Posts by Rev Illuminatus Maximus
One God Universe
Consider the One God Universe: OGU. The spirit recoils in horror from such a deadly impasse. He is all-powerful and all-knowing. Because He can do everything, He can do nothing, since the act of doing demands opposition. He knows everything, so there is nothing for him to learn. He can’t go anywhere, since He is…
Read MoreAbout Monotheistic Dualism
Monotheistic dualism… presents an almost whimsical picture of a God who is a supreme egoist creating the universe for the express purpose of being worshipped… The question of whether God created the authoritarian form… or whether the form projected a God to justify itself, is not trivial. ((Kramer, Joel and Diana Alstad. The Guru Papers:…
Read MoreNo Outside
“It is best to try to avoid thinking of the Big Bang as an explosion, even though it is usually described that way. The problem with the word explosion is this: it conjures an image in the mind’s eye that the Big Bang should be imagined from the outside, with the universe going “boom” and…
Read MoreThe Cosmic Cage
Now think of a cheetah that has been captured and thrown into a miserable cage in a zoo. It has lost its original grace and beauty, and is put on display for our amusement. We see only the broken spirit of the cheetah in the cage, not its original power and elegance. The cheetah can…
Read MoreDivine Implosion
“The universe is not born of the design or act of a genetic God, particularly since the genetic God in the Bible is only a degenerate God. The universe emerges from the process of the infinite retreating upon itself, as if this infinite were characterized by a kind of impurity. This retraction of the infinite…
Read MoreEntropic Complexity
“The deep structure of change is decay. What decays is not the quantity but the quality of energy. I shall explain what is meant by high quality energy, but for the present think of it as energy that is localized, and potent to effect change. In the course of causing change it spreads, becomes chaotically…
Read MoreThe Meat Poetry of Michael McClure
FOUND: Michael McClure YOU’RE A BAG OF MEAT! A white sack of soft skin and fat held in shape by a lot of bones!… obody’s free of being divine! When a man does not admit he is an animal, he is less than an animal. . . . Blake was the revolt of one man. He…
Read MoreThe Shits & The Johnsons
In the metaphysics of science fiction author W.S. Burroughs, there are only two types of people in the world – Shits and Johnsons. Johnsons mind their own business, and are generous, helpful and kind, with no thought of reward; Shits are infected by an alien virus called the "right virus" which makes them literally incapable…
Read MoreEmotional Plague
In the psychological system of Wilhelm Reich, the "emotional plague" exists as a sort of mental disease which spreads throughout societies whose members are genitally blocked, i.e., incapable of genuine, healthy sexual love or expression. Hating life, creativity and freedom, and terrified that their own frustrated drives could explode uncontrollably at the slightest provocation, victims…
Read MoreRight Man
A theory of human behavior which originated with science fiction author A.E. Van Vogt and was developed by Colin Wilson in his "Criminal History of Mankind." In Wilson’s view, the "Right Man" represents a psychological type who is, at the core, brittle, fragile and empty. Lacking a fundamental identity of his own, he is obsessed…
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