RAW: An Obituary
Robert Anton Wilson was the secret agent of synchronicity.
It was his works I discovered when I began receiving weird vibes about
Sirius, and his books I was guided towards soon after executing a
gung-ho magickal operation to receive illumination about Truth. Uncle
Bob blew my mind with a fierce wind of cross-cultural meta-narratives
about mysticism and occultism. He made the broad connections between
maps and phenomena which most brains only garner the vaguest hint
towards, let alone full synthesis and processing into erudite, witty,
funny and perpetually enlightening prose. I haven't met one person who
wasn't changed in some way by reading Robert Anton Wilson's work –
which could be a testament to a sheltered life, or a bona-fide
indicator of just how important this man was: in bridging the gap
between the 1960's counter-culture and the future of occultism; in
filtering out the dogma and the bullshit that occultism often carried
along with it, breaking down a wall that precipitated a flood of fresh
occult thought that wasn't weighed down by the pseudo-religious and
sometimes impenetrable jargon that hung over mid-20th century
occultism from the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
That he'd fallen ill late last year initiated a wave of concern all
over the planet. He was pronounced dead 4:50am, 11th of January, 2007.
He wrote about his experience of polio as a child, and his consistent
sufferance of post-polio syndrome, with his trademark mixture of comic
tragedy. That it should claim his life, despite his heroic advocacy of
life-extension and virtual immortality, is a kick in the face to all
optimism everywhere. But the anecdotal evidence that he maintained his
humour throughout his final days on this earth, is further testament to
just how switched on he was.
From his very early writings about drugs (republished as Sex, Drugs and
Magick by New Falcon Press, in its sixth printing in 2000) Uncle
Bob was an iconoclast. Picking away at the faults of the state and its
systems and always championing the overlooked virtues of common sense.
But it was the Illuminatus Trilogy, written with Robert Shea in 1975,
that cemented him as a voice and mind to be taken seriously (or not,
depending on your side of the fence), and his subsequent chronicles of
the synchronicites and madness that led him to write that book, Cosmic
Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati, that secured his position as
man deep in touch with his own genius.
In this book, Uncle Bob defied magickal convention by dropping LSD and
listening to a tape-recording of The Bornless Ritual, thereby achieving
Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. He blew the lid
(for this reader at least) on the connections with extra-terrestrial
intelligences and magick, and wrote with reference to the eight-circuit
model of consciousness with more clarity and better explanation than
its creator, Timothy Leary, ever did in his lifetime. Any
self-proclaimed magician who actually practiced magick, would have
recognised the initiatory journey Uncle Bob was chronicling in that
book. And sympathised, perhaps even found a voice of reason where there
was only a burgeoning concern of affliction with schizophrenia: I'm
sure I couldn't have been the only person to read Cosmic Trigger and
say “You too? Thank fuck. I thought I was going nuts...”
With Prometheus Rising and Quantum Psychology, arguably along with
Cosmic Trigger his best and most rewarding books, he delved deeper into
the exploration of human consciousness, and de-mystified mysticism into
a post-modern practice of socio-cultural and neurological
transcendence. Something that previously hadn't been done with such
empathy, and an insight into just how stupid and prone to
over-complication a human mind can be.
As I write this at 2230 I'm also reminded of Uncle Bob's fearless
introduction of the 23 meme into popular consciousness. While the
23 Current has taken on a life all of its own, Bob's Most Marvelous
Magi Trick may have been to let that one loose to plague a thousand
minds, probably more. He almost single-handedly popularised
Discordianism and edged it into the important magickal movement it is
today. Without Uncle Bob, would there be Chaos Magick, or a wave of
modern shaman's delivering human consciousness back from the brink of a
potential over-scienced and under-psy-enced dark age?
At 2300 hours I'm reminded that while it's impossible to say too much
about how great the man will be missed, it's easy to overstate it when
a simple “Good Bye Uncle, Bob, we'll miss you!” would probably do.
As much as you'd probably hate to come back as anything, it would be a
good idea.
There's no business like show-business, and you've showed us so much.
But a little more never hurt.
RIP Robert Anton Wilson 1932-2007
Tristram Burden
RIP R.A.W. by Stephen Montalvo
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Desert Moon Grove
Back in April of 2006, I (AION) was contacted by Sgt Eric Cooper with a
request for donated Pagan supplies. Sgt Cooper is stationed in Tal
Afar, Iraq and is the founder of Desert Moon Grove, a group of military
Pagans who come together to celebrate their religious rites and rituals
while deployed in Iraq.
His network of active military Pagans has grown-
They need all kinds of support, including magickal/Pagan "care
packages" of donated supplies.
He has recently made available a list of a number of other Pagan
circles of men and women serving in the middle east.
The following is from The Wiccan Way site: We strongly hope you will
help support these Pagan Magickians in the desert- regardless of how
you feel about this (unjust) war..
The links below take you to some of the original information provided
to us by Sgt Cooper about his group along with updated news about the
group which he emails us every week or two. The information provided by
Sgt Cooper is a real eye-opener about the difficulties of being a
practicing Pagan in the military along with the hardships our soldiers
and their families experience while deployed in Iraq. Sgt Cooper has
given us explicit permission to reprint this information at The Wiccan
Way store website.
