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The Illuminati Papers
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Is history a vast conspiracy? A cosmic joke? Discover the truth – maybe – in the long-awaited new edition of Robert Anton Wilson’s classic cult bestseller The Illuminati Papers. Created as a vehicle to amuse and enlighten, the story of the Illuminati has attracted devoted readers world-wide, who have found in it a perfect metaphor for our times. This edition has a new introduction, cover and layout…. More >>
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September 6th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Robert Anton Wilson predicted repeatedly since the 1970′s, including in this book, that we would have seen the conquest of aging and death by now. The reality check he experienced in January 2007 suggests that people should deeply discount his value as a visionary “futurist” from now on.
Rating: 1 / 5
September 6th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Yeah, yeah, I liked the book. What I don’t get is the one review that said RAW was paranoid but then warned you not to play with a Ouija board because “you never know what you might dig up” (paraphrased). Since when did a stupid toy acquire strange, demonic powers? Now THAT sounds paranoid to me.
Rating: 4 / 5
September 6th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
…but entertaining nonetheless and if you are into numerology, synchronicities, physics, and conspiracies, I recommend this book heartily. Near the back of the book is a great graphic that shows the history of physics, as well as one that shows the evolution of secret societies – these are interesting. One thing about the book I find troubling though is the extent to which one might be courting negative energies by investigating them so much. Sometimes, it’s best not to play with a Ouija board – you never know what you might dig up. RAW is a unique writer and adds I think a significant degree of signal into an otherwise noisy environment of New Age baloney. But it is hard to tell sometimes when he is pulling your leg….
Rating: 3 / 5
September 6th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
A compilation of articles and interviews dating back to the late 70s. There’s an updated intro by Mr Wilson for this new edition, in which he states that “Generation X” is generally stupid, and that the population has been dumbed down. Hmm, I reckon scientists could have been more stupid in the 70s, as Wilson quotes several who make daft predictions about abolishing work and poverty by the year 2000 and Wilson makes several wildly inaccurate predictions about such matters as the end of work and space migration in language such as: “cybernation plus space colonization plus Leary’s I(2) will create an abundance that will make poverty as obsolete in 2001 as smallpox is now.” Overall, I would say it is hit and miss, but that there is some interesting stuff in here.
Rating: 3 / 5
September 6th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Once again Robert Anton Wilson provides readers with a textual landscape of guerilla ontology. Like a pit bull, the wit bites sharply, and combined with intellectual determination, it holds firmly… to readers with an open willingness for the progressive thought of RAW. The Illuminati Papers is quite an excellent introduction to RAW for those unfamiliar; and with clever (but honest) essays like “The Abolition of Stupidity” and “The Addiction of Economy,” one certainly should be compelled to read this man’s other intriguing works.
Rating: 5 / 5