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FINAL WARNING: A HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER

CHAPTER ONE

THE ILLUMINATI

When you talk about tracing the origin of an organization which is
controlling the destiny of the world, it's obvious that you have to start at
a period which would allow a movement of this magnitude, time to ferment.
Changes like the ones which have, and are occurring do not take place
overnight. We are dealing with a group which must have been growing for a
long period of time, in order to obtain the power and influence necessary to
achieve the global control now being exercised. When you think of it, in
that context, there is such a group.

The leader of this group was a man named, Dr. Adam Weishaupt, who was born
on February 6, 1748, the son of a Jewish rabbi. When his father died in
1753, he was converted to Catholicism by Baron Johann Adam Ickstatt, who
turned the early training of the boy over to the Jesuits. Ickstatt, in 1742,
had been appointed by the Jesuits to be the curator of the University in
order to reorganize it. He had retired in 1765, but still controlled its
policies.

Although Weishaupt later became a priest, he developed a distinct hatred for
the Jesuits, and became an atheist. Given access to the private library of
Ickstatt, his Godfather, the young man became interested in the works of the
French philosophers, and studied law, economics, politics, and history. One
such philosopher, Voltaire(1694-1778), a revolutionary who held liberal
religious views, had written in a letter to King Frederick II("the Great", a
Mason): "Lastly, when the whole body of the Church should be sufficiently
weakened and infidelity strong enough, the final blow (is) to be dealt by
the sword of open, relentless persecution. A reign of terror (is) to be
spread over the whole earth, and...continue while a Christian should be
found obstinate enough to adhere to Christianity." It is believed that
Weishaupt got his ideas concerning the destruction of the Church from
Voltaire's writings. He studied in France, where he met Robespierre(who
later led the French Revolution), and became friends with a few people in
the French Royal Court. It is believed, that through these contacts, he was
introduced to Satanism.

He graduated from the Bavarian University in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1768. He
served four years as a tutor until he was promoted to Assistant Instructor.
In 1770, he was chosen by Mayer Amschel Rothschild to develop an
organization that he could use. In 1772, Weishaupt was made Professor of
Civil Law. In 1773, he was made Professor of Canon Law, a post which had
been held by the Jesuits for 90 years. They had founded most of the
Universities, and kept strict control of them in order to eliminate
Protestant influence.

In 1773, Weishaupt got married, against the wishes of Ickstatt, who
denounced him. Two years later, at the age of 27, he was made Dean of the
Faculty of Law. The Jesuits, worried about his quick progression, tried to
thwart his influence by secretly plotting against him, and his liberal
thinking. Not wanting to become a martyr for his free-thinking ideas, he
began focusing on establishing his organization. To confuse his detractors,
he based the organizational structure on the one used by the Jesuits,
however, his intention was to have a secret coalition of liberalism.

He studied the anti-Christian doctrines of the Manicheans, whose teachings
revolved around astrology, medicine, and magic. He had been indoctrinated
into Egyptian occult practices by an unknown merchant named Kolmer, from
Jutland(in the area around the border of Denmark and West Germany), who had
been traveling around Europe since 1771. He studied the power of the
Eleusinian mysteries and the influence exerted by the secret cult of the
Pythagoreans. Pythagoras was a sixth century, B.C., philosopher who taught
that men and women should combine their belongings - which became the basic
philosophy behind Communism. Weishaupt also studied the teachings of the
Essenes, and acquired copies of the 'Kabala', 'The Major Key of Solomon' and
'The Lesser Key of Solomon', which revealed how to conjure up demons and
perform occult rituals.

He studied the various Masonic writings after meeting a Protestant Freemason
from Hanover. At first he thought about creating a superior Masonic-like
organization, that would be made up of men possessing superior abilities in
all fields, but concluded that Masonry was too open.

Weishaupt was instructed by the Rothschilds( who were also said to be
Satanists), to leave the Catholic Church, and unite all the different occult
groups. He created the coven called the 'Golden Dawn' which, till this day,
is allegedly the Rothschilds' private coven.

Weishaupt spent five years working out a plan through which all of his ideas
could be reduced to a single system which would be used to fight the
oppression of religion, thereby loosening social ties. He wanted to replace
Christianity with a religion of reason. An initial idea was to form an
organization comprised of "Schools of Wisdom", whose goal was to "make of
the human race, one good and happy family." They were to strive for the
perfection of morals, so he thought about naming the group the
'Perfectibilists', but it lacked the air of mystery and intrigue that he
sought.

In 1774, he published a fictitious article called "Sidonii Apollinarus
Fragment", which he said, was to prepare the people for the doctrine of
reason. Weishaupt wrote: "Princes and nations will disappear without
violence from the earth. The human race will then become one family, and the
world will be the dwelling of rational men." He wrote of their aims: "To
make the perfecting of reasoning powers interesting to mankind, to spread
the knowledge of sentiments, both humane and social, to check wicked
inclinations, to stand up for suffering and oppressed virtue...to facilitate
the acquirement of knowledge and science."

On May 1, 1776, under the direction of the newly formed House of Rothschild
(and Wessely, Moses, Mendelssohn; and the Bankers, Itzig, Friedlander, and
Meyer), who instigated the American Revolution to weaken Great Britain,
Weishaupt founded the Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria, which became
known as the Order of the Illuminati. Weishaupt said that the name was
derived from Luciferian teachings,and means, 'Holders of the Light". In
Latin, it means, 'the enlightened ones'. In layman's terms, it means 'to
illuminate', or 'to give light'. It refers to someone who is enlightened,
spiritually and intellectually. Satan, when he was an angel, was known as
Lucifer, the 'Bearer of Light', and being that the group's name evolved from
this, we can see the underlying nature of its goals. In addition, May 1st
was a great day for all communist nations, where it was known as May Day;
and it is also known as a special day to witches.

There are some earlier groups, with similar names, such as a group known as
the "Illuminated Ones" which was founded by Joachim of Floris in the 1lth
century, who taught a primitive, supposedly Christian doctrine of "poverty
and equality". The Rosheniah, or "Illuminated Ones", was a group in
Afghanistan during the 16th century, who sought the 'illumination' from the
Supreme Being, who wanted a class of perfect men and women. After reaching
the fourth degree, "Enlightened One", the initiate would receive mystical
powers, and when the eighth and final degree was reached, they were told
they had achieved perfection. An Afghan scholar said that their purpose was
to influence people of importance to establish harmony in the world, and
were devoted to fight the tyranny of the Moguls, who were the rulers of
India. The group survived until the 1700's, and gave birth to a couple
offshoots, the Alumbrados of Spain, and the Illuminated Guerinets in France
in 1654.

The Alumbrados(Spanish for "enlightened" or "illuminated"), was made up of
reformed Franciscans and the Jesuits. They claimed, that once perfection had
been, they would experience a vision of God, and would enter into achieved
direct communication with the Holy Spirit. Once they had received the
"light", they would possess superior human intelligence. Their unusual
claims resulted in the Inquisition issuing Edicts against them in 1568,
1574, and 1623. Ignatius de Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, was put in
jail for being a member. This condemnation forced them to flee to France.

The "Illuminati" was a name used by a German sect that existed in the 15th
century. They practiced the occult, and professed to possess the 'light'
received from Satan. The name was also used by another group in 1760 at
Avignon, who was influenced by the writings of philosopher Emanuel
Swedenborg, which led to the Illuminated Theosophists in 1766 at Paris, then
later in London.

There is no evidence to suggest that Weishaupt's Order of the Illuminati is
a continuation of any of these groups, however, whether their teachings and
philosophy had an influence on him, is another question.

Starting with only five members, the Illuminati wasn't fully operational
until 1778.

Weishaupt wrote: "The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment,
let it never appear, in any place in its own name, but always covered by
another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the three lower
degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from
it, and therefore takes little notice of it." He also wrote: "For the Order
wishes to be secret, and to work in silence, for thus it is better secured
from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a
greater zest to the whole."

The Order was made up of three degrees: Novice, Minerval, and Illuminated
Minerval; and organized in a manner similar to Freemasonry and the Jesuits.
Even though he admired the structure of the Jesuit hierarchy, he wrote that
no ex-Jesuits were to be admitted, except by special permission. He wrote
that they "must be avoided as the plague." Their rites and ceremonies were
similar to that of the Masons. Their aim, he said, was to have a one-world
government, to allow the elite to govern the world, thus preventing future
wars. One of their early programs, was to distribute anti-religious material
to criticize clerical leaders, who they saw as obstacles to social progress,
and to oppose the "enemies of the human race and of society."

Weishaupt wrote: "How can the weak obtain protection? Only by union, but
this is rare. Nothing can bring this about but hidden societies. Hidden
schools of wisdom are the means which we will one day free men from their
bonds..."

All members were required to adopt classical names. Weishaupt was called
"Spartacus"(who had been the leader of the slave insurrection in ancient
Rome). His right-hand man, Xavier von Zwack, a lawyer to Prince von Salm,
was known as "Cato" ; Nicolai, the bookseller, was "Lucian" ; Professor
Westenreider was "Pythagoras"; Canon Hertel was "Marius"; Marquis di
Constanza was "Diomedes"; Massenhausen was "Ajar"; Baron von Schroeckenstein
was "Mohomed"; and Baron von Mengenhofen was "Sylla".

Their headquarters was in Munich, Germany, and known as the Grand Lodge of
the Illuminati(or Lodge of the Grand Orient), code-named "Athens". Among
their other four lodges: Ingolstadt was known as "Ephesus", Heidelberg as
"Utica", Bavaria as "Achaia", and Frankfurt was known as "Thebes".

The calendar was reconstructed, and the months known by names reminiscent of
the Hebrew language: January was known as "Dimeh", and February as "Benmeh",
etc. They dated their letters according to the Persian Era, named after the
king who began to rule in Persia in 632 B.C., Jezdegerd. Their new year
began on March 21st, which some sources say is New Years Day for witches.

In 1777, Weishaupt joined the Eclectic Masonic lodge "Theodore of Good
Counsel" in Munich, and towards the end of 1778, he came up with the idea of
merging the Illuminati and the Masons. Zwack became a Mason on November 27,
1778, and working with a brother Mason, Abbe' Marotti, he divulged the
secret of the Order. By the middle of 1779, the Munich Masonic lodge was
under the complete influence of the Illuminati.

During the first four years, about sixty active members had been recruited
by a committee known as the "Insinuators", and close to 1,000 had become
indirectly affiliated with the Order. Soon, three more lodges were
established

Few knew the supreme direction of the Order. Only those within the inner
circle, known as the "Areopagite" (meaning "Tribunal"), were aware of their
true purpose. To all others, Weishaupt said that he wanted a one-world
government to prevent all future wars.

The book World Revolution(by Nesta Webster) stated: "The art of Illuminism
lay in enlisting dupes as well as adepts, and by encouraging the dreams of
honest visionaries or the schemes of fanatics, by flattering the vanity of
ambitious egotists, by working on unbalanced brains, or by playing on such
passions as greed and power, to make men of totally divergent aims serve the
secret purpose of the sect."

Foolish people, with money to burn, were especially welcomed. Weishaupt
wrote: "These good people swell our numbers and fill our money box; set
yourselves to work; these gentlemen must be made to nibble at the bait...But
let us beware of telling them our secrets, this sort of people must always
be made to believe that the grade they have reached is the last." Weishaupt
explained: "One must speak sometimes in one way, sometimes in another, so
that our real purpose should remain impenetrable to our inferiors." And what
was that purpose? It was "nothing less than to win power and riches, to
undermine secular or religious government, and to obtain the mastery of the
world."

Initiates were told that the Order represented the highest ideals of the
Church, that Christ was the first advocator of Illuminism, and his secret
mission was to restore to men the original liberty and equality they had
lost in the Garden of Eden. Weishaupt said that Christ exhorted his
disciples to despise riches in order to prepare the world for the community
of goods that would do away with property ownership.

Weishaupt wrote to Zwack: "The most admirable thing of all is that great
Protestant and reformed theologians (Lutherans and Calvinists) who belong to
our Order really believe they see in it the true and genuine mind of the
Christian religion." However, when one of Weishaupt's followers would reach
the higher degrees, their secret was revealed: "Behold our secret...in order
to destroy all Christianity, all religion, we have pretended to have the
sole true religion...to deliver one day the human race from all religion."

Women were also enlisted. He wrote: "There is no way of influencing men so
powerful, as by means of women. These should therefore be our chief study;
we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion, give them hints of
emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for
themselves..." He also wrote: "This sex has a large part of the world in
their hands." Female members were divided into two groups: one group of
society women, to give the organization an air of respectability; and the
other group "who would help to satisfy those brothers who have a penchant
for pleasure." The Illuminati also used monetary and sex bribery to gain
control of men in high places, then blackmailed them with the threat of
financial ruin, public exposure, and fear of death.

Internal fighting soon developed because of Weishaupt's thirst for power.
Besides that, because only nominal dues were collected, the Order suffered
financially.

In 1780, a new member, Baron Franz Friedrich Knigge(1752-1796), was
recruited, and given the pseudonym of "Philo". Knigge was born on October
16, 1752. He studied law at Gottingen, served in the courts of Hesse-Cassel
and Weimar, and was a well-known writer of romance, poetry and philosophy.
He joined the Masonic lodge of Strict Observance, which was dedicated to the
elimination of the occult sciences, which were widely practiced. Unable to
do that, they were forced to accept it. Knigge achieved the rank of Brother
Commander, and had the title of Knight of the Swan. He assisted in the
establishment of a new Masonic lodge at Hanau. Because of his developing
exposure and interest in the occult, magic and alchemy, he joined the
Rosicrucians, a secret organization that dated back to the fourteenth
century, and reportedly was an occult group who participated in human
sacrifice rituals.

