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The Joyful Guide To Lachrymology
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First published January 1, 1949
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July 10, 2019
I saw this book in the gap of my library bookshelves when I was a teenager. My librarians kind of pushed it on me when I brought it to be re-shelved. As I read it, I found I was over-thinking, over-analyzing every word on the page, but I was a kid and I knew the pieces fit. At the time, I was up to my neck (soon to drown) in my own angst. I'm glad I read it because it gave me peace of mind. The author's voice was strong and loud, and I felt the words guiding me in, totally void of hate. Overall, this book was not enough (I need more. No other books on this subject seem to satisfy). It reminded me I'm not alone and that all the pain of life was an illusion. I highly recommend this book to any silly monkeys who want to pry open their third eye and save your shady inference. Of course, this book is very hard to find... just turn around and take my hand.
November 2, 2011
If you can even find this book, I recommend reading it. Lachrymology literaly means "the science of crying" and Maynard James Keenan from the band TOOL mentions this book a lot in th ebeginning of TOOL. Maynard claims that this book had a lot of influence on his philosophies and life. It took me a long time to find this book and some people even told me it didn't exist.... well it exists! FIND IT! READ IT!
A lot of people have been asking me about this book.
When I was a child my great grandma Mary E. Ford used to talk about this book. She wrote a book called “The Hidden Way”, Through the Threshold. She said the book by R.P. Vincent had inspired her to write this collaboration of other, older ideas. She told me that The Joyful Guide to Lachrymology was a collaboration of ancient ideas that Vincent had gained somehow. I…. as funny as it might be, do not have a copy but I met a girl who worked for an old gypsy lady in 1992. I had house sat with her a few times and this old women had a copy. It was no published work by any means, but more of a typed version that was very old. Laced with spelling and grammar errors, I asked the gypsy women about the book. She was from Nebraska somewhere and I met her in Joshua Tree California. By the late nineties I started getting into a band Called Tool and Maynard Keenan (the front man) mentions it in a couple interview Cds. Actually Adam Jones talks about it more. I haven’t thought about that book in years and one evening it pops up as a recommended book by this sight so I clicked that I had read It. Now that I am searching around on the internet, I am learning that possession of that book would be very nice to have. That old gypsy lady is long gone and that old girlfriend is even more illusive. She lived down the road from us and she said that she could not say for sure where she got it, Just that it had a lot of information. I remember that it talked about how all ancient beliefs and religious views derive from the experience of pain, of suffering. I remember that the book repeatedly mentioned the importance of experiencing struggle, mourning and crying. That is the reason for evolution. He said that the ability to rise above pain, suffering and experience compassion and sadness is the sole purpose of existence. And that all religions are based around this idea. I guess it could have been something the old gypsy lady had wrote herself, perhaps, but I was definitely interested since my great grandmother had always mentioned it. This book did open my mind somehow to other things at the time, especially Maynard. No matter what the case may be, this book keeps popping up in my life.
A lot of people have been asking me about this book.
When I was a child my great grandma Mary E. Ford used to talk about this book. She wrote a book called “The Hidden Way”, Through the Threshold. She said the book by R.P. Vincent had inspired her to write this collaboration of other, older ideas. She told me that The Joyful Guide to Lachrymology was a collaboration of ancient ideas that Vincent had gained somehow. I…. as funny as it might be, do not have a copy but I met a girl who worked for an old gypsy lady in 1992. I had house sat with her a few times and this old women had a copy. It was no published work by any means, but more of a typed version that was very old. Laced with spelling and grammar errors, I asked the gypsy women about the book. She was from Nebraska somewhere and I met her in Joshua Tree California. By the late nineties I started getting into a band Called Tool and Maynard Keenan (the front man) mentions it in a couple interview Cds. Actually Adam Jones talks about it more. I haven’t thought about that book in years and one evening it pops up as a recommended book by this sight so I clicked that I had read It. Now that I am searching around on the internet, I am learning that possession of that book would be very nice to have. That old gypsy lady is long gone and that old girlfriend is even more illusive. She lived down the road from us and she said that she could not say for sure where she got it, Just that it had a lot of information. I remember that it talked about how all ancient beliefs and religious views derive from the experience of pain, of suffering. I remember that the book repeatedly mentioned the importance of experiencing struggle, mourning and crying. That is the reason for evolution. He said that the ability to rise above pain, suffering and experience compassion and sadness is the sole purpose of existence. And that all religions are based around this idea. I guess it could have been something the old gypsy lady had wrote herself, perhaps, but I was definitely interested since my great grandmother had always mentioned it. This book did open my mind somehow to other things at the time, especially Maynard. No matter what the case may be, this book keeps popping up in my life.
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October 20, 2009By far the most self inflicted wound to the mind one could ever want to heal!
