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Cosmic Trigger: My Life After Death Paperback – January 1, 2008

by Robert A. Wilson (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 99 ratings
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This, the long-awaited third volume of the Cosmic Trigger series, includes Wilson's witty and humorous observations about the widely spread (and, happily, premature) announcement of his demise. And, of course, what Wilson masterpiece would be complete without synchronicities, religious fanatics, UFOs, crop circles, paranoia, pompous scientists, secret societies, high tech, black magic, quantum physics, hoaxes (real and fake), Orson Welles, James Joyce, Carl Sagan, Madonna, and The Vagina of Nuit.
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  1. Book 3 of 3
    Cosmic Trigger
  2. Print length
    264 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    New Falcon Pubns
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 2008
  6. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1561841102
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1561841103
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"Wilson is a Quantum leap." -- Israel Regardie, author of The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic

"Wilson managed to reverse every mental polarity in me, as if I had been pulled through infinity. I was astonished and delighted." -- Philip K. Dick, author of Blade Runner

"The man's either a genius or Jesus." -- Sounds (London)

"Readers with open minds will like his books." -- Psychological Perspectives

"What great physicist hides behind the mask of Wilson?" -- New Scientist

"Erudite, witty and genuinely scary..." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Novelist, teacher and former Playboy editor, Robert Anton Wilson is the author of the Cosmic Trigger trilogy; the Illuminatus! trilogy (with Robert Shea); the Schrodinger's Cat trilogy; the Historical Illuminatus series; Sex, Drugs & Magick; Prometheus Rising; Quantum Psychology; Coincidance; Email to the Universe; and many other works.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Falcon Pubns; Revised, Expanded edition (January 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1561841102
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1561841103
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 99 ratings

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Robert Anton Wilson

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Author of some 35 books including Cosmic Trigger, Prometheus Rising, Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy, and co-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson (RAW or Bob) was a futurist, author, lecturer, stand-up comic, guerrilla ontologist, psychedelic magician, outer head of the Illuminati, quantum psychologist, Taoist sage, Discordian Pope, Struthian politician . . . maybe. Bob described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with different perspectives recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". His goal being "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything." His "Maybe Logic" inspired the creation of the Maybe Logic Academy. Google "Robert Anton Wilson" for mosbunall info.

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The Berkeley mob once called Leary and me “the counter-culture of the counter-culture.” I’m some kind of antibody in the New Age movement. My function is to raise the possibility, “Hey, you know, some of this stuff might be bullshit.”

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WhiteSummerSky86
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Anton Wilson book about psychological thought and fiction.
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2021
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The third book in the trilogy from renowned author Robert Anton Wilson. A very complex read.
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Brian
5.0 out of 5 stars Genius to say the least
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2016
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I've read many, many of his books starting almost 40 years ago. He was so brilliant and funny as hell when he wasn't stopping you in your tracks. If you want to enrich your brain, read all you can of RAW.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018
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Great book
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D. Raymond
4.0 out of 5 stars Right Book, Wrong Cover
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2013
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It is the book I wanted, so I'm glad to complete my Cosmic Trigger collection, however the cover displayed in the picture is not the one I was sent -- so it doesn't match my other two. This agitates my OCD pretty hard.
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Bryan Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015
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A great book by an excellent author.
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B. E. Compton
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2016
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William Butterfield
5.0 out of 5 stars A nice ending to the trilogy of wickedly entertaining brain food
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2007
If you enjoyed the first two Cosmic Trigger books, pick this one up. I would recommend reading the first two books initially but you don't have to in order to get a lot out of this one. RAW makes me laugh and think and laugh again. I like to keep a notepad nearby to jot down people, subjects etc. he mentions, for more research later on. His writings have opened up many doors for many people.

I found this third book to be easier to follow and more focused on it's thesis than the previous volumes. For me, reading all three in sequence seemed to work very well. Enjoy!
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Timothy P. Young
5.0 out of 5 stars OK, HERE'S THE DEAL....
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2002
I feel that Wilson might be a genius. He seems to me to be smart enough to realize that his opinion isn't necessarily the best one. He's careful to state that his opinions are just that, OPINIONS. This colors everything he does. {People looking for answers should run screaming the other way.)
This is a set of essays, strung together in a manner that will make you think. His style as an essayist is engaging. In fact, I enjoy his essays more than his novels. Even when I disagree with Wilson (which might very well happen if you read with an open mind), I still find something to think about and consider.
I think that his books are designed to be mind-openers, not mind closers...I actually met a RAW-Dogmatic guy once, and after I finished laughing, tried to show him that (in my opinion) he missed the message.
This seems to me to be a fantastic book. I hope you enjoy it, too.
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matthew warburton
5.0 out of 5 stars Doubt, and sincerity
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2015
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Mr Wilson does it again, again, for the first time ever. I love this almost as much of the first, and feel like it really completes the series splendidly. Here we find madness and mysticism balanced with the science and skepticism that you would expect. Full of hidden gems and holy grails, paradox, and some of the finest metaphors for the Eye I have ever laid my... eye on.

Anyone who has read the first and is hesitating to check out the 2nd and 3rd cosmic trigger. They are well worth it, and this one is one of my favorite books ever written
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2020
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The epic conclusion
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Lynn Jean
4.0 out of 5 stars Cosmic Trigger III
Reviewed in Canada on November 24, 2012
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A lovely and very odd excursion through the mind of the brilliant polymath, Robert Anton WIlson. His dislike of "Radical Feminists" is a bit hard to take, but he was born in the early 30s and as such is a product of his time; however, in everything else he's a remarkable thinker with a marvelous sense of humor and the ability to zero in on the absurdities of our world.
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