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THE FIRST RULE OF GREAT WRITING IS THAT THE READER CANNOT READ YOUR MIND. Most writer's ego gets the best of them... They forget that writing is a two communication with another human. We can forgive beginner writers for messing this up. But, there are a ton of intermediate writers whose ego pushes them to build convoluted, campy, and complicated stories without the foundation to support it. This forces the reader to make huge jumps in their own imagination to figure out what the hell is going on. Transition sentences, details, characterization, setting, and world building remedy this problem.

Millions of attractive, well-read, and somewhat sane hue-mans can't seem to find a relationship. Today we'll discuss the concept of the "reading parabola" and how when you read more, your dating chances seem to diminish. Reading should make you more attractive...But, blossoming reader's confidence, new revelations, and awareness of our schizophrenic capitalist society create a ton of problems in the NPC dating pool lmao. THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THOUGH! Stay positive and let me know your thoughts and if you've ever been through this!

Today we are tier-ranking the genres of literature! There will be some more controversial picks in here! For all my fan fiction fans out there.. Buckle up

What books and thinkers influenced Frank Herbert in writing Dune. What inspired Dune? Frank Herbert in Dune STOLE LIKE AN ARTIST, and that's why he produced a legendary six part science fiction series. Today we are going to be covering all the authors and books that influenced Frank Herbert! Some of authors include Carl Jung, William Shakespeare, Sophocles, Homer, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Joesph Campbell, Sir James George Frazer, Alfred Korzybski, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Alexander the Great, T.E. Lawerence, and many others! We talk about the archetypes of Dune, an original insight into Dune's connection to the Iliad, and a ton of other cool stuff! Plus, tip on how Frank Herbert came up with Dune and how you can do the same for your masterpiece! Subscribe for more Dune related content!

During our high school prison sentence we were forced to read many classic books. Today I am ranking those books from the perspective of a radical bibliotherapist!

Bradley Cooper has no redeemable films, but one of the best celebrity book lists I've ever seen!

Today we are tier-ranking the branches of philosophy. There are some high scorers and some absolute bombs in this video! Let me know your rankings in the comments below! Excited to hear! :) I also provide a reading list of 100+ books for all of the branches of philosophy. The branches covered are aesthetics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of the mind, philosophy of science, social and political philosophy.

A conscious book review on the artistic life as laid out by Robert Henri. "The Art Spirit" is a beautiful artistic manifesto that lays out a blueprint for artists to get the most out of their personal life and artistic life.

We are here, we are live, we are TIER RANKING some of the greatest books ever written today! Tune in to see me slam highly regarded classics and praise the REAL classics of literature! Author ranked include Melville, Hemingway, Camus, Nabokov, Tolkien, Kafka, and many more!

A full book breakdown and discussion of Bertrand Russell's "A History of Western Philosophy." I love this book because Russel is not scared to be biased! I'm not here to zombie out on a Routledge or Cambridge objective history of western philosophy (now very biased with the invasion of identity politics in academia.) Instead, Russell provides a beautiful overview of the progression of western thought, and adds in his own opinions of these philosophers discussed. However, until the modern philosophers Russel stays away from polemic or elitist attacks on ancient philosopher's ideas. A lot of the Greek's ideas seem silly, but they were instrumental for human thought to progress to the next level. Russell has nothing but praise for these philosophers, and stays level head in his analysis of them. Dope Intro 0:00 - 1:46 Greeks 1:47 - 13:00 Christian Philosophers 13:01 - 16:00 Modern Philosophers 16:05 - 19:41

Can reading make you smarter? In this video I provide six tips for people struggling to get a reading habit going!

