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t h e _ g a m e _ i s _ a f o o t

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.


- Sun Tzu, the Art of War

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j o u r n e y s _ a n d _ p a t h s

Pushing forward on the second task. Not as easy as you might think to decide 51 Paths. Here is how i’m breaking this down into six Journeys. I’ll get to the individual Steps once I’ve put the pages up.

The Arsenal will be the things I will need to finish this. An armory, if you will. Five in total, the Paths it contains are Drum Set, Recording Studio, Study, Survival Gear, and Training Equipment. A strangely peaceful combination to be sure, but ideas are the most dangerous thing of all.

The Library is a repository of information to train and inspire myself. It will range from film to music to print. Paths include Biographies, Classical Music, Discographies, Documentaries, Fictional Works, Films, Musical Albums, Non-Fiction, Reference, Religion and Occult, Self Improvement, Sequential Art, and Video Collections.

The Mask will probably be the most time consuming. Certainly the most difficult. Here the battles of living in a society that hates and detests me will be fought. Legal, financial, physical – every kind of battle I can think of. Every victory i’ll need to ensure my future. I called it a Mask because this isn’t me, this is the face I need to show the world. My documents, my papers, my credentials. Make no mistake, this is not an attempt at deception. Quite the opposite. This is my showing the world exactly what I am in the only language a society of collectivists can understand. Whether its the Paths of Debts, Finances, Home, Legal Issues, or Vehicle I will wear a Mask among them and leave my Mark wherever I go.

The Metamorphosis has many parts. It is mainly physical changes I will forge of myself. Certain issues of health and stamina are to be addressed, as is repairing the damage of a life lived without care has wrought. My clothing and style are also factored here. New clothes and a new style can change your perspective quickly and i’m need of a certain perspective change. This is another chapter in my life, and I need to become who I must. This is the second act. Time for a costume change. The Paths on this Journey are Body Modification, Building, Calisthenics, Clothing, Conditioning, Endurance Program, Jewelry, Outerwear, Pants, Sculpting, Shirts, T-Shirts, and Yoga Study.

The Origin is harder to define. I’m not sure I will in public, to be honest. These are things of a personal nature. Family matters, if you will, given a context and importance of religion. This Journey will include the Paths of Exorcisms, Moonchildren, Scarlet Woman, Sigils, and Totems.

Everyone has to have a central morality, and The Signal is mine manifested through art. I started this story back in 2007 and it has been malformed and rewritten over and over. This time i’m done. Time to complete this and move on to something else. I didn’t really get to figure out myself until this summer past. Time to define it through reflection. The Paths to complete this particular Journey are Act One, Act Two, Act Three, Act Four, Act Five, Design, Internet Presence, Products, Research and Development, and Soundtrack.

m _ i _ a

m y _ p h i l o s o p h y

From Ayn Rand, in 1962:

At a sales conference at Random House, preceding the publication of Atlas Shrugged, one of the book salesmen asked me whether I could present the essence of my philosophy while standing on one foot. I did as follows:

Metaphysics – Objective Reality
Epistemology – Reason
Ethics – Self-interest
Politics – Capitalism

If you want this translated into simple language, it would read:
1. “Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed” or “Wishing won’t make it so.”
2. “You can’t eat your cake and have it, too.”
3. “Man is an end in himself.”
4. “Give me liberty or give me death.”

If you held these concepts with total consistency, as the base of your convictions, you would have a full philosophical system to guide the course of your life. But to hold them with total consistency—to understand, to define, to prove and to apply them—requires volumes of thought. Which is why philosophy cannot be discussed while standing on one foot—nor while standing on two feet on both sides of every fence. This last is the predominant philosophical position today, particularly in the field of politics.

My philosophy, Objectivism, holds that:

Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears.

Reason (the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man’s senses) is man’s only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival.

Man—every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.

The ideal political-economic system is laissez-faire capitalism. It is a system where men deal with one another, not as victims and executioners, nor as masters and slaves, but as traders, by free, voluntary exchange to mutual benefit. It is a system where no man may obtain any values from others by resorting to physical force, and no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. The government acts only as a policeman that protects man’s rights; it uses physical force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use, such as criminals or foreign invaders. In a system of full capitalism, there should be (but, historically, has not yet been) a complete separation of state and economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as the separation of state and church.

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w h o _ i s _ b r a m _ c l a r k ?

