FOUNDATION OF THE ILLUMINATI
Adam Weishaupt founds the "Illuminati How to join the illuminati But at a time when the deception and exploitation of secret societies never ended, I intended to use this human frailty for a real and worthy purpose, for the good of mankind. I wanted to do what the leaders of ecclesiastical and secular authorities should have done by virtue of their duties. On May 1, 1776, Johann Adam Weishaupt founds the "Illuminati" in the Bavarian Electorate. Originally, enlightenment was intended for a group of prominent and enlightened people in society. In fact, the word was taken from the Latin root Iluminatus, which translates directly to "enlightened."Within the order he also took the name "Brother Spartacus". References to encyclopedias also differ in the purpose of the order, for example the Catholic Encyclopedia (1910) which states that the order was not inherently egalitarian or democratic but sought to promote the teachings of equality and liberty thr...