Robert Anton Wilson Needs Your Help

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satanmcnugget

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Robert Anton Wilson Needs Our Help
10/02/2006 03:08:00 PM | Link


I hope people I've inspired with my work would band together to help me out in my later years if I needed it. Which is at least part of the reason why I'm sending what I can to support cosmic thinking patriarch Robert Anton Wilson, whose infirmity and depleted finances have put him in the precarious position of not being able to meet next month's rent.

In case the name doesn't immediately ring a bell, Bob is the guy who wrote Cosmic Trigger - still the best narrative on how to enter and navigate the psycho-spiritual realm, and co-wrote the Illuminatus Trilogy, an epic work that pushes beyond conspiracy theory into conspiracy practice. Robert Anton Wilson will one day be remembered alongside such literary philosophers as Aldous Huxley and James Joyce.

But right now, Bob is a human being in a rather painful fleshsuit, who needs our help. I refuse for the history books to say he died alone and destitute, for I want future generations to know we appreciated Robert Anton Wilson while he was alive.

Let me add, on a personal note, that Bob is the only one of my heroes who I was not disappointed to actually meet in person. He was of tremendous support to me along my road, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to be of some support on his.

Any donations can be made to Bob directly to the Paypal account olgaceline@gmail.com.
You can also send a check payable to Robert Anton Wilson to
Dennis Berry c/o Futique Trust
P.O. Box 3561
Santa Cruz, CA 95063.


http://www.rushkoff.com/2006/10/robert-anton-wilson-needs-our-help.php
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
satanmcnugget said:
Robert Anton Wilson Needs Our Help
10/02/2006 03:08:00 PM | Link


I hope people I've inspired with my work would band together to help me out in my later years if I needed it. Which is at least part of the reason why I'm sending what I can to support cosmic thinking patriarch Robert Anton Wilson, whose infirmity and depleted finances have put him in the precarious position of not being able to meet next month's rent.

In case the name doesn't immediately ring a bell, Bob is the guy who wrote Cosmic Trigger - still the best narrative on how to enter and navigate the psycho-spiritual realm, and co-wrote the Illuminatus Trilogy, an epic work that pushes beyond conspiracy theory into conspiracy practice. Robert Anton Wilson will one day be remembered alongside such literary philosophers as Aldous Huxley and James Joyce.

But right now, Bob is a human being in a rather painful fleshsuit, who needs our help. I refuse for the history books to say he died alone and destitute, for I want future generations to know we appreciated Robert Anton Wilson while he was alive.

Let me add, on a personal note, that Bob is the only one of my heroes who I was not disappointed to actually meet in person. He was of tremendous support to me along my road, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to be of some support on his.

Any donations can be made to Bob directly to the Paypal account olgaceline@gmail.com.
You can also send a check payable to Robert Anton Wilson to
Dennis Berry c/o Futique Trust
P.O. Box 3561
Santa Cruz, CA 95063.


http://www.rushkoff.com/2006/10/robert-anton-wilson-needs-our-help.php
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Is this real? I can't find anything on RAW's site about it
 
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satanmcnugget

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i mean, this IS the internet, and it COULD be a hoax...i certainly thought about that before posting it

BUT, the fact that i got the info from Douglas Rushkof's blog inclines me to trust the info

sorry, that's all i can do...if it turns out to be a hoax, ill feel like a complete shit, but again, i doubt Rushkof wld post it if it was...i trust him

thanks Matt, you rock...personally, im too broke-ass to send anything right now, but i thought the least i cld do was spread the word a bit...thanks for the karma! :)
 
Woebot

Woebot

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was wondering what happened between this event and raw's death? does anyone know the history?
 
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noel emits

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From Douglas Rushkoff's blog:

RAW Efforts Succeeded
10/09/2006 07:28:00 AM | Link

Thanks to your spontaneous generosity, we raised over $80.000 on behalf of Robert Anton Wilson in less than a week. This means he can be taken care of by family at home or, if need be, in a managed care facility for over six months.

If at the end of six or eight months all of this money has been spent on care - and Bob has chosen to carry on living - we'll see about what other financial solutions might be possible, including another plea to his reading public.

But for the time being, save your pennies and pence, give yourselves and each other a hearty "job well done," and get back to the good work of helping people think smarter and act kinder.


http://www.rushkoff.com/2006_10_01_archive.php
 
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