The Illuminati hold a certain mystery intriguing to many. Many have heard of this mysterious group called the Illuminati, a Secret Society blamed for many of the world’s woes that control world affairs through governments, law, politics, and business and operate through entertainment, media, and education. Some have accused this group for a worldwide conspiracy against all nations, people, and religions. But who are they? Do they really exist?
The Illuminati has been attributed to entertainers like Jay Z and Beyonce who flash the triangle symbol and show the “hidden eye” gesture of one eye emphasized. While these people may have been influenced by the Illuminati, have intentions of Illuminati initiation, perhaps even their handlers contributing to the agenda, this is not the Illuminati. Nor does the true Illuminati have a public presence hosting a website called Illuminati.am and any other publicized claim as such. These public displays are counterfeits. One cannot join the ranks through a website membership or join by an initiation on this lower level. Winking an eye or holding a triangle pattern with their fingers holds no such valid membership to such a group as the true Illuminati.
Public personalities who believe they are of this mysterious group or have acceptance of them may be nothing more than “mind controlled slaves” as created by the controlled industry. But they themselves are not actually The Illuminati. The layers go much more in depth than what is promoted on the surface or on a website as authentic “members” of this prestigious group. Perhaps performers are agents of control by agencies or organizations who have controllers by those of the Illuminati, but not directly affiliated. These layers provide separation and concealment for the true identity of those who would be Illuminati.
Most of what has been publicized on the Internet is mixed with some truth along with fabrications. The contaminated information in social media and by conspiracy theorists have elements of truth, but have been saturated by zealous novice researchers who think they are experts on this infamous group having read a few books of assumed credible authors and videos after having surfed the Internet for information. But the inner secrets go well beyond Hollywood portrayals and club claims, and beyond one particular group to know as “The Illuminati.” The information on the Internet is well saturated to blur the truth.
ORIGINS OF THE ILLUMINATI
Many assume the Illuminati refer to only a certain group founded in 1776. That is because most of the knowledge of the Illuminati come from books in 1798 and resources of that century revealing the newly formed sect of the Illuminati at the time. But more on that later.
However, the ideas of the origin of the Illuminati can be traced back to ancient times to the Ancient Mystery Religions and their bloodlines. Their roots go back to mysticism of those who have ancient origins in Mystery Religions and Mystery Schools teaching esoteric knowledge of the skills of astrology, soothsaying, divination, alchemy, hermetics, witchcraft, and other occult practices. Some trace Illuminati Mystery religions through antiquity back to the early civilizations of Egypt, Sumeria, and Babylon.
The mystics were skilled in the occult arts of the 7 sacred sciences, who formed their secret formulas and calculations based on their secretive well-guarded knowledge of the workings of the universe using their occult practices. Their power was in the secrecy of their arts, so they were protective of their craft, only teaching their knowledge through invited initiation under their fraternity fronts of their select bloodlines, and expressing them through rituals, symbolism, and body gestures. Their well-guarded secret knowledge gave leverage to the control over the workings of systems, that kept them separate from the masses by layers of secrecy carefully concealed and protected from exposure to the public.
In certain terms they are called Illuminates, who refer to those enlightened and illuminated with knowledge. Some would say they were associated with the Gnostics. The name comes from the Latin “illuminare” referring to light and illumination. The Illuminati refers to those who are “Holders of the Light,” and they are followers of the source of that Light of the Illuminated One; the Light Bearer, translated from Latin as Lucifer.
The term Illuminati is not just more modern usage. While not necessarily the name as it goes back to ancient times, the concept does. Documented usage of the term is found in the 11th century by Jachim of Floris for esoteric groups who held Illumination. Some claim it had been attributed to the Jesuits. However, we have record that historian Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo used the term in 1492 to describe the Spanish Secret Society called the Los Alumbrados – The Illuminates from Spain – who some attest were sponsored by the Rosicrucians of that time. They became a subject of target by the Inquisition in 1623 in the battle between the Catholic Church and Secret Societies.
The Illuminates adopt all ancient rituals and Mystery Religions since they regard all esoteric knowledge as valid and beneficial. That’s why so many use Kabbalah that had been shared in Secret Society circles, some of which practitioners have converted to Judaism to understand its deep meaning to acquire its practice. Eliphas Levi was a Jesuit Gentile who learned the Hebrew language and took on the guise of Judaism to acquire all that he could on Kabbalah. But the aspects of Kabbalah could go back into forms of mysticism of Babylon predating Judaism.
