Not much has been said about the origins of the Illuminati. Some researchers trace the origins back to the Bavarian Illuminati in the 1700's, but this secret organization goes way back.
The Illuminati can be traced back at least 4000 years, but the first Order wasn't fully established until the Babylonian era, around 1000 B.C. So around 4000 years ago the original Brotherhood was infiltrated. However, the plans were made already during the Sumerian era, in Mesopotamia, which is the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates (Iraq), under the reign of King Ur-Nammu. This was during the Third Dynasty of Ur, around 2112-2004 B.C.
The reign of king Ur was to establish which Brotherhood would come into ruler ship, and the wars took place, which resulted in the erection of Babylon the Great.
Then, during the Babylonian era, three Brotherhoods were established, still fighting. They were:
The White Order (The White Brotherhood). This branch was operating from Greece.
The Green Brotherhood (The Green Dragon), operated, and is still operating, in Asia, which should not be confused with the Green Glove of Russia, which is the Russian Brotherhood. The origins before they were established in coded color Brotherhoods, the Brotherhood was called the Cult of the Snake, which later in Greece took its form as the Cult of Aesclapios.
The Yellow Brotherhood, which had its seat in old Egypt.
The Green Brotherhood and the Yellow eventually merged into one, to what today is called The Green Dragon. In the Babylonian era, the bloodline of the Green Dragon was split in four directions and was thus thinned. The bloodline of the White Order on the other hand, has been kept in a straight line from father to son from the time of King Ur-Nammu, without being broken at all.
Most interesting of the three is therefore the White Brotherhood, which seems to be totally unknown to researchers. It's a very secretive order, not mentioned at all today. They were the ones who delineated the path of which civilizations and societies were to take in the creation of their One World Dominated Realm, which hence created and produced the Greek alphabet, politics (the way it is used up to this very day), theosophy, philosophy (including the "great" philosophers Plato, Socrates etc), government, military, education, religion, segregated hierarchies and the Arian dream, used by Hitler and the Elite. In other words, they are the source to the civilization we have today in the Western World.
It's interesting how this fact has been hidden, as we look at it, most of the Western World today operates on the same principles used by the old Greeks.
Ever since the beginning, it has been very important that the bloodline is kept clean to keep the occult power, meaning that each generation must bring to birth at least one son - preferably more than one, as we shall see.
To be able to enter the White Brotherhood you had to have a master's degree on all various subjects that were related to secret teachings, and many of the subjects were beyond the reach of the rest of society. ONLY men from the right bloodline were allowed to enter. This means in practice, that to be accepted, you had to be educated for 40 years. The same principle is in practice today. Therefore it was important to give birth to as many sons as possible - if one failed their degree, another one might pass.
This also explains why the Western civilization operates the way it does today and one more bit of the puzzle is laid. The White Brotherhood laid the grounds for the New World Order, passed it on to the secret societies, and the "Work of the Ages" have continued ever since.
Illuminati Conspiracy, Order of the Illumined Wise Men
May 1, 1776, was the most important date in Freemasonry's Luciferic New World Order Plans. On that date an obscure Jesuit-trained professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Adam Weishaupt, founded a secret society called the Ancient and Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (AISB for short). Illuminati was founded on a mixture of Masonic secrets(--Luciferic Doctrine--), Islamic Mysticism(--Sufism--), and Jesuit mental discipline(--Hatha Yoga--). A unique and dangerous element was it's scientific use of the drug, hashish, to produce an "illuminated" state of mind--derived directly through the Knights Templar's association with the Order of the Assassins (circa 1050 AD).
May 1, 1776, was the most important date in Freemasonry's Luciferic New World Order Plans. On that date an obscure Jesuit-trained professor of canon law at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Adam Weishaupt, founded a secret society called the Ancient and Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (AISB for short). Illuminati was founded on a mixture of Masonic secrets(--Luciferic Doctrine--), Islamic Mysticism(--Sufism--), and Jesuit mental discipline(--Hatha Yoga--). A unique and dangerous element was it's scientific use of the drug, hashish, to produce an "illuminated" state of mind--derived directly through the Knights Templar's association with the Order of the Assassins (circa 1050 AD).
Illumination had long been a cherished component of Masonry and other occult groups. The Masonic candidate requests, and is promised "light in Masonry." As he goes up the ladder of initiation, he receives "more light". It is because of this society's emphasis on illumination that the AISB became known by its more common title, the Illuminati.
The term Illuminati, is the plural of the Latin, Illuminatus, meaning "one who is illuminated." Thus, it means a person who has received the full extent of the initiation that is available through Freemasonry.
Technically, an Illuminatus is a Master Mason who has received all the "light" Masonry can bestow. He is beyond 32° and even beyond 33°! Such people are known as the Masters of Masters of the Temple, and collectively are known by several names other than the Illuminati.
Most of the elite were born elite. Their upbringing is steeped in tradition and is a kind of secret society in of itself. Their father was a Mason, his father was a Mason, his father's father was a Mason. Perhaps while growing up the child heard stories of his father's involvement in other secret groups.
'There exists in the world today, and has existed for thousands of years, a body of enlightened humans united in what might be termed, an Order of the Quest. It is composed of those whose intellectual and spiritual perceptions have revealed to them that civilization has secret destiny..
The outcome of this 'secret destiny' is a World Order ruled by a King with supernatural powers.
This King was descended of a divine race; that is, he belonged to the Order of the Illumined for those who come to a state of wisdom then belong to a family of heroes-perfected human beings.'
Manly P. Hall 33° Mason, The Secret Destiny of America
This man is certainly in the position to know. He is regarded as the number one Masonic authority on these matters. So here again we see the plan of a new 'World Order', only this time we're told the philosophy behind such a belief. He also informs us of the conspiracy's antiquity.
