American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic (1932–2007)
Robert Anton Wilson
Wilson in 1991
Born
Robert Edward Wilson
(1932-01-18)January 18, 1932
Brooklyn, New York, US
Died
January 11, 2007(2007-01-11) (aged 74)
Capitola, California, US
Notable work
The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975)
Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy (1979)
Masks of the Illuminati (1981)
The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles (1982)
Prometheus Rising (1983)
Quantum Psychology (1990)
Spouse
Arlen Riley Wilson
(m. 1958; died 1999)
Era
20th-century philosophy 21st-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
American philosophy
School
Agnosticism
Discordianism
Libertarian socialism
Main interests
Conspiracy theories
futurology
mysticism
paranormality
politics
psychology
religion
Notable ideas
23 enigma
Celine's laws
Eight-circuit model of consciousness
Guerilla ontology
Reality tunnel
Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, futurist, psychologist,[1][2] and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews.[3] In 1999 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".[4] Wilson's goal was "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything."[5]
In addition to writing several science-fiction novels, Wilson also wrote non-fiction books on extrasensory perception, mental telepathy, metaphysics, paranormal experiences, conspiracy theory, sex, drugs, and what Wilson called "quantum psychology".[6]
Following a career in journalism and as an editor, notably for Playboy, Wilson emerged as a major countercultural figure in the mid-1970s, comparable to one of his coauthors, Timothy Leary, as well as Terence McKenna.[7]
^Karen Eriksen, Garrett McAuliffe, ed. (2001). Teaching Counselors and Therapists: Constructivist and Developmental Course Design. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 335. ISBN 978-0897897952. Psychologist Robert Anton Wilson (1992) has called the resulting worldview a "reality-tunnel" or "reality-labyrinth."
^R. Elliott Ingersoll, Carl F. Rak (2015). Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals: An Integrative Approach. Cengage Learning. p. 73. ISBN 978-1305537231. These results take on a surreal quality today, when, as psychologist Robert Anton Wilson (2002) noted, there is no "war on drugs," only a war on some drugs.
^Robertson, David G. (2012). "Making the Donkey Visible: Discordianism in the Works of Robert Anton Wilson". In Cusack, Carol; Norman, Alex (eds.). Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Vol. 4. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 421–441. doi:10.1163/9789004226487_018. ISBN 978-9004221871. ISSN 1874-6691.
^Patricia Monaghan: "Robert Anton Wilson". Booklist, May 15, 1999, v. 95 i. 18, p. 1680.
^"Robert Anton Wilson". Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007
^Hevesi, Dennis (January 13, 2007). "Obituary". The New York Times.
^"Refine the Mind article". July 25, 2014.
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