Conrad Bauer - Secret Society The Illuminati Separating Fact from Fiction

Secret Society

The Illuminati

Separating

Fact from Fiction

Conrad Bauer

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The Illuminati dominate any discussion of secret societies. Search the web, spark up a conversation, or search through a library shelf and soon enough you will encounter their name. They have become an ancient order and a modern sensation at the same time. They are at once a ubiquitous herald of the new world order and the people who market pop albums, and trying to discern the truth about the organization can get lost amid the hail of noise that inevitably follows any mention of their name. In this book, we hope to do something different. Here we will try to separate fact from fiction and confront the truth about the Illuminati.

In order to achieve this, we have uncovered fifteen of the most frequently asked questions, queries, and accusations that people have relating to the Illuminati. By taking a discerning, informed look at each of these ideas in detail, we will be able to reach the truth that so many people seek but which can be so hard to find. If you have ever wanted a handy guide to cutting through the mess of information that you find online, then this guide will be perfect for you.

Throughout the course of this book, we will look into the origins of the Illuminati, their involvement with the Freemasons, accusations of Satanism thrown at them, the idea that the caused the French Revolution, their involvement with ancient and celebrity cultures, and their appearance on the dollar bill of the United States of America. If you have ever wanted to know the truth about the Illuminati in a simple, easy-to-understand guide, this book is exactly what you need.

It makes sense to start at the beginning. Even when discussing the early origins of the Illuminati, a cursory glance at the range of sources out there will provide the reader with a hundred different answers. Some say that the society started life in Ancient Egypt, others say that they did not become a real force until the establishment of the United States of America. In this guide, however, we want to discover the provable truth. In this regard, it should be stated for the record that in spite of the protestations of some people there is a degree of truth to the Illuminati story. They began life as a legitimate secret society, one with big plans and a restricted membership. So before we go on to look at a few of the more disputed stories surrounding the society, we should take the time to outline exactly what we know and exactly what we can prove. To do this, we will need to travel to Bavaria, Germany, in the 18 th Century.

Though the name might have taken on new meaning in the modern age (a point which we shall return to later), the original Illuminati were not only a very real and very secret society, but they really existed, and we can legitimately verify it. In fact, their history has been passed down to us over the course of several centuries. Rather than providing insight into a domineering global conspiracy, the history of the Bavarian group can demonstrate to us how the politics and beliefs of the European Enlightenment were put into practice. Rather than being built on the occult, the strange, and the mysterious, the Illuminati of the 18 th Century were formed with very scholarly principles in mind. The story of how they came into being, however, means taking a tour of the halls of German academia of the time.

One of the most important names in this story is Adam Weishaupt, who was working at the time as a professor as the University of Ingolstadt. His specialties were Practical Philosophy and Common Law, giving us something of an indication that he was something of a down-to-earth man. He was not, however, surrounded by likeminded individuals. The University of Ingolstadt was known to be a predominantly Jesuit institution. The Jesuits particularly devout and scholarly Catholics occupied almost every position, to the point where Weishaupt was the only professor who did not count himself among their number. Though ostensibly dissolved in 1773, the Jesuit order continued to endure against the shifting praxis of the Catholic Church. The University was one of their most important institutions and even if their name was not officially still above the door they very much controlled the finances for the school.

Figure 1 - Adam Weishaupt

The Jesuits were defined by their devotion to the Christian cause. Unfortunately for them, this was a post reformation world. The efforts of Martin Luther and his fellow reformists had been particularly fruitful in Germany, leading the Catholics and, in particular, the Jesuits into difficult times. Fighting to retain control of one of the last bastions of their power, there was a marked effort within the University to discredit and ostracize any member of staff who was not a member of the Order. Weishaupt was clearly one such person, and his future at the University was seemingly doomed. Anything that was deemed to be in any way liberal or even Protestant was deeply abhorred by the Jesuits, and it is perhaps because of this that Weishaupt found himself pushing back against the institutions ideals with such vigor. He became a consummate preacher of the ideals of the Enlightenment, promoting reason, liberty, progress, and constitutional government as the future. It was a worldview that left little room for the Catholic Church and their teachings. It was inevitable that Weishaupt would find himself in trouble.