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Trilogia Illuminatus Parte Iii.Pdf Traducción: Guillermo A. Mazzucchelli http://illuminatusparte1.blogspot.com/2011/09/la-trilogia-illuminatus-en-espanol.html 09 A - Illuminatus Parte III: Leviatán - Libro Cuatro: BEAMTENHERRSCHAFT - Noveno Viaje, o Yesod ¡Illuminatus! Parte III Leviatán 1975 Título Original: Leviathan Autores: Robert Shea y Robert Anton Wilson Traducción: Guillermo A. Mazzucchelli Arte de cubierta: Carlos Victor Ochagavia Debe alcanzarse la mutación de la vida terrestre a la interestelar, porque el planeta matriz va a desaparecer dentro de unos pocos cientos de millones de años… el Planeta Tierra es un escalón en nuestro viaje temporal a través de la galaxia. La vida debe sembrar sus semillas fuera del planeta para sobrevivir… Además, entre nosotros, hay algunos que están aburridos con el nivel amniótico del pensamiento en este mundo, y miran hacia arriba con la esperanza de encontrar alguien entretenido con quien hablar. - Dr. Timothy Leary, y Wayne Brenner, Terra II Noveno Viaje, o Yesod (WALPURGISNACHT ROCK) El HUNDIDO es jugado por los Discordianos y por gente de mucha clase. PROPÓSITO: hundir un objeto, u objetos o cosas… en agua, barro, o en cualquier elemento en el que algo pueda hundirse. REGLAS: el hundimiento está permitido de cualquier manera. Por ejemplo, una lata de tabaco puede ser hundida en cinco litros de barro. Es preferible tener un pozo con agua, o un agujero en el cual puedan arrojarse las cosas. Pero pueden utilizarse ríos, bahías, golfos, e incluso me atrevo a decir, océanos. Los TURNOS serán de la siguiente manera: quienquiera que encuentre un objeto irá primero. DEBERES: es deber del jugador del HUNDIDO ayudar a encontrar más objetos para hundir, una vez que ya hundió el suyo. SOBRE EL HUNDIMIENTO: el hundidor deberá gritar “¡Lo hundí!”, o algo igualmente reflexivo. PONERLE NOMBRE A LOS OBJETOS es algo recomendable. El objeto es bautizado por quien lo encuentra, y quien lo hunda deberá decir (por ejemplo) “¡Hundí a Columbus, Ohio!” - Ala Hera, E. L., N. S., Rayville Apple Panthers, citado en Principia Discordia por Malaclypse el Más Joven, G. C. S. Durante toda una semana, los músicos abordaron aviones hacia Ingolstadt. El 23 de Abril, mientras Simon y Mary Lou escuchaban a Clark Kent y sus Superhombres y George Dorn escribía sobre el sonido de un ojo que se abre, los Filete de Alma, encontrando escasos contratos en Londres, entran a Ingolstadt en un Volvo pintado de diecisiete colores fosforescentes que ostentaba el viejo slogan de Ken Kesey: “Furthur!”. El 24 de Abril comenzó el hilillo, mientras Harry Coin miraba en los ojos de Hagbard, sin encontrar piedad allí (en ese momento, Buckminster Fuller estaba explicando el “halo omnidireccional” a su compañero de vuelo en el avión de TWA, sobre el Pacífico), y los Visiones Iracundas, los Cucarachas, y los Senado y Pueblo de Roma conducían sus vehículos bizarros por Rathausplatz, al mismo tiempo que los Hipopótamo Ultravioleta y la Cosa en la Puerta circulaban por la Friedrich-Ebert- Strasse en autobuses aún más excéntricos. El 25 de Abril, mientras Carmel saqueaba la caja fuerte de Maldonado y George Dorn repetía “Yo Soy el Robot”, el hilillo se convirtió en un arroyo, y llegaron los Ciencia y Salud, los Claves de las Escrituras, los Esnifadores de Pegamento, King Kong y sus Dinosaurios de la Isla