Description of the Illuminati

A typographical ornament consisting of a central stylized floral rosette flanked by symmetrical scrollwork and leaf motifs.

...of a Frank, Krembs, or Bürzer These refer to Johann Frank, Joseph Krembs, and likely a local clergyman named Bürzer, who were prominent critics or "ex-Illuminati" turned whistleblowers and agitators in Bavaria., the actual rabble was incited. Previously, such people were completely indifferent to Freemasonry original: "Freymaurerey", but after such writings appeared and were praised from the public pulpit as classical works—instead of the Word of God—a general ferment naturally arose. This [unrest] had been diligently prepared long beforehand in this manner, in order to finally persuade the Elector original: "Kurfürsten" — referring to Karl Theodor, the Elector of Bavaria, who initially resisted calls to ban the order but eventually issued several edicts against them., who had resisted for so long, to take a decisive step in the opposite direction. The rabble can never be incited against a thing they do not know. And when the rabble makes an outcry over subjects unknown to them, some demagogue or another has always stepped forward beforehand—either publicly or secretly—presenting the matter to them in a hateful way through completely false pretenses.

The rabble in Bavaria transformed not only the Illuminati, but also the good-natured and modest Oefele Andreas Felix von Oefele (1706–1780), a respected Bavarian historian and court librarian who was sometimes caught in the crossfire of political and religious intrigue., a Chief—