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293:"The Process is a collaboration ov Individuals. We fight all forms ov restriction to realise thee potential ov thee human brain through a system ov pagan Magick. It exists devoid ov dogma, be it political or religious. Information is shared amongst those involved, not in order to be treated as instruction but rather as a means to promote participation, discipline and contribution to an ideal as opposed to self-ambition. Thee recognition that only truth counts. Rituals (sigils) are employed as a means ov discovering one's true psyche, desires (and their realisation), integrating thee conscious and subconscious as a way to produce a spiritually whole person as opposed to a fragmented shell. The Process attempts to wake people up to thee fact that they are controlled, socially programmed to suit those with an interest in control, and that guilt and fear are weapons employed to suppress natural advancement. Preconceptions must be swept aside and a de-programming occur until fearless and guiltless sexuality is mastered. The Process embraces suitable forms ov technology to support its aims for collective advancement. Methods ov information access include recordings, booklists, video deprogramming transmissions. These are all designed to surprise, even shock, but with a view to expansion, thee removal ov limitation." 363:, such as mutuality and decentralization, get play as well. The Process is self-described as a "non-organization" recognizing "thee reality ov Individuals", consciously formulated to look appear as a cult to the mainstream. The Process sees itself as "sucksessors" to the hippies and surrealists and claims to have "bases" in UK, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Canada, and America. The document is attributed to Father Malachi. Strangely, there are no overt references to Process Church of the Final Judgement. 373:"It was, in essence, a bit of Magick 101, in a lot of ways. We worked out a doctrine and put something up and from all of that, something was woken. Something rose up and came back to meet the call. That was really interesting. It was probably one of the most interesting projects I've done in my life. To this day, it's still one of the most interesting. I still delve into, and I still have contacts from that and I still utilize that whole experience. It was incredible." 22: 422:
drawing many participants in new directions and away from the collective. In this period, a number of original members of the Process Church contacted some of the early contributors of the collective and the Process Church members were subsequently provided with their own webspace on the Process server from March 1997 until May 2001.
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Several gatherings of participants took place in 1997 and 1998 at primarily East Coast locations. During the last years of the decade, community activity dwindled and the website was eventually retired. Creative spin-offs and independent projects were launched around roughly the same time frame,
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and is described as the "idealized Hidden Instrument of Evolution". Deprogramming, the fulfillment of one's True Will, the liberation of sexuality, and the subversion/dissembling of Control (in the Burroughsian sense) are addressed in the document. Ideas borrowed from
390:. Later, a mailing list was created, but without direct participation by Ogre or Genesis. The Process FTP was initially located at the address ftp.netcom.com directory pub/puppy. The group was then afforded its own server space and listproc at 398:, with the address process.usc.edu. In 1995, internet efforts not involving the listproc had their own domain: process.org. According to Morrison, process.org went live the day the internet came online and was accessible with the original 232:. Genesis P-Orridge was enlisted to work on the project. During a brainstorming session on potential concepts for the album, P-Orridge produced copies of a magazine produced by the Process Church titled 369:
on the Skinny Puppy album of the same name presents a summarized version of the doctrine. In a 1998 interview with Philip H. Farber, Nivek Ogre talks about the project, saying: :
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was an art and philosophy collective formed in the early 1990s and birthed at the same time as, and with a subset of the same people from, the studio work for the
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Although The Process Church of the Final Judgement is credited as the conceptual inspiration for The Process collective, members have cited media theorist
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document and sent it out into the world causing mass confusion within our sphere. American Recordings got on board and released to the press..."
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This 1 of the 3 official videos of Process that circulated through American Recordings promo. This one circulated in poor quality for years.
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and have cited The Process as a having greater influence on the TST vision and structure than the "self-centered" philosophy of
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member Adam Rostoker (Adam Walks Between Worlds) as immediately excited by the material. Nivek Ogre was also intrigued.
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references also permeate the syncretic text. Transmission of The Process is described as analogous to that of the zen
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by its founding members, who encouraged people to upload their various media files for collaboration via anonymous
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as influences, stating that the collective was looking to explore media technologies and their impact on culture.
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is credited with pioneering The Process' process.org web presence. The original process.org server was a
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are referenced; many of the ideas articulated are a rehash of Genesis P-Orridge's previous work with
79: 724: 524: 201: 32: 670:""I WAS IN A POSITION TO DISMANTLE IT":INDUSTRIAL MUSIC APPROPRIATIONS OF WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS" 798:"Do Ogre or Genesis P-Orridge participate on the email list?" The Process List FAQ, circa 1997 568: 415: 888: 399: 323: 249: 8: 446: 327: 821: 644: 438: 225: 186: 144: 403: 331: 319: 256: 152: 808: 774: 618:"Sacred Tension: The Process Church of the Final Judgement feat. William Morrison" 181:. The Process Cross also appears in several Skinny Puppy music videos. Director 748: 172: 167:
The Process Cross — formed by the overlapping of 4 P's - was borrowed from
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In 1993 Morrison received a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing
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to unleash powers suppressed by various manifestations of social control.
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Several members of the original collective are prominent members of
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Information about The Process was initially communicated across
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invited Skinny Puppy (and their entourage) to reside at the
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Morrison, William; Greaves, Lucien (25 December 2019).
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Morrison, William; Greaves, Lucien (25 December 2019).
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and the Skinny Puppy/Throbbing Gristle collaboration
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A partial reassembly of the original Process website
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Skinny Puppy
The Process
Nivek Ogre
Genesis P-Orridge
William Morrison
Loki der Quaeler
Process Church of the Final Judgement
The Process Church of the Final Judgement
Ministry
Puppy Gristle
William Morrison
Genesis P-Orridge
Lucien Greaves
Chase Bank
William Sims Bainbridge
Rick Rubin
Shangri-La recording studio
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