Viggo Mortensen has huge range of book interests. However, unlike most celebrity lists that are pure multicultural, Mortensen's hits us with 100% classics! In this video we discuss my confusion on some of his picks, why canonical books are important, and how to approach difficult classics. Viggo Mortensen's Favorite Books - “The Origin of Species,” Charles Darwin https://amzn.to/3FnzhH2 “The Republic,” Plato https://amzn.to/3vRKuMI “Tao Te Ching,” Lao Tzu (My Favorite Translation) https://amzn.to/3kPvlFr “The History of Western Philosophy,” Bertrand Russell https://amzn.to/3P1txai “Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,” William Shakespeare https://amzn.to/39yZwhK “La Divina Commedia,” Dante Alighieri https://amzn.to/3ymhH4S “El Gaucho Martín Fierro,” José Hernández https://amzn.to/3kNpm47 “Faust: A Tragedy,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe https://amzn.to/3MP3t0e “Danmarks,” Saxo Grammaticus (Couldn't find this) “A People’s History of the United States,” Howard Zinn https://amzn.to/37pSlYx

A book review and chat about "The Land of Little Rain" by Mary Austin which details her time in 1903 in the eastern California desert.

We have a HUGE month of May ahead on this channel. I am going to be ELEVEN full book breakdowns (3-10 hours) and a ton more shorter breakdowns. I am doubling down on making this a book channel and providing the best literature content in the world. I will also be launching some new paid courses soon on the authors talked about in this video! Books discussed: A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami Boundaries of the Soul - June Singer King, Warrior, Magician, Lover - She: Understanding Feminine Psychology - Robert A. Johnson The Orchard Keeper - Cormac McCarthy The System of Objects - Jean Baudrillard The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway American Poetry - Robert Bly The Teachings of Don Juan - Carlos Castaneda A Pale View of the Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro -

David Lynch's favorite books are all big fish! The depth of ideas and storytelling present in these books could inspire anyone. Lynch read most of these books before the 1980's! These are the books David selected as his favorite for his club "Silencio" in Paris. There is a trend in the Lynch space to fight against the intellectualization of Lynch's work, but I try to keep my analysis fun and chill in this video! Subscribe for more videos about Lynch, other artist's favorite books, and other content about literature! Frank Kafka - The Metamorphosis https://amzn.to/3vUILoQ Robert Henri: The Art Spirit https://amzn.to/38Lpa2s Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment https://amzn.to/3vIeBq8 Robert Flynn Johnson - The Face in the Lens: Anonymous Photographs https://amzn.to/3MR4vbQ Frank Capra - The Name Above the Title https://amzn.to/3MRPuXE Get any of these books in audiobook form for free with a free Audible trial! https://amzn.to/3w3xx1b

Reading is on the way out.. In our post-literate age, video games, virtual reality, social media, streaming services, adult content and other distractions take precedence over books. Diversity quotas in literature and in MFA programs are destroying reading. The collapse of the university meritocracy created an army of below average writers who can't make people care about their work. If they did, fellowships, grants, scholarships, professor positions, and other fluff money wouldn't be necessary. Do video game creators receive tens of millions of dollars a year in donations or from the government? No, they make products people care about. I haven't given up on the written word. I know books can contend with any form of media.

BookTube's woke crisis kills the ability for the community to help more people. Traumatized low-level radicals are mobilizing ignorant opinions and forcing authors, publishing companies, and readers to deal with their "perspective." Being radical is great, but problems manifest when BookTube is too lazy, dumb, or prideful to read heavyweights like Foucault, Derrida, and Deleuze to inform their opinion. Reading hard texts forces internal transformation and growth. Does BookTube with its endless haul, TBR, and monthly wrap up videos crave transmutation?

Do you want to earn millions as a poet? Learn about the untapped market in the poetry industry that EVERY poet can profit from. Relying on the IDENTITY publishing industry, the DEFUNCT university system, or the Kindle GRAVEYARD won't help you make a living as a poet. In this video I lay out a system for creating maximum value as a poet. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments, share critiques, or post any other strategies you know!

What are the psychological origins of book banning culture? Why do parents, local governments, and religions ban books every year? Banning novels, poetry, science fiction, fantasy, and humanities books is an archaic practice. The freedom to think is the most beautiful thing in the world. Every human has the desire to learn and grow. It's up to us to motivate others to engage in self-education. Religious, uneducated, and fearful parents can create a positive, growth-orientated, and liberal arts education experience and give their child the room to individuate into their own unique self!

