Photo: Wikimedia CommonsIn modern-day fiction, the Illuminati have become "the quintessential secret society, plotting sinister conspiracies" across the globe. This censorship led him to form a secret group to push against the Catholic authorities. The Illuminati started out as a reading group in 1776, where Weishaupt’s best students would meet in secret so as not to attract the attention of the authorities. The beginning of the end for the Illuminati started when Knigge and Weishaupt fell out. "The original Illuminati Order ceased to exist in early 1788.

Source: The Local May 09, 2017 15:10 UTC