This old book presents the proofs of a conspiracy against all the religions & governments of Europe carried on in the secret meetings of Freemasons, Illuminati & Reading Societies, collected from good authorities by John Robison, Professor of natural philosophy & Secretary to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, to which is added a postscript. Contents: John Robinson letter and Lucretius poem; schisms in Freemasonry; the Illuminati; the German Union; the French Revolution; postscript.
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It has been several years since I read an earlier paperback edition of this classic and my copy is in storage, so this from memory. Robison, a Scottish professor, wrote to warn Britain and other kingdoms that the forces which toppled the French monarchy and started The Terror were still active. He traced the story of the 1776 founding of the Illuminati by Adam Weishaupt a professor at Ingolstadt and the suppression of the order by the royal and church authorities of Bavaria in 1785. The Illuminists went underground all over Europe and used existing Masonic lodges or set up their own as a cover for their activities. In Paris, the Duc d'Orleans headed the Illuminist front called the Grand Orient Lodge, his base to conspire against the ruling House of Bourbon. The English and Scottish lodges were generally apolitical amd many worked actively to keep out Illuminists as insincere applicants, but Robison maintained that some continental lodges remained hotbeds of revolutionary plotting, and therefore dangerous, at the time he wrote.
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By Sally Jones
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John Robison was years ahead of all the rest of those who've finally caught onto the fact that there is an extremely powerful group of men who control the world's money and pull the strings from behind the scenes. Everyone should read this book!!
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By Jess Roland
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John Robison exposition of the aims of the monolithic enemy
(reference "We are opposed around the world by a monolithic ruthless conspiracy." - President John F. Kennedy)
This is a book President's of the U.S.A. read.
If you believe in Liberty - then this is a book that will inform you and in fact seperate you from those in history who were even aware of the 'unseen hand' in politics.
The enemy of the world is so confident that no one will read this that it reinforces The Good Book's maxim. "I have made a footstool for your enemies"
meaning: God himself has placed the enemy at rest, in a predictable location for the faithful.
You are not alone. Interested parties include the Free World.
(reference "We are opposed around the world by a monolithic ruthless conspiracy." - President John F. Kennedy)
This is a book President's of the U.S.A. read.
If you believe in Liberty - then this is a book that will inform you and in fact seperate you from those in history who were even aware of the 'unseen hand' in politics.
The enemy of the world is so confident that no one will read this that it reinforces The Good Book's maxim. "I have made a footstool for your enemies"
meaning: God himself has placed the enemy at rest, in a predictable location for the faithful.
You are not alone. Interested parties include the Free World.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Historical sources are always useful
My native language is Russian, so I apologize for my English.
The book is mussy. Author tries to prove his ideas that is always destructive to the historical truth. Read more
The book is mussy. Author tries to prove his ideas that is always destructive to the historical truth. Read more
Published on February 18, 2009 by Andrey Leshchinskiy
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting as a historical slur
By the time this book was first published, the organization of Bavarian Illuminati was kaput. Robinson, who had never been invited to join, and who held a grudge against all... Read more
Published on May 10, 2008 by John Hansen
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- Essay on Man and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by Alexander Pope on page 89
- Cupid and Psyche (Penguin Epics) by Apuleius on page 153
- French Revolution (Thinking History) by Simon Mason on page 240
- The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine on page 275
- Rights of Man (Dover Thrift Editions) by Thomas Paine on page 275
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