Booktube over the last six years has turned into a graveyard of cancel culture zealots. Booktube cancel culture needs to END! Explore the psychological origins of the Booktube community's cancelling, how knowledge content creators get caught in the "cancel trap" and how to shield yourself from getting cancelled. We can change the world with our imagination, but having to tip-toe around cultural mines creates analysis paralysis in a ton of people. How can anyone reason that cancel culture should exist in the literature sphere? What deceased authors would be cancelled if they were alive and writing modern works? Did the twitter cancel mob help J.K. Rowling see their point of view? Or did they engage in a reckless dopamine fueled temper tantrum? Aren't there bigger problems for us to solve than cancelling divergent opinions? Most cancellers are pseudo-moralists who haven't individuated and are playing out archetypal nightmares in their fragmented reality. We need to show cancel culture how loving knowledge works. Spreading knowledge to the masses through scalable online education can change the world for the better faster than anything else. Next time an author gets cancelled, click on all the profiles of the people commenting on twitter. They've published no artistic contributions to change the world. Everyone can change the world. But, to that someone needs to develop the technical skills, focus, and heart to share positive knowledge to the world. Most people would find it hard to develop those traits while existing in such a negative space. I'm not a hypocrite and understand both political sides cancel knowledge. I'll be releasing another video today on the other side of the cancel aisle. "If we replace cancel culture with critical thinking, we'd have empathetic conversations instead of emotional reactions. And, by talking, we learn to separate honest mistakes from actual hate" - Jello Biafra (Who makes a cameo in this video lol)

Why are you still celebrating holidays? Most of us have transcended He-God cults, mindless consumerism, and nationalism. But, for the last 28 years of my life I've been roped into holidays that promote those ideas. Living in the modern reality of the virtual kills our ability to individuate, gain a clear perception of reality, and break free from social pressures. The flood of simulacra, rituals, and whateverness surrounding holidays forces us out of our routines and into a collective sleep. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day, Halloween, and Easter suck as holidays at an axiomatic level. The amount of time wasted , stress created, and fantasies manifested during holidays wastes is outright sad. We can do better than this. Escaping the control system requires the masses to ditch the pre-assigned backstories reinforcing that control. Reverting to pagan holidays, celebrating only the ones we like, or acting polite about holidays aren't solutions. Quitting holidays seems like a good first step. Imagine... No more having to see family/friends you don't want to see. No holiday weight gain from bad food or stress. Spending money on things you care about. Traveling to new places instead of back home. Maintaining your creative schedule. Let me know what you guys think! I know this is a controversial topic, but it seems like holidays create more stress than joy!

