What do you tell normies when they ask about your taste in books?
I exclusively read books about the proto indo europeans
I tell them that I don't read (because I don't read)
I only read medieval hagiographies.
>user what do you read
>"I read occult books"
>oh like Charles Manson cult stuff?
>"yeah sure, why not"
It usually goes like that.
I tell them I like philosophy and bestiality erotica
I read a lot of PIE lit to, recs?
They can usually tell by the cover.
>proto indo europeans
>not saying I READ ARYAN STUFF SLUT as loud as possible on a train full of people to show her youre a chad
Based.
I tell them the truth. I mostly read the classics. Greek and Roman philosophy, Enlightenment Philosophy, and the American Canon.
What I don't tell them about is all the far-right literature I've started to collect
SS booklets. I then recite several Kurt eggers poems while chewing on raw eggs and slowly reaching for the knife I keep in my boot, in case of a self defense scenario.
I tell people I read more sophisticated stuff from my college courses. Ovid, Shakespeare, Plutarch, Pynchon, etc. In reality, I only read the cliff notes when I was in college. I only read for entertainment. I still got As in most of my courses.
I tell them it's hard to explain and then act very standoffish, because usually it's a Philip K. Dick book or something else that might result in an awkward convo (like Leon Degrelle, Robert Snyder, or William Shirer for example). But I always make sure to act standoffish lol (unless it's an attractive woman – however people rarely ask me what I'm reading anyways nevermind any women whatsoever). Going up to people in public minding their own business and asking them what they're reading is fucking cringe and awkward anyways.
>Captcha is GTGDM O_o
>implying i talk to people
I just say the Greeks
Based
I exclusively read Chinese fantasy novels.
You need to be extra standoffish if it's an attractive woman
I leave it broad and say I like a bit of everything. My follow up answer depends on what she says. Never describe yourself as a reader. Let it come as a surprise or list it as a hobby after a few other activities. If a girl truly likes you(doubtful for this site), reading is seen as a positive as long as it isn’t the only thing you do
I will ramble and lecture at them for as long as possible until they turn away, never bothering me again
Based, any recs?
"Science Fiction, Japanese light novels, and history and science non-fiction"
>oh, you read Japanese?
"On occasion"
And I have a safe list of recent reads in each category in case the conversation goes further and I haven't scared them off.
>Hamilton's Saints of Salvation
>Ascendance of a Bookworm
>Mao's Great Famine
>Oil and Gas Production in Non-technical Language
So far exactly zero people have asked me about my taste in books, although I did finally get a couple coworkers to talk fine art with me after putting up a print of a da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci at my desk.
Make chart please.
Unfathomably based.
>reading is seen as a positive as long as it isn’t the only thing you do
I like classics, specifically those of greco roman origin, then I proceed to shit on the anglosphere and how overrated Shakespeare is.
>a safe list of recent reads
wtf are you reading? Evola and Guenon?
>Political theory, some philosophy, and some fiction. I love Tolstoy. I'm currently reading [non fiction] and [fiction].
They dont really care. They're just making conversation.
So far this year: Sadly Porn and 90 volumes of light novels, none of which are really good (except Ascendance of a Bookworm). Also Elements of Eloquence and an airport book about burnout. But none of that is really going to lead into any good kind of conversation.
>>oh like Charles Manson cult stuff?
>>"yeah sure, why not"
TOP KEK
Have you seen what some read on this site? It’s embarrassing to even own radical books. Then they wonder why they are incels. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy and they dig themselves deeper
chad
No one has ever asked me
Poetry and philosophy
i really need to read something else. first, all conversations with girls improve when i start talking about books/reading. but then when they ask me what i am currently reading and i answet honestly by saying The Bible ( because i want to at least read it once in my life) they try to get out of there as fast as possible. what book should i ne reading to get the pussy, bros?
Don't worry fren, you'll always be cool to us.
I literally never have to tell them about this.
Because I have no friends, and don't talk to people.
Why not actually share your interests? If you're not a sperg, most people will find you very interesting and mysterious if you're knowledgeable about something fringe.
Anna Karenina
Classics
Vonnegut and Dickens
>what are you reading, user?
>lolita
>oh, what's it about?
>it's uh, uh, it's about a pedophile
I will never get over this
This sounds a lot like me. What kind of reads are you collecting?
I'm just honest with people and if they judge me its ok because other people's opinions are gay
My experience has told me the opposite. Real occult study and practice takes you very far away from everyday world views and isolates you far, far more than anything else. I only discuss it with people already bridging those gaps, not complete normals.
