Adam Weishaupht

Tecnos · 01-14-2009, 12:07 PM

This is the birth of the Illuminati according to illuminati-news.com

I can practically guarantee you'll never see this article in Reader's Digest. But I love to do these Digest-style biographies of famous people in the paranormal field, so here goes. He's been called many things. The Abbe Barruel called him "a human devil." Thomas Jefferson called him "a harmless philanthropist." Prof. John Robison called him "the profoundest conspirator that ever existed." But what's the real story behind the man who simply called himself "Brother Spartacus?" Adam Weishaupt was born on February 6, 1748 in Ingolstadt, a city in Bayern (Bavaria), Germany, which was then an independent kingdom. When he was a baby, his parents, who had been Orthodox Jews, converted to the Roman Catholic Church. Instead of attending the yeshiva, Adam attended monastery schools and later a hochschule (high school) run by the Society of Jesus.

As a Bavarian, Adam learned Czech and Italian as a child, and in school, he soon mastered Latin, Greek and, with his father's help, Hebrew. With his avid scholarship and knack for languages, his Jesuit superiors thought he would be a natural for overseas missionary work, perhaps in the Americas or in Asia. But Adam rebelled against Jesuit discipline, resisted their overtures and eventually became the professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt. Beginning around 1768, Adam began "the collection of a large library for the purpose of establishing an academy of scholars." He read every ancient manuscript and text he and his associates could lay hands on. Adam grew interested in the occult, becoming obsessed with the Great Pyramid of Giza.

He was convinced that the edifice was a prehistoric temple of initiation. In 1770, he made the acquaintance of Franz Kolmer, a Danish merchant who had lived for many years in Alexandria and had made several trips to Giza ... The following year, 1771, Adam decided to found a secret society aimed at "transforming" the human race(1). He devoted five years to thinking out the plan, borrowing from many different occult sources. His first name for the proposed order, Perfectibilisen, suggests that he borrowed from the Cathars, a gnostic religion that flourished in Europe for four hundred years. The Cathars, whose name means "perfect ones," were decimated in the Albigensian Crusade of Pope Innocent III during the early Thirteenth Century. Adam fashioned his order in the form of (what else?) a pyramid.

"Its members, pledged to obedience to their superiors, were divided into three main classes; the first including novices, minervals and lesser illuminati the second consisting," like the Freemasons, of "ordinary, Scottish and Scottish Knights, and the third, or mystery class, comprising two grades of priest and regent, and of magus and king," or
Illuminatus Rex. This hierarchy, incidentally, is identical to the table of organization of the Sufis of Islam, which has some historians wondering if Adam's friend Kolmer was a closet Sufi(2). The Illuminati were a closemouthed bunch. "Every candidate had to give a written promise to tell nobody of this society. He learned nothing of his superiors and of the origin of the society, but was confirmed in the belief that the order could be traced back to antiquity and that its members included even popes and cardinals." "He further vowed eternal silence and strict obedience. Every month he had to send a report to his superior, whom he did not know."

Adam felt that human society had grown hopelessly corrupt and that it could only be saved by a complete overhaul. In effect, he was the first utopian to think on a global scale(3), and he looked forward to the day his group would bring about the Novus Ordo Seclorum, sometimes called the New World Order. The Illuminati had five goals, including:

"(a) Abolition of monarchies and all ordered governments,

(b) Abolition of private property and inheritances,

(c) Abolition of patriotism and nationalism,

(d) Abolition of family life and the institution of marriage, and the establishment of communal education of children,

(e) Abolition of all religion."

By drawing upon Europe's "best and brightest," Adam was confident that the order could attain its goals. He wrote, "The pupils are convinced that the Order will rule the world. Every member therefore becomes a ruler. We all think of ourselves as qualified to rule. It is therefore an alluring thought both to good and bad men. Therefore the Order will spread."

He also urged his followers not to shrink from committing violence or criminal acts in meeting Illuminati objectives, writing, "Sin is only that which is hurtful, and if the profit is greater than the damage, it becomes a virtue(4)." Recruitment proceeded at a brisk pace. Adam rallied many able lieutenants to his cause. Such as Baron Xavier von Zwack, who lobbied for the order in Germany and in Britain, too, with help from William Petty, the second Earl of Shelburne. And Baron Adolf von Knigge, who brokered a "shotgun marriage" between Illuminism and European Freemasonry at the Congress of Whilhelmsbad in 1782. By 1782, the Illuminati "had spread from Denmark to Portugal," and even further afield. Illuminized Britons joined with like-minded Americans to found the Columbian Lodge in New York City that year. A young Russian nobleman, Alexander Radischev, joined the order in Leipzieg and carried the doctrines home to St. Petersburg.

