"The illuminati dominates any discussion of secret societies. Search the web, spark up a conversation, or search through a library shelf and soon enough you will encounter their name. They have become an ancient order and a modern sensation at the same time. At once a ubiquitous herald of the new world order and the people who market pop albums, trying to discern the turth about the organsation can get lost amid the hail of noise that invevitably follows any mention of their name." --from back cover
