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  CC Summer 1995: The Scythians - High Plains Drifters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The fierce horseback-riding raiders in the scene at the beginning of macho director John Milius', Conan the Barbarian, who rape and pillage the young Conan's tribe, are meant to depict the ancient Scythians.
Cannabis was an integral part of the Scythian cult of the dead, wherein homage was paid to the memory of their departed leaders.
The separation of soul from body, determined by ecstacy, revealed on the one hand the fundamental duality of man, on the other, the possibility of a purely spiritual post-experience, the consequence of 'divinization'.
www.cannabisculture.com /backissues/jul95/scythians.html   (2312 words)

  
 Dionysus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Savagery and ecstacy are the province of Dionysus.
Dionysus's cult is only remotely interested in Order and Chaos, and find the concepts of good and evil entirely devoid of interest.
The city dwellers, worshipping Dionysus as the god of ecstacy and rebirth, usually portray him as a handsome youth with vines in his hair, followed by maenads, satyrs and nymphs.
www.gwarv.com /manticora/sacrality/dionysuscult.htm   (189 words)

  
 [No title]
Not only did Ecstacy find it way into the clubs of Manchester, it also found its way into the music coming out of the city at the time.
With the rise of the DJ in popularity house music was never going to be far away and yet again Manchester was perfectly placed and ready to experience the cult explsion first hand.
Those on Ecstacy were given a heightened sense of love toward their fellow clubbers.
members.lycos.co.uk /manchestermuse/hobbies2.html   (350 words)

  
 The Scarlet Mansion
The Scarlet Mansion was founded in 1812 by a rich young British businessman, Donald Sandforth, with connections in the opium trade from the Golden Triangle, and several connections with the Cult of Ecstacy.
An Ancestral Chantry of the Cult of Ecstacy in Marseilles had forseen the darkness of the coming wars, and were looking for a new home.
Every branch of the Cult of Ecstacy has these folk, those who have gotten too lost in the practice of vice to remember their true path or goal.
hem.bredband.net /arenamontanus/Mage/mansion.html   (2539 words)

  
 BBC - Cult - I Love 1988 - Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Acid sound had begun the previous year with bands such as 808 State and KLF.
There was a constant dilemma for rave promoters: they wanted to give plenty of warning to potential clubbers but also needed to release the information as late as possible so the police couldn't get their first and stop the rave happening.
The police also had a dilemma: ravers were happy, dancing peacefully and there was no violence, but raves were illegal and arrests had to be made.
www.bbc.co.uk /cult/ilove/years/1988/music2.shtml   (120 words)

  
 Ecstacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ecstacy played an important part among the adherents of the cult of dionysos and of the mystery religions of the greco-roman world (eg.
Different religions offer different techniques for achieving ecstatic states; yoga (hinduism), contemplation and asceticism (christianity), orgiastic dancing (cult of dionysos), and also flagellation, self-hypnosis, and deep-breathing.
It can also be induced by drugs, as in the peyote religion of mexico and contemporary use of mescalin and LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
hjem.get2net.dk /tower_of_malkuth/ecstacy.htm   (123 words)

  
 MAYBE QUARTERLY - Vol 1 / Issue 1 - Occult Theocracy
The very sight of them induces a state of convulsion or ecstacy in the mediums who believe themselves to be seeing spirits.
It is necessary to recognize the distinction which exists between Luciferians and Satanists, for their two cults bear each other no resemblance, although Lucifer-Satan manifests indiscriminately to his faithful followers of both dominations.
Every effort is made to attract wealthy people, mostly women, to the ‘Profess Houses’ of the Order of O.T.O. In these centres, where the ‘Nudity cult’ and other eccentricities are cultivated, the victims become quickly amenable to the insinuating suggestions of such as covet their worldly goods.
www.maybelogic.org /maybequarterly/01/0114OccultTheocracy.htm   (9175 words)

  
 Alibris: Cult
America's leading exit counselor and defector from a controversial cult exposes the startling facts about destructive cults, their use of psychological manipulation to gain money and power, and their influence on government, the legal system and society.
A challenging take on the cult of speed, as well as a corrective look at how people can approach their lives with new understanding, this book uncovers an international movement of those dedicated to slowing down and enjoying a fuller, richer life.
Following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, the cult of the saints was the dominant form of religion in Christian Europe.
www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Cult   (1168 words)

  
 VampireFreaks Cult: MCRrevolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If you would like to, you can join this cult and Then you will be the first ones to know when the site is up.
If any of us find a fangirl/boy then they are to report it and they will be deleted and banned from both the cult and the site when It is finished.
He is responsible for the band's name, which came from the book Ecstacy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, by Irvine Welsh, while working at a Barnes and Noble bookstore in Clifton, New Jersey.
www.vampirefreaks.com /cult/MCRrevolution   (2582 words)

  
 Two stoned shows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As part of a January cross-country tour, the Trailer Park crew dropped in to the BC Marijuana Party Headquarters storefront, and enjoyed massive bong hits with Marc Emery.
Her mostly internal freak-out in the intense situation is dealt with realistically.
She has a wonderful and transcendent experience in the forest, which includes a conversation and resolution with the spirit of her dead husband.
www.cannabisculture.com /articles/3030.html   (521 words)

