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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mystical experience happened to the author's youngest daughter Luna?

2. What do most members of the Earth People under Dr. Paul Segall study?

3. Who dictated the Book of the Law to Aleister Crowley?

4. How many Starseed Transmissions were given to the four receivers?

5. What is the motto of the Firesign Theatre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three submodels for Bell's Theorem that all things are indivisible?

2. What were the Starseed Transmissions?

3. What does Timothy Leary believe is the purpose of the higher neurological circuits that are turned on by use of psychedelic drugs?

4. How does Wilson evaluate the California Medical Facility in Vacaville where Timothy Leary was imprisoned?

5. Why does Timothy Leary claim in a letter to be pleased with the prison administration?

6. What does Wilson consider to have been Aleister Crowley's major achievement?

7. What value does Timothy Leary teach LSD can achieve for mankind?

8. What does Wilson claim a person would have to do to refuse to believe in telepathy?

9. What are the two meta-models Wilson suggests to account for all of his data?

10. According to Wilson's interpretation of Sufi teaching, when is the moment you are closer to Illumination than at any other time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Wilson mean when he says that research into the occult eventually leads into "Chapel Perilous?" Using quotations and examples from the text, explain the concept of Chapel Perilous, and what happens to an individual who goes there.

Essay Topic 2

Wilson describes himself as an agnostic, declaring in capital letters, "I do not believe anything!" In your opinion, is it possible to believe nothing at all? Support your opinion with examples from the text, including the Copenhagen Interpretation.

Essay Topic 3

Timothy Leary is quoted by Wilson as quoting Haeckel's saying that "ontology recapitulates phylogeny." The individual's development repeats, step-by-step, the evolution of the species. In your essay, analyze and explain this idea.

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