Masks of the Illuminati
Masks of the Illuminati is a 1981 novel by Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy and over thirty other influential books. Although not a sequel to the earlier work, it does expand information on many of the topics referred to in the trilogy.
Plot summary
The novel features numerous real-life historical figures in its narrative, including a first person description of reality by scientist Albert Einstein and Irish author James Joyce, while the plot involves English author and occultist Aleister Crowley, British nobles, the Loch Ness Monster and mystical experiences.
The plot revolves primarily around the description by a young English gentleman, Sir John Babcock, of his initiation into the Argenteum Astrum. Ancestors of Sir John are major characters in The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles.
Reception
Greg Costikyan reviewed Masks of the Illuminati in Ares Magazine #9 and commented that "Masks of the Illuminati is an essentially minor work by a master, but for all of that makes amusing and thoughtful reading. Those unacquainted with Wilson's work would do well to pick up a copy."[1]
Reviews
- Review by Theodore Sturgeon (1981) in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, September 1981[2]
- Review by Tom Easton (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 7, 1981
References
- Covers of other editions
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- The Sex Magicians (1973)
- The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975)
- Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy (1979)
- Masks of the Illuminati (1981)
- The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles (1982–1991)
and non-fiction
- Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words (1972)
- Sex, Drugs and Magick (1973)
- The Book of the Breast (1974)
- Neuropolitics (1978)
- The Game of Life (1979)
- Prometheus Rising (1983)
- The New Inquisition (1986)
- Natural Law, or Don't Put a Rubber on Your Willy (1987)
- Ishtar Rising (1989)
- Quantum Psychology (1990)
- Everything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults and Cover-ups (1998)
- TSOG: The Thing That Ate the Constitution (2002)
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screenplays
- Wilhelm Reich in Hell (1987)
- Reality Is What You Can Get Away With (1992)
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1997)
- The Illuminati Papers (1980)
- Right Where You Are Sitting Now (1983)
- Coincidance: A Head Test (1988)
- Email to the Universe (2005)
- Semiotext(e) SF
- Discordianism
- Guerrilla ontology
- Fnord
- Hagbard Celine
- Ewige Blumenkraft
- Reality tunnel
- 23 enigma
- SNAFU Principle
- Chaos magic
- Church of the SubGenius
- Discordian works
- Association for Consciousness Exploration
- Timothy Leary
- E-Prime
- "The map is not the territory"
- Illuminati (game)
- Tale of the Tribe