quoted 10 lines Quoting Chispas De Muerte <generentropy@yahoo.com>:
>
>Quoting Chispas De Muerte <generentropy@yahoo.com>:
> > contain 23 tracks!The satanic mason in me loves this.
> > The 90's were all about hidden tracks, the new
> > millinium is all numerology trickery! 2003 is here
> > folks, better read up on your Robert Anton Wilson!
>
>While that crap is good for a quick cheap laugh, it takes forever to read,
>and
>is quite a distraction from actual reality...
I'm nearly finished with Wilson's 'Cosmic Trigger', and though this is my
first(of hopefully many) literary experience(s) in these type of ideas, I'm
almost certain that one of the main themes presented by Wilson and his
colleagues is that reality is relative. So much so that you can choose or
control it through a reporgamming of your perceptions.
quoted 7 lines It's even more insidious because
>It's even more insidious because
>while you're reading it and "getting" all the references, you're under the
>illusion that you're better off for avoiding the usual mainstream
>distractions,
>while instead all you've done is accepted an alternate dosage of the same
>cultural opiate...
>
I'm not sure if I understand you here...you're saying that the ideas
presented by Wilson and his ilk are just something else to believe in, or no
more relevent than other religous denominations or belief systems. By
'cultural opiate' I just assume you make reference to religion. If that is
the point you're trying to make, I would personally have to disagree,
although technically I suppose you're right. The difference I see, or at
least the factors which lead me towards this 'belief' system rather than
others, is that it's based on non-belief. To quote Wilson himself 'Belief
is the death of intelligence', and from what I've grasped from 'Cosmic
Trigger' the only thing Wilson truely 'believes' in is the development and
advancement of personal and scientific understanding. The Numerology sutff
is a bit hard to swallow, but I think Wilson takes it in support of Jung's
collective consciouness, or 'syncronicities'. I'm a bit lost when it comes
to these matter, but thats why I'm so excited to get hold of more literature
on the subject. Anyway, err, sorry for spouting off like that.
Nick
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