He later renounced alchemy, and devoted his studies to the development of a
form of Masonry that would allow man to regain the perfection they once had
before the fall of Adam and Eve. His idea was to reform Masonry, and he was
going to make these proposals at the Congress of Wilhelmsbad. However, the
Marquis of Constanza (known as "one of the most notorious of the
Illuminati") informed him that the Illuminati had already done that. In
order to lure him, Weishaupt portrayed the Order as representing the
greatest advancement in science, and dedicated to philosophical advancement.
Since this fell in line with Knigge's thinking, he was drawn into the Order.

Knigge was definitely a catch, because he had a talent for organization, and
soon became the head of the Westphalia Circle. He was instrumental in
pushing for a merger between the Masons and the Illuminati. Weishaupt wrote
of him: "Philo is the master from whom to take lessons; give me six men of
his stamp and with them I will change the face of the Universe...Philo does
more than we all expected, and he is the man who alone will carry it all
through."

Knigge was firmly supported by members of the Areopagite who felt that
Weishaupt's supreme authority should be delegated to others, and they agreed
with Knigge's proposed modifications for the organization. They were adopted
on July 9, 1781. Knigge was able to recruit the most effective
propagandists, and from 1780 on, the growth of the Order was very rapid
because its expansion was facilitated through its affiliation with the
Masonic lodges.

Their goal was now to achieve their aims by splitting mankind into opposing
ideologies, and for them to fight among themselves, thus weakening national
governments and organized religion.

An understanding was finally reached between the Masons and the Illuminati,
and on December 20, 1781, a combined Order was proposed, which would add to
the Illuminati organization, the first three degrees of Masonry. It wasn't
until the Congress of Wilhelmsbad from July 16th to August 29th, 1781(which
was attended by Masons, Martinistes, representatives from other secret
organizations from Europe, America and Asia), that the alliance was
official. Those at the meeting were put under oath not to reveal anything.
Comte de Virieu, a Mason from the Martiniste lodge at Lyons, upon his return
home, when questioned about the Congress, said: "I will not confide them to
you. I can only tell you that all this is very much more serious than you
think. The conspiracy which is being woven is so well thought out, that it
will be, so to speak, impossible for the Monarchy and the Church to escape
it." He later denounced the Illuminati, and became a devout Catholic.

Because of a movement begun by Dohm's book Upon the Civil Amelioration of
the Condition of the Jews in 1781, and a book by Mirabeau in London, a
resolution was passed at the Congress to allow Jews into the Lodges, It was
obvious that it was done for financial reasons, because the Illuminati moved
their headquarters to Frankfurt, Germany, a stronghold of Jewish finance. As
the Order spread throughout Germany, money was contributed from such leading
Jewish families as the Oppenheimers, Wertheimers, Schusters, Speyers, Sterns
, and of course, the Rothschilds. Gerald B. Winrod wrote in his book Adam
Weishaupt: A Human Devil that "of the thirty-nine chief sub-leaders of
Weishaupt, seventeen were Jews." Arguments that the Illuminati was solely of
Jewish origin, are completely unfounded.

After the Congress of Wilhelmsbad, the Illuminati functioned under the
following organizational structure:

NURSERY

1) Preparation

2) Novice

3) Minerval

4) Illuminatus

SYMBOLIC (Masonry)

1) Apprentice

2) Fellow-Craft

3) Master

SCOTCH (Masonry)

4) Illuminatus Major(Scotch Novice)

5) Illuminatus Dirigens(Scotch Knight)

THE LESSER MYSTERIES

1) Presbyter(or Priest)

2) Prince(or Regent)

THE GREATER MYSTERIES

3) Magus

4) Rex



THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD

No other name has become more synonymous with the Illuminati than the
Rothschilds. It is believed that the Rothschild family used the Illuminati
as a means to achieving their goal of world-wide dominance. Mayer Amschel
Rothschild(1743-1812) was born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main in Germany, the son
of Moses Amschel Bauer, a banker and goldsmith. Their name was derived from
the 'red shield'('rotschildt') that hung over the door of their shop, and
had been the emblem of revolutionary Jews in Eastern Europe. A few years
after his father's death, he worked as a clerk in a Hanover bank, which was
owned by the Oppenheimers. He became a junior partner, and soon left to take
over the business started by his father in 1750. He bought and sold rare
coins, and later succeeded in buying out several other coin dealers. In
1769, he became a court agent for Prince William IX of Hesse-Kassel, who was
the grandson of George II of England, a cousin to George III, a nephew of
the King of Denmark, and a brother- in-law to the King of Sweden. Soon
Rothschild became the middleman for big Frankfurt bankers like the Bethmann
Brothers, and Rueppell & Harnier. After expanding his business to antiques,
wineries, and the importing of manufactured materials from England, the
Rothschild family began to amass a sizable fortune.

Prince William inherited his father's fortune upon his death in 1785, which
was the largest private fortune in Europe. Some of this money had come from
Great Britain paying for the use of 16,800 Hessian soldiers to stop the
revolution in America, because the money was never given to the troops. In
1804, the Rothschilds secretly made loans to the Denmark government, on
behalf of Prince William.

In June, 1806, when Napoleon's troops pushed their way into Germany, Prince
William fled to Denmark, leaving his money with Mayer Rothschild. History
tells us that Rothschild secretly buried William's ledgers, which revealed
the full extent of his wealth, a list of debtors and the interest required
from them, and 600,000 pounds($3,000,000), to keep Napoleon from
confiscating it. Buderus von Carlhausen( Carl Buderus), the Treasury
official who handled William's finances, was given 'power of attorney', and
he in turn made Rothschild his chief banker, responsible for collecting the
interest on the royal loans. Napoleon announced that all debts being paid to
Prince William, were to go to the French Treasury, and offered a 25%
commission on any debts that he would collect. Rothschild refused.

Developing circumstances soon allowed the Rothschilds to formulate a plan
which would guarantee them the financial control of Europe, and soon the
world. It began with taking advantage of the outcome of the Battle of
Waterloo, which was fought at La-Belle-Alliance, seven miles south of
Waterloo, which is a suburb of Brussels, Belgium. Early in the battle,
Napoleon appeared to be winning, and the first secret military report to
London communicated that fact. However, upon reinforcements from the
Prussians, under Gebhard Blucher, the tide turned in favor of Wellington. On
Sunday, June 18, 1815, Rothworth, a courier of Nathan Rothschild, head of
the London branch of the family, was on the battlefield, and upon seeing
that Napoleon was being beaten, went by horse to Brussels, then to Ostende,
and for 2,000 francs, got a sailor to get him to England across stormy seas.
When Nathan Rothschild received the news on June 20, he informed the
government, who did not believe him, so with everyone believing Wellington
to be defeated, Rothschild immediately began to sell all of his stock on the
English Stock Market. Everyone else followed his lead, and also began
selling, causing stocks to plummet to practically nothing. At the last
minute, his agents secretly began buying up the stocks at rock-bottom
prices. On June 21, at 11 PM, Wellington's envoy, Major Henry Percy showed
up at the War Office with his report that Napoleon had been crushed in a
bitter eight hour battle, losing a third of his men. This gave the
Rothschild family complete control of the British economy, and forced
England to set up a new Bank of England, which Nathan Rothschild controlled.

However, that wasn't the only angle he used to profit from the Battle of
Waterloo. Mayer Amschel Rothschild sent some of William's money to his son
Nathan in London, and according to the Jewish Encyclopedia: "Nathan invested
it in 800,000 pounds of gold from the East India Company, knowing it would
be needed for Wellington's peninsula campaign. He made no less than four
profits: (l)on the sale of Wellington's paper(which he bought at 50� on the
dollar); (2)on the sale of gold to Wellington; (3)on its repurchase; and
(4)on forwarding it to Portugal. This was the beginning of the great
fortune."

After Napoleon's defeat, Prince William returned to resume his rule. Buderus
was made a Baron, and the Rothschilds were the richest bankers in Europe.

In 1817, France, in order to get back on their feet again, secured loans
from a French banking house in Ouvrard, and from the Baring Brothers in
London. The Rothschilds saw their chance to get a firm grip on the French
economy, and on October, 1818, Rothschild agents began buying huge amounts
of French government bonds, which caused their value to increase. On
November 5th, they were dumped on the open market, creating a financial
panic as their value declined. Thus, the Rothschilds gained control of
France.

Mayer Rothschild had founded the Bank of England, the Bank of France, and
the Bank of Germany. His sons, who were made Barons of the Austrian Empire,
were set up to continue and expand his banking empire. Amschel Mayer
Rothschild(l773-1855, who in 1838 said: "Permit me to issue and control the
money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.") was in charge of the
Bank of Germany in Frankfurt, which was known as M. A. Rothschild and
Sons(which closed in 1901, after the deaths of Mayer Karl and his brother,
Wilhelm Karl- the sons of Karl Mayer Rothschild). Salomon Mayer Rothschild
(1774-1855) was the head of the Bank of Vienna in Austria, known as S. M.
Rothschild and Sons (which was closed during World War II after the Nazi
occupation). Nathan Mayer Rothschild(1777-1836, who once said: "I care not
what puppet is placed upon the throne of England to rule the Empire on which
the sun never sets. The man who controls Britain's money supply controls the
British Empire, and I control the British money supply.") was the head of
the Bank of England in London, which was known as N. M. Rothschild and
Sons(and has occupied the same premises since 1809, 2 New Court, St.
Swithin's Lane in London, near the Bank of England and Stock Exchange). Karl
Mayer Rothschild (1788 -1868 ) was the head of the Bank of Naples(closed in
1861). James Mayer Rothschild(l792-1868) was in charge of the Bank of France
in Paris, which was known as Messieurs de Rothschild Freres(whose name was
changed to La Banque Rothschild in 1967).

This was the beginning of the House of Rothschild, which controlled a
fortune estimated to be well over $300,000,000. Soon the Rothschilds spanned
Europe with railroads, invested in coal and ironworks, financed England's
purchase of the Suez Canal, paid for oil exploration in Russia and the
Sahara Desert, financed the czars of Russia, supported Cecil Rhodes' diamond
operations, aided France in creating an empire in Africa, financed the
Hapsburg monarchs, and saved the Vatican from bankruptcy. In this country,
through their American and European agents, they helped finance
Rockefeller's Standard Oil, Carnegie Steel, and Harriman's Railroad. Werner
Sombart, in his book The Jews and Modern Capitalism, said that from 1820 on,
was the "age of the Rothschild" and concluded that there was "only one power
in Europe, and that is Rothschild." In 1913, the family fortune was
estimated to be over two billion dollars.

After Mayer Rothschild died on September 19, 1812, his will spelled out
specific guidelines that were to be maintained by his descendants:

1) All important posts were to be held by only family members, and only male
members were to be involved on the business end. The oldest son of the
oldest son was to be the head of the family, unless otherwise agreed upon by
the rest of the family, as was the case in 1812, when Nathan was appointed
as the patriarch.

2) The family was to intermarry with their own first and second cousins, so
their fortune could be kept in the family, and to maintain the appearance of
a united financial empire. For example, his son James(Jacob) Mayer married
the daughter of another son, Salomon Mayer. This rule became less important
in later generations as they refocused family goals and married into other
fortunes.

3) Rothschild ordered that there was never to be "any public inventory made
by the courts, or otherwise, of my estate...Also I forbid any legal action
and any publication of the value of the inheritance."

American and British Intelligence have documented evidence that the House of
Rothschild, and other International Bankers, have financed both sides of
every war, since the American Revolution. Financier Haym Salomon, who
supported the patriots during the American Revolution, then later made loans
to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, was a Rothschild
agent. As explained earlier, during the Napoleonic Wars, one branch of the
family funded Napoleon, while another financed Great Britain, Germany, and
other nations. Their boldest maneuver came prior to the Civil War, which
will be covered in a later chapter.

The Rothschilds operate out of an area in the heart of London, England,
which is known as 'The City'. Positioned on the north bank of the Thames
River, covering an area of 677 acres or one square mile(known as the
"wealthiest square mile on earth"), it is actually a sovereign state(much
like the Vatican), and is virtually the financial hub of the world. In 1215,
its citizens received a Charter from King John, granting them the right to
annually elect a mayor, a tradition that continues today; and under him, is
a committee of 12-14 men, known as 'The Crown'. They even have their own
police force. All major British banks have their main offices here, along
with branch offices for 385 foreign banks, including 70 from the United
States. It is here that you will find the Bank of England, the Stock
Exchange, Lloyd's of London, the Baltic Exchange(shipping contracts), Fleet
Street(home of publishing and newspaper interests), the London Commodity
Exchange (to trade coffee, rubber, sugar and wool), and the London Metal
Exchange. Since the establishment of the privately owned Bank of England in
1694, 'The City' has actually become the last word in the country's national
affairs, with Prime Minister, Cabinet, and Parliament becoming only a front
for the real power. In fact, when the queen enters 'The City', she is
subservient to the Lord Mayor, because this privately owned corporation is
not subject to the Queen, or the Parliament.

There seems to be little doubt that the Rothschilds continue to influence
the world economy, and it is known that they are squarely behind the
movement to unite all the western European nations into a single political
entity, which is just another step towards one-world government.



