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Illuminati
Also called: bavarian illuminati · 13 bloodlines
An Enlightenment secret society founded in Bavaria in 1776 and dissolved nine years later.In this narrative it is thirteen Satan-worshipping bloodline families who still lead the world today.

Established facts
The Illuminati (the Bavarian Illuminati) was an Enlightenment secret society founded in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt at the University of Ingolstadt.It championed reason and equality against absolute monarchy and the Catholic Church.Membership grew to somewhere between roughly 650 and 2,500.It was dissolved in 1785 by a ban from the Bavarian prince-elector.The '13 bloodlines theory' first spread through a self-published book by Fritz Springmeier in 1995.Springmeier was convicted of armed bank robbery in 2003.
The first two boxes are history. The last four are 20th-century books. Look for where the seam is.
In this narrativeThe history of an Enlightenment society
The Illuminati began on May 1, 1776, in Ingolstadt, Bavaria1.Its founder, Adam Weishaupt, was a professor of canon law1.It sought to spread reason and equality against absolute monarchy and religious authority1.Membership once grew to two or three thousand1.The Bavarian government issued a ban in 1785, and the organization dissolved1.Namu Wiki, a Korean wiki, covers the conspiracy theories that attached to it afterward in a separate entry from this history1.
In this narrativeThe lineage called the 13 bloodlines
In this narrative the Illuminati is an organization carried on by thirteen Satan-worshipping bloodlines1.The list names real American and European banking and political families1.This site does not reproduce that list.The person who first spread this list was Fritz Springmeier1.A single self-published PDF from 1995 is the source of the bloodline story now circulating online1.He also claimed a CIA mind-control program called Project Monarch existed1.He was convicted of armed bank robbery in 2003 and served time until 20111.
In this narrativeThe hierarchy and the seven goals
The hierarchy chart circulating online places Enki (Lucifer) as the supreme leader1.Below him it draws tiers in order: Draco reptilians, the 13 bloodline families, and Grey aliens1.The 'seven goals' include establishing a one-world government and reducing population1.Even the Federal Reserve, the IMF, the WHO, and NASA fall under this organization's control1.The subprime crisis, 9/11, and COVID-19 are all claimed as planned events1.
In this narrativeThe rebuttal: no evidence
The rebuttal points out that no clear evidence has been found to support this hierarchy chart1.It also notes that how local criminal organizations would help a one-world government is unclear1.HAARP was already shut down in 20141.The actual symbol of the historical Illuminati is not the All-Seeing Eye but the 'Owl of Minerva'1.Even so, this hierarchy chart keeps attaching itself to new events and spreading.
Connected concepts
- Freemasonry →Online, the Illuminati is drawn as a hidden organization above Freemasonry.The two secret-society stories meet again here.
- The Elite →The names on the 13 bloodlines list become, unchanged, the face of the word 'elite.'
- New World Order →The first of the seven goals is a one-world government.The bloodline story crosses here into the story of order.
- Reptilians →The Draco reptilians sit at the top of the hierarchy chart.The bloodline story overlaps the reptilian-race story.
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