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'[[Image:Processcross.jpg|right|thumb|171px|The Process Logo, or P-Cross]] '''The Process''' was an art and philosophy collective formed in the early 1990s and birthed at the same time as, and with a subset of the same people from, the studio work for the [[Skinny Puppy]] album ''[[The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|The Process]]''. Early contributors included [[Nivek Ogre]], [[Genesis P-Orridge]], [[William Morrison (director)|William Morrison]], and [[Loki der Quaeler]]. The Process collective aimed to connect the international industrial music community via the nascent internet while ostensibly reviving the "deviant psychotherapy cult" [[Process Church of the Final Judgement]]. Members were known as Processians<ref>[http://www.weltschmerz.org/process.org/Transmedia/Definitional.html Definitional] process.org</ref> or Processors.<ref>[http://www.weltschmerz.org/process.org/Processors/index.html Processors index] process.org</ref> Several members of The Process collective are currently high-ranking members of [[The Satanic Temple]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grieves |first1=Lucien |title=Our History with The Process |url=https://thesatanictemple.tv/media/sympathy-for-the-devil/our-history-with-the-process/ |website=www.thesatanictemple.tv |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> ==Logo== The Process Cross &mdash; formed by the overlapping of 4 P's - was borrowed from [[Process Church|The Process Church of the Final Judgement]] (Process Church) and appears on albums by Ministry <ref>{{cite web |title=Ministry-Filth-Pig |url=https://www.metalkingdom.net/album-photo/ministry-filth-pig-cd-21129 |website=www.metalkingdom.com |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>, and the Skinny Puppy/Throbbing Gristle collaboration ''Puppy Gristle''<ref>{{cite web |title=Skinny Puppy - PUPPY GRISTLE #714/1000 FROM THE VAULT |url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/skinny-puppy-puppy-gristle-714-1000-110957233 |website=worthpoint.com |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>, and appears in several Skinny Puppy music videos.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puppy |first1=Skinny |title=SKINNY PUPPY 'Candle' THE PROCESS Official Music Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPpTWhUDijQ |website=youtube.com |access-date=27 February 2021 |quote="This 1 of the 3 official videos off Process that circulated through American Recordings promo. This one circulated in poor quality for years. No one seems to have good master quality copy anywhere. I took the time to edit out running lines and retored it the best i could. Unlike lower audio quality versions that are still be out there, this was remastered with my actual 'Candle' American Recording promo CD, 'radio edit'. All visuals come from my personal VHS archive of rare Goth & Industrial music videos and live performances. Feel free to video grab these and put them to good use. "}}</ref> Director [[William Morrison (director)|William Morrison]] has the symbol tattooed on his forearm; musician [[Genesis P-Orridge]] and Satanic Temple founder [[Lucien Greaves]] both bear the mark on their biceps.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Our History with The Process |series=The Satanic Temple TV |first1=William |last1=Morrison |first2=Lucien |last2=Greaves |date=25 December 2019 | url =https://thesatanictemple.tv/media/sympathy-for-the-devil/our-history-with-the-process/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Portrait: Genesis P. Orridge |url=http://www.davidaxelbank.com/a91rg8b2e969jhcz3t78ixn2sc2mhp |website=http://www.davidaxelbank.com |access-date=27 February 2021 |date=2002}}</ref> In 1993 Morrisson received a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing [[Chase Bank]], claiming the bank owned the copyright to The Process' logo. Morrison suggested the lawyers obtain a copy of a book written by [[William Sims Bainbridge]] in 1978, titled "Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult", which would definitively prove The Process Church of the Final Judgement held the copyright. Morrison did not hear back from the lawyers. <ref>{{cite episode |title=Our History with The Process |series=The Satanic Temple TV |first1=William |last1=Morrison |first2=Lucien |last2=Greaves |date=25 December 2019 | url =https://thesatanictemple.tv/media/sympathy-for-the-devil/our-history-with-the-process/}}</ref> ==Initiating The Process== In 1992, [[Rick Rubin]] invited Skinny Puppy (and their entourage) to reside at the [[Shangri-La (recording studio)]] in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]], California, while creating their first album for [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]]. Genesis P-Orridge was enlisted to work on the project. During a brainstorming session on potential concepts for the album, P-Orridge produced copies of a magazine produced by the Process Church titled ''Love'', ''Sex'', ''Death'', and ''Fear''. Morrison recalls himself and [[O.T.O.]] member Adam Rostoker (Adam Walks-Between-Worlds)as immediately excited by the material. Nivek Ogre was also intrigued. <ref name="rockcandyrecordings_202-09-12">{{cite podcast |url=https://www.rockcandyrecordings.com/post/sacred-tension-the-process-church-of-the-final-judgement-feat-william-morrison |title=Sacred Tension: The Process Church of the Final Judgement feat. William Morrison |website=www.rockcandyrecordings.com |publisher=Rock Candy |host=Stephen Long |date=12 September 2020 |time= |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> Although The Process Church of the Final Judgement is credited as the conceptual inspiration for The Process collective, members have cited [[Marshall McLuhan]] and [[Neil Postman]] as influences, stating that the collective was looking to explore media technologies and their impact on culture.