FREEMASONRY

Freemasons, or Masons, are members of a secret fraternal order known as the
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, whose goals are, supposedly, to promote
brotherhood. One of the major sourcebooks of Masonic doctrine is Morals and
Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Masonry, written in 1871
by Albert Pike, and considered to be the "Masons guide for daily living." In
it, he writes: "Masonry is a search after Light..."

According to early Masonic manuscripts, its origins can be traced back to
Adam, who was said to be the first Mason. The apron of Masonry allegedly
represents the fig leaves worn by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The
knowledge received by Adam after eating from the forbidden tree, was carried
on by his son Seth, and then Nimrod(who was responsible for the Tower of
Babel), the great-grandson of Noah. Dr. Albert Mackey(33rd Degree), in
writing his Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, referred to the "York manuscript,
No. 1" which contained information from a parchment that dated back to the
year 1560 which identified Babylon as the originator of Masonry. He also
cited the Cooke Manuscript("The Legend of the Craft", which was written in
1420, and is said to be the second oldest Masonic manuscript), which reveals
that Nimrod taught the craft of Masonry to the workers at the Tower of
Babel. When God confused their language, these secrets were said to be lost.

When King Solomon was building the Temple, it is taught that Freemasonry was
revived. Mackey said that the "Masonic Lodges were initially dedicated to
King Solomon, because he was our first Most Excellent Grand Master."
However, Martin L. Wagner revealed in An Interpretation of Freemasonry that
the "name Solomon is not the Israelitish king. It is the name in form, but
different in its meaning. It is a substitute...a composite, Sol-om-on, the
names of the sun in Latin, Indian and Egyptian, and is designed to show the
unity of several god-ideas in the ancient religions, as well as with those
of Freemasonry." A story recounted in Masonic tradition, has to do with
Hiram Abiff, a Syrian Master Mason, known as the architect of Tyre, who was
said to be hired by Solomon to build the Temple. He was killed by three
Fellow-Crafts, when he would not reveal the secret Masonic word(so they
could get Master's wages in foreign countries), which was engraved on a gold
triangle he wore around his neck. Solomon found the triangle, and had it
placed in a secret vault under the Temple. Abiff later became a Christ-like
figure to the Masons. Mackey said that "Hiram represent(s) a popular Syrian
god against whom the champions of Jehovah(the Jews) strove ceaselessly."
Another Mason, Daniel Sickles, correlates him with an Egyptian god, and
Pierson's Traditions of Freemasonry said that he actually represented all of
the pagan sun gods, as does Mackey's Lexicon of Freemasonry. What this does,
is to relate the message that it was the sun god who was the builder of the
Temple, which makes this Temple symbolic, and not to be confused with the
Jewish Temple. Pike said in his Morals and Dogma, that the "Temple of
Solomon presented a symbolic image of the Universe; and resembled, in its
arrangements and furniture, all the temples of the ancient nations that
practiced the mysteries."

In ancient Greece, there were organized groups, or guilds(like our unions),
such as the "Dionysiacs", and in Rome, the "Collegium Muriorum", who built
the temples and stadiums. These groups who were the forerunners of the
Masons, were the draftsmen, builders, carpenters, and craftsmen who erected
the huge cathedrals, castles, abbeys and churches during the Middle Ages.
Because they "lodged" or lived together during the construction, this is
where the term "masonic lodge" was originated.

The First Grand Lodge of England met at York in 926, where they adopted
handsigns and passwords to identify themselves. Their workplace, or Lodges,
was where their initiations, rites, rituals and ceremonies took place.
Within their inner circles, witchcraft was practiced.

In the 13th century, they formed an association, headquartered at Cologne,
with Lodges at Strasbourg, Vienna, and Zurich. They called themselves Free
Masons, and had ceremonies for initiation. Near the end of the 16th century,
people who weren't builders, were admitted into the fraternity, and were
called "Accepted" Masons. They were usually distinguished members of the
community, or in short, a source of funding. Becoming more symbolic, the
working masons and builders eventually quit, as did the Accepted Masons, who
had become disappointed at what the organization really was.

Sir Francis Bacon(1561-1626), an English Lord, was recognized as the
"founder of Free Masonry...the guiding light of the Rosicrucian Order, the
members of which kept the torch of the true universal knowledge, the Secret
Doctrine of the Ages, alive during the dark night of the Middle Ages." He
had been initiated by a secret society of intellectuals dedicated to civil
and religious freedom. His novel, New Atlantis, published in 1627, a year
after his death, by his secretary William Rawley, "revealed the entire
pattern of the secret societies which had been working for thousands of
years to achieve the ideal commonwealth in the political world." In another
of his books, Instauratio Magna, he wrote of a movement to "reorganize the
sciences and restore man to the mastery over nature that he was conceived to
have lost by the fall of Adam."

It is believed that Bacon wrote a sequel to New Atlantis, which included
details and timetables of how his Great Plan was to be accomplished. The
secret document was taken to Jamestown in 1653 by his descendant Nathaniel
Bacon, where it was buried in Williamsburg, Virginia "in a great vault
beneath the tower center of the first brick church in Bruton Parish(now
known as the Bruton Vault)." Researchers believe that Thomas Jefferson was
the last to examine the contents of this vault.

Inigo Jones(1573-1652) reorganized the Lodges, introducing the Descartes
rationalism, and they were now known as the Free and Accepted Masons. Elias
Ashmole, a banker, Rosicrucian, and founder of the Oxford Museum, who became
a Mason in 1648, established the three basic degrees: 1) Entered Apprentice,
2) Fellow-Craft, and 3) Master Mason.

On June 24, 1717, the four lodges in London were united into a Grand Lodge
(sometimes called the Grand Mother Lodge) by three members who met at the
Apple-Tree Tavern, thus beginning the era of modern Freemasonry. Rather than
being a guild of stone masons and builders, they altered their philosophy
and became a pseudo-religion who "tried to cooperate with the Church so as
to be able to work from the inside, rationalize the doctrine of Jesus and
empty it gradually of its mystical content. Freemasonry hoped to become a
friendly and legal heir to Christianity. They considered logic and the rules
of scientific thinking as being the only absolute and permanent element of
the human mind." By 1725, the movement had spread to France.

The members of the Grand Lodge of England brought their fraternity to
America. In 1730, Daniel Core was appointed Provincial Grand Master of New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, after the first lodge was established in
Philadelphia. A lodge was established in Boston in 1733. By the time of the
American Revolution, there were 100 Masonic lodges. The Masons were firmly
entrenched in the eastern colonies, but since 95% of the population
identified themselves as Christians, they had to modify their philosophies
to include Christian teachings. The Grand Lodge of the United States was
established in 1777, which officially cut all ties to their British
counterparts.

One writer summed up Masonry this way: "Freemasonry has incorporated bits of
other systems in its initiations and higher degrees, such as mystery
schools, Mithraism, the Egyptian priesthood, the system of the Pythagoreans,
Essenes, Cabalists, Druids, the Orders of the Knighthood, Rosicrucians,
Arabic secret societies, and the Knights Templar."

Masonry slowly spread throughout the world: France(1718-25) , Ireland
(1725-26), Spain(1726-27), Holland(1731), Germany(1730-33), Africa(1735),
Scotland(l736), Portugal (1736), Switzerland (1737), Italy( 1733-37),
Russia(1731-40), Canada(1745), Sweden(1735-48), Prussia(1738-40),
Austria(l742), Poland(1784), and Mexico(1825).

Originally against the Masonic Order, Benjamin Franklin became a Mason in
1731, at the age of 25. He became the Provincial Grand Master of
Pennsylvania in 1734, and was the "appointed spokesman" of the secret
societies. As ambassador to France, he was honored there at a major Masonic
lodge. It is believed that while he was on a diplomatic trip to Paris to
seek financing for the Revolution, he was initiated as a member of the
Illuminati. George Washington joined the Fredericksburg Lodge #4 in
Virginia, in 1752, and when he was elected President in 1789, he was the
Grand Master of the Lodge(the highest official). He took his Oath of Office
on a Masonic Bible, as did his Vice-President, John Adams, who was also a
Mason. This Masonic Bible from the altar of St. Johns Lodge No. 1 in New
York City, which was printed in London in 1767, was later used for other
Oaths administered to Harding, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan and Bush. This
Masonic Bible has an introductory section that explains that Masonry is not
a Christian fraternity, but in fact supports all religions. Eight of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence were also members of the
Fredericksburg Lodge. Actually, 51 of the 56 signers were Masons.

Among the ranks of the Masons were: Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Paul
Revere, John Paul Jones, Alexander Hamilton, Benedict Arnold, John Marshall,
Samuel Adams, Anthony Wayne, Francis Marion("The Swamp Fox") and Ethan
Allen. In the military, 24 of Washington's Major Generals, and 30 of his 33
Brigadier Generals were Masons.

It was actually the Masons who instigated and carried out the American
Revolution. The secrecy of the Masonic lodges allowed the Colonial patriots
to meet and discuss strategy. It was commonly believed that the reason for
the Revolution was "taxation without representation", when actually it was
because the Parliament in the 1760's passed a law that no colony could issue
its own money. The colonies had to issue bonds, and sell them to the Bank,
who would then loan them money. This forced the colonies to pay interest on
their money. The Revolution was ignited by the Boston Tea Party, which was
planned during a dinner at the Bradlee home. The participants were from the
St. Andrew Lodge in Boston, who dressed up as Mohawk Indians, and went
aboard the Dartmouth, which was anchored in the harbor, and dumped its load
of tea overboard. The British government responded by closing the port, and
sending in British troops. Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, who wasn't
controlled by the International Bankers, refused to send in 20,000 Russian
troops against the colonists, when asked by King George III of England. The
attack unified the colonies against England.

The Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Freemasonry was established in
Charleston, South Carolina in 1801, because that area was geographically
located on the 33rd parallel. They are an extension of French Freemasonry,
and considered liberal. In 1755, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry had expanded to 32 degrees, and now they added a 33rd degree. In
1813, the Northern Supreme Council was established, consisting of 15 states,
and was headquartered in Boston. They were an extension of English
Freemasonry, and are considered conservative. The Supreme Council, which
represented the Southern jurisdiction, relocated to Washington, D.C., and
covers the remaining 35 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S.
protectorates. It is considered the Mother Supreme Council of the World.

Among the Presidents who have been Masons: Washington, Jefferson(33rd
Degree), Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Andrew Johnson(32nd
Degree and Grand Master ), Garfield , Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Harding
 32nd Degree ), Franklin Roosevelt(32nd Degree), Truman(33rd Degree and
Grand Master), Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson(lst Degree), Nixon,
Ford(33rd Degree), Carter, Reagan(33rd Degree), Bush, and Clinton.

Many State Governors, U.S. Senators and Congressmen are Masons. The Masonic
Bible says that "for well over 150 years, the destiny of this country has
been determined largely by men who were members of the Masonic fraternity."

There are about 16,000 Blue or Symbolic Lodges, with a Grand Lodge in every
state, which represent more than four million members. There are 150 Grand
Lodges in the world, and a world-wide membership of over 6,000,000.

Members must be 21 years old, however, sons of members can be initiated at
18. Before consideration, an initiate must prove themselves to be "mentally
and physically competent, of good moral character, and believe in the
existence of a Supreme Being." Among their affiliated organizations: The
Order of Demolay, The Order of Rainbow for Girls, and The Order of Job's
Daughters, which allow children as young as 11 to become indoctrinated in
Masonic teaching. The Order of the Eastern Star, Ancient Arabic Order of
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and Daughters of the Nile are organizations
closely aligned with the Masons.

Their literature claims that "Freemasonry is not a religion even though it
is a religion in character...does not pretend to take the place of religion
nor serve as a substitute for the religious beliefs of its members...(and)
accepts men, found to be worthy, regardless of religious convictions." They
claim that they exist "to make good men better through its firm belief in
the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man (and) consists of men bound
together by bonds of Brotherly Love and Affection."

Any organization which strives to adhere to such a high moral standard
certainly should deserve our admiration and respect. However, why have they
elicited the criticism that they have. The Vatican has issued many Edicts
condemning Masonry: Pope Clement XII in 1738, Pope Benedict XIV in 1751,
Pope Plus VII in 1821, Pope Leo XII in 1825, Pope Plus VIII in 1829, Pope
Gregory XVI in 1832, Pope Plus IX in 1846 and 1873, and Pope Leo XIII in
1884 and 1892. Pope Leo XXIII said that the goal of the Masons was the
"overthrow of the whole religious, political and social order based on
Christian institutions and the establishment of a state of things based on
pure naturalism." Until 1974, the Roman Catholic Church had forbidden its
members to be Masons, and on March 21, 1981, the Vatican warned that "all
Roman Catholics who belong to Masonic lodges risk excommunication."

In 1784, and again in 1845, the Bavarian government considered Masonry a
danger to the state. In 1814, The Regency of Milan and Governor of Venice
echoed these same sentiments. King John VI of Portugal issued orders in
1816, and again in 1824, prohibiting the operation of the fraternity. In
Russia, in 1820, Alexander I banished the Order.

Many writers in the late 180O's, such as Archbishop Meurin and Dr. Bataille,
said that Masonry was just a cover organization for Satan worship, which
occurred within its higher degrees, and was unknown to the ordinary member.
In 1921, Dr. James Anderson wrote a booklet on Freemasonry called The
Anderson Constitution in which he wrote: "Freemasonry rapidly expanded in
Europe. In France, a number of the Masonic sects dabbled with magic and
occultism. In Germany some were called Order of the Gold, and Rosy Cross(or
Rosicrucians). In England, during the 1880's, the famous magical society,
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn adopted most of the Masonic grades."
Many Druid ceremonies and witchcraft rites have been incorporated into
Masonic rituals.

