Editing The Illuminatus! Trilogy

[[Image:Illuminatus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Paperback Edition of '''The Illuminatus Trilogy''']]
'''The Illuminatus! Trilogy''' (ISBN 1567312373) is a series of three popular fictional books by [[Robert Anton Wilson]] and [[Robert Shea]], which were written between [[1969]] and [[1971]], and which deal with the many conspiracy theories surrounding the creation of the [[Illuminati]], their history in society, and their modern day incarnations. The three books were ''The Eye in the Pyramid'', ''The Golden Apple'' and ''Leviathan'' and were published starting September [[1975]], as three seperate volumes. "The books were collected in [[1984]] as one complete work, ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' and given a lengthy number of appendices. 

The story within the book deals with all kinds of conspiracy theories, such as who shot [[JFK]], [[Atlantis]], or why there is a pyramid with an eye in it on the One Dollar Bill. There are a number of scenes of drug, sex, and [[magick]] use. The book covers many topics, such as [[Discordianism]], the word "[[fnord]]", the [[23(number)|number 23 enigma]], and also [[numerology]]. It also has a number of appendices, which explain various things that happen in the book, or about the Illuminati in general.

The book has been adapted for the stage, and has also influenced a number of writers and role-playing game makers. 

==Characters==
*'''Joseph Malik''', a journalist.
*'''Saul Goodman''', a detective.
*'''Hagbard Celine''' 
*'''Markoff Chaney'''

==Themes==
*'''[[Counter-culture]]'''
*'''[[Discordianism]]'''

==Story==

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===Part 1 - The Eye in the Pyramid===

===Part 2 - The Golden Apple===

===Part 3 - Leviathan===

==The Appendices==

===Aleph: ''George Washington's Hemp Crop''===
===Beth: ''The Illuminati Ciphers, Codes, and Calendars''===
===Gimmel: ''The Illuminati Theory of History''===
===Daleth: ''Hassan i Sabbah and Alamount Black''===
===Tzaddi: ''23 Skidoo''===
===Vau: ''Flaxscrip and Hempscrip''===
===Zain: ''Propery and Privilege''===
===Cheth: ''Hagbard's Abdication''===
===Lamed: ''The Tactics of Magick''===
===Yod: ''Operation Mindfuck''===
===Kaph: ''The Rosy Double Cross''===
===Teth: ''Hagbard's Booklet''===
===Mem: ''Certain Questions That May Still Trouble Some Readers''===
===Nun: ''Additional Information About Some of the Characters''===

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==See Also==

*[[23(number)]]
*[[Fnord]]
*[[Illuminati]]
*[[Principia Discordia]]

==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus%21_Trilogy The Illuminatus! Trilogy]] at wikipedia

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