RAW semantics
@rawsemantics.bsky.social
Robert Anton Wilson & related blog. Semantic maps, masks, models & muddles. Frames & metaphors. Author of 'Lazy Person's Guide to Framing' (Futura Press, 2023).
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‘Physics as Metaphor’ & RAW
Some thoughts on Roger Jones’s ‘Physics as Metaphor’, a rarely mentioned but influential book for Robert Anton Wilson…
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'Physics as Metaphor' & RAW -- new long post on a rarely mentioned book that influenced Wilson. "Is space-time really real?" Do Wilson's chair & Jones's table have the answers? Find out here! Plus bonus DIY-Dada montages! rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/09/03/p...
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So far, my most "successful" post - but also, according to blog stats, one of the least read (which isn't saying much, but it says something about my non-"market" success criteria). rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/03/20/c...
Cosmic Trigger 4 “is” you
RAW’s “blueprint” analogy for different kinds of “truth”, analogues in Buddhism & current political relevance…
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October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So far, my most "successful" post - but also, according to blog stats, one of the least read (which isn't saying much, but it says something about my non-"market" success criteria). rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/03/20/c...
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I had a great day at the Princeton Special Collections Dept! Documenting a treasure drove of original RAW documents from his correspondence w/ poet Ed Sanders. (On behalf of the OG!) 213 pages of RAW & Shea material. Processing everything now. Decent chance there's some unique gems in here :)))
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I had a great day at the Princeton Special Collections Dept! Documenting a treasure drove of original RAW documents from his correspondence w/ poet Ed Sanders. (On behalf of the OG!) 213 pages of RAW & Shea material. Processing everything now. Decent chance there's some unique gems in here :)))
I'm struck by @gilduran.com's suggestion, "I think one thing we need is an American Museum of Fascism to remind future generations of what happened during this period of time"... Whether it needs to be this big... is still to be determined. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKym...
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'm struck by @gilduran.com's suggestion, "I think one thing we need is an American Museum of Fascism to remind future generations of what happened during this period of time"... Whether it needs to be this big... is still to be determined. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKym...
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Get print & digital! PDF for just a few quid & it's awesome! I dislike book-text on screen, but art like this looks 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀. The attention to detail - I can't imagine the amount of work. Ambitious, glorious, trippy - what a unique/great artist @bobbycampbell.net "is". Buy: talesofilluminatus.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Get print & digital! PDF for just a few quid & it's awesome! I dislike book-text on screen, but art like this looks 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀. The attention to detail - I can't imagine the amount of work. Ambitious, glorious, trippy - what a unique/great artist @bobbycampbell.net "is". Buy: talesofilluminatus.com
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High on my soon-to-read list: A Non-Euclidean Perspective, by Robert Anton Wilson
"When today’s billionaires talk about liberty, they mean freedom from taxes and regulations. When Wilson wrote about liberty, he meant freedom from mental prisons and social control."
#RobertAntonWilson #booksky
High on my soon-to-read list: A Non-Euclidean Perspective, by Robert Anton Wilson
"When today’s billionaires talk about liberty, they mean freedom from taxes and regulations. When Wilson wrote about liberty, he meant freedom from mental prisons and social control."
#RobertAntonWilson #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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High on my soon-to-read list: A Non-Euclidean Perspective, by Robert Anton Wilson
"When today’s billionaires talk about liberty, they mean freedom from taxes and regulations. When Wilson wrote about liberty, he meant freedom from mental prisons and social control."
#RobertAntonWilson #booksky
High on my soon-to-read list: A Non-Euclidean Perspective, by Robert Anton Wilson
"When today’s billionaires talk about liberty, they mean freedom from taxes and regulations. When Wilson wrote about liberty, he meant freedom from mental prisons and social control."
#RobertAntonWilson #booksky
‘Shut Up, Mother! Shut Up!’ Pleads George W. Bush To Dick Cheney Skeleton Dressed In Suit — theonion.com/shut-up-moth...
‘Shut Up, Mother! Shut Up!’ Pleads George W. Bush To Dick Cheney Skeleton Dressed In Suit
CRAWFORD, TX—Lashing out at the overbearing former vice president seated motionless in a rocking chair by the attic window, a distraught George W. Bush shouted, “Shut up, Mother! Shut up!” at the skel...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
‘Shut Up, Mother! Shut Up!’ Pleads George W. Bush To Dick Cheney Skeleton Dressed In Suit — theonion.com/shut-up-moth...
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RAWIllumination.net: A new meme from RAW Semantics @rawsemantics.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/a-ne...
A new meme from RAW Semantics
Just wanted to draw a little attention to it. Posted on Bluesky to draw attention to the recent RAW Semantics posting about A Non-Euclid...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
RAWIllumination.net: A new meme from RAW Semantics @rawsemantics.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/a-ne...
