Beyond Chaos and Beyond: The Best of Trajectories, Vol. II

For over a decade (1987-1997), Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of the Illuminatus! trilogy and author of The Cosmic Trigger, published a quarterly newsletter, Trajectories: The Journal of Futurism and Heresy, full of original articles, unpublished fiction and outrageous opinion. The 1994 book Chaos and Beyond collected the best essays from the first ten issues of the newsletter; this sequel, Beyond Chaos and Beyond, preserves the best of the final issues, including an excerpt from RAW’s unfinished sequel to Illuminatus!, transcripts of audio and video issues, and transcripts of the several videos featuring RAW produced specifically for his globe-girdling fan base.

Additional material includes a rare 1977 interview with RAW; a major essay on Philip K. Dick, as well as RAW’s comments from a PKD documentary; transcripts of RAW’s 1978 PBS appearances discussing The Prisoner; and a 30,000-word essay by the editor detailing his 30-plus-year association with Wilson.

Beyond Chaos and Beyond is essential reading for hardcore fans of Robert Anton Wilson’s extraordinary work and life.

• High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies (The MIT Press)
• Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth
• Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death
• The Earth Will Shake: Historical Illuminatus Chronicles Volume 1 (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles)
• Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
• Nature's God: Historical Illuminatus Chronicles Volume 3 (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles)
• The Widow's Son: Historical Illuminatus Chronicles Volume 2 (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles)
• Coincidance: A Head Test
• Psychedelic Cannabis: Breaking the Gate
• Fly On The Tale Of The Tribe: A Rollercoaster Ride With Robert Anton Wilson