FINAL WARNING: The Birth of Tyranny
The ‘Illuminati’ was the name of an occultic German sect that existed
in the 15th century that professed to possess the ‘light’ received from
Satan. It was also the name of an organization that was influenced by
the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, which was established in 1760 at
Avignon. This Swedenborgian philosophy also produced the
Illuminated Theosophists in 1766 at Paris, then later in London, but
was short lived.Although it would certainly make for a more interesting story, there is
no documentation to suggest that Weishaupt’s Order of the Illuminati
is a continuation of any of these groups. However, whether their
teachings and philosophy had an influence on him is another question.
Most assuredly, there is a spiritual lineage that ties them all together.Starting with only five members (Weishaupt, and his inner circle– his
friend Kollmer, Francis Dashwood of the Satanic Hellfire Club,
Alphonse Donatien DeSade from whose name we get the word
“sadism,” and Meyer Amschel Rothschild), the Illuminati wasn’t fully
operational until 1778.Weishaupt wrote: “The great strength of our Order lies in its
concealment, let it never appear, in any place in its own name, but
always covered by another name, and another occupation. None is
fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is
accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice
of it.” He also wrote: “For the Order wishes to be secret, and to work in
silence, for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling
powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.”The Order was made up of three degrees: Novice, Minerval, and
Illuminated Minerval. It was organized in a manner similar to
Freemasonry and the Jesuits. Even though he admired the structure of
the Jesuit hierarchy, he wrote that no ex-Jesuits were to be admitted,
except by special permission. He wrote that they “must be avoided as
the plague.” Their rites and ceremonies were similar to that of the
Masons. Their aim, he said, was to have a one-world government, to
allow the elite to govern the world, thus preventing future wars. One of
their early programs was to distribute anti-religious material to criticize
clerical leaders, who they saw as obstacles to social progress, and to