Dream. That’s the simplest way I can put this. Dream, and by dreaming enact your will to change this world. Let that spark that even the darkest days of your life can’t extinguish set fire to your mind, and therefore your life. My life is in ruins and I see a world bent on collectivism. I believe in an individuals right to life and liberty. I must arm myself with the abilities necessary to defend the most basic rights of humanity and my right to exist without the shackles of a slave. I must teach myself, train myself, steel myself for the task at hand. I must create a symbol larger than myself. I will design it, and by designing it, become a modern Prometheus and I will take the fire that is rightfully mine. I will forge a mask from an icon to battle a cowardly and superstitious lot. You can too. I will show you how.

Choosing an iconography for this task comes naturally. The two largest influences of my formative years were the stories of comic books and imagery of the Christian church. I will mix others in as well, works of fiction and the occult. To me they are all one in the same. They are all ideas we seek to manifest in some way or another into the world we live in. Works of our imaginations meant to teach and inspire. Some show us how great we can be, to what heights a human can soar if his will is great enough. Others enslave us through the ages to mysticism and non-thinking. In the work known as The Revelation of St. John, a supposed prophet puts forth the story of an anti-christ. This concept terrifies the legions of self-sacrificers. The mystic lovers of death and evil that hate their own life and hide it under the disgusting guise of a “brotherly-love”. They worship a man called Jesus, who holds the title of Christ. I believe a Christ is defined as “One man, chosen and annointed by God to fulfill His will upon the Earth selflessly.” Therefore, I believe that an anti-christ is a human (male or female) that chooses to enact their OWN will upon the earth for selfish reasons. I will change this world. I care not for arguments or pleading, my own or anyone else’s. I will not, cannot, think of the desires of others. I seek an individual paradise for myself and those I love. The hive of looters and moochers around me are welcome to the rest of the planet, but I will find and forge a safe place, and defend it.

Liberty cannot be given, only taken. I refuse to let mine be taken any longer. I will free myself of this collectivist state that I was born into. Not only will I do it, I will record how I did it. Every single step. I will no longer be enslaved by another man’s system. I will create my own. In the aforementioned story of the Apocalypse, St. John states that the Anti-Christ is a man with a number. I have decided to use the idea of his number as being steps along his path to this position. 666 steps to my goal. Once all the steps have been taken, one has become Anti-Christ. So be it.

Xanadu was the name for a paradise on earth. Immortalized by the poet Coleridge, he wrote of a heaven on earth. Not governed by divinity, but by the will of a man. By changing myself, I will have the keys necessary to build my own personal Xanadu wherever I see fit. Like the Kubla Khan of legend I will rule over a kingdom on earth. I have been reduced to almost nothing. But I know where I am starting from. Xanadu is my goal. WIth the knowledge of my direction I will create a system to lead me there. I will record the steps before I take them. I will record the steps as I do them. I will keep them secret until I complete what i’ve set out to do. You will know my by my works, not my promises.

Victory will be ensured by my inertia. Every step will lead to the next, and make the remaining easier. People speak of freedom as if it is something to won or wrested from another. It is not. It isn’t something that you can be given. It is not something you can ask for permission for. It is something to be created. I believe in that a man with no morality can never conquer, only destroy. He cannot create, only redistribute. To win something is to claim it by right. Morality shows us by means of reason what claims we have. I claim life. I claim liberty. I claim that I will pursue my own happiness, not the happiness of others. These are my ineffable rights granted to me by the very nature of my existence and I will no longer feel guilty or apologize for them. If you can read this, and can understand it, then you can too. It’s not too late.

In order to break down such a large amount of works into something manageable, I will create 51 Paths with 13 steps each. These Paths will be divided into six Journeys. There will be 13 steps along each of these paths. This adds up to 663. Leaving 3 steps to be completed on their own. The first of these three secret works will be the completion of this manifesto, this explanation, this statement of mission. The Second is the design of this Rite detailing the 51 paths and their steps. Once all 663 steps have been writ, the second step will be completed. The third and final step, the 666th in this Rite is a secret act known only to my heart and mind. It will not be written down. It is such an act of contrition and war against mystics and the looters that I will never speak of it. The learned will be able to discern it from my musings and works. Follow the steps and order I take them in. The final step will be clear to those who can follow. I will finish this as I set it forth. I will go free. I will prove that anyone can. After all, regardless of whatever master has shackled you, we can all dream.