The Eight Basic Scripts

Robert Anton Wilson
from The Illuminati Papers

System I - Biosurvival Scripts

The biosurvival winner:
"I will live forever or die trying."

The biosurvival loser:
"I don't know how to defend myself."

System II - Emotional-Territorial Scripts

The emotional-territorial winner:
"I am free; you are free; we can have our separate trips or we can have the same trip."

The emotional-territorial loser:
"They all intimidate me."

System III - Semantic Scripts

The semantic winner:
"I am learning more about everything, including how to learn more."

The semantic loser:
"I can't solve my problems."

System IV - Socio-sexual Scripts

The sociosexual winner:
"Love, and do what thou wilt." (Anon. of Ibid)

The sociosexual loser:
"Everything I like is illegal, immoral, or fattening."

System V - Neurosomatic Scripts

The neurosomatic winner:
"How I feel depends on my neurological knowhow."

The neurosomatic loser:
"I can't help the way I feel."

System VI - Metaprogramming Scripts

The metaprogramming winner:
"I make my own coincidences, synchronicities, luck, and Destiny."

The metaprogramming loser:
"Why do I have such lousy luck?"

System VII - Neurogenetic Scripts

The neurogenetic winner:
"Future evolution depends on my decisions now."

The neurogenetic loser:
"Evolution is blind and impersonal."

System VIII - Neuroatomic Scripts

The neuroatomic winner:
"In the province of the mind, what is believed to be true is true, or becomes true within certain limits to be learned by experience and experiment." (Dr.John Lilly)

The neuroatomic loser:
"I am not psychic, and I doubt anyone is."

Copyright: Robert Anton Wilson