The Illuminates also fused this with Christianity, forming Christian mysticism. This assumes an allegorical counterfeit interpretation of the Christian scripture with their own “Elite” twist on its conclusions and meaning to unveil a mystic experience. Illuminates believe they alone have the tools and skills to properly interpret. However, Illuminates also adopt mysticism, Satanism, and the occult arts.
Their advantage in the occult knowledge and arts gave them leverage to develop education, law, science, and religion, which provided their wealth and power. And they used their ability of witchcraft and occult arts for manipulation and protection as masters of mind control, that enabled them access to control nations and systems by manipulation and influence through ideologies and the control of information using their intellect and knowledge. Their ranks are mostly reserved for the Adept levels of society, though have extended to lesser significant individuals that contributed to their cause. Sometimes they blurred their own bloodline traces by initiating obscure bloodline members into their Craft.
Those in the Illuminati bloodlines formed layers of concealment to conceal their family lines and provide Societies to recruit and initiate into levels of degrees for those they feel worthy to recruit for the agenda. The Illuminati hid behind facades like Knights Templar, Freemasons, Rosicrucians, and Jesuits, as well as founded their own subgroups of lesser known inner fraternity sects they operate within to advance their Luciferian goal.
THE BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI
When we hear the name “Illuminati” we generally refer to the branch founded in 1776 known as the bavarian Illuminati. Some consider them the Mother of all Secret Societies as they permeate all other societies. But it has become a general buzzword to describe the Elite Oligarchy Masterminds behind all modern agendas. In a manner of speaking they are, however they do not necessary operate under that title themselves these days; although some contend they still use it, especially those brought up in Illuminati families, who claim the bloodlines still refer to themselves as such.
The group we generally refer to as the Illuminati is that which was founded in 1776 under Adam Weishaupt, an ex-Jesuit professor at Ingolstadt University. Weishaupt was raised Jesuit by youth educated as a Jesuit. While it is contended he was never a Jesuit Priest, he had the reputation enough to teach Canon Law, that which was usually reserved for Adept members. He became interested and versed in Egyptian occultism influenced by a teacher of the Craft named Kolmer. When the Jesuits got banned in 1773 by Catholic Pope Clement, Weishaupt became distraught of the Catholic Church and formed an alliance against them, hoping to recruit his Jesuit comrades in opposition. However, many of the Jesuits were disgusted by Weishaupt’s attempt and disapproved of him using Jesuit tactics for a new group.
Weishaupt sought to form a plan in which all occult ideas could be reduced to one general form. The wealthy Rothschild family financed his plan to draft an outline, and they alongside him for the provisions. The Illuminati Rothschilds used Weishaupt’s aspirations to found a modern group for the collection of initiates for the advancement of a modern Centralized (One World) Government. Weishaupt brought together the high intellects of all sectors of society of his time calling them the Perfectibilists, who were the Enlightened. He officially called the group The Ancient Illuminate Seers of Bavaria, shortened to the Bavarian Illuminati, known also as Order of the Illuminati.
In 1777 Weishaupt entered the Freemasonry and subdued them from within to infect what he considered lower Order with his higher Order. He used Freemasonry to work from and used his manipulation skills to entice members sharing his views into the inner circles. He was viewed as a devil by some and diabolical in his tactics. He had influence, yet Freemasonry also already held many of the ritual aspects of the mystery religions before Weishaupt planted himself. He enticed the corrupt sects of Freemasonry with his own corrupt ways making a claim for his leadership in it. The tactic devised a way to influence their New Order of the Ages.
The Illuminati had three degrees, the Apprentice called Minerval, the Freemasons, and the Adept, which were the Mystics levels. They operated from the Lodges of Freemasonry, to initiate worthy members to higher secret inner circles of the Order to advance the agenda.
Their plan would confiscate all sectors of society to subdue them to converge towards a Centralized Government for an agenda of a New World Order and diminish the powers of the monarchies and abolish all forms of government, including religions, especially Christianity. They used their influence to persuade others of interest who would benefit their agenda, to allow them as agents of theirs to overtake all sectors of society.
ILLUMINATED FREEMASONRY
In July 1782 at the Congress of Wilhemnsbad, after lengthy negotiations between Weishaupt and members of Masonry, they came to an agreement to combine the two Orders. At this time, they also emancipated the Jews and allowed them to be admitted into the Order to benefit from their financial influence.
Freemasonry includes a Secret Society within a Secret Society with Adept levels in charge of the agenda. The outer doctrine for the consumption of the masses said Illuminism was merely a perfected Christianity in their mind. The inner doctrine for the Adept called for world conquest by any means, with Atheism and Satanism as its creed. The Illuminati adopted the Jesuit motto, “The end justifies the means.”
