The Psychedelic Conspiracy

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The Aquarian Conspiracy Sex Drugs and Rock 'N Roll by Lyndon LaRusche; (first published in

The Aquarian Conspiracy: Fact or Fiction on Bible Believers

Psychedelic Alchemy on the Occult of Personality Blog

Unlike my now departed friend Robert Anton Wilson, I've never been a fan of occulture or conspiracy theories (although I think that Wilson was more a dilettante than a believer in such matters.

The reason I do not think much of conspiracy theories is that conspiracy is really not part of human nature. Humans are have too much competitiveness and too little intelligence for elaborate conspiracies. We are lucky enough if two or three people show up for lunch on time.

My opinion of occultism is similarly skeptical. Cults are just miniature religions. Just like religion, they require you adopt a fixed set of beliefs. Timothy Leary in his 1982 book Changing My Mind Among Others

The word religion beautifully defines itself, of course. It means "to bind" from the Latin re(back) and ligare (to tie up).. All religions are straight jackets, jackets for the straight.

The conspiracy theorists forge that nobody has spoken out about the dangers of totalitarian world order than Huxley. Take a look at the this video  interview of Huxley my CBS's Michael Wallace which I posted here.