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Originally posted by Tophat665
Now, as to perception and creation, argue semantics all you want, and the more you get away from "I create the world" the more trivial it becomes. If you let this way of looking at it empower you, then thamaturgy is in your grasp. That is what Crowley was all about, that is what Leary was all about, that is what Wilson is getting at, and that is what I'm saying: By an act of will I create the world - I take responibility for my perceptions and I can make things happen.
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You can't make anything happen that someone who believes wholeheartedly in an objective reality couldn't. Certainly you have some amount of control concerning your actions, but the idea that you control the world is a little far-fetched. I think the closer you move towards "i create the world" the more trivial it becomes. How can you not take everything for granted if you look at the world as your creation?
If leary was so onto something real why did he need to take lsd to get there?
You didn't will this world into existence and you can't will it away.