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    The Illuminati
    The Illuminati
    The Illuminati
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    The Illuminati

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    Whether or not The Illuminati – an elite body claiming an ancient pedigree – does exist, it is important that growing numbers of people nonetheless do believe it exists. So does it exist? If so, is it a force for evil or a force for good - or, as some would have it, a conspiracy aimed at making us believe there is a conspiracy? Was the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt the true inheritor of more ancient knowledge?

    A force for evil or a force for good? A movement whose benevolent aim is human advancement, or whose sinister purpose is the enslavement of mankind to the capricious whims of a self-perpetuating elite?

    A left wing conspiracy or a right wing conspiracy, a mysterious esoteric cabal whose lore of occult knowledge is based on ancient mystery cults - or simply a gigantic hoax, a fabrication stemming from the over-heated imaginations of conspiracy theorists?

    Such is The Illuminati - a subject which has attracted vociferous claims and counter-claims down through the centuries. It has been blamed/credited - depending on who is grinding which particular axe at which particular time - for everything from wars and revolution to assassination and manipulation of global economies. ‘The Illuminati’ is conspiracy theory par excellence – as a subject it is the mother of all conspiracy theories.

    Complex in the extreme, it is yet possible to discern a thread running through the subject of The Illuminati – a thread which establishes a link among The Illuminati, Freemasonry, ancient rituals of death and resurrection – and a mysterious warrior cult whose origins lie deep in the snow-capped mountains of Afghanistan.

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    PublisherTempleofMysteries.com
    Release dateJan 25, 2012
    ISBN9781465989208
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    The Illuminati - TempleofMysteries.com

    The Illuminati

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    TempleofMysteries.com

    Copyright 2012 TempleofMysteries.com

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    Degrees

    Anarchy

    Militants

    Revolution

    Roots & Offshoots

    The Great Beast

    Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion

    Aristocracy of Money

    Pathways

    Conspiracy

    The Illuminati in Cyberspace

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    Whether or not The Illuminati – an elite body claiming an ancient pedigree – does exist, it is important that growing numbers of people nonetheless do believe it exists. So does it exist? If so, is it a force for evil or a force for good - or, as some would have it, a conspiracy aimed at making us believe there is a conspiracy? Was the Bavarian Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt the true inheritor of more ancient knowledge?

    INTRODUCTION

    A FORCE for evil or a force for good? A movement whose benevolent aim is human advancement, or whose sinister purpose is the enslavement of mankind to the capricious whims of a self-perpetuating elite?

    A left wing conspiracy or a right wing conspiracy, a mysterious esoteric cabal whose lore of occult knowledge is based on ancient mystery cults - or simply a gigantic hoax, a fabrication stemming from the over-heated imaginations of conspiracy theorists?

    Such is The Illuminati - a subject which has attracted vociferous claims and counter-claims down through the centuries. It has been blamed/credited - depending on who is grinding which particular axe at which particular time - for everything from wars and revolution to assassination and manipulation of global economies. ‘The Illuminati’ is conspiracy theory par excellence – as a subject it is the mother of all conspiracy theories.

    Complex in the extreme, it is yet possible to discern a thread running through the subject of The Illuminati – a thread which establishes a link among The Illuminati, Freemasonry, ancient rituals of death and resurrection – and a mysterious warrior cult whose origins lie deep in the snow-capped mountains of Afghanistan.

    GENESIS

    To attempt to unravel the Gordian knot of The Illuminati a convenient starting point is Ingolstadt, Bavaria on May 1 1776. It is on this date that the former Jesuit Adam Weishaupt is recorded as having founded a New World Order - The Illuminati.

    Born in 1748, by the age of 25 Weishaupt holds the chair of canon law at Ingolstadt University. Known to his contemporaries as a rather authoritarian figure, he will tolerate no dissension from his views. Disillusioned with both secular and profane authority he decides to set up his own organisation - an organisation that emphasises reason and rationality. A firm believer in the despotism of superiors, a secret inner elite will control the organisation.

    On founding The Bavarian Illuminati Weishaupt takes on the 'illuminated’ name

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