a selection of obscure r...essays - 10 zen monkeys

Twi tt er About Us Facebook Ran dom A Selecti on of Obscure Robert Anton Wilson Essays By Jeff Diehl Janu ary 12 th, 200 7 I was prom pted by yes terday's ne w s of the passing of RAW to scan the pieces he wrote for his !!! column on "etting#t$com % the prog enitor of th is web& i ne$ #t w as a casu al act% u nder th e assu m pti on th at t h ey w oul d be som ewh at dat ed$ Bu t as # reread th e arti cl es% i t becam e cl ear that admi rers w ho a re u naw are of them mi gh t i n f act f i n d them en'oy abl e$ (o% here are their links% with e)cerpts* Coming Again: Te orgasmic release of te Apocalypse myt Sometimes, the Apocalypse can ruin your whole week. +T,here may be more here% 'ust as there is to horror and catastrophe mo-ies if you think about them$ .eo/Freudians% and especially Reichians% suggest that our form of ci-ili&ation stifles and constricts us so much that at times we all long to e)perience some orgasmic but catastrophic 0e)plosion%0 like 1ing 1ong breaking his chains and wrecking .ew 2ork% or e-en more li ke the masochi st in bondage% accor din g to Dr$ Reich$ Thi s s udden release from th e b ondage/ and/ disci pli ne of our 'obs and our ta)es 3 actually called the Rapture by Fundamentalists 3 seems ghoulishly attracti-e to 4hristians% .ew Agers% and others who belie-e in a 0spirit0 that will sur-i-e the general wreckage$ #n that case% the end of the world seems no worse than a -isit to the dentist* 2ou know you5ll feel better afterwards$ This sort of desire for Total 6scape7Total Annihilation has always had its bards and -isionaries$ Reality Ain't Wat It !sed To "e: Tirty#fi$e years after "ell's Teorem Sounds like Zen to some, but others fear this is openin the door to !r. "erman#s solipsism and the moon that is only there when we look at it... #n my own 8ha&ardous9 attempt to translate Bell5s math into the -erbal forms in which we discuss what physics 0means%0 Bell seems to pro-e that any two 0particles0 once in contact will continue to act as if connected no matter how far apart they mo-e in 0space0 or 0time0 8or in space/time9$ 2ou can see why .ew Agers like this* #t sounds like it supports the old magick idea that if you get a hold of a hair from your enemy% anything you do to that hair will affect him$

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