The goals of the Illuminati were revealed under a simple formula summarized in the following six points:
- Abolition of Monarchy and all ordered Government.
- Abolition of private property.
- Abolition of inheritance.
- Abolition of patriotism.
- Abolition of the family (i.e. of marriage and all morality , and the institution of the communal education of children).
- Abolition of all religion.
These six goals outlined actually influenced the ten tenets of Communism towards a world collectivism in which the masses surrendered to the distribution of the State.
The plan of the Illuminati was to use war and revolutions to dismantle nations and put their agents in ruling position according to Illuminati Orders. Their architects drafted carefully devised plans to infiltrate using power and influence.
All their efforts almost came to an end when on 20 July 1785, the courier of the Illuminati Johann Jakob Lanz (who worked as a priest) was mysteriously struck by lightning in Rathenburg and died. Weishaupt was with him, but retreated. Lanz intended to travel on to Berlin and Silesia and received his last instructions from Weishaupt before he died. He was on his way to meet other Illuminatus such as Robespierre before he was struck dead. He had sewn in a list of Illuminati members and some compromising papers into his priest’s robe. The local Bavarian police found other important documents at Lanz’ house, including detailed instructions for the planned French revolution and a ban of the Society was issued on August 4, 1785.
A copy of a found publication, entitled Original Writings of the Order of the Illuminati, was then forwarded to every Government of Europe, but it attracted little attention, and not taken seriously.
By 1785 the Illuminati Lodges were closed down and the Order banned, putting it seemingly out of commission, but only sending them deeper in hiding. Instead, they continued hiding deeper under the guise of the Freemasons, as well as under the cloak of other Secret Societies. It was too late to shut the Order down as they had already penetrated Freemasonry and was so well hidden within the Society that by 1782 it was said that the two beliefs were already indistinguishable.
CONCEALED UNDER ANOTHER NAME
Adam Weishaupt suggested they never be known under their own name, but concealed under many. And that they did. The Illuminati thought to have been vanished secretly only hid behind the cloak of other names. They formed what was called the Jacobin Club. Their influence in Europe crossed over into the United States and became an intending threat to the Freemason Lodges there.
Their doctrines were found to reach America and influence the American government from within the Freemason Lodges. George Washington acknowledged the warning of the Order in a letter to Mt Vernon dated October 24, 1798. It was after receiving from Rev. G.W. Snyder the work of John Robison called Proofs of a Conspiracy 
that exposed the Illuminati and their continued influence to create wars and revolutions to control governments. Seemingly the warning was denied by Washington of his acknowledgement of the infamous group. After several letters back and forth, Washington made it clear that his intentions was not denying the existence of the Illuminati and their offshoot the Jacobin Club, but that he denied their influence in American Masonic Lodges. However, he was wrong. They certainly had already penetrated the Congress and Committees in America.
The officials found plans of the Illuminati to stage a revolution in France. Even though attempts were made to warn the officials of France about the coup, they did not take the threat seriously and the French Revolution still happened as planned. That proved they still existed after their assumed demise and that warning of them was legit. And today they continue as a force to devise wars, crises, and oppressive conditions to cause people to comply with their long standing plan for a consolidated centralized One World Government. Some consider the Revolution a hoax to give the perception for the advancement of the New World Order.
Some accused that the Illuminati were Jesuits incognito, but Weishaupt came to loathe the Jesuits after their denial of his Order and seemingly rivaled them. Yet he Jesuits sprang up again reestablished under Pope Pius VII in 1814, as the Illuminati continued to operate in covert concealment.
The Order of the Illuminati used the Age of Reason and movement of the Enlightenment to rival Christianity. The group guised as their enemy in order to subdue it, a tactic of the Jesuits. Weishaupt took the cloak of Christianity in the same manner, to gain advantage to subdue the faith and infiltrate it to penetrate his weakening of it. He attracted clergy to his Order so that he could influence them away from their theistic belief and lead them towards Deism. That way he could break them from their superstitious manners, thus leading them towards Enlightenment and reason, a technique to erode the influence of the spiritual power of the Holy Spirit in Christianity.
