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Wilson, Peter LambornPeter Lamborn Wilson lecture, Chaos, eros, earth, and old night: radical neo-hermeticism and ecological resistance, July, 1992. (July 18, 1992)

Peter Lamborn Wilson reads an essay-in-progress, "Chaos, eros, earth, and old night: radical neo-hermeticism and ecological resistance." Wilson discusses a quote from Nietzsche on the necessity of illusion to replace God and purpose. He then outlines Renaissance hermeticism and its role in the struggle for paradigm hegemony in the Renaissance and Early Modern period, including the effects on Isaac Newton. He discusses the idea of a living Earth, and its possible uses for contemporary scientists. He closes with an attempt to reconcile the socialism of Fourier with the radical individualism of Nietzsche. In the question and answer period, Wilson discusses Rupert Sheldrake and the debunked 100th monkey theory, and Wilhelm Reich's orgonomy.

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Artist/Composer: Wilson, Peter Lamborn
Date: 1992-07-18

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