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Illuminati
The Illuminati, originally called The Order of Perfectibilists , was a freethinker
society founded in 1776 in Bavaria by a man named Adam Weishaupt. Among the
group's goals were the opposition of prejudice, superstition, and abuse of political
power. In the universe that rational people agree to recognize as reality, the
Illuminati ceased to exist in 1787, after Charles Theodore, Prince-Elector of Bavaria,
had the group banned for conduct inciting people to rebel against state authority
and ordered the publication of some of the organization's secret writings. (The
actual doctrines of the Illuminati, in English translation, have been published under
the title The Secret School of Wisdom, Lewis Masonic 2015.)
In the parallel universe where the likes of Henry Makow and David Icke hang their
hats (and the snakes living therein), they not only have continued to exist, but have
developed such enormous capacity for secrecy, power, and control that the
complete absence of evidence for their existence, power, and control ...proves their
existence, power, and control.
Contents [hide]

Special pages

1 The legend

Printable version

2 Keeping the fire alive

Permanent link

3 The liars get on board

The most boring logo for

an evil organization ever.[1]

4 Illuminati in popular culture

4.1 Easter eggs in the media
5 Falsifiability

Some dare call it

6 YouTube

Conspiracy

7 See also
8 External links
9 Footnotes

The legend

[edit]

The spread of the Illuminati legend and continued belief in them today can be traced
back to the book Proofs of a Conspiracy by John Robinson, a 1798 anti-Freemasonry
book (the Freemasons and Illuminati are often regarded as one and the same by
conspiracy theorists). Proofs of a Conspiracy has become a source of inspiration to
many conspiracy theorists since its initial publication and has been reprinted by,
among others, the John Birch Society. Many contemporary variations of the Illuminati
conspiracy portray them as a controlling influence in the New World Order. Another
influential series was Mmoires pour Servir a l'Histoire du Jacobinisme by Abb
Augustin de Barruel (1799).

Keeping the fire alive

[edit]

What THEY don't want

you to know!
Dag Hammarskjld
Eustace Mullins
False flag operation
Sorcha Faal
Timothy McVeigh
White genocide
Sheeple wakers
Boris Malagurski
Godlike Productions

The alleged continued existence of the "Illuminati" looms large in many conspiracy
theories, tall tales by evangelical Satanic Panic-fakers like Mike Warnke and John
Todd, crank anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic writings, pseudolaw theories, etc.
Depending on which version of the "Illuminati" story one believes, they are either a

Illuminati News
Jill Stein
Pravda.ru
Salvador Borrego

Satanic, Masonic, Zionist, atheist, reptilian,[1] or secular financial conspiracy. Despite

v-t-e
the many different versions of the conspiracy theory, proponents of each version
claim to have evidence that theirs is correct. The Illuminati secretly control world events and their symbol, the

all-seeing eye, is on the back of the U.S. $1 bill. This belief, in whatever version, is patently ridiculous but it
persists. When the Founding Fathers designed the Great Seal, the all-seeing eye was proposed by members of
design committees who were not Freemasons (since conspiracy theorists regard Freemasons and the Illuminati
to be practically the same). It was also not named the "all-seeing eye," as the cranks believe, but rather the "eye
of providence"[2][3] , a symbol for God[4] .
Several 20th century conspiracy theory books such as those by William Guy Carr, Nesta Webster, and Des Griffin
combined John Robinson's allegations about the Illuminati and Freemasonry with those of the hoax book, The
Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, to come up with an explicitly anti-Semitic version of the Illuminati theory.
Jack Chick and Alberto Rivera on the other hand promoted an anti-Roman Catholic variant of the theory, alleging
that the Illuminati project was a creation of the Vatican.
Pat Robertson's version, on the other hand, is just plain weird, since it somehow touches on both the French
Revolution and gay marriage.[5]
Robertson, it seems, has company among other theocratic media weirdo personalities. Rick Wiles is under the
impression that the Illuminati are not only linked to the 9/11 attacks but that the new One World Trade Center is
actually a tribute to what he terms the "Free Mason/Illuminati New World Order".[6]

The liars get on board

[edit]

