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

Quote by Robert Anton Wilson

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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...

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...

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...

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

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...

The average is that which no person quite ever is.

The average is that which no person quite ever is.

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.

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the...

The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the...

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

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.

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

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...

The Grail is the womb of the beloved.

The Grail is the womb of the beloved.

Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct...

Size is not a reality, but a construct of the mind; and space a construct...

I have never experienced another human being. I have experienced my impressions of them.

I have never experienced another human being. I have experienced my impressions of them.

Intelligence is the capacity to receive, decode and transmit information efficiently. Stupidity is blockage of...

Intelligence is the capacity to receive, decode and transmit information efficiently. Stupidity is blockage of...

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...

There is no complete theory of anything.

There is no complete theory of anything.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

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...