September 14, 2015
I had the chance to view an original copy of this text in second hand bookshop in Frederiksplein, Amsterdam in the early 1970's whilst on a European travel holiday, unfortunately I never made a purchase, something I now regret.
There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to this book as it was not entirely written by Vincent but it seems to be a merging, in part, of the Sapientia dolorum text attributed to Albertus Magna, the 15th century catharsis who was trialled before the Spanish inquisition. This is made very obvious in the third chapter when Vincent refers to the sudden tragic death of his wife and the pursuit of enlightenment, almost an exact word for word translation of the original Latin text.
It should also be noted that before his murder the American philosopher and government critic William Hickson commentated that reality itself was concious and that all things where once condensed into slow vibrations and a theory of human identity being self created. This is also quoted in chapter eight, "Ancient fire to quench one's thirst, Now deathly cold in the Tomb of Birth", proving that Vincent must have indeed been aware of Hickson's texts before writing this book.
A British man named Andrew Chumbley was planning on re-publishing this book in the 1994 but was unfortunately delayed by certain legal problems from the Vincent family who have refused to allow this book to be published, a family spokesman from the Baptist Church of Topeka, John L Goodman, titled the book "Disgusting and perverted", it is sadly believed hat the original book has since been destroyed.
There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to this book as it was not entirely written by Vincent but it seems to be a merging, in part, of the Sapientia dolorum text attributed to Albertus Magna, the 15th century catharsis who was trialled before the Spanish inquisition. This is made very obvious in the third chapter when Vincent refers to the sudden tragic death of his wife and the pursuit of enlightenment, almost an exact word for word translation of the original Latin text.
It should also be noted that before his murder the American philosopher and government critic William Hickson commentated that reality itself was concious and that all things where once condensed into slow vibrations and a theory of human identity being self created. This is also quoted in chapter eight, "Ancient fire to quench one's thirst, Now deathly cold in the Tomb of Birth", proving that Vincent must have indeed been aware of Hickson's texts before writing this book.
A British man named Andrew Chumbley was planning on re-publishing this book in the 1994 but was unfortunately delayed by certain legal problems from the Vincent family who have refused to allow this book to be published, a family spokesman from the Baptist Church of Topeka, John L Goodman, titled the book "Disgusting and perverted", it is sadly believed hat the original book has since been destroyed.
August 1, 2018
This is the first non-existent book I have ever read. I am sure the non-existent novel will snowball as a trend among the future generation of writers. I am looking forward.
April 1, 2020
This book turned my tears into pure orgasms. I transcended all of time and space, literally. It is foretold that a prophet named jebadiah mcmillan will rise from ashes and awaken all sentient beings through the knowledge that has been gifted by ronald p. Vincent through this outstanding, one of a kind, philosophical piece of art. While it is out of print, and hard to find, there are ways to obtain it. PDF form is the easiest but i found my PDF on the silk road and now live in solitude fearing for my life.
March 11, 2020
There is a Chalice, which can hold only tears, and from which no shed tear escapes.
This vessel is of finite volume, but not yet filled.
When the salt river of our pain repletes the cup, suffering itself will end.
All sorrow is holy, for every sacred tear is weighed.
This vessel is of finite volume, but not yet filled.
When the salt river of our pain repletes the cup, suffering itself will end.
All sorrow is holy, for every sacred tear is weighed.
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April 6, 2015
A year to completely understand and i will never be right again. If you are having trouble finding this book you can find versions in french, german and other languages easier than in english .
April 20, 2014
AB FAB!
July 3, 2024
Was turned on to this book back in 92, around Tool's first EP. I instantly became a fan of both. So one day I was watching MTV and in between sips of coke I saw Maynard talking about it in that interview. I was blown away. Imagine, finding those who would shape your life so profoundly and then finding out that they were intertwined in some way. Both changed my life forever.
November 29, 2023
A true fictional masterpiece. Largely inspired by the 2nd part of Sartre's 'Being & Nothingness' and Shakespeare's 'To be or not to be' line from Hamlet. The lightness of this book is unbearable, as is the void that it will leave in your heart and soul once fully digested.
January 25, 2025
And when we have stepped over the threshold of the event horizon, will we step back to the beginning of creation to experience the pain once again as willing participants? Yes. Yes, we will go willingly.
September 9, 2019
It is one of the most important books in my life. It taught me all I know about being sad, bad, mad and so incredibly rad.
July 15, 2022
ANTIFA, antibiotic, Antichrist, Communist, liberal propaganda. Ban it!
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February 8, 2023
Your average edgy Tool fan will mention this book, fortunately for you, you have not spent 4 hours reading it.
December 6, 2023
This book made me a man.
Choices always were a problem for me,
What I needed was someone strong to guide me.
Choices always were a problem for me,
What I needed was someone strong to guide me.
December 19, 2019
Had me crying, then laughing, then crying again.
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August 7, 2017Amazing how it personal life can receive in the thoughts of the science of thoughts processes.
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