Mike Warnke and John Todd, mentioned above, are two fake "ex-Satanist" Protestant evangelists. They have both
described the Illuminati as the highest level of Satanism. Warnke claimed he learned of the Illuminati when
attending a high-level conference of Satanists and Witches, shortly before he dropped out of Satanism to join the
Navy and convert to Christianity. Todd claimed to have been a member of the Illuminati himself, which he said
was a high council of druids secretly working to destroy Christianity and make witchcraft the official religion of
the United States. Belief in the Illuminati as a Satanic conspiracy continues to be held by many evangelical
Christians, despite both Warnke and Todd being exposed as frauds.
To the true believer, exposing them as frauds only goes to show how far the Illuminati are willing to go to malign
opponents.
To this day there are many Youtube videos of people claiming to be "ex-Illuminati" members, whistleblowers, etc.
The only problem is why there are so many. Why don't the Illuminati take these videos down? Oh, something as
simple as an auto correct of "NWO" to "NOW" in the comments section will make people say the Illuminati don't
want people to know about the NWO, but they refuse to take down people who are blatantly saying they exist!
Another problem is that all the stories have contradictions with each other. You would think these guys would be
telling the same story, but no two stories are the same!

Illuminati in popular culture

[edit]

The Illuminati play a role in books like Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! trilogy, Dan
Brown's The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, and the joke religion of
Discordianism.
The theory is also the basis of a kick-ass card game put out by Steve Jackson Games
not to mention video games that flat out depict the Illuminati as either an actual
faction or even a playable one, such as Funcom's "The Secret World".

fnord has a better idea.

The Illuminati are "well-known" to be behind Hollywood[7] and the Ford Motor Company[8] . It would seem that
just about any organization you can name has been accused of being an Illuminati front.
Today, some people think their secrets can be found on the deep web.

Easter eggs in the media

[edit]

According to the theories, the Illuminati also have a "tendency" to put

hidden symbols and clues to their existence around the world, and on
money, for no apparent reason[9] . Nearly every popular culture icon,
including television shows, politicians, musicians and any celebrity,
are said to be somehow connected to the Illuminati in some way, from
something as normal as a triangle [10] to a hand sign[11][12] . Maybe it's
because they want you to know their evil plans, or maybe it's because
they're bored at their broadcasting job[13] .
Probably the best example of this would be Tupac Shakur, whose last
album issued before his death, entitled The Don Killuminati: The Seven

Katy Perry has the Eye of Horus in her

"Dark Horse" music video, which is
obviously somehow related to the Illuminati.
Gasp!

Day Theory, led to many theories[14] . The word "killuminati" (a

portmanteau of the words "kill" and "Illuminati") is interpreted as Pac
saying that he is speaking out against them and killing Illuminati, the truth being that he heard about them in
prison and used logic something the majority of these conspiracy nuts lack to point out that: "If this
organisation is so secret, how the fuck does everyone know about it?" [15] There is also the claim that Tupac

faked his death and will be coming back (since 2003[16] )[17] . This is mainly because, a while before he died,
Tupac was planning on permanently changing his rap name to Makaveli after the 15-16th century writer Niccol
Machiavelli.
An equally good example would be rapper Jay-Z, who is supposedly very high in the Illuminati's hierarchy of
celebrities. The hand gesture that he flashes has been cited as "proof" (in a very, very loose sense of the word)

