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"John Robison (1739-1805) was a Scottish scientist, who late in life wrote the one of the definitive studies of the Bavarian Illuminati. He was a contemporary and collaborator with James Watt, with whom he worked on an early steam car, contributor to the 1797 Encylopedia Britannica, professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and inventor of the siren.

Although Robison was very much an advocate of science and rationalism, in later life, disillusioned by the French Revolution, he became an ardent monarchist. In this work, Proofs of a Conspiracy, Robison laid the groundwork for modern conspiracy theorists by implicating the Bavarian Illuminati as responsible for the excesses of the French Revolution. The Bavarian Illuminati, a rationalist secret society, was founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776 in what is today Germany. They had an inner core of true believers, who secretly held radical atheist, anti-monarchist and possibly proto-feminist views, at that time considered beyond the pale. They recruited by infiltrating the numerous (and otherwise benign) Freemasonic groups which were active at the time on the continent. Necessarily they had a clandestine, compartmentalized, hierarchical organizational form, which has led some modern conspiracy theorists to identify them as the original Marxist-Leninist group. However, this is most likely simply a case of parallel evolution.

Since we don't have convenient access to the source documents of the Bavarian Illuminati we have to rely on Robison and the Abbé Barruel's Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism, both in the 'opposing views' category, for information on this group. The Illuminati have today become a byword for a secret society which hoodwinks its junior members and puppet-masters society at large. This reputation is in no little part due to Robison's book. However, reading between the lines, it becomes obvious that the Bavarian Illuminati were what t

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #131037 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 286 pages

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Historical Gem
This book did not disappoint. It clearly sets out the facts behind the run up to the French Revolution in both Germany and France, pointing out how certain individuals intended to demolish national statehood and sovereignty in order to bring ordinary people under their own control in the name of a union of worldwide brotherhood (cosmopolitanism) in liberty and equality, where there would be no longer any private property.
It points out how the philosophical demolition of morals was intended to be the means whereby character could be corrupted, families destroyed and society destroyed. It is clear that this was another sowing of the seed from which grew the tree of Communism and the modern oligarchical New World Order.

The author shows that while authorities in both church and state were at times undoubtedly corrupt, the alternative put forward by the secret cabals which went by the names of the Bavarian Illuminati, Reading Societies, Freemasons, Jacobins etc, was far worse. It is clearly shown that the Illuminati-infiltrated Freemasonic Lodges were behind the horrors of the French Revolution, a fact which is conveniently ommitted in school textbooks.

A useful book to read to gain an understanding of the times in which we live - as history repeats itself.

History is not by accident.
"There are two views of history: (1) History happens by accident or (2) It is planned. The general public is taught that history happens by accident. However, the upper echelons... know that history is planned." R.E. McMaster, Jr.---Educator