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Gruad tells a meeting of his Unbroken Circle that the time
has come to intensify the struggle. If they can't rule the Atlanteans,
they will destroy Atlantis. "Atlantis will be
destroyed by light," says Gruad. "By the light of the sun." Gruad
introduces the worship of the sun to his followers. He reveals the
existence of gods and goddesses. "They are all energy, conscious energy,"
says Gruad. "This conscious and powerfully directed and focused pure
energy I call spirit. All motion is spirit. All light is spirit. All
spirit is light."

Under Gruad's direction, the Party of Science builds
a great pyramid,
thousands of feet high. It is in two halves; the upper half, made of an
indestructible ceramic substance and inscribed with
a terrible staring eye, floats
five hundred feet above the base, held in place by antigravity generators.

A band of men and women led by LILITH VELKOR, chief
spokeswoman for the Party of Nothingness,
gathers at the base of the great pyramid and laughs at it. They carry
Nothingarian signs:

The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by
Robert Anton Wilson
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