THE ILLUMINATI

Supposedly, the “Illuminati” were founded in Bavaria in the year 1776. The same year the foundation for the United States of America was laid. Adam Weisshaupt is named as the founder. He had written a manifesto, containing 25 goals to achieve world domination. It was a long term plan of infiltration and domination. After several generations “Illuminati”-members will possess the dominant positions and will reign as a shadow government. Weissshaupt did found the secret society and he did so on request of the Rothschild's. They, and other wealthy families, would provide the money for this world revolution.
The conspiracy was exposed soon. A member, on his way to France, with secret documents, was hit by lightning and fell from his horse, dead. The hand of God, so to say. The Bavarian king forbade the “Illuminati” and they went underground. According to some sources, the Illuminati played a major rol in the French Revolution and especially the fanatical and bloodthirsty Jacobites.
In recent years the name ”Illuminati” has surfaced again. It is used as a synonym for dark forces, in search of power and with the goal to enslave mankind. A new world order. And they can be everywhere. Conspiracy theorists point at the media control by this secret group and the way they manipulate our perception of the world. An evil organization. Masters of the Matrix.
But not for Dan Brown. For him “the Illuminati” were scientists in the Renaissance period, who were suppressed and persecuted, when their insights collapsed with Roman Catholic doctrine. Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake and Galileo Galilei just got away with it. He had to announce publicly, that he was wrong and misguided. He was on house arrest for the rest of his live and his work was censored by the clergy. The church is much more flexible now, they even accept the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
But the traditional “Illuminati” have one thing in common, with Dan Browns secret society. Both see it as fundamental for reaching their objectives, that the official church (Anglican, Catholic or Protestant) has to destroyed. In this, ongoing, war every mean serves the goal. There are no restrictions. Especially on subjects as magic, the esoteric and the occult. The “Illuminati” (the Enlightened ones) are followers of Lucifer, the Light bearer, who was cast out of Heaven. They are said to control satanic forces. It was under the influence of Satan, that Charles Darwin wrote “On the Origin of Species”. He founded the evolution theory, that was seen as a frontal attack on the Bible and would lead enlightened citizens away from the church.