, a solar electric/human
powered vehicle." Below that I saw the name of the quest: "Tour Del
Mundo." I was starting to realize that by leaving Rama's dream, I had
gotten back my world.
Nuna rode shotgun in the passenger seat, I turned the key and--it
started. Leaving the mall, I slowly gained momentum.
Appendix A: Excerpts from WOOF!
In a fabricated advertisement (Issue #4; February, 1981), Atmananda
poked fun at televangelists: "Dear Friends in Christ... I want to offer
you my secrets of success so that you can make fantastic profits before
the world ends! This offer is good for a limited time only, so act
now. Send $500.00 for my new book, Better Living With Jesus Through
Voodoo. You will receive your copy in a plain brown bag. Here is a
brief selection of some of the wonderful topics my book covers: 1) How
to make Satan work for you, 2) Selling religious trinkets to the poor,
3) Using television to rake in the millions, 4) Fourteen genuine fake
miracles you can impress your congregation with, 5) Using guilt to pry
the last pennies from your friends' pockets, 6) How to make your own
religion look good while defaming all the others, 7) Convincing people
that you once took Jesus to lunch, 8) Seven great strategies to win at
pinball, 9) How to give a fire and brimstone sermon that will cast fear
into the hearts of all Christians, 10) Tax shelters to protect your new
fortunes. All this and more can be yours if you act now! Don't delay.
Send for my book today. Yours in Christ and Heavenly Bucks$, The Right
Reverend Armageddon T. Thunderbird, Esq."
In "Swami Muktaneeshprabhphada's Thoughts For Clean Living & Laundry"
(Issue #6; March, 1981), Atmananda satirized Indian gurus: "Greetings
on you, my favorite little people! Today I am going to discuss things
with so much spiritual significance... You all want to attain
Illumination, I know that you do. You are good children. But at the
same time many of you have dirty and disgusting thoughts about sex, sex
and sex. Now you must put these rotten thoughts away. You can't
achieve Enlightenment thinking about sex. You must think about me. If
you meditate on your dear old Swami then you will become pure--like
your laundry... "
In "Constipation Cure" (Issue #7; April, 1981), Atmananda struck out at
the Moonies: "Constipated? Can't go at all? REAM YOURSELF with
Reverend Mune's Original Korean Holistic Reamer. All Natural, Heavy
Metal, Ava
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