The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles
The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles is a series of three novels by Robert Anton Wilson written after his highly successful The Illuminatus! Trilogy and his 1981 Masks of the Illuminati. His co-author from the first trilogy, Robert Shea, was not involved in this series, providing only a praising blurb.
It is composed of three books: The Earth Will Shake (
Plot summary
The novels concern the adventures of Sigismundo Celine, an ancestor of the
In the first book, Sigismundo is an adolescent in Naples, Italy, where his uncle introduces him to the teaching of the Freemasons. In the second book Sigismundo has been banished from Naples because of a lovers' duel. He lives in Paris and is taken captive twice. The first time he is imprisoned in the Bastille, from which he escapes using Masonic techniques of concentration to help distract himself from the pain involved in climbing down from his tower. The second time Sigismundo is imprisoned by a more mysterious group of captors, who seek to convince him that he is a descendant of Jesus Christ. In the third book, Sigismundo finds himself in further exile, in the wilderness of North America.
Kenneth Lamar Noid incident
In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man, held two employees at a
Notes and references
- ^ David A. Banton interview of RAW 1988 for KFJC, 89.7 FM in Los Altos Hills, California Archived 2006-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (URL accessed 16 February 2007)
- ^ The Earth Will Shake audiobook (archived), Deepleaf Productions
- ^ James Wallis, "Robert Anton Wilson Interview" 27 February, 1991 (URL accessed 16 February 2007)
External links
- Internet Book List series information Archived 2006-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
- The Earth Will Shake excerpt @ Robert A. Wilson's website Archived 2006-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- The Widow's Son excerpt @ Robert A. Wilson's website Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine