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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
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Subject: Re: Illuminati
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 18:25:39 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 14 18:25:39 1985
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> From: war@mit-dutch (Chris Warack)
> 
> >I recall a particular series (trilogy?) of the 'sercret society'
> >genre, this was/is the Illuminatti (sp?) series. I only got through
> >1 and 1/2 of the books since I started becoming paranoid! I believe
> >the writers were Anton Wilson and Robert Sheckly, though my mind is
> >rather foggy on this since once I put the books down I never wanted
> >to hear about them again. They were real good, so good I did not
> >dare go anywhere without looking over my shoulders!
> 
> Robert Anton Wilson was one of the authors of Illuminati (only one 't').
> I don't remember the other.  The series is amazingly good, although the
> way it jumps around from one viewpoint to another is confusing sometimes.
> 
> This is the book that explains the Kennedy assasination, the disappearance
> of John Dillinger, pyramid power, the sinking of Atlantis, evolution, ...
> THEY have a finger in everybody's pie.  The question is "Who are they?"
> It even involves Cthulu.
> 
> The Bavarian Illuminati IS mentioned in the dictionary, so some of the story
> is factually based.  And, their symbol is the pyramid with the eye in it.
> Now, where have I seen that before?
> 
> 				-- Chris Warack
> 				   war@dutch
> 
> "All Hail Discordia!"

There is an Illuminati game which involves all of the aforementioned groups.
I think it is a spoof of the book.

-eli
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