The secret world of conspiracies
Why do the Illuminati have so much power over our thoughts and feelings? What is the secret of the Illuminati?
They're back. This time on the canvas. The eerie dark power is intelligent, forceful and determined the limit. In Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" which is now running in theaters, the powerful secret society its destructive work begins with a vendetta against the center of the Catholic world: the Vatican. The spectacular story about an acting in secret organization meets fully the spirit of the times: Dan Brown's 2000 published in the USA novel about the machinations of the mysterious Illuminati climbed rapidly to the top of the bestseller lists - even the expensive film adaptation (starring Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer) promises to be a blockbuster.
The complex novel event which mainly takes place in the churches of the Eternal City, according to the official version is pure fiction, cleverly mixed with historical facts. But the tenacity with which the Illuminati, although they were released by the police more than 200 years ago, people still employ today and always provide new speculation raises questions. What is the secret of the mysterious dark men who seem to continue to operate in secret? Why do they have so much power over our thoughts?
The Illuminati - a search for clues
The search for clues begins in Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, in an exciting, non-hazardous time. In 1776 he founded a young scientist named Adam Weishaupt a small secret society, in which the young adept, most students should be given the opportunity to relax with their revolutionary idea to read the forbidden texts of the Enlightenment and discuss. But was more quickly out of the club, the first "bee north" was called and later in "Illuminati" - the enlightened ones - rechristened. He made himself the target, across Europe to break the power of the Church, the aristocracy and despotism.
The bitterest enemies of the covenant were the Jesuits and the mystical-religious-minded secret society of the Rosicrucians, which still exists today. To cover their tracks, the members of the Illuminati code name rose, also city names were encrypted.
The end of the Illuminati?
Just eight years after the founding of the order had 2000-2500 members, including several ruling princes who felt the ideas of the Enlightenment obliged, and prominent thinkers such as Goethe and Herder. But the heyday did not last long. 1785 slammed the Bavarian government, instigated by Baron von Törring that the competition Medal, the Rosicrucians, belonged: The League of Enlightened was smashed and in 1787 banned on pain of death. This marked the end of the Illuminati was sealed.
The founder, Adam Weishaupt, had withdrawn earlier due to internal disputes. The last known "Grand Master" was Johann Christoph Bode, whose traces were lost after 1790.
Nevertheless, the Illuminati have survived in secret in amazing ways today. At regular intervals, they appear in the public consciousness, at best, provide for wild speculation, at worst for anxiety and restlessness. End of the 18th century has been rumored about the first successor organizations, the "Minervalkirche" in Weimar and the "Order of invisible friends"; Little is known about both.
