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"Cosmic Trigger deals with a process of deliberately induced brain change. This process is called 'initiation' or 'vision quest' in many traditional societies and can loosely be considered some dangerous variety of self-psychotherapy in modern terminology. I do not recommend it for everybody...briefly, the main thing I learned in my experiments is that 'reality' is always plural and mutable." (Robert Anton Wilson, from the preface)
Narration by Oliver Senton, "Robert Anton Wilson" in Daisy Eris Campbell's stage production of Cosmic Trigger.
Based on The Robert Anton Wilson Trust Authorized Hilaritas Press Edition.
Published by Hilaritas Press.
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- Mr M Leake
- 27-07-18
Profound Truth
Superb, classic speaks the truth on every level. Required listening for illuminoids,spooks, occultists, mystics and seekers of truth on every plane.
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- Cal E.
- 08-04-18
"Is a god to live in a dog?" 23 Smi2le
An insightful trip for the inquisitive through an enigmatic discordians experiences. Worth listening to multiple times, a credit well spent.
Kudos to the narrator.
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- Mr D Kingaby
- 03-02-18
Illuminations
A wonderful journey through the 1960/70s counter occulture featuring Tim Leary, Alan Watts, Ken Campbell and The Illuminates. RAW describes his personal progression through magick and conciousness changing practice with heart and humour. A great read.
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- PB
- UK
- 28-11-17
Fantastical
I don't pretend to understand all of what was said nor do I believe the parts I did. A stunning, thought provoking and sometimes sad book.
Can't wait for 2&3.
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- james Thurlby-Brooks
- 17-10-17
Food For Your Brain
If you've never read it before you had better put your seat belt on and hold tight, if you have then jump back on the ride all over again. Plenty of info, insight and humour for those interested in conspiracies, future ideas and/or just esoteric humour. Cult novelist extraordinaire read in exactly the way you would want to hear it.
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- AdieCove
- 17-09-17
Saint Bob in form
Would you consider the audio edition of Cosmic Trigger I to be better than the print version?
Probably not, but that would be a hard trick to pull off.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The Oliver Senton did a pretty good job of rendering Bob's voice. Gave him (a harsh) 4 stars because I'm used to Bob's voice.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Daisy Eris Campbell made a stage version, so I guess a film is possible...
Any additional comments?
Looking forward to Cosmic Trigger 2 & 3
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- davie
- 15-06-17
Spellbinding
Incredible material. Majestically narrated.
One of my all time favourite books on the bate of reality.
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- Eric W Thomas
- 23-10-17
Like my Uncle Guiseppe dropped LSD and then ...<br />
Like my Uncle Guiseppe dropped LSD and then read to me for 8 hrs. Good narrator and a good book. Bad match though.
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- Phaedrus
- 12-09-17
Great content, bad narrator
I tried to keep an open mind about the narrator, I really did. All I wanted to do was focus on the substance of the book. Unfortunately, I couldn't. If I said the narrator didn't ruin this book for me I'd be lying.
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- Dr Purple
- 22-04-18
L(i*i)fe rarely gets better
The narrator’s accent takes a few minutes to get used to. Other than that RAW is Bob at his best. A reminder of the power of a network of love, this page turner zooms along. Sirius-ly great!
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- trevor
- 24-07-17
Its the best
If you are at all interested in subjects like psychology, conspiracy theory, the occult, hypnotism, yoga, science, religion Etc, then this is the book for you. Excellently written by Robert Anton Wilson the book will leave you fully engaged for the entire time that you are listening to it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-07-17
SO much fun to listen to!!!
Would you consider the audio edition of Cosmic Trigger I to be better than the print version?
I'm a huge RAW fan, and love this book SO much that it would be tough for me to NOT like the audio book. I reread it every few years, and listening to it is a whole new experience!
What did you like best about this story?
It takes you right into "Chapel Perilous" and transforms your world view starting from page 1.
Have you listened to any of Oliver Senton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
He does a delightfully bad NY/Philly/Boston/Grouch Marx accent, with British pronunciations. It's a little distracting, but he has so much enthusiasm for the material it is only a minor setback. In the end, probably more fun than a straight read.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
yes! but it's worth savoring and relistening to...
Any additional comments?
loved it.
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- Ross E. Carlyon
- 05-06-18
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Many insightful details explaing the science and philosophy behind the Illuminatus Trilogy. You need to read the Trilogy first to truly appreciate this back story to its fullest.
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- William
- 25-01-18
A nexus of weird
I suspect RAWs writing will infuriate some readers as he hops between being a skeptic, a heirophant, a seeker and a finder, a trickster and a supplicant for enlightenment. A mad collection of counter-culture icons appear and disappear, beliefs are sampled from an AYCE buffet. Is it nourishment? Dunno, but RAW was certainly full of it whatever it was.
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- William Jones
- 15-12-17
RAW is simply Illuminating!
Robert Anton Wilson was and is a highly significant contributer and communicator of a wide array of occult wisdom. This book is a brilliant jumping on point for those just beginning their journey and those seeking perspective on their journey.
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- Ray Hecht
- 27-12-18
Psychedelia Classica
Cosmic Trigger is an excellent companion piece for the RAW reader, essential but also part of a larger picture. Obviously, read Illuminatus! first. And if you want to utilize metaprogramming 'magikal' powers, Prometheus Rising may be more useful.
But for a summary and rehash of all the essential philosophical takes by the great Robert Anton Wilson, enjoy this. All over the place, it covers Crowley and telepathy theories and much autobiography (sad at the end, but is what it is). Learn about the Timothy Leary 8 circuit model and how all psychedelics fit in that. Tragically, when the book gets into life-extension medical optimism the book sure feels dated as we've definitely not made the progress that was expected.
In a way, the book is a window into what was cutting edge in the 1970s, and there is value in that.
Perhaps it's still too ahead of its time, and perhaps it's not always best to be that ahead of your time that 40 years later readers are still waiting for the world to catch up to all those post-2012 space migration theories.
It is fun to refresh on Wilson every so often, because there's still no mind quite like his after all this time!
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-08-18
Narrator not familiar with terminology maybe?
This book was amazing, but you can tell the narrator doesn't know pronouciations of terms used.