even though it's meant to represent the diamond of Roc-a-fella Records and is thrown up as frequently as the
"East" or "West" hand signs. Some have compared it to that Temple of Astarte logo[18] . He is also accused of
selling his soul, amongst other things[19] . As with Tupac, theorists just turn to bullshit to prove their points,
interpreting that the name of his newborn daughter, Blue Ivy, backwards (Yvi Eulb) is Latin for "Lucifer's
daughter," even though there is nothing to imply this [20] . (Even the Church of Satan debunks this! [21] Jay Z has
denied all these claims; his response to the conspiracy theorists can be heard in Rick Ross's song "Free
Mason"[22] .
It can be very difficult to find anyone who isn't actually connected with the Illuminati. All of the claimed
affiliations involve an occult symbol in a music video or photo (usually the "all-seeing eye", the Star of David, or
a Pentagram). This is most likely to get people talking and get publicity. For example, if Rihanna has a
newspaper cutout that says "Princess of the Illuminati" in a music video, millions of people will go and watch the
video. In fact, there are even whole websites like this that are dedicated to finding pop stars who are part of
the Illuminati. Basically, everyone.
Michael Jackson is a very interesting case. One faction of the conspiracy community considers him a member of
the Illuminati, employed to brainwash the public. Another faction, however, says that Jackson was not a member,
but actually was fighting to expose their control of the music industry and media. Jackson was supposedly killed
for this very reason. Either way, the theorists have all the bases covered.
Spelling Illuminati in reverse and entering it as an URL leads to the NSA website[23] . This is merely someone
purchasing that domain and redirecting it to a government website as "inconclusive proof" even though anyone
can do so. [24] .
And, finally, there is the trend of blaming the Illuminati for the death of apparently anybody with any degree of
fame. This is usually explained as the assassination of those who were just about to expose the conspiracy, or as
one of the Illuminati's ritualistic, demonic "sacrifices"[25] .
When so-called symbolism is refuted, the Conspiracy theorist usually says that the Illuminati "created" that
refutation as a cover-up to make the symbolism less blatant[26] .
One has to wonder... If the Illuminati controlled all the media, why won't they censor websites likePrisonPlanet
and Vigilant Citizen? There are whole websites dedicated to "exposing" the Illuminati, but those are generally left
alone!
There are many YouTube videos claiming that a popular singer has "sold their soul" to the Devil. However, there
are four major problems with this:
The cited celebrity could be joking.
The video could have been taken out of context to omit what that celebrity really meant.
Most titles of these videos are misleading.
And the most obvious and common:
The celebrity could have been speaking metaphorically[27] .
One popular type of YouTube video is to cherrypick what celebrities say in speeches, and shoehorn the Illuminati
into it, even when the Illuminati have nothing to do with what they're saying [28] .
If the UN even ACKNOWLEDGES a music video, then, that video is Illuminati[29] .
Celebrities are getting a lot of attention from this, so they're getting less and less subtle with the imagery.
Rihanna went as far as to have a music video with the words "Illuminati Princess", and of course Mark Dice
caught on to this before anyone else[30] . Lady Gaga is taking advantage of it to the point where she is starting to
claim she's having dreams about the Illuminati though what she is exactly dreaming about varies[31][32] .
Celebs are even going so far as to use terms such as "I swear to Lucifer" instead of "I swear to God"[33] , and Katy
Perry jokes about selling her soul to the Devil[34] .
When Amy Winehouse was killed, CTs made a big deal of how she made a joke of refusing to "be molded into a
triangle" in her last interview [35] . Of course, coincidences happen all the time, so this isn't exactly proof on its
own.
Often, theories will be made of symbolism over speculation. For example, when Kim Kardashian was undecided
on what to name her baby, everyone decided to throw in their shoehorning[36] . Only, they were blatantly wrong
and didn't even get the name right.
The Deus Ex series of games features the Illuminati, though they are constantly fighting other shadowy
organizations at the same time, like the UN New World Order, or the Knights Templar, or a Corporate Takeover of
Earth or something, or FEMA death camps (or were those run by the Illuminati?).

Falsifiability

[edit]

Unsurprisingly, whenever anyone tries to show evidence against the Illuminati, or refute bogus evidence for the
Illuminati, said person is called a shill to spread disinformation,[37] or that the evidence against them was
created by the Illuminati to keep people from believing they exist. This makes the theory unfalsifiable.

YouTube

[edit]

YouTube is the only website where you can blow the whistle and expose The Powers That Be without worrying

about being assassinated. Due to this, it is advised that you only use Youtube[38] as a source, as you don't have
to worry about misinfo.
Seriously, though; YouTube is a horrible place to get evidence for well, anything. It's probably THE largest
repository of crank videos, despite the fact that Google is often accused of being in the cahoots with the
Illuminati. It's a great place to find conspiracy documentaries and even lower-quality homemade ones. Some are
as little as two-minute long montages of Mainstream Media,[39] most stretch across about three hours of
content, and a select few can be tens of hours long!
The bad thing about YouTube is that it actually gives nutjobs a way to get to otherwise sane, yet weak-minded
skeptics. The type of "evidence" can range from a celebrity almost as crazy as them claiming the Illuminati
exist,[40] those celebrity's siblings claiming the same,[41] and pretty much everything else. Expect every
interview by the POTUS/Google/UN to be quote-mined, and expect a shit-ton of Illuminati whistle blowers too
(And every other Conspiracy Theory too, actually). Actor Randy Quaid, one of the makers of these videos,
attempted but failed to claim asylum in Canada on the basis that the Illuminati-based "Hollywood Star Whackers"
were after him.[42][43]
Yes, these people can be fun to watch sometimes, but dear god, please tread lightly, don't stay for too long, and
make sure you aren't logged in if you absolutely must watch these videos. And you'll probably be better off if you
steer clear from the comments, but that generally applies to any YouTube video that has comments anyway.

