The Works of Benjamin De Casseres 3

380 Pages·1976·16.669 MB·English

by  Benjamin De Casseres, Benjamin DeCasseres

FantasIimap romptu:
The Adventuroefsa n IntellecFtauuanl
(Pa3r)t
By
BENJAMIND eCASSERES
VOL.3
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GORDONP RESS
NEW YORK
1977
GORDON PRESS -Publishers'
P.O.B ox4 59
BowlinGgr eeSnt ation
New YorkN,. Y.1 0004
Libraroyf C ongresCsa talogiinngP ublicatiDoant a
De CasseresB,e njamin,1 873-1945.
The workso f BenjaminD e Casseres.
Reprinto f the 1936-3e8d .p ublishebdy
B. De Cassereast theB lackstonPueb lishers,
NewY ork.
CONTENTS: l. Exhibitionisi;na, n ewt heoryo f
evolutionTh.e individuaalg ainsMto lochoB lack
suns. The eternarle turn.Th e eighth heaven.
Julesd e Gaultiearn dL aRochefoucauldTh.e elect
andt he damned. SaintT antalus.--2Th0e
adventureosf an exile.I 4ancew ithN ietzsche.
Broken imagesoR aiderosf thea bsolute.F antasia
r
imprompt,u pt. l. Spinozaag ainsthte rabbis. etcJ
PS 3507.E24 1976 -84l'.5'2 76-22423
ISBN0 -879686-74-4
Printiendt heU niteSdt atoefsAm erica
TO THE
THINKERS,P OETS,S ATIRISTS,
INDIVIDUALISTDSA,R E-DEVILESG,O ISTS,
SATANISTSA ND GODOLEPTS
OF
POSTERITY
FOREWORD
Ib eg"aFna ntIamspirao mptAud:v etnhtoeufa r nIe nst el­
lectFuaaulni "nD ecem,1b 92e5r. Iti s naobwo4 u0t0 ,000
worldosn gM.yp resienntte nitsti opo rni anp ta rotfi ti n­
definiIttwe ilylb.lep rinatsie wtda wsr itteni-sft,rh oamt
thbee gin,pn aignfgeo pra ge.
Iti sa ni ntelleemcottuiaaonlnds,a p li raiuttuoabli ography.
It isd onsep ontanweiotuhscolauylt,c ulIatit siam oinr.rr o
brokiennt toh oau sbaintIdsne . a cbhia tna gnlea,p aorftm e
issh owTnh.ew h olcea nnboest e ecna,n nboekt nw on.T he
wholieEs l sewhere.
Ia mb lowwnh ertehm eo oIdi stIea tmhh .o ne,stth;e re­
forIe c ontrmaydsiecIlt df e.s pfiosrem laol,g ifocrmal
thoufgohrtm,a l ofaa cntkyii onnIdk .n otwh eirnse ol ogic
int huen isveoe ffr eelainntdgh ougLhotg.i ctahulenl iyve, e rs
iasb suMrydi .n rn elife iso fta h Ierm emflaenAcebtn­ito n
surdity.
"FantIamspirao mptthuAe:d ventofu reIsn ltleectual
an
Fauni"st ,h etnh,te r agi-scpoemcitocaft c hlGeer eAabt­
surdciotnyc eainvdee xde cuwtietdh,ao nufyto rethionu ght,
ofm yo wnc ontradaincdpt aorrayd olxiifec.a-lB enj­
terms
amiDneC asseres.
INSCRIPTIONS
If erttihleeig zgoesfe cstoafrs eyv,ao nlodtf l augihnt er
the sleewpoimnbgos fy oubrr a.i-nDeCasseres.
Iw how atmcyhs emlofrn ea rroawnlhdya vmey e yceo n­
tinubaelnlotyn m ysealsof n et hahta nso g rebauts iness
elsew.he.rI.e'g l llay d cloemb acfkr otmh oet hweorr ld
tog iv,etl hiete oa noyn weh ow ill mseho atphteeh raI n
wase,v etnh outgohh onomer. -Montaigne.
