Illuminati
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The historical Illuminati ("Bavarian Illuminati") was a secretive fraternal order formed in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt. Their goal was a New World Order where all monarchies on the planet were succeeded by democracies. In 1784, the order, then some 2000 men strong, was disbanded by Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. Weishaupt fled to Gotha and never left it until his death in 1830.
Nevertheless, the Illuminati and Weishaupt personally were later accused of inciting the French Revolution of 1789–1799 due to similarities of the revolutionary and Illuminati ideologies. Albeit their influence never reached France and they were, indeed, long disbanded at that point, this suspicion quickly developed into full-blown conspiracy theories postulating that the order still exists albeit gone undercover.
In modern times, the Illuminati were again popularized by the Illuminatus! Trilogy written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
[edit] External links
- Illuminati. Wikipedia.
