OFF: Illuminatus!

[Paul Mather]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 DASLUD at AOL.COM wrote:

=> point being that there are people out there who took/take the illuminatus
=> trilogy seriously, even _dead_ seriously.  'Antonio' would be an example.

The sad thing about folks like Antonio is that they are missing a big
point of the _Illuminatus!_ trilogy.  All these cults and conspiracies
are a convenient "THEM" by which people abrogate having to take
responsibility for their own lives and actions: that others control you
and events, not yourself.  Will you let them do that?

=> never read it meself.

I've never been back to read it, myself.  I'm not so sure how well it
would stand up after reading Wilson's philosophical books and later
novels...

Cheers,

Paul.

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