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Words and the World
NLP in Text, Online and Off
with Philip H. Farber

20 April, 2009 to 31 May, 2009

ONLINE COURSE at Maybe Logic Academy

Our ancestors once had to hunt for words in libraries and bookstores. Today,
vast torrents of words pour into our homes via modems and networks. Familiarity
with flowing, scrolling text gives many of us a new ease with words - and yet we
rarely lift the lid on the word machine to learn what makes them effective, how
we respond to language patterns, and what distinguishes fantastic and inspiring
prose from ordinary efforts.

Words and the World will explore the structure of textual interaction to gain
insight into how to get the most from our own words. In the process, we'll
highlight how our minds use words to create beliefs, belief systems and the
models that we sometimes mistake for "reality."

In the meatspace, offline that is, NLP is taught in seminar settings that
emphasize face to face interaction. That's an awesome way to gain skills - to
use offline. Increasingly, though, our business, pleasure, education, and
enlightenment can be found in e-mail, on the web, on networking sites, blogs,
IMs and online forums.

Come prepared to participate in the online equivalent of an NLP seminar. We will
put our skills to practice with found text and with each other. Exercises will
address linguistic use in chat, web pages, forum debate, academic writing,
fiction and much more. Enroll now to develop powerful text skills, flexible
enough to keep pace with the online info-flow. Newbies as well as experienced
cybernauts, writers, and NLPers will have some linguistic thrills to hone their
interactive skills.

Course info at:
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Philip H. Farber is the author of Meta-Magick: The Book of Atem (Weiser Books
2008) and FUTURERITUAL: Magick for the 21st Century (Eschaton Productions,
1995), a manual of neurological exploration. His articles on magick and popular
culture have appeared in The Journal of Hypnotism, Hypnosis Today, Mondo 2000,
High Times, Paradigm Shift, Reality Sandwich, Disinformation and other unique
publications and web sites. Phil is an instructor for Maybe Logic Academy
(www.maybelogic.org), a Certified Hypnotist and a Licensed Trainer of
Neuro-linguistic Programming, with a private practice in New York's Mid-Hudson
Valley. Visit Phil at www.hawkridgeproductions.com.

Phil has worked as a professional writer and editor since the early 1980s,
managed forums and live classes for several online service providers, developed
web sites and resources for major corporations and genuinely enjoys pushing
words around on the computer screen.

Maybe Logic Academy is an innovative online learning institution and community.
The Academy features online courses by some our most important and
ground-breaking writers, theorists, artists and teachers.

Courses are grounded in the philosophy and perspective of maybe logic, an
approach which emphasizes the fallibility and relativity of perception and tends
to approach information and observations with questions, probabilities and
multiple perspectives rather than absolute truths. This "model agnosticism"
informs all MLA courses by maintaining an experimental attitude towards any
particular paradigm, theory or model of reality.

Academy courses are designed to help individuals broaden their perspectives and
perceptions of the world. Our mission is to create a learning and community
environment where alternative models, philosophies and methodologies can be
discussed and explored at length with the guidance of an 'expert in the field.'
If students leave the courses with more questions - and more options - we've
done our job.