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).
http://rawsemantics.home.blog / https://newsframes.wordpress.com/
http://rawsemantics.home.blog / https://newsframes.wordpress.com/
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...
"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...
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.
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
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...
Had same idea as Rasa (on FB) to enhance this old image of RAW (from @propanon.bsky.social), inset - and took the ball and ran with it:
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Had same idea as Rasa (on FB) to enhance this old image of RAW (from @propanon.bsky.social), inset - and took the ball and ran with it:
My capsule review of two films, using the ALT-text feature (hey, I never said social media doesn't have its odd uses!). The films: "I Care a Lot" (2020) and "The G" (2023).
August 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My capsule review of two films, using the ALT-text feature (hey, I never said social media doesn't have its odd uses!). The films: "I Care a Lot" (2020) and "The G" (2023).
Coming soon-ish (in full colour!), new post on RAW & Roger Jones's 'Physics as Metaphor', a rarely mentioned but influential book for Wilson.
August 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Coming soon-ish (in full colour!), new post on RAW & Roger Jones's 'Physics as Metaphor', a rarely mentioned but influential book for Wilson.
Science, and even mathematics, like philosophy, rests on cognitive metaphor. Here's George Lakoff on the metaphor of neural circuits (cf: Leary/Wilson "circuits" model): www.edge.org/conversation...
August 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Science, and even mathematics, like philosophy, rests on cognitive metaphor. Here's George Lakoff on the metaphor of neural circuits (cf: Leary/Wilson "circuits" model): www.edge.org/conversation...
Limited period—Kindle edition of my 200+ page book now £0.77, $0.99. Paperback £8.99. I'd boast that first 3 chapters give fastest route to "Aha!" moment on metaphorical thought available anywhere. Notes for RAW fans here: rawsemantics.home.blog/2023/02/15/r... Buy: www.amazon.co.uk/Lazy-Persons...
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Limited period—Kindle edition of my 200+ page book now £0.77, $0.99. Paperback £8.99. I'd boast that first 3 chapters give fastest route to "Aha!" moment on metaphorical thought available anywhere. Notes for RAW fans here: rawsemantics.home.blog/2023/02/15/r... Buy: www.amazon.co.uk/Lazy-Persons...
I remember those. I got one in exchange for one of my own novelty "Zombie Plus" loyalty cards. The necrocard was glossy thin cardboard, I recall. My loyalty cards were plastic, like credit cards.
July 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I remember those. I got one in exchange for one of my own novelty "Zombie Plus" loyalty cards. The necrocard was glossy thin cardboard, I recall. My loyalty cards were plastic, like credit cards.
#MaybeDay Last one for today (without the alien & Illuminatus! submarine from the earlier montage version). This hi-res image of RAW in a graffitied building hasn't been shown previously. More at: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#MaybeDay Last one for today (without the alien & Illuminatus! submarine from the earlier montage version). This hi-res image of RAW in a graffitied building hasn't been shown previously. More at: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This image of RAW, which I've been posting variants of today, will seem familiar because of an existing small, low-res head-&-collar-only version that's been online for ages. The extended panoramic high-res version is new today. More info at my blog post: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This image of RAW, which I've been posting variants of today, will seem familiar because of an existing small, low-res head-&-collar-only version that's been online for ages. The extended panoramic high-res version is new today. More info at my blog post: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
... and a color version (minus submarine). For details on #MaybeDay, see @bobbycampbell.net's site: www.maybeday.net Tom Jackson's latest blog post: www.rawillumination.net/2025/07/mayb... (And I have a new post up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...)
July 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
... and a color version (minus submarine). For details on #MaybeDay, see @bobbycampbell.net's site: www.maybeday.net Tom Jackson's latest blog post: www.rawillumination.net/2025/07/mayb... (And I have a new post up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...)
Another new #MaybeDay 2025 image! #RobertAntonWilson New blog post also now up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Another new #MaybeDay 2025 image! #RobertAntonWilson New blog post also now up: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
'Maybe Day 2025 – art & whatnot' - NEW blog post, showing the images I've had fun making this last week. #RobertAntonWilson Link: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
July 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'Maybe Day 2025 – art & whatnot' - NEW blog post, showing the images I've had fun making this last week. #RobertAntonWilson Link: rawsemantics.home.blog/2025/07/23/m...
Happy #MaybeDay 2025 #RobertAntonWilson
July 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy #MaybeDay 2025 #RobertAntonWilson
More new #MaybeDay 2025 images & new blog post to come. #RobertAntonWilson
July 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
More new #MaybeDay 2025 images & new blog post to come. #RobertAntonWilson
Happy #MaybeDay 2025 - an annual celebration in honour of the late, great #RobertAntonWilson. I'll be posting new images & new blog post later in the day. Meanwhile see: www.maybeday.net
July 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Happy #MaybeDay 2025 - an annual celebration in honour of the late, great #RobertAntonWilson. I'll be posting new images & new blog post later in the day. Meanwhile see: www.maybeday.net
Reported that last night Russia launched the biggest aerial attack on Ukraine since the start of Putin's invasion in 2022. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reported that last night Russia launched the biggest aerial attack on Ukraine since the start of Putin's invasion in 2022. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴..." (their sacrament: caffeine, their ritual: "GOD, I needed that!"). Read RAW's tremendous essay, 'Religion for the Hell of It' in his 1988 book 'Coincidance'.
July 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴..." (their sacrament: caffeine, their ritual: "GOD, I needed that!"). Read RAW's tremendous essay, 'Religion for the Hell of It' in his 1988 book 'Coincidance'.
"Retcon" (retroactive continuity) - good word to describe the device whereby commentators who said Russia definitely wouldn't invade Ukraine in 2022 ("pure liberal hysteria" etc) later claimed Russia had no choice but to invade in 2022 (due to US provocation going back to 2014).
July 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Retcon" (retroactive continuity) - good word to describe the device whereby commentators who said Russia definitely wouldn't invade Ukraine in 2022 ("pure liberal hysteria" etc) later claimed Russia had no choice but to invade in 2022 (due to US provocation going back to 2014).
A lot of RAW fans (& RAW himself) seem to like making LISTS. I'm not much of a list person, unless specifically asked, but I made the effort here to promote books - in a comment I left at Tom's blog (www.rawillumination.net/2025/07/what...). Books I've read or dipped into over last few months:
July 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A lot of RAW fans (& RAW himself) seem to like making LISTS. I'm not much of a list person, unless specifically asked, but I made the effort here to promote books - in a comment I left at Tom's blog (www.rawillumination.net/2025/07/what...). Books I've read or dipped into over last few months:
July 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM