Robert Anton Wilson breadcrumbs

Podcast related to the book: http://www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-item/the-sex-magicians/

RAW and thoughts about censorship

The Long Seventies Podcast episode on The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Some topics touched:

Exploration of Authoritarianism, Skepticism, and Anti-authoritarian Stance: The discussed band in the book represents authoritarianism, while the author advocates for thorough skepticism and an anti-authoritarian stance.

Exploring Convictions, Rationality, and Cult Dynamics: Convictions can limit openness to new ideas and cult dynamics can restrict followers' intellectual options.

Exploring the Thought Exercise of 'The Illuminatus! Trilogy' and its Discordian Roots: The book serves as a thought exercise synthesizing eccentric ideas influenced by the Discordian movement.

Exploring E Prime and its Connection to Neuro Linguistic Programming: E Prime as a tool to alter thinking and neuro linguistic programming techniques for behavioral conditioning are discussed.

Exploring the Origins of Social Media Platforms and Conspiracy Theories: Origins of social media platforms, their names, and potential conspiracy theories are explored.

Exploring Mythological References and Time Travel in the Book: The incorporation of mythological references and time-traveling storylines blur fiction and non-fiction in the book.

Exploring Mental Habits, Deep Programming, and Brainwashing: The challenge of eliminating mental habits, deep programming, and brainwashing as a real phenomenon are discussed.

Exploring Conspiracy Theories and Alternative Views: The podcast delves into conspiracy theories like the Bavarian Illuminati theory and the conditioning effects of exposure to such theories.

Decentralized Incentives and Societal Problems: Incentives drive behavior in society, with societal issues often stemming from a decentralized web of incentives rather than intentional conspiracies.

Evolution of News Media and Pressure for Immediate Content: The evolution of news media to the 24-hour news cycle has led to a focus on publishing content quickly, sometimes sacrificing accuracy for speed.

Always happy to see more RAW books coming

23 Enigma. Via http://www.rawillumination.net/2023/09/saturday-links.html

First encounter with this church was watching movie Arise! Interesting that they had their ways crossed with RAW.

the digitised tapes below seem “new” to the Internet

Full episode: https://share.snipd.com/episode/536e824b-83cd-4b6d-a1cf-59b4ed9df7b0

A short audio

Great lazy saturday read about RAW and tunnels around the man.

About Robert Anton Wilson book on Aleister Crowley

Seems to be an interesting book

A take on coming back

Seems the social media giants are committing seppuku. Will the fediverse and Discord be the next wave?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/945125

Robert Anton Wilson had a profound effect on me as a 19 year old. His books introduced me to Korzybski, and I bought a copy of Science and Sanity to read on my lunch breaks, while I was working as a labourer on farms. It got me interested in maths, and I went to university to study electrical engineering (which Bob also studied) so I could understand the maths in the book.

A while ago I bought a copy of Trajectories (which can be found on the internet archive https://archive.org/details/chaosbeyondbesto0000wils/mode/2up). I was over joyed to discover that the book contained a personal letter from Bob that was hand signed. I've redacted personal info from it, and although it is a personal letter, I don't think Bob would mind, since he was quite open about his health issues later in his life.

I love the use of different calendars, highlighting the arbitrariness of time keeping in different cultures.

That was a joyful read :)