Introduction to The Tree of Lies by Christopher S. Hyatt
by Robert Anton Wilson
"Is it is possible to use language to undo the hallucinations created by language? The task seems impossible, but Zen riddles, Sufi jokes, the works of Aleister Crowley, and a few heroic efforts by philosophers such as Nietzsche and Wittgenstein seem able to jolt readers awake--shake them out of the hypnosis of words. The following book by Dr. Hyatt [The Tree of Lies] also makes that gallant effort to use words to transcend words. Success in this field does not depend on the author alone, however. It requires not only the right words, but the right reader at the right time, before the shock and awakening can occur." Read more
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