Illuminati

  Illuminati From Blog , the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the secret society. For Illuminism, see  Age of Enlightenment . For the Muslim esoteric school, see  Illuminationism . For the conspiracy theory, see  New World Order (conspiracy theory) . For other uses, see  Illuminati (disambiguation) . Adam Weishaupt  (1748–1830), founder of the Bavarian Illuminati The  Illuminati [1]  (plural of  Latin   illuminatus , 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the  Bavarian Illuminati , an  Enlightenment -era  secret society  founded on 1 May 1776 in  Bavaria , today part of  Germany . The society's goals were to oppose  superstition ,  obscurantism , religious influence over public life, and abuses of  state power . "The order of the day," they wrote in their general statutes...