The Lucid View: Investigations In Occultism, Ufology, And Paranoid Awareness

by Aeolus Kephas

"Paranoid awareness is growing more pervasive with every passing year, as global events continue to fuel our need for an underlying order to the chaos. Paranoid awareness finds connections and hidden meanings in otherwise mundane occurrences. At its purest, the aim of paranoid awareness is identical in spirit to that of the romantic poets, the Dadaists, the Surrealists, and other artistic movements: to undermine and eventually overthrow consensus reality, and to replace it with individual, creative vision." "This is nothing new. What is remarkable in today's age is that the paranoid view is now seeping into the collective experience in the form of global conspiracies, occult societies, satanic rituals, demonic possessions, alien abductions, and divine interventions. Consensus reality is itself growing progressively more paranoid." "This is a natural progression. In the current scientific debates, no one can say what force governs and creates the laws of physics, but perception is unanimously regarded as being central to the process. We see what we expect to see." "What makes one man's reality another man's hallucination? And how many people have to agree upon a hallucination before it becomes consensus? If belief determines what we see, how can we trust our senses? And if reality is in the eye of the beholder, why should we believe anything at all?" This book looks at these questions in an attempt to grasp the rose of truth. It plumbs the mind of the paranoid, hoping to find the truth behind the conjecture.

Genres: Conspiracy Theories, Science

212 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

a/k/a Jasun Horsley. See also Jake Horsley.

Reviews

[C · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn't get through this one so gave up. It's someone with a bit of occult knowledge half assing conspiracy theories. Was hoping it would at least be enjoyable but left it behind when I packed up my books.

[Matthew W · Rating 2 out of 5]

Funny how "Adventures Unlimited Press" releases a book basically insulting all its readers...

[Daniel Rekshan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm interested in conspiracy theories, ETs, and occultism. They seem like an overflow of the dreaming mind into waking life and I'm very interested in the dreaming mind. So I'm always on the lookout for a good, well written, and coherent book on these subjects. As you might expect, they're few and far between.

The Lucid View started out very promising. The author didn't assert facts or accuse anyone. He had simply presented a few principles of thought and applied them to his observations of history. Basically, there may be a conspiracy that controls the mass of humanity through history, like a play or movie controls the emotions of the audience. A good story can shape the psyche of an individual and influence the course of history.

This principle is interesting. Considering the spectacle of televised news and its effect on us, I'd say he might have a point suggesting it is directed to control its audience for the purpose of hidden individuals.

I guess I'm too optimistic about finding a well written and coherent book about bizarre subjects. It quickly degraded into the author's weird obsessions with pivotal historical events in his lifetime, effecting him personally, which isn't interesting at all.

[Jaime]

Paranoid awareness? They are watching you.

[Tim Pyke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book and well written. If you are interested in occultism, paranoid awareness and conspiracies then I think you'll enjoy this book.