In Lisboa (Lisbon), a poet named Claudio Manuel da Costa became a member and, upon returning home to Brazil, founded a chapter with two doctors from Ouro Preto, Domingos Vidal Barbosa and Jose Alvares Maciel. In 1788, this trio launched the first Illuminati uprising, the Inconfidencia Mineira, but the revolt was nipped in the bud by the viceroy, the Marquis de Barbacena. Meanwhile, back in Germany, Adam was learning that life as the Illuminatus Rex was not quite the paradise
he'd envisioned. His long-time mistress became pregnant and insisted that he either pay up or marry her. Adam stalled, and the lady threatened to go public with the scandal. Baron von Knigge, who had given the Illuminatenorden a big boost by allying with Freemasonry(5), thought he should be rewarded by becoming Adam's co-ruler in the order. Adam disagreed, and the resulting feud between the two men resulted in von Knigge quitting the order in 1784. To make matters worse, Illuminati writers Johann Herder and Johann G. Fichte had begun beating the drum for German unification. Their calls for "Ein volk und ein Reich(6)" were completely out of sync with Adam's plan to do away with nationalism. While Adam may have been a brilliant scholar, he lacked the leader's touch. He was too high-handed and arrogant, disinclined to listen to the advice of subordinates.

These characteristics enraged some of the lesser Illuminati, such as Joseph Utschneider, and they awaited the day they would have their revenge. The day was not long in coming. An Illuminati courier was struck by lightning and killed. When the Bavarian police searched his body, they found coded messages from Weishaupt sewn into the clothes. At this critical juncture, Utschneider and his three companions came forward and told the Bavarian authorities all about the Illuminati. As a result, the King of Bavaria banned the order in August 1784. Fired from his position at the university, and accused of everything from treason to goat molestation, Adam fled Ingolstadt on horseback and went to Regensburg. When he found the people there equally hostile, he rode on to Gotha, where he was offered refuge by Duke Ernst II. An associate, Dr. Schwartz, loaded the order's collection of Kabbalist, Cathar, Sufi and occult books into an ox-cart and began the long journey eastward to Moscow.

The "profoundest conspirator that ever existed" lived out the rest of his life in exile in Gotha(7). He got into more mischief in the French Revolution with his friend and correspondent, Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, the Illuminatus of Lyons. And lived long enough to inspire new generations of Illuminati--Anacharsis Cloots, Francois Babeuf and Filippo Buonarotti, among others. Adam Weishaupt died on November 18, 1830 in Gotha. Even in death, he remains a figure of controversy. The Roman Catholic Encyclopedia of 1910 said Weishaupt repented on his deathbed and was reconciled with the Church. Author Gary Allen claimed that Adam was working on an essay on hermetic art magick(8), Two Fragments of a Ritual, when he suddenly dropped dead. Quien sabe?

Proper assessment of Adam's role in history may have to wait a few more centuries, for a generation of more objective historians. His is still a hot-button name. Here in the USA, fundamentalist Christians consider Adam Weishaupt a kind of sinister John the Baptist, proclaiming the global Kingdom of Satan. And those who favor the New World Order... well, they don't say much of anything. Mention the names "Adam Weishaupt" and "Illuminati," and they tend to grit their teeth and scowl. For myself, whenever I think about Adam Weishaupt and his sect, the haunting question of Jesus Christ comes to mind. "Can an evil tree produce good fruit?"

kidflash2008 · 01-15-2009, 10:45 AM

Basically they wanted to control all aspects of life, if we are to believe the above origins. The Cathar name indicates the Illuminati may be descended from a form of the Knights Templar.

Amethyst · 03-09-2009, 12:57 PM

I heard that Wieshaupt and the Illuminati were exposed by French police, and the Illuminati were forced to go underground, thus creating the speculation of ties of the Illuminati to the Freemasons.

kidflash2008 · 03-10-2009, 10:58 AM

I also wonder if the Illuminati are the descendants of the Teutonic Knights who were the Germanic part of the Knights Templar. It is interesting how they all tie in together when researched.

I do believe some group somewhere has the ancient books of knowledge and the true bloodline of Jesus and his wife Mary Magdalene. If these ever did find their way to the public, I wonder how the Christian faiths would deal with the fact that Jesus' scion may still live to this day?

Tecnos · 03-10-2009, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kidflash2008

I also wonder if the Illuminati are the descendants of the Teutonic Knights who were the Germanic part of the Knights Templar. It is interesting how they all tie in together when researched.