So, are the Masons a Christian organization? The answer is a resounding No!
Their literature claims that Jesus was just a man, equal to Mohammed and
Krishna, the Hindu God. He is called the "son of Joseph", not the Son of
God. Initiates are told that Masonic rituals are "based on the Bible",
however in Chase's Digest of Masonic Law it says that "Masonry has nothing
whatever to do with the Bible...it is not founded upon the Bible, for it
were it would not be Masonry, it would be something else." Chase said that
the Bible is just one of the "holy books" of man, equal to the Koran, Hindu
Scriptures and others. Its literal meaning was meant only for the ignorant
masses. At the end of the initiation for the Royal Arch degree, the initiate
has the lost name of "God" whispered to him: "Jebulon". Mackey, in his
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, said that "Freemasonry is not Christianity" and
indicates that this name actually represents a composite of the names of the
sun god of three religions: "Jah", the Syrian form of Jehovah; "Eel", which
is Baal; and "On", the Egyptian sun god. J. D. Buck(32nd degree) wrote in
Mystic Masonry(1925): "The only personal God Freemasonry accepts is humanity
in toto...Humanity therefore is the only personal God that there Masonic
philosophy is that God is whatever you want him to be and is referred to in
general terms as the "deity" and the "Great Architect of the Universe", but
in higher degrees, he is identified as a force of nature, usually the sun.

Mackey, in his Masonic Rituals said that the elimination of the name of
Jesus, and references to him, in Bible verses used in rituals are "slight
but necessary modifications." Mackey also wrote in his Lexicon of
Freemasonry: "The religion then of Masonry is pure theism on which its
different members engraft their particular opinions, but they are not
permitted to introduce them into the lodge or to connect their truth or
falsehood with the truth of Masonry...A Christian Mason is not permitted to
introduce his own peculiar opinions with regard to Christ's mediatorial
office into the Lodge." No masonic prayers in monitors, handbooks and
guides, end in Jesus' name, and if it is discovered that they do, the Grand
Lodge of that state will revoke their charter. Edmond Ronayne(a Master
Mason), wrote on page 74 of the Masonic Handbook(later revised to eliminate
the passage): "When a brother reveals any of our great secrets...or whenever
a minister prays in the name of Christ in any of our assemblies, you must
always hold yourself in readiness, if called upon, to cut his throat from
ear to ear, pull out his tongue by the roots, and bury his body at the
bottom of some lake or pond." According to Morris in The Freemason's Monitor
(or Webb's Monitor), which omits any reference to the name of Jesus:
"Prayer...should be of a general character, containing nothing offensive to
any class of conscientious brethren."

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale(1898-1993), author of The Power of Positive
Thinking was a 33rd degree Mason, and his name appeared in many Masonic
publications. In March, 1991, he was featured in the cover story of The
Scottish Rite Journal(formerly known as the New Age magazine), and is quoted
as saying that "Masonry became an early and essential part of my success."
On Sunday, February 24, 1991, Peale had told the congregation of Robert
Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in California: "Jesus Christ, Buddha and
Krishna are examples of great philosophers who taught how to use mind
power." In May, 1991, at a Dallas, Texas seminar for Christian writers, Dina
Donahue, a contributing editor for Guidepost magazine(which Peale founded),
said that any submission to the publication can never refer to the deity of
Jesus, and that he is the only means by which salvation can be achieved. He
can only be presented in a historical context as a prophet and philsopher.
She said that the reason for this was that "Guidepost is an interfaith
magazine, and Dr. Peale does not want to offend those who are not
Christians."

In Les Sectes et Societies Secretes published in 1863, Le Couteulx de
Canteleu wrote that the goal of the Masonic Order "was, is and will always
be the struggle against the Church and the Christian religion..." Joseph
Fort Newton wrote in The Builders: "Masonry...is Religion, a worship in
which all good men may unite, that each may share the faith of all...Where
else, except in a Masonic lodge, could men of many religions meet, each
praying for all and all for one." Mackey wrote in his Textbook of Masonic
Jurisprudence, that Masonry is "undoubtedly a religious institution"; and
also in his Manual of the Lodge, he emphatically states that "Masonry is a
religious institution." Buck wrote in Mystic Masonry that Masonry is "a
world wide religion...Masonry is the universal religion only because and so
long as it embraces all religions."

High level Masons believe that Lucifer never fell to earth, and that Lucifer
is really God, and refer to Jehovah by the name of "Adonay", saying that he
is the god of evil because he forces men to be subservient to his repressive
dictates. Masonic books given to handpicked members of the 32nd and 33rd
Degrees, say that Jesus was an impostor, and that Lucifer is the true God.
The Masons have their own Luciferian based calendar. Where ours is based on
the years before (B.C.) and after (A.D.) the birth of Christ, theirs counts
its years with the suffix A.L. means Anno Lucis or "Year of Light(Lucifer)".

In Morals and Dogma, Pike wrote: "Every Masonic lodge is a temple of
religion; and its teachings are instruction in religion...Masonry, like all
religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism and Alchemy, conceals its secrets
from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false
explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead...to conceal
the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from
it...The truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching
proportioned to their imperfect reason." He wrote that "every man's
conception of God must be proportioned to his mental cultivation, and
intellectual powers, and moral excellence. God is, as man conceives him, the
reflected image of man himself." The next statement reduces the Masonic
philosophy to a single premise. Pike writes: "The true name of Satan, the
Kabalists say, is that of Yahveh reversed; for Satan is not a black
god...Lucifer, the Light Bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the
Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the
Light...Doubt it not!"

I think these various passages should settle any arguments concerning the
anti-Christian nature of the Masons. Their role in history seemed to be to
act as a diluting factor, to lessen the impact of Christianity through
tolerance, and to politically work towards the goals established by the
Illuminati.



The Masonic Organizational Structure

The Blue Lodge (Symbolic Lodge of Masonry):

1) Entered Apprentice

2) Fellow-Craft

3) Master Mason

Albert Pike explained in Morals & Dogma: "The Blue Degrees are but the outer
court or portico of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to
the Initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is
not intended that he shall understand them; but it is intended that he shall
imagine he understands them. Their true explication is reserved for the
Adepts, the Princes of Masonry...It is well enough for the mass of those
called Masons, to imagine that all is contained in the Blue Degrees; and
whoso attempts to undeceive them will labor in vain."



Lodge of Perfection (Scottish Rite or Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite):

4) Secret Master

5) Perfect Master

6) Intimate Secretary

7) Provost and Judge

8) Intendant of the Building

9) Master Elect of Nine

10) Elect of Fifteen

11) Sublime Master Elected(Sublime Knights Elect of the Twelve)

12) Grand Master Architect

13) Master of the Ninth Arch(Knight of the Ninth Arch)

14) Grand Elect Mason

Council of Princes of Jerusalem:

15) Knight of the East(Knight of the Sword)

16) Prince of Jerusalem

Chapter of Rose-Croix

17) Knight of the East and West

18) Prince of Rose-Croix(Knight of the Eagle)

The Consistory (Council of Kadosh)

19) Grand Pontiff

20) Master Ad Vitam(Grand Master of all Symbolic Lodges)

21) Patriarch Noachite(Prussian Knight)

22) Prince of Libanus(Knight of the Royal Axe)

23) Chief of the Tabernacle

24) Prince of the Tabernacle

25) Knight of the Brazen Serpent

26) Prince of Mercy

27) Commander of the Temple

28) Knight of the Sun(Prince Adept)

29) Knight of St. Andrew

30) Grand Elect Knight of Kadosh

Consistory of Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret

31) Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander

32) Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret

Supreme Council

33) Sovereign Grand Inspector General

The Mother Supreme Council of the World in Washington, D.C., awards all 33rd
Degrees. It is the only degree that can't be earned- it is conferred
"because of outstanding service to others which reflects credit upon the
Order." All Illuminati members are 33rd Degree Masons.

Red Masonry or York Rite(or Craft Masonry):

All Masons go through the 1st 3 degrees of the "Blue Lodge and then must
decide whether they want to enter either the Scottish or York
Rites(Capitular Degrees).

Mark Master

Past Master

Most Excellent Master

Royal Arch Mason(Holy Royal Arch)

Royal Master

Select Master

Super Excellent Master

Order of the Red Cross

Order of the Knights of Malta

Order of Knights Templar



THE ILLUMINATI GROWS

>From Bavaria, the Order of the Illuminati spread into the Upper and Lower
Rhenish provinces, Suabia, Franconia, Westphalia, Upper and Lower Saxony;
and outside Germany into Austria and Switzerland. Soon they had over 300
members from all walks of life, including students, merchants, doctors,
lawyers, judges, professors, civil officers, bankers, and ministers. Some of
their more notable members were: the Duke of Orleans, Duke Ernst Augustus of
Saxe-Weimar-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Charles of Hesse-Cassel, Johann Gottfried
von Herder(a philosopher), Count Klemens von Metternich, Catherine II of
Russia, Count Gabriel de Mirabeau, Marquis of Constanza("Diomedes"), Duke
Ferdinand of Brunswick("Aaron"), Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar, Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe(a poet), Joseph II of Russia, Christian VII of Denmark,
Gustave III of Sweden, and King Poniatowski of Poland.

By 1783, there were over 600 members; and by 1784, their membership reached
nearly 3,000. By 1786 they had numerous lodges across the various German
provinces, Austria, Hungary, England, Scotland, Poland, France, Belgium,
Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Ireland, Africa, and
America.

By the time of the 3rd Masonic Congress in Frankfurt in 1786, the Illuminati
virtually controlled all the Masonic lodges, and at this meeting their goals
were stated as: "1) Pantheism for the higher degrees, atheism for the lower
degrees and the populace; 2) Communism of goods, women, and general
concerns; 3) The destruction of the Church, and all forms of Christianity,
and the removal of all existing human governments to make way for a
universal republic in which the utopian ideas of complete liberty from
existing social, moral, and religious restraint, absolute equality, and
social fraternity, should reign."

Students who were members of wealthy families, with international leanings,
were recommended for special training in internationalism. Those selected by
the Illuminati were given scholarships to attend special schools. Weishaupt
wrote: "I propose academies under the direction of the Order. This will
secure us the adherence of the Literati. Science shall here be the lure." He
also wrote: "We must acquire the direction of education, of church,
management of the professorial chair, and of the pulpit." Today, there are
many such schools. Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, was educated
at an Illuminati school in Gordonstown, Scotland, at the insistence of Lord
Louis Mountbattan(whose uncle was a Rothschild relative and who became an
admiral after the end of World War II). Those trained at such schools were
placed behind the scenes as experts and advisors to perpetuate Illuminati
goals.

Weishaupt, worried that his control of the Order was diminishing, argued
repeatedly with Knigge. While he preferred to work in secrecy, Knigge wanted
to move on to more substantial things. In January, 1783, Knigge wrote in a
letter to Zwack: "It is the Jesuitry of Weishaupt that causes all our
divisions, it is the despotism that he exercises over men perhaps less rich
than himself in imagination, in ruses, in cunning...I declare that nothing
can put me on the same footing with Spartacus as that on which I was a
first." He also wrote: "I abhor treachery and profligacy, and I leave him to
blow himself and his Order into the air." On April 20, 1784, Knigge quit,
followed by Baron Bassus("Hannibal"), Count Torring, Prince Kreitmaier, and
others. In July, Knigge signed an agreement promising to return all
documents in his possession, and to keep quiet on what he knew about their
plans and activities. Some researchers believe that Knigge had also
discovered that Weishaupt was a Satanist. He resumed his work as a writer,
later becoming an inspector of schools at Bremen, where he died on May 6,
1796.

To insure that the activities of the Order would remain a secret, a warning
as to the consequences of betraying the Order was including in the ceremony
of initiation. They would point a sword at the initiate and say: "If you are
a traitor and a perjurer, learn that all our Brothers are called upon to arm
themselves against you. Do not hope to escape or find a place of safety.
Wherever you are, shame, remorse, and the rage of our Brothers will pursue
you, and torment you to the innermost recesses of your entrails."

In October, 1783, Joseph Utzschneider, a lawyer, who had dropped out of the
Order in August, presented to the Duchess Maria Anna, a document which
detailed the activities of the Illuminati. He was upset because he had been
promoted too slow, and was constantly prodded to prove his loyalty. The
Duchess gave the information to the Duke. On June 22, 1784, Duke Karl
Theodore Dalberg, the Elector Palatinate of Bavaria, after discovering from
the information that the goals of the Illuminati were to "in time rule the
world," by overthrowing all civil government, criticized all secret
societies, and groups established without government sanction. On March 2,
1785, he issued a proclamation identifying the Illuminati as a branch of the
Masons, and ordered that their Lodges be shut down. The government began a
war against the Order by initiating judicial inquiries at Ingolstadt. In an
attempt to preserve the secrecy of their motives, the Areopagite burned many
of their documents, however, the government was able to seize many of their
papers when they raided the Lodges.

After being replaced at the University in February, Weishaupt fled across
the border into Regensburg, finally settling in Gotha, where he found refuge
with another Illuminati member, the Duke of Saxe-Gotha.

