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Tag: Phillip K. Dick

Possessed by Demons or Become Your Own?

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

It is of course famously difficult to say exactly what happens in [Philip K Dick’s The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch], because the essential question that the major characters have is always: What is actually happening? But at least one major potential timeline, perhaps the most likely timeline, tells a story like this: Palmer Eldritch … Continue reading Possessed by Demons or Become Your Own?

The Dream Within The Dream

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 ~ cafebedouin

"This is the idea that we are slaves to Empire, and the world is a prison from which we need to free ourselves, what the gnostics called 'the puny cell of the creator God.' It is what Dick calls the BIP, the Black Iron Prison, which is opposed to the spiritual redemption of the PTG, … Continue reading The Dream Within The Dream

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