The Boo Hoo Bible, The Neo-American Church Catechism and Handbook (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Original Kleptonian; Revised edition (June 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960038817
• ISBN-13: 978-0960038817
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,692,638 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historically speaking:, January 18, 2007

By	Thomas E. Ruddick "Doctor of Messages" (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not to repeat the comments offered earlier, just to note: Art Kleps, back in the tune-in, turn-on, drop-out days of the hippie culture, had an idea with a certain logic. Kleps and his friends wanted to use hallucinogens without fear of law enforcement. They found that the Native American Church was permitted to use Peyote (a type of cactus containing the hallucinogen mescaline) as a sacrament. Thus, they reasoned, if we incorporate as a church and name halluginogenic substances as sacraments, the government will let us use them legally.

The Boo Hoo Bible records the sort of joyous, wordy, free-association creativity that characterized that "underground" subculture.

Of course, Kleps et al made the too-common error of thinking that government agencies in the USA are bound by (or capable of) of logic or reason; Native Americans might be permitted to continue to induce sensory restructuralization through organic chemistry, but young scraggly-looking white people from Frisco are a different story. If the initial goals of providing a safe haven for acid-droppers had succeeded, the Neo-American Church might have surpassed the Unitarian Universalists in total membership by now; as it stands, this published "catechism" remains as a vivid artifact of its time.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clearly, GOD has an EXCELLENT sense of humor!, October 2, 2002

By	The Aeolian Kid "the-aeolian-kid" (WAMESIT) - See all my reviews

... When you've searched everywhere else, and have turned over every stone, and you still feel like there is something missing from your life, then it is time to GET REAL. ... You may THINK that this book is a joke - but it is NO JOKE. ... Or, paradoxically, like the Native American Holy Man - THE HEYOKA - who does everything backwards from standard and conventional procedure; like Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters; like the Buddhist Holy Madmen and Zen Master Sages; and like the true Christian Saints who are "Fools for Christ," those who have "ears to hear and eyes to see" the truth in the pages of this book will be called by the Great Holy Spirit to walk that Eleusinian path into the halls of enlightenment and bliss - even though to most normal people this looks like a Comic Book for Hippie Freaks! ... The Boo Hoo Bible is the closest thing you will get to truth in the English language outside of hearing yourself talk during the peak of a major acid trip. ... You don't believe me? ... Read this book; then take 500 micrograms of pure LSD and read it AGAIN! ... It will all be clear. ... Psychedelic - in ancient Greek - means "pure soul" ... and you can't get any more spiritual than that! ... YOWZA! - The Aeolian Kid