In April, 1785, Utzschneider was able to convince three other members to
come forward. They were fellow professors at the Marienburg (Marianen)
Academy who had doubts about the validity of the organization's principles
when they discovered that they would receive no mystical powers. They were
also disgruntled over Weishaupt's tyranny. Cossandey, Grunberger, and Renner
went before the Court of Inquiry on September 9, 1785, where they supplied
valuable information, such as membership lists, and revealed their aims and
goals, which they consolidated into the following six points:

1) Abolition of the Monarchy and all ordered government.

2) Abolition of private property.

3) Abolition of inheritance.

4) Abolition of patriotism.

5) Abolition of the family, through the abolition of marriage, all morality,
and the institution of communal education for children.

6) Abolition of all religion.

The purposes of these six points were to divide the people politically,
socially, and economically; to weaken countries and create a one-world
government. They testified that "all religion, all love of country and
loyalty to sovereigns, were to be annihilated..."

The government pardoned all public officials and military leaders who
publicly admitted membership. Those who didn't, and were discovered to be
members, lost their rank and standing, were removed from office, and openly
disgraced and humiliated.

Weishaupt was preparing to set his plans into motion for the French
Revolution, which was slated to begin in 1789. In July, 1785, he instructed
Zwack to put their plans in book form. This book contained a history of the
Illuminati, and many of their ideas for expansion and future endeavors. A
copy was sent by courier(identified as Jacob Lanze) to Illuminati members in
Paris and Silesia. However, after leaving Frankfurt, as the courier rode
through Regensburg(another source says it was Ratisbon) on horseback, he was
struck by lightning and killed. The authorities found the document and
turned it over to the government. Another source indicates the possibility
that he may have been murdered, and the documents planted on him.

Xavier Zwack("Cato"), a government lawyer, and one of the Order's most
prominent leaders, whose name was on Renner's list, had his house in
Landshut illegally searched by the police in October, 1785, and his papers
seized. He was dismissed from his position. Many books, documents, papers
and correspondence were discovered, including over 200 letters written
between Weishaupt and the members of the Areopagite, which dealt with
matters of the highest secrecy. The following year, more information was
taken from the houses of Baron Bassus and Count Massenhausen( "Ajar") .
Among the confiscated documents, were tables which contained their secret
codes and symbols, secret calendar, geographical locations, insignias,
ceremonies of initiation, recruiting instructions, statutes, a partial
roster of members, and nearly 130 official seals from the government, which
were used to counterfeit state documents.

Needless to say, all of this information shed more light on the Order, and
the danger first realized by the government, had now become a national
emergency. In 1786, the government gathered all of the confiscated
documents, and published them in a book called Original Writings of the
Order and Sect of the Illuminati, which was circulated to every government
and crowned head in Europe, including France, to warn them of the impending
danger.

The leaders of the Order who appeared before the government's Court of
Inquiry, testified that the organization was dedicated to the overthrow of
church and state. However, these revelations, and the publication of their
documents did little to alert the public, because of their unbelievable
claims. New measures were taken by government officials. The leaders of the
Order were arrested and formally interrogated, then forced to renounce the
Illuminati. The final blow came on August 16, 1787, when Dalberg issued his
final proclamation against the Illuminati. Anyone found guilty of recruiting
members were to be executed, while those who were recruited, would have
their property confiscated and then be deported.

Zwack, who was banished, sought sanctuary in the Court of Zweibrucken, where
he was later appointed to an official position in the principality of
Salm-Kyburg. He contributed to the Illuminati movement in Holland. He was
later summoned by Dalberg, as the government tried to deal with the problem
of fugitives who might attempt to reorganize the Order. Zwack fled to
England.

On November 15, 1790, another Edict was announced against the members of the
organization. Anyone found to be an active member, was to be put to death.
The following year, a list of 91 names of alleged members was compiled. They
were hunted down, and banished. This harassment didn't end until 1799, when
Dalberg died.

The apparent demise of the Order was taken into stride by its highest
members, who continued to operate underground. Weishaupt wrote: "The great
care of the Illuminati after the publication of their secret writings was to
persuade the whole of Germany that their Order no longer existed, that their
adepts had all renounced, not only their mysteries, but as members of a
secret society." Weishaupt had a contingency plan ready, and wrote: "By this
plan we shall direct all mankind. In this manner, and by the simplest means,
we shall set in motion and in flames. The occupations must be allotted and
contrived, that we may in secret, influence all political transactions...I
have considered everything and so prepared it, that if the Order should this
day go to ruin, I shall in a year re-establish it more brilliant than ever."

To hide their subversive activities, the highest members of the Order began
to masquerade as humanitarians and philanthropists. Weishaupt fled to
Switzerland, later returning to Germany, when the Duke of Saxe-Gotha gave
him sanctuary. The Order moved their headquarters to London, where it began
to grow again. Weishaupt told his followers to infiltrate the lodges of Blue
Masonry, and to form secret circles within them. Only Masons who proved
themselves as Internationalists, and were atheists, were initiated into the
Illuminati.



THE GERMAN UNION

Dr. Charles Frederick Bahrdt(1741-1793), an Illuminati member , Mason , and
German theologian, who was the professor of Sacred Philogy at the University
of Leipzig, took advantage of the Illuminati's apparent demise by recruiting
several of its members for his so-called "German Union" in 1787. Bahrdt, the
son of a minister, called his group the German Union for Rooting Out
Superstition and Prejudices and Advancing True Christianity.

In 1785, Bahrdt had received an anonymous letter, containing the plans for
the German Union, which was signed: "From some Masons, your great admirers."
That same year, he was visited by an Englishman who urged him to establish
the Union, promising to link it with the British masonic structure. In 1787,
he received another letter containing more details and organizational
details.

Bahrdt had done some religious propaganda work for Weishaupt, "to destroy
the authority of the Scriptures", and it was commonly believed that it was
Weishaupt who was directing the activities of the organization behind the
scenes in order to carry on the goals of the Illuminati.

The German Union appeared to be a Reading Society, and one was set up in
Zwack's house in Landshut. Weishaupt wrote: "Next to this, the form of a
learned of literary society is best suited to our purpose, and had
Freemasonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be
much more than a cover, it may be a power engine in our hands. By
establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these
under our direction, and supplying them through our labors, we may turn the
public mind which way we will...A literary society is the most proper form
for the introduction of our Order into any State where we are yet
strangers." They planned about 800 such Reading Rooms.

The membership initially consisted of 17 young men, and about five of
Bahrdt's friends. Knigge helped him to develop the organizational structure,
which was divided into six grades: 1 ) Adolescent , 2) Man, 3) Elder , 4)
Mesopolite , 5) Diocesan, and 6) Superior. The "Society of the 22" or the
"Brotherhood" was its inner circle.

In a pamphlet entitled To All Friends of Reason, Truth and Virtue, Bahrdt
wrote that the organization's purpose was to accomplish the enlightenment of
people in order to disseminate religion, remove popular prejudices, root out
superstition, and restore liberty to mankind. They planned to have magazines
and pamphlets, but by 1788, Bahrdt had sunk over $1,000 into the group, and
was spending all of his time working on it. Despite his efforts, they still
only had 200 members.

Near the end of 1788, Frederick Wilhelm, the King of Prussia, worried about
the growth of the organization, had Johann Christian von Wollner, one of his
ministers, write an opposing view to Bahrdt's pamphlet, called the Edict of
Religion. Bahrdt responded by anonymously writing another pamphlet of the
same name to satirize it. In 1789, a bookseller by the name of Goschen,
wrote a pamphlet called "More Notes Than Text, on the German Union of XXII,
a New Secret Society for the Good of Mankind", in which he revealed that the
group was a continuation of the Illuminati.

The German Union, which represented Weishaupt's "corrected system of
Illuminism", never really got off the ground because of its openness, which
provoked hostile attacks from the government and members of the clergy.
Bahrdt left the group and opened up a tavern known as "Bahrdt's Repose". The
German Union ceased to exist after he died in 1793.



THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

The Illuminati had secretly spread to France by 1787(five years after they
had planned), through French orator and revolutionary leader Count Gabriel
Victor Riqueti de Mirabeau (1749-1791, sect name "Leonidas") who had been
indoctrinated by Col. Jacob Mauvillon while he was in Berlin on a secret
mission for King Louis XVI of France in 1786. Mirabeau introduced Illuminati
principles at the Paris Masonic Lodge of the Amis Reunis(later renamed
"Philalethes"), and initiated Abbe' Charles-Maurice de
Talleyrand-Perigord(1754-1838, a court cleric in the House of Bourbon).

The most trusted members were brought into the "Secret Committee of United
Friends"(It is interesting to note that a group of the same name originated
in 1771 as an occult group). The initiations took place at the Illuminati's
Grand Lodge, about 30 miles from Paris, in the Ermenonville mansion owned by
the Marquis de Gerardin. The famous impostor Saint Germain(1710-1780, or
1785) presided over the initiation ceremonies. Germain was believed to be a
Portuguese Jew, who was a member of the Philalethes Lodge. He was a Mason, a
Rosicrucian, and belong to several other occult brotherhoods. He spoke
Italian, German, English, Spanish, French, Greek, Sanskrit, Arabic, and
Chinese. He was said to be the son of Prince Rakoczy of Transylvania; raised
by the last Medici, Gian Gastone; and was educated at the University of
Siena. He told people that he had lived for centuries, and knew King
Solomon. He was arrested in London in 1743 for being a Jacobite spy, and he
took credit for establishing Freemasonry in Germany. As an impostor, he
posed as Comte Bellamarre, Marquis de Montferrat, and Chevalier Schoening.

During the initiation, new members were sworn to "reveal to thy new chief
all thou shalt have heard, learned and discovered, and also to seek after
and spy into things that might have otherwise escaped thy notice...(and to)
avoid all temptation to betray what thou has now heard. Lightning does not
strike so quickly as the dagger which will reach thee wherever thou mayest
be."

Count Alessandro de Cagliostro(also known as Giuseppe Balsamo), a Jew from
Sicily, who was said to be one of the greatest occult practitioners of all
time, was initiated into the Illuminati at Mitau ( near Frankfurt) in 1780,
in an underground room. He later said, that an iron box filled with papers
was opened, and a book taken out. From it, a member read the oath of
secrecy, which began: "We, Grand Masters of Templars..." It was written in
blood. The book was an outline of their plans, which included an attack on
Rome. He discovered that they had money at their disposal in banks at
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, London, Genoa, and Venice. He found out that the
Illuminati had 20,000 lodges throughout Europe and America, and that their
members served in every European court. Cagliostro was instructed to go to
Strasbourg, France, to make the initial contacts necessary for the
instigation of the French Revolution. Identified as a Grand Master of the
Prieure' de Sion, it is believed that he was the liaison between them and
the Illuminati. He was arrested in 1790, in Rome, for revolutionary
activities.

The French Masons had committed themselves to a plan for overthrowing the
government, under the guise of liberty and equality; ending the autocratic
regimes, in order to have government by and for the people. Jeremy Bentham
and William Petty(Earl of Shelburne) planned and directed the French
Revolution, then later directed the plot towards America.

In 1788, at the request of Mirabeau and Talleyrand, Johann Joachim Christoph
Bode(1730-1793, sect name "Amelius"), a lawyer at Weimar, and a Mason, was
summoned to France. He had been initiated into the Illuminati at the
Congress of Wilhelmsbad, and later took over the Order in the absence of
Weishaupt. Bode and Baron de Busche (sect name "Bayard"), a Dutch military
officer in the service of the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, in order to
conceal the purpose of their presence in France, said they were there to
investigate the influence of the Jesuits on the secret societies. However,
the real reason for them being there, was to further the goals of the
Illuminati in France. They operated out of the Lodge of the Amis Reunis,
changing its name to " Philalethes", which means, "searchers after the
truth."

The Marquis de Luchet, a friend of Mirabeau, wrote in his Essay on the Sect
of the Illuminati in January, 1789: "Deluded people. You must understand
that there exists a conspiracy in favor of despotism, and against liberty,
of incapacity against talent, of vice against virtue, or ignorance against
light!...Every species of error which afflicts the earth, every half-baked
idea, every invention serves to fit the doctrines of the Illuminati...The
aim is universal domination."

Intellectuals known as "encyclopedists" were instrumental in spreading
Illuminati doctrine. Soon other lodges become aligned with the Philalethes,
such as the Nine Sisters; the Lodge of Candor, which included members like
Laclos, Sillery, D'Aiguillon, the Lameth Brothers, Dr. Guillotine, and
Lafayette; and the Propaganda, which was established by Condorcet, Abbe'
Sieyes, and Rochenfoucault.

Revolutionary leaders in France, such as Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore
de Robespierre(l758-1794), who was made head of the Revolution by Weishaupt;
Marquis Antoine Nicholas Condorcet(1743-1794), philosopher and politician;
Duke de la Rochenfoucault; George Jacques Danton(1759-1794); Marquis Marie
Joseph de Lafayette (1757-1834), General and statesman; Jerome Petion de
Villeneuve(1756-1794), politician; Philippe, Duke of Orleans, Grand Master
of French Freemasonry; de Leutre; Fauchet; Cammille Benoit
Desmoulins(l760-1794), D'Alembert; Denis Diderot (1713-1784), encyclopedist;
and Jean-Francois de la Harpe(1739-1803), critic and playwright, all joined
the Illuminati, who had eventually infiltrated all 266 Masonic lodges by
1789, even though the Masons weren't aware of it.

