Announcing Der Geist: The Journal of Egoism from 1845 to 1945 Vol.1 No.1 DER GEIST (Trevor Blake, editor) is an English-language journal for an international audience, publishing original scholarship on the philosophy of egoism. DER GEIST emphasizes the first century of egoism in print (from the 1845 publication of Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum by Max Stirner to the end of 1945). The inaugural issue includes an exclusive biography of Dora Marsden, lost essays by and about Malfew Seklew, and a newly discovered first photograph of Ragnar Redbeard. DER GEIST is the permanent record of UnionOfEgoists.com, founded on 1 April […]
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The Bowery Boys Review “New York is Hell” ( Benjamin De Casseres, Peggy Nadramia) In a terrific anthology of his writings New York Is Hell, the breadth of his obsession with New York — and his disgust at those changes he deems withering — is on full display. As Peggy Nadramia writes in the intro, “DeCasseres was writing about New York a century ago, but his complaints are identical to mine: Things have changed — the great watering-holes are gone — you can’t have a good time anymore. Don’t all we old-timers say the same thing?” Read the full review at boweryboyshistory.com. […]
Third Side Intelligence: Benjamin DeCasseres, Free Speech & the ACLU Magister Kevin I. Slaughter, historian of Benjamin DeCasseres and other egoist philosophers, passes along this 1930s letter from that old Imp to the New York Times, which today just published an op-ed asking the ACLU to take a “creative” and “holistic approach” to “Free Speech.” We hope they stick to defending ACTUAL free speech. Our Magister is one of the ACLU’s newest members, but not the only one from our ranks. Letter text: To the Editor of the New York Times:As a member of the American Civil Liberties Union I […]
Stand Alone Podcast | Benjamin DeCasseres, Sidney E. Parker, Voltairine de Cleyre This podcast premieres the first audio episode of Stand Alone (2016) and the 11th issue in the series. Stand Alone is mixed medium and format journal produced at irregular intervals. Our podcast, while sporadic, will be divided into two types. News, topical discussions and interviews will be labelled Der Geist, and the reading of historical works by or about egoism will fall under the Stand Alone banner. Podcast RSS: http://www.unionofegoists.com/feed/podcast This episode features readings from the work of three figures associated with the history of egoism: Benjamin DeCasseres, […]
New York is Hell: Thinking and Drinking in the Beautiful Beast Benjamin DeCasseres (1873-1945) was an Ironist, Critic, Poet, Epigrammist, Polemicist, God. He announced his candidacy for mayor of New York as a “Cubist Candidate” in 1913, vowing to “legalize human frailties,” among other fine ideas. He was a comrade of H.L. Mencken, Charles Fort, James Huneker, George Sterling, Don Marquis and is a distant relative of Spinoza. His writing was published in a wide range of periodicals from Benjamin Tucker’s radical anarchist Liberty, to the mainstream Life. He could be found in the pages of the New York Times, […]
Speak of the Devil – Reverend Campbell Interviews Kevin I. Slaughter Sunday, April 9th 6pm MST https://youtu.be/9diwE7Eblas Speak of the Devil – Reverend Campbell Interviews Kevin I. Slaughter about the importance of both personal and professional aesthetics. Rev. Slaughter is a Magister in the Church of Satan, small publisher, graphic designer, and historian of philosophical egoism. Learn more by visiting: underworldamusements.com, unionofegoists.com & benjamindecasseres.com.