"Borders are a basic mammalian territorial imperative. All mammals want a territory, and they claim it by making excretions that make a topological outline, that’s the territory they claim. That’s why your dog pees on every tree when you take him for a walk. That’s the way the dog is marking his territory. Chimpanzees mark their territories with excretions too. The difference between human beings (or domesticated primates) and the other mammals is we mark our territories with ink excretions on paper—land titles, peace treaties, and so on. Every national border in the world marks a place where two gangs of domesticated primates fought until they were exhausted, and then made a territorial mark. That’s how national borders are created. We don’t throw excretions at each other like the chimpanzees, we throw chemicals and bombs and so on, but it’s basically the same mammalian process. The only intelligent way to discuss politics is on all fours." RAW
With thanks to an Article in Dangerous Minds.
In 1989 an hour-long movie called Borders about Robert Anton Wilson, author of The Illumnatus! Trilogy and the Cosmic Trigger series, was produced for public TV (WGBH Boston was one of the production companies behind it). The movie, directed by Merrill Aldighieri and Joe Tripician, is a blend of dramatic and documentary elements that also occasionally includes charmingly rudimentary computer graphics.
“You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.” - Robert Anton Wilson
Showing posts with label COSMIC TRIGGER. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COSMIC TRIGGER. Show all posts
Friday, May 19, 2017
Friday, May 05, 2017
Pulling the Trigger
The play of Cosmic Trigger has just started a new run in London, at The Cockpit Theatre.
Beautifully timed to coincide with that, Hilaritas Press has released an audio book version of Cosmic Trigger (the original book, not the play), read by the actor who plays Bob on stage - Oliver Senton.
Beautifully timed to coincide with that, Hilaritas Press has released an audio book version of Cosmic Trigger (the original book, not the play), read by the actor who plays Bob on stage - Oliver Senton.
For more details, to listen to a sample, find out how to purchase, etc, go to the Hilaritas Press.
You can also read more details about how the project came about, here.
Thursday, May 04, 2017
May Our Minds Be Blown Just Right by Daisy Eris Campbell
May Our Minds Be Blown – Just Right — Daisy Eris Campbell
(MinorLits 02/05/2017 Essays & features)
I want to take you back to a moment I experienced about eight years ago. It’s a few weeks after my father, Ken Campbell’s, sudden and untimely death. I’m standing on the corner of two cobbled streets in Liverpool in the rain. And I’m looking at a bust of CG Jung. And that’s kind of weird because right at that moment I’m halfway through an essay about Carl Jung for a Master’s degree I’m doing. But that’s not why I’m there.
Stood next to me is Prunella Gee, Chris Langham and a guy called Peter O’Halligan. We’re all looking up at this bust of Carl Jung.
It’s there because Carl Jung had a dream about Liverpool and he wrote about it in his book, Memories, Dreams and Reflections. He said he thought it may be the most important dream he’d ever had. And he realised that in his dream, Liverpool was the Pool of Life.
I’m writing this essay about Jung’s ideas of the collective unconscious and synchronicity, a phrase he coined, and now I find myself looking at this bust of his head. And that bust has only been erected because of the tireless campaigning of Peter O’Halligan, who’s standing next to me. Because Peter O’Halligan is sure that this very spot is the exact spot that Jung dreamt about.
But just to the side of this bust is another unusual thing – it’s a plaque, set into the wall, which commemorates The Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun.
This has also only been erected due to the tireless campaigning of Peter O’Halligan.
Because just over 30 years previously, which is when O’Halligan first found this illustrious Jung-Dream site, he also noticed that the building on the corner of these two streets – just along from where the Beatles first performed – was derelict. And so he adopted it, set up a caff, and called it The Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun.
And the first production to be staged in a room above the caff, was an eighteen hour epic called Illuminatus!, directed by my father, Ken Campbell, starring (amongst many many others) my mother, Prunella Gee as Eris, Goddess of Chaos and Confusion, and co-adapted with Chris Langham from a novel by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
And there we all are now, and I say “It’s weird because right now I’m in the middle of an essay about Jung“, then I realise that, although I’m doing a distance-learning Master’s degree, I am actually studying at John Moores University, based in Liverpool.
