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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 message did the entity convey to the author?

2. According to Aleister Crowley, what is the purpose of "physiological experiments" in Western occultism?

3. What is the basic Discordian sociological law?

4. According to the author, his data is in direct conflict with what?

5. What phenomenon did Freud call "projection?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the dog days?

3. What effect did research into the Bavarian Illuminati have on Wilson's life?

4. What is Chapel Perilous?

5. What example does Wilson give of what Freud calls "projection"?

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

7. What mistreatment of Dr. Wilhelm Reich left Wilson suspicious of the U.S. government?

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

9. What are the rules for the Socratic approach in Discordianism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wilson claims that the common understanding of Karma is inaccurate and simplistic. Write an informational essay in which you explain the wheel of Karma and what the common interpretation lacks. Include the example from the text in which the author's daughter was able to stop and reverse the wheel of Karma after being attacked.

Essay Topic 2

Wilson contends that paranormal experiences can be explained as influences from other planets, influences from other times or dimensions, influences from our own brain circuitry, or some combination of those things. Which explanation do you find most convincing? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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