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Peter Lamborn Wilson (October 20, 1945 – May 22, 2022) was an American
anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and Political movement, movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or Social hierarchy, hierarchy, primarily targeting the state (polity), state and capitalism. A ...
author and poet, primarily known for his concept of
Temporary Autonomous Zone ''T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone'' is a book by the anarchist writer and poet Hakim Bey (Peter Lamborn Wilson). It was published in 1991 by Autonomedia and in 2011 by Pacific Publishing Studio (). It is composed of three sections, "Chaos: ...
s, short-lived spaces which elude formal structures of control. During the 1970s, Wilson lived in the
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and worked at the
Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy The Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy (IRIP; Persian: مؤسسه پژوهشی حکمت و فلسفه ایران) is a public research institute in Tehran, Iran. History In September 1974, Farah Pahlavi Empress of Iran commissioned Seyyed ...
under the guidance of Iranian philosopher
Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian Americans, Iranian-American academic, philosophy, philosopher, theology, theologian, and Ulama, Islamic scholar. He is University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. ...
, where he explored mysticism and translated Persian texts. Starting from the 1980s he wrote numerous political writings under the
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of Hakim Bey, illustrating his theory of "ontological anarchy".


Life

Wilson was born in Baltimore on October 20, 1945. While undertaking a classics major at
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, Wilson met
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, then introducing Islam to students as the leader of a group called the Noble Moors. Attracted by the philosophy, Wilson was initiated into the group, but later joined a group of breakaway members who founded the
Moorish Orthodox Church The Moorish Orthodox Church of America is a syncretic, non-exclusive, and religious anarchist movement originally founded in New York City in 1965 and part of the burgeoning psychedelic church movement of the mid to late 1960s in the United Sta ...
. The Church maintained a presence at the
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, the group established by
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. Appalled by the social and political climate, Wilson decided to leave the United States, and shortly after the
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, in 1968 he flew to Lebanon, later reaching India with the intention of studying
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, but became fascinated by
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, tracking down
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. He spent a month in a
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missionary hospital being treated for
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, and practised meditation techniques in a cave above the east bank of the
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. He also allegedly ingested significant quantities of cannabis.Knight, Michael M. ''William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur'an'', Soft Skull Press, Berkley 2012, pp11-78 Wilson travelled on to Pakistan. There he lived in several places, mixing with princes, Sufis, and gutter dwellers, and moving from teahouses to opium dens. In
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he found "a total disregard of all government", with people reliant on family, clans or tribes, which appealed to him. Wilson then moved to Iran where that he developed his scholarship. He translated classical Persian texts with French scholar
Henry Corbin Henry Corbin (14 April 1903 – 7 October 1978) was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist, professor of Islamic studies at the École pratique des hautes études. He was influential in extending the modern study of traditional Islami ...
, and also worked as a journalist at the ''Tehran Journal''. In 1974, Farah Pahlavi Empress of Iran commissioned her personal secretary, scholar
Seyyed Hossein Nasr Seyyed Hossein Nasr (born April 7, 1933) is an Iranian Americans, Iranian-American academic, philosophy, philosopher, theology, theologian, and Ulama, Islamic scholar. He is University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University. ...
, to establish the
Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy The Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy (IRIP; Persian: مؤسسه پژوهشی حکمت و فلسفه ایران) is a public research institute in Tehran, Iran. History In September 1974, Farah Pahlavi Empress of Iran commissioned Seyyed ...
. Nasr offered Wilson the position of director of its English language publications, and editorship of its journal ''Sophia Perennis'', which Wilson edited from 1975 until 1978. He would go on to also publish on the
Ni'matullāhī The Ni'matullāhī or Ne'matollāhī () (also spelled as "Nimatollahi", "Nematollahi" or "Ni'matallahi) is a Sufi order (or ''tariqa'') originating in Iran. The order is named after its 14th century CE Sunni founder and qotb, Shah Nimatullah (N ...
Sufi Order and
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with
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. Following the
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in 1979, Wilson lived in New York City, sharing a brownstone townhouse with
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, with whom he bonded over their shared interests. Burroughs acknowledged Wilson for providing material on
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which he used for his novel ''
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''. In later life, Wilson lived in upstate New York in conditions he termed "independently poor". He has been described as "a subcultural monument". Towards the end of his life, he showed an interest in the Bābī religion, especially in its
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form. This was mentioned in his two final books published in early 2022. Wilson died of heart failure on May 22, 2022, in
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.