See also

[edit]

New World Order

Trilateral Commission
Joseph "Doc" Marquis
Mark Dice: claims to have written the "ultimate book" exposing the Illuminati, The Illuminati Facts And Fiction.
And you MUST buy this, or else you're a brain dead zombie.

External links

[edit]

Illumination: the Secret Religion , a bunch of nutjobs "people dissatisfied with the Old World Order" who
apparently are trying to start a new religious and/or ideological movement claiming the title of the Illuminati.
Catholic Encyclopedia entry on the Illuminati
Weird Al Yankovic reveals the truth.
ZOMG leaked video definite prewf

Footnotes

[edit]

1. All hail!
2. Eye in the Pyramid , Masonic Service Association
3. The Eye of Providence
4. And this is not even the symbol of the Illuminati, the actual symbol of the Illumimati was an owl with an olive
branch in it's beak. Well now conspiracy theorists still have something to freak out over, but alas, every time a
simple triangle appears in the next Kesha video, that's apparently "evidence" Christians are in control of the media!
5. Robertson: Gay Marriage Advocates, Following In Steps of Illuminati, Out to Destroy God and Family
Watch
6. Wiles Links 9/11 to the Illuminati , Dispatches from the Culture Wars

, Right Wing

7. http://illuminatiwatchdog.blogspot.com/ Illuminati Watchdog: The Lego Movie: Building for the Illuminati One Brick
at a Time
8. Illuminati Watchdog: Drive Your Way to Hell in a Ford
9. Well, for no reasons that actually make sense, anyway. Cranks claim that the symbols are put there to somehow
brainwash people into accepting the coming Illuminati reign.
10. As parodied here.
11. SATAN`S NBA ILLUMINATI
12. Bonus points if they add a PSeudohistory of it or (Insert occultist) does it.
13. http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/media/214739-illuminati-conspiracy-news-hidden
14. The album's title have led to claims that Tupac chose the title as a way of saying that he would die in seven days
even though the time between him getting shot and dying was six days (the night of September 7th - afternoon of
September 13th). Tupac actually chose the title to reference that the album was recorded and mixed in a relatively
short period of seven days.
15. Those aren't his words, but it's what he meant; Tupac never believed in the Illuminati. [1]
16. Every once in a while people push back the guess a few years.
17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN3mGkyCw24 OMFG TUPAC IS ALIVE!
18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_hqQZVffQ
19. "Illuminati Musical Satanism: The Documentary"
20. https://translate.google.com/#auto/la/Lucifer%27s%20daughter
21. http://www.ibtimes.com/eulb-yvi-carter-church-satan-debunks-lucifers-daughter-rumors-about-beyonces-babyblue-ivy-carter
22. Jay-Z Slams Spirituality Accusations on Rick Ross' "Free Mason"
23. Welcome to the National Security Agency!
24. A simple "WHOIS" search reveals the owner of "itanimulli.com" to be John Fenley of Provo, Utah. [2]
they usually claim that the Illuminati only wanted to make it seem like a hoax. Yep, unfalsifiable.
25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CvIvC64EA
26. As shown in the post by MelloStein
27. an example of a metaphor
28. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ttk5J60y6E

A recent example

, although,

29. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRIOyU-9z34

OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE!!

30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=BsTjrVCkN80&src_vid=zzakoTVZlE0&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_2611956119
31. http://www.rap-up.com/2010/06/24/lady-gaga-shares-illuminati-dream/
32. http://bossip.com/261371/lady-gaga-confesses-to-having-illuminati-dreams-the-devil-tells-me-if-you-want-yourfamily-to-be-ok-then-you-will-cut-your-wrist/
33. http://illuminatiwatcher.com/lady-gaga-admits-satanic-worship-on-jimmy-kimmel/
34. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzakoTVZlE0
35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZsaFbVRG2Y
36. http://illuminatiwatcher.com/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-illuminati-baby-name/
37. " Joe Rogan is a SHILL because he doesn't believe in the same crackpot conspiracy theories as I do"
38. Or any popular conspiracy pundit that isn't a shill In other words none of them
39. Example
40. Martin Lawrence for an example (That is an unfortunately high number too)
41. La Toya Jackson claimed Michael Jackson wasn't overdosed, but Conrad Murray was framed
42. Hollywood star Randy Quaid arrested trying to enter US

(October 10, 2015) Yahoo News/AFP.

43. Santa Barbara County seeks to extradite actor Randy Quaid, wife on warrants
2015) Los Angeles Times.

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