Browsing the archives for the Robert Anton Wilson category
Share The Acceleration Of Knowledge Boulder, Colorado 1986 The Acceleration of Knowledge: The Jumping Jesus Phenomenon is an hour and a half talk by Robert Anton Wilson, of whom I have written before, once or twice. I first owned this on cassette, mail ordered from the man himself (via his Trajectories magazine). That is, alas, long [...]
ShareRobert Anton Wilson’s Masterpiece James Joyce, Carl Jung, and Albert Einstein Against Aleister Crowley and the Forces of Evil Masks of the Illuminati is a bit of a prequel/sequel to the Illuminatus Trilogy , in that it features ancestors of the main characters (in this case, the Babcocks feature prominently) and the same sort of psychic silliness [...]
ShareHoward Hallis Interviews Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson in 1994 Go here to read the entire interview. Howard Hallis does it right, Here’s a taste of Robert Anton Wilson: RAW: I very much doubt a Hell because it sort of makes a bad joke out of life. Who created Hell? Presumably God, or the [...]
ShareOne Of My Favorite Books Robert Anton Wilson’s Doctoral Thesis I’ve decided to start a new category on Youdopia. I’ve added Books I Love as a category, in hopes that I will take the time to create some actual content. If you’re a regular reader you probably know of my fondness for the writings of [...]
Share Money From Nothing If That’s Not Magick, What Is? Yet another video from Uncle Bob, or Robert Anton Wilson. This one is only 3 minutes long and contains an insight that many people have not had, regarding the nature of money. I’ve posted quite a bit of Robert Anton Wilson lately, because I love [...]
ShareVery Rare Recording The Lord of Fnord Speaks For An Hour Robert Anton Wilson is one of my favorite people ever. That’s why you will find quite a few posts featuring the great RAW, going back years. This recording may be for the purists, but I believe it’s important enough to promote. I just found [...]
Share More Robert Anton Wilson A Brilliant Talk When it rains it pours, and right after I found this two hour talk by Robert Anton Wilson, I discovered a whole new two hour talk by Uncle Bob. This one is about a year or two earlier than the first one, and the content is almost [...]
Share2 Hours Of Pure Fnord Robert Anton Wilson Is A National Treasure “I’ve learned more from Robert Anton Wilson than I have from any other source.” – George Carlin, comedian Regular readers will know that I have a huge appreciation for the works of Robert Anton Wilson. I have written of him, and posted videos [...]
ShareProphets Conference 2000 Enjoy The Fnord You can’t have too much Robert Anton Wilson, I say. I’ve been posting more Bob than usual, but that’s a good thing. I want to put a little more substance on Youdopia, and not just memes, and Jimmy Page. … not that there’s anything wrong with that. This hour [...]
ShareA Little Uncle Bob A Little Uncle Joe, and Creepy Uncle Al That’s all you need. If you haven’t really given these guys a shot, I think you’re missing out on some wild stuff, my friend.
Share The Lord Of Fnord & The Prophet Of The New Aeon It doesn’t really get better than this. One of the greatest minds of the 20th Century (Robert Anton Wilson) talking about one of the greatest minds of the 20th Century. It’s a rabbit hole of infinite regress that is worth falling into. Speaking [...]
Share“My function is to raise the possibility, ‘Hey, you know, some of this stuff might be bullshit.’” — Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson Pope, Genius, Awesome BoingBoing recently paid homage to Robert Anton Wilson. He is one of the most underappreciated pillars of the post everything culture. He is, by far, the most influential [...]
ShareRIP, RAW Guerilla Ontology’s Shining Star It’s been entirely too long since I’ve lauded Robert Anton Wilson. He’s the reason Youdopia exists, online, and inside. Robert Anton Wilson seems to function in spacetime, as a hub for myriad similar, yet tangential paths of wisdom, knowledge, and humor. Genius laughs. Greed Grimaces.Democracy Dodders.
Share A Genial Genius Robert Anton Wilson, Ph.D. Howdy, Youdopia. I have a dram of wisdom for you Hemlock junkies. Robert Anton Wilson, he of the fnord, completely explains Quantum Mechanics. I can’t recall if I got this from my friend Brigid, or the other way around (probably got it from her) but it’s a [...]
Share You can’t have too much of a good thing, Youdopia. This clip is as close to what I can say that I “believe” as I can get on YouTube. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.
Share Robert Anton Wilson Super Genius A little wisdom from Uncle Bob. Robert Anton Wilson changed my world as profoundly and Deeply as Siddha Yoga and Led Zeppelin combined. Taste this tidbit from the Man not long before he died. Fnord, and 23 skidoo, monsignor. Every man and every woman is a tsar, Youdopia. There [...]
ShareAlan Moore Reads RAW Masks of the Illuminati Is Wonderful Youdopia, it doesn’t get much better than Alan Moore giving a reading from Robert Anton Wilson’s Masks Of The Illuminati. This is from one of Bob’s memorial services. I miss him. I almost met him. He sent my roommate a copy of Orson Welle’s F [...]
