The last true rebellion is death to the world.
To be crucified to the world and the world to us.
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(The Outline) - You’re at a punk show. Someone dressed in all black hands you a bunch of black-and-white pages stapled together. Death to the World, says the cover. When you get home and open it up, you’re greeted by unrelenting doom:Complete article here.
The last true rebellion is death to the world.
To be crucified to the world and the world to us.
This is Death to the World, a cult zine that’s punk on the outside, Eastern Orthodox Christianity on the inside. Typical articles have titles like “Death: Our Way of Life” and “One Hour of Suffering in Hell.” Pages are adorned with Medieval-looking illustrations of men climbing up a ladder from Hell to Heaven, surrounded by chaotic scenes of angels and demons and destruction. Essays by sixth century monks are printed alongside musings from former street kids...
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Dated. That milieu that fostered the original "zine" has been shattered. Fostered by the defrocked Gleb Podmoshensky it is yet another failed. Enterprise trying to "market" Orthodoxy. Ask the victims of that cult how their lives have fared. To resuscitate this is toxic. Get an original thought please.
ReplyDeleteActually, it was really good with some great stories of saints. I was never into the punk scene but still found this as a great resource when younger.
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