Whole Earth Review, Fall 1986
“If modern myths are cultural expressions, then their creators and adherents are social experimenters — however misguided, erratic, or uneducated — who are attempting to bridge that chasm between the visionary and the scientific in order to build a new unifying myth. At worst, they show us dead ends that we need not traverse again. At best, they provide us with clues, puzzle pieces for our Future Collective Myth, if such a thing is to be.”
- Published: Fall 1986
- Collection: Whole Earth Review
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Whole Earth Review, Fall 1986
- FEATURES
- SPECIAL ISSUE: The Fringes of Reason Introduction by Ted Schultz1
- Reality Shopping: A Consumer’s Guide to New Age Hokum by Alan M. MacRobert4
- Introduction to The Hundredth Monkey by Ted Schultz18
- The Hundredth Monkey Debunked by Ron Amundson19
- Lyall Watson Responds24
- The Misunderstood Monkey by Michael Huffman26
- Of Myths cad Monkeys by Maureen O'Hara30
- The Blind Eye of Science by Ron Westrum36
- An Encyclopedia of Anomalies: The Sourcebook Project by William R. Corliss43
- Spontaneous Human Combustion by Kevin Kelly52
- The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers by John A. Keel54
- In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space by Douglas Curran62
- Am I Psychic Yet? by Paul Krassner71
- Your Pathway to Cosmic Truth - By Mail! by Rev. Ivan Stang, Philosophur Ekstaticus, Church of the SubGenius75
- Backstage with “Bob”: Is the Church of the SubGenius the ultimate cult? by Jay Kinney86
- Same Channel, Next Week: Spirituality sweeps the suburbs by Stanley Young90
- Bioregional Outlaw Radio by Lori Woolpert100
- Visions of Home Preserving America’s Folk Art Environments by Jocelyn Gibbs106
- You Can’t Count the Apples in a Seed Ten Years of CoEvolution Quarterly A conversation with Stewart Brand, Paul Hawken, Ken Kesey, and Gary Snyder127
- Good Movies by Sheila Benson132
- DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
- SPECIAL SECTION
- Scrutinizing the Paranormal: Access to Skeptical Books and Magazines by Ted Schultz15
- Anomalistic Psychology35
- Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning42
- Zetetic Scholar42
- The Journal of Meteorology50
- A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies50
- Fortean Times51
- The Complete Books of Charles Fort51
- INFO Journal51
- Pursuit51
- UFO’s: A Scientific Debate69
- The UFO Controversy in America69
- UFO Newsclipping Service69
- Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions70
- Fate Magazine70
- The Realist24
- The Book of the SubGenius89
- The Stark Fist of Removal89
- COMMUNICATIONS
- Do Tabloids Turn Housewives Into Zombies? by Michael H. Randall93
- The New Comics by Jay Kinney96
- Cerebus the Aardvark98
- Manga! Manga!98
- Turbo Lightning99
- The IBM XT Clone Buyer’s Guide99
- CD Rom: The New Papyrus99
- The A*C*E102
- The Passion of Ayn Rand103
- The Golden Road103
- Fiskadoro104
- Riddley Walker104
- Arrows of Desire104
- Incredibly Strange Films105
- Talking Pictures105
- COMMUNITY
- In Celebration of Ourselves113
- Sustainable Communities113
- WHOLE SYSTEMS
- Tropical Rainforests114
- Biophilia114
- POLITICS
- With the Contras115
- The Viet Vet Survival Guide115
- Working Assets116
- The Animals’ Agenda116
- HEALTH
- Poison Oak & Poison Ivy117
- Inexpensive Geiger Counter117
- M.O.M. Magazine118
- NOCIRC118
- Sexual Well-Being118
- Alida: An Erotic Novel119
- Ladies’ Own Erotica119
- Pleasures119
- Tits and Clits119
- On Our Backs119
- Self-Hypnosis Cassette Tapes by Rebecca Wilson120
- LEARNING
- The Shape of Space121
- Gnosis121
- Fireworks: Beyond the Spectator Sport by Peter J. Sabatini, Jr.122
- LAND USE
- Edible Landscaping125
- Wonder Crops125
- Indoor Marijuana Horticulture126
- Peaceful Valley Farm Supply126
- Gardening by Mail126
- BACKSCATTER
- Echoes from readers back to WER133
- GATE FIVE ROAD
- Masthead136
- “Or Whole Earth Access”136
- Back Issues/Further Issues136
- Financial Report137
- Truth in Labeling: the financial report deciphered137
- Recent WER mailing list renters137
- Subscription problems/address changes137
- Gossip138
- Thank You!139
- Adopt-A-Library139
- How to submit things to WER140
- Unclassifieds141
- Explain This! by Norman Dog145
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