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The nine circles of Freemasonry-Illuminati-Satanism according to contemporary conspiracy theories. From Facebook.

05/31/2022 Massimo Introvigne

The Ninth Circle, QAnon, and Clotilde Bersone: A New-Old Conspiracy Theory. 1. What Is the Ninth Circle?

New conspiracy theorists have revamped an old story about Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and Satanists, accusing among others Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth.

The original Illuminati: New World Order card game, 1984. From Twitter.

11/26/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth and Reality. 9. “Illuminati” and Political Controversy, from Jefferson to Trump

The first national Illuminati scare in the U.S. was in 1798–99. The most recent one is still going on.

The exhibition on the Appenzell Illuminati at Appenzeller Volkskunde-Museum Stein, 2017–18. Source: LAShTAL.

11/25/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth and Reality. 8. The End of the “Second” Illuminati

After World War II, the Illuminati order survived in Switzerland and remained in Outer Appenzell until 2008.

William Wynn Westcott, the Golden Dawn’s co-founder who went to Germany in 1902 in search of the Illuminati. Credits.

11/24/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth and Reality. 7. The Golden Dawn and the World League of the Illuminati

In 1902, before becoming “international,” the “second” Illuminati met a much more famous esoteric organization, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

Das Wort, after it became the “Organ of the Order of the Illuminati.” Source: IAPSOP.

11/23/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth and Reality. 6. The Second Illuminati

In 1901, the second real Order of the Illuminati was founded by Reuss and Engel. But its claims of historical continuity with the Bavarian Illuminati quickly collapsed.

Jakob Lorber.

11/22/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth And Reality. 5. The Lorber Connection

The defunct Illuminati of Bavaria were revived by esoteric author Leopold Engel, who injected in the order references to Austrian visionary Jakob Lorber.

John Robison, portrait by Henry Raeburn (1756–1823).

11/19/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth and Reality. 4. How the Legend Was Created

Calvinist Scottish author John Robison and French ex-Jesuit Augustin Barruel falsely argued that the Illuminati were behind the French Revolution.

Portrait of Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, by Eberhard Siegfried Henne (1759–1828) after Johann Ernst Heinsius (1731–1794).

11/18/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth and Reality. 3. The Political Turn of the Bavarian Illuminati

In the 1780s, the Illuminati tried to promote a political conspiracy. They were quickly discovered and liquidated by the Bavarian police.

The owl of Minerva perched on a book, a symbol of the minerval degree of the Illuminati.

11/17/2021 Massimo Introvigne

The Illuminati, Myth and Reality. 2. A Small Bavarian Secret Society Grows

Thanks to a new adept, Baron von Knigge, the Bavarian Illuminati grew into a substantial Masonic organization, recruiting princes and leading intellectuals.

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