And Peter O’ Halligan tells me that John Moores knew my dad’s dad, my grandfather, who I never met, they were both from just outside Liverpool, and John Moores offered my grandfather the opportunity to get involved with his new business venture, but my grandfather declined. It was the football pools! Which made John Moores a multi-millionaire, which was how come he’d had enough money to build a whole university, where I was right now studying Carl Gustav Jung.
(MinorLits 02/05/2017 Essays & features)
I want to take you back to a moment I experienced about eight years ago. It’s a few weeks after my father, Ken Campbell’s, sudden and untimely death. I’m standing on the corner of two cobbled streets in Liverpool in the rain. And I’m looking at a bust of CG Jung. And that’s kind of weird because right at that moment I’m halfway through an essay about Carl Jung for a Master’s degree I’m doing. But that’s not why I’m there.
Stood next to me is Prunella Gee, Chris Langham and a guy called Peter O’Halligan. We’re all looking up at this bust of Carl Jung.
It’s there because Carl Jung had a dream about Liverpool and he wrote about it in his book, Memories, Dreams and Reflections. He said he thought it may be the most important dream he’d ever had. And he realised that in his dream, Liverpool was the Pool of Life.
I’m writing this essay about Jung’s ideas of the collective unconscious and synchronicity, a phrase he coined, and now I find myself looking at this bust of his head. And that bust has only been erected because of the tireless campaigning of Peter O’Halligan, who’s standing next to me. Because Peter O’Halligan is sure that this very spot is the exact spot that Jung dreamt about.
But just to the side of this bust is another unusual thing – it’s a plaque, set into the wall, which commemorates The Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun.
This has also only been erected due to the tireless campaigning of Peter O’Halligan.
Because just over 30 years previously, which is when O’Halligan first found this illustrious Jung-Dream site, he also noticed that the building on the corner of these two streets – just along from where the Beatles first performed – was derelict. And so he adopted it, set up a caff, and called it The Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun.
And the first production to be staged in a room above the caff, was an eighteen hour epic called Illuminatus!, directed by my father, Ken Campbell, starring (amongst many many others) my mother, Prunella Gee as Eris, Goddess of Chaos and Confusion, and co-adapted with Chris Langham from a novel by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
And there we all are now, and I say “It’s weird because right now I’m in the middle of an essay about Jung“, then I realise that, although I’m doing a distance-learning Master’s degree, I am actually studying at John Moores University, based in Liverpool.
And Peter O’ Halligan tells me that John Moores knew my dad’s dad, my grandfather, who I never met, they were both from just outside Liverpool, and John Moores offered my grandfather the opportunity to get involved with his new business venture, but my grandfather declined. It was the football pools! Which made John Moores a multi-millionaire, which was how come he’d had enough money to build a whole university, where I was right now studying Carl Gustav Jung.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Daisy Hilarious
Daisy Eris Campbell offers a breathlessly hilarious monologue on The Odditorium podcast. (no 34).
Daisy Campbell, (daughter of the performer Ken Campbell) takes us on a rollercoaster adventure exploring the ancient practise of gastromancy – divination from the stomach. It’s one of the most entertaining but weirdest talks we’ve ever had on the Odditorium so hang in there! Meanwhile in the studio, the two Davids appear to be having a spot of bother with the disembodied voice of Aleister Crowley.
Daisy Campbell, (daughter of the performer Ken Campbell) takes us on a rollercoaster adventure exploring the ancient practise of gastromancy – divination from the stomach. It’s one of the most entertaining but weirdest talks we’ve ever had on the Odditorium so hang in there! Meanwhile in the studio, the two Davids appear to be having a spot of bother with the disembodied voice of Aleister Crowley.
Daisy's piece starts four minutes in...
Amor et Hilaritas!
Friday, January 06, 2017
Don't hold your breath in Santa Cruz
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| Hail Eris |
It seems as though the plan to put on the Cosmic Trigger play in Santa Cruz - originally announced for this year - has gone on hold, (for a variety of reasons) but Daisy Eris Campbell may well visit the USA to promote the project.