Desert Moon Grove - Introduction Circa 2004
About Sgt Eric Cooper, Founder Of Desert Moon Grove
Desert Moon Grove - Update June 28, 2006
To Contact Sgt Cooper & Desert Moon Grove:
Eric Cooper <medicyne_eagle@yahoo.com>
The
HermAphroditic ChAOrder of The SILVER DUSK
The 8 outward-pointing arrows of Chaos (expansion, exhalation)
are counterpointed by the 8 inwards-pointing arrows of Order
(contraction, inhalation) formed by the negative space
b e t w e e n them (which the spiral fills).
Together these represent the 16 kalas ('colours'/emanations) or rays of
Time whichcihw emiT from Kali, the Black Goddess of the Void
(XAOS -the Greek root of the Word Chaos)
The letters
of the outer star spiral clockwise to Ma-nifestat-ion while the
inner spiral inspirals counter-clockwise (clockfoolish).
The Great Serpent of Chaos, TiamaiT, was divided (ordered) into
sections by Marduk, becoming T(he)-I-am-aT. Thus She is TeyaMayeT
(Mayet is the Egyptian Goddess of The World Order, the earliest form of
Maat), the sdrawkcab dnand forwards flow of TimemiT. The
spiderweb formed by the rays and the spiral is a basic map for astral
timetravel.
The Silver Dusk
is a counter-point to The Golden Dawn
-that where the Golden Dawn was a magickal order established by poets
and artists, the Silver Dusk is an art movement instigated by magicians
and sorcerers.
For much much more.....
http://www.crossroads.wild.net.au/order.htm
http://sothismedias.blogspot.com/
THE HOUSE OF HORUS
Dedicated to the exaltation and
unveiling of
Nuit-Babalon-Hathoor in the New Aeon of Thelema.
Salutation to Hathoor! Mistress of Light!
Whose triumph I proclaim!
Victorious queen with the hawk's own sight, Sekhmet is Thy name!
The web site
explore the rise of Hathoor
from the most mysterious and powerful of civilizations to
Her
re-evolution in the Age of Ra-Hoor-Khuit, marked by the
initiation of the Law
of Love.
http://www.hathoor.net/
SPEARS OF SHIVA!
ART, MAGICK, PSYCHEDELIA.....AND MORE
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MAGICAL ALMANAC
MAGICAL ALMANAC is a free monthly astro-magickal ezine for thoughtful,
intelligent people who are seeking something deeper than the usual New
Age ˆ astrological fare. It lists propitious times each month for
asking favors, seeking romance, investing money, beginning new
projects; as well as casting spells and doing rituals. There is also a
thought-provoking article or two each month of astrology tips and
suggestions for bringing magick into your life.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MagicalAlmanac/
Star of Dunedin
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Hierophant: Frater Lux Interna
http://www.geocities.com/interna93/
We are a group of
serious Magickians. Our temple does both Magick in Theory and Practice
working
largely with the Alexandrian Wiccan Tradition, but also Thelema,
Enochian and the
Et Custosi Tutelae system of magick.
As a group we do
Solar Magick, following the passage of the Sun, and Lunar Magick
working with
the ever changing faces of the Moon, Stellar Magick especially the Star
Sirius,
and Tribal Shamanic Magicks. Much of our practical focus for our coven
is on Alexandrian
Wicca and
observance of the 8 festivals of the year.
We are based in Dunedin,
New Zealand- which is in the South Island of Aotearoa; so we have a
wonderful choice of
indoor and outdoor sites for our Rituals. A permanent Physical Temple and a
collection of Magickal Texts are available for members use.
The Green Wolf
has been through
several incarnations since 1998. Originally started by Lupa as a means
of finding homes for her
artwork, it has now become an aegis for her and her partner, Taylor
Ellwood, to offer their respective creative projects under.
Here you'll find not only Lupa's
hand crafted
magical creations made from leather, fur, beads, bones and feathers,
but a growing library of books written by both Lupa and Taylor on
magic, paganism, the occult and related topics.
To find out more about each of us,
click on
the buttons below. You find bios, as well as links to our books,
hardcopy publications we've written for, and links to online articles
we've written!
http://www.thegreenwolf.com/
ORGONAUTIC
In spring 007, the ORGONAUTS will be
casting new magick spells: The very
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and
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14
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a
multiverse of humanoid conditions, consisting of synth-pop-pearls as
well as
experimental sonic sceneries.
In all modesty we take the liberty to
inform you most courteously about the imminent release of the first
major work by the sound- and word-artists of ORGONAUTIC, due in late
april.
The full-time-CD-album will be
presented in this spacetime-continuum with ORGONAUTIC live on stage on
april 26th, 2007 at the Katana arthouse [www.katana18.de] – “Lagrange
Point” offers finest entertainment for ears & brain on 14 tracks
with over 77 minutes total length. A variety of deeply emotional
electronic soundworlds of colourfast density guarantee repeated
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SOPHIA'S
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