Scottish Novice Degree: Illuminatus Major (Greater Illuminatus Degree) Translated by Jeva Singh-Anand, edited by Josef Waeges and Reinhard Markner (draft version) This degree includes not only the initiation ritual, but also the requirement for admission to the Greater Illuminatus degree — including three very lengthy questionnaires, expected to be completed by the candidate’s peers-to-be —…
Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830) was a professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt, Bavaria and founded the Order of Bavarian Illuminati on May 1, 1776, at the University of Ingolstadt, Bavaria, originally under the name “Perfectibilists.” The original intent was to create an opposing party to what he perceived to be the bigotry and…
Thomas Maria Baron De Bassus was one of the highest ranking members of the Bavarian Illuminati and a close friend of Adam Weishaupt. His residence was raided in 1787. Excerpts of the Illuminati found at his residence were published by the Bavarian government under the title “Einige Originalschriften des Illuminaten-Orderns.” Their purpose was to discredit…
The much debated question whether Goethe was a member of the order [of the Illuminati] can now be affirmed with certainty. There was no known documentation that Goethe’s and Herder’s names were on the Illuminati rosters. However, the conclusion that both may have belonged to the order has always been justified that he and Karl…
Translated from German by Jeva Singh-Anand, Adolph Freiherr Knigge’s Philo’s Reply to Questions Concerning His Association with the Illuminati is the first full-length English language translation of any work by a major player of this secret and once very powerful brotherhood. This is not a book about the Illuminati; it is a translation of one of their source documents, originally…
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