Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth is the second book in the Cosmic Trigger series, a three-volume autobiographical and philosophical work by Robert Anton Wilson. Robert Anton Wilson or RAW (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 &ndash January 11, 2007) was an American
First published in 1991, Cosmic Trigger II continues where Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati left off, as well as being a set piece in itself. Cosmic Trigger I The Final Secret of The Illuminati (ISBN 1-56184-003-3 is the first book in the Cosmic Trigger series first published in 1977 and Wilson continues the Illuminati-based synchronicities that have taken place since Cosmic Trigger I was first published. "Illuminata" redirects here For the 1998 John Turturro film see Illuminata (film. The book is an exploration into the future of cyberspace; the peculiarities of Irish jurisprudence; links to the Mafia, the CIA and the Catholic Church; anal-eroticism in the White House; the Dog Castrator of Palm Springs and more. Cyberspace &mdash from the Greek el Κυβερνήτης (el kybernētēs steersman governor pilot or rudder &mdash is the global domain of electro-magnetics accessed The Republic of Ireland has a Common law Legal system with a written constitution which provides for a parliamentary democracy based on the British parliamentary system The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian Criminal Secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence The book combines humour, twists in logic and zen-like koans to get its messages across.
The book is made up of ninety-four short chapters, with the main themes interwoven throughout in a non-linear fashion. In part, this volume of the series outlines Wilson’s intellectual development, from his religious education under the (‘sadistic’) nuns at Catholic school, through to his materialist-atheistic standpoint as an engineering student, and his eventual development of the ‘model agnosticism’ which informs much of his published work. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". The Philosophy of materialism holds that the only thing that can be truly proven to exist is Matter, and is considered a form of Physicalism. Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and Along the way he discusses becoming a Trotskyist when he was seventeen, and his time as an Objectivist, while under the influence of the work of Ayn Rand. Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Objectivism is a Philosophy developed by Ayn Rand in the 20th century that encompasses positions on Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ayn Rand (ˈaɪn ˈrænd &ndash March 6 1982 born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум was a Russian born American
Other recurring themes relate to conspiracies, involving the Vatican and allegedly freemasonic societies such as P2. In a political sense conspiracy refers to a group of persons united in the goal of usurping or overthrowing an established political power The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic He discusses the controversial death of Roberto Calvi; who was known in some quarters of the press as ‘God’s Banker,’ because of his ties to the Vatican Bank. Roberto Calvi (Milan 13 April 1920 – London 17 June 1982 was an Italian Banker dubbed by the press as "God's Banker" Elsewhere, a plethora of other topics are touched upon, including Crowleyean magick ritual, Wilson’s love of movies, virtual reality, Jungian Synchronicity, and the exponential growth of global information. Magick, in the broadest sense is any act designed to cause intentional change Virtual reality ( VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a Computer-simulated environment be it a real or imagined one Synchronicity is the Experience of two or more events which are causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner Information as a concept has a diversity of meanings from everyday usage to technical settings
Wilson wrote the book while the first Gulf war was in progress, and the dedication at the beginning of the book announces that the work is against the ‘makers of war’. Accordingly, many of the chapters feature anti-war quotes beneath the chapter titles, from figures ranging from William Tecumseh Sherman to Peter Ustinov, as well as more general quotes relating to concepts such as government and the social construction of reality, from people such as Oscar Wilde and H.L. Mencken. Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (ˈjuːstɪnɒf or /ˈuːstɪnɒf/ 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinow For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. Social constructionism and social constructivism are sociological and psychological theories of Knowledge that consider how social phenomena develop in Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of
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Wilson later wrote the final part of the Cosmic Trigger trilogy Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death (1995). Cosmic Trigger III My Life After Death (ISBN 1-56184-112-9 is the third book in the Cosmic Trigger series a three-volume autobiographical and philosophical work
The trilogy
- Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati
- Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth
- Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death
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