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Cult: Aesthetic Realism
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Where?
New York City (SoHo)
Headquarters in lower manhatten
Their goal:
The purpose of the not-for-profit Aesthetic Realism Foundation is to meet the urgent need for people throughout America and the world to see each other and reality fairly. The means to that fairness is Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded in 1941 by Eli Siegel, American poet, critic, and educator.
References
Cult: Aesthetic Realism
Aesthetic Realism Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved December 9, 2015, from http://aestheticrealism.org
Aesthetic Realism is a cult. (n.d.). Retrieved December 9, 2015, from http://michaelbluejay.com/x/
Illegal acts
Why Aesthetic Realism cont.
No known illegal acts
This explanation that the deepest desire of every human is to love the world on an honest basis is stupid. On an honest basis, the world is not extraordinary, but tough instead.
Why Aesthetic Realism
I originally chose Aesthetic Realism because I knew of the term religious realism which is "there is a knowable objective reality and that magic reveals more of it than science". Because of this, I thought that Aesthetic Realism would be a cult formation aorund the religious definition of Realism. Unfortunately, Aesthetic Realism is even more cringe-worthy. In my opinion, this is because of the fact that Aesthetic Realists all have the deepest desire of every person to like the world on an honest or accurate basis.
Name of Cult
Members
Purpose: To get the world to realize that Eli Siegel was the greatest person who ever lived, and that Aesthetic Realism is the most important knowledge, ever.
Aesthetic: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
Realism: the quality or fact of representing a person, thing, or situation accurately or in a way that is true to life
Belief system
Characteristics of all members:
- Belief that they have the one true answer to peace and happiness if only people would listen.
- Fanatical devotion to their founder/leader.
- Paranoid feelings of persecution
- Hysterical reactions to criticism
- Members discouraged from having personal relationships outside the group, even with family members who haven't also been recruited.
- They shun former members.
- Their whole lives revolve around the cult, and nothing else
- Members' lives are controlled, right down to whom they can marry
The key to all social ills is for people to learn to like the world. Having contempt for the world leads to unhappiness and even insanity.
Joiners
About 106 member, including teachers. Has failed to grow appreciably even after 70 years of existence, and is currently shrinking.
All members call themselves "students", even leaders/teachers. Advanced members who teach others are called "consultants"
When
Who?
Founded in 1941 and still ongoing today
Eli Siegel, a poet and art/literary critic.
Eli Committed suicide in 1978