Free Thoughts on God, the Universe, Man, Freemasons, Rosicrucians, and the Philosopher's Stone

Whether the letter-writer or his circle Original: "Klubb" — likely referring to the political faction or associates surrounding the author of the "Secret Letters," Count Mirabeau. finds themselves in such a state, I cannot judge, nor does it serve our purpose here; but it seems to me that his primary aim was to cast suspicion upon Freemasonry and to accuse those Masons who stand in league with the King of trickery and a secret Jesuitism Jesuitismus: In the late 18th century, this was a common conspiracy theory alleging that the abolished Jesuit Order was secretly infiltrating the Freemasons to regain political power and restore Catholic influence..

I shall restrict myself solely to this matter and declare my views freely.

Anyone who reads these secret letters will find that the urge to speak ill peers out from every page. Yet even more striking is that the author was so careless as to contradict himself so often; it is truly remarkable that, against his own will and intention, he forces the reader to feel the highest esteem for men whom he would have liked to prejudice us against.

For example, he calls the new King King Frederick William II of Prussia, who succeeded Frederick the Great in 1786. wise and good. But with whom does the King associate? To the author's greatest chagrin, it is with Brühl, Wöllner, Bischoffswerder, and other Freemasons. He is an incomprehensible man to me—one who suspects the very men who make a King wise and good!