Pen name

Wilson's occasional pen name of ''Hakim Bey'' was derived from il-Hakim, the alchemist-king, with 'Bey' a further nod to
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. Wilson's two personas, as himself and Bey, were facilitated by his publishers who provide separate author biographies even when both appeared in the same publication.


Ideas


Ontological anarchy

In the compilation of essays called "Immediatism" Wilson explained his particular conception of anarchism and anarchy, which he called "ontological anarchy". In the same compilation he dealt with his view of the relationships of individuals with the exterior world as perceived by the senses and a theory of liberation which he called "immediatism".


Temporary Autonomous Zones

Wilson wrote articles on types of what he called temporary autonomous zones (TAZ), of which he said in an interview:
... "the real genesis was my connection to the communal movement in America, my experiences in the 1960s in places like
Timothy Leary Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to "publicity hound". Accordin ...
's commune in Millbrook ... Usually only the religious ones last longer than a generation—and usually at the expense of becoming quite authoritarian, and probably dismal and boring as well. I've noticed that the exciting ones tend to disappear, and as I began to further study this phenomenon, I found that they tend to disappear in a year or a year and a half.
He wrote about TAZs at length in the book ''TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism,'' published by
Autonomedia Autonomedia is a nonprofit publisher based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn known for publishing works of criticism. As of the mid-2000s, they were staffed by volunteers and had published over 200 books, usually with 3,000 of each run, and its best known ...
in 1991. At the time of his death the book had sold over 100,000 copies and was the publisher's perennial bestseller.


Reception and influence

Wilson took an interest in the subculture of
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s flourishing in
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in the early 1980s, zines being tiny hand-made photocopied magazines published in small quantities concerning whatever the publishers found compelling. "He began writing essays, ''communiqués'' as he liked to call them, under the pen name Hakim Bey, which he mailed to friends and publishers of the 'zines' he liked. ... His mailouts were immediately popular, and regarded as copyright-free syndicated columns ready for anyone to paste into their photocopied 'zines'..." His ''Temporary Autonomous Zones'' work has been referenced in comparison to the "
free party A free party is a party "free" from the restrictions of the legal club scene, similar to the Free festival, free festival movement. It typically involves a Sound system (DJ)#Free party, sound system playing electronic dance music from late at ...
" or
teknival Teknivals (a portmanteau of the words free tekno, tekno and music festival, festival) are large free party, free parties which take place for several days. They take place most often in Europe and are often illegal under various national or region ...
scene of the
rave A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...
subculture. Wilson was supportive of the rave connection, while remarking in an interview, "The ravers were among my biggest readers ... I wish they would rethink all this techno stuff — they didn't get that part of my writing." According to Gavin Grindon, in the 1990s, the British group
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was heavily influenced by the ideas put forward in Hakim Bey's ''The Temporary Autonomous Zone''. Their adoption of the carnivalesque into their form of protest evolved eventually into the first "global street party" held in cities across the world on May 16, 1998, the day of a G8 summit meeting in Birmingham. These "parties", explained Grindon, in turn developed into the Carnivals Against Capitalism, in London on June 18, 1999, organized by Reclaim the Streets in coordination with worldwide antiglobalization protests called by the international network
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during the
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meeting in Cologne, Germany. Some writers have been troubled by what they took to be Bey's endorsement of adults having sex with children, which included writing for
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's newsletter.Spinosa, Dani. "Anarchists in the Academy: Machines and Free Readers in Experimental Poetry." University of Alberta Press. 2022. Page xviii.
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, a novelist and former friend of Wilson, stated that "writing for
NAMBLA The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA, stylized as NAMbLA) is a pedophilia and pederasty advocacy organization in the United States. It works to abolish age-of-consent laws criminalizing adult sexual involvement with minors and ...
amounts to activism in real life. As Hakim Bey, Peter creates a child molester's liberation theology and then publishes it for an audience of potential offenders." In a compilation of memorial tributes in ''The Brooklyn Rail'' published a few months after Wilson's death, many writers defended Wilson and rejected the accusation of pedophilia. Kalan Sherrard wrote that after "meeting tons of young people who grew up with him it became totally evident he had never hurt anyone / and people were just freaked out by his writing".
Murray Bookchin Murray Bookchin (; January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006) was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. Influenced by G. W. F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Peter Kropotkin, he was a pioneer in the environmental ...
included Wilson's work (as Bey) in what he called "
lifestyle anarchism The following is a list of terms specific to anarchists. Anarchism is a political and social movement which advocates voluntary association in opposition to authoritarianism and hierarchy. __NOTOC__ A :The negation of rule or "government by no ...
", where he criticized Wilson's writing for tendencies towards
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,
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, and
irrationalism Irrationalism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the early 19th century, emphasizing the non-rational dimension of human life. As they reject logic, irrationalists argue that instinct and feelings are superior to reason in the research ...
.
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wrote a rejoinder to Bookchin in ''Anarchy after Leftism''.
John Zerzan John Edward Zerzan ( ; born August 10, 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist author. His works criticize agricultural civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of hunter-gatherers as an inspirat ...
described Bey as a "postmodern liberal", possessing a "method" that was "as appalling as his claims to truthfulness, and essentially conforms to textbook postmodernism. Aestheticism plus knownothingism is the ..formula; cynical as to the possibility of meaning, allergic to analysis, hooked on trendy word-play", and "basically reformist".


