Fantheology

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

The ghod-lore of fandom -- distinguish, please, from its mythology, which concerns fans themselves as a rule. The source of these deities is indicated by Art Rapp in the verses below, and otherwise in his observation that the fannish religions, as explained under "Ghods", are sublimations of our actual impulses in religious matters. See also Roscoe, Foofoo and Ghu, and Cosmic Circle. from Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement ca. 1960: Sneary demands a retraction of the statement that he was a Rosconian, as if it were an insult to him rather than an undeserved compliment.

Each [[fan]] sometime in his career
To Inner Voices lends an ear
And with true [[fannish]] asininity
On [[fandom]] foists a new divinity.
It has been done before, he knows,
As when the glorious [[Ghu]] arose
And gathered in believers true
Until opposed by famous [[Foo]].
Then [[Cosmic Circle]] had its birth:
"To hell with heaven; [[Clod]]'s on earth!"
And it might be alive today
If [[Clod]] had washed his feet of clay.
Then Mighty [[Roscoe]]'s Cult arose
(As every [[SPACEWARP]] reader knows)
Interpreted by deacons three:
[[Rick Sneary]], [[Edmund Cox]], and [[Art Rapp|me]].
The moral of this history, [[fan]],
Is: Cults ain't founded by one [[slan]];
Attempts by two make [[fandom]] nod,
For only T'ree can make a ghod. 

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