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Ishtar Rising takes you on a journey through esoterica, explaining

why Eve in the Bible and Eris in Greek myth were both involved
with nefarious apples...Why attitudes toward the female breast
correlate with war and peace...Why the Great Goddess of the
ancients went to Hell and why most of us go to Hell in our
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Published June 1997 by New Falcon Publica ons (first published 1974)
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LISTS WITH THIS BOOK Robert Anton Wilson became, at various mes,
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Chelsea Roudebush rated it Jan 11, 2012 interviews, and strolls.

I really enjoyed this book. His arguments for the chain of "anal" reactions He described his work as an ...more
due to the suppression of the "oral" or of female sexuality are really
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intriguing, convincing, and brilliantly put. However, he does, in my opinion,
take metaphors too far here and there, in his efforts to explain how far-
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reaching these effects are. He also totally lost me in his assertion that
beautiful people are usually smart because of a connection between "the
spark of life" or "bioenergy" and it's physical expressi ...more

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Rich rated it Aug 02, 2007

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I love RAW. He can put together sentences that you chew up and choke on NONFICTION DEALS
and then go back for more.

Then you take a concept I can really get around -- that world peace is in
some way connected to the mammaries and openness about sensuality and
breasts. WHAT? REALLY? THAT?

Yes. and not a terrible argument, and not a horrible set of stories to back it
up, and really, an enjoyable philisophical rant of RAWs.
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Neal Young added it Sep 09, 2013

Ishtar Rising was beautiful. For one its mostly about breasts; those of the
female order. Beautiful. Robert Anton Wilson had a strange way of making
sense of things. Masculinity and Femininity and how these roles effected on
men and women shape society and the human condition. This book is not
simply a "hurrah" for breasts, and I am very glad for the fact that Robert

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Anton Wilson took himself seriously or at least half seriously (for all i know)
while writing this book. His initials are RAW for ...more

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Greg Kerestan rated it May 10, 2016
A revision of "The Book of the Breast," Robert Anton Wilson took out some
of the psychological and historical elements of his earlier book to replace
them with the spiritual and conspiracy-oriented philosophy that defined his
later and more famous career. Certainly worth reading if you're on a Wilson
kick, but if you're more interested in an analysis of psychology and sexuality
than mysticism and spirituality, pick up the earlier edition instead.

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Great book. First printed under the name The book of the breast....that
should give you enough motivation to have a go for it.

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Lucas Surjus rated it Mar 26, 2018

I swear to God, this is one of the most surreal books I have ever read. RAW
goes wild here, he is almost entirely speculative.

I'll break it down for you: it's a book about the female breast. It's amazing.
He had already touched some of those concepts in Prometheus Rising, like
our aesthetical affection for curves coming from the female breast, our first
source of food, care and even music.

Here he allows that idea to run freely. He works mainly with anthropological
concepts mixed with a stronger ...more

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Mahoney added it Jan 22, 2008

Shelves: philosophy

Robert Anton Wilson was doing some good drugs when he wrote his books.
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often really offensive, it's also kind of bizarrely fascinating. I think. I mean,
that's why I kept it, but it's been at least ten years since I actually read it...

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Dan rated it Mar 11, 2008

Shelves: conspiracy-paranoia

Originally called The Book of the Breast, and published by Playboy, this is
Wilson’s book about the power of the female in culture. Wilson’s analysis is
interdisciplinary, employing anthropology, physiology, myth, literature and
popular culture.

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Fishface rated it Jan 19, 2016

Shelves: women-s-power

Funny little book about feminist spirituality, written by a male columnist for
a porn magazine. It's not as insightful as I would have liked but covers more
ground than you would expect, considering the source.

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