Instagram displays the yoga community’s fascination, obsession, and addiction to perfection and illusion on social media. Hits of dopamine draw us into applications whose primary goal is to subvert us into spending more time on their applications. The word ADDICTION contains the word -DICTION. The a- at the start of addiction creates a reverse of the true meaning of the word after it. An addicted individual loses the ability to dictate their own life as they wish. How does a yogi lose the ability to dictate their life? On a subconscious level, social media exposes a plethora of symbols, archetypes, trends, and standards which create comparison and dialectics in the yogi’s mind. This inner turmoil creates a consumer rather than a producer culture. Most of the top yogis provide little to no content on YouTube or their websites. Forcing readers to consume information on an application with advertisements, a limited character count, and with a terrible computer interface, the community at large has sold out! What artistic masterpieces do the yoga community stand on? Can you create a masterpiece on Instagram, Facebook, or a SquareSpace/Wix website? Of course we can’t! The great Jean Baudrillard said that ““We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.” Do the systems present in the yoga community’s approach to Instagram contain the potential to change global consciousness? Systems perpetuating dialects that raise standards to a point of fantasy by marketing false images through displaying the perfect yogi and digestible “spiritual ideas,” do not lead us closer to a global awakening of consciousness. They manifest an unfulfilled life. An unfulfilled life that requires psychological inflation through the false self or super ego on social media to feel whole. In this article we will explore the underlying core psychological issues of yoga’s reliance on Instagram, and a discussion on grassroots solutions to changing global consciousness outside of social media. “Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.”–The Kybalion. Understating the laws of polarity are a necessary step for any student on the path toward enlightenment. Good VS evil. Love VS hate. Masculine VS feminine. Teacher VS Student. Force VS form. Capitalism VS Communism. Oppressor VS Victim. Each of these polarities exists on a spectrum where variations on the extreme can fall into. French theorist Ferdinand Saussure postulated that meaning in language is created through binaries. Many occult schools of thought would agree with this. The Hermetic schools and the Qabalah is based in binary opposition. Most schools of yoga (excluding Samaykha) address the concept of the dual nature of the universe, but strive for a transcendence out of the binary by a merging with purusa. Jacques Derrida opposed Saussure’s conception of binaries by arguing that a power imbalance exists within binaries. One side takes precedence over the other stemming from the human desire to take a side. What the hell does this have to do with yoga and Instagram though??? A classical mind control technique is to present two extremes on opposite ends and let the subconscious mind of the consumer jump into one camp. However, most of the time these opposite ends are controlled by an overarching power structure that benefits from someone entering either side. This works time and time again, because ONLY ONE SIDE NEEDS TO BUY INTO THE LIE FOR THE DIALECTIC TO WORK. If Alo or Lululemon pushes a fresh, expensive, and trendy style, everyone who buys into that image places themselves in opposition to a more grunge image. However, these companies are five steps ahead and have a roster of the opposition hired and trained to market their products in a different light. On a deeper level, big corporations know that these polarities will cause the other side to create their own events, products, retreats, and workshops. But those independent yogis won’t make anywhere near what a sponsored yogi will. The constant social media bombardment of sponsored yogis driving their jeeps, holding retreats in tropic places, and living a nice lifestyle will drive independent yogi’s who are caught in the dialectic to seek more income. Most will fail, and turn to the same corporations that drove them into this polarity in the first place for income. The corporation will sponsor them in some capacity, and then parade them around on their roster to further push the division. Tripping off dopamine hits from all the flip flopping, the average yogi hits buy.

Book review of Robert Bly's Ecstatic Poetry of Kabir! Open your heart with a full breakdown of each poem, explanation of Bhakti, and an appearance from Eowyn Moon! Kabir was an ecstatic poetry in the fifteenth century in India. His poems explanation devotion (Bhakti,) love, spiritual narcissism, why van-life sucks, and a ton more! Subscribe to the channel for more poetry and Robert Bly videos. More videos with Eowyn coming soon also!

Manifest your soulmate with this intuitive eight step program! This program is an action orientated system based in objective reality that complements more energetic (subjective) approaches like using the Law of Attraction or manifestation techniques. I've used these steps multiple times to manifest relationships and friends. I am currently using these steps to manifest a polyamorous triad based on mutual respect and kindness! Let me know what you think of the video, if you've found love through similar steps, and hopefully your successes one day. Here are the eight steps! 1. Journal your desires 2. Uncover the unrealistic fantasies 3. Make friends living those fantasies 4. Inquire into their mindset 5. Ask them where they think you will succeed/fail 6. Identify habits, actions, and misalignments 7. Explore these new actions 8. Repeat My website and socials! ✒️🧘‍♂️🧙‍♂️ Ianjamescattanach.com Twitch.tv/yogadelics (I STREAM DAILY!) Mensbookclub.substack.com Instagram.com/ianjamescattanach tiktok.com/yogadelics Twitter.com/Siriusvisions

Who is the greatest author alive? Does good writing matter anymore? Can you judge authors in an objective way? We can develop clear and concise criteria's for judging authors legacy. In this video I formulate the main attributes of great authors and see who aligns with that analysis. A CLEAR winner emerges. An author who weaves nature, beautiful writing, and the subconscious into their fiction better than any other author. Watch this video to find out who the greatest author alive is and why it matters! Peace!