It is a biography of Robert Anton Wilson based on his book Cosmic Trigger. It includes: The writing (and living) of Illuminatus, the cult novel which launched a million conspiracy-freaks; Stumbling, via LSD and Aleister Crowley onto a 6500-year-old conversation with the planet Sirius;
Scrollsaws, along with Dremel tools, do have their uses in crafts, but for woodworking, they are just a little too small. That said, Dremel tools are very useful for sharpening brad point drill bits, forstner bits, and bandsaw blades, so they do have a use in woodworking.
With hewing you are trying to flatten or square up the log by removing wood. Adz, broad axe along with a bow saw, buck saw, or cross cut saw are the tools often used and cleaned up with a spud or drawknife. To keep from wasting wood in hewed timbers I over-saw the timber on the mill by 2 inches.