--- product_id: 9661139 title: "The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan" price: "154.26 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/9661139-the-illuminatus-trilogy-the-eye-in-the-pyramid-the-golden store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 3 books in one epic trilogy Loaded with humor & puns Unravels top conspiracy coverups The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan **Price:** 154.26 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🔮 Unlock the secrets, laugh out loud, and join the conspiracy cult! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan - **How much does it cost?** 154.26 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/9661139-the-illuminatus-trilogy-the-eye-in-the-pyramid-the-golden) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Cult Classic Status:** Join thousands who rate it 4.5 stars and count it a must-read for conspiracy buffs. - • **Epic Trilogy Experience:** Dive into three mind-bending novels that blend fantasy, satire, and conspiracy. - • **Wickedly Funny & Clever:** Sharp wit and up-level ironies that keep you laughing through every twist. - • **Timeless Conspiracy Themes:** Explore mysteries from JFK to secret symbols that still captivate today. - • **Perfect for the Modern Mind:** A fresh take on conspiracies that resonates more than ever in today’s world. ## Overview The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a genre-defying set of three novels blending fantasy, satire, and conspiracy theory. Praised for its humor and sharp irony, it tackles iconic coverups and secret symbols with a devilishly funny twist. With a strong cult following and high ratings, it remains a timeless read for anyone fascinated by the mysterious and the absurd. ## Description Filled with sex and violence--in and out of time and space--the three books of The Illuminatus are only partly works of the imagination. They tackle all the coverups of our time--from who really shot the Kennedys to why there's a pyramid on a one-dollar bill. Review: Unhinged Masterpiece - A wild ride! Cannot recommend this enough. Conspiracies, philospophy and political science discussions, totally unreliable narrator and characters. Genuineky fun and interesting read. Review: Deserves An Unabridged Edition - The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a pretty weird book, even by postmodern conventions. The narrative jumps back and forth between 3rd person and any given character without warning. There are quite a few plot threads, and the transitions between these threads are practically nonexistent; nothing is really there to signify a change in scene, and sometimes one thread even jumps to another mid-sentence. Oh, and there are tons of characters, many of whom make low-key entrances only to show up again much later in the story. If this all makes Illuminatus! sound similar to Gravity's Rainbow, don't worry, the former is considerably easier to digest. Whereas Pynchon uses his vast wealth of knowledge to go off on tangents and add more historical background to any given event than what might be necessary (don't get me wrong, though, his books are very entertaining in their own way), Shea and Wilson essentially poke fun at all the insane (and not-so-insane) facts they dig up. Of course, half of these "facts" were made up, but that's where Illuminatus! really shines as an example of what postmodern literature can accomplish. It is, to put it one way, the Skeptic's Bible, and if that sounds like an oxymoron, good job for noticing. Illuminatus! is filled with contradictions and outright lies, although unlike certain books that claim to be historically and factually accurate but are really not, the trilogy goes out of its way to make the reader question what he/she is reading. There is, of course, a lot of true information scattered throughout the book, and it becomes obvious that Shea and Wilson put a great amount of research and insight into writing this, but for every true story there are at least two false leads, two red herrings. Truly it doesn't take long to get why—for about 15 years—Illuminatus! was the quintessential work of conspiracy fiction, and the best part is that the book has so much fun with the genre; nowadays we're used to reading conspiracy thrillers that take themselves too seriously, but Illuminatus! satirizes such novels before they even became as famous as they are now. Not only that, but the trilogy takes shots at too many groups, individuals, and ideologies to count, but here are some notable examples: conservatives, communists, socialists, libertarians, feminists, Christians, cops, politicians, hippies, racists, not-racists, Satanists, spies, drug dealers, drug takers, prudes, college professors, the book itself... Illuminatus! is arguably one the greatest philosophical novels ever written; it has a stance, sure, but it pulls the reader in numerous directions by presenting different philosophies. It then has the audacity to ask the reader, "Do you believe that?" Governments and authority figures as a whole get criticized, sometimes vehemently, but Shea and Wilson clearly had a message they felt needed to get out there, and even though the trilogy was first published back in 1975, its anti-authoritarian message still holds up today. In the post-Patriot Act United States, some of what happens in this book is eerily prophetic, and many of the socio-political issues being faced today were going on over 40 years ago. History repeats? I suspect that the more whacked-out portions of the book are Wilson's writing, although the man himself said that it's hard to tell who wrote what for the most part. The fact that this was written by two authors with differing writing styles and backgrounds and yet feels surprisingly cohesive for such a long and unwieldy tome is something to be praised, I think. 