Works

*''The Winter Calligraphy of Ustad Selim, & Other Poems'' (1975) (Ipswich, England) *''Science and Technology in Islam'' (1976) (with Leonard Harrow) *''Traditional Modes of Contemplation & Action'' (1977) (editor, with Yusuf Ibish) *''Nasir-I Khusraw: 40 Poems from the Divan'' (1977) (translator and editor, with Gholamreza Aavani) *''DIVAN'' (1978) (poems, London/Tehran) *''Kings of Love: The Poetry and History of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order of Iran'' (1978) (translator and editor, with
Nasrollah Pourjavady Nasrollah Pourjavady is an Iranian philosopher, Sufi scholar and a professor of philosophy at the University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran. He is the founder and former head of the Iran University Press and a permanent member of the Academy of Persia ...
; Tehran) *''Angels'' (1980, 1994) (abridged edition: ) *''Weaver of Tales: Persian Picture Rugs'' (1980) (with Karl Schlamminger) *''Divine Flashes'' (1982) (by
Fakhruddin 'Iraqi Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (also spelled Araqi; ; 1213/14 – 1289) was a Persian Sufi poet of the 13th-century. He is principally known for his mixed prose and poetry work, the ''Lama'at'' ("Divine flashes"), as well as his ''divan'' (collection of sho ...
, translated and introduced with
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; Paulist Press (Mahwah, New Jersey)) *''Crowstone: The Chronicles of Qamar'' (1983) (as Hakim) *''CHAOS: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism'' (1985) (as Hakim Bey; Grim Reaper Press (Weehawken, New Jersey)) *''Semiotext(e) USA'' (1987) (co-editor, with Jim Fleming) *''Scandal: Essays in Islamic Heresy'' (1988) (Autonomedia (Brooklyn, New York)) *''The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry'' (1988) (translator and editor, with Nasrollah Pourjavady) *''Semiotext(e) SF'' (1989) (co-editor, with
Rudy Rucker Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (; born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known f ...
and
Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American writer, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson ...
) *''The Universe: A Mirror of Itself'' (1992?) (Xexoxial Editions (La Farge, Wisconsin)) *''Aimless Wanderings: Chuang Tzu's Chaos Linguistics'' (1993) (as Hakim Bey; Xexoxial Editions (La Farge, Wisconsin)) *''Sacred Drift: Essays on the Margins of Islam'' (1993) (City Lights Books (San Francisco)) *''The Little Book of Angel Wisdom'' (1993, 1997) *''O Tribe That Loves Boys: The Poetry of
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'' (1993) (translator and editor, as Hakim Bey) *'' Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs and European Renegadoes'' (1995, 2003) (Autonomedia (Brooklyn, New York)) *''Millennium'' (1996) (as Hakim Bey; Autonomedia (Brooklyn, New York) and Garden of Delight (Dublin, Ireland)) *''"Shower of Stars" Dream & Book: The Initiatic Dream in Sufism and Taoism'' (1996) (Autonomedia (Brooklyn, New York)) *''Escape from the Nineteenth Century and Other Essays'' (1998) (Autonomedia (Brooklyn, New York)) *''Wild Children'' (1998) (co-editor, with Dave Mandl) *''Avant Gardening: Ecological Struggle in the City & the World'' (1999) (co-editor, with
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) *''Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma'' (1999) *'' TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism, Second Edition'' (2003) (as Hakim Bey; incorporates full text of ''CHAOS'' and ''Aimless Wanderings''; Autonomedia (Brooklyn, New York)) *''Orgies of the Hemp Eaters'' (2004) (co-editor as Hakim Bey with Abel Zug) *''rain queer'' (2005) (Farfalla Press (Brooklyn, New York)) *''Cross-Dressing in the Anti-Rent War'' (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs chapbook, 2005) *''Gothick Institutions'' (2005) *''Green Hermeticism: Alchemy and Ecology''; (with Christopher Bamford and Kevin Townley,
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(2007)) *''Black Fez Manifesto'' as Hakim Bey (2008) *''Atlantis Manifesto'' (2nd edition, 2009) Shivastan Publishing limited edition *''Abecedarium'' (2010) *''Ec(o)logues'' (Station Hill of Barrytown, 2011) *''Nostalgia/Utopia'' with Francesco Clemente (Hirmer Publishers, Mary Boone Gallery, 2012) *''Spiritual Destinations of an Anarchist'' (2014) *''Spiritual Journeys of an Anarchist'' (2014) *''Riverpeople'' (2014) *''Opium Dens I Have Known'' with Chris Martin (2014) Shivastan Publishing limited edition *''Anarchist Ephemera'' (2016) *''False Documents'' (Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc., 2016) *''Heresies: Anarchist Memoirs, Anarchist Art'' (2016) *''School of Nite'' with Nancy Goldring (2016) *''Night Market Noodles and Other Tales'' (2017) *''The Temple of Perseus at Panopolis'' (2017) *''Vanished Signs'' (2018) *''Lucky Shadows'' (2018) *''The New Nihilism'' (Bottle of Smoke Press, 2018) *''Utopian Trace: An Oral Presentation'' (2019) *''The American Revolution as a Gigantic Real Estate Scam: And Other Essays in Lost/Found History'' (2019) *''Cauda Pavonis: Esoteric Antinomianism in the Yezidi Tradition'' (2019) *''Hoodoo Metaphysics'' with Tamara Gonzales (Bearpuff Press, 2019) *''False Messiah: Crypto-Xtian Tracts and Fragments'' (2022) *''Peacock Angel: The Esoteric Tradition of the Yezidis'' (2022)


