Adam Weishaupt
Appears in 5 conspiracy theories
Freemasonry — New World Order Control Network
The theory that Freemasonry is a front for Illuminati world domination, with the 33rd degree Masons forming a secret inner circle that controls governments, banks, and media worldwide.
The Illuminati
The Bavarian Illuminati was a real secret society founded in 1776. Modern theories claim it survived and secretly controls world governments and banking.
Illuminati Infiltration of Catholic Church
The theory that Adam Weishaupt's Bavarian Illuminati successfully infiltrated the Catholic Church, Freemasonry, and European governments before its 1785 dissolution — or never truly disbanded.
Secret Societies
Alumbrados — Spanish Illuminati Precursor
The Alumbrados were a 15th-century Spanish mystical sect persecuted by the Inquisition. Some theorists link them to a continuous underground stream of secret knowledge that became the Illuminati.