tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post860512559528812546..comments2024-03-18T19:18:22.082-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: Jesse Walker talks to RAW IlluminationCleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-59643184600307397262011-12-09T20:15:46.192-08:002011-12-09T20:15:46.192-08:00Great interview! Can't wait to read the book.Great interview! Can't wait to read the book.Jim Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360318812626909513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-19157683981393651372011-10-01T18:37:28.802-07:002011-10-01T18:37:28.802-07:00I wonder what books people will remember Bob Wilso...I wonder what books people will remember Bob Wilson for. Over at www.rawilson.com, some folks selected Prometheus Rising as the book of his which left them with the strongest impression, with Cosmic Trigger in second place.<br /><br />http://raw-data.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-maybe-day-interview-in-basement.html#commentsEric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-69311934193915789742011-09-09T06:12:36.338-07:002011-09-09T06:12:36.338-07:00Glad you enjoyed the interview, Michael. Philip Je...Glad you enjoyed the interview, Michael. Philip Jenkins has written a lot of books that might be of interest to Robert Anton Wilson fans. Besides DECADE OF NIGHTMARES, there's MYSTICS AND MESSIAHS, a history of American "cults," and IMAGES OF TERROR, about the social construction of terrorism.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170325333135933149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-55555791713986422582011-09-08T23:47:23.858-07:002011-09-08T23:47:23.858-07:00ADDENDA: I hope no one watched Philip Jenkins hopi...ADDENDA: I hope no one watched Philip Jenkins hoping he would elaborate on Illuminatus!; I posted to show how diverse some of the Good Book's fans might be. If anyone wants to see Jenkins's remarks on the book, check out his Decade of Nightmares, pp.51-56, on conspiracy theories in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Tweedy Jenkins says Illuminatus! "best captures the mood of those years."<br /><br />For people (like myself) who are not conventionally religious at all, but are still interested in religious movements, Jenkins is a good guy to check out.<br /><br />For other scholars of conspiracy and satire, have a look at Architects of Fear, by George Johnson (RAW is mentioned), Conspiracy Theories by Mark Fenster (RAW covered), and Stauffer's The Bavarian Illuminati In America: on pp.262-263 there's a citation from the Massachusetts Mercury from November 30, 1789 that might be the "first" satire on the Illuminati in English, by "Trepidus."<br /><br />I ain't a-sayin' Johnson, Fenster or Trepidus "nailed it;" I'm merely saying they got something to SAY on the ish.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-33002123740979445662011-09-08T03:28:38.424-07:002011-09-08T03:28:38.424-07:00What a fantastic interview! Thanks!
Rogerspark an...What a fantastic interview! Thanks!<br /><br />Rogerspark and Minority of One: I'd love to see "Simon Moon"'s articles from those obscure journals, also.<br /><br />When Walker sez Illuminatus! vividly captures the tenor of its times, he's in great harmony with Philip Jenkins of U. of Penn, who usually writes about religious ideas, although he's a square professor who's really pretty "hip."<br /><br />This guy also thought Illuminatus! was spot-on:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQsFHc2D2g4<br /><br />Believe it or not, as, I believe, Rodney Allen Rippy once said.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.com