psychoceramics: Re: psychoceramics-digest V1 #190

[Hugh Brown <aardvark @ vcn.bc.ca>]

> This sort of CIA related scenario seems to be a recurring theme in a
> number of these deslusional folks.  This leads me to wonder to what
> this sort of person would have blamed before the advent of the Central
> Intelligence Agency.  The Jews?  The Pope (he's still quite popular, I
> suppose, in psychoceramic circles)?  How long have the Illuminati been
> "around?"  Is there any research about this?  Has anyone done any
> categorization of delusional thinking.

A good book to check out is _The Paranoid Style in American Politics_ by
Richard Hofstadter.  It's absolutely fascinating to see how the enemy has
*always* been around.  And for the religious side of it, try _Naming the
Antichrist:  The History of an American Obsession_ by Robert Fuller.  For
something a little further back in history, read _Pursuit of the
Millenium_ by Norman Cohn.  These aren't really about the mental illness
of paranoia, but still fascinating in their own right.

I am now blessing your library card...

St Aardvark the Carpeted 	         	  a--@v--.bc.ca
You always use violence.  I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken.