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On 1 May 1776 Johann Adam Weishaupt founded the "Illuminati" in the Electorate of Bavaria. Initially, Illumination was designated for a group of outstanding and enlightened individuals in society. Indeed, the word was adapted from a Latin root, Iluminatus, which directly translates to "enlightened." He also adopted the name of "Brother ...
The Illuminati (/ əˌluːmɪˈnɑːti /; plural of Latin illuminatus, 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment -era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 in Bavaria, today part of Germany. The society's stated goals were to ...
Augustin Barruel (October 2, 1741 – October 5, 1820) was a French journalist, intellectual, and Jesuit priest.He is now mostly known for setting forth the conspiracy theory involving the Bavarian Illuminati and the Jacobins in his book Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (original title Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire du Jacobinisme) published in 1797.
The Cosmic Trigger trilogy is a three-volume autobiographical and philosophical work by Robert Anton Wilson. The first volume of the series was published in 1977, initially published without numbering, as the second volume did not appear for nearly 15 years. The third and final volume was published in 1995. Wilson is perhaps best known as the ...
Enochian (/ ɪˈnoʊkiən / ə-NOH-kee-ən) is an occult constructed language [3] —said by its originators to have been received from angels—recorded in the private journals of John Dee and his colleague Edward Kelley in late 16th-century England. [4] Kelley was a scryer who worked with Dee in his magical investigations.
Modern scholars agree that the name of Baphomet was an Old French corruption of the name "Mohammed", [3] with the interpretation being that some of the Templars, through their long military occupation of the Outremer, had begun incorporating Islamic ideas into their belief system, and that this was seen and documented by the Inquisitors as ...
A universal translator is a device common to many science fiction works, especially on television. First described in Murray Leinster 's 1945 novella "First Contact", [1] the translator's purpose is to offer an instant translation of any language. As a convention, it is used to remove the problem of translating between alien languages when it ...
William James Guy Carr (R.D. [1] Commander R.C.N. (R)) (2 June 1895 – 2 October 1959) was an English-born Canadian naval officer, author.. Though he first came to notice with books about his military experiences as a submariner, Carr later turned to writing about a vast world conspiracy, which uncovered a lot of hidden layers of underground work that goes around the world.