9. The Illuminati: Subverting the Body Politic
Why this attack against our body politic?
In 1785, a bolt of lightning struck a courier en route to Paris from
Frankfort-on-the-Main. A tract written by Adam Weishaupt, founder of
the Illuminati, "Original Shift in Days of Illuminations," was
recovered from the dead messenger, containing the secret society's
long-range plan for "The New World Order through world revolution".
The Bavarian Government outlawed the society and in 1787 published the
details of The Illuminati conspiracy in "The Original Writings of the
Order and Sect of the Illuminati."
In Adam Weishaupt's own words:
"By this plan, we shall direct all mankind in this manner. And, by the
simplest means, we shall set all in motion and in flames. The
occupations must be so allotted and contrived that we may, in secret,
influence all political transactions."
There is disagreement among scholars as to whether or not the
Illuminati survived its banishment. Nevertheless, the group had been
quite successful in attracting members and had allied itself with the
extensive Masonic networks.
The Illuminati was publicly founded May 1, 1776 at the University of
Ingolstadt by Weishaupt, Professor of Canon Law. It was a very
"learned" society; Weishaupt drew the earliest members of his new
order from among his students.
On December 5, 1776, students at William and Mary College founded a
secret society, Phi Beta Kappa. A second chapter was formed, at Yale,
in 1780. The anti-Masonic movement in the United States during the
1820s held groups such as Phi Beta Kappa in a bad light. Because of
pressure, the society went public. This is noted by some researchers
as the direct cause of the appearance of Yale's Order of Skull and
Bones.
In "The Cyclopedia Of Fraternities", a genealogical chart of general
Greek-Letter college fraternities in the United States, shows Phi Beta
Kappa as "the parent of all the fraternal systems in [American] higher
education." There is only one "side" lineal descendant: the Yale
chapter of 1780. The line then continues to Skull and Bones in 1832,
and on through the other "only at Yale" senior societies, Scroll & Key
and Wolf's Head.
Phi Beta Kappa is the "first three Greek letters, for 'Philosophia
Biou Kubernetes' or 'Love of wisdom, the helmsman of life'." A skull
homophone is scull, a quick, gliding boat and part of Skull & Bones
first nomenclature.
John Robison, a professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh
University in Scotland and a member of a Freemason Lodge, said that he
was asked to join the Illuminati. After study, he concluded the
purposes of the Illuminati were not for him.
In 1798, he published a book called "Proofs Of A Conspiracy":
"An association has been formed for the express purpose of rooting out
all the religious establishments and overturning all the existing
governments.... the leaders would rule the World with uncontrollable
power, while all the rest would be employed as tools of the ambition
of their unknown superiors."
"Proofs of A Conspiracy" was sent to George Washington. Responding to
the sender of the book with a letter, the president said he was aware
the Illuminati were in America. He felt that the Illuminati had
"diabolical tenets" and that their object was "a separation of the
People from their government."
In "Proofs Of A Conspiracy", Robison printed the ceremony of
initiation of the "Regent degree" in Illuminism. In it "a skeleton is
pointed out to him [the initiate], at the feet of which are laid a
crown and a sword. He is asked 'whether that is the skeleton of a
king, nobleman or a beggar.' As he cannot decide, the president of the
meeting says to him, 'The character of being a man is the only one
that is importance'".
This is, essentially, the same as the writing in the Skull & Bones
"tomb":
"Wer war der Thor, wer Weiser, Bettler oder Kaiser? Ob Arm, ob Reich,
im Tode gleich."
Which reads:
"Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or
rich, all's the same in death."
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