[kj] off topic - FR. PERDURABO

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

One of the most disappointing experiences I've had was seeing Robert 
Anton Wilson give a talk, live, in Dallas, 1994 (I think), courtesy of 
the Church of the Subgenius. Paid good money to see him talk, and what 
did he talk about? Well, remember how the OJ trial was going on and 
everyone was on the edge of their seats watching it day and night? 
That's what he talked about. The OJ trial. And not in some esoteric, 
mind-blowing way, but in a pretty standard, CNN commentary way.

He did begin the talk by saying he thought he was a Discordian and also 
with a "Hail Eris!" They brought out a couch for him to sit on, which he 
did. It was odd and awkward. I didn't get the feeling the OJ talk was 
some Discordian mindfuck, either. He just seemed to be really interested 
in it.

-Oliver



folk devil wrote:

> He also described himself as a Libertarian, in later life.

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> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:21:31 +0100

> From: powens at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] off topic - FR. PERDURABO

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> I don't think it's quite right to say that RAW was a "follower of Thelema".  He described himself as a "model agnostic" and Thelema was just one of the many schools/tools that he used to express/explain his ideas. If you have to categorise him then Discordian would do but "follower of Thelema" misses the mark by quite a way.

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> John-Paul

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> On 18/10/2007, Blazingstar418 <blazingstar418 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Oh, I knew what you meant, and I wholeheartedly agree with you.

>

> I just figured that there were some folks on the list that didn't know about the "black magical" side of Hubbard.

> He's been stealing money from important people for a loooooong time.

>

> Usually any time Crowley gets brought up on this list it's the usual "did he *really* eat babies and drink cat's blood?" nonsense, and I figured that we could use that bit of vilification aimed elsewhere for a change. ;)

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> A L P

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> Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

> My point is that Hubbard was a total piece of shit and Bob Wilson was a fucking genius, I'm aware that Hubbard was into Crowley.

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