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Briefly breaking my break from social media, as I see this Robert Shea anthology is now available (ed. Tom Jackson @jacksontom.bsky.social). Aside from his co-authorship of Illuminatus!, I'm not too familiar with Shea's work. But the blurbs here seem warmly endorsing: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQRNL8VP
Every Day is a GOOD Day: Robert Shea on Illuminatus! Writing and Anarchism
Every Day is a GOOD Day: Robert Shea on Illuminatus! Writing and Anarchism eBook : Shea, Robert, Jackson, Tom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Briefly breaking my break from social media, as I see this Robert Shea anthology is now available (ed. Tom Jackson @jacksontom.bsky.social). Aside from his co-authorship of Illuminatus!, I'm not too familiar with Shea's work. But the blurbs here seem warmly endorsing: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQRNL8VP
"Freedom" (of speech/act/mind & from coercion/force) remains a contested concept. RAW's take on it never resembled that of the latest crop of demagogues & billionaires pretending to be freedom fighters. rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Freedom" (of speech/act/mind & from coercion/force) remains a contested concept. RAW's take on it never resembled that of the latest crop of demagogues & billionaires pretending to be freedom fighters. rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
Ireland's Basic Income for artists/writers to become permanent in 2026. That's $1,500 per month ($18000/yr). Better than a kick in the arse (which is what most artists & writers typically receive in most places). www.businessinsider.com/ireland-basi...
Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent
Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts experiment has given creatives a weekly payment for three years. Now, a permanent program could be on the way.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Ireland's Basic Income for artists/writers to become permanent in 2026. That's $1,500 per month ($18000/yr). Better than a kick in the arse (which is what most artists & writers typically receive in most places). www.businessinsider.com/ireland-basi...
UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage speaks at length of his admiration for Bill Nelson. He says no other music puts him in poetic space more than Bill's experimental work. (I first heard of Robert Anton Wilson from Bill back in the 1980s). www.southbankcentre.co.uk/magazine/sim...
Artist on artist: Simon Armitage on the 'exceptional' yet 'overlooked' Bill Nelson | Southbank Centre
The Poet Laureate finally shares his appreciation and admiration for 'maverick' guitarist, musician and fellow Yorkshireman Bill Nelson.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage speaks at length of his admiration for Bill Nelson. He says no other music puts him in poetic space more than Bill's experimental work. (I first heard of Robert Anton Wilson from Bill back in the 1980s). www.southbankcentre.co.uk/magazine/sim...
When I look at Xitter, I try to ignore the "What's Happening" & "Today's News" BS. But this caught my eye. X's (ie Grok's) headline & news summary for last night's big football game which Liverpool won 1-0. Xitter, main source of NEWS for many, struggling with factual report at THE MOST BASIC LEVEL.
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
When I look at Xitter, I try to ignore the "What's Happening" & "Today's News" BS. But this caught my eye. X's (ie Grok's) headline & news summary for last night's big football game which Liverpool won 1-0. Xitter, main source of NEWS for many, struggling with factual report at THE MOST BASIC LEVEL.
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MYCELIUM NEWSLETTER OCT 2025 mailchi.mp/cosmictrigge...
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
MYCELIUM NEWSLETTER OCT 2025 mailchi.mp/cosmictrigge...
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Talking of hyperobjects (see my link to Michael Johnson's piece a few days ago), I'd completely forgotten my early blog post titled 'Hyperobject / S.M.I².L.E.' (2019), which nobody read. Short, sweet & speculative: rawsemantics.home.blog/2019/07/18/h...
Hyperobject / S.M.I².L.E.
The clue to these quotes in Neuropolitique is in the reference to Leary’s “6th Circuit” (which I think of as metahuman, & also as hyperobject)…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Talking of hyperobjects (see my link to Michael Johnson's piece a few days ago), I'd completely forgotten my early blog post titled 'Hyperobject / S.M.I².L.E.' (2019), which nobody read. Short, sweet & speculative: rawsemantics.home.blog/2019/07/18/h...
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RAWIllumination.net: Friday links www.rawillumination.net/2025/10/frid...
Friday links
Who Brought at 97 Interesting Michael Johnson Substack post on hyperobjects and Internet culture. And there's also an early RAW Semanti...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Friday links www.rawillumination.net/2025/10/frid...
Talking of hyperobjects (see my link to Michael Johnson's piece a few days ago), I'd completely forgotten my early blog post titled 'Hyperobject / S.M.I².L.E.' (2019), which nobody read. Short, sweet & speculative: rawsemantics.home.blog/2019/07/18/h...
Hyperobject / S.M.I².L.E.
The clue to these quotes in Neuropolitique is in the reference to Leary’s “6th Circuit” (which I think of as metahuman, & also as hyperobject)…
rawsemantics.home.blog
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Talking of hyperobjects (see my link to Michael Johnson's piece a few days ago), I'd completely forgotten my early blog post titled 'Hyperobject / S.M.I².L.E.' (2019), which nobody read. Short, sweet & speculative: rawsemantics.home.blog/2019/07/18/h...