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| Mama Sutra |
The good news remains that the production will make an appearance in London, in May 2017.
21 performances at The Cockpit Theatre.
Do whatever it takes to get to see this production!
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| 8 Circuit Brain song and dance |
"Hello you lovely Discordians,
*ANNOUNCEMENT RE SANTA CRUZ PILGRIMAGE*
So yes, I have publicly announced on at least 23 occasions that we would be making a pilgrimage to Santa Cruz, where Robert Anton Wilson lived and died, this year, the 10 year anniversary of his death.
This kind of public declaration worked a treat for pulling the Cosmic Trigger in Liverpool on November 23rd 2014, but that's the thing with Cosmic Triggers - they have a tendency to go off in your hand. And I think, bathed in the glory of our last adventure, I got a little trigger happy.
We're not - we now realise - at the Triggering phase when it comes to Santa Cruz. We are still very much in The Finding The Others phase.
So instead I'll come to the US this summer to stir up enthusiasm for a future happening. Tell me Stateside Dwellers; where shall I enthuse, who shall I meet, how shall we scheme? I'm thinking 13-23rd July to coincide with Robert Anton Wilson Day and the start of the Dog Days. But I'll come whenever you call.
I'm truly sorry to disappoint anyone who was all set for the Santa Cruz pilgrimage performance - but let's meet up when I'm there, and before you know it we'll be happily pulling Cosmic Triggers together."
Daisy x x
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Starseed Signals - re-appearing
"Starseed Signals, a Robert Anton Wilson book written in 1975 during a period of close collaboration with Timothy Leary, finally will be out soon.
The final touches are being put on the production by the publisher, RVP Publishers, and the book is supposed to be out during the first or second quarter of 2017, according to information given by the publisher to RAW fan Chad Nelson." Thanks to RAWIllumination.net
And, just for fun, an hour of Bob, if you want it...
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Books to hold in your hand
Hilartias Press releases fresh edition of Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati, with new introduction by John Higgs. NOW AVAILABLE (as hard copy or eBook).
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OUT TODAY! New from Douglas Rushkoff Available from Indiebound.org
And also:
Aleister and Adolph - occult graphic novel by Douglas Rushkoff (Disinfo)This will be available in November 2016 from Dark Horse Comics
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Cosmic Trigger play - updates
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| New cover from Nic Alderton |
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| Gathering of the Cosmic Fools |
Word of the day: apophenia – the human tendency to find patterns amongst random data / signals.
[See Ian 'Cat' Vincent's blog entry here]
From the email/newsletter from Meesh:
"So, on the weekend of Saturday January 23rd 2016, we will be gathering somewhere in NW London, to begin making good on our promise to get the play to Santa Cruz, USA, by July 23rd 2017, following a second UK run. We will do this by putting our heads together and getting to work on the practicalities, as well as coming up with ways to keep it Heroic/Magical/Capertastic.
HELLLLPPP!!!
We will need all kinds of help. Good job so many of you lot are proper amazing. [...]
Also on this day will be the signing of The Cosmic Book of True Will for all those foolish enough to tell Goddess your Plans. You write your intention in this book, sign it (in something akin to blood) and achieve it by July 23rd 2016 - but if any one of us fails - WE BURN THE BOOK! No pressure, then.
Until then, KLF - Keep Lasagne Flying
PS: if you feel unlucky that you didn't get to see the play under discussion, you may catch a glimpse of what you missed in this video:
Cosmic Trigger Theatrical Promo from C S on Vimeo.
Keep up with the story, both on Fnordbook here and Twitter
Friday, April 24, 2015
Cosmic Triggering
Cosmic Trigger Theatrical Promo from C S on Vimeo.
Campaign Update
And you can buy one (or more) of the beautiful fund-raising T-shirts right where you are sitting now.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Lifted directly from Cosmic communications related to the Cosmic Trigger Play. If you missed it the first time round (Liverpool and London) try to catch it in its next incarnation.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Cosmic Trigger - reload
Spring Equinox, and we sense stirrings in the Cosmic Trigger camp - get the T-Shirt and help fund another glorious adventure.