Calavera, los Hamburguesas Howard Johnson, los Disturbio en la Celda Diez, Casa de Frankenstein, Mono Simbólico, Cosa Maldita, Alce Naranja, Banana Índigo, y los Elefante Rosa. El 26 de Abril el arroyo se transformó en una corriente, y mientras Saúl y Barney Muldoon intentaban razonar con Markoff Chaney, que trataba de zafarse de ellos, los habitantes de Ingolstadt se vieron inundados por Frodo Bolsón y su Anillo, los Ratones Rugientes, los Tripulación del Plato Volador, los Magníficos Ambersons, Casa Adonde Vivo, Sonido de Una Mano, Imperativo Territorial, los Druidas de Stonehenge, los Cabezas de la Isla de Pascua, los Continente Perdido de Mu, Bugs Bunny y sus Catorce Zanahorias, los Evangelio Según Marx, los Miembros con Tarjeta, Arenas de Marte, Erección, los Asociación, Amalgama, Masacre del Día de San Valentín, los Clímax, Los Saltadores, los Vello Público, los Freeks y los Ventanas. Mick Jagger y su nuevo grupo, los Trashers, llegaron el 27 de Abril, mientras el FBI interrogaba a todas la prostitutas de Las Vegas, y fue seguido rápidamente por los Techos, Moisés y el Monoteísmo, Steppenwolf, los Civilización y sus Descontentos, el Pobre Richard y sus Secretos Rosacruces, Reloj Pulsera, Nova Express, Padre de las Aguas, los Seres Humanos, Monumento Washington, los Thalidomide Babies, los Extraños en Tierras Extrañas, Dr. John & The Night Tripper, Joan Baez, Mano del Muerto, el Guasón y los Tuertos, Mujer Peyote, Blues Celestial, los Golems, Despertar Supremo, los Siete Tipos de Ambigüedades, Guerra Fría, los Luchadores Callejeros, los Quema-Bancos, los Esclavos de Satán, los Efecto Dominó, y Maxwell y sus Demonios. El 28 de Abril, mientras Dillinger cargaba su arma y los kachinas de Orabi comenzaban a batir los tambores, llegaron los Acapulco Gold seguidos por Épica de Gilgamesh, Segunda Ley de la Termodinámica, Drácula y sus Novias, Cortina de Hierro, Minoría Ruidosa, Deuda Externa, Tres Contribuciones a la Teoría del Sexo, Nubes de lo Desconocido, Nacimiento de una Nación, los Zombies, Atila y sus Hunos, Nihilismo, los Catatónicos, los Púas de Thorndale, Bomba de Haymarket, Cabeza de Gato Muerto, la Sombra Fuera del Tiempo, los Sirenas de Titán, Piano Tocador, las Calles de Laredo, Odisea Espacial, los Selenitas Azules, los Cangrejos, Dosis, los Grassy Knolls, Imagen Latente, Rueda del Karma, Comunión de Santos, Ciudad de Dios, Temblor General Indefinido, Mono Zurdo, Espina en la Carne, Gordura Creciente, SHA-ZAM, Trineo Miniatura, Apéndice 23, los Otra Mejilla, los Bueyes Occidentales, los Presidentes, Cohen Cohen Cohen y Kahn, y los Fenómenos del Porro. El 29 de Abril, mientras Danny Pricefixer escuchaba arrebatado a Mamá Sutra, el diluvio llegó a Ingolstadt: buses, camiones, vagones, trenes especiales, y todo tipo de transporte, exceptuando trineos tirados por perros, llevaron a los Maravillas del Mundo Invisible, Maldición de Maule, Viaje Mental de Jesús, Ahab y su Amputación, los Cabezas sin Jinetes, Hojas de Hierba, Dirección Gettysburg, Rosa Palma, el Mar de Vino, Nirvana, Red de Joyas, Ahí Vienen Todos, los Cantos Pisanos, Nieve de Ayer, Dimensión Rosa, Ganso en la Botella, los Increíbles Hulks, los Tercer Bardo, Terapia de Aversión, Fuerza Irresistible, los MC al Cuadrado, Acta Anexa, Emoción Perpetua, Contrato por 99 Años, Objeto Inamovible, Nave Espacial Tierra, Método Radiocarbón, Grito Rebelde, Puño Cerrado, los Máquina