OMNIYou're probably best known as "Dr. John Lilly, the dolphin man." What is the aim of your current dolphin research? LillyAt Marine World, we're working with computers to develop a human/dolphin code, analogous to the Morse code used in telegraphy. The project is called JANUS -- for Joint Analog Numerical Understanding System. Like the Roman god … Continue reading Dr John C. Lilly on human/dolphin communications.
Category: Illuminatus Trilogy
Robert Anton Wilson’s Pulp Illuminations by Erik Davis
Robert Anton Wilson's Pulp Illuminations A talk at the Esoteric Book Conference, September 2014 By Erik Davis illuminatus Here is a talk I gave at last year’s wonderful Esoteric Book Conference about Illuminatus!, the occult, and the tension between high and low magic in the 1970s.http://techgnosis.com/robert-anton-wilsons-pulp-illuminations/I highly recommend the EBC: the perfect (for me) Venn Diagram … Continue reading Robert Anton Wilson’s Pulp Illuminations by Erik Davis
John Higgs talks with Rawillumination about his new book on The KLF and RAW
Raw scholars of the highest caliber in conversation. Thanks Tom. JMR Higgs talks about his new book on The KLF and RAWIt's strange to say that a book about a British pop group is one of the best short introductions to the work of Robert Anton Wilson, but it's also true. JMR Higgs' KLF: Chaos … Continue reading John Higgs talks with Rawillumination about his new book on The KLF and RAW
Press play. Go. Pull it. The Cosmic Trigger Play.
http://cosmictriggerplay.com/Daisy Eris Campbell and a merry band of Discordians (including Steve Fly) are on a mission to stage Robert Anton Wilson's auto-biographical musings "Cosmic Trigger" as an original theatre production.
The Dam conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy
The Dam conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy“what the thinker thinks, the prover proves”—recurring theme in the book Prometheus Rising, by Robert Anton Wilson.Everything seems connected. Some things seem more interconnected than others. Networks connect. New information travels fast. Novelty powers the meme-space race. Reality, from the whole tribes perspective, maybe only what trends on twitter when the … Continue reading The Dam conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy
The Late Great Robert Anton Wilson Event Part 1 – John Higgs
One day before heading down to London on the bus from Dudley, to see the show at the Horse Hospital i had the following experience:yesterday, in Stourbridge i had an encounter with an Angel, or what Arthur Koestler calls...'the library angel' category of coincidence, or in my case the charity shop Angel. Let me explain, … Continue reading The Late Great Robert Anton Wilson Event Part 1 – John Higgs
Illuminatus Trilogy! and Annonymous hacking culture
This article from Wired has produced a more condensed article (that follows)including a fantastic quote about Illuminatus Trilogy! by Shea and Wilson, linking the History of hacker culture directly to the novels, and so further back, deeper into the sub-history of dada, surrealism, satire. I would argue this reaches right back to the 1580's and … Continue reading Illuminatus Trilogy! and Annonymous hacking culture
The tale of the ‘high’ tribe
The tale of the tribe High Time and the Counter-cultural hall of fame. "A ganachakra (Sanskrit: gaṇacakra, or 'gathering circle'; Tibetan: tshogs kyi 'khor lo) is also known as tsog, ganapuja, chakrapuja or ganachakrapuja. It is a generic term for various tantric assemblies or feasts, in which practitioners meet to chant mantra, enact mudra, make … Continue reading The tale of the ‘high’ tribe
IE is for Interview by Email: They shall come to know Go(o)d
Every yin needs a yang. Every Hodgeneeds a Podge. We should be united.--Illuminatus Trilogy! Page 423!Fly: Could you explain a little bit about your holographic prose?RAW: No. I'm struggling to write a whole book aboutthat right now and can't imagine how tocondense it. Besides, it's the hardestpart of my work to translate...I'll give you two … Continue reading IE is for Interview by Email: They shall come to know Go(o)d
TTOTT is for The Tale of the Tribe: v1.0
The Tale of the Tribe. [TOTT.]An ambiguous and widely missunderstood grouping of FIVE words, or four if you miss off THE'I think the phrase "A Poem including History" works as a helpful pointer. Finnegans Wake and the Cantos'Are each "The Tale of the Tribe" in their respective ways. "Illuminatus! Trilogy" too!These 3 texts when considered … Continue reading TTOTT is for The Tale of the Tribe: v1.0
DEEP SCRATCH (REMIX) 