Scan barcode
unionmack's review
4.0
This is definitely the most out there book of RAW's I've read yet. Similar to Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Cosmic Trigger describes phenomena and experiences that defy rational explanation. This is made all the more unsettling given how intelligent, eloquent, and sincere the person who experienced them seems to be. It's hard to believe Robert Anton Wilson legitimately went insane or schizoid—he's far too cogent and agnostic of a thinker for that. For that matter, he seems to have never really "broken" at any point, nor did he fall completely into a certain delusion. But that begs the question: what do you make of all this stuff he went through in the '60s and '70s? Thankfully, he provides you with a multitude of models to view his story through and I'd guess he'd be as interested in our own interpretations as any of his. While I'm still a pretty skeptical person and plenty of the predictions in this book feel pretty hopelessly dated, I'm more than willing to admit: things are much stranger than we want to believe and anyone who thinks they've got this universe really figured out at all is either an idiot or a liar.
nilchance's review
5.0
I don't claim to understand all of this book, or to agree with all of Wilson's opinions (not that he would want me to!), but reading this was a powerful experience. The act of reading the text was like entering an altered state, which is very interesting. I could reread it repeatedly and not pick up everything Wilson was laying down here.
More...