For several of the Maybe Logic crew witnessing (or performing in) the heroic performance in Liverpool and London formed a highlight of last year.
For several of the Maybe Logic crew witnessing (or performing in) the heroic performance in Liverpool and London formed a highlight of last year.
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| Triumphant performance in Liverpool, 2014 |
Monday, December 08, 2014
Review of the London performance of Cosmic Trigger
“A Perfectly Finished Work of Art Right Where I Am Sitting Now.”: Cosmic Trigger -The Play
by David Whittaker | in Reviews | Sun, 7 December 2014 at the Sequart Organization
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Cosmic event in London
The previous post has received a few updates, as reviews and other stuff has arrived, but we lacked a programme in Liverpool, and now we have one.
Seems someone else may have played Burroughs in Liverpool and London (?) and so on, but this gives a rough guide, and certainly more information than we had at the Find The Others festival.
Seems someone else may have played Burroughs in Liverpool and London (?) and so on, but this gives a rough guide, and certainly more information than we had at the Find The Others festival.
Again, this post may get updated with further information, reviews, etc - as they come in.
[updates below]
Beccy Strong (who played Ishtar) - photographer
(It’s not true unless it makes you laugh; you don’t understand unless it makes you cry).
And this is more or less a summary of the whole show...rather than a review:
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
This just in... events in Liverpool last weekend
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Early reports of the Wilson festival imply that it counts as an astonishing moment in time.
Our Reporter, Bogus, remains a bit inarticulate at the moment (he claims he got possessed by a Pooka) but tells us that the play previewed on Friday night, when the cast and technicians had still not completed a full run of the material, to a knowing audience of maybe 80-100 (?). He says it knocked everybody out - and a buzzing atmosphere of glee, fatigue, elation and success pervaded the later part of the evening.
Given that brilliant start the atmosphere on Saturday, with the show going on in the afternoon, felt electric - as more and more people mingled in the bar of the Camp and Furnace - old friends and new.
By the time everyone had settled themselves in, and the place felt jammed, it seemed like we would just take off. For the actors, I guess, playing it to a crowd in the preview had given it that that final edge, to go for it, and what had been a great show the night before just went through the roof - the actors excelled themselves, Scott MacPherson's projected scenery from Amoeba blew people's minds, and the music (both recorded and live - our own Steve Fly on drums) carried us along on a wave; the audience listened intently to catch every word, unless in the mood to participate, and the jokes lifted the roof, especially the in-jokes. And, of course, Alan Moore as F.U.C.K.U.P. turned up unexpectedly ("Come not in that form!")
Again, Saturday night (the Papal Ball) filled with celebratory moments, hilarity and new friendships.
On Sunday, for the Find The Others conferestival, the whole building opened out, with an art gallery (Doris, Ken Campbell's parrot, as artist-in-residence, with three of her pieces on display), a cinema, a big room for talks, and the main hall with interactive spaces like the Maybe Logic Academy dome (from Immersive Theatres), a stall from the News From Nowhere bookshop of Liverpool, performances and workshops on both the main and side stages, Chapel Perilous, a herbalist, etc.
Sadly, our reporter failed to fill a notebook with proper cast lists, names of performers, artists, etc, so we await coherent details with interest. You will find some pics and other great stuff on the Facebook page for the play. Also here, on Jonathan Greet's Flickr page, which contains hundreds (literally) of fantastic images of the play. Here you can see the cast at the end.
Ecstatic review from the Psychedelic Press UK.
Interview with Daisy from the Psychedelic Press
Review from Liverpool Confidential
Greg Wilson's reality tunnel (Liverpool DJ)
Audio interview on Litopia, with Daisy Campbell and John Higgs... Very funny 50 minutes.
The final, surprise event, occurred after Robin Ince's hilarious set to a packed house, when John Higgs told us that the announced talk and panel had been cancelled because he wanted to send us the the main hall, where Daisy Eris Campbell and Greg Donaldson had impulsively decided to get married (and why not?)
