Catalysis
Saltwater into the Rust: what decayeth anyway decayeth faster.
A Book in three Phases.
Catalysis. Metamorphosis. Godsdance. A Way between the Fool and the Wise One – the first Phase is free to read.
Great Light casteth great Shadows.
The Work
A Way in three Phases
Two Voices interrupt each other – and claim by turns to have invented the other: the Fool and the Wise One. Their Way leadeth through three Phases.
Metamorphosis
Within the Pupa the Caterpillar dissolveth. What becometh hath no Name as yet.
Godsdance
Of the third Phase this Page keepeth Silence.
Sealed – it beginneth in the Book
Dialogue
Two Voices
Word for Word from the Work.
The FoolExplain thyself.
The Wise OneAll resteth upon a Web of Oscillations of divers Frequencies.
The FoolNone of it mattereth.
The Wise OneNor doth it, if one turneth no Focus upon it.
The FoolWho art thou, and what is thy Nature?
The Wise OneMy Words are the Resonances of both Worlds.
The FoolWhy speakest thou in Riddles?
The Wise OneWhy askest thou in Riddles?
Phase I · Catalysis
The whole first Phase
The Catalysis, entire and exactly as it standeth in the Book. Read it here, Page upon Page – or take it with thee as a PDF. It is thine.
Here the Catalysis endeth.
The Metamorphosis and the Godsdance begin in the Book – as a PDF, as a Print, or as one of 144 Unica bound by the Author himself.
The whole BookThe Author
Joel Pfadenhauer
The Stories tell themselves not because they will it, but to be carried hither and thither by the Wind. To weave the Stories into other Stories. With Unwill to turn the Will into Letters. With Will to pour the Unwill into Sentences.
In the Land of Lakes and Mountains born,in the Land of Lakes and Mountains died,in the Land of Lakes and Mountains risen again,in the Land of Lakes and Mountains sunk again,in the Land of Lakes and Mountains set wandering,in the Land of Lakes and Mountains frozen stilland in the Land of Lakes and Mountains charmonised.
The Book
Three Forms
The same Work, thrice. Choose how it shall come unto thee.
The PDF
Price: CHF 10
at once · no Carriage
The whole Book as a File – with thee at once.
- All three Phases, unabridged
- Page upon Page as in the Book
- To be read upon every Device
The Print
Price: CHF 50
plus Carriage from CHF 5
Printed for thee alone, at a Printer near unto thee.
- Black, with the white Triangle
- Sent into all the World
- With thee in two or three Weeks
The Unicum
Price: CHF 5'000
plus Carriage from CHF 25
Numbered · I – CXLIV
120 of 144 remain
None resembleth another. And none is shown ere it lieth in thy Hands.
- Bound for the Eyes and for the Hands,
- for the Nose, the Ear and the Tongue –
- and for the Sense that hath no Name.
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Before thou orderest
Questions
Wherein do the three Forms differ?
The Text is the same in all three. The PDF is the whole Book as a File. The Print is a printed and bound Book, made upon Order in a Printing House near unto thee. The third the Author bindeth with his own Hands, each one unlike all others: a Unicum. It beareth a Number from I to CXLIV, and there shall never be more than 144.
How doth the Unicum look?
That it shall tell thee itself. Seen, to be touched. Touched, to be smelt. Smelt, to be heard. Heard, to be read. The Author bindeth each one with the Aim to awaken every Sense – and to make the most magical Book his Hands can bind. More would already be too much said.
When cometh my Book?
The PDF at once upon Payment. Printed upon Order and commonly with you within two or three Weeks. Thy Unicum is dispatched within three Months of Payment at the latest.
What doth the Carriage cost?
The Carriage cometh in addition to the Price of the Book and dependeth upon the Land it journeyeth unto. The Print (for the first Copy): Switzerland & Liechtenstein CHF 10.50 · EU & rest of Europe CHF 8 · United Kingdom CHF 5 · USA CHF 5.50 · Canada CHF 12 · Australia & New Zealand CHF 16.50 · Rest of the world CHF 18. The bound Copy, insured and against Signature: Switzerland & Liechtenstein CHF 25 · Europe CHF 65 · Rest of the world CHF 95. The PDF travelleth without Post and without Cost. The Checkout showeth the Carriage and the whole Sum before thou payest. For the Print the Checkout reckoneth the exact Price of the Printer for thy Land and thy Number of Copies.
How do I receive the PDF?
Upon Payment thou comest straight to the Download; the Link standeth also in thy Mail and serveth for 10 Downloads. The PDF is meant for thee alone – pray pass it not on.
How may I pay?
With Card, TWINT, Apple Pay or Google Pay and PayPal. Thou art led unto the safe Page of Payment of Stripe or PayPal and returnest hither thereafter.
Which Edition befitteth me?
The Narrenbibel is the German, the Foolsbible the English Edition of the same Work. In both thou mayst read the whole first Phase before thou choosest.
May I give it as a Gift?
Yea. Enter in the Checkout the Address of the one thou givest it to – for the PDF their Mail Address sufficeth. If no Price shall be enclosed, write it in the Note.
Are there Duties to pay?
The Print is made in a Printing House near unto thee. Should it cross a Border, Import Duties may fall due, which the Recipient beareth; for a single Book unto Switzerland this is seldom the Case.
And if it be not the right Thing?
There are no Returns and no Refunds – every Book cometh into Being for thee alone, and the PDF is with thee at once. The single Exception: should our Printer be unable to deliver a paid Print, we refund the full Amount. Should a Print arrive damaged, it is printed anew.
Letters from the Workshop
Seldom, and only when there is aught to say: when a new Edition cometh into Being, or a new Work.
To support Joel Pfadenhauer
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