Category: Secret Societies
“[E]veryone admits that the real strength of a secret society lies in its concealment: the more secret it is, the more it will be able to fully remove any obstacles. The primary interest of a secret society is therefore to do everything that it can to keep itself secret in order, as far as is possible, to avoid betrayal and becoming public knowledge.” – Adam Weishaupt, Pythagoras, oder Betrachtungen über die geheime Welt- und Regierungskunst (1790), 404-5. [Translation courtesy of Josef Wäges]
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q52 https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q52 *10 February 1747, †1797, medical doctor, Book Censorship councillor, Munich, member of the Illuminati under the code name Celsus / Thomas *** From my book Perfectibilists (p. 251): Baader, Ferdinand Maria (1747...
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q51 https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q51 (1747 Bamberg – 1799 Bamberg) 1772 studied law in Ingolstadt, later a Privy councillor and Chief bailiff in Bamberg, Squire of Freienfels Castle. Order name unknown. Illuminati: In Bamberg, Aufseß signed a...
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q50https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q50 *1756, Major, Oettingen, member of the Illuminati under the code name Bion From 1772-1776 Nepomuk von Auer studied at the famous Karlsschule in Stuttgart; Hofrat and Receiver of the revenue in Ellwangen; major...
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q49https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q49 (*1751 Pfeffenhausen [Niederbayern]) Catholic – 1777, graduated from Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich; 1779/80, studied theology in Ingolstadt; court master/tutor to the Counts of Seinsheim; 1796, Benefiziat in Pfeffenhausen. Illuminatus in 1783.
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q47 https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q47 *1751, Captain, Schlettstadt (Alsace), member of the Illuminati under the code name Bessarion Born in Berga, Herr of Kelbra. Freemasonry: Member of the Strict ObservanceIlluminati: March 1783, Novice and Illuminatus Minor, later...
https://database.factgrid.de/entity/Q46 https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q46 Ordensname “Moses” (1746 Rebdorf – 1813 Schmalkalden) Kath. – 1769 Priesterweihe, dann Aushilfspriester im Eichstättischen, Nov. 1779 Repetitor am Priesterseminar in Eichstätt, Dez. 1780 Kanonikus zu St. Willibald, 1780/81 Studium der Rechte...
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q45 https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q45 *1744, Factory Inspector, Munich, member of the Illuminati under the code name Telephus. *** The Gotha Illuminati Research Base records that Arnhard was initiated into Freemasonry at the Lodge “St. Theodor vom...
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q44 https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q44 Order name “Maxentius“ (1762 Burghausen – 1839 Regensburg) Cath. – 1782 Court Treasurer in Burghausen and Land judge of Sulzbach, 1783 (Palatinate) Treasurer. Chamberlain, 1790 elevated to the rank of Count, 1803...
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q41 *1741, †1802, privy councillor, Oberlehnshofkommissar, Munich, member of the Illuminati under the code name ‘Alphered’ [Alfred the Great]. And here, from Hermann Schüttler: Aretin (1741 Ingolstadt – 1802 Munich), Counsellor of the Exchequer...
https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item:Q40 *1746, †1793, composer, Bonn, member of the Illuminati under the code name Hermogenes. *** Perfectibilists, 249: d’Antoine, Ferdinand (1746 – 1793) Order Name: Hermogenes A composer in Bonn, d’Antoine was acquainted professionally with...