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LYRICFLUENTAre The Illuminati Real? Lyrics by Addison Anderson Addison Anderson
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The year was 1776
In Bavaria, new ideals of rationalism, religious freedom
And universal human rights
Competed with the Catholic church's
Heavy influence over public affairs
Across the Atlantic
A new nation staked its claim for independence on
The basis of these ideas
But back in Bavaria
Law professor Adam Weishaupt's attempts to teach secular philosophy
Continued to be frustrated
Weishaupt decided to spread his ideas through a secret society
That would shine a light on the shortcomings of the Church's ideology
He called his secret society the Illuminati
Weishaupt modelled aspects of his secret society
Off a group called the Freemasons
Originally an elite stoneworkers' guild in the late Middle Ages
The Freemasons had gone from passing down the craft of masonry
To more generally promoting ideals of knowledge and reason
Over time, they had grown into a semi-secret, exclusive order
That included many wealthy and influential individuals
With elaborate, secret initiation rituals
Weishaupt created his parallel society
While also joining the Freemasons
And recruiting from their ranks
He adopted the code name Spartacus for himself
After the famed leader of the Roman slave revolt
Early members became the Illuminati's ruling council, or Areopagus
One of these members, Baron Adolph Knigge, was also a freemason
And became an influential recruiter
With Knigge's help, the Illuminati expanded their numbers
Gained influence within several Masonic chapters
And incorporated Masonic rituals
By 1784, there were over 600 members
Including influential scholars and politicians
As the Illuminati gained members
The American Revolution also gained momentum
Thomas Jefferson would later cite Weishaupt as an inspiration
European monarchs and clergy were fearful
Of similar revolts on their home soil
Meanwhile, the existence of the Illuminati
Had become an open secret
Both the Illuminati and the Freemasons drew exclusively
From society's wealthy elite
Which meant they were constantly rubbing shoulders
With members of the religious and political establishment
Many in the government and church believed that both groups
Were determined to undermine the people's religious faith
But these groups didn't necessarily oppose religion—
They just believed it should be kept separate from governance
Still, the suspicious Bavarian government started keeping records
Of alleged members of the Illuminati
Just as Illuminati members begun to secure
Important positions in local governments
And universities
A 1784 decree by Duke Karl Theodor of Bavaria
Banned all secret societies
While a public ban on something ostensibly secret
Might seem difficult to enforce
In this case it worked
Only nine years after its founding
The group dissolved, their records were seized
And Weishaupt forced into exile
The Illuminati would become more notorious in their afterlife
Than they had ever been in their brief existence
A decade later, in the aftermath of the French Revolution
Conservative authors claimed the Illuminati
Had survived their banishment
And orchestrated the overthrow of the monarchy
In the United States
Preacher Jedidiah Morse promoted similar ideas
Of an Illuminati conspiracy
Against the government
But though the idea of a secret group orchestrating political upheaval
Is still alive and well today, there is no evidence
That the Illuminati survived
Reformed, or went underground
Their brief tenure is well-documented
In Bavarian government records
The still-active Freemasons's records
And particularly the overlap between these two sources
Without a whisper since
In the spirit of rationalism the Illuminati embraced
One must conclude they no longer exist
But the ideas that spurred Weishaupt to found
The illuminati still spread
Becoming the basis for many Western governments today
These ideas didn't start or end with the Illuminati
Instead, it was one community that represented a wave of change
That was already underway when it was founded
And continued long after it ended
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