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RAWIllumination.net: RAW Semantics on the new RAW politics book @rawsemantics.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/10/raw-...
RAW Semantics on the new RAW politics book
Art: RAW Semantics Apparently I am not the only person excited about the big new Robert Anton Wilson book (514 pages!), A Non-Euclidean Per...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
RAWIllumination.net: RAW Semantics on the new RAW politics book @rawsemantics.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/10/raw-...
Get print & digital! PDF for just a few quid & it's awesome! I dislike book-text on screen, but art like this looks 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀. The attention to detail - I can't imagine the amount of work. Ambitious, glorious, trippy - what a unique/great artist @bobbycampbell.net "is". Buy: talesofilluminatus.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Get print & digital! PDF for just a few quid & it's awesome! I dislike book-text on screen, but art like this looks 𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀. The attention to detail - I can't imagine the amount of work. Ambitious, glorious, trippy - what a unique/great artist @bobbycampbell.net "is". Buy: talesofilluminatus.com
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I find @rawsemantics.bsky.social most illuminating. Thanks for sharing the rawness on rawness. #POLITICS
New post - my review notes for the new Robert Anton Wilson anthology of political writings: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
Review notes – ‘A Non-Euclidean Perspective’
Review notes for new Robert Anton Wilson anthology, ‘A Non-Euclidean Perspective’.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I find @rawsemantics.bsky.social most illuminating. Thanks for sharing the rawness on rawness. #POLITICS
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New post - my review notes for the new Robert Anton Wilson anthology of political writings: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
Review notes – ‘A Non-Euclidean Perspective’
Review notes for new Robert Anton Wilson anthology, ‘A Non-Euclidean Perspective’.
rawsemantics.home.blog
October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New post - my review notes for the new Robert Anton Wilson anthology of political writings: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
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From my limited perspective FB is a cess pit of far right boosted slop. Newsquest, in particular seems to produce AI slop Headlines, which become a gift to gifting racists. X appears samesame.
🔴‘No Faith’ in X and Meta to Tackle Abuse in Politics, Says Speaker’s Inquiry as It Suggests MPs Leave Platforms
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/x...
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/x...
'No Faith' in X and Meta to Tackle Abuse in Politics, Says Speaker's Inquiry as It Suggests MPs Leave Platforms
Damning report finds social media giants are failing in legal duties to remove threats
bylinetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
From my limited perspective FB is a cess pit of far right boosted slop. Newsquest, in particular seems to produce AI slop Headlines, which become a gift to gifting racists. X appears samesame.
New post - my review notes for the new Robert Anton Wilson anthology of political writings: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
Review notes – ‘A Non-Euclidean Perspective’
Review notes for new Robert Anton Wilson anthology, ‘A Non-Euclidean Perspective’.
rawsemantics.home.blog
October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New post - my review notes for the new Robert Anton Wilson anthology of political writings: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/10/28/r...
Great post on hyperobjects, internet and some related books (& films) including @adriandaub.bsky.social's 'What Tech Calls Thinking' -- from Overweening Generalist (@r-michael-johnson.bsky.social) substack.com/home/post/p-...
Hyperobject: Internet
A book review and two film reviews
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October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Great post on hyperobjects, internet and some related books (& films) including @adriandaub.bsky.social's 'What Tech Calls Thinking' -- from Overweening Generalist (@r-michael-johnson.bsky.social) substack.com/home/post/p-...
Two major releases now available! - TALES OF ILLUMINATUS! #2 (by @bobbycampbell.net & Todd Purse) and *NEW* RAW book anthology: 'A Non-Euclidean Perspective' from Hilaritas Press (@23rasa.bsky.social). Links: talesofilluminatus.com & www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-it...
October 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Two major releases now available! - TALES OF ILLUMINATUS! #2 (by @bobbycampbell.net & Todd Purse) and *NEW* RAW book anthology: 'A Non-Euclidean Perspective' from Hilaritas Press (@23rasa.bsky.social). Links: talesofilluminatus.com & www.hilaritaspress.com/portfolio-it...
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Oh, frabjous day! Tales of Illuminatus! #2 "The Invisible Crown" is now available!
(Digital PDF available now! • Print pre-orders are otw! • Kindle pre-orders delivery on the 23rd!)
Buy links and preview pages all available here! talesofilluminatus.com
(Digital PDF available now! • Print pre-orders are otw! • Kindle pre-orders delivery on the 23rd!)
Buy links and preview pages all available here! talesofilluminatus.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Oh, frabjous day! Tales of Illuminatus! #2 "The Invisible Crown" is now available!
(Digital PDF available now! • Print pre-orders are otw! • Kindle pre-orders delivery on the 23rd!)
Buy links and preview pages all available here! talesofilluminatus.com
(Digital PDF available now! • Print pre-orders are otw! • Kindle pre-orders delivery on the 23rd!)
Buy links and preview pages all available here! talesofilluminatus.com