Part 1: Origins
Adam Weishaupt and the Origins of the Bavarian Illuminati
From Adam Weishaupt’s birth to the founding of the Order in 1776. (11 pages)Read Now
“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
― Denis Diderot
Part 2: Secrets, Rituals and Symbols of the Bavarian Illuminati
First Class: The Nursery
Illuminati Novice
The first step before entering the Bavarian Illuminati. (2 pages)Read Now
Secrets of the Illuminati Minerval and Illuminati Minor Degrees
Secret passwords, symbols, signs and handshakes of the Illuminati Minerval and Illuminati Minor degrees. (2 pages)Read Now
Brethren of Minerva – ILLUMINATI SECRET MEETINGS
Ten to 15 men of the Brethren of Minerva met secretly about two times a month. Minerval Assembly infographic (2 pages – 2 up)Read Now
Second Class: Freemasonry
Illuminati Masonic Degrees
The 2nd Class began with the 3 Masonic degrees of the Blue Lodge – Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason. Illuminati hits the big times at the Masonic Congress of Wilhelmsbad. (2 pages)Read Now
Illuminated Symbolic Freemasonry
Illuminated Symbolic Freemasonry rituals based on the English York Rite (2 pages – 2 up)Read Now
Illuminati Major – Scotch Novice
The point of union between Freemasonry and the Illuminati. (2 pages – 2 up)Read Now
Illuminati Dirigens – Scotch Knights
The Bavarian Illuminati’s bureaucratic class (2 pages – 2 up)Read Now
Third Class: Mysteries
Illuminati Priest
Lesser Mystery The highest class of the Bavarian Illuminati was the Mystery Class. The chosen few first became Illuminati Priests of the Order. (2 pages – 2 up)Read Now
Illuminati Prince – Illuminati Regent
Lesser Mystery The Illuminati Prince grade furnished high-level administrators for the Illuminati. (2 pages – 2 up)Read Now
Illuminati Magus – Illuminati Rex
Greater Mysteries The highest degrees of the Bavarian illuminati were EYES-ONLY and were conferred exclusively by Adam Weishaupt himself. (2 pages – 2 up)Read Now
Part 3: BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI MEMBERSHIP
Notable Members of the Bavarian Illuminati
Sample membership of the Bavarian Illuminati. (2 pages)Read Now
Mozart, Beethoven and the Bavarian Illuminati
Were the two greatest pianists of all time members of the Illuminati? (2 pages)Read Now
Part 4: END OF THE BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI
Weishaupt’s Great Escape
Illuminati leaks : Illuminati Insider reveals all!
Regensburg to Saxe-Gotha
Spartacus is on the run. Regensburg is no longer safe and he must reach Saxe-Gotha or face the death penalty back in Munich.
Raid at Landshut
Bavarian police raid the home of Illuminati insider Xaver Zwack.
Raid at Sandersdorf Castle
Bavarian police raid the castle of Baron Bassus. (2 pages – spread)>Read Now
The Death of Adam Weishaupt
Weishaupt dies quietly in Saxe-Gotha in 1830. Did he outlive the Illuminati? (2 pages)>Read Now
Secrets of the Bavarian Illuminati is book 3 in the Illuminati Rex Conspiracy Comic Books series. Despite the occasional humor and being crammed with anachronisms, this comic is a non-fiction look at the history of the Bavarian Illuminati.
Ritual & Doctrine of the Illuminati (working title) – Josef Wäges, Jeva Singh-Anand and Reinhard Markner
Perfectibilists: The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati – Terry Melanson
Les Illumines de Bavière et la Franc-Maçonnerie Allemande – René Le Forestier (short review here another here. I personally ordered it from Amazon France here.)
Illuminati of Bavaria – Marco Di Luchetti
Proofs of a Conspiracy – John Robison
Illuminati Conspiracy Part One: A Precise Exegesis on the Available Evidence – Terry Melanson
Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism – Augustin Barruel
Other Sources and Further Reading
A Bavarian Illuminati Primer – Trevor W. McKeown (Important note on the “legend of Lanz” can be found here.)
New England and the Bavarian Illuminati (Chapter III) – Vernon L. Stauffer
Geschichte des Illuminaten-ordens by Leopold Engel
Secrecy or Freedom? – Alan Jones
Secrecy or Freedom? includes synopses of: Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism, by Abbé Augustin Barruel; The French Revolution, by Nesta H. Webster; Humanum Genus – on Freemasonry, by Pope Leo XIII; Grand Orient Freemasonry Unmasked, by Monsignor George F. Dillon; Freemasonry in the Life and Times of Pope Pius IX, by Fr. Leonard Feeney; World Revolution, by Nesta H. Webster; Secret Societies and Subversive Movements, by Nesta H. Webster; Philip II, by William Thomas Walsh; Against Oligarchy, by Webster G. Tarpley; Treason in America, by Anton Chaitkin; America’s Secret Establishment, by Antony Sutton.
Geschichte des Illuminaten-Ordens von Fr. X. Zwack – Richard van Dülmen’s Der Geheimbund der Illuminaten. Darstellung, Analyse, Dokumentation (includes list of members. *BOTH Lanz*)
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