Glossary: You, Too, Can Speak Brezsnian

(This article, by Os Davis, originally appeared in Rob Brezsny's website, Free Will Astrology, the only real go-to source for the best horoscopes on the web as far as I'm concerned.)

Ask any acolyte just what distinguishes Rob Brezsny from the typical star-crossed astrologer, and two features are certain to be mentioned: his prose style and his philosophy. Between the two, certain inexpressible concepts key to the nature of macho feminism are bound to overcome the constraints of current linguistic boundaries.

Below is an informed glossary of a handful of uniquely Brezsnian terms; feel free to salt and pepper your own tongue with these goodies in every day life. Hell, if Shakespeare can add 4,000 words to modern English, this alternative philosopher's gotta be good for a couple.

apocalypse (n.) 1. The utter destruction of the order. 2. Revelation, resurrection, or great awakening. 3. Both, simultaneously.

asshole (n.) A dear or beloved person.

disinfotainment (n.) A sociological state caused by severe, oppressive, and usually televisual amusement no longer informative or entertaining. [Antonym: infotainment]

Drivetime, The (n.) Liminal non-spatial wormhole connecting the Dreamtime and Waketime experienced only through a hypnogogic state; The Great Inbetween; the mobius strip-like seam at the heart of the tantric yabyum.

entertainment criminal (n.) One responsible for perpetuating the genocide of the imagination through disinfotainment.

kill the apocalypse (v.) To use humor, to show childbirth regularly in prime time, or to generally spread love and beauty and truth with the intent of overturning the phallocratic powers-that-be.

macho feminism (n.) A male school of thought calling for extreme sensitivity to and reverence for women, while not sacrificing any aspects whatsoever of traditional aspects of the most robust, virile masculinity.

pronoia (n.) The sneaking suspicion that the whole world is conspiring to shower you with blessings. [Antonym: paranoia.]

psychethanatoil (n.) Soul-death due to overwork. Particularly affects Capricorns.

psychevivatoil (n.) The blooming of the soul through work.

radical intimacy (n.) A virtuoso art requiring the mastery of nurturing positive qualities in a lover's personality whilst simultaneously thriving in the glow of the same person's worst qualities. [From the as-yet unpublished Brezsny work entitled The Dictionary of Tricky Love]

reverse panhandle (v.) To generously give of one's own money to passers-by.

shamanatrix (n.) A high-ranking feminist soul sister in the Menstrual Temple of the Funky Grail; one who seeks to kill the apocalypse.

sacred janitor (n.) One who assists in cleaning up after those requiring maintenance of their physical environment or their karmic consequences.

whirlygig (n.) A fact-finding mission entailing steeping oneself with the intention of attracting lessons not really needed and meandering the streets at random in order to strike up conversations with strangers.