HIERARCHY OF THE ILLUMINATI
The Illuminati concealed itself within other Secret Societies and governmental offices. A study of Secret Societies show that several exist simultaneously with the other, and that perhaps some fractions occur, as well as rivalries. However, as the pyramid at the top narrows, the smaller the members of the Adept group tightens. And at the top, the initiates have a more connected and coinciding relationship, even while rivalries seem to occur in the other sects. The lower Societies may stand as a cover of the inner circles of Adept operating deep within them. But the separate Societies also serve as a way to keep them on the same track, while not giving all power to one group, preventing any one group of people to unite to take the system under their own.
Only those narrowed at the top see the whole picture. The agenda is dictated by the Oligarchy at the top, each group even collectively are unable to unite against the guard of the Adept level. Layers of covers keep the top Elite in the shadows and separated by the knowledge to the lower initiates. The spirit controlling the whole agenda may be Lucifer himself, as even at the table of the Rothschilds they leave a seat open for the spirit of Lucifer.
Each Secret Society may have a purpose. Some Secret Societies serve as militant agents. Others as business networks. Some as religious priests. And then others control finances. Initiates of promise are drafted from various sectors of society in business, law, science, education, media, and religion. The Adept Illuminates chose worthy candidates to raise up members to assist them in their ambition of world domination. These members are generally rewarded with wealth, prestige, and high position for their cooperation. Prestigious Elite, made up of politicians, officials, dignitaries, wealthy bankers and financiers, and even business CEOs all make up the councils in which communicate to bring about their New World Order. While the lower initiates are only cooperatives relishing in its benefits of being a member and having leverage over the masses of society.
Each member is secured with promise, a piece of wealth, as well as threat. The Illuminati have ways to enslave captive the loyalty of the initiate by bribe, threat, and reward. Their breeding birth sex slaves used to entice politicians, businessmen, officials, even clergy to comply with the agenda. Not all who are put in a role or given a position have complete knowledge of their purpose. Some actually have been groomed a long time and indoctrinated with the drive for their purpose.
A pyramid ironically illustrates their hierarchy system.
At the bottom are the masses, the goyim of human cattle laboring in menial humanitarian tasks.
Next up are the educators, media, entertainment levels of indoctrination.
After that officers, police, and administration.
Above them are the agencies who correlate and manage below.
Next are the think-tank groups of world thinkers.
Then perhaps affiliates, International Bankers and Adept controllers.
Just below the tip may be the initiate bloodlines and Oligarchy families.
If we are to imagine the top capstone, we should recognize an invisible council of principalities and powers of world structure and control. Of course the scripture says it is Satan who is the god of this world (2Cor 4:4). Perhaps Satan, who is Lucifer, sits at the top.
The structure can also be seen as divided by councils. I put this list together based on the consensus of reports and my own determination. The groups may vary among sources as to which they fall under, but generally this will give you an idea of the overall structure.
A mass of agents who work under these groups serve as laborers. While not numbered or put into any of the following groups, these are the indoctrinated educators, politicians, businessmen, attorneys, media personalities, Entertainers, etc who contribute to the overall agenda, either knowingly or unknowingly.
3500 members – including top members of media, entertainment, politics, science and law under the Club of Rome, United Nations, CFR, Trilateral, and Bilderberg may be in the largest segment, some of which privileged to adopt into Illuminati circles. Collectively they operate as a vast master network under the next layers of Illuminati control. The sectors of society are controlled by their influence of promises, bribes, and threats. The “Deep State” that some might identify with operate within them.
Committee of 300 – illicit and lower bloodlines of Illuminati families to produce Illuminati slaves, breeders, and social agents under control. These upper bloodlines consider others as “bottom feeders.” They operate through the other lower councils. The grand initiates become a layer of concealment for the higher Adept Oligarchy, though have power as well as are direct contributors of the Oligarchy, influenced by them. They have control over the other lower levels lead the policies and agenda through the other agencies.
Council of 33 – next important bloodline families, likely bankers and top Elite, who are more important and controlling. They have power over the system as a whole, operating their agents under them.
Council of 13 – the main bloodlines families, such as the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Duponts, Van Duyn, Astors, Kennedys, Collins, Reynolds, and others who are known, but not realized by the masses, that have ties to ancient bloodlines. These may be the most influential top Elitists who have come from pure lines of tribes and families tracing back to days of antiquity.
Council of 9, 7, and 3 – This is an unspoken of Elite group narrowing to the top controllers of spiritual powers of darkness operating the workers of iniquity that have only been suspected and speculated. Their identity is unsure. Some believe them to be Italian Black Nobility using Jesuit control of Vatican. Others believe them to be Jews who are extensions of the Pharisee control using Jewry. However, since there is really no single bloodline family we can trace in control of everyone, this Top Secret Council is speculated and assumed. The top peek is likely controlled by spiritual demonic hierarchies. I believe them to be of the very top secretive Illuminati bloodlines operating with spiritual control of the spirits of principalities.
