In the 18th century in Western Europe, one of the most influential and most mysterious conspiratorial organizations was the so-called Bavarian Illuminati Society. There are still legends about him. It is not known for certain whether it disintegrated more than 200 years ago or exists and still operates in such a deep underground that no one knows anything about it.
The Bavarian Illuminati Society was founded on May 1, 1776 in Ingolstadt by the philosopher and theologian Adam Weishaupt. This pundit was an ardent supporter of the original philosophical doctrine, the so-called deism. Its essence was as follows: the followers of deism did not deny the existence of God, but denied all divine manifestations, that is, miracles in which Christians saw the will of the Lord. Deists believed that this is a manifestation of the backwardness and lack of education of people. In addition, the deists completely denied monarchy and considered the republic the most perfect form of government.
The path to enlightenment
Weishaupt argued that natural man is not inherently bad. The environment makes him bad: religion, state, external influences. Thus, if a person is freed from the pressure of social institutions and begins to be guided exclusively by cold reason and knowledge, then moral problems will disappear by themselves.
It is clear that with such views, the Bavarian Illuminati Society was deep underground from the very beginning and acted in conditions of strict secrecy. Initially, its founder copied the entire conspiratorial scheme from the Freemasons, who were already quite influential at that time. But then he considered it too simple and open, that is, not conspiratorial enough.
As a result, the Bavarian Illuminati Society adopted much harsher methods. For example, it was impossible to enroll in it, as they say, "from the street" - just come and say that you share their ideas and want to be a member of society. Firstly, not a single person simply knew where to come and to whom to tell. And secondly, in this society there was a strict rule - to recruit potential adepts themselves. They looked at the candidate for a long time. And so that he did not notice it. If the check, which could last for years, was completed successfully, the candidate was made an offer to join the society.
Initially, he became a so-called novice, supervised by one of the “senior comrades”. The novice was obliged to unquestioningly obey any order of the society, even if the order went against the laws of the country in which he lived. In addition, the novice was obliged to provide the elders with the most complete information about his private life - what he lives on, what are the relationships in the family, is there a mistress. And if there is, then who is she. In a word, like in modern foreign intelligence.
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If the novice withstood all the tests (among which there could be murder), then two years later he became a full member of society - a minerval. The highest rank in the Bavarian Illuminati Society was the rank of the enlightened minerwal. Only they knew the true goals of society - the fight against some manifestations of Christianity, the movement towards the overthrow of monarchies and the establishment of republics. The enlightened minervals formed the Areopagus, which was the supreme governing body of society.
Rothschild henchmen
The heyday of the Bavarian Illuminati came at the end of the 18th century. They have become a truly omnipotent and very rich organization. Were tacit consultants to members of the governments of many countries. The most significant aspects of the foreign policy of European states were sometimes decisions of the Bavarian Illuminati.
As for financial opportunities, they were legendary. Suffice it to say that initially the society was created on the money and at the request of the famous Rothschild banking house. In the future, it was financed from there and, naturally, fulfilled orders of bankers both in the political and economic fields.
But the Bavarian Illuminati were far less fortunate than the Freemasons. They, as they say, lost their fear and overdid it in lobbying the interests of the Rothschilds and other sponsors. In addition, as a result of the split, part of the Illuminati withdrew from society and made public the goals and objectives of the Illuminati, as well as many names.
After that, the Bavarian Elector Karl Theodor banned all secret societies. The activities of the Bavarian Illuminati, which seemed dangerous to the authorities, led to the fact that participation in this society began to be punishable by death.
Adam Weishaupt miraculously escaped, but left Bavaria forever and fled to Thuringia, where he lived until his death in 1830.
Magazine: Mysteries of History No. 29, Dmitry Grigoriev