23rd November 2014, Camp & Furnace, Liverpool
“Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence.
Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others” – Dr Timothy Leary
Named in honour of Tim Leary’s call to arms, this gathering of Seekers was a celebration of all things Robert Anton Wilson. It was the collective pulling of the Cosmic Trigger. It was a place of self-learning; a palace of hedonistic joys; a chapel of perils; a meeting of minds (blown just right).
It ran as the main Sunday event during the opening weekend of Cosmic Trigger with the explicit aim of re-igniting an aspect of the counterculture ecology by attracting other Seekers, providing them with a rare networking opportunity, and giving them plenty of rich material to discuss and enjoy.
There was a programme of talks, music, cinema, art, performance and ritual – discussions on Magick, Conspiracy, Consciousness, Science and Art from Discordian luminaries including: Robert Temple (The Sirius Mystery), Adam Gorightly (Historica Discordia), Robin Ince (Infinite Monkey Cage); artwork from KLF’s Jimmy Cauty and Punk icon Jamie Reid; Music from Greg Wilson, ShamanArchy, Cosmic Trigger, Steve Fly; Poetry and weird wonderful wild performances from Nina Conte and others; Luxuriantly sculpted psychedelic landscapes; Pods, domes, and caravans with intimate eclectic happenings; Stalls of arcane and wonderful paraphernalia; and more…