Schmidt Kaye &
Company Connie's Book COSMIC RELIEF NOTE:
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It's a book... and it's a very silly web site too! Click on the "Face on Mars" below -- if you dare.
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"COSMIC RELIEF is a wonderfully outrageous, laugh-out-loud parody of New Age culture!" says David Kaplan, award-winning journalist. (And we didn't even bribe him.) | |||
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Exactly what is COSMIC RELIEF? |
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Soup for the Soul?
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| The answer is: it's all of the above, and more! A freewheeling spoof of those wholistic-lifestyle publications you can pick up just about anywhere, COSMIC RELIEF is the little class clown that sits in the back row of the new age movement, snickering and making faces and swatting at buzzwords. But it doesn't stop at the new age... it sticks its foot out in the aisle to trip the self-help and recovery movements, then laughs in the smirking face of corporate America as well. Chock-full of ad parodies and spoof articles, COSMIC RELIEF hits all of the enlightened set's hot buttons with "amazing revelations" such as... | ||||
| Dolphins and whales really
hate us
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A guilty pleasure for the terminally enlightened? |
Oh, and don't think COSMIC RELIEF
is just for skeptics and cynics. In fact, you might call
it a guilty pleasure for the terminally enlightened -- or
at least the bolder ones among them. You see, there's a
certain degree of shamelessness involved in picking up a
copy of COSMIC RELIEF; it is, after all, a big bright
yellow book whose cover some have described as
"gaudy" -- making it well-nigh impossible to
hide behind a copy of The Celestine Prophecy,
Deepak Chopra's latest bull... er, we mean cash cow... or
Conversations With God, Book 68. And, even though COSMIC RELIEF has been rejected by several metaphysical book stores as being "too offensive," it has unquestionably found a place in the hearts of the spiritually aware. For example, several highly respected members of a prominent New Thought church were recently spied hovering over a copy and laughing hysterically -- in the church bookstore, no less. |
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In any case, there's no doubt that people on both sides of the fence, and those in the middle as well, are singing its praises! |
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"Bookstores should divide
their humor section into two sections, one for crap and
one for books that might actually amuse someone... Connie
L. Schmidt's 'satirical romp through the New Age and
other related subcultures' is one of the good ones, made
especially witty because Ms. Schmidt has done her
homework; she's covered it all. Get-rich plans from
late-night infomercials, near-death testimonials,
self-help, pop psychology, coaching, and flaky spiritual
paths that involve house pets and dolphins are all
skewered in COSMIC RELIEF... COSMIC RELIEF is a great
coffee table book... It's also the kind of book that a
good bookstore would file in a wholly new section: real
humor." - HotWired (Wired Magazine's e-zine) |
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| "If
you are seeking relief from the glut of New Age,
wholistic lifestyle publications, this high-spirited
spoof is for you... The author...uses sharp wit,
humor-laced skepticism and computer graphics to create
text and ads we'd all like to see... A welcome breath of
fresh air." - Skeptical Inquirer, journal of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
"Irreverent is the one word that best describes this glorious spoof of New Age culture and commerce, but one word does not do justice to the genius behind this work. The sheer magnitude of Schmidt's wit - and her ability to play on words, themes, famous names, and book titles - is truly impressive, if you are able to stop laughing long enough to have a coherent thought... [It is] deliciously impudent and charmingly offensive...a must for every New Age bookshelf, as it will indeed provide 'relief' after a bout of serious reading." - NAPRA ReView, trade publication for the New Age Publishing & Retailing Alliance
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No matter where you are on "the path".... isn't it time you got a little RELIEF? COSMIC
RELIEF: Honoring & Celebrating the Global Paradigm
Shaft SENSITIVITY ADVISORY: This material contains explicit and implicit references to S-X, G-D, and other sensitive subjects. Reader discretion is advised, as the author failed to exercise any discretion whatsoever. COSMIC RELIEF is available at
selected bookstores. ** Please
make check or money order payable to Connie L. Schmidt. |
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