

Proofs of a Conspiracy has become a source of inspiration to many conspiracy theorists since its initial publication and has been reprinted by, among others, the John Birch Society. The spread of the Illuminati legend and continued belief in them today can be traced back to the book Proofs of a Conspiracy by John Robison, a 1798 anti- Freemasonry book (the Freemasons and Illuminati are often regarded as one and the same by conspiracy theorists despite the fact that Weishaupt founded the Illuminati after being dissatisfied with Freemasonry). In the parallel universe where the likes of Henry Makow, Kerry Cassidy and David Icke hang their hats, they not only have continued to exist, but have developed such enormous capacity for secrecy, power, and control that the complete absence of evidence for their existence, power, and control… proves their existence, power, and control. (The actual doctrines of the Illuminati, in English translation, have been published under the title The Secret School of Wisdom.


In the universe that rational people agree to recognize as reality, the Illuminati ceased to exist in 1787, after Charles Theodore, Prince-Elector of Bavaria, had the group banned for conduct inciting people to rebel against state authority and ordered the publication of some of the organization's secret writings. Among the group's goals were the opposition of prejudice, superstition, and abuse of political power. The Illuminati, originally called The Order of Perfectibilists, is was a freethinker society founded in 1776 in Bavaria by a professor of law named Adam Weishaupt (1748–1830). Spence, The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy “ ”Maybe the most dangerous thing about the 'Illuminati' isn’t that such a master cabal has ever existed, but that some people believe it should and wreak havoc under the delusion they run the world.