Whenw el ooka tl ife iotu risset lhviawentes l ook,
:and wec asne el ife proonflooyunc n odnldyi otfsi eoeni ng
profounidnlo yu rselves.Mo-rCihcea.r les
Iw ribteec aIuw sies thom akfeo ird ewahsi cahrm ey
ideaa psl aicnet hweo r.l IdfI c ouflodr etsheateth ese
mustta kfer oymo up eea ocfm inadn d.r epoisfie nt, h ese
idetahsa It s owI shousledte h gee rmosf b loowdayr s
and evethne c auosfet her uionfsm angye neraIt ions,
would nevceorntthitenolu eess spt rheeamId.t i sn either
fotrh leo evo fy onuo re vefno trh leo voeft rutthhaI t
exprwehsastt hIi. n Nko-Is ingI! sing because I
am a
singIefrI .u syeo iun this way,h aivtne e edi s because I
ofy ouera !r-sAfax Stirner.

FANTASIAI MPROMPTU:
THE ADVENTURES
OF AN INTELLECTUAL FAUN
Why WomenR ead.I-s awa womalno okoivenr g
"ThWei ta nWdi sdmo ofO scaWri dle"i na b ook-store.
Shwea sne ihtelro ionkfgo wri nto rw isodm, buftro
th"ef boirdnd"ef,o srm ut.
Id idn oktn otwh weom a,nb utIt, h iIng ken,er alize
sfalye.V eyr ewf owmene verre afdot reh p urposoef
a
mentarlee vla,n esathneeteiodcrt on legaert hrec ion­
sciosusTs.hn yeer eafdos rxe uarle aswointsth,h w eh ole
beisntegf oarn im agniavteid ebauocrth or,e da abot u
somweom an whoh adsa rtehdte h ignst hye hvaen ot
dare.d Allo ft ih'isst r eu omfa na l,sb ouitn as maller
perecnta.g Tehep erectnaeg oefla lirytn eiglelnmte ni s
porbabnlomyt u hc geratret hatneh p eernctaogfree a lly
itneilglewnotm efno,ir n tiegleelni csa sr aera sl ove and
geunsi".Br anis,w"tia nd smaarrtiten scoeu sntesrf eits.
Domteistciytea ches us thjeo yo fa nihg'tsspr ee.
Portrait.-He never had wronged any He gave
one.
alhlis money away to any one who asked for i.tW ith
hisd iitetsa ndd ancse hsep reads unshianreo nud him
perpetuaHlel ya.s kefdor nothifnog rhi mesfl butf odo
ands helteHre. w aisw hati sc all"eCdh riiskt-el.H"e
was buryieesdt erdaanydt he newspaeprsw eref ulolf
thes troise tolodf t higsre ats imlpeh erat.
He wasZ ipB,a rnum'fisa mouWsh at-Is-IHte? w as
a congenli dtiiaotB.e inags a liet tclhilhde, p roabbleyn ­
teretdh eK ingdoomf H eaveinm mediat-eltyh iisd iotic
andC hrist-sloiukt le
IncotnineSpn rtin .g- The incontinenstp rinhgas re­
turnedw ithis t marvelasn dm emorieasn,d itb ehooves
alplo etsa nds eers toi nrtovtet rheisra pH.e whor etain�
ethh isc ontineinn tchee springtieamteh ism caayk aen d
havei tt,o o.
On Fifht Aveneua ndi nt hep arkt,h es harspw,e ettan ­
talizaotfiy oonu re yesth ;ec hiemriacllbye uatfiulp rmo­
iessi ny ouhre avyp,u ckerleidp tsh;e s triidnei mpossible
gardeonsfb lisso fy ourf eet0, women!
To havea ndt oh old (wani otchc asional daenldi ghtful
enchantingyl unexpecrteevder seg-eairnt oO ringailS in)
int hes pring!t iTmhee d elicicoouusr tswhiitphm y eye
and my green-apnudr-pilmea geso f ttehno usaflnede ting
facse !T hec ontaeidnp anto ft heb lootdh,eb ugreono f
theb raint,h es welaln ds urgoef d esrie.
P ortrait.-He,a bohemiamna,rr ieadw omano f metic­u
louslyc leanlaybit sh.T heiarp ratmensth onleki e a mir­
rorp olishweidt he thearlez ephyrHse. wasa lolwedt o
smokoen liyn his" de.un Hisc igarebtuttetm su stg oi nto
sivelra shr-eceivHeer ssa.t o nL ouiXsI Vc hairDsr.i nks
served in individual lily-cups. Hist ruoserwse re
were
always creased, his collar and shirtn ewwee arche day.
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Fivyee ars thoiffs or o urb ohemiaHne. g ot divorce,
a
retidr etoa ecllairn t hev illagteo,oa k b atohn cae m onth,
lehti st orusebrasg l,te h iss hritr unt os eeadn dt obacco
juiec,t hrew hisc igarestttueb isn t hed isheasn dt he
coffe-epotb,u rnhto elsin theb eda ndh adh isa partment
celansebdu to ncea year.
