Robert Anton Wilson
Born 18. Januar 1932 · Died 11. Januar 2007
Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, novelist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized by Discordianism as an Episkopos, Pope, and saint, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings and interviews.
Wilson described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth".[1] His goal being "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything."[2]
Wilson was a major figure in the counterculture, comparable to one of his coauthors, Timothy Leary, as well as Terence McKenna and others.[3]
Quotes
“Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.”
p. 84 “I used to be an atheist, until I realized I had nothing to shout during blowjobs. "Oh Random Chance! Oh Random Chance!" just doesn't cut it….”
DragonCon, 2000 "Every national border in Europe," El Eswad added ironically, "marks the place where two gangs of bandits got too exhausted to kill each other anymore and signed a treaty. Patriotism is the delusion that one of these gangs of bandits is better than all the others."
p. 100 "Is," "is." "is" — the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin to make sense. I don't know what anything "is"; I only know how it seems to me at this moment.
The Historical Illuminatus as spoken by Sigismundo Celine “Everyone has a belief system, B.S., the trick is to learn not to take anyone's B.S. too seriously, especially your own.”
Reality Is What You Can Get Away With
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Books by Robert Anton Wilson in order
Books by Robert Anton Wilson in the order they were published, from Feminine Forever (1966) to Email to the Universe (2005).
- 1Feminine Forever
Feminine Forever1966 - 2Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words
Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words1972 - 3Sex and Drugs
Sex and Drugs1973 - 4Illuminatus!
Illuminatus!1975 - 5Cosmic Trigger
Cosmic Trigger1977 - 6Schrodinger’s Cat
Schrodinger’s Cat1979 - 7The Illuminati Papers
The Illuminati Papers1980 - 8Masks of the Illuminati
Masks of the Illuminati1981 - 9Schrodinger Cat II
Schrodinger Cat II1981 - 10Right Where You Are Sitting Now
Right Where You Are Sitting Now1982 - 11The Earth Will Shake : A Novel
The Earth Will Shake : A Novel1982 - 12Prometheus Rising
Prometheus Rising1983 - 13Widow's Son
Widow's Son1985 - 14The New Inquisition
The New Inquisition1986 - 15Natural Law or Don't Put a Rubber on Your Willy
Natural Law or Don't Put a Rubber on Your Willy1987 - 16Coincidance
Coincidance1988 - 17Schrödinger's cat trilogy
Schrödinger's cat trilogy1988 - 18Wilhelm Reich in Hell
Wilhelm Reich in Hell1988 - 19Nature's God
Nature's God1989 - 20Quantum Psychology
Quantum Psychology1990 - 21Reality Is What You Can Get Away With
Reality Is What You Can Get Away With1992 - 22Everything Is Under Control
Everything Is Under Control1998 - 23Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything
Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything2001 - 24Email to the Universe
Email to the Universe2005