Dionysian Manifesto

Crimes that Don't Break any Laws Primordial Gossip

Crimes that Don't Break any Laws: The Theory Primordial Gossip

Sacred Advertisement (Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu)

Receptivity Remedies Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (Mahatma Gandhi's autobiograpy)

You are a Disseminator of Pronoia Secrets of Pronoia

Inscrutable Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Stronger than hate, wetter than water, deeper than the abyss, more exotic than trust

Tummler and Ondinnonk Love Letter

Liberate your Imagination Primordial Gossip

Sacred Advertisement (Titian painting)

The More Accidental, The More True Dionysian Manifesto

Raucous Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Homeopathic Medicine Spell #3

The 80 Percent Rule Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (Deena Metzger's prayer)

PNN 5: Pronoia News Network

This language prevents crime: This engineering moves you to sing: These advertisements make you smart: These rhythms free all prisoners of childhood.

Your Horoscope Love Letter

Re-Dreaming Christ Guerrilla Oracle

How i Got Started in the Beauty and Truth Business Medicine Story

Sacred Advertisement (Telepathies Anonymous)

Dreamtime University Dionysian Manifesto

PNN 6: Pronoia News Network

Ecstatic Study Guide, Part 1

The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt not Bore God: The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself.

Your Sledgehammer and Watercolor Brush Love Letter

Sacred Uproar Secrets of Pronoia

Evil Fears Laughter Dionysian Manifesto

Homeopathic Medicine Spell #4

Science of the Invisible Dionysian Manifesto

Sacred Advertisement (Galileo's mummified middle finger)

"Rebranding God" Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

PNN 7: Pronoia News Network

How is Enlightenment Like a Million-Dollar Vacation Home? Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Salvador Dali and Walt Disney)

Exemption From Enlightenment Special Offer

Let's Make Morality Fun

You are a Lucky, Plucky, Good-Sucking Genius

It's Bad Luck to be Superstitious Love Letter

Be your Own Savior Guerrilla Oracle

Sacred Advertisement (Carl Jung and Jesus Christ)

Your Brand New Name Special Offer

I'm a Star, You're a Star Dionysian Manifesto

I'm a Brat, You're a Brat Dionysian Manifesto

Shapeshifting Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

Sacred Advertisement (Google your own unconscious)

Homeopathic Medicine Spell #5

I me Wed Primordial Gossip

"Ever since i learned to see three sides to every story, I'm finding much better stories"

Your Graduation Inscription Love Letter

PNN 8: Pronoia News Network

For Immediate Release Premium Bonus Benefit

Sacred Advertisement (The bumper sticker)

Anti-Dsm-Iv, or The Outlaw Catalog of Cagey Optimism Premium Bonus Benefit

Outlaw Pronoia Therapy Pronoia Therapy

I am totally opposed to all duality

Pronoiac Heroes Gallery Premium Bonus Benefit

Sacred Advertisement (I don't know)

Ecstatic Study Guide, Part 2

The Literary Equivalent of a Sex Change Medicine Story

Zero = One, or how to be Like the Real God Dionysian Manifesto

Think with your heart and feel with your head

Walking Uphill Backward Secrets of Pronoia

Letters to the Beauty and Truth Lab Premium Bonus Benefit

A Global Array of Further Pronoiac Resources Premium Bonus Benefit

Invitation to the Dance Special Offer

Your Assignment Guerrilla Oracle

Author's Thanks

About my Other Work

You are a Prolific Creator

It's Always the Beginning of the World

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