Robert Anton Wilson

Author profile

born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

January 18, 1932

died

January 11, 2007

gender

male

website

http://www.rawilson.com

genre

Health, Mind & Body, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

Thomas Pynchon, William S. Burroughs, Timothy Leary

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Robert Anton Wilson became, at various times, an American novelist, essayist, philosopher, polymath, psychonaut, futurist, libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized as an Episkopos, Pope, and Saint of Discordianism by Discordians who care to label him as such, Wilson helped publicize the group/religion/melee through his writings, interviews, and strolls.

He described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth."

"My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything."

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Robert Anton Wilson's Books

Average rating: 4.02 · 28,300 ratings · 1,289 reviews · 68 distinct works · Similar authors

	Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy (Schrödinger's Cat, #1-3) 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 2,684 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson, Israel Regardie (Introduction) 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 2,394 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 1,824 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You & Your World 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 1,064 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masks of the Illuminati 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Trigger 2: Down to Earth by Robert Anton Wilson, Christopher S. Hyatt (Designed by) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 873 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmic Trigger 3: My Life After Death 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults and Cover-ups by Robert Anton Wilson, Miriam Joan Hill 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Earth Will Shake (Historical Illuminatus Chronicles 1) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Widow's Son (Historical Illuminatus Chronicles 2) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Robert Anton Wilson

Cosmic Trigger (3 books)
by Robert Anton Wilson
4.169526627218935 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 3,380 ratings

Schrödinger's Cat (3 books)
by Robert Anton Wilson
4.057467732022126 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 3,254 ratings

Historical Illuminatus Chronicles (3 books)
by Robert Anton Wilson
4.028378378378378 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,480 ratings

Quotes by Robert Anton Wilson

“belief is the death of intelligence.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins

tags: atheism, belief, faith, intelligence, metaphysics, philosophy, religion

460 people liked it

“The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.”
― Robert Anton Wilson

tags: anton, religion

166 people liked it

“...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”
― Robert Anton Wilson, Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins

tags: metaphysics, philosophy

156 people liked it

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