Supplement of Further Original Writings Concerning the Illuminati

They are also entirely dispensable to us, for we have people in Edessa The Order’s secret name for Frankfurt am Main who are worth significantly more.

Would it not be good if Socrates The alias for Baron von Schroeckenstein, a member of the Order's inner circle were given the order to recruit B. W . . .? I think he would not be a bad man.

Do not engage in any proof that you are the authentic Freemasons. One proves it best by not proving it at all. Whoever does not wish to believe it should turn elsewhere. He proves it best who knows the Secret original: Geheimniß, and I can most readily suspect that he knows it whose arrangements suggest something great and serious. Add this rule, along with the one above concerning future modifications, to the instructions for the Areopagites The supreme governing council of the Order that were recently sent.

To reserve for yourself freedom in speech original: Freyheit im Reden, let it be noted from time to time that Superiors possess great freedom in this regard: that they speak now one way, now another, and often ask questions with great confidence in order to investigate the answers and the way of thinking original: Gedenkungsart of their members. Through this evasion, you can make amends for many mistakes that have been made. One must always say: the end will show whi— The text cuts off here, matching the catchword "che" on the original German page, likely leading to "welche," meaning "which"