A Hacker News thread discusses R. Crumb's 1986 comic "The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick," which depicts PKD's 3-4-74 mystical episode and subsequent Exegesis.

Commenters debate whether Dick's visions represented genuine gnosis or late onset schizophrenia, citing Emanuel Swedenborg, William Blake, Carl Jung, and Nikola Tesla as historical visionaries. One user argues PKD was "possessed" by "plasma" or "homoplasmate," referencing VALIS's Tractates. Another notes Terence McKenna was a "HUGE fan." The discussion turns contentious when a commenter dismisses the episode as "nonsense" and questions where the returned Christ is 32 years later.

Defenders counter that Christ "lives INSIDE you" and criticize the fixation on 3-4-74 over Dick's vast bibliography. Robert Crumb's motives are questioned—"God fixation–the Hebrew version"—given his illustrated Torah. The thread spirals into personal attacks, with accusations of "juvenile name-calling" and "patronizing deride." Amid the noise, a voice urges perspective: "I've met many over time... at first I didn't take them seriously.".