  
 Bane of the Wyrm
Accidently drawn into a Quiet that Qui Chi was experiencing in the Akashic Library, Necker, Randy, and their ally Alicia Pradesh, a Cult of Ecstacy Mage, were given the aspects of the Triat of Werewolf mythos in a bizarre passion play.
She was the oldest of the four members of the field team at the age of nineteen.
The leader of the Chantry, a Cult of Ecstacy member named Thomas Rhymer and those gathered discovered their philosophies were to incompatible to join together.
www.fortunecity.com /roswell/martinist/192/necker.htm   (8418 words)

  
 Richard Maher - Hawthorne Manor Players Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Once he arrived, and started his investigation with Cassandra Cain Viviana sent him a letter saying she had changed her mind about him once again and cut off ties with him for good.
He then met Maxine St Clair a Cult of Ecstacy mage who consoled him in so many ways.
Even though he's been warned off her by his avatar so many times, he maintains a very strong relationship with her despite the newest addition to her life, her child with her roommate Leo McCallister.
hawthorne.dreamhost.com /playersguide/index.php?title=Richard_Maher   (341 words)

  
 »»Playing-the Reviews««
Much like the first volume, Songs of Science, the books were arranged in a way to present the one with the least amount of useful material and then end it with one that had the most.
Cult of Ecstasy gives you what the cultists really think about global and personal ascension, separating them from the classical "just a bunch of losers" image most people have.
The section on the Cultists of Ecstacy was possibly the best, giving desperately needed insights into the most stereotyped tradition.
www.financial-book-review.com /Pivot/Playing-the/Playing-the_173.html   (4818 words)

  
 Join My Cult! Essays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The essays following this blend the mythic and the media mentality to work through a series of “traditional” myths - those of Osiris and Orpheus, and Dionysus.
My karmic duty to Agent139 as his scribe and servant has now been fulfilled, I no longer owe him for all those ecstacy tabs.
Submitted material represents permission to use for re-sale within the format of the project, and for promotional purposes, however the artist(s) retains ownership of their own submitted work.
www.joinmycult.org /themyth/777sintro.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Helga Zepp LaRouche on The Cult of Ugliness
Helga Zepp LaRouche on The Cult of Ugliness
The reason I decided to speak about the subject of the Cult of Ugliness, and Beauty as a necessary condition for mankind, is because it is very obviously a cultural question, how society will come out of this crisis.
Moses Mendelssohn and Lessing defended the vast superiority of the philosophy of Leibniz against the Enlightenment and the Newton epigones, Euler and Maupertuis, at the Berlin Academy of Science, and a whole group, of which Kant in Königsberg was also a member.
www.larouchepub.com /hzl/2001/feb_conf_address_010218.html   (7255 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: Music: Sarah McLachlan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pre-Lilith Fair, McLachlan had critical acclaim and a cult following but was otherwise just another hard-working female singer/songwriter--one who wasn't blasting down doors with overt sexuality or popping along in front of a male Svengali.
"Fumbling Towards Ecstacy" is possibly my favorite album by her, combining best everything that I look for in her music.
Granted the island would need to have a cd player with electricity, but logistics aside, this is the best cd I've ever laid my hands on.
www.amazon.com /Fumbling-Towards-Ecstasy-Sarah-McLachlan/dp/B000002VN7   (2598 words)

  
 The Cult - ChuckPalahniuk.net
For the first time I felt so inspired to hunt down an unknown writer and make him KNOWN that I was overwhelmed by the feeling.
Our respective sites, the Cult and the Velvet, are full of nothing but people who love the written word.
While our site members are a minority of the general populace, I refuse to believe they're the exception which proves the rule.
www.chuckpalahniuk.net /features/interviews/craigclevenger2   (3713 words)

  
 cDc paramedia: texXxt #349
I'd considered bringing some ecstacy with me and greeting everyone while looped.
Things were weird enough sober, plus I would've come on to most of the women at the party.
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www.cultdeadcow.com /cDc_files/cDc-0349.php   (1039 words)

  
 Cult of Ecstacy - The Role Playing Guide - The Dark Spiral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cult of Ecstasy is a Tradition of mages in Mage: the Ascension RPG game from White Wolf Game Studio.
Out of music, dance and passion, the Cult of Ecstasy creates the magic of entrancement and exhilaration.
Pushing past the boundaries and comfort zones of humanity, they seek the ultimate experience.
www.darkspiral.com /roleplaying/Cult_of_Ecstacy.php   (97 words)

  
 Anup: electro Indian sitar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Anup's main goal in the music world is to remove cultural barriers by fusing music from various cultures, without losing the original spirit of the music.
He wants to share with the world the musical ecstacy that he feels by transforming simple and complex Indian scales into easily understandable and enjoyable songs.
He would like to remove the sombre and complex image that has surrounded classical Indian music.
magnatune.com /artists/anup   (138 words)

