Вейсгаупт, Адам

Adam Weishaupt AKA Brother Spartacus Bavaria / Germany 1748 - 1830 Teachers; Johann Georg Heinrich Feder; Students: Carl Kellner; Theodor Reuss; Robert Anton Wilson; briefly Karl Eckartshausen; Marquis de Costanzo; Johann J. C. Bode; President George H.W. Bush; Friends: Duke Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg; Baron von Knigge AKA Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwid Baron Von Knigge; Enemies: Hans Heinrich von Ecker und von Eckihoffem; Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria; George Washington; John Robison ; Thomas Jefferson ; Abbé Barruel ; The Jesuits; Organizations: "Lodge of Caution" or "Theodor zum guten Rath", Lodge of Freemasonry; "Order of Perfectibilists", 1776; The Order of Illuminati; University of Ingolstadt; Author: (1775) De Lapsu Academiarum Commentatio Politica (1786); Über die Schrecken des Todes – eine philosophische Rede;(French) Discours Philosophique sur les Frayeurs de la Mort (1788); "A Complete History of the Persecutions of the Illuminati in Bavaria" (1785); "A Picture of Illuminism" (1786); "An Apology for the Illuminati" (1786) ;"An Improved System of Illuminism" (1787);

Comments: Freemason; tried to turn Freemasonry towards political ends in Bavaria; Philanthropist; believed in the perfectibility of Man; While Freemasons supported the successful American and somewhat successful French Revolutions, Weishaupt's dream of bringing Humanism to Germany and the surrounding Kingdoms failed, and he was disgraced. The Illuminati degrees were divided into Three Classes – Nursery, with the degrees of Preparation, Novice, Minerval, and Illuminatus Minor. Then Masonry, with the three symbolic degrees, and two " Scotch " Illuminatus Major, or Scotch Novice, and Illuminatus Dirigens, or Scotch Knight. The third group was the Nuptenes, the lesser Epopt or Priest, and Prince or Regent, and the Greater Magus or Philosopher, and Rex or King; The New World Order was a civil State, not under Religious rule;

Resources; The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt; Ancient and Medieval Secret Societies. By W. Bro. FRED J. W. CROWE, F.R. Hist. Soc., F.R.A.S. ; P.M., P.G.O. (England) ; P. Prov. G. Reg. (Devon) ; W.M. Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076,Grand Lodge of England; http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/illuminati_1776-1784_a_concise_account.htm; http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/05/the-evolution-of-the-new-world-order.html ;