#17 - Robert Anton Wilson (part II)

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 6:50 p.m.

The exciting conclusion to our series on Robert Anton Wilson focuses on R.A.W.'s retreat from politics. Pursuing a mix of Leary-inspired shamanism and Crowleyan magick, Wilson was haunted by synchronicities, spectral visions, and telepathic messages purportedly broadcast by entities from the Sirius star system. Wilson would later call this era of his life "Chapel Perilous." This is the story of how one great mind walked the line between open-mindedness and cosmic paranoia.