The second part of the Illuminatus! trilogy.
The apple is the only fruit that symbolizes so much. Famous are the “Adam’s apple”, the apples of the Hesperides, and the most famous of all, the apple that Paris gave to kallisti, that is, the most beautiful woman.
An apple that soon became the “apple of discord”, and nowadays is synonymous with the notion of casus beli. The apple went through Byzantium, through William Tell, Newton, Snow White, Narnia, the first grade reader, and arrived, albeit bitten, at Apple computers. And now here it is and inside the Illuminati conspiracies.
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) was a polymath who worked across multiple fields, including fiction, philosophy, psychology, journalism, playwriting, poetry, and futurology. He was known for his libertarian views.
He described himself as an “agnostic mystic.” He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Throughout his life, he suffered from the effects of polio contracted in childhood.
He authored 35 books. He married in 1958 and had four children. He also studied engineering, mathematics, and psychology.
It’s true that cutting an apple in half reveals a five-pointed star in the center. So what can an apple, even a golden one, have to do with the Law of Five and the five First Illuminati? Who keeps it, who gives it to whom, and who wins? We shall see.
Robert C. and Robert Anton Wilson continue their deconstruction of everything and draw us even deeper into the conspiracy to achieve the end of the world as we know it.