THE ILLUMINATI
Who are the Illuminati and why are they called a secret society? First of all, the word Illuminati is the plural of the Latin word “Illuminatus,” which means enlightened, or illuminated one. The Illuminati are the Illuminated Ones. Historically, and briefly, the name Illuminati refers to a secret society, called the Order of the Illuminati, whose form of ideology we may call “Illuminism,” and whose form of theology we may call “Illuminology.” This Order was founded by a man named Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830) on May 1st, 1776 in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria, Germany. The Order of the Illuminati (also called the Bavarian Illuminati) did not live a very long and prosperous life; they were outlawed and suppressed by the Bavarian government in 1785. But were they actually destroyed? And were they, in fact, the real Order of the Illuminati? Perhaps they were just a temporal symbol, written in the pages of history, that represented something that is eternal, bound by neither time nor space. This alternative concept may, in fact, be just another belief system, reality-tunnel, or point-of-view, but it is certainly more cosmic, meaningful and useful in scope than so many other ideas, past and present, rational or irrational, which the name Illuminati has become attached to. It is also food for intelligent thought.
There are and have been various secret and not-so-secret groups using the name Illuminati within their ranks, including the Rosicrucians and Freemasons, but perhaps this is only symbolic of something within, a visible sign of an invisible grace; and as such it can easily mislead the foolish, but it can also guide the wise, just like an earthy and temporary Temple, which the wise discern to be but a symbol of the spiritual and eternal Temple within. This idea may also extend to the Order of the Illuminati founded in the outer world by Adam Weishaupt in 1776. In Occult Philosophy, the outer world is here to teach us about the inner world of the Spirit. The temporal (or finite) is intended to indicate the eternal (or infinite). Illusions exist to reveal the truth, not to deceive or blind us. So, to cut to the chase, the Illