fifteen things you didn't know about the
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we're talking about a topic that's been
intriguing everyone for quite a while
now
the Illuminati they were in 18th century
secret society hailing from Bavaria
Germany that's set to have massive
influence on major political economic
and societal events all around the world
some people believe they don't exist
anymore and the whole fad with the
Illuminati is just pop-culture fiction
but as always you have the other side of
the coin with conspiracy theorists and
conspiracy believers swearing on their
lives the Illuminati still exists today
and they're embedded in all fabrics of
society from politics to the economy and
religion among others their mystery
gives them power and makes them seem
cool and the main reason they're still
around today is deeply embedded in human
nature as we constantly look for
patterns and everything which is
essential for our survival
the penalties on seeing a pattern where
nothing exists is much lighter than
missing a pattern that's really there
with that said let's dive in and see the
15 things you didn't know about the
Illuminati number one the Illuminati has
been around for over 250 years this
secret society never completely
disappeared from pop culture it's always
been in the back of our minds ever since
its inception but in the mid-1970s the
Illuminati made a startling comeback in
the form of a literary trilogy that also
gave it the spooky and funny image it
holds today number 2 the Illuminati
didn't always have the reputation of an
evil oppressive entity some reports say
that even though the Illuminati gathered
and secrecy away from the world's prying
eyes to perform bizarre rituals they
also encouraged a worldview that
reflected enlightened ideas such as
rational thought and self rule which is
why in the past they were closer to
revolutionaries supporting their efforts
rather than siding with ruling monarchs
church officials and leaders who are
to continue their indulgence and luxury
at the expense of everyone else number
three the illuminati failed in
conquering the world when it comes to
being influential historians tend to
think the illuminati were only mildly
successful though of course there are
also those who believe the illuminati
successfully took over the world and
they're still in control today if an
all-powerful group does dominate the
world we probably wouldn't know about it
it's also difficult to untangle the
success of the Illuminati from that of
the Freemasons which they infiltrated
and merged with it's just as tough to
tell what influence the Illuminati
actually had as opposed to the influence
people think they had number four the
ruler of Bavaria banned the Illuminati
being in a secret society makes you feel
kind of cool with a deep feeling of
belonging
however some members of these kinds of
societies couldn't keep it to themselves
and they're boasting got everyone in
trouble with the ruling class in 1785
Duke of Bavaria Carl Theodore band
secret societies including the
Illuminati and instituted serious
punishments for anyone who joined them
most of the group's secrets were
disclosed or published and if you
believe most historians the Illuminati
disappeared number five the Illuminati
are heavily referenced in Lara Croft the
secret society has provided Hollywood
with a lot of material for occult and
esoteric symbolism to reference in
movies lara croft is one such film which
relies heavily on the mentions related
to the illuminati just half an hour into
the movie Lara reads a note from her
deceased father which says the world
will be in great danger with a secret
society known as the Illuminati devious
dangerous men who seek to fulfill an
ancient prophecy the movie is stacked
with Illuminati Easter eggs for the
keen-eyed conspiracy buffs to hunt down
number 6 the Illuminati did not accept
weak-minded members in their ranks
everyone allegedly in the Illuminati had
high intellect and they held positions
of power in society with a lot of
prestige and varying degrees of
influence as a test for advancing
ranked novices were instructed to
self-analyze and identify the weaker
traits in their character so they could
be aware of what to improve in
themselves to further benefit the group
the illuminati believed they were as
weakest the weakest member and as strong
as their strongest one also novices had
to prepare a detailed report of all the
books they owned as well as a list with
the identity of their enemies number
seven the illuminati had over 2,500
members in the beginning when Adam bicep
had the idea of forming his own secret
society of free thinkers the first
people that became members were his own
students over the next six years the
Illuminati added about six hundred
members to their ranks important people
in the Bavarian society such as noblemen
politicians doctors bankers lawyers as
well as intellectuals and some leading
writers including Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe and by the time the Duke of
Bavaria banned secret societies the
Illuminati had increased their ranks to
over 2,500 members number eight they are
not a religious Society the Illuminati
was founded as an anti clerical group in
opposition to the perceived Jesuit
oppression its principles were heavily
debunking superstitions and spreading