Apocalipsis, Escenario Rand, Compromiso Estadounidense, Entwives, los Músicos de Null-A, los Preludio al Espacio, Truenos y Rosas, Armagedón, La Máquina del Tiempo, Palabra de Masón, las Monerías, los Trabajos, los Ocho de Espada, Guerra Gorila, los Box Lunch, Reino Primate, Nuevo Eón, Enola Gay, el Octeto Spiedo, el Proceso Estocástico, los Fluxiones, Casa Ardiente, Capitán Fantasma, los Decadencia del Occidente, los Duelistas, Llamada de la Naturaleza, Conciencia III, la Iglesia Reorganizada de Los Santos de los Últimos Días, Standard Oil de Ohio, los Hombres Zigzag, los Cascotes, los Niños de Ra, TNT, Radiación Aceptable, los Nivel de Polución, la Gran Bestia, las Rameras de Babilonia, los Baldíos, los Fea Verdad, Diagnóstico Final, Solución Insatisfactoria, Muerte Caliente del Universo, los Puro Ruido, Ojo Abierto, los Nueve Desconocidos, los Caballo de Otro Color, Zona de Caída de Rocas, Ascensión de la Serpiente, Reddy Willing y los Inútiles, Monstruo Cívico, Hércules y la Tortuga, la Columna del Medio, Exclamación Borrada, Cita Profunda, LuCiFeR, la Estrella Perro, Nada Sirio, y Preparación H. (Pero el 23 de Abril, mientras Joe Malik y Tobias Knight estaban colocando la bomba en la oficina de Confrontación, el Dealy Lama transmitió un mensaje telepático a Hagbard Celine diciendo todavía no es demasiado tarde para revertir las cosas, y Joe dudó unos segundos, espetando finalmente “¿Podemos estar seguros? ¿Podemos estar realmente seguros?”. Tobias Knight levantó una mirada preocupada. “No podemos estar seguros de nada” dijo simplemente. “Celine ha aparecido cinco veces en banquetes y otros acontecimientos sociales en los que Drake estaba presente, y cada conversación giró eventualmente alrededor de la metáfora de la marioneta y de la línea favorita de Celine sobre el saboteador inconsciente dentro de cada uno de nosotros ¿Qué otra cosa podemos suponer?”. Programó el cronómetro para las 2:30 AM y su mirada se encontró nuevamente con la de Joe. “Me hubiera gustado poder darle más pistas a George” se lamentó Joe. “Ya le diste demasiadas malditas pistas” respondió Knight, cerrando la tapa de la bomba). El 1 de Abril, al tiempo que los Relámpagos de Dios desfilaban por la plaza de la ONU y el Capitán Tequila y Mota era llevado ante un pelotón de fusilamiento, John Dillinger salió de su posición de loto y cesó de transmitir las matemáticas de la magia. Se estiró, se sacudió como un perro, y comenzó a descender por el túnel subterráneo debajo del edificio de las Naciones Unidas hacia la sala del Control Caimán. El yoga de la OTO siempre era estresante, y estaba contento de abandonarlo para retornar a asuntos más mundanos. Una guardia lo detuvo frente a la puerta del CC, y John le dio su tarjeta plástica con el- ojo-en-la-pirámide. La guardia, una mujer de aspecto seguro cuya foto John había visto en los periódicos como la líder de las Lesbianas Radicales, metió la tarjeta en una ranura de la pared; fue expulsada casi inmediatamente, y una luz verde parpadeó. “Adelante” dijo la mujer, “Heute die Welt”. “Morgens das Sonnensystem” respondió John. Entró al mundo subterráneo de plástico beige del Control Caimán, y caminó por los corredores geodésicos hasta llegar a la puerta que decía MONITOR de la MONOTONÍA. Luego de insertar su tarjeta en la ranura apropiada, se encendió otra luz verde y la puerta se abrió.
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