I do believe some group somewhere has the ancient books of knowledge and the true bloodline of Jesus and his wife Mary Magdalene. If these ever did find their way to the public, I wonder how the Christian faiths would deal with the fact that Jesus' scion may still live to this day?

Or possibly Kidflash, that it was not Jesus Christ (Joshua the son of Joseph) that was crucified on the Mount, but his brother - James?

And the origins of the Black Madonna of Limoux - France.....

Or the visits by Joseph of Arimathea to Pagan sites in Glastonbury?

Or the mere suggestion that Joshua Son of Joseph actually met his demise by being stoned to death on the site in London that is now St Pauls Cathederal.....

I wonder what they would think then?

kidflash2008 · 03-11-2009, 11:47 AM

There is also the theory that Jesus was crucified, but he did survive it. The Bible does say he was dead within a few hours, even though death by that method took many days and possible over a week. He also did not get his legs broken, which was customary to being merciful as that caused almost instant death by suffocation. He was taken down from the cross quite early, and his wife was present during the whole ordeal. She could have administered some kind of drug to make him unconscious when she wiped his face with the cloth.

The most amazing part about the theory is that it is in the Bible itself. He was alive when he visited his disciples, and then went on many journeys to continue his teachings which were considered radical back then.

If anything like that were to get out or be proven, many churches would have some 'splainen to do!

c4pt0r · 03-31-2009, 07:12 AM

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ZERO HOUR · 03-31-2009, 08:52 AM

I'm baffled can someone explain what he was trying to say?

kidflash2008 · 03-31-2009, 11:33 AM

c4pr0r has rewritten their post, and it is basically we have been lied to about everything. I agree with that, although what the lies are I think is different that what they state.

kidflash2008 · 03-31-2009, 12:16 PM

c4pt0r, I do agree we have been lied to. I just think they are taking away the true spiritual truths that are out there. We are becoming more and more materialistic than ever before. Any mention of religious or spiritual beliefs gets openly mocked. We are asked to trust the state and government more and more. We want our cellphones, computers, flat screen TVs and cars to talk to us. We are slowly moving away from church, as 25% of Americans do not believe or do not care.

Trust in our state, and that was started a long time ago. Both Bush Presidents started this, and Clinton and Obama are also continuing it. They may not even realize what they are doing, as the powerful families that have always been in control are the ones who want to control us. Buy their products and watch reality TV, but do not question us. Worship our form of Christianity. Do not ask the questions or actually read what Jesus really preached. We will give you your guns, but you have to be loyal to the "conservative" cause. We will give you abortion clinics, but you have to follow our "liberal" cause. DO NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS! Just follow each way and each cause blindly.

I and most of us here are their worst fear. We ask questions. We want answers. And most of us want our spiritual sides to be sated. We are more than bodies of flesh and blood. We have souls, we are individual entities. They do not want us to think other than what is preached to us, whether it is the conservative or liberal crap.

