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avidcobwebber's review against another edition
5.0
I have read Prometheus Rising, Cosmic #1, and now Cosmic #2. This book is worth the price of admission, anecdotal though it is.
The first Cosmic Trigger is so outlandish, that this is a welcome reprieve. I try to verify the big statements of RA Wilson--in CT1 the scientific studies are mostly now debunked--but CT2's conspiracies, mysteries, and American History have all come out mostly spot-on. Which, 30 years after the last publishing of this book, says a lot about how RA Wilson could see clearly in some ways. He picked the right things to write about here.
CT2 has a short style definitely modeled after Vonnegut, and Wilson works it pretty well. He can't always sum it up with some snarky shrug of a statement, but his intellectual use of sarcasm is charming, rather than bitter or pessimistic.
This is a good read, and even for people 0% familiar with Wilson or the occult/new age school of thought, I would consider starting them here.
The first Cosmic Trigger is so outlandish, that this is a welcome reprieve. I try to verify the big statements of RA Wilson--in CT1 the scientific studies are mostly now debunked--but CT2's conspiracies, mysteries, and American History have all come out mostly spot-on. Which, 30 years after the last publishing of this book, says a lot about how RA Wilson could see clearly in some ways. He picked the right things to write about here.
CT2 has a short style definitely modeled after Vonnegut, and Wilson works it pretty well. He can't always sum it up with some snarky shrug of a statement, but his intellectual use of sarcasm is charming, rather than bitter or pessimistic.
This is a good read, and even for people 0% familiar with Wilson or the occult/new age school of thought, I would consider starting them here.
anotherpath's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoy Wilson's writing. I enjoy his perspectives and appreciate him for contextualizing the idea of Reality Tunnels that we all have and maintain; a more sinister conceptualization of a 'World View'.
He's more restrained and wise here, but he is also prone to the same sins as he was in the first. He overestimates the advancement of technology and the Awakening of our species. He also makes bold predictions and is almost always wrong. What's eerie is how much of what he's talking about could feasibly be justified in the present tense, both in terms of politics and where we are finally at NOW technologically.
He's more restrained and wise here, but he is also prone to the same sins as he was in the first. He overestimates the advancement of technology and the Awakening of our species. He also makes bold predictions and is almost always wrong. What's eerie is how much of what he's talking about could feasibly be justified in the present tense, both in terms of politics and where we are finally at NOW technologically.