FINAL WARNING: The Birth of Tyranny
oppose the “enemies of the human race and of society.”Weishaupt wrote: “How can the weak obtain protection? Only by
union, but this is rare. Nothing can bring this about but hidden
societies. Hidden schools of wisdom are the means which we will one
day free men from their bonds...”All members were required to adopt classical names. Weishaupt was
called ‘Spartacus’ (who had been the leader of the slave insurrection in
ancient Rome). His right-hand man, Xavier von Zwack, a lawyer to
Prince von Salm, was known as ‘Cato’; Nicolai, the bookseller, was
‘Lucian’; Professor Westenreider was ‘Pythagoras’; Canon Hertel was
‘Marius’; Marquis di Constanza was ‘Diomedes’; Massenhausen was
‘Ajar’ Baron von Schroeckenstein was ‘Mohomed’; and Baron von
Mengenhofen was ‘Sylla.’Their headquarters was in Munich, Germany, and known as the Grand
Lodge of the Illuminati (or Lodge of the Grand Orient)– code-named
‘Athens.’ Among their other four lodges: Ingolstadt was known as
‘Ephesus,’ Heidelberg as ‘Utica,’ Bavaria as ‘Achaia,’ and Frankfurt
was known as ‘Thebes.’The calendar was reconstructed, and the months known by names
reminiscent of the Hebrew language: January was known as ‘Dimeh,’
and February as ‘Benmeh,’ etc. They dated their letters according to
the Persian Era, named after the king who began to rule in Persia in
632 B.C., Jezdegerd. Their new year began on March 21st, which some
sources say is New Years Day for witches.In 1777, Weishaupt joined the Eclectic Masonic lodge ‘Theodore of
Good Counsel’ in Munich, and towards the end of 1778, he came up
with the idea of merging the Illuminati and the Masons. Zwack became
a Mason on November 27, 1778, and working with a brother Mason,
Abbé Marotti, he divulged the secret of the Order. By the middle of
1779, the Munich Masonic lodge was under the complete influence of
the Illuminati.During the first four years, about 60 active members had been
recruited by a committee known as the ‘Insinuators,’ and close to 1,000
had become indirectly affiliated with the Order. Soon, three more