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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 three factors does Timothy Leary believe are critical to correct use of mind-altering drugs?

2. What does the Book of the Law say is "the whole of the law"?

3. What do Discordians espouse in place of dogmas?

4. What personage appears to most children contacted by extraterrestrials?

5. What did African tribesmen know about Sirius before scientists had telescopes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three factors does Timothy Leary claim are essential to experimentation with psychedelic drugs?

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

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

4. What does Wilson note may be the final secret of the Illuminati?

5. How was the experience of Joseph Simonton typical or atypical of UFO contactees?

6. What caused Wilson to begin to suspect that Our Lady of Guadalupe, identified as the Virgin Mary, was the same person as Nuit, the Egyptian goddess of the stars?

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

8. What are the seven factors Timothy Leary uses in comparing all human interaction to a game model?

9. What faculty did Wilson develop while doing a Tarot card divination for his daughter Karuna?

10. Why does Wilson believe that immortality is an actual physical possibility for human beings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many religions describe an enlightened state, satori, or Nirvana. In your paper, describe how you think a person would feel and think who had achieved such a condition.

Essay Topic 2

Select one of the experts quoted most often in this book: Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley, Carlos Castaneda, Aldous Huxley, Neils Bohr, Marshal McLuhan, etc. Research that person's writing to write a further analysis of his contribution to paranormal research.

Essay Topic 3

Select one of the mythic characters discussed by Wilson, such as Ishtar, Nuit, or Horus. Research what has been written about them and explain why Wilson believes these myths have importance for understanding our own situation in the world.

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