A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of 'monopoly in the means of production.'

Quote by Robert Anton Wilson

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An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can...

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can...

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The...

The path up is the path down. The way forward is the way back. The...

When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the...

When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the...

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the...

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the...

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense,...

All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense,...

The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance...

The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance...

You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out...

You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out...

On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice...

On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice...

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't...

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't...

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is...

The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is...

Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different.

Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different.

Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man...

Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man...

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square...

Nobody sees the obvious, nobody observes the ordinary. There are more miracles in a square...

Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.

Beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation.

Animals outline their territories with their excretions, humans outline their territories by ink excretions on...

Animals outline their territories with their excretions, humans outline their territories by ink excretions on...