On the Aesthetics of Absurdist Judaism

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The cosmological and illusory assumptions of Absurdist Judaism

Self

Free will

Space-time

Causation

God

Supernatural realms

The moral assumptions of Absurdist Judaism

Sentient life suffers

We respond to our perfect knowledge of mortality and avoid our own suffering

By inflicting ourselves on others – while indifferent to their suffering

We repress or rationalise this knowledge – to feel better about ourselves

We ought to unwind these responses

We ought to avoid the next Holocaust

Ritual design for mythic hygiene integrates cosmology and morality into experimental forms

Forms in Absurd Judaism

     The Master of Scenarios – they portray all roles

     The Golden Calf Elevator & Café as ritual design environment

     A ritual design facilitation guide – an annotated “libretto” for a mixed media performance

     This is performed within one’s virtual afterlife

Content in Absurd Judaism

     Personal, family and received cultural myth

     Example: Mother’s Prototype: a son’s myth of his deceased mother’s myth

The myth of mother and then son  

    As a child, the Mother is confronted with visions of the Holocaust

    As a young adult, she is confronted with duty and expectations of her culture

    As a young wife and mother, she is confronted with radical agnosticism

    Her examination (“After five thousand years”) summarises her assessment

    Alienation, dehumanisation, violent patriarchy

    She re-envisions her ex-husband as archetypal

    She becomes a lawyer for people with no money

    When she dies, her son continues her mission

    He develops Absurdist Judaism

    Diagnosis: Amythic death anxiety

    Treatment plan: Ritual design for mythic hygiene

For new myth that might transcend human nature