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The cult novel - The Dice Man
The novel is provocative and bizarre, fascinating and shocking in equal measure.
For many people, it is a book they devour with excitement. For others, it is an irritation they quickly put aside.
This cult novel from the 1970s tells the story of the psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart in the first person. The 32 year old is bored with his life as a family man and therapist and begins to make decisions with the help of a dice.
What was meant as an occasional way to shake things up takes possession of Rhinehart, who after only a short time entrusts all of his life decisions to the dice.
The Dice Man is one of the 30 most life changing books in the world.
Audio excerpt by Luke Rhinehart
Psychological aspects of dicing
What appears in the cult novel The Dice Man as an offbeat comedy is rooted in solid psychology. Behind the pseudonym Luke Rhinehart is George Cockcroft, a professor at Columbia University, who was already exploring chance as a tool for personality development in the 1960s.
In his practice, he let patients roll the dice to determine their next action in order to bypass paralyzing habits and rediscover buried facets of the self. Chance thus became a conscious tool: it forces us to leave familiar paths and try out hidden possibilities.
Dicing makes use of underestimated forces: play awakens curiosity, opens creative spaces and loosens rigid thinking. Humor gives courage, and the group provides a sense of safety. The die creates an impulse that makes decisions easier and breaks routines. In the group, a special energy quickly emerges. People take themselves seriously, but not too seriously. This is exactly how change becomes possible: not through pressure, but through the joy of play and shared experimentation.
At dice evenings, people meet regularly and let a die decide what they will do in their lives.
Radio feature in the BR scene magazine Zündfunk, 2013.
“Dice evenings can take place anywhere: at the Dice Center, in cemeteries at night, in luxurious stretch limousines, wearing Guy Fawkes masks in the spirit of anonymity, and so on. Each round either follows a theme, or the group decides together on the spot how the evening should unfold.”
Who comes to a dice evening?
A yogi next to a programmer, a tax clerk next to a chief physician, a homeless person next to a lawyer: age, title, background, bank balance? The die does not care at all.
What connects us is the desire to break routines, share experiences, turn ideas into action and spend an enriching evening together, during which we support each other in moving from talking to doing.
Anyone who would like to take part is welcome.
How a dice evening works
At a dice evening, new dice options are developed in a relaxed group setting and experiences are exchanged.
Everyone can come up with their own options for a theme or pick up ideas from other participants.
Afterwards, each person publicly rolls the die in turn to determine which option they will carry out by the next meeting.
Participation is voluntary. Nobody has to do anything they do not want to do.
The group supports people in overcoming personal boundaries.
Why should I dice anything?
The main objection is always: I make my own decisions. I am not going to let a die decide what I do.
The die is not a dictator. It merely chooses one of the options that you yourself placed on the table beforehand.
Dicing becomes interesting and exciting whenever you choose activities that challenge you in your current life situation.
What does it cost to take part in a dice evening?
Dicing is a private, non commercial project.
It is about encounters between people who are willing to take new paths, cross their own boundaries and grow personally.
Dicing is my voluntary activity, so to speak: my contribution to society, bringing more adventure and less everyday routine.
When and where do dice evenings take place?
Dice evenings have existed since 2007.
The evenings take place irregularly, but at least once a month.
Location: Dice Center EDEN, 80798 Munich.
In addition to the evenings, there are also excursions and other formats.
Who will enjoy dicing?
Dicing is right for you if you sometimes think too much, try too little and your everyday life consists of repetition. It brings movement, makes decisions easier, draws out creativity and shows you parts of your personality that otherwise remain hidden.
What a dice evening is really about
Everyone crosses their own Rubicon
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About Me
Visiting George Cockcroft (Luke Rhinehart) in New York in 2009
What personally fascinates me about dicing is
that it takes me out of routine and makes me feel alive again. Through it, I have met many new people, had intense experiences and discovered habits that have noticeably enriched my life.
that it is a powerful tool for moving from talking to doing. It helps you leave rigid patterns behind and integrate parts of yourself that usually get too little room in everyday life. Dicing uses psychological principles without explaining them. You simply experience them.
that it has something we often lose: play, humor and lightness. For me, developing one’s humanity through play is one of the most beautiful forms of expanding consciousness.
Curious?
Then come along!
Or bring your people, and we will create your own dice evening.
Roll the die now to decide whether you will come!