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=William |title=And Begin... |url=http://www.process.org/discept/2007/12/31/and-begin/ |website=www.process.org |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> =="Thee Process IS..."== {{Blockquote |text="We all felt we had found our muse. Genesis, Adam Rostoker (Adam Walks Between Worlds) and I penned the original “Thee Process IS..” document and sent it out into the world causing mass confusion within our sphere. American Recordings got on board and released to the press..." |author=William Morrison |title="The Process is..." |source=''www.process.org'' (31 December 2007) }} {{Blockquote |text="The Process is a collaboration ov Individuals. We fight all forms ov restriction to realise thee potential ov thee human brain through a system ov pagan Magick. It exists devoid ov dogma, be it political or religious. Information is shared amongst those involved, not in order to be treated as instruction but rather as a means to promote participation, discipline and contribution to an ideal as opposed to self-ambition. Thee recognition that only truth counts. Rituals (sigils) are employed as a means ov discovering one's true psyche, desires (and their realisation), integrating thee conscious and subconscious as a way to produce a spiritually whole person as opposed to a fragmented shell. The Process attempts to wake people up to thee fact that they are controlled, socially programmed to suit those with an interest in control, and that guilt and fear are weapons employed to suppress natural advancement. Preconceptions must be swept aside and a de-programming occur until fearless and guiltless sexuality is mastered. The Process embraces suitable forms ov technology to support its aims for collective advancement. Methods ov information access include recordings, booklists, video deprogramming transmissions. These are all designed to surprise, even shock, but with a view to expansion, thee removal ov limitation." |author=Father Malachi |title="Thee Process IS..." }} The manifesto promotes the use of [[Chaos magic]], [[sigils]], [[trance]], and the [[cut-up technique]] to unleash powers suppressed by various manifestations of social control. [[William S. Burroughs]], [[Robert Anton Wilson]], [[Aleister Crowley]], [[Thelema]], and the [[23 enigma]] are referenced; many of the ideas articulated are a rehash of Genesis P-Orridge's previous work with [[Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vecchio |first1=Joseph |title=“I WAS IN A POSITION TO DISMANTLE IT”:INDUSTRIAL MUSIC APPROPRIATIONS OF WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS |url=https://digital.library.txstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10877/4982/VECCHIO-THESIS-2014.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |website=digital.library.txstate.edu |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=P-Orridge |first1=Genesis |title=The Process is the Product |url=https://realitysandwich.com/process_product/ |website=www.realitysandwich.com |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> [[Neo-pagan]] attitudes and [[Buddhist]] references also permeate the syncretic text. Transmission of The Process is described as analogous to that of the zen [[koan]] and is described as the "idealized Hidden Instrument of Evolution". Deprogramming, the fulfillment of one's True Will, the liberation of sexuality, and the subversion/dissembling of Control (in the Burroughsian sense) are addressed in the document. Ideas borrowed from [[anarchism]], such as mutuality and decentralization, get play as well. The Process is self-described as a "non-organization" recognizing "thee reality ov Individuals", consciously formulated to look appear as a cult to the mainstream. The Process sees itself as "sucksessors" to the hippies and surrealists and claims to have "bases" in UK, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Canada, and America. The document is attributed to Father Malachi. Strangely, there are no overt references to Process Church of the Final Judgement in the document.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malachi |first1=Father |title=Thee Process IS... |url=http://www.weltschmerz.org/process.org/Transmedia/Process.html |website=www.weltschmerz.org |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> ''The Process'' on the Skinny Puppy album of the same name presents a summarized version of the doctrine.