I can’t look at pictures of cute girls anymore
I just say literature. it helps me filter 90% of them. if they stick around, we can discuss further.
is it actually good? i can't imagine, based on the premise, that it is entertaining for 1200 pages
>american canon
My area of study is philosophy, particularly nineteenth and early twentieth century German philosophy. I find that people are really interested in hearing about this stuff. Only just starting to get into the occult so I can't say much about it.
Yeah, I love The Handmaid's Tale, White Fragility, Ibram X Kendi and Harry Potter. Please don't fire me or report me on the internet
The character's are incredibly rich and the deliberation on life, status, relationships, and fulfillment is some of the best I've read.
that is the most beautiful woman I've seen in my entire life
thanks, then this will be the next doorstopper i am going to read
What manga is that?
I have a couple of recommendations that I can personally attest to, but ultimately I recommend Reverend Insanity, which is, in my opinion, one of the most interesting pieces of literature to have come out of China in the last couple hundred of year's. The mythology and political environment are so detailed that sometimes I wonder how much of an autist the author is. China even banned the book partly due to the criticism given towards the government, systems of power, and even collectivism and it's easy to see why this message would go contrary to what the CCPs wants people to think. The world has a unique cultivation system that I have yet to come across since with the introduction of "Gu" which are basically either the direct embodiment of platonic concepts such as Truth, Flames, Perseverance, or even Lifespan or fragments of these embodiments. These "Gu" are usually in the form of insects or small creatures that carry these primordial concepts inside of them. As for the main character, he's a direct embodiment of Machiavellianism, willing to do anything and everything to obtain eternal life. There are certain authors that can build stories that are so vivid that they seem almost lifelike such as the Divine Comedy, and in my opinion, this book is similar in that regard.
One of my favorite aspects of this book is the "Myth of Ren Zu," which reads as if it were an old testament proverb. For example here you have the concept of Freedom talking to the creators of humans.
Freedom Gu sighed: "Freedom of cognition is the greatest freedom. These delirious thoughts can strengthen me. Ren Zu, although you captured me, I will never work for you. Release me now!"
Ren Zu shook his head and grasped even tighter: "Freedom Gu, I will not let you go."
Freedom Gu sneered: "Then prepare yourself, don't collapse from the pressure."
The moment it finished speaking, responsibility Gu flew over, pressing on Ren Zu's shoulder.
"Heavy, so heavy!" Ren Zu almost bent over from the pressure
Cognition Gu sighed: "Freedom and responsibility coexist, oh Ren Zu, you want to obtain freedom so you need to shoulder the responsibility. At least, you need to be responsible for yourself."
This is one of the reasons that I haven't started it.
The occult is similar to alchemy in that regard that the ultimate magick is the ability to harness the capabilities of one's sexuality, concentration, or carnal desire. After all, what is magick besides the ability to control energy, and this ability is what is held in such secrecy that proverbs and distractions have to be used to hide this very concept from the uninitiated. After all, what would happen if every person was able to harness their full capabilities to the utmost? Who would it be disadvantageous to?
The consciousness can do things that even seem magical. The mind can take advantage of its energies to even topple mountains. Technology can be seen as spells, and its users as magicians. And with these proverbial spells, one can raze mountains, overturn oceans, and even fly like the birds of old. Through our consciousness, we can harness energies in order to accomplish feats that, in retrospect, would have been strictly reserved for the gods, such as the creation of life.
Unlike the lowly beasts of old, our ancestors developed the ability to harness this magic. Imagine there are still people looking for the philosopher's stone to turn lead into gold when the "real philosopher stone," the scientific method, has long been able to do that. After all, imagine the wombs of the mother cosmos herself; the stars themselves can transform hydrogen to helium and helium to carbon, and from carbon, all is given birth. What our technologies or spells are capable of doing at the moment is still nothing compared to the abilities of the mother cosmos herself. To learn of the macroscopic, one must first look down at the microscopic and vice versa.
To learn the true occult, you must create the prima materia or the fusion of religion, science, and philosophy. Only then can you harness the full capabilities of your consciousness to develop feats that are deemed the territories of god. For those wishing to learn more of the Cult of the Mother Cosmos, my advice is to start with psychology and then branch yourself into the three arts to create your own philosopher stone eventually.
The genuine philosopher stone can't be taught; it can only be learned.
>90 volumes of light novels
Why would you do that to yourself?
I don't talk to normies and vice versa.