This is an unedited intro. It may well change before the publication of the book this summer.
I just want you to know what I envision.
At the Time of this writing, Eternalism in the form I've proposed is a relatively new religion, though throughout Time there have been like minded intellectuals who shared the philosophy with the world as it was. To my knowledge none addressed these ideas in a social manner, as in 'let's join hands and sing about this', Eternalism, when it becomes part of a social gathering, instilling a social nature among devotees, becomes a religion by all definitions.
I write this not because I want to avoid paying taxes. I firmly believe that religious organizations should pay taxes. No matter how firmly they believe in their business's mindset, they are businesses. Of course, all religions are mindsets. You pay them to keep you in their mindset, which, believe me, is a full-time job.
I had a conversation last night with my editor/publisher Shoshana Mahrohn. We talked about the book's proposed layout. A book that's been very influential to the Eternalist movement is James P. Carse's FINITE AND INFINITE GAMES. I strongly advise anyone interested in Eternalism to read it. The format is somewhat like the Christian Bible, with short, numbered pieces running consecutively through seven chapters. The contend mixes fact and fiction so well that it puts the reader in a state of oversight, as if flying above the ideas, picking and choosing them when and where they are needed in the reader's lives.
We'll be using a similar format, so that the reader can get as much out of it but reading randomly as reading linearly. My content is somewhat different from Carse's, there's a broadening of genre once again. You'll find autobiographic paragraphs, nicely scattered throughout. And the use of trance language, that is, the ability to draw a reader in using techniques like Seductive Phrasing and Rhyme Rhythms. Have you noticed how many commercials use these techniques?
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