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Process |url=https://genius.com/Skinny-puppy-process-lyrics |website=genius.com |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> In a 1998 interview with Philip H. Farber, Nivek Ogre talks about the project, saying: <ref>{{cite web |last1=Farber |first1=Phillip H. |title=Paradigm Shift Interview by Philip H. Farber |url=http://users.bestweb.net/~kali93/oct98/ogre.htm |website=users.bestweb.net |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>:{{Blockquote |text= "It was, in essence, a bit of Magick 101, in a lot of ways. We worked out a doctrine and put something up and from all of that, something was woken. Something rose up and came back to meet the call. That was really interesting. It was probably one of the most interesting projects I've done in my life. To this day, it's still one of the most interesting. I still delve into, and I still have contacts from that and I still utilize that whole experience. It was incredible." }} ==The Process obstructed== Hostilities within the band and escalating drug use, not to mention the increasingly bizarre behavior of Dwayne Goettel, lead Skinny Puppy to disband in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCaughey |first1=Brian |title=Skinny Puppy: A Difficult Process |url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/rip2.htm |website=litaney.net |access-date=27 February 2021 |date=1996}}</ref> Goetelle died of a heroin overdose two months later. When a fire broke out at Rick Rubin's home on April 11, 1995, Genesis P-Orridge escaped through a second-story window and fell onto concrete stairs, resulting in a broken wrist, elbow, and ribs, as well as a pulmonary embolism. P-Orridge successfully sued Rubin for $1.5 million in damages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reiss |first1=Randy |title=Genesis P-Orridge Wins $1.5 Million Suit Against Rick Rubin |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/350146/genesis-p-orridge-wins-15-million-suit-against-rick-rubin/ |website=mtv.com |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> Adam Rostoker (Adam Walks Between Worlds) was murdered in 1997, dying of gunshot wounds to the chest and head.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Granberry |first1=Michael |title=Clues Scarce in Slaying of Neo-Pagan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-16-me-38864-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=27 February 2021 |date=16 March 1997}}</ref> Although impeded by these tragedies, The Process collective continued to grow and evolve through the 1990s and into the 21st century. ==The Process online== Information about The Process was initially communicated across [[Usenet]] by its founding members, who encouraged people to upload their various media files for collaboration via anonymous [[FTP]]. Later, a mailing list was created, but without direct participation by Ogre or Genesis.<ref>"Do Ogre or Genesis P-Orridge participate on the email list?" The Process List FAQ, circa 1997</ref><ref>Farber, Philip H., [http://users.bestweb.net/~kali93/oct98/ogre.htm Interview with Ogre], Paradigm Shift, October 1998, Vol. 1, No. 2</ref> The Process FTP was initially located at the address ftp.netcom.com directory pub/puppy. The group was then afforded its own server space and listproc at [[University of Southern California|USC]], by [[Robert Engen]], with the address process.usc.edu. In 1995, internet efforts not involving the listproc had their own domain: process.org. According to Morrison, process.org went live the day the internet came online and was accessible with the original [[Mosaic (web browser)]]. [[Loki der Quaeler]] is credited with pioneering The Process' process.org web presence. The original process.org server was a [[NeXTstation]] stored in a closet in [[Vancouver]], B.C; the location and internet connection were provided by [[Jean-Yves Thériault|Blacky]]. The Process provided one of the earliest international collaboration efforts by artists and philosophers who were largely unknown to each other prior to their usage of the Internet - an effort that has gone largely undocumented by contemporary media theorists and Internet sociologists despite the fact that many of their assertions played out in the course of the experiment. The Process was also an early open-source project. Several gatherings of participants took place in 1997 and 1998 at primarily East Coast locations. During the last years of the decade, community activity dwindled and the website was eventually retired. Creative spin-offs and independent projects were launched around roughly the same time frame, drawing many participants in new directions and away from the collective. In this period, a number of original members of the Process Church contacted some of the early contributors of the collective and the Process Church members were subsequently provided with their own webspace on the Process server from March 1997 until May 2001.<ref>according to the web archive of Process.org @ [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.process.org WayBackMachine]</ref> ==Since 2000== In 2000, Genesis premiered a short film entitled ''The Process is the Product''. It was prepared from multimedia material created by Process Media Labs during the early years of The Process.<ref>[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/tatracars/process1.html&date=2009-10-25+22:39:18 'The Process is the Product' Page] (unofficial)</ref> Several members of the original collective are prominent members of [[The Satanic Temple]] and have cited The Process as a having greater influence on the TST vision and structure than the "self-centered" philosophy of [[Anton LaVey]] and [[The Church of Satan]].<ref name="rockcandyrecordings_202-09-12"/> ==References== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.weltschmerz.org/process.org/Transmedia/Process.html Thee Process IS...] *[http://www.weltschmerz.org/process.org/ A partial reassembly of the original Process website] *[http://www.process.org/ Welcome to the Process blog] {{DEFAULTSORT:Process}} [[Category:Artist groups and collectives]] [[Category:Chaos magic]] [[Category:Thelema]] [[Category:Philosophical movements]]'