Supplement of Further Original Writings Concerning the Illuminati

...to realize with conviction that I have requested nothing out of obstinacy, but rather as a true means toward our goal. If I were in Athens original: Athen; the Illuminati’s secret code name for Munich, the capital of Bavaria. myself and held the immediate Directorate original: Directorium; the governing executive body of the Order., they would see how I go to work: they would see how, through mere morals and example, through two or three persons upon whom I would spend all my strength, effort, and eloquence, I would guide all the others indirectly through these same communications. Why do I need to be so long-winded on this point? My grade of the III. Minerval The Minerval was the entry-level "Class of Edification" in the Illuminati. This "third degree" document contained the core instructions on how to observe and influence others. contains everything. Whoever understands this correctly, internalizes it, and puts it into practice, will certainly not fail in changing people. We must first make the people, and that takes effort.

Names for their province shall follow shortly, and I have left the correction of the geography to Philo The Order-name for Baron Adolph Knigge, a vital recruiter who joined in 1780 and helped expand the Order throughout Northern Germany..

Why should Alexander Alexander was the Order-name for a specific high-ranking member, likely the Swiss nobleman Christoph Friedrich Nicolaï or possibly von Costanza. not know me by the name Spartacus? Does this name not fulfill the intention I have of concealing my identity as well as any other? I place no ambition in grand names. One must have a childish soul if one would rather be called Caesar than Spartacus. If it were necessary, however, I would be called Sanhuniaton Referring to Sanchuniathon, a semi-legendary Phoenician author. Weishaupt uses this obscure name to show he cares for utility over prestige.: but how do I manage with the others, who [know] me