The Phurst Church of Phun is a 100% customizable, spiritual vehicle for deepening your relationship with humor as a tool for positive transformation and healing. When we are laughing at good-hearted comedy (humor that does not cause suffering) we are literally creating a divine state of grace. If only for a fleeting moment, we are lifted out of our suffering and made light with humor. Praise Ha!
We embrace the philosophy of Crazy Wisdom as our philosophical foundation (check out Scoop Nisker’s book “Crazy Wisdom”). In 1971, Wavy Gravy, the infamous Merry Prankster, Woodstock Music Festival emcee, activist/humanitarian clown and “Temple of Accumulated Error,” phounded the Phurst Church of Phun (PcoP) as a secret society of clowns dedicated to ending the Vietnam war through humor-based social/political activism. PCoP “services” were held quietly every April Phools day to honor the archetype of the wise Holy Phool and to keep alive the philosophy and spirit of Crazy Wisdom by practicing the dada-istic art of seducing divine synchronicity phrom out of chaos. In 1984 Wavy ordained the “Badillions” - a new generation of Intrepid Travelers - and gave them his blessing to bring the spirit of the Holy Phool to the masses. To this end, the Badillions have initiated thousands of people into the Phurst Church of Phun phrom at such venues as Hampshire College, the Oregon Country Fair, NYC’s Wetlands Preserve nightclub (NYC), Portland Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom and the Phurst Church of Phun’s Northwest headquarters, also in Portland OR . The Phurst Church of Phun can be seen/heard in the documentary film “Praise Ha!”
We take our style cues phrom a variety of Wise Phools including the Dada-ists, the Merry Pranksters, and Wavy Gravy. We tend to dress in the most embarrassing outfits possible. We phondle rubber chickens while speaking in tongues (much sapher than those other religions in which people handle poisonous snakes). The Grateful Dead is usually our House Band….though Englebert Humperdink occasionally stops by to belt out a phew hymnals. We are phrequently accompanied by a large congregation of Rubber Chickens.