enlightenment among like-minded thinkers
this did not sit well with the church
and it did everything in its power to
see the Illuminati done for and despite
its to stain for religion the Illuminati
are now seen as a canonizing society
that's controlling the world from the
shadows while its members are hiding in
plain sight isn't that ironic number
nine the Illuminati was founded the same
year as the Declaration of Independence
1776 is of significant importance to all
Americans for being the year they
declared their independence from the
British Empire however this is also the
year when the Illuminati was founded
these two factors coupled together led
to a number of speculated theories such
as America was created by the Illuminati
or some or all of the founding fathers
were part of the secret society along
with many others because people really
wanted to believe that life is more
interesting than it actually is
number ten the all-seeing eye was not
the symbol of the Illuminati another
common misconception that's traveled
around the world is that the all-seeing
eye atop the pyramid in the Triangle is
the representation of the Illuminati a
great example of this is on the US one
dollar bill which has led many
conspiracy theorists to believe the
group secretly controls the US
government the economy diplomatic
relations and so on the actual symbol of
the Illuminati was the wise owl of
Athena the Greek goddess of wisdom and
warfare
however the symbol suddenly changed
direction due to the society's frequent
unfounded association with the New World
Order the Illuminati's wise owl turned
into the all-seeing eye as a marking of
elitist oppression if you want to find
out some more about gods and supreme
beings check out our video the ten gods
of money and fortune you should know
about just click in the top right corner
to watch number eleven there's an
Illuminati game inspired by the shady
secret society Steve Jackson has the
crazy idea in the early 1980s of
creating a card game entitled Illuminati
the card game it's a pretty fascinating
game where you have a bunch of secret
societies competing with each other for
world domination through various means
legal illegal and even mystical it
requires quite a bit of skill and
strategic thought deal-making and
bluffing so if it sounds exciting to you
why not give it a try
number 12 the founder initially wanted
to join the Freemasons when vice soft
became the Dean of the University of
Ingolstadt he faced a lot of opposition
from the Roman Catholic Church whom he
considered intolerant and bigoted so his
solution for fighting the status quo was
a secret group of like-minded thinkers
unfortunately the Freemasons had a high
membership fee which he couldn't afford
and also they were not so secret and so
the next big thing was to form his own
society which he named the Illuminati
number thirteen the Illuminati have made
some conspiracy theorists very rich and
one of the most well known and
controversial is radio show host and
far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
he's made quite the prolific career
chasing the sensational and delivering
the latest updates in conspiracy news
especially when it comes to the
Illuminati and other new world order
organizations his net worth is somewhere
between seven and ten million dollars
however since he was banned on YouTube
Facebook Twitter Apple and Spotify
he's lost a significant amount of money
and listeners number fourteen they all
had code names as a member of the
Illuminati you had a solemn
responsibility to keep the group a
secret so any talk of its activities or
its members outside of meetings had to
be done in such a way that no one would
suspect you were in the group one of the
clever things they did to avoid being
exposed to the outside world was all
members embraced code names which were
initially adopted from other secret
societies Adam vice hopped with
spartacus and varan adolf von Knigge was
the one who came up with the idea
he was Philo number 15 serious
conspiracy theorists use secret ways to
divulge the latest news on the
Illuminati many of them genuinely fear
kidnappings and assassinations if they
cross the Illuminati so they have to
carefully choose their means of speaking
out against them according to rational
wiki a website that critiques and
challenges rational thought and anti
science movements YouTube is said to be
the only place where conspiracy
theorists can speak freely about the
Illuminati
however some won't even do that as they
believe that Google higher-ups are
members of the secret group well Alexis
now there at the end of the video we
want to ask you if the Illuminati are
still around and they would want you in
their ranks would you join them and why
let us know in the comments and of
course for sticking with us until the
end
here's that bonus you're waiting for
number 16 May 2013 is a date celebrated
by conspiracy theorists all over the
world
on this date former CIA operative Edward
Snowden blew the whistle on the US
government and revealed to the world
they are indeed spying on everyone
conspiracy theorists have been saying it
for years that the Illuminati is keeping
a watchful eye on everyone from a
comfortable spot in the US government
seat but nobody was paying much
attention to them until May 2013 thank
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