  
 It's Spiritual, Not Religious   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Twelve Steps are a recipe for building a cult religion, not a formula for quitting drinking.
A.A. is based on Buchmanism, the Oxford Group, which was an old cult religion by 1935.
See how accepting they are, or how much they unconditionally love you, when you tell them that A.A. is a religious cult, Bill Wilson was insane, and The Twelve Steps are just a formula for building a cult religion.
www.orange-papers.org /orange-spirrel.html   (7960 words)

  
 Serendip Search
But there was certainly a wish in the 60's to change things in such a way that people became more understanding of one another, and there seems to be more than a little of that same aspiration expressed in Klam's account of his own, and other peoples', explorations of ecstasy.
No, for all the reasons expressed above, I don't think that ecstacy is the wonder drug that will suddenly make the world a better place.
But, perhaps, "listening to ecstasy" might, in the long run, contribute to some improved understandings of the nervous system and behavior which could move us all in a saner direction?
serendip.brynmawr.edu /sci_cult/mentalhealth/conversations1.html   (2548 words)

  
 The Organization of the Traditionalists of Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With the number of sexually-transmitted diseases in existence today, their common practice of having sex with anyone, anywhere, anytime is criminally irresponsible.
Members of the Cult generally eschew both heroin and cocaine in favor of marijuana, MDMA and every hallucinogen they can get their hands on.
The bloody-handed history of the Verbena stretches forward from that day, through the druidic cults of ancient Britain and Gaul, to the present day.
www.eskimo.com /~jnj/characters/daphne/report/reportc.html   (3783 words)

  
 Felicia Hardesty
Somewhat an outcast among the Cult of Ecstasy Tradition, Dr. Lomsang was an ascetic individual, more given to introspection and meditation than the more prevalent excesses among the other members of the Tradition.
Still, he could drum a mean ritual drum and was sometimes regarded as a confidant among younger Tradition members.
Felicia led a week-long wake for him in his honor, in which every Cult of Ecstasy member in the area (and several from far away) participated.
www.sff.net /people/TerryO'Brien/Characters/felicia.htm   (1467 words)

  
 [No title]
Anytime the control factor is threatened there is always and will always be the oppressive trying in everyway to destroy that threat.
Bad coverage on the TV such as how this is an ecstacy cult corrupting our children, total media Twinkies filled with stupidity rapidly consumed by the general public.
Genesis P. Orridge, a true icon, made the statement that if we organize and educate we can overcome, nothing short of a total war and itÕs true.
media.hyperreal.org /zines/xlr8r/guest.editorial   (808 words)

  
 Clans You Love To Hate! - Shadownessence
Sort of like the Cult of Ecstacy only a negative, more primal and savage ideal.
As they are they seem pretty useless and culturally biased.
I'm not very fond of the Giovanni either, but at least the clan founder was a vampire for a start...
www.shadownessence.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1230   (1405 words)

  
 The 12 Biggest Lies of A.A.
A.A. is not an irrational cult religion, it's only "a spiritual fellowship".
The Twelve Steps are still all about quitting drinking; they are not the mind-bending guilt-induction routines of a cult religion.
And never mind the fact that Bill Wilson's Twelve Steps, and Frank Buchman's procedures from which Bill derived those steps, strongly resemble the Red Chinese program of brainwashing, with all of its guilt-inducing "self-criticism" sessions.
www.orange-papers.org /orange-aalies.html   (2527 words)

  
 Jim Morrison at AllExperts
Fans believed it failed to show Morrison's poetic side, and only delved into his hedonistic, self-destructive "Lizard King" persona.
Kilmer was Stone's second choice for the role, the first being The Cult leadsinger Ian Astbury (which Astbury declined), although it was also reported that Kyle MacLachlan (who played Manzarek) had originally wanted to play the Morrison role himself.
Morrison is also mentioned in the Mage: The Ascension tradition book for the Cult of Ecstacy.
en.allexperts.com /e/j/ji/jim_morrison.htm   (5650 words)

  
 Anarchy and Ecstasy: Culture and Anarchy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In what ensues, these extrinsic elements will be disregarded.
Before the Ice Age there existed a "Total Culture," a holistic "integration of ethics (cult), art (culture) and soil fertility (agriculture)." [1] This total culture centred on the garden or more precisely the orchard, an informal enclosure best denoted by the Avestan word pairidaeza, paradise.
Such spaces should not be confused with the walled gardens of the Judaeo-Christian tradition, those sites of total control.
lemming.mahost.org /johnmoore/ecstacy-culture.htm   (4056 words)

  
 My Favorite Characters By Mourngrymn
All in all, a lot of intrigue to be had with plenty of ticks and tricks up his sleave.
We dance all the way back to 1999, Millenium fever was in the air and I was playing my first Mage: the Ascencion character, an Order of Hermes/Cult of Ecstacy dual tradion mage.
He originally went by the name Ender, but he was the only mage in an all vampire troupe, and ended up simply being called Merlin for simplicity's sake.
www.strolen.com /content.php?node=2574   (3089 words)

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