References


Further reading

* Rabinowitz, Jacob "Blame It On Blake: A Memoir of Dead Languages, Gender Vagrancy, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Corso & Carr" (2019), . Section 6 (comprising 4 chapters, pages 155–179) concerns Peter Lamborn Wilson / Hakim Bey * Greer, Joseph Christian. "Occult Origins: Hakim Bey's Ontological Post-Anarchism." Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies 2 (2014). * Sellars, Simon. "Hakim Bey: repopulating the temporary autonomous zone." Journal for the Study of Radicalism 4.2 (2010): 83–108. * Armitage, John. "Ontological anarchy, the temporary autonomous zone, and the politics of cyberculture a critique of hakim bey." Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities 4.2 (1999): 115–128. * Ward, Colin. "Temporary Autonomous Zones." Freedom, (1997). * Bookchin, Murray. Social anarchism or lifestyle anarchism: an unbridgeable chasm. Edinburgh: AK Press, 1995. * Shantz, Jeff. "Hakim Bey's Millenium." Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research 15 (1999). * Rousselle, Duane, and Süreyya Evren, eds. Post-anarchism: a reader. Pluto Press, 2011. *


External links


July 2004 interview
from ''
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''
Audio of 1993 talk
featuring Hakim Bey
Roots of Rebellion audio interview
with Hakim Bey
Christian Greer, 'Hakim Bey', Chapter 43 in Christopher Partridge (ed.), ''The Occult World''
(2014)
Living Under Sick Machines
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