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Robert Anton Wilson

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American author, futurist, and agnostic mystic (1932-2007)

United StatesWritersLived 1932 to 2007 · aged 74
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Robert Anton Wilson was an American writer, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews.

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Wilson at the National Theatre, London, for the 10-hour stage version of Illuminatus! in 1977Wilson at the National Theatre, London, for the 10-hour stage version of Illuminatus! in 1977

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1986Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame

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Robert Anton Wilson was an American writer, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize Discordianism through his writings and interviews. In 1999 he described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". Wilson's goal was "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything."

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Lived 1932 to 2007 · aged 74
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