800 pages and I still feel like there wasn't quite enough to take in; it felt like we could be stuck in this huge fun-house of a book for a few hundred more pages. Of course, there was much more material written than ultimately published—about 500 pages were cut from the final product—but I kinda wish we eventually get an unabridged edition of the trilogy. Probably never gonna happen, though. Hail Eris! ## Features - "An epic fantasy, a devilishly funny work, loaded with humor, puns, up-level ironies that make you burst out laughing." New Age Journal ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #50,102 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #155 in Self-Help & Psychology Humor #491 in Fiction Satire #1,083 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,270 Reviews | ## Images ![The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71SpV6hWDhL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unhinged Masterpiece *by K***R on September 26, 2026* A wild ride! Cannot recommend this enough. Conspiracies, philospophy and political science discussions, totally unreliable narrator and characters. Genuineky fun and interesting read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Deserves An Unabridged Edition *by S***S on February 22, 2016* The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a pretty weird book, even by postmodern conventions. The narrative jumps back and forth between 3rd person and any given character without warning. There are quite a few plot threads, and the transitions between these threads are practically nonexistent; nothing is really there to signify a change in scene, and sometimes one thread even jumps to another mid-sentence. Oh, and there are tons of characters, many of whom make low-key entrances only to show up again much later in the story. If this all makes Illuminatus! sound similar to Gravity's Rainbow, don't worry, the former is considerably easier to digest. Whereas Pynchon uses his vast wealth of knowledge to go off on tangents and add more historical background to any given event than what might be necessary (don't get me wrong, though, his books are very entertaining in their own way), Shea and Wilson essentially poke fun at all the insane (and not-so-insane) facts they dig up. Of course, half of these "facts" were made up, but that's where Illuminatus! really shines as an example of what postmodern literature can accomplish. It is, to put it one way, the Skeptic's Bible, and if that sounds like an oxymoron, good job for noticing. Illuminatus! is filled with contradictions and outright lies, although unlike certain books that claim to be historically and factually accurate but are really not, the trilogy goes out of its way to make the reader question what he/she is reading. There is, of course, a lot of true information scattered throughout the book, and it becomes obvious that Shea and Wilson put a great amount of research and insight into writing this, but for every true story there are at least two false leads, two red herrings. Truly it doesn't take long to get why—for about 15 years—Illuminatus! was the quintessential work of conspiracy fiction, and the best part is that the book has so much fun with the genre; nowadays we're used to reading conspiracy thrillers that take themselves too seriously, but Illuminatus! satirizes such novels before they even became as famous as they are now. Not only that, but the trilogy takes shots at too many groups, individuals, and ideologies to count, but here are some notable examples: conservatives, communists, socialists, libertarians, feminists, Christians, cops, politicians, hippies, racists, not-racists, Satanists, spies, drug dealers, drug takers, prudes, college professors, the book itself... Illuminatus! is arguably one the greatest philosophical novels ever written; it has a stance, sure, but it pulls the reader in numerous directions by presenting different philosophies. It then has the audacity to ask the reader, "Do you believe that?" Governments and authority figures as a whole get criticized, sometimes vehemently, but Shea and Wilson clearly had a message they felt needed to get out there, and even though the trilogy was first published back in 1975, its anti-authoritarian message still holds up today. In the post-Patriot Act United States, some of what happens in this book is eerily prophetic, and many of the socio-political issues being faced today were going on over 40 years ago. History repeats? I suspect that the more whacked-out portions of the book are Wilson's writing, although the man himself said that it's hard to tell who wrote what for the most part. The fact that this was written by two authors with differing writing styles and backgrounds and yet feels surprisingly cohesive for such a long and unwieldy tome is something to be praised, I think. 800 pages and I still feel like there wasn't quite enough to take in; it felt like we could be stuck in this huge fun-house of a book for a few hundred more pages. Of course, there was much more material written than ultimately published—about 500 pages were cut from the final product—but I kinda wish we eventually get an unabridged edition of the trilogy. Probably never gonna happen, though. Hail Eris! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Makes light of the often gloomy world of conspiracy *by B***B on August 4, 2026* I read two out of the three books. I used to listen to all three audio books in bed before going to sleep. I am somewhat addicted to nonfiction conspiracy theories and Robert Anton Wilson is a great conspiracy theory storyteller. This is a classic fiction book that makes light of the often gloomy world of conspiracy. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Illuminatus! 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