The Illuminati created situations in order to create dissention among the
people. For instance, the Duke of Orleans instructed his agents to buy up as
much grain as they could, then the people were led to believe that the King
intentionally caused the shortage, and that the French people were starving.
Fellow conspirators in the government helped create runaway inflation. Thus
the people were manipulated into turned against a king whose reign had
strengthened the middle class. The monarchy was to be destroyed, and the
middle class oppressed. God was to be replaced by the Illuminati's religion
of reason that "man's mind would solve man's problems."

During the first two years of the French Revolution, which started in April,
1789, the Illuminati had infiltrated the Masonic Lodges to such an extent,
that they had ceased operation, and instead rallied under the name, "The
French Revolutionary Club". When they needed a larger meeting place, they
used the hall of the Jacobin's Convent, thus this revolutionary group of
1300 people emerged on July 14, 1789 as the Jacobin Club. The Illuminati
controlled the Club, and were directly responsible for fermenting the
activities which developed into the French Revolution. Lord Acton wrote:
"The appalling thing in the French Revolution is not the tumult but the
design. Through all the fire and smoke, we perceived the evidence of
calculating organization. The managers remain studiously concealed and
masked; but there is no doubt about their presence from the first."

In the playing out of a plan which called for the population to be cut down
by one-third to one-half, over 300,000 people died, plus, King Louis and his
family were executed. This was done to insure the stability of the new
French Republic. In August, 1792, after the overthrow of the government, the
tri-colored banner was replaced by the red flag of social revolution, while
the cry of "Vive notre roi d'Orleans" gave way to the Masonic watchword,
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" Those who responded with the proper Masonic
handsigns, had their lives spared. By November, 1793, as the massacres had
spread all over France, the churches had been reorganized along the lines of
Weishaupt's contention that "reason should be the only code of man."
Talleyrand, who became the bishop of Autin in 1788, because of his radical
reorganization of the Church, was excommunicated by the Pope. He became a
deputy to the National Assembly. The Jacobins controlled the National
Assembly, and for all intents and purposes, Mirabeau became France's leader.
In true Democratic spirit, he said: "We must flatter the people by
gratuitous justice, promise them a great diminution in taxes and a more
equal division, more extension in fortunes, and less humiliation. These
fantasies will fanaticize the people, who will flatten all resistance." The
Revolution was considered at an end on July 28, 1794, when Robespierre was
guillotined.

Thomas Jefferson, who served as minister to France for three years(1785-89),
described the events as "so beautiful a revolution" and said that he hoped
it would sweep the world. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton said that
Jefferson helped start the French Revolution, and wrote in a letter to a
friend, dated May 26, 1792, that Jefferson "drank freely of the French
philosophy, in religion, in science, in politics. He came from France in the
moment of fermentation, which he had a share in inciting." Jefferson wrote
to Brissot de Warville in Philadelphia, in a letter dated May 8, 1793, that
he was "eternally attached to the principles of the French Revolution." In
1987, during a trip to the United States by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
and his wife, where they visited the Jefferson Memorial, she referred to
Jefferson as "one of the world's greatest thinkers."

It is interesting to note, that during the Communist revolution, Nikolai
Lenin said: "We, the Bolsheviks, are the Jacobins of the Twentieth
Century..."

An Illuminist, and member of the revolutionary French National Assembly,
Vicomte de Barras, witnessed a 24 year old Napoleon repelling a siege at
Toulon in 1793 by English and Spanish military forces. Barras, appointed by
the Assembly as the Commander-in-Chief of the French military, in 1795
became a member of the five-man Directory, which began to govern France, and
soon became the most powerful political figure in the country. He chose
Napoleon to lead the military forces. However, in 1799, Napoleon(a Knights
Templar) broke his ties with Barras, because he feared Barras was attempting
to restore the Monarchy. Napoleon eliminated the Directory, and in 1804,
with the support of Talleyrand(who served as his foreign minister), became
Emperor. Unwittingly, as a puppet of the Illuminati, his reign brought about
the total disruption of Europe, which was needed for the Illuminati to get
control and unify it. He ended the Holy Roman Empire, and made his brother
Joseph, the King of Naples in 1806. Joseph was replaced by Napoleon's
brother-in-law Murat, when Joseph became the King of Spain in 1808. His
brother Louis was made the King of Holland, and another brother Jerome, the
King of Westphalia.

In 1810, Napoleon confiscated the contents of the Vatican archives, which
amounted to 3,000 cases of documents, and took it to Paris. Although most
were later returned to Rome, some were kept. By this time, Napoleon had
changed the face of Europe, but, he settled his warring ways and ultimately
the French Revolution had failed, because Europe had not been fully
conquered. The Illuminati immediately took steps to dethrone him, which took
five years. In order to get money to Wellington's English forces, Nathan
Rothschild funneled money to his brother James(who handled financial
transactions for the French government), in Paris, who got it to
Wellington's troops in Spain. In addition, the Illuminati secretly worked to
make agreements that shifted national alliances against France.

Upon his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was again exiled, this time, to the
island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic, which is where he died in
1821. He had written in his will: "I die before my time, killed by the
English oligarchy and its hired assassins."



THE ILLUMINATI SPREADS TO AMERICA

In 1785, the Columbia Lodge of the Order of the Illuminati was established
in New York City. Among its members were Governor DeWitt Clinton, Horace
Greeley(politician and editor of the New York Daily Tribune), Charles Dana,
and Clinton Roosevelt(the ancestor of Franklin D. Roosevelt). Roosevelt
wrote a book called Science of Government Founded on Natural Law, in which
he wrote: "There is no God of justice to order things aright on earth, if
there be a God, he is a malicious and revengeful being, who created us for
misery." He referred to himself and other members as "the enlightened ones",
and said that the U.S. Constitution was a "leaky vessel" which was "hastily
put together when we left the British flag," and therefore needed revision.

In 1786, a lodge was started in Portsmouth, Virginia, where allegedly,
Thomas Jefferson was a member; followed by fourteen others in different
cities of the thirteen colonies.

On July 19, 1789, David Pappin, President of Harvard University, issued a
warning to the graduating class, concerning the Illuminati's influence on
American politics and religion. In April, 1793, France sent new ambassador
Edmond Genet to America, so he could collect payment for the American debt
incurred during the American Revolution, so the money could be used to
finance France's war with England. However, his real reason for being here,
was to gain political favor for France, and spread Illuminism, which he did,
through the establishment of "Democratic Clubs".

Washington said "they would shake the government to its foundations", while
John Quincy Adams, oldest son of the 2nd President John Adams, who became
our 6th President in 1825, said that these clubs were "so perfectly
affiliated with the Parisian Jacobins that their origin from a common parent
cannot possibly be mistaken." Because of the Illuminati threat, Washington
and Adams lobbied Congress to pass the Alien and Sedition Act, which was
"designed to protect the United States from the extensive French Jacobin
conspiracy, paid agents of which were even in high places in the
government."

In a letter from Adams to Jefferson, dated June 30, 1813, he wrote: "You
certainly never felt the terrorism excited by Genet, in 1793...when ten
thousand people in the streets of Philadelphia, day after day threatened to
drag Washington out of his house, and effect a revolution...nothing but(a
miracle),..could have saved the United States from a fatal revolution of
government."

Thomas Paine, author and political theorist, helped the Illuminati
infiltrate several Masonic lodges. He revealed his loyalty to them when his
book The Age of Reason was published in 1794, which dealt with the role of
religion in society. Although he believed in God, he could not accept the
entire Bible as being fact.

A second volume was published in 1796. An unofficial third volume
(subtitled: Examination of the Prophecies) also appeared, which seriously
questioned the deity and existence of Jesus. In 1937, The Times of London
referred to him as "the English Voltaire."

On May 9, 1798, Rev. Jedediah Morse, pastor of the Congregational Church in
Charleston, South Carolina preached a sermon at the New North Church in
Boston, about the Illuminati: "Practically all of the civil and
ecclesiastical establishments of Europe have already been shaken to their
foundations by this terrible organiaation; the French Revolution itself is
doubtless to be traced to its machinations; the successes of the French
armies are to be explained on the same ground. The Jacobins are nothing more
nor less than the open manifestation of the hidden system of the Illuminati.
The Order has its branches established and its emissaries at work in
America. The affiliated Jacobin Societies in America have doubtless had as
the object of their establishment the propagation of the principles of the
illuminated mother club in France...I hold it a duty, my brethren, which I
owe to God, to the cause of religion, to my country and to you, at this
time, to declare to you, thus honestly and faithfully, these truths. My only
aim is to awaken you and myself a due attention, at this alarming period, to
our dearest interests. As a faithful watchman I would give you warning of
your present danger."

Later in July, Timothy Dwight, President of Yale University, told the people
of New Haven: "Shall our sons become the disciples of Voltaire(a French
writer) and the dragoons of Murat, or our daughters, the concubines of the
Illuminati."

To infiltrate the Masonic lodges in Europe, Weishaupt had enlisted the aid
of John Robison, who was a long time, high degree Mason in the Scottish
Rite, a professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University in Scotland,
a British historian, and Secretary-General to the Royal Society of
Edinburgh. When he went to Germany, he was given Weishaupt's revised
conspiracy plans to study, in order to expand the Illuminati's influence in
the British Isles. However, Robison didn't agree with their principles, and
after warning American Masons in 1789, published a book to expose the
organization in 1798 called Proofs of a Conspiracy Against All Religions and
Governments of Europe, Carried On In the Secret Meetings of Freemasons,
Illuminati, and Reading Societies(which presented the Protestant view). He
wrote: "I have observed these doctrines gradually diffusing and mixing with
all the different systems of Free Masonry till, at last, an association has
been formed for the express purpose of rooting out all the religious
establishments, and overturning all the existing governments of Europe."

Also, that same year, Abbe' Augustin Barruel(French patriot, Jesuit, and 3rd
degree Mason) published his Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire du Jacobinisme
or Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism(which presented the Roman
Catholic view). Both books sought to warn America about the Illuminati
conspiracy, but the warnings were not taken seriously. The January, 1798
edition of the Monthly Magazine contained a letter by Augustus Bottiger,
Provost of the College of Weimar, who accused Robison of making inaccurate
statements, and said that since 1790, "every concern of the Illuminati has
ceased."

Thomas Jefferson, believed to be a member of the Virginia lodge of the
Illuminati, and a Mason(who helped the Illuminati to infiltrate the New
England Masonic lodges), denied all the allegations, and described Weishaupt
as "an enthusiastic philanthropist" and called Barruel's revelations "the
ravings of a Bedlamite(Bedlam was the name of a hospital in London for the
mentally insane)."

During the summer of 1798, Rev. G. W. Snyder, a Lutheran minister, wrote a
letter to President Washington and included a copy of Robison's book,
expressing his concern about the Illuminati infiltrating the American
Masonic lodges. In Washington's response, dated September 25, 1798, he
wrote: "I have heard much about the nefarious and dangerous plan and
doctrines of the Illuminati," but went on to say that he didn't believe that
they had become involved in the lodges. A subsequent letter by Snyder,
requesting a more reassuring answer, resulted in a letter from Washington,
dated October 24, 1798, which can be found in The Writings of George
Washington, volume 20, page 518, which was prepared under the direction of
the U.S. George Washington Bicentennial Commission and published by the U.S.
Government Printing Office in 1941.

Washington wrote: "It was not my intention to doubt that the doctrines of
the Illuminati and the principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United
States. On the contrary, no one is more satisfied of this fact than I am.
The idea I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the lodges of
Freemasons in this country had, as societies, endeavored to propagate the
diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter. That
individuals of them may have done it, or that the founder or instruments
employed to have found the democratic societies in the United States may
have had this object, and actually had a separation of the people from their
government in view, is too evident to be questioned."

Shortly before his death, Washington issued two more warnings about the
Illuminati.

Around 1807, John Quincy Adams(said to have organized the New England
Masonic lodges), who later became President in 1825, wrote three letters to
Colonel William C. Stone, a top Mason, telling him that Thomas Jefferson,
our 3rd President, and founder of the Democratic Party, was using the
Masonic lodges for subversive Illuminati purposes. These letters were
allegedly kept at the Rittenburg Square Library in Philadelphia, but have
mysteriously vanished. Adams also wrote to Washington, saying that Jefferson
and Alexander Hamilton were misusing Masonic lodges for Illuminati purposes
and the worship of Lucifer(which is recorded in the Adams Chronicles).

Benjamin Franklin was also accused of being a member of the Illuminati, but
there is no substantative proof of this. Jefferson seemed to be the main
focus of everyone's ire. He was accused by the Federalists of being a
Jacobin, and an atheist. There is some evidence to indicate that he did use
the Democratic Societies and Jacobin Clubs in his 1796 battle with John
Adams for the Presidency. The Rev. Jedediah Morse identified Jefferson as
"an Illuminatus."

On July 4, 1812, Rev. Joseph Willard, the president of Harvard University,
said in a speech in Lancaster, New Hampshire: "There is sufficient evidence
that a number of societies, of the Illuminati, have been established in this
land of Gospel light and civil liberty, which were first organized from the
grand society, in France. They are doubtless secretly striving to undermine
all our ancient institutions, civil and sacred. These societies are closely
leagued with those of the same Order, in Europe; they have all the same
object in view. The enemies of all order are seeking our ruin. Should
infidelity generally prevail, our independence would fall of course. Our
republican government would be annihilated..."

It has been suggested, that one of the reasons that the British looted and
burned Washington in 1812, was to destroy secret documents that would have
exposed the treason against the United States, by various people high within
the government.

