There are certain minds that when exposed to, can shift our entire outlook on life, the universe, and this quantum holographic soup we find ourselves swimming in.
One such mind that it's taken me a while to finally get into: Robert Anton Wilson.
RAW was an author, lecturer, psychedelic explorer who first started making his mark in the 60's and 70's, running in the beatnik circles with legendary thought-leaders such as Timothy Leary, Alan Watts, and several other fringe-dwelling rebels.
Several of his books delved into the realm of conspiracy theories, often taking a satirical approach to them, with the intention of stimulating new thought and breaking the mind open to new perceptions. His works stretched and broke boundaries, weaving explorations into politics, psychedelics, quantum physics, philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, the occult, and a breadth of other angles that won hearts and expanded minds to new dimensions, deservingly growing an almost cult-like following between his time as a Playboy editor and later pivot into NLP (neuro-linguistic programming).
Robert Anton Wilson is an experience. One that if approached with an open mind, is bound to increase our intelligence.
I'd heard about him throughout the years, though only recently began diving in - first with the recommendation of his classic book, "The Illuminatus Trilogy". (With "Cosmic Trigger I" and "Prometheus Rising" next up in the queue, as per the counsel of a respected, scholarly acquaintence.)
Simultaneously, I've been listening to / watching some his content available on YouTube. As great as his written work is, his speeches are a completely different experience - equally as awesome. And herein, I share a few that come from an audio series of his:
Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything(or Old Bob Exposes His Ignorance)
From the author of the legendary underground classic The Illuminatus! Trilogy and many other works comes an unprecedented event: a once-in-a-lifetime meeting with Robert Anton Wilson – captured live on audio. Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything (or Old Bob Exposes His Ignorance) brings us face to face with one of the most unconventional and brilliant writers of our time, affording listeners an inside view of this enigmatic (and sometimes misunderstood) novelist, visionary, and "stand-up comic for the mystically inclined."
In four engrossing sessions of conversation, Robert Anton Wilson delves into such topics as futurist psychology, the paranormal, God, political conspiracies (real and imagined), the Eight Stages of Consciousness and how to obtain them, life extension and space migration, the origins of language, guerrilla ontology, and much more. Wilson also offers a rare glimpse into his early years growing up in an Irish-American ghetto of New York, his friendship with Timothy Leary, his investigations into various magicks – plus a mind-expanding exploration of Wilson’s newest insights into the state of the human predicament.
?This Collectors Edition also includes three classic Robert Anton Wilson lectures: The Acceleration of Knowledge, The New Inquisition, and Religion for the Hell of It.
Language: English
Audio CDs 7 Discs
Tracks are as Follows:
1# The Life and Times of Robert Anton Wilson. Audio Length: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
2# Language and Reality. Audio Length: 1 Hour 24 Minutes
3# Techniques for Consciousness Change. Audio Length: 1 Hour 27 Minutes
4# Politics and Conspiracy. Audio Length: 1 Hour 28 Minutes
5# The Acceleration of Knowledge. Audio Length: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
6# Religion for the Hell of it. Audio Length: 48 Minutes 11 Seconds
7# The New Inquisition. Audio Length: 48 Minutes 16 Seconds
~ audio CD series available at SoundsTrue and Amazon.
1# The Life and Times of Robert Anton Wilson
2# Language and Reality
3# Techniques for Consciousness Change
4# Politics and Conspiracy
5# The Acceleration of Knowledge
6# Religion for the Hell of it
7# The New Inquisition
Embarking upon listening through this series is a commitment, given the length. But OMG, it is ever a fascinating journey.
Throwing this out there for anyone who might resonate and be interested.
If you feel so inclined to venture down this rabbit hole, I'd recommend it. Without a doubt, RAW's work is of a nature that can't help but break down habituated ways of thinking and pave the way to new ways of looking at the world, oneself, and the co-dependent relationship between them that leaves one increasingly humbled, confused, smarter, curious, and in awe of the astounding awesomeness of these dimensions we're navigating our ways through during the course of life and death.
Truly amazing stuff.
Enjoy...
