1.      Proto-Barbarism is the next and only logical artistic and literary paradigm following Postmodernism.

2.      Proto-Barbarism means the death of entertainment and amusement in the Arts. No more Panis et circensis: Get ready for the Vandals!

3.      Proto-Barbarism is the essential rescue and revival of all archaisms and archetypes.

4.      Proto-Barbarism incorporates the aesthetic and poetic forms and styles of ancient as well as contemporary non-European peoples; especially the urban underclass.

5.      Proto-Barbarism means the death of good and bad taste, and the resurrection of  VALUE.

6.      Proto-Barbarism is the return to Magick incantation and to the invocation of the dæmon of poiesis.

7.      In Proto-Barbarist poetry, we seek the revolutionary overthrow of prose, proper syntax and grammatical rules.

8.      All of the English lexicon is fair game in Proto-Barbarist poetry, from Olde English to yesterday’s text-messaging neologisms.

9.      Proto-Barbarism is also the transcendence of Euro-centrism in the Fine Arts. This means the complete overthrow of Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Expressionism, Surrealism, and most of all, of triumphal Postmodernism.

10.  Proto-Barbarism transcends all other forms of Euro-centrism. This means the overthrow of all forms of “political correctness” whether of the Left or of the Right.

11.  Proto-Barbarism is neither DADA, nor not DADA.

12.  Proto-Barbarism is neither about YOU, nor not about YOU.

13.  Proto-Barbarism is the confusion of tongues after the Fall of the Tower(s).

14.  Long Live Proto-Barbarism!