Ed Wollman explained
Chris Sutor
the rambling of a paranoid schizo, and L. Ron Hubbard....
However, anyone who's been unfortunate enough to read sections of Ed
Wollman's "book" will probably notice the similarity to it's content.
We may finally have an explanation for why Ed's such a complete kook!
ewsnead <erik....@gte.net> spake thusly:
: I am currently reading a book entitled "Madness and Modernism: Insanity in
: the Light of Modern Art, Literature and Thought," by Louis A. Sass. In the
: chapter titled "The Language of Inwardness" Dr. Sass discusses the
: impoverishment of language ordinarily experienced by schizophrenics,
: specifically the poverty of the content of schizophrenic discourse. A huge
: amount of verbosity may be encountered, yet little information is conveyed
: to the listener because the language is either too vague, overabstract or
: overconcrete. It also tends toward repetition and stereotype. Here is a
: passage that he quotes as typical of this type discourse:
: Chirps in a box. If you abstract yourself far enough from a
: given context you seem
: somehow to create a new kind of concretion. It isn't
: something you have or see but
: yet somehow. It's being fascinated by the generative process
: of the mind. The
: thing is to be caught in it, yet abstract from it. Both be
: in it and out of it--revolving
: everything around me. You explode like when the stars
: explode. In the sky a plate
: which burned bright. Symbol of all light and energy with me
: contracted into this
: plate.
: Reading over some of Hubbards chaotic ramblings one can't help but to be
: struck by the similarities in tortured syntax and frequent evasion of
: publicly understandable semantic reference. Sass goes on to qualify this
: unusual language as containing "empty philosophizing," "fruitless
: intellectualizing" and "pseudo-abstract reasoning," all in a universe of
: solipsism and tautology. He mentions the tendency for schizophrenics to
: devise neologisms (quirky private language), in a "style of emptiness" as if
: semantic understanding were being sacrificed at the altar of verbal
: mannerism and deliberate confusion of its intended audience. The purpose of
: this linguistic strategy is probably defensive. It enables one to
: hermetically seal off one's inner domain from (unfriendly) intruders and
: exercise sovereign control over this private realm. This is a fascinating
: and very readable book for anyone interested.
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Chris Sutor <cob...@tiger.tigerden.com> wrote:
<snip>
> : In the
> : chapter titled "The Language of Inwardness" Dr. Sass discusses the
> : impoverishment of language ordinarily experienced by schizophrenics,
> : specifically the poverty of the content of schizophrenic discourse. A huge
> : amount of verbosity may be encountered, yet little information is
> : conveyed... Here is a passage that he quotes as typical of this type
> : discourse:
>
> : Chirps in a box. If you abstract yourself far enough from a
> : given context you seem
> : somehow to create a new kind of concretion. It isn't
> : something you have or see but
> : yet somehow. It's being fascinated by the generative process
> : of the mind. The
> : thing is to be caught in it, yet abstract from it. Both be
> : in it and out of it--revolving
> : everything around me. You explode like when the stars
> : explode. In the sky a plate
> : which burned bright. Symbol of all light and energy with me
> : contracted into this
> : plate.
Dr. Sass, I've heard, is being sued by Ed for quoting him without permission.
Please, Chris, tell me that you took the post and just tacked on a paragraph
from Ed's book here.... This is so close to Ed's actual stuff, it's scary.
> : this
> : unusual language as containing "empty philosophizing," "fruitless
> : intellectualizing" and "pseudo-abstract reasoning," all in a universe of
> : solipsism and tautology.
Yup...
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Chris Sutor
: Please, Chris, tell me that you took the post and just tacked on a paragraph
: from Ed's book here.... This is so close to Ed's actual stuff, it's scary.
Nopers. that's a direct forawrd, with no alterations other than my own
comment on the beginning.
Ladies and gentlement - Ed Wollman is now explained. May I suggest calling
the men in white coats to take him someplace safe.