VALIS by Philip K. Dick 

My next review is about The Divine Invasion, which I just finished. Stay tuned!

It touches on some extremely esoteric philosophies. I was blown away reading this book. Having a basic understanding of these are essential to appreciating this book

Ask the novel to let it read you again and see what you make of it after it has had another go at you. This is my favorite novel of all time and it has read me multiple times. And each time it seems like a different book to me. Like a person, sometimes it emphasizes different parts of its personality over others. There are some other books and movies that have this effect on me but VALIS is number one in my heart.

Done! Check out my reviews for both of those books.

Of course.

Another thing I wanted to say is you should definitely check out this interview with philosopher Reza Jorjani. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NO8pLlbCr6I.html In the last quarter of the video he talks about Philip K Dick, and how Dick was deeply gnostic. Moreover, he talks about how other novels of PKD were actually dreams of PKD (specifically, Flow My Tears the Policeman Said) and how he believed some gods were influencing our world in order to cure it of evil.

Its nothing to do with drugs. Its to do with the affect of gnostic teachings of Hermes Trismegistus on the human mind. Try it yourself. Read the corpus hermeticum and see what you make of it. Good luck.

@@Chinnnnuz I agree with you. I was just saying he wrote it so quickly because he was high on speed.

I totally understand that reaction. I think I found it refreshing as it was so personal, while most of Dick’s books are really abstract and intellectual, so I appreciated the change.

I don’t claim to be an expert! I’ve read only a few of his novels (and all his short stories). I read this one and liked it, so I thought I would talk about it, which is what I do on this channel: talk about books I read. I’m sure I’ll have more to say after I read more, but this was never intended to be the definitive guide to Philip K. Dick.

@@54MDigital_Media He's saying this is no different from any other "far out" stuff people have experienced on hallucinogens. Sounds great at the time, then doesn't make any real sense later, once you've come down. The problem here is that to accept the claims of VALIS, you have to accept a whole cavalcade of extraordinary claims, most of which don't make a lick of sense. The bulk of the story is just him redefining words to fit his narrative. It makes no sense, and is obviously just wild speculation. (regardless of how much thought he's put into this) No offense meant whatsoever, the guy has written some absolutely phenomenal works! This book in particular, though, comes across just like the infamous Uri Gellar, peddling magic tricks as being real supernatural forces.