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German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati (1748–1830)
Public lists and pop-culture roundups frequently name dozens of celebrities as “Illuminati” members — examples regularly include Beyoncé, Jay‑Z, Rihanna, LeBron James, Kanye West and Madonna — but the...
The Illuminati originated as a real secret society, the Bavarian Illuminati, founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776 to promote Enlightenment ideals, but it was disbanded by 1785 with no credible evidence o...
The historical “Illuminati” was a short‑lived Bavarian society founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776 that promoted Enlightenment ideas and was suppressed by Bavarian authorities in the 1780s (membership e...
The Fall of the Cabal franchise — a multi-part documentary and related websites — asserts a broad, transnational “cabal” composed of political elites, financial dynasties, secret societies, media acto...
The term "tampliers" likely refers to a misspelling of the , a medieval military order founded in 1119 to protect Christian pilgrims during the Crusades, distinct from the , an Enlightenment-era secre...
European history includes many real secret societies—from medieval military orders like the Knights Templar to Enlightenment- and 19th‑century groups such as the Freemasons, the Bavarian Illuminati, a...
The “New World Order” phrase has layered meanings: as a modern political slogan for post‑war institutional architecture (notably the U.S. role after 1945) and as a shorthand for conspiratorial claims ...
The “Ninth Circle” is a long-running conspiracy theory that alleges a transnational Satanic/Illuminati cabal committing child sacrifice and trafficking, promoted by fringe activists and sites but lack...
The “Illuminati” began as a specific Bavarian secret society founded in 1776 with Enlightenment aims and was effectively suppressed within a decade, yet its name has since been recycled into a sprawli...
The Illuminati began as a small Enlightenment-era secret society in Bavaria in 1776 but was effectively suppressed within a decade; claims that it survives today as a world-controlling cabal lack cred...