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Saturday, October 31, 2026

Hilaritas releases 'Maybe Magick'

 



Hilaritas Press has released Maybe Magick, the new anthology of Robert Anton Wilson's writings on Magick. 

Here is the official blurb:

What if magick is neither supernatural nonsense nor solemn occult theater, but a practical way of tinkering with the machinery of perception? Robert Anton Wilson spent a lifetime investigating the confounding territories where magick, science, psychology, language, and belief overlap. Maybe Magick gathers essays, introductions and interviews charting three decades of exploration, tracing the evolution of a mind learning not to mistake certainty for evidence. The result is funny, provocative, skeptical, and occasionally liable to upend your favorite assumptions. Wilson does not ask you to believe in magick. He asks a more interesting question: what happens when you try it? 

The editors for the book were Mike Gathers, Oz Fritz, Dave Skelton, Tom Clisson and Alan Chapman. Oz, Dave and Alan all wrote pieces for the book. Cover and design by Rasa. 

Having worked with Hilaritas for my Robert Shea book, I know how much work and care goes into producing a Hilaritas Press title, and I have heard enough from the editors to know a great deal of labor went into this new book. 

More information here, includlng endorsements and links to purchase the book. 

UPDATE: One more quick book note: All ebooks at OR Books are on sale for $2 until midnight today, including Operation Mindfuck by Robert Guffey and American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda by Ru Marshall.  You can read the Ru Marshall interview published here. 

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