COSMIC TRIGGER II DOWN TO EARTH While this, the second volume of the Cosmic Trigger trilogy, continues along the path set by Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati, it also stands solidly on its own. Any reader with an open mind and a sense of humor cannot help but be entertained and enlightened while following Wilson's explorations into such subjects as the future of cyberspace; the peculiarities of Irish jurisprudence; links among the Mafia, the CIA and the Catholic Church; anal-eroticism in The White House; the Dog Castrator of Palm Springs; and many more observations from his infinitely fertile brain. A 21st Century Renaissance Man ... funny, wise and optimistic ... the Lenny Bruce of philosophers." -- Denver Post A Super-Genius... He has written everything I was afraid to write." -- Dr. John Lilly Dazzling ... the most thrilling tilt-a-whirls and daring loop-o-planes on the midway of higher consciousness." -- Tom Robbins author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues One of the funniest, most incisive social critics around, and with a positive bent, thank Goddess." -- Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade NOVELIST, TEACHER AND FORMER PLAYBOY EDITOR Robert Anton Wilson is the author of Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death; The Walls Came Tumbling Down; The New inquisition; the Illuminatus! trilogy (with Robert Shea); Reality Is What You Can Get Away With; Prometheus Rising; Wilhelm Reich in Hell; Sex & Drugs; Chaos & Beyond and other works.