The Psychopath's Bible - For the Extreme Individual

By Stefan Isaksson

The Psychopath's Bible - For the Extreme Individual
Christopher S. Hyatt & Jack Willis
New Falcon Publications
216 pages
ISBN: 1561841749

I’m sorry; but I have to confess that I was somewhat disappointed after finishing The Psychopath’s Bible. And that pisses me off, because I had really high expectations of it. And that’s not very surprising, since one of its authors is Christopher S. Hyatt – known to be able to write books that outrage the everyday citizen – and both the back of the book and its introduction promise the content to be highly explosive, more or less sure to turn your entire world upside-down, and the whole thing will probably be banned any day soon. Sort of. And who is able to resist a book that should be banned? Furthermore, it’s published by New Falcon Publications, known for their great books on magick, the occult, and controversial knowledge.

Ok, so perhaps I’m not entirely fair, after all, the book wasn’t a complete disappointment. It did have its good sides, too. It packed with quotes about and observations of humankind, and most of them are just as comical as they are cynical and also true, even if it might be hard for you to accept the latter fact. Because Hyatt and Willis aren’t afraid to speak their mind, they see most people out there as unnecessary, pathetic beings that the intelligent psychopath (that is, a human being who lives for himself, knows what he needs, and never hesitates to indulge in whatever pleasures life has to offer) both could and should exploit as much as possible. The word “psychopath” simply has gotten a bad reputation, according to the authors, and if you only know how to act then there’s really nothing and nobody in the world that will stand in your way. In their own words: “Other people’s stupidity is your resource. Help them remain stupid.”

But, does this mean that psychopaths, as defined by the authors, are evil people? Yes and no. If it’s evil to accept the truth and have the balls to take what one wants, then psychopaths are extremely evil. But on the other hand, much of what is being said in the book is quite redundant, and this is really the reason to why the book came out as somewhat of a surprise. Because, what the authors talk about is common sense, though perhaps described a little more harsh and in-your-face than most other help-yourself-books. It’s definitely not as controversial as I was promised that it would be, and the exercises at the end of the book, designed to make you the best psychopath you can possibly be, is actually rather stupid.

However, it was a good read from time to time, since it managed to mix the comical with the truth in an intelligent way. But still, a disappointment is never a funny thing, and especially not when it comes to the art of reading books.