It goes back to their belief in Atlantis and the subsequent migration of priestly kings after the destruction of the continent. This body of 'enlightened humans' settled in the Nile delta, and passed their knowledge to the Ancient Egyptians. Who in turn, kept these secrets safe, only to be revealed to intiates of the mystery schools. This is why Masonry is so rife with Egyptian symbolism. Freemasonry itself, they teach, was originally practiced in Atlantis. Before the destruction of their civilization (either by their own hands, or punishment from God) these Atlantians were said to have a worldwide culture (ruled by one king), a perfect religion and science.
Michael Howard, an excellent researcher of this 'occult conspiracy,' summed up his own findings this way:
A very important aspect of the work of the secret societies has always been the ultimate unification of the world religions. This aim was based on the restoration of the pre-Christian Mystery Tradition, which had been persecuted by the early Church and forced to go underground in medieval Europe, and the recognition that all religions had originated in a universal spirituality referred to as the Perennial Philosophy, the Primordial Tradition or the Ancient Wisdom. The mystical beliefs of the secret societies were, and indeed are, based on the Hermetic maxim 'As above-so below' which teaches that the natural world is a material reflection of the spiritual. It forms the esoteric basis for the Ancient Egyptian Mysteries, Gnosticism, Esoteric Christianity, the Cabbala, the Hermetic tradition, alchemy and societies such as the Templars, Freemasons and Rosicrucians. The occult doctrines of geomancy, alchemy, astrology and sexual magic taught by these secret societies were used as symbolic metaphors illustrating the progression of the individual from material darkness to the spiritual light of understanding.
All of these paths eventually leads the initiate into a belief system that he is priviledged and chosen to carry on the 'Great Work' or 'The Plan', that he is above the rest of humanity, he has become 'Illumined'. Therefore imposed rule is a 'right'. The ONLY allegiance is to the 'Light'. It is no coincidence that Illuminati, in its literal translation means-'bearers of light'-Lumen, derived from Lucifer, 'angel of light'. That, my friend, is the final secret of the illuminati. One World Government under one World Religion, ruled by one King. It is nothing but an evil imitation, a counterfeit of the Kingdom of God.
In Beyond the Light, William Schnoebelen describes his experiences in witchcraft and Masonry. As he climbed up the ladder in both disciplines, he found himself square in the face of the Illuminati:
"The branch of the Illuminati into which I was inducted was supposedly directly descended from European Chapters of the AIBS....Was I not part of a higher form of humanity? This is what I had been deluded into believing by Illuminism. I was told I was the next step up in the ladder of evolution, and that Illumined Ones were as far above human beings as people were above apes!
From somewhere...Weishaupt produced the "Law of Fives." His original inner council was structured around the pentagram (symbol of the Blazing Star, Sirius). According to our teaching, this inner council was made up of five men: Weishaupt's friend, Kollmer, Francis Dashwood (of the Satanic Hellfire Club), Alphonse Donatien DeSade (where we get our word "sadism"), Meyer Amschel Rothschild (founder of the great banking house) and Weishaupt.
Enforcing secrecy within the Illuminati was done in the same manner as in the Greek Mystery Schools and Super-Masonic Organizations. The candidates were required to confess compromising information about themselves i.e., sexual indiscretions, and previously hidden criminal behaviour as if he were confessing his sins to a Catholic priest. This reminds one of the rites conducted in another secret society of fame, namely, the Order of the Skull and Bones. There's plenty of evidence to suggest the orders are one and the same, or at least the modern version of Weishaupt's order. Moreover, if Weishaupt's Illuminati were to survive it's "supposed" abolishment, besides its obvious survival in higher Masonic degrees, the Order of the Skull and Bones would be a worthy and powerful candidate.
It must be realized, however, that Weishaupt's Ancient and Illuminated Seers of Bavaria (AISB) was only an outward manifestation of the Illuminati. The plans uncovered for the overthrow of all the governments and religions of the world were certainly giving to Weishaupt by that most "august body"; here and there only hinted about. They represent the "new man" of marxism; the race of perfected ones that Hitler – after a face to face meeting – had said were terrifying. The Secret Chiefs; whether human or some form of higher-intelligent beings. The Secret Brotherhood who desire to usher in the Golden Age of totalitarian rule.
Witchcraft never was extirpated in the whole of western history. Moreover, if we need fix a date for the institutionalization of witchcraft in the Christian West, we should look to 16th century Protestant England where, under Elizabeth I, the sorcerer John Dee achieved state power, founded Freemasonry and built upon the occult edifice of Catholic heretics such as Girodano Bruno and Pico della Mirandola in pursuing a "Christian" kabbalah and an alliance with the black magic practicioner, Rabbi Judah Lowe of Prague.
Michael A. Hoffman II
If the facts concerning the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Council on Foreign Relations be accepted, it will be seen that the proper study of political mankind is the study of power elites, without which nothing that happens can be understood. These elites, preferring to work in private, are rarely found posed for photographers, and their influence upon events has therefore to be deduced from what is known of the agencies they employ.
-A.K Chesterton in The New Unhappy Lords, chapter XXIV
``There does exist and has existed for a generation, an international Anglophile network which operates, to some extent, in the way the radical Right believes the Communists act. In fact, this network, which we may identify as the Round Table groups, has no aversion to cooperating with the Communists, or any other groups, and frequently does so. I know of the operations of this network because I have studied it for 20 years and was permitted for two years, in the early 1960s, to examine its papers and secret record.
-Carroll Quigley, Georgetown University history professor (deceased), in Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time, 1966, p.950
"The Trilateral Commission doesn't run the world, the Council on Foreign Relations does that!"
by Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State, the U. S. State Department.