Peter Lamborn Wilson (Hakim Bey) Quotes

The sorcerer is a Simple Realist: the world is real--but then so must consciousness be real since its effects are so tangible.

Peter Lamborn Wilson

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• The sorcerer is a Simple Realist: the world is real--but then so must consciousness be real since its effects are so tangible.

  

  Peter Lamborn Wilson
  • World
  • Real
  • Simple