The Final Fate of the Masonic Order

Now, the plan for a connection with our Order The author is addressing fellow Freemasons, warning them how the Illuminati intended to use existing Masonic lodges as a front., which had been nearly abandoned, was resumed with active effort, and Philo created the draft for its execution. For he judged far better than Weishaupt was able to, just how effectively an Order as widely expanded as ours—filled with people from all classes, publicly recognized as good, tolerated, and even privileged—could serve to spread principles that subvert religion and the state with total security, if one were to impregnate it with the poison of Illuminatism.

He divided the new Order into specific classes corresponding to this purpose, gave the existing levels a more developed form, and even created new degrees in which Weishaupt’s ideas were further expanded. Do you wish, my brothers, to know the arrangement that Illuminatism received under the hands of this Prometheus A figure from Greek mythology who stole fire from the gods; here, the author suggests Philo gave the "fire" of organizational life to the movement.? You will find it sufficiently presented in the Original Writings and the Supplement original: Original-Schriften and Nachtrag; these were the collections of secret documents seized by the Bavarian government and published to warn the public.; and from the multitude of Philo’s letters contained therein, you can study the entire spirit of this creation.

But if you wish to be informed of the nature of the degrees he formed, and of the principles laid out therein without any disguise, then read the Latest Works of Spartacus and Philo Spartacus was the secret name of Adam Weishaupt. This book, published in 1793/94, revealed the inner workings of the highest degrees of the order., a most remarkable publication, through the disclosure of which a man of honor original: Biedermann; likely referring to the editor or a virtuous citizen who exposed the secrets. has earned immortal merit for the human race. You will waver between loathing and horror, my brothers, when