Description of the Illuminati

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grace, the prospect of favor and advantage drew the
few other professors of the Marian Academy The Marianische Akademie in Munich was a civic institution where several of the defecting members taught; it became a center of opposition to the Illuminati. who were dependent on him—a Grünberger, Cosandey, Renner, etc.—either
along by force, or it produced in them a tendency
and inclination to seek out only evil in the institute and the
character of its members. These then are the "clever minds"
who "honorably" slipped away from the lodge. Had they done
all this and nothing more, their
departure might have remained an indifferent
matter; but it was they who first
spread adverse rumors about the society,
made secret and infamous denunciations,
abused their high patroness Likely referring to the Electress Maria Anna of Bavaria, who became a key opponent of the Order after being influenced by these defectors. and
turned her against the Order, distributed the list
of members everywhere, allied themselves with the likes of
a Strobl, Babo, Rosicrucians, and Jesuits,
wrote the most infamous lampoons Pasquille original: "Pasquille." These were anonymous satirical attacks or libelous pamphlets used to publicly discredit political or religious rivals. directly
or indirectly for the world, and were the remote driving force original: "Triebfeder"
behind all the dreadful incidents thus far, even though they always