When those advocating a strong central government organized the Federalist
Party in 1791, the Anti-Federalists, who favored states' rights, and were
against Alexander Hamilton's(Secretary of Treasury under Washington,
1789-1795) fiscal policies, which they felt benefited the wealthy, rallied
under Thomas Jefferson, Washington's first Secretary of State(1789-93). They
became an organized political party after the Constitutional Convention in
1787, led by New York Governor George Clinton(who was later Vice-President
under Jefferson and Madison), Patrick Henry of Virginia, and Elbridge Gerry
of Massachusetts(a signer of the Declaration of Independence). The
Anti-Federalists were made up of the low class, farmers, and paper money
advocates, who strongly opposed a strong central government as set forth in
the U.S. Constitution of 1789, and succeeded in getting the Bill of Rights
added. They were against a single, national government, upper class rule,
and a weak program for the separation of powers.

The Jeffersonian Republicans, so named because of the anti-monarchy views of
the Anti-Federalists, had power from 1801-1825. In 1796, the party split
into the Democratic-Republicans , organized by New York State Senator Martin
Van Buren (who became our 8th President, 1837-41), who concerned themselves
with states' rights, farmers' interests and democratic procedures; and the
National Republicans, led by John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Daniel
Webster, who merged with the Federalists in 1820. In 1826, the
Democratic-Republicans became known as just plain Democrats, while the
National Republicans became identified as only Republicans in 1854. That is
how the two-party system was created in this country.



PHI-BETA-KAPPA

The fraternity known as Phi-Beta-Kappa was organized in 1776 by students at
the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia(the second oldest
in the country, founded in 1694), as a secret debating club. It was later
infiltrated, and used to introduce Illuminati principles to America.

Their name was derived from their Greek password and motto, "Philosophia
Biou Kuberuetes", which means, "Philosophy is the Guide of Life". Open only
to university students, their goal was to make philosophy, not religion, the
guiding principle of man's actions. They had secret hand signals and
handshakes up to 1830, when it was reorganized and changed from a social
organization, to an honorary society for upper classmen with high scholastic
standing.

During the 1700's, when it looked as through the fraternity would fold, one
of its members, Elisha Parmele, received a grant to establish chapters at
Yale in 1780, and in Harvard in 1781. They later grew to have chapters on
184 campuses.



SKULL AND BONES

The Skull and Bones organization was founded at Yale University in 1832 by
General William Huntington Russell(who later served in the Connecticut State
legislature 1846-47) and Alphonso Taft(U.S. Secretary of War in 1876,
Attorney General 1886-87, U.S. Minister to Austria 1882-84, U.S. Ambassador
to Russia 1884-85, and the father of former president William Howard Taft);
and incorporated in 1856 by Russell and Daniel Colt Gilman, under the name,
"The Russell Trust Association". Russell had visited Germany that year,
where he was exposed to the Illuminati, and possibly initiated. He wanted to
establish a similar group in America, where their sons could become members
of a secret Order that would give them a favored status.

It became a black lodge of Freemasonry. In 1873, some Yale students broke
into their headquarters, a windowless building called "The Tomb" adjacent to
the campus, where they discovered their insignia - the skull and bones,
along with some real skulls and bones. They wrote in the Yale newspaper, the
Iconoclast: "Year-by-year the deadly evil of the Skull and Bones is
growing."

The Russell Trust is endowed by $54 million in alumni grants, and it is the
alumni who control the group. Antony C. Sutton, a former Economics professor
at Stanford University, wrote a four-volume series of books on the group,
and revealed the names of 30 influential old-line American families who have
contributed to its ranks(some of which can trace their lineage back to the
16OO's, when they arrived from England), including Whitney, Lord, Phelps,
Wadsworth, Allen, Bundy, Adams, Harriman, Rockefeller, Payne, Davison, and
Pratt. Every year, 15 juniors are chosen to be members, and are called
"Knights". Upon graduation, they are called the "Patriarchs of the Order".

Since its inception, over 2500 Yale graduates have been initiated. Its
members have assimilated themselves into every area of business and
government. Members have included: W. Averell Harriman(governor of New York,
and advisor to various Democratic presidents), William P. Bundy(editor of
the CFR's journal Foreign Affairs), J. Hugh Liedtke(co-founder of Pennzoil
Oil Corp.), John Kerry(U.S. Senator from Massachusetts), David Boren(U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma), William Sloane Coffin(President of SANE/FREEZE),
William F. Buckley(conservative commentator, editor of the National Review
magazine), Gifford Pinchot(father of the environmental movement), Potter
Stewart (Supreme Court Justice), William H. Taft(27th President), Archibald
MacLeish(founder of UNESCO), Henry Luce(head of Time/Life magazines), Alfred
Cowles(of Cowles Communications), Richard Ely Danielson(of the Atlantic
Monthly magazine), Russell Wheeler Davenport(of Fortune magazine), McGeorge
Bundy( national security advisor for President John Kennedy), John Sherman
Cooper(U.S. Senator from Kentucky), John H. Chafee(U.S. Senator from Rhode
Island), Henry Stimson(Secretary of State of President Herbert Hoover),
Robert A. Lovett(Secretary of Defense of President Harry Truman), Winston
Lord(President of the Council on Foreign Relations), and George Bush(our
41st President, a Bilderberger, and CFR/Trilateral Commission member until
1980).

Nicknamed "Bonesmen", these establishment elites have become members of the
Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations, and have
achieved high level positions in the Administrations of various Presidents,
the Congress, and the government, in various capacities, From these
positions, they can use their influence to work towards their common goal of
one-world government.

Both the Skull and Bones, and Phi-Beta-Kappa, are indicative of the way the
Illuminati functions. They know that if they can grab, control, and mold
young minds, then they will have unwitting pawns to do their bidding, and
could be called upon to contribute to their efforts. The early history of
the Illuminati was nothing more than a seed that was planted. That is why
there was a big emphasis on infiltrating educational institutions with their
doctrine. As each class graduated through the educational systems of the
world, the more people there were to perpetuate their plans. In time, the
Illuminati knew they would have enough of the right people, in the right
places, for them to secretly further their goals.



CONGRESS OF VIENNA

In 1802, Europe was made up of several hundred states, which were dominated
by England, Austria, Russia, Prussia and France, which was the most powerful
country. In 1804, when Napoleon Bonaparte took over France, his military
exploits had led to the complete control of virtually all of Europe. Even
today, France has more land than any other country in western Europe. In
1812, when Napoleon moved against Russia- England, Spain and Portugal were
already at war with France. They were later joined by Sweden, Austria, and
in 1813, Prussia joined the coalition to end the siege of Europe, and to
"assure its future peace by the re-establishment of a just equilibrium of
the powers." In 1814, the coalition defeated France, and in March of that
year, marched into Paris. France's borders were returned to their original
1792 location, which had been established by the First Peace of Paris, and
Napoleon was exiled to Elba, a small island off the Tucson coast of Italy.

After the Napoleonic Wars, the Illuminati thought the world would be tired
of fighting, and would accept any solution to have peace. Through the
Congress of Vienna(l814-15), the Rothschilds hoped to create a sort of
League of Nations.

>From September, 1814, to June, 1815, the four powers of the allied
coalition, winners of the Napoleonic Wars, met at the Congress of Vienna,
along with a large number of rulers and officials representing smaller
states. It was the biggest political meeting in European history.
Representing England, was Lord Robert Stewart, the 2nd Viscount Castlereagh;
France, with Foreign Minister Charles-Maurice Talleyrand de Perigord;
Prussia, with King Friedrich Wilhelm III; and Austria, with Emperor Franz
II.

Other representatives were: Frederick VI, King of Denmark; Maximilian
Joseph, King of Bavaria; Friedrich I, King of Wurttemburg; Napoleon II, King
of Rome; Eugene de Beaurharnais , Viceroy of Italy; King Friedrich August I
of Saxony; Count Leowenhielm of Sweden; Cardinal Consalvi of the Papal
States; Grand Duke Charles of Baden; Elector William of Hesse; Grand Duke
George of Hesse-Darmstadt; Karl August, Duke of Weimar; the King of Bohemia;
the King of Hungary; and emissaries from Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Holland,
and other European States.

The main concern of the Congress was to redistribute conquered territories,
create a balance of power, restore the pre-Napoleonic order through King
Louis XVIII, return the power to families who were ruling in 1789, and to
return the Roman Catholic Church to its former power. Discussion revolved
around the creation of a Federation of Europe that would establish a group
of independent kingdoms which would be tied together through an
administrative governing body that would, among other things, provide
military defense. In their plan, Switzerland was made a neutral state that
served as a repository for their finances.

In March, 1815, Napoleon left Elba, because the pension promised him by King
Louis XVIII was discontinued, and he believed that Austria was preventing
his companion, Marie Louise, and his son, the former King of Rome(who became
the Duke of Reichstadt in Vienna) from being able to join him. Plus, he was
made aware of the growing discontent with the King. Thus Napoleon returned,
began the Hundred Days War, and was immediately labeled a "public enemy".
The coalition at the Congress put aside their diplomatic business, and
joined in the battle.

Shortly before Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, negotiations at the Congress
of Vienna were completed, and the treaty was signed on June 9, 1815. The
Second Peace of Paris, in November, exiled Napoleon to St. Helena, an island
1,000 miles off the African coast, where he died in 1821. The Russian czar
saw through the planned European federation, recognizing it as an Illuminati
ploy, and would not go along with it. On September 26, 1815, the Treaty of
Holy Alliance was signed by Alexander I of Russia, Francis II of Austria,
and Frederick William III of Prussia, while the allies were negotiating the
Second Peace of Paris. The Treaty guaranteed the sovereignty of any monarch
who would adhere to Christian principles in the affairs of State. The Treaty
made them a "true and indissoluble brotherhood." Alexander claimed he got
the idea from a conversation with Castlereagh. Castlereagh later said that
the Alliance was a "piece of sublime mysticism and nonsense." Prussia and
Austria claimed they went along with it, out of fear of Russian retaliation.
Although the Alliance had no influence on matters, it did indicate to other
countries that they had banded together against them, and it succeeded in
temporarily crushing Europe's growing liberal movement.

Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Klemens Furst von Metternich,
the most influential statesman in Europe, and a Rothschild agent, said that
the purpose of his idea for a European Federation was only to preserve the
social order, and was he convinced that Alexander was insane.

The whole purpose of the Congress of Vienna, was for the Illuminati to
create a Federation, so they would have complete political control over most
of the civilized world. Many of the European governments were in debt to the
Rothschilds, so they figured they could use that as a bargaining tool. The
Illuminati, in their first attempt, had come terrifyingly close to gaining
control of the world. The head of the family, Nathan Rothschild, awaited the
day that his family would get revenge by destroying the Czar and his family,
which they did in 1917.



THE MASONS SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE ILLUMINATI

In 1826, Captain William Morgan, a journalist and stonemason from Batavia,
New York, who was a high degree mason in a local Masonic lodge, wrote an
expose' of the Masonic Order in a book called Illustrations of Masonry,
which revealed many of their secrets concerning the first three degrees.
Shortly afterward, he was arrested and charged with stealing and
indebtedness, and put in jail. The Illuminati tried him in absentia,
convicted him of treason, and ordered five men, led by Richard Howard, an
English Illuminist, to execute him. When he was released from jail, he was
warned, and he attempted to flee to Canada. Howard caught him at the border,
and took him to Fort Niagara, where he was held for a couple of days. The
Freemasons that accompanied Howard, carried him off in a boat, and drowned
him in the Niagara River.

This event was verified by the sworn statement of Avery Allen(said to be on
file at the New York City Archives), who heard Howard give a report of the
incident at a meeting of the Knights Templar at St. John's Hall in New York
City. One of the three men who carried out the assassination, confessed on
his deathbed in 1848.

Masonic leaders refused to cooperate with the lengthy investigation, which
didn't get anywhere, since many of the police officers were Masons. The
general consensus was that Morgan drowned himself in Lake Ontario. However,
the press, religious leaders, temperance and anti-slavery groups, united to
condemn the apparent murder. The murder caused over half of the Masons in
the northeastern United States to break off their alignment with the
Illuminati. The incident led to the creation of the country's first third
party movement- the Anti-Masonic Party(1826-33) in New York. They wanted to
stop the aristocratic conspiracy, and prevent all members of Masonic
organizations from public service. Anti-Masonic candidates were elected to
the New York Assembly in 1827.

A State Convention in Massachusetts in 1828 saw the establishment of a
committee "to inquire how far Freemasonry and French Illuminism are
connected." The Committee reported at a meeting at Faneuil Hall in
Boston(December 30, 31, and January 1, 1829), and passed the following
resolution: "Resolved, on the report of the Committee appointed to inquire
how far Freemasonry and French Illuminism are connected, that there is
evidence of an intimate connection between the high orders of Masonry and
French Illuminism."

A National Convention was held in 1830 in Philadelphia, and another in
Baltimore in 1831, where they nominated William Wirt, former U.S. Attorney
General (under Monroe and John Quincy Adams, 1817-1829), as a Presidential
candidate. They were represented by 116 Anti-Masonic delegates from 13
states. The movement caught on mainly in New England and the Mid-Atlantic
states. Even though they won quite a few Congressional seats in 1832, Wirt
only carried the State of Vermont, while Andrew Jackson, a Mason, won big.

The Party was phased out in 1836, because the anti-slavery movement began to
overshadow their activities. They merged with the Whig Party(1834-60) in
1838. The Whig Party later assimilated themselves into the Democratic Party,
the Liberty Party(l840-48), the Free Soil Party(1848-54), and the Republican
Party.

