Im very happy to see that boingboing.net are entertaining a
Robert Anton Wilson week, with blog posts from the likes of Paul Krassner, Mark Frauenfelder, Gareth Brandwyn, Douglas Rushkoff, Antero Ali, R.U Sirius, David Jay Brown, Erik Davis, Ivan Stang and MLA's own Propaganda Anonymous, all full of new insights and high praise from 2012.
"So, give the world's sad sonambulism a wakeup call. Put some OM (whether
“trivial or colossal”) in your day. Bob would have wanted it that way.--Gareth Brandwyn, Mindfucking since 1776.
Bob was in fine form that night reading excerpts from his as of yet unpublished book, The Trick Top Hat, from his Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy.
I sat there astonished by the highly compact, information-rich writing
style he had developed. It was as if every other word triggered a
different chemical in my brain. Bob had this unique way with words that
acted on my ear-brain loop just like drugs. I remember thinking to
myself, "This is what writing is all about! Writing is all about
magick."--Antero Ali, The Cosmic Trigger Effect.
"He had a knack for giving straightforward explanations of hard-to-grok
concepts without stripping them of their power or complexity. Before I
read RAW's books, the world was confusing and mysterious. After I read
his books, the world became much more confusing and mysterious -- but in
a good way! Bob converted me from atheism to agnosticism (which, in his
words, means "never regarding any model or map of the universe with
total 100% belief or total 100% denial"). --Mark Frauenfelder, Robert Anton Wilson week at boingboing
"At one point in Robert Anton Wilson Explains Everything, the
interviewer asks Bob why he's so into conspiracy theories. He'd spent
the better part of his life studying them, writing about them, but he
doesn't seem to actually believe any of them. So, why the intense
interest? Bob thinks about it for a moment and replies: “It keeps the
mind supple.--Gareth Brandwyn, Mindfucking since 1776.
"In his final blog entry on January 6, Wilson wrote: "I don't see how
to take death seriously. I look forward without dogmatic optimism, but
without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the
lasagna flying." Actually, it was expected that he would die seven
months earlier. On June 19, 2006, he sent this haiku (with one syllable
missing) to his electronic cabal:
Well what do you know?
Another day has passed
and I'm still not not.
--Paul Krassner, Keep the Lasagna Flying.
"As a result, Bob is probably responsible for bringing more new students
to magick and, specifically, to Thelema, than anyone else, perhaps
Crowley included. As a writer, he brought uncommon sense to the subject
and not only made magick appealing, but also understandable to the
modern mind--Phil Farber, in conversation with Prop Anon.
