Rick Spence

No. Could they be connected? Yes. Okay. There's nothing.

No. Could they be connected? Yes. Okay. There's nothing.

No. Could they be connected? Yes. Okay. There's nothing.

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In fact, you can pin it down to a day. The 1st of May, May Day, 1776, in Ingolstadt, Germany, founded by a professor, Adam Weishaupt. It wasn't initially called the Illuminati because that's not really the name of the organization. It was called the Order of Perfectibilists. Apparently that changed.

In fact, you can pin it down to a day. The 1st of May, May Day, 1776, in Ingolstadt, Germany, founded by a professor, Adam Weishaupt. It wasn't initially called the Illuminati because that's not really the name of the organization. It was called the Order of Perfectibilists. Apparently that changed.

In fact, you can pin it down to a day. The 1st of May, May Day, 1776, in Ingolstadt, Germany, founded by a professor, Adam Weishaupt. It wasn't initially called the Illuminati because that's not really the name of the organization. It was called the Order of Perfectibilists. Apparently that changed.

Weishaupt would say things like, never let our organization be known under its real name anywhere, which leaves wondering what's its real name. So Illuminati is simply the plural of Illuminatus, which means one who is illuminated, one who has seen the light. So in Roman times, Christian converts were Illuminati because they had seen the light. Anyone who thinks.

Weishaupt would say things like, never let our organization be known under its real name anywhere, which leaves wondering what's its real name. So Illuminati is simply the plural of Illuminatus, which means one who is illuminated, one who has seen the light. So in Roman times, Christian converts were Illuminati because they had seen the light. Anyone who thinks.

Weishaupt would say things like, never let our organization be known under its real name anywhere, which leaves wondering what's its real name. So Illuminati is simply the plural of Illuminatus, which means one who is illuminated, one who has seen the light. So in Roman times, Christian converts were Illuminati because they had seen the light. Anyone who thinks.

And there have been organizations called Illuminati. The term is not trademarked, not copyrighted. Anybody who thinks they've seen the light about anything is an Illuminati. So it defines nothing. The symbol of the order was an owl. Which, interestingly enough, is almost identical to the owl, which is the emblem of the Bohemian Club. Oh, boy. Make of that what you will.

And there have been organizations called Illuminati. The term is not trademarked, not copyrighted. Anybody who thinks they've seen the light about anything is an Illuminati. So it defines nothing. The symbol of the order was an owl. Which, interestingly enough, is almost identical to the owl, which is the emblem of the Bohemian Club. Oh, boy. Make of that what you will.

And there have been organizations called Illuminati. The term is not trademarked, not copyrighted. Anybody who thinks they've seen the light about anything is an Illuminati. So it defines nothing. The symbol of the order was an owl. Which, interestingly enough, is almost identical to the owl, which is the emblem of the Bohemian Club. Oh, boy. Make of that what you will.

I don't make that much out of it because one owl looks pretty much like another owl to me. But compare them. You know, you got to kind of wonder about this a little, just a little thing. Maybe there's some kind of connection there. But that supposedly has to do with the connection to the goddess Minerva, and the owl was sacred to her, and the order was the Minerval, the person who was brought in.

I don't make that much out of it because one owl looks pretty much like another owl to me. But compare them. You know, you got to kind of wonder about this a little, just a little thing. Maybe there's some kind of connection there. But that supposedly has to do with the connection to the goddess Minerva, and the owl was sacred to her, and the order was the Minerval, the person who was brought in.

I don't make that much out of it because one owl looks pretty much like another owl to me. But compare them. You know, you got to kind of wonder about this a little, just a little thing. Maybe there's some kind of connection there. But that supposedly has to do with the connection to the goddess Minerva, and the owl was sacred to her, and the order was the Minerval, the person who was brought in.

The number of levels changed over time. There was a higher level for the order that people at the lower level didn't know about. Pretty typical for this. But the thing about Weishaupt was that he was quite... He was a luminous correspondent with members, with his Illuminati, both during the time that it legally existed in Bavaria and later on. So Weisshoff himself lives, I think, until 1830.

The number of levels changed over time. There was a higher level for the order that people at the lower level didn't know about. Pretty typical for this. But the thing about Weishaupt was that he was quite... He was a luminous correspondent with members, with his Illuminati, both during the time that it legally existed in Bavaria and later on. So Weisshoff himself lives, I think, until 1830.