You can find the text of John's planned speech on his blog, with some wonderful new pictures of RAW.
And the party continued. By the end of it, even Harvey looked a bit overwhelmed.
Early reports of the Wilson festival imply that it counts as an astonishing moment in time.
Our Reporter, Bogus, remains a bit inarticulate at the moment (he claims he got possessed by a Pooka) but tells us that the play previewed on Friday night, when the cast and technicians had still not completed a full run of the material, to a knowing audience of maybe 80-100 (?). He says it knocked everybody out - and a buzzing atmosphere of glee, fatigue, elation and success pervaded the later part of the evening.
Given that brilliant start the atmosphere on Saturday, with the show going on in the afternoon, felt electric - as more and more people mingled in the bar of the Camp and Furnace - old friends and new.
By the time everyone had settled themselves in, and the place felt jammed, it seemed like we would just take off. For the actors, I guess, playing it to a crowd in the preview had given it that that final edge, to go for it, and what had been a great show the night before just went through the roof - the actors excelled themselves, Scott MacPherson's projected scenery from Amoeba blew people's minds, and the music (both recorded and live - our own Steve Fly on drums) carried us along on a wave; the audience listened intently to catch every word, unless in the mood to participate, and the jokes lifted the roof, especially the in-jokes. And, of course, Alan Moore as F.U.C.K.U.P. turned up unexpectedly ("Come not in that form!")
Again, Saturday night (the Papal Ball) filled with celebratory moments, hilarity and new friendships.
On Sunday, for the Find The Others conferestival, the whole building opened out, with an art gallery (Doris, Ken Campbell's parrot, as artist-in-residence, with three of her pieces on display), a cinema, a big room for talks, and the main hall with interactive spaces like the Maybe Logic Academy dome (from Immersive Theatres), a stall from the News From Nowhere bookshop of Liverpool, performances and workshops on both the main and side stages, Chapel Perilous, a herbalist, etc.
Sadly, our reporter failed to fill a notebook with proper cast lists, names of performers, artists, etc, so we await coherent details with interest. You will find some pics and other great stuff on the Facebook page for the play. Also here, on Jonathan Greet's Flickr page, which contains hundreds (literally) of fantastic images of the play. Here you can see the cast at the end.
Ecstatic review from the Psychedelic Press UK.
Interview with Daisy from the Psychedelic Press
Review from Liverpool Confidential
Greg Wilson's reality tunnel (Liverpool DJ)
Audio interview on Litopia, with Daisy Campbell and John Higgs... Very funny 50 minutes.
The final, surprise event, occurred after Robin Ince's hilarious set to a packed house, when John Higgs told us that the announced talk and panel had been cancelled because he wanted to send us the the main hall, where Daisy Eris Campbell and Greg Donaldson had impulsively decided to get married (and why not?)
You can find the text of John's planned speech on his blog, with some wonderful new pictures of RAW.
And the party continued. By the end of it, even Harvey looked a bit overwhelmed.
And you can still catch performances in London in the coming week.
Amor et Hilaritas!
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Find The Others!
“Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others”
– Dr Timothy Leary
Daisy Eris Campbell & Co. will stage the Cosmic Trigger play very soon, first in Liverpool and then in London.
– Dr Timothy Leary
Daisy Eris Campbell & Co. will stage the Cosmic Trigger play very soon, first in Liverpool and then in London.
To accompany the grand opening, an extraordinary gathering of heads called the Find The Others conferestival will manifest.
Then the play will migrate to London for a few performances at the LOST Theatre - tickets through this link.
I think he has something like this in mind...
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Thursday, July 03, 2014
Cosmic Trigger - locked and loaded
This morning one huge contribution from James Midgley took the Indiegogo funding over the target amount, with two days to go!
If you want the perks, you can probably still contribute (the project can never have too many bio-survival tickets, I reckon).
If you want the perks, you can probably still contribute (the project can never have too many bio-survival tickets, I reckon).
Saturday, June 07, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
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