01-14-2009, 12:07 PM	#1
Tecnos Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 417	Adam Weishaupht - Illuminatii This is the birth of the Illuminati according to illuminati-news.com I can practically guarantee you'll never see this article in Reader's Digest. But I love to do these Digest-style biographies of famous people in the paranormal field, so here goes. He's been called many things. The Abbe Barruel called him "a human devil." Thomas Jefferson called him "a harmless philanthropist." Prof. John Robison called him "the profoundest conspirator that ever existed." But what's the real story behind the man who simply called himself "Brother Spartacus?" Adam Weishaupt was born on February 6, 1748 in Ingolstadt, a city in Bayern (Bavaria), Germany, which was then an independent kingdom. When he was a baby, his parents, who had been Orthodox Jews, converted to the Roman Catholic Church. Instead of attending the yeshiva, Adam attended monastery schools and later a hochschule (high school) run by the Society of Jesus. As a Bavarian, Adam learned Czech and Italian as a child, and in school, he soon mastered Latin, Greek and, with his father's help, Hebrew. With his avid scholarship and knack for languages, his Jesuit superiors thought he would be a natural for overseas missionary work, perhaps in the Americas or in Asia. But Adam rebelled against Jesuit discipline, resisted their overtures and eventually became the professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt. Beginning around 1768, Adam began "the collection of a large library for the purpose of establishing an academy of scholars." He read every ancient manuscript and text he and his associates could lay hands on. Adam grew interested in the occult, becoming obsessed with the Great Pyramid of Giza. He was convinced that the edifice was a prehistoric temple of initiation. In 1770, he made the acquaintance of Franz Kolmer, a Danish merchant who had lived for many years in Alexandria and had made several trips to Giza ... The following year, 1771, Adam decided to found a secret society aimed at "transforming" the human race(1). He devoted five years to thinking out the plan, borrowing from many different occult sources. His first name for the proposed order, Perfectibilisen, suggests that he borrowed from the Cathars, a gnostic religion that flourished in Europe for four hundred years. The Cathars, whose name means "perfect ones," were decimated in the Albigensian Crusade of Pope Innocent III during the early Thirteenth Century. Adam fashioned his order in the form of (what else?) a pyramid. "Its members, pledged to obedience to their superiors, were divided into three main classes; the first including novices, minervals and lesser illuminati the second consisting," like the Freemasons, of "ordinary, Scottish and Scottish Knights, and the third, or mystery class, comprising two grades of priest and regent, and of magus and king," or Illuminatus Rex. This hierarchy, incidentally, is identical to the table of organization of the Sufis of Islam, which has some historians wondering if Adam's friend Kolmer was a closet Sufi(2). The Illuminati were a closemouthed bunch. "Every candidate had to give a written promise to tell nobody of this society. He learned nothing of his superiors and of the origin of the society, but was confirmed in the belief that the order could be traced back to antiquity and that its members included even popes and cardinals." "He further vowed eternal silence and strict obedience. Every month he had to send a report to his superior, whom he did not know." Adam felt that human society had grown hopelessly corrupt and that it could only be saved by a complete overhaul. In effect, he was the first utopian to think on a global scale(3), and he looked forward to the day his group would bring about the Novus Ordo Seclorum, sometimes called the New World Order. The Illuminati had five goals, including: "(a) Abolition of monarchies and all ordered governments, (b) Abolition of private property and inheritances, (c) Abolition of patriotism and nationalism, (d) Abolition of family life and the institution of marriage, and the establishment of communal education of children, (e) Abolition of all religion." By drawing upon Europe's "best and brightest," Adam was confident that the order could attain its goals. He wrote, "The pupils are convinced that the Order will rule the world. Every member therefore becomes a ruler. We all think of ourselves as qualified to rule. It is therefore an alluring thought both to good and bad men. Therefore the Order will spread." He also urged his followers not to shrink from committing violence or criminal acts in meeting Illuminati objectives, writing, "Sin is only that which is hurtful, and if the profit is greater than the damage, it becomes a virtue(4)." Recruitment proceeded at a brisk pace. Adam rallied many able lieutenants to his cause. Such as Baron Xavier von Zwack, who lobbied for the order in Germany and in Britain, too, with help from William Petty, the second Earl of Shelburne. And Baron Adolf von Knigge, who brokered a "shotgun marriage" between Illuminism and European Freemasonry at the Congress of Whilhelmsbad in 1782. By 1782, the Illuminati "had spread from Denmark to Portugal," and even further afield. Illuminized Britons joined with like-minded Americans to found the Columbian Lodge in New York City that year. A young Russian nobleman, Alexander Radischev, joined the order in Leipzieg and carried the doctrines home to St. Petersburg. In Lisboa (Lisbon), a poet named Claudio Manuel da Costa became a member and, upon returning home to Brazil, founded a chapter with two doctors from Ouro Preto, Domingos Vidal Barbosa and Jose Alvares Maciel. In 1788, this trio launched the first Illuminati uprising, the Inconfidencia Mineira, but the revolt was nipped in the bud by the viceroy, the Marquis de Barbacena. Meanwhile, back in Germany, Adam was learning that life as the Illuminatus Rex was not quite the paradise he'd envisioned. His long-time mistress became pregnant and insisted that he either pay up or marry her. Adam stalled, and the lady threatened to go public with the scandal. Baron von Knigge, who had given the Illuminatenorden a big boost by allying with Freemasonry(5), thought he should be rewarded by becoming Adam's co-ruler in the order. Adam disagreed, and the resulting feud between the two men resulted in von Knigge quitting the order in 1784. To make matters worse, Illuminati writers Johann Herder and Johann G. Fichte had begun beating the drum for German unification. Their calls for "Ein volk und ein Reich(6)" were completely out of sync with Adam's plan to do away with nationalism. While Adam may have been a brilliant scholar, he lacked the leader's touch. He was too high-handed and arrogant, disinclined to listen to the advice of subordinates. These characteristics enraged some of the lesser Illuminati, such as Joseph Utschneider, and they awaited the day they would have their revenge. The day was not long in coming. An Illuminati courier was struck by lightning and killed. When the Bavarian police searched his body, they found coded messages from Weishaupt sewn into the clothes. At this critical juncture, Utschneider and his three companions came forward and told the Bavarian authorities all about the Illuminati. As a result, the King of Bavaria banned the order in August 1784. Fired from his position at the university, and accused of everything from treason to goat molestation, Adam fled Ingolstadt on horseback and went to Regensburg. When he found the people there equally hostile, he rode on to Gotha, where he was offered refuge by Duke Ernst II. An associate, Dr. Schwartz, loaded the order's collection of Kabbalist, Cathar, Sufi and occult books into an ox-cart and began the long journey eastward to Moscow. The "profoundest conspirator that ever existed" lived out the rest of his life in exile in Gotha(7). He got into more mischief in the French Revolution with his friend and correspondent, Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, the Illuminatus of Lyons. And lived long enough to inspire new generations of Illuminati--Anacharsis Cloots, Francois Babeuf and Filippo Buonarotti, among others. Adam Weishaupt died on November 18, 1830 in Gotha. Even in death, he remains a figure of controversy. The Roman Catholic Encyclopedia of 1910 said Weishaupt repented on his deathbed and was reconciled with the Church. Author Gary Allen claimed that Adam was working on an essay on hermetic art magick(8), Two Fragments of a Ritual, when he suddenly dropped dead. Quien sabe? Proper assessment of Adam's role in history may have to wait a few more centuries, for a generation of more objective historians. His is still a hot-button name. Here in the USA, fundamentalist Christians consider Adam Weishaupt a kind of sinister John the Baptist, proclaiming the global Kingdom of Satan. And those who favor the New World Order... well, they don't say much of anything. Mention the names "Adam Weishaupt" and "Illuminati," and they tend to grit their teeth and scowl. For myself, whenever I think about Adam Weishaupt and his sect, the haunting question of Jesus Christ comes to mind. "Can an evil tree produce good fruit?" __________________

