Intn'l Shrine Clown Association
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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2003-05
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ISBN : 0938021257
Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2003-05
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ISBN : 0938021257
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,76 MB
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ISBN : 9781938905261
An overview history of the International Shrine Clown Association, its leaders, milestones and accomplishments Regional Histories and Unit Histories Selected essays and articles contributed by ISCA Members along with photos of and by members. Biographies and photos of ISCA members Biographies and photos of Clowns Visited by the Black Camel
Author : Clowns of America International
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Clowns
ISBN : 1596520736
Author : Craig Heimbichner
Publisher : Feral House
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 28,56 MB
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1936239159
"Adam Parfrey is one of the nation's most provocative publishers."—Seattle Weekly "Secret society historian Craig Heimbichner follows the Middle Path to wisdom. He works the graveyard shift in the secret lodge."—Joan d'Arc, Paranoia magazine Secret societies—now a staple of bestseller novels—are pictured as sinister cults that use hooded albinos to menace truth-seekers. Some conspiracy books claim that fraternal orders are the work of serpentine aliens and interbred humans who wish to supplant earth of its energy, and later, its very existence. On the other side of the aisle, books by high-ranked Freemasons—skeptical in tone but no less partisan in approach—protect their organization's public image by denying the existence of its most contentious ideas. Ritual America reveals the biggest secret of them all: that the influence of fraternal brotherhoods on this country is vast, fundamental, and hidden in plain view. In the early twentieth century, as many as one-third of America belonged to a secret society. And though fezzes and tiny car parades are almost a thing of the past, the Gnostic beliefs of Masonic orders are now so much a part of the American mind that the surrounding pomp and circumstance has become faintly unnecessary. The authors of Ritual America contextualize hundreds of rare and many never-before printed images with entertaining and far-reaching commentary, making an esoteric subject provocative, exciting, and approachable. Adam Parfrey is the author of Cult Rapture: Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind and It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines, the Postwar Pulps. He is editor of the influential Apocalypse Culture series Love, Sex, Fear Death: The Inside Story of the Process Church of the Final Judgment. Craig Heimbichner has recently appeared on a National Geographic documentary about the Bohemian Grove, contributed to the Feral House compilation Secret and Suppressed II, and wrote about the famous occult order the O.T.O. in Blood and Altar.
Author : Paul Bouissac
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1472525086
During the last 300 years circus clowns have emerged as powerful cultural icons. This is the first semiotic analysis of the range of make-up and costumes through which the clowns' performing identities have been established and go on developing. It also examines what Bouissac terms 'micronarratives' - narrative meanings that clowns generate through their acts, dialogues and gestures. Putting a repertory of clown performances under the semiotic microscope leads to the conclusion that the performances are all interconnected and come from what might be termed a 'mythical matrix'. These micronarratives replicate in context-sensitive forms a master narrative whose general theme refers to the emergence of cultures and constraints that they place upon instinctual behaviour. From this vantage point, each performance can be considered as a ritual which re-enacts the primitive violence inherent in all cultures and the temporary resolutions which must be negotiated as the outcome. Why do these acts of transgression and re-integration then trigger laughter and wonder? What kind of mirror does this put up to society? In a masterful semiotic analysis, Bouissac delves into decades of research to answer these questions.
Author : Richard M. Kovak
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 17,27 MB
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1973695235
A compilation of the author’s news articles recounting the history of the Nile Shrine Center in Seattle Washington with perspectives on the nation’s and world events occurring during those times. Includes insights and perspectives about the major events of the twentieth century.
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Page : 750 pages
File Size : 13,73 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Trademarks
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Author : Union Of International Associations
Publisher :
Page : 1450 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release : 2013-06-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004255135
Volume 1 (A and B) covers international organizations throughout the world, comprising their aims, activities and events.
Author : Patty Wooten
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781881394440
The author presents "the healing power of humor," including anecdotes and conversations with Nancy Nurse and Nurse Kindheart.
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Page : 676 pages
File Size : 45,87 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Computer industry
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