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THE BIRTH OF THE ERISIAN MOVEMENT: 10. The Earth quakes and the
THE REVELATION Heavens rattle; the beasts of
nature flock together and the
beasts of men flock apart;
volcanoes usher up heat while
elsewhere water becomes ice and
melts; and then on other days
it just rains.
11. Indeed to many things come
to pass.
Just prior to the decade of the nineteen-sixties, when Sputnik was
alone and new, and about the time that Ken Kesey took his first acid
trip as a medical volunteer; before underground newspapers, Viet Nam,
and talk of a second American Revolution; in the comparative quiet of
the late nineteen-fifties, just before the idea of RENAISSANCE became
relevant . . .
Two young Californians, known later as Omar Ravenhurst and
Malaclypse the Younger, were indulging in their habit of sipping
coffee at an all-night bowling alley and generally solving the world's
problems. This particular evening the main subject of discussion was
discord and they were complaining to each other of the personal
confusion they felt in their respective lives. "Solve the problem of
discord," said one, "and all other problems will vanish." "Indeed,"
said the other, "chaos and strife are the roots of all confusion."
...First I must sprinkle you
with fairy dust...
SUDDENLY THE PLACE BECAME DEVOID OF LIGHT. THEN AN UTTER SILENCE
ENVELOPED THEM, AND A GREAT STILLNESS WAS FELT. THEN CAME A BLINDING
FLASH OF INTENSE LIGHT, AS THOUGH THEIR VERY PSYCHES HAD GONE NOVA.
THEN VISION RETURNED.
The two were dazed and neither moved nor spoke for several
minutes. They looked around and saw that the bowlers were frozen like
statues in a variety of comic positions, and that a bowling ball was
steadfastly anchored to the floor only inches from the pins that it
had been sent to scatter. The two looked at each other, totally
unable to account for the phenomenon. The condition was one of
suspension, and one noticed that the clock had stopped.
...NEW STORY OF CHAOS...
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