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01-15-2009, 10:45 AM	#2
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,726	Basically they wanted to control all aspects of life, if we are to believe the above origins. The Cathar name indicates the Illuminati may be descended from a form of the Knights Templar.

03-09-2009, 12:57 PM	#3
Amethyst Junior Investigator Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2	I heard that Wieshaupt and the Illuminati were exposed by French police, and the Illuminati were forced to go underground, thus creating the speculation of ties of the Illuminati to the Freemasons.

03-10-2009, 10:58 AM	#4
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,726	I also wonder if the Illuminati are the descendants of the Teutonic Knights who were the Germanic part of the Knights Templar. It is interesting how they all tie in together when researched. I do believe some group somewhere has the ancient books of knowledge and the true bloodline of Jesus and his wife Mary Magdalene. If these ever did find their way to the public, I wonder how the Christian faiths would deal with the fact that Jesus' scion may still live to this day?

03-11-2009, 11:47 AM	#6
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,726	There is also the theory that Jesus was crucified, but he did survive it. The Bible does say he was dead within a few hours, even though death by that method took many days and possible over a week. He also did not get his legs broken, which was customary to being merciful as that caused almost instant death by suffocation. He was taken down from the cross quite early, and his wife was present during the whole ordeal. She could have administered some kind of drug to make him unconscious when she wiped his face with the cloth. The most amazing part about the theory is that it is in the Bible itself. He was alive when he visited his disciples, and then went on many journeys to continue his teachings which were considered radical back then. If anything like that were to get out or be proven, many churches would have some 'splainen to do!

03-31-2009, 08:52 AM	#8
ZERO HOUR Junior Investigator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: East Coast Posts: 20	I'm baffled can someone explain what he was trying to say?

03-31-2009, 12:16 PM	#10
kidflash2008 Senior Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,726	c4pt0r, I do agree we have been lied to. I just think they are taking away the true spiritual truths that are out there. We are becoming more and more materialistic than ever before. Any mention of religious or spiritual beliefs gets openly mocked. We are asked to trust the state and government more and more. We want our cellphones, computers, flat screen TVs and cars to talk to us. We are slowly moving away from church, as 25% of Americans do not believe or do not care. Trust in our state, and that was started a long time ago. Both Bush Presidents started this, and Clinton and Obama are also continuing it. They may not even realize what they are doing, as the powerful families that have always been in control are the ones who want to control us. Buy their products and watch reality TV, but do not question us. Worship our form of Christianity. Do not ask the questions or actually read what Jesus really preached. We will give you your guns, but you have to be loyal to the "conservative" cause. We will give you abortion clinics, but you have to follow our "liberal" cause. DO NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS! Just follow each way and each cause blindly. I and most of us here are their worst fear. We ask questions. We want answers. And most of us want our spiritual sides to be sated. We are more than bodies of flesh and blood. We have souls, we are individual entities. They do not want us to think other than what is preached to us, whether it is the conservative or liberal crap.