An edition of Prometheus Rising (1983)

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An edition of Prometheus Rising (1983)

Prometheus rising

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Prometheus Rising is a book by Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1983. It is a guide book of "how to get from here to there", an amalgam of Timothy Leary's 8-circuit model of consciousness, Gurdjieff's self-observation exercises, Alfred Korzybski's general semantics, Aleister Crowley's magical theorems, Sociobiology, Yoga, relativity, and quantum mechanics, amongst other approaches to understanding the world around us, and claiming to be a short book (under 300 pages) about how the human mind works and how to get the most use from one. Wilson describes it as an "owner's manual for the human brain".

The book examines many aspects of social mind control and mental imprinting, and provides mind exercises at the end of every chapter, with the goal of giving the reader more control over how one's mind works. The book has found many readers among followers of alternative culture, and discusses the effect of certain psychoactive substances and how these affect the brain, tantric breathing techniques, and other methods and holistic approaches to expanding consciousness. It draws a parallel between the development of one's mind and the development of higher intelligence theorized by biological evolution.

Prometheus Rising was copyrighted and published in 1983 but began as Wilson's Ph.D. dissertation called "The Evolution of Neuro-Sociological Circuits: A Contribution to the Sociobiology of Consciousness" in 1978-79 for Paideia University in California.[1] In 1982, while in Ireland, Wilson rewrote the manuscript for commercial publication, removing footnotes, improving the style, adding chapters and exercises, and sketching out diagrams for the illustrations. Eventually Wilson submitted the work to New Falcon Publications, which accepted it within 48 hours. Wilson received his advance 48 hours after that, according to his preface in the tenth printing of Prometheus Rising.

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Cover of: Prometheus Rising
Prometheus Rising
May 23, 2016, Hilaritas Press, LLC.
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Prometheus rising
1997, New Falcon Publications
in English
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Prometheus Rising
September 1992, New Falcon Publications
Paperback in English
Cover of: Der neue Prometheus
Der neue Prometheus: die Evolution unserer Intelligenz
1988, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag
in German - 9.-12. Tausend
Cover of: Prometheus Rising -Op/023
Prometheus Rising -Op/023
March 1986, Not Avail
Paperback in English
Cover of: Prometheus Rising
Prometheus Rising
1983, Falcon Press
Paperback in English - 1st ed.

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OL22562498M
ISBN 10
1561840564
OCLC/WorldCat
38328352
Library Thing
31174
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28597

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