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All I know of him is what I gleaned from reading Prometheus Rising, which was fun and interesting and made a lot of good points in interesting ways.

Seems smart, thoughtful, and willing to think about things in new and unusual ways.

Prometheus Rising was a game-changer for me, and lead me on to Crowley who eventually lead me to Buddhism and the DhO. PR also introduced me to several other big influences (Korzybski, Gurdjieff..).

I found the 8 circuit model very useful in my own self-observation and as an integrative nexus around which I could hang all this cool new knowledge. To this day whenever I see people getting carried away by their emotions I still think "C2 influencing C3." When I think about how people tick, I often find myself coming back to a basic version of the 8 circuit model (particularly the lower 4 - I think the upper 3 or 4 are a bit more dubious/overlapping) although nowadays I think of it as the "human holarchy" - each "circuit" transcending and including its "lower", with the power still flowing primarily from the lower circuits (survival comes first!)

Bob found a lot in Buddhism and its view of the self (empty, shifting). I always wondered what he would have said if he had actually found something like the DhO and experienced enlightenment for himself. I think he had a lot of magical experience and some heavy samadhi/jhana concentration stuff from his Crowley work, but not much in the way of fundamental insight as its defined around here. Then again, his general understanding of neurological relativism and epistemology are brilliant, not to mention hilarious.

I think Quantum Psychology (a "follow-up" of sorts to PR) is a more comprehensive and penetrating book. I go back to it often, although PR certainly had the biggest influence. Thanks Bob!