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Robert Anton Wilson

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Guerrilla ontologist. Psychedelic magician. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist. Sit-down comic/philosopher. Discordian Pope.

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Athena

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1:56:16

…otherwise why would zeus have married me? Aphrodite said: I'm the most beautiful why else would I be made the goddess of love? Athena said I'm the most beautiful, I have wisdom and I have enough wisdom to see who is beautiful. And the argument went on…

1:56:51

…who was the prettiest one who was the most beautiful one who deserved a marvelous golden Apple. So they all tried to bribe him. Athena offered him wisdom and he thought it over. He thought all the wise people I know are in trouble with the law all the…

17:06

…was for zeus to pick a mortal to make the decisions. So he picked Paris and all the goddesses tried to bribe him Athena offered him wisdom and minerva offered him security or something like that, and venus, who was the sharpie in the bunch she offered…

12:50

…plethora of humiliation because the word humiliation comes from the Latin root for owl and the owl is the bird associated with Athena who is the goddess of juries. This is why I call it psychoarchaeology. Joyce is tracing the jury system back to…

13:01

…is the goddess of juries. This is why I call it psychoarchaeology. Joyce is tracing the jury system back to paleolithic rituals before Athena became the goddess of the greeks that we all know. She was a sloan age owl goddess, homer in the iliad and even…

13:15

…a sloan age owl goddess, homer in the iliad and even more in the odyssey. She is constantly referred to as Glaucus Athena translated Athena with her bright eyes shining it actually means with her eyes shining like an owl to trace it back etymologically…

13:17

…age owl goddess, homer in the iliad and even more in the odyssey. She is constantly referred to as Glaucus Athena translated Athena with her bright eyes shining it actually means with her eyes shining like an owl to trace it back etymologically she is…

14:00

…was for zeus to pick a mortal to make the decisions. So he picked Paris and all the goddesses tried to bribe him Athena offered him wisdom and minerva offered him security or something like that and venus, who was the sharpie in the bunch she offered…

19:34

…let Paris judge they figured a mortal would be the best one to judge and all the goddesses tried to bribe him and Athena offered him wisdom and I forget what the others offered right now except aphrodite offered him Helen, the wife of Menelaus and he…

9:49

…fingers and you'll see: we're in the last year of the 20th century. The 21st century hasn't begun yet. But it's actually 24 Athena, 79 psu. In the calendar I generally use, the 20th 21st century thing is a papist invention created by pope Gregory the…

10:36

…the last words of Ulysses. So this is now the 79 psu post scriptum Ulysses, and it's the 24th day of the month of Athena in that calendar aren't you glad you know more than one calendar now? Actually I have about 11 calendars on my computer and I…

1:01:02

…may. As soon as it was rolled into the banquet, three several of the goddesses started arguing that she should get it Athena claimed she was the prettiest one. Juno claimed she was the prettiest one. Aphrodite claimed she was the prettiest one. And Hera…

1:01:47

…named after him. And he told Paris: you decide who's the prettiest one. So all the goddesses tried to bribe him Athena offered him wisdom, and Juno offered him prosperity. And others offered him other bribes. Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman…

26:46

…is Greek for to the prettiest one and threw it into the party. Immediately, three of the goddesses claimed it: Hera, aphrodite and Athena. Hermes claimed it too you know about Hermes but anyway it led to such a spat that zeus appointed a mortal named…

27:03

…named Paris and let him choose who was the prettiest one, and they all tried to bribe him. Hera offered him wealth, Athena offered him wisdom and aphrodite who understood men better than either of those, offered him Helen, the wife of Menelaus. He grabbed…