The
LUMINIST MANIFESTO is a preliminary proposal for the formation of a
new church. It was written by
Dale R. Gowin in 1995 behind the walls of a
U.S. prison, where he was incarcerated for use and distribution of certain
“controlled” plants and chemicals which he used as spiritual sacraments. (For more information
on the author’s arrest and imprisonment, see his essay Confessions
of an Amerikan LSD Eater.)
The Manifesto was revised following the author’s parole in October 1996. It is in continuing revision. The author invites comments,
suggestions, and criticism as input for the revision process.
Read
the evolving annotated version of the Manifesto by clicking on the
links below, or select the plain
text version for the basic text without annotations. A
PDF
version is also available, and
print
copies are available from our bookstore.
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
The Consciousness of
Transcendent Unity and the Gestalt
Consciousness of All Being
Revelation and
Revolution
ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS
The Society of the
Future
The
Syncretic / Eclectic
Method
Gnosis
Luminism
UTOPIANISM, ANARCHISM, AND THE
RAINBOW NATION
Early Utopians and
Anarchists
The Utopian /
Communitarian Movement
The Anarchists
The Rainbow Nation
HOW CAN TRUE KNOWLEDGE BE
ACQUIRED?
Reason
Intuition
Technologies of Consciousness Expansion
REVELATION
Universal Truths
The Holographic Universe
The Golden Thread
A CANON OF REVEALED TRUTH
The Unity of All Life
The Universality
of Consciousness
Life as a Form of Energy
Reincarnation /
Spiritual Indestructibility
Telepathy / The Pre-Glacial Golden Age
POST-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY
(R)evolution
The Organic Metaphor
Consensus Decision
Making
Universal Citizenship
The (R)evolutionary Critical Mass
ETHICS
Thelema / True Will
Karma / Divine Esthetics
Personal Ethics
Social Ethics
Environmental Ethics
SACRAMENTS OF THE PROPOSED
CHURCH
TANTRA:
THE HIGHEST WORSHIP
THEOLOGY / RITUAL AND CEREMONIES
SCRIPTURES / SAINTS AND PROPHETS
CHURCH STRUCTURE / AFFILIATION
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