At the very top of the pyramid is the spirit of antichrist, Lucifer (Satan) himself the puppet master of rebellion, who intends on sitting on the throne of the Most High (Isaiah 14). All Luciferian organizations, like Lucis Trust, Freemasons, etc honor Lucifer to be enthroned.
GOAL OF THE ILLUMINATI
The goal of the Illuminati is total world control. In his book Proofs of a Conspiracy, John Robison explained how Weishaupt’s Illuminati conspired to involve members in an elaborate plan to abolish all religions and overthrow monarchies and all existing governments in which the Order would control under a consolidated Centralized World Government. While some were not threatened, thinking the group had no real power, others issued warnings about the group continuing.
They have been devising consolidation of Centralized government for One World Government since the beginning of time, that includes a One World Religion as continuing the plan of Nimrod completing the Tower of Babel through the Babylonian System. The model is still used for their plan for Utopian World Government. And the allegorical enthroning of Lucifer is a personification of the power of their plan. While some Illuminates simply consider this an allegory, higher Adept level initiates of ancient bloodlines take seriously the goal to bring their leader, who is Lucifer, to the throne. Some groups intend to usher in Lucifer to rule the earth, ruling with him, to live in immortal Utopia after having overcome God in heaven and avoid the judgment planned for them.
In order to get the public on board without resisting, they operate through political means, philosophies, religions and ideologies. They develop ideologies like Communism and Socialism as tools of indoctrination to control the masses to rely on them for dependency, as well as use political means to legislate their Luciferian doctrine through a cover of policies.
Illuminates do not seem to have an ethical moral conscious as mere citizens do. They believe in their motto “the end justifies the means,” which means to accomplish their agenda by any means possible, and any means for their goal is admirable. People of causality for this goal is merely normal practice and expected. They may create tension, chaos, and even crisis to have a platform for further control. And can sway nations through wars and revolutions. Even though they consider the public as “human cattle” and disposable, they tend to gain public compliance and unwitting participation that has an element of witchcraft and magic that is used to increase the energy of their ritual magic.
Also a primary goal is to erode the influence of Christianity and cast it out as superstition. Lucifer drives their rebellion, which is in opposition to the things of God. That in order to accept the offer of Lucifer to rule the kingdoms of the world with him.
And of course the ultimate agenda of World Government for a New World Order. The Illuminati goals and that of Lucifer are one and the same. Lucifer operates using the Elite through Enlightenment. As Lucifer challenges the nations and threatens to sit on the throne of the Most High, his followers are promised a prestigious place in his kingdom (Isaiah 14). But the devil comes only to maim, kill, and destroy. His means is to blind the eyes of the people that they do not see the glory of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Of course, this plan will not come to full fruition as if they have power over God. While they believe themselves to be gods, and certainly appease the power of their god Lucifer, their plans are limited to the boundaries set by Almighty God and will unfold as intended according to biblical prophecy. They will be allowed a certain accomplishment of their fulfillment, but it will be cut short as Jesus Christ will return to put an end to the kingdom built by man and their father the devil before it finalizes. But they continue because they are driven by Satan himself, and he thinks he can accomplish his plans and overthrow God Almighty. In the end God will have His purpose fulfilled.
So in summary, the Illuminati has been attributed to a specific group in modern times since 1776, but has been identified as early as the 15th century and even back to the 12th century. They are an Order of certain family bloodlines transcending ages linking all Secret Societies, yet being the overseers of all those underneath. A group consisting of families claiming to have a bloodline tracing back to Jesus, back to the Jews, but going back to ancient religions through Egypt, Sumerian, through Babylon, and right to the seed of Lucifer as his heirs. So you see how easy it is to think they are of one group of one age using one name. The names change, but the spirit of Lucifer is one common they share, despite which you take claim for the credit.
Ancient Mystery Religions
Gnostics
Kabbalists
Knights Templar
Freemasons
Rosicrucians
Los Alumbrados
Jesuits
Order of the Quest
Illuminati (Bavarian)
Jacobin Club
Skull and Bones
Round Table
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Theosophical Society / Lucis Trust
Sources
William Still. New World Order, pg 39
Nesta Webster. World Revolution
“Signastern”, Collected Documents, Volume 5, 1805, p. 266
John Robison. Proofs of a Conspiracy, 1798