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Although the many conspiracy theories in the book are (presumably) imaginary, these are mixed in with enough truth to make them seem plausible. The title of the first book, for example, refers to the US dollar bill which has, somewhat surprisingly, indeed got the cabalistic symbol of an eye in a pyramid on it. Within the book, this is used as an example of the conspiracies teasing us by showing hints of their existence which we won't believe even though they stare us in the face.
The books are loaded with references to Discordianism, the Illuminati, the A∴A∴Argenteum Astrum also known as Argentinum Astrum Argentinium Astrum ( Latin for "silver star") or Astron Argon ( Greek for "silver star"), and often referred to as A∴A&there4 was a magical order created by Aleister Crowley after leaving the Hermeti, and various world domination plans, conspiracy theories and pieces of gnosticGnosticism is a blanket term for various religions and sects most prominent in the first few centuries A. General characteristics Many elements of gnosticism are pre-Christian, and it is generally accepted that orthodox Christianity and its canonical text knowledge. Many of the odder conspiracies in the book are taken from unpublished letters to Playboy magazine, where the authors were working as associate editors while they wrote the novels. Kinky sex is prevalent, mocked by one character in a typical self-referential joke as "only to sell a bad book filled with shallow characters pushing a nonsense conspiracy".
The trilogy was later republished in a single volume, minus the "what has gone before" introduction to The Golden Apple. Some of the material in that foreword, such as the self-destruct mynah birds, appears nowhere else in the trilogy, likely a result of the 500 pages cut by the publisher to reduce printing costs on what was seen as a risky venture. These 500 pages were subsequently lost in the mail between MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co and Los AngelesThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States., although Wilson states that most of the ideas contained therein made it into his later works. The idea that the top secrets of the Illuminati the book was meant to expose were cut from the books because the printer decided to trim the number of pages is a joke typical of the trilogy.