The revelations were a mix of truth and lies. According to Utzschneider, the Illuminati believed that suicide was legitimate, that its enemies should be poisoned, and that religion was an absurdity. He also suggested that the Illuminati were conspiring against Bavaria on behalf of Austria. Having been warned by his wife, the Duke-Elector of Bavaria issued an edict in June banning the creation of any kind of society not previously authorized by law.
The Illuminati initially thought that this general prohibition would not directly affect them. But just under a year later, in March , the Bavarian sovereign passed a second edict, which expressly banned the order. In the course of carrying out arrests of members, Bavarian police found highly compromising documents, including a defense of suicide and atheism, a plan to create a female branch of the order, invisible ink recipes, and medical instructions for carrying out abortions.
The evidence was used as the basis for accusing the order of conspiring against religion and the state. In August , the duke-elector issued a third edict in which he confirmed that the order was prohibited, and imposed the death penalty for membership. Weishaupt lost his post at the University of Ingolstadt and was banished.
The Bavarian state considered the Illuminati dismantled. Their legacy, however, has endured and fuels many conspiracy theories. Weishaupt was accused—falsely—of helping to plot the French Revolution. The Illuminati have been fingered in recent events, such as the assassination of John F. First Class Each novice was initiated in humanitarian philosophy until he became a minerval. Second Class The various degrees in this class were inspired by Freemasonry.
Third Class The highest degree of philosophical illumination. Its members were priests who instructed lower-degree members. The lower orders of this class were themselves under the authority of a king. All rights reserved. Secret Rituals, Intimate Details. Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Freemasons, like many secret societies, held initiation ceremonies.
Engraving from The French Connection. However religious and political conservatism ruled in Ingolstadt at that time, and subject matter taught at the Jesuit-controlled university where Weishaupt lectured was strictly monitored. With the help of prominent German diplomat Baron Adolf Franz Friedrich, Freiherr von Knigge — who helped recruit Freemason lodges to the Illuminati cause — the clandestine group grew to more than 2, members throughout Bavaria, France, Hungary, Italy and Poland, among other places.
He wanted to change society, he was dreaming of a better world, of a better government. He started the Illuminati with the idea that everything known to human kind should be taught — something that was not allowed here at the university. Just a decade after its creation, the secret society was infiltrated by Bavarian authorities after its radical anti-state writings were intercepted by government authorities.
The Illuminati was shut down and Weishaupt was banished from Ingolstadt to live the rest of his life in the German city of Gotha, km to the north. Yet the idea of a secret society revolting against the state has captured imaginations ever since, encapsulated in conspiracy theories cooked up by those who believe the Illuminati was never actually disbanded — a claim that has been widely debunked by historians.
The coy mention of a secret society, then, one that exists to manipulate society and determine what and who can be successful, speaks to these ideas. But as the Illuminati began receiving mentions on wax, rappers also began facing accusations of being apart of the so-called New World Order themselves as we moved into the 21st century.
Now fans with a taste for conspiracies and a keen eye began concocting a new theory: Rappers were no longer skeptical of the Illuminati. They were full on members. Includes 50 photographs. Why an aspiring rapper in Virginia shot his friend as an "Illuminati sacrifice" hoping it would help him become rich and famous. Why popular female pop stars like Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Kesha and others are promoting Satanism as cool, something that was once only seen in heavy metal and rock and roll bands.
Les Claypool, singer of Primus, wrote a song about the Bohemian Grove. Bono said he attended an Illuminati meeting with other celebrities.
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