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Precept of The Neo-American Church

The Neo-American Ten Commandments.

Kleps's decalogue, headed by the right of everyone to expand their own consciousness by whatever means. The rest concern honesty about what the sacrament does and refusal to sell it.

What it asksThe Neo-American Ten Commandments, of which the first is that everyone has the right to expand consciousness by any means
Who it bindsBoo Hoos and enrolled members
Where it bitesBy whether the sacrament is treated as a right or an indulgence
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held

Kleps wrote the church's decalogue himself and it is headed by the right of every person to expand their own consciousness by whatever means they choose. The remainder concern honesty about what the sacrament does, refusal to sell it, and the obligation not to guide someone who has not asked to be guided. The Boo Hoo Bible — properly the Neo-American Church Catechism and Handbook, published in 1971 — carries them alongside the church's constitution, its satire and Kleps's essays, in a single volume that its successors describe as out of date but still worth reading. The commandments are the part of the corpus that reads least like a joke, which is the strongest evidence for the reading Kleps insisted on.

The same ground, other faiths

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The commandments are how the covenant is lived. Judaism · core tenet Go deeper →

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