He isn ows urpemelhya ppy.H e hasr everttoe hdis
primitsitvaet eH.i se gofl ourissh aegain.
WenchinHg e rms.i-tIha vea lwayasd mriedh ermits�
Ih ave alwaydse sirteodb ecomea hermi(tw itsht eam
heat,b athtushbo,w earn di nsidweat e-crlots,ef orw hy
shuoldna' hte rmibte u p-to-dlaitkteeh er est fot hew orl?d
Why shoulad h ermirto ugiht ?T herei sa nothdeirs ..s o
ciationb em taod e--e"rmhit"a nd" hardship").
Therei ss omethimnygst erioum�y,s ticuallt,i mately
egoisitnith ce h ermti.H e ish ateadn df aere.dC lass­ical
lyh,e a lwayihsa sa awtchdaotgh isg atea, C erberutsh at
guardhsi sh elaln dh is heaven.
Thed iffreencbee twne eas ainatn da hermiistt hat the
firstd rawpse optloeh imw,h iel thes econrde pse lepolpe.
Is upposael hli ghliyn diviidzueda mlen areh ermit(sa
womanh ermiit su nthinke)a.b l
Therea ret housanodfh� e·r mimtosv inign t hem illions
ont hes treetso fN ew York.I nf act,I h aveal waybse en
oneo f htem. Ih avese en hermitast b allasn dp ariets,
ande veni nb arroomsT.h e ltatre alwaydsri nka lone
ands tarien ttohe m irroorn t heo thesird eo ft heb ar for
hours.
ButI a m onlya modifiehde rmitM.y ideawlo ulbde
to liev a secludleidfi en hae rmitaognea mountainside
in soutrhneE uropaeb outt wentmyi elsf rom vallceityy,
a
wherfer omt imteo t mie Ic ould cmhyu cZka rathustrian
ll
eagalnde srepenatn dc omdeo wtno th et vaenr and
natifvoearsd yao r twweon,ic nhagtn ihgt.
"
TheVne,on m t oth y wor!k" -Tehries porofund
a
doueb-lmeainnit nhsgie xlcamiaotonf H amelts'.I tw as
noto nyl thvee noomnh issw rodt hawten tt ot hlei fe
ofC laudibuusat l tlh peo isionhni ss ouwlas thne
launched at thewo lrdo fm ediiotciraerrsii,vs tasn d
nukneyn-kdeoysI.tw asth fien lae xplosoifao tnrh ot­
tleadn dm utaitdle geunsit,h aes ecnsni oofb uirde su­
preioyr tiott hteh roonfteh ew orld.
Ih aev mmoenthso-rusw-hevne nosmee thiensm e
asi na tsupdeosnuv ta.M yi mpeontcbye feot hrger atnei
walolfsR eiaytl thristfsov rne gecea.nY ous muga nd
scucsefsllu itye rimdae-rnvoelIi soutcl,kd i lylo !u You
triumplhiacnketss ptiiittnotgnlt hteh roonf"e ht oguht"
(Iv omi)t,I c oucludyt ou rh etao ru!t
Iti st humsyw eaknsef saomsa ndra sgb eefeot rhose
who knotwh ter icAkts. u cthi mIes a ma chaacretr
ouotf D ostoiye.Bv usttkh eInd oumsyes lefw iht teh
fireo-esho fr esaoann dth efi rbeuc-kteso fh umroa nd
alils waegilanlf, o ar w hilaen,y h.o w
EthiGcaarblag e.-Threea erp orbabmloyr" ete hi"c al
stpuiidt,i meoser maundervienarglb s lobbmeoerr ,
Asiatiimecbc liietsii nt eh NewT estatmt aehnni na ll
thoet hbeorko so ft eh rwlocdo mbined.
CrazBye autya.m -oIn eo ft heL ordso f Crazy
Beuaty.
Fewa rea nnotie;m danyi mtiatIe s.h amlalk ea
TentMhus ,et ehG oddseo sfB eautayn,sd h seh arlull e
thoeth enri nPeo.ea ndC hop,Bi aundelaanidGr oey ,a
Coleridge and F a ciThompson, Liszt anBdal keR,ob ­
r n s
insnJ effearndOs d ilR edoSnha,k espaenadJr yoec e,
o on
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