{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Gabriel Kennedy \u2014 The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson (EP.258)","description":"If you\u2019ve heard me speak for more than five minutes you\u2019ve probably caught me dropping a Robert Anton Wilson reference (or several). Wilson is one of the most interesting (and underappreciated) writers I\u2019ve ever come across \u2014 a Nostradamus for modern times. I was delighted to sit down with Gabriel Kennedy, author of the excellent biography Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson. I could talk about this stuff for days, and we had a blast discussing Wilson\u2019s ideas, influence and impact. Consider it a beginner\u2019s guide to avoiding cosmic schmuckery. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For the full transcript, episode takeaways, and bucketloads of other goodies designed to make you go, \u201cHmm, that\u2019s interesting!\u201d, check out our  Substack. Important Links:   Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson; by Gabriel Kennedy The Thinker and the Prover; by Jim O\u2019Shaughnessy Gabriel\u2019s Substack  Show Notes:  The most interesting man of the last fifty years? How can we escape chapel perilous? The anti-determinist, rock &amp;amp; roll philosophy of Bob Wilson Tune in: a 30 minute masterclass on the influences, ideas and impact of Robert Anton Wilson How to avoid becoming a cosmic schmuck Who influenced Wilson the most? Why you should read Wilson Gabriel as World Emperor MORE!  Books &amp;amp; Articles Mentioned:  The Thinker and the Prover; by Jim O\u2019Shaughnessy Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson; by Gabriel Kennedy Prometheus Unbound&amp;nbsp;by Robert Anton Wilson Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You and Your World&amp;nbsp;by Robert Anton Wilson The Illuminatus! Trilogy&amp;nbsp;by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea Cosmic Trigger Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati&amp;nbsp;by Robert Anton Wilson The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science&amp;nbsp;by Robert Anton Wilson Prometheus Rising&amp;nbsp;by Robert Anton Wilson Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You and Your World&amp;nbsp;by Robert Anton Wilson The Waste Land&amp;nbsp;by T. S. Eliot From Ritual to Romance&amp;nbsp;by Jessie L. Weston Finnegans Wake&amp;nbsp;by James Joyce Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics&amp;nbsp;by Alfred Korzybski On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox; by John S. Bell How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival&amp;nbsp;by David Kaiser Character Analysis&amp;nbsp;by Wilhelm Reich Man Meets Dog by Konrad Lorenz  ","author_name":"Infinite Loops","author_url":"https:\/\/infiniteloopspodcast.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35544835\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/185349225"}