[size="4"][color="#008080"]Part XI [/color][/size][size="4"][color="#008080"][size="2"](of XIII)[/size][/color][/size][size="4"][color="#008080"] [/color][/size]ââ¬â [size="2"]adapted transcript of The Capitalist Conspiracy (by G. Edward Griffin), a 1969 documentary[/size]
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[/floatleft]In Bavaria, the year 1786, acting on a tip from an informer, police raided the home of a prominent attorney named von Zwack. They seized documents and letters revealing that he was a high ranking member of an extensive conspiracy called the Order of the llluminati.
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[/floatright]Over the centuries, forms of the word Illuminati, meaning "the enlightened ones," have been used by many secret sects and occult organizations. Most prominent among these were the Illumbrados of Spain, the Guerinets of France, and the Roshaniya of Afghanistan. But these were concerned primarily with psychological and spiritual objectives, a proclaimed inner wisdom and mind-mastery of the secrets of the universe. The conspiracy exposed in Bavaria was of an entirely different order.
The Illuminati was founded on May 1, 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, a professor at Ingolstadt University. Weishaupt obviously had been a serious student of the occult, for many of its bizarre features and symbols were incorporated into his organization.
Weishaupt had been active in the Masonic Lodges of Germany, and found in them the perfect vehicle for recruiting into his secret order, which he described publically as the highest level of Freemasonry. The Illuminati was formally incorporated into the Masonic Lodges at the Congress of Wilhelmsbad in 1780. It should be noted that Freemasonry in England and America historically is quite different. Its members are characterized by the highest standards of integrity. Nevertheless, it is a fact that from 1780 on, the Illuminati did flourish as a parasite at the highest levels of the Masonic movement in Europe, especially the Grand Orient Lodges of France.
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[size="2"]Within the Illuminati, there were eight conspiratorial
rings. Only when the member advanced to the
level of Presbyter or "Priest" was he allowed finally
to see the ultimate goals of the Order. They were
(1) humanism and (2) world government ruled from
behind the scenes by the Illuminated Ones.[/size][/floatright]There were eight conspiratorial ring within rings advancing from the outermost "Novice" inward to "Rex" or King." The king, of course, was Weishaupt, himself, who had adopted the code name "Sparticus." Those in the outer rings were told that the grand purpose of the Order was "to make of the human race, without any distinction of nation, condition, or profession, one good and happy family."
But by the time the member had advanced to the level of "Presbyter" or "Priest" his oath of absolute secrecy and obedience had become deadly serious. Only then was he allowed finally to see the ultimate goal of the order. It was the destruction of all religion replaced by the worship of reason or humanism; and the destruction of all independent governments, replaced by a new world order ââ¬â a world government ruled from behind the scenes by the Illuminated Ones. Needless to say, most members were never allowed to see these goals.
In the words of Adam Weishaupt himself:
[indent]These good folk swell our numbers and fill our money-box. Set yourselves to work: these gentlemen must be made to nibble at the bait ... But this sort of people must always be made to believe that the grade they have reached is the last ...
The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see in it the true and genuine sense of the Christian religion! O, mortal man, is there anything that you cannot be made to believe?
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Stay tuned...
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[/floatleft]In Bavaria, the year 1786, acting on a tip from an informer, police raided the home of a prominent attorney named von Zwack. They seized documents and letters revealing that he was a high ranking member of an extensive conspiracy called the Order of the llluminati.[floatright]
[/floatright]Over the centuries, forms of the word Illuminati, meaning "the enlightened ones," have been used by many secret sects and occult organizations. Most prominent among these were the Illumbrados of Spain, the Guerinets of France, and the Roshaniya of Afghanistan. But these were concerned primarily with psychological and spiritual objectives, a proclaimed inner wisdom and mind-mastery of the secrets of the universe. The conspiracy exposed in Bavaria was of an entirely different order.The Illuminati was founded on May 1, 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, a professor at Ingolstadt University. Weishaupt obviously had been a serious student of the occult, for many of its bizarre features and symbols were incorporated into his organization.
Weishaupt had been active in the Masonic Lodges of Germany, and found in them the perfect vehicle for recruiting into his secret order, which he described publically as the highest level of Freemasonry. The Illuminati was formally incorporated into the Masonic Lodges at the Congress of Wilhelmsbad in 1780. It should be noted that Freemasonry in England and America historically is quite different. Its members are characterized by the highest standards of integrity. Nevertheless, it is a fact that from 1780 on, the Illuminati did flourish as a parasite at the highest levels of the Masonic movement in Europe, especially the Grand Orient Lodges of France.
[floatright]
[size="2"]Within the Illuminati, there were eight conspiratorial
rings. Only when the member advanced to the
level of Presbyter or "Priest" was he allowed finally
to see the ultimate goals of the Order. They were
(1) humanism and (2) world government ruled from
behind the scenes by the Illuminated Ones.[/size][/floatright]There were eight conspiratorial ring within rings advancing from the outermost "Novice" inward to "Rex" or King." The king, of course, was Weishaupt, himself, who had adopted the code name "Sparticus." Those in the outer rings were told that the grand purpose of the Order was "to make of the human race, without any distinction of nation, condition, or profession, one good and happy family."
But by the time the member had advanced to the level of "Presbyter" or "Priest" his oath of absolute secrecy and obedience had become deadly serious. Only then was he allowed finally to see the ultimate goal of the order. It was the destruction of all religion replaced by the worship of reason or humanism; and the destruction of all independent governments, replaced by a new world order ââ¬â a world government ruled from behind the scenes by the Illuminated Ones. Needless to say, most members were never allowed to see these goals.
In the words of Adam Weishaupt himself:
[indent]These good folk swell our numbers and fill our money-box. Set yourselves to work: these gentlemen must be made to nibble at the bait ... But this sort of people must always be made to believe that the grade they have reached is the last ...
The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see in it the true and genuine sense of the Christian religion! O, mortal man, is there anything that you cannot be made to believe?
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Stay tuned...