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Cosmic trigger : final secret of the illuminati (1977)

by Robert Anton Wilson

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The book that made it all happen! Wilson at his classic best. "Cosmic Trigger" deals with a process of deliberating induced brain change. Explore Sirius, Synchronicities, and Secret Societies; Crowley, Christ and Karma; Dope, Death and Divinity. And, of course, The Illuminati. Wilson has been called "One of the leading thinkers of the Modern Age." The critics rave!!… (more)
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It's a fascinating time capsule into the 60s and 70s, with boundless optimism for the future, for the development of mankind, for immortality and psychic powers. It's also, of course, extremely dated, and wrong in most of its predictions. The biographical notes weave in and out of the narrative but it never really becomes a RAW biography - and that's to its advantage.

Audio note: It's engagingly read but has a couple of audio mistakes with redone lines. ( )
  A.Godhelm | Oct 20, 2023 |
Filled with failed prophecies, prescient wisdom and utter bull, this is RAW at his best. Captures the better zeitgeist of the post-hippie 70's, and the evolution of conspiracies new and old. Laughable and insightful. Read this book on your own journey through Chapel Perilous. ( )
1 vote dhaxton | Mar 14, 2023 |
How many predictions of the futurists failed to come to fruition--space colonies, life extension, immortality, Interesting relic of the era, insights into what many thought was going to happen. ( )
  ritaer | Dec 12, 2019 |

This is the kind of book you aren’t expecting to read. That is, if you, like me, had your head somewhere else than all conspiracy-lovers and occult seekers had. For this is the a book about someone not refusing the existence of weird phenomena, but embracing the kaleidoscope of possible explanations and the many people behind such quests.

This is also a compilation of small essays about different topics. This, notwithstanding the bizarreness of the topic at times, allows you have a enough breathe room to find your own pace without losing too much between reading sessions.

If you are already familiar with occult topics and weird phenomena, I imagine that this book does not add much to what you already know or believe. But if you, like me, happen to fall on this by accident and find yourself enjoying RAW’s style and wittiness, this book may hold a pleasant surprise for you. ( )
1 vote adsicuidade | Sep 8, 2018 |
One of my all-time favorite books...reading it is like being on psychedelics. Try it and let me know. ( )
  burningdervish | Nov 29, 2016 |
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Wilson, Robert Antonprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leary, TimothyForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sirag, Saul-Paulsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Thompson, JohnIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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The book that made it all happen! Wilson at his classic best. "Cosmic Trigger" deals with a process of deliberating induced brain change. Explore Sirius, Synchronicities, and Secret Societies; Crowley, Christ and Karma; Dope, Death and Divinity. And, of course, The Illuminati. Wilson has been called "One of the leading thinkers of the Modern Age." The critics rave!!

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