On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 08:46:36AM +0200, Daniel Loos wrote:
I´ve read them and can´t say that I understood much
There's a card on R.A. Wilson's desk that says: "If you think you know what the hell is going on, you're probably full of shit." Which sort of sums up "Illuminatus!"
But here in Germany there was one guy who was part of the "Chaos Computer Club" (an anarchic club of computer hackers). He became paranoid after reading the Illuminatus trilogy and saw governmental conspiracies everywhere. He even thought there were agents after him. In the end he committed suicide (some people believe he GOT killed, though) because of his paranoia.
People say LSD can have the same effect. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it though ;)
There even is a German movie about that guy. The movie is called "23". Neat, eh?
hmm, interesting, do you know if it's only available in German? here's the IMDB entry... http://us.imdb.com/Title?0126765 -- "'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - Mal2