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From: jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner)
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Subject: Re: Cerebus
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 17:10:56 EST
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Just a note on Weishaupt for those who may be absolutely certain
he's dead:

	The "real" Adam Weishaupt was the founder of the
	Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (i.e. the
	Bavarian Illuminati) in 1776.  Those who have read
	the Illuminatus! trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and
	Robert Shea know that Weishaupt faked his death
	after the Bavarian Illuminati were purged by local
	authorities and later took the place of George
	Washington.  That's right, old George was disposed
	of and Weishaupt took over the American government
	for his own nefarious ends.  (Did you know that
	Yog Sothoth of the Cthulhu mythos is imprisoned
	under the Pentagon?  Why do you think they made
	the place five-sided?)

Anyway, it is clear that Dave has read the Illuminatus books and
took Weishaupt from them.  Weishaupt is a dead-ringer for George
Washington, and of course, a consummate schemer.  For this reason,
I wouldn't go so far as to say Weishaupt is really dead...Cerebus
is not the hardest person in the world to fool, but the pope makes
a great witness.

			Jim Gardner, University of Waterloo