Editing The Illuminatus! Trilogy (section)

== Titles ==
The titles of the three volumes or parts (the front covers were titled ''Illuminatus! Part I The Eye in the Pyramid'', ''Illuminatus! Part II The Golden Apple'' and ''Illuminatus! Part III Leviathan'') refer to recurring symbols of elements of the plot.

''The Eye in the Pyramid'' refers to the [[Eye of Providence]], which in the novel represents particularly the [[Bavarian Illuminati]], and makes a number of appearances (for example, as an altar and a tattoo).

''The Golden Apple'' refers to the [[golden apple]] of discord, from the [[Greek mythology|Greek myth]] of the [[Judgement of Paris]]. In the trilogy it is used as the symbol of the Legion of Dynamic Discord, a [[Discordianism|Discordian]] group; the golden apple makes a number of appearances, for example, on the cover, on a [[Anarchist black flag|black flag]], and as an emblem on a uniform.

''Leviathan'' refers to the [[Bible|Biblical]] sea monster [[Leviathan]], which is a potential danger to Hagbard's submarine ''Leif Erickson'' (from the name of the [[Leif Ericson|Icelandic discoverer of America]]). It also refers to [[Thomas Hobbes]]' seminal work of political philosophy, [[Leviathan (Hobbes book)|''Leviathan'']], as a metaphor for an all-encompassing, authoritarian state – a common metaphor used in libertarian discourse.