Fifty years after Morgan's disappearance, Thurlow Weed(1797-1882), owner of
the Rochester Telegraph, and Editor of the influential Albany Evening
Journal(from 1830-1863), who helped found the Anti-Masonic Party, published
information about Morgan's death. His grave was discovered in 1881 at
Pembroke, in Batavia County, in New York. In the grave was a piece of paper
that had the name John Brown written on it. Brown was said to be one of the
people involved in the killing. A statue was erected in memory of Morgan in
Batavia in 1882.



THE ILLUMINATI IN THE UNITED STATES

In 1829, the Illuminati held a secret meeting in New York, which was address
ed by a British Illuminist named Frances "Fanny" Wright, from Scotland, who
was an associate of socialist Robert Dale Owen. She had come to America in
1818, then again in 1824. In 1828, she became the co-editor of the New
Harmony Gazette with Owen. In 1829, they moved to New York, and called their
publication the Free Enquirer. At the meeting, she spoke of equal rights,
atheism, and free love, as she promoted a Women's Auxiliary of the
Illuminati. Those present were told that an international movement of
subversives was being developed along the lines of Illuminati principles,
who would be used to ferment future wars. They were to be known as
"communists". This movement was to be used to make the idea of a one-world
government more appealing by bringing chaos to the world through war and
revolution, so the Illuminati could step in to create order.

In 1843, poet Heinrich Heine, revealed the knowledge he had about this new
group, when he wrote a book called Letece, which was a compilation of
articles he wrote for the Augsburg Gazette from 1840-1843. A passage from
that book read: "Communism is the secret name of this tremendous adversary
which the rule of the proletariat, with all that implies, opposes to the
existing bourgeois regime...Communism is nonetheless the dark hero, cast for
an enormous if fleeting role in the modern tragedy, and awaiting its cue to
enter the stage."

Clinton Roosevelt, Horace Greeley (1811-72, Editor of the New York Tribune
which he founded in 1841), and Charles Dana(1819-97, City Editor on the New
York Tribune, and later Editor of the New York Sun), prominent newspaper
publishers at that time, were appointed to a committee to raise funds for
the operation, which was being financed by the Rothschilds. Incidentally,
Greeley, because of his ambition for high public office, and his
anti-slavery stand, helped organize the Republican Party in 1854. In 1872,
he ran for the Presidency, against Ulysses S. Grant, on the Liberal
Republican ticket. Grant defeated him 3,597,132 votes to 2,834,125.

In 1841, Clinton Roosevelt wrote a book called The Science of Government
Founded on Natural Law, which was the blueprint of the conspiracy to
eliminate the U.S. Constitution, and to communize the country, based on the
principles of Weishaupt. It contained the detailed plan for the New Deal and
the National Recovery Act, that was implemented 92 years later by his direct
descendant Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The Illuminati operated through a front organization known as the Locofoco
Party(1835-45), which was organized by radical Jacksonian Democrats who were
strongly influenced by the Working Man's Party(1828-30), and had labor
support. The Working Man's Party merged into the Equal Rights Party in 1833,
which later developed into the Socialist Party in 1901. The Locofocos got
their name when they voted down the endorsed candidate for the Democratic
Party Chairman, and the gas lights were turned off by Party regulars during
the 1835 meeting in Tammany Hall. The matches they used to light candles, in
order to continue the meeting, were called "locofocos".

With their political strength concentrated mainly in the Northeast, their
goals were to establish an independent treasury and to enact anti-monopoly
legislation. They were absorbed into the States' rights movement of Sen.
John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, and Sen.
Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, who joined with the Jeffersonian
Republicans and the Anti-Masonic Party to form the Whig Party, which
represented farmers, southern plantation owners, and northeastern business
interests. Their main complaint was President Andrew Jackson's refusal to
Charter the Second Bank of the United States. They succeeded in electing
Gen. William Henry Harrison and Gen. Zachary Taylor to the Presidency, but
were stymied by presidential vetoes when they tried to get their legislative
projects passed, especially after the re-establishment of the National Bank.
The Whigs later merged with the newly formed Republican Party.



WEISHAUPT DIES

After Weishaupt died on November 18, 1830, at the age of 82, Giuseppe
Mazxini(1805-72), an Italian patriot, and revolutionary leader, was
appointed head of the Illuminati in 1834. It was believed that Weishaupt
rejoined the Catholic Church with a deathbed repentance.

While attending Genoa University, Mazzini became a 33rd degree Mason, and
joined a secret organization known as the Carbonari(their stated goal in
1818: "Our final aim is that of Voltaire and of the French Revolution- the
complete annihilation of Catholicism, and ultimately all Christianity."),
where he became committed to the cause of Italian unity. In 1831, he was
exiled to France, where he founded the "Young Societies" movement, which
included Giovane Italia(Young Italy), Young England, etc. This group united
those who wanted to achieve unification through force. Mazzini moved to
England in 1837, then returned to Italy in 1848 to lead the revolution
against the Austrians. Again he was exiled. In the 1850's, he led more
revolutionary activities, and through his actions, Italy became united in
1861, as a single kingdom, rather than the republic envisioned by Mazzini.

Mazzini, who became known as the "Evil Genius of Italy", tried to carry on
the activities of the Illuminati through the Alta Vendita Lodge, the highest
lodge of the Carbonari.

>From 1814-48, the group known as the Haute Vente Romaine led the activities
of most of Europe's secret societies. In April, 1836, the head of the Haute
Vente, whose pseudonym was "Nubius", wrote to "Beppo": "Mazzini behaves too
much like a conspirator of melodrama to suit the obscure role we resign
ourselves to play until our triumph. Mazzini likes to talk about a great
many things, about himself above all. He never ceases writing that he is
overthrowing thrones and altars, that he fertilizes the peoples, that he is
the prophet of humanitarianism..."

In 1860, Mazzini had formed an organization called the "Oblonica", a name
derived from the Latin "obelus", which means: "I beckon with a
spit(dagger)." Within this group, he established an inner circle called the
Mafia.

About 1,000 AD, after the Normans had driven the Arabs out of Sicily, they
established a feudal system. Overseers to guard each feudi were chosen from
known criminals. Skirmishes between the Barons were fought by these
criminals. Although feudal privileges were abolished in 1812, these
overseers retained control of the land through leasing arrangements. It was
this band of criminals that Mazzini gave the name "Mafia", which was an
acronym for Mazzini, Autorizza, Furti, Incendi, and Avvelengmenti. Known as
the Mafiosi, they were authorized by Mazzini to commit thefts, arson and
murder. It was this organization that came to America during the 1890's with
the beginning of Italian immigration.

In 1859, Albert Pike(1809-1891), a lawyer, and leader of the U.S. Scottish
Rite Masonry(who was called the "Sovereign Pontiff of Universal
Freemasonry", the "Prophet of Freemasonry" and the "greatest Freemason of
the nineteenth century."), who was fascinated with the idea of a one-world
government, was chosen to coordinate Illuminati activities in the United
States. He said they needed to create a political party that would keep the
world fighting, until they could bring peace. Pike said it would be done
"with tongue and pen, with all our open and secret influences, with the
purse, and if need be, with the sword..."

Pike was born on December 29, 1809, in Boston, went to Harvard, then later
served as a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army. He was appointed by
the Confederacy to be the Indian Commissioner in order to create an army of
Indian warriors. He became Governor of the Indian territory, and succeeded
in creating an army consisting of Chickasaws, Comanches, Creeks, Cherokees,
Miamis, Osages, Kansas, and Choctaws. He became known to them as the
"faithful pale-face friend and protector." The savagery of their attacks
caused Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy to disband the
Indian army. After the Civil War, Pike was found guilty of treason and
jailed, only to be pardoned by President Andrew Johnson on April 22, 1866,
who met with him the next day at the White House. On June 20, 1867, Scottish
Rite officials conferred upon Johnson, the 4th - 32nd degrees, and he later
went to Boston to dedicate a Masonic Temple. The only monument to a
Confederate general in Washington, D.C. was erected in Pike's honor, and can
be found between the Department of Labor building and the Municipal
Building, between 3rd and 4th Streets, on D Street, NW.

Pike was a genius, able to read and write in 16 different languages. A 33rd
degree Mason, he was one of the founding fathers, and head of the Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. In 1869, he was a top leader in the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1871, he wrote the 861 page Masonic handbook
known as the Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of
Freemasonry.

Pike was said to be a Satanist, who indulged in the occult, and possessed a
bracelet he used to summon Lucifer, with whom he had constant communication.
He was the Grand Master of a Luciferian group known as the Order of the
Palladium(or Sovereign Council of Wisdom), which had been founded in Paris
in 1737. Palladism had been brought to Greece from Egypt by Pythagoras in
the fifth century, and it was this cult of Satan that was introduced to the
inner circle of the Masonic lodges. It was aligned with the Palladium of the
Templars. In 1801, Issac Long, a Jew, brought a statue of Baphomet(Satan) to
Charleston, South Carolina, where he helped established the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite. Pike, his successor, changed the name to the New and
Reformed Palladian Rite(or Reformed Palladium). The Order contained two
degrees: 1) Adelph(or Brother), and 2) Companion of Ulysses(or Companion of
Penelope). Pike's right-hand man was Phileas Walder, from Switzerland, who
was a former Lutheran minister, a Masonic leader, occultist, and
spiritualist. His other closest aids were Gallatin Mackey(a Masonic leader),
Longfellow, and Holbrook. Pike, along with Mazzini, Lord Henry Palmerston of
England(1784-1865, 33rd degree Mason), and Otto von Bismarck from
Germany(33rd Mason, 1815-1898), intended to use the Palladian Rite to create
a Satanic umbrella group that would tie all Masonic groups together.

Because of Mazzini's revolutionary activities in Europe, the Illuminati had
to again go underground. Pike established Supreme Councils in Charleston,
South Carolina; Rome, Italy(led by Mazzini); London, England(led by
Palmerston); and Berlin, Germany(led by Bismarck). He set up 23 subordinate
councils in strategic places throughout the world, including five Grand
Central Directories in Washington, DC(North America), Montevideo(South
America), Naples(Europe), Calcutta(Asia), and Mauritius( Africa), which were
used to gather information. All of these branches have been the secret
headquarters for the Illuminati's activities ever since.

In a letter dated January 22, 1870, Mazzini wrote to Pike: "We must allow
all of the federations to continue just as they are, with their systems,
their central authorities and diverse modes of correspondence between high
grades of the same rite, organized as they are at present, but we must
create a super rite, which will remain unknown, to which we will call those
Masons of high degree whom we shall select(obviously referring to the New
and Reformed Palladian Rite). With regard to our brothers in Masonry, these
men must be pledged to the strictest secrecy. Through this supreme rite, we
will govern all Freemasonry which will become the one International Center,
the more powerful because its direction will be unknown."

In another letter, dated August 15, 1871, Pike wrote to Mazzini: "We shall
unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable
social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations
the effect of absolute atheism, the origin of savagery, and of the most
bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves
against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those
destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with
Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without
compass, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its
adoration, will receive the pure light through the universal manifestation
which will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow
the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated
at the same time."

Another part of this letter was discovered in 1949, which graphically
outlined plans for three world wars and at least two revolutions. The first
world war was to enable communistic atheism to destroy the czarist
government in Russia. This was accomplished. The second world war was to
begin by pitting Great Britain against Germany, in order to destroy Naziism,
and advance the cause of Zionism, so that Israel could become a nation. This
was accomplished. After this war, Communism was to be made strong enough to
begin taking over weaker governments. In 1945, at the Potsdam Conference
between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin, Russia was given a chunk of Europe,
and that helped to sweep the tide of Communism into China. The plan also
called for a third world war, which is to be ignited by firing up the
aggression between the Zionists(Israel) and the Arab world, who will destroy
each other, bringing the rest of the world into a final conflict. This
conflict will be engineered to produce complete social, political, and
economic chaos; out of which will emerge an Illuminati-controlled world
government. For a short time, this letter, had been on display in the
British Museum Library in London. Some researchers believe the second letter
to be fraudulent, and had been written much later than the first part, since
the word "Fascism" was not used until 1921, and the Arab/Jewish problem did
not exist until after the 1917 Balfour Declaration.

After Mazzini's death on March 11, 1872, Pike appointed Adriano
Lemmi(1822-1896, 33rd Mason), a banker from Florence, Italy, to run their
subversive activities in Europe. Lemmi was a supporter of patriot and
revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, and may have been active in the Luciferian
Society founded by Pike.

On July 14, 1889, Pike issued this statement to the 24 Supreme Councils of
the world who were meeting in Paris: "That which we must say to the crowd
is: 'We worship a God, but it is the God one adores without superstition.'"

"To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General(33rd Degree Masons), we say
this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st, and 30th
degrees: 'The Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high
degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine.'"

"If Lucifer were not God, would Adonay(or "Adonai", Hebrew for the word
"Lord" which refers to Jehovah, the God of Israel, which they avoided using)
whose deeds prove his cruelty, perfidy, and hatred of man, barbarism and
repulsion for science, would Adonay and his priests calumniate him? Yes,
Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also God. For the eternal law is
that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white
without black, for the absolute can only exist as two Gods: darkness being
necessary to light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the
statue, and the brake to the locomotive..."

"...Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is a heresy; and the true and pure
philosophic religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay; but
Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity against
Adonay, the God of darkness and evil."



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