If you've heard me speak for more than five minutes you've probably caught me dropping a Robert Anton Wilson reference (or several). Wilson is one of the most interesting (and underappreciated) writers I've ever come across — a Nostradamus for modern times. I was delighted to sit down with Gabriel Kennedy, author of the excellent biography Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson . I could talk about this stuff for days, and we had a blast discussing Wilson's ideas, influence and impact. Consider it a beginner's guide to avoiding cosmic schmuckery. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For the full transcript, episode takeaways, and bucketloads of other goodies designed to make you go, " Hmm, that's interesting!", check out our Substack . Important Links: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson ; by Gabriel Kennedy The Thinker and the Prover ; by Jim O'Shaughnessy Gabriel's Substack Show Notes: The most interesting man of the last fifty years? How can we escape chapel perilous? The anti-determinist, rock & roll philosophy of Bob Wilson Tune in: a 30 minute masterclass on the influences, ideas and impact of Robert Anton Wilson How to avoid becoming a cosmic schmuck Who influenced Wilson the most? Why you should read Wilson Gabriel as World Emperor MORE! Books & Articles Mentioned: The Thinker and the Prover ; by Jim O'Shaughnessy Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson; by Gabriel Kennedy Prometheus Unbound by Robert Anton Wilson Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You and Your World by Robert Anton Wilson The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea Cosmic Trigger Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science by Robert Anton Wilson Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You and Your World by Robert Anton Wilson The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot From Ritual to Romance by Jessie L. Weston Finnegans Wake by James Joyce Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics by Alfred Korzybski On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox; by John S. Bell How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser Character Analysis by Wilhelm Reich Man Meets Dog by Konrad Lorenz
