PROMETHEUS
RISING by
Robert Anton Wilson
Introduced by
Israel Regardie
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COPYRIGHT © 1983 ROBERT ANTON WILSON
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First Edition 1983
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Third Printing 1986
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DEDICATED
To
Timothy Leary
&
William S. Burroughs
dove sta memora
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The eight-circuit model of consciousness in this book and much
of its future-vision derive from the writings of Dr. Timothy
Leary, whose letters and conversations have also influenced
many other ideas herein. I also owe great debts to Dr. O.R.
Bontrager, for introducing me to semantics and communication
sciences generally; to R. Buckminister Fuller, for general sociological
