Ashé Journal, Volume 2, Number 3, 2003










This is the "Playback: The Magic of William S. Burroughs" issue, and contains multiple Burroughs-focused items:

At pages 5-6 is Tim Holmes' "Thinking of Bill", a memorial poem.

At pages 7-14 is Phil Hine's "Zimbu Xototl Time", an essay on Burroughs' The Wild Boys.

At pages 16-26 is Cabell McLean's "Playback: My Personal Experience of Chaos Magic with William S. Burrough, Sr.".

At pages 40-56 is Polina Mackay's "The Naked Apocalypse of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch".

At pages 57-70 is Sven Davisson's "Burroughs-ian Gnosticism In His Own Words", which as it suggests includes multiple quotes from Burroughs. 

At pages 80-95 is Sven Davisson's "Over the Hills and Far Away: The One God Universe and Dreams of Space", an essay on Burroughs' concept of the "one god universe" and its relationship to control.

At pages 96-117 is Sven Davisson's "Flower Pots from a High Window: Violence, Radical Seizure and the Movement Beyond Control", an essay on Burroughs' world-view.

At pages 118-119 is Sven Davisson's "Disrupt. Attack. Disappear." – an essay on Flash Mobs, incorporating a quote from Burroughs.

Published in Hunts Point, Maine, US by Rebel Satori Press in 2003. The copy shown is a 2009 reprint.

Bibliographic Information: 

  • Not in Shoaf
  • Not in Schottlaender
  • Raven 20030000AJOU.2.3
Selected Contents: 
  • Sven Davisson:
    • "Dedication: Ruth Moore" (memorial)
    • "Burroughs-ian Gnosticism In His Own Words" (essay)
    • "Over the Hills and Far Away: The One God Universe and Dreams of Space" (essay)
    • "Flower Pots from a High Window: Violence, Radical Seizure and the Movement Beyond Control" (essay)
    • "Disrupt. Attack. Disappear." (essay)
  • Eleanor Mayo: photographs
  • Tim Holmes: "Thinking of Bill" (poetry)
  • Phil Hine: "Zimbu Xototl Time" (essay)
  • Stevee Postman: photographs
  • Cabell McLean: "Playback: My Personal Experience of Chaos Magic with William S. Burroughs, Sr." (essay, memoir)
  • Douglas Grant: "Magick and Photographs" (essay)
  • Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge: "Breaking Sex!" (poetry)
  • Polina Mackay: "The Naked Apocalypse of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch" (essay)
  • Trebor Healey: "Rev up your chain saw, Joan of Arc" (poetry)
  • Mogg Morgan: "The White Springs Café" (prose)
  • Miriam R. Sachs Martin: "Believer" (prose)
  • Ruth Moore: "Collected Opinions" (poetry)
Publishing Information: 
  • Editor: Sven Davisson
  • Contributing Editors: Peter Dubé, Craig Laurance Gidney, Eric K. Lerner, Bobby Shiflett
  • Art Editor: Jason Kraley
  • et al

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