Recommended Influences

 James Joyce - the collected long and short fiction. For a boost in creativity.


William Burroughs - Naked Lunch, for a boost in creativity.


Jack Kerouac - at least a book or two published after On the Road or the Original Scroll version of On the Road, to get an uncensored look at the artist’s style. For creativity.


The collected works of Franz Kafka (creativity)


The collected fiction of Jorge Luis Borges (creativity)


At least some Shakespeare (plays)


Lord Dunsany’s short and long fantasy fiction (creativity)


Ray Bradbury’s short and long fiction (creativity)


The fiction of Neil Gaiman (creativity)


The graphic novels of Alan Moore (creativity): in particular, Promethea, the Watchmen, V For Vendetta (and whatever looks good)


Robert Anton Wilson - Shroedenger’s Cat Trilogy, Illuminatus! Trilogy, and Historical Illuminatus Chronicles . For consciousness expansion and creativity. Prometheus Rising, Quantum Psychology, and Cosmic Trigger Trilogy. For consciousness expansion.


Timothy Leary - Info-Psychology:... for consciousness expansion.


Antero Alli - Angel Tech: A Modern Shaman’s Guide to Reality Selection for consciousness expansion.


Aleister Crowley - Liber 4 - Liber ABA | Sacred Texts Archive for consciousness expansion.


Israel Regardie - the Tree of Life: An Illustrated Study in Magic for consciousness expansion.


* Buddhism


Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra


The Gateless Gate Index | Sacred Texts Archive - (the initiations in the Essays section call for reading this text)


The Bodhisattva Path to Unsurpassed Enlightenment: A Complete Translation of the Bodhisattvabhumi by Arya Asanga, translated by Artemus B. Engle.


* Music


Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, John Zorn, John Cale (solo), the Velvet Underground, the P-Funk All Stars (bands circulating around George Clinton), the Residents, Tom Waits, Bastard Noise, Jimi Hendrix, the Minutemen, Fugazi - for creativity, from diversified influence


* Visual Art influences


Lots of Anime, and lots of Western comic books. 


Artworks | National Gallery of Art


Movies: Dark City, the Matrix, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Poor Things, Donnie Darko, A Clockwork Orange, Being John Malkovich, Naked Lunch, Little Murders, and “the Mask” with Jim Carrey


* Martial Arts Books


Vital Point Strikes: the Art and Science of Vital Target Striking For Self-Defense & Combat Sports by Sang H. Kim


Complete Krav Maga (second edition) by Darren Levine and John Whitman


The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (available on amazon)


Jiu-Jitsu University by Saulo Ribeiro


The Sambo Encyclopedia by Steve Scott


Muay Thai Basics: Introductory Thai Boxing Techniques by Christoph Delph


Muay Thai Mastery by Jerry Laurita


Kodokan Judo: the Essential Guide to Judo by its Founder by Jigoro Kano


Systema: the Russian Martial System by Giuseppe Filotto. I consider Systema good at explaining the internal aspects of martial arts, but more effective if studied in conjunction with practical “external” martial arts wisdom.


And last but not least, a martial arts book that I haven’t read but that looks really interesting according to “the cover”: Hapkido: Traditions, Philosophy, Technique by Marc Tedeschi. This is considered the most thorough book ever written on just one martial arts style in popular modern English (and the longest). I can’t directly vouch for it, but it is the best way to learn “Hapkido” from just a book.

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