Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00258)

The Ein Stein, Einstein, is from the Illuminatus canon by Robert Anton 
Wilson. I think he writes about poor Albert, guzzling down enormous 
pints in some Bavarian bar, in Widow's Son.

By the way, many years ago during a seance with a Quia board, Einstein 
presented himself to us thusly: 1st1.

Regards,

Theo

stevestubbs wrote:

> We have all these Einstein experts here so I would like to get some 
> feednack on a story I heard years ago. I don't remember but think I 
> heard this on a television show. Anyway, they said Einstein was a 
> nickname which he got because he was not much of a drinking man. 
> He'd go to the Beer Gardens in Bavaria and after one stein he'd be 
> done for the evening. One Stein in German is Ein Stein, so everyone 
> started calling him Einstein. If he'd had three beers instead of 
> just one they would have called him Drei Stein.
>
> The people who put on the show seemed to know so much about Einstein 
> (or however many steins it was) that I hoped they would say something 
> about THE SECRET DOCTRINE as well, but there was nothing about 
> Theosophy in the show.
>
> My personal suspicion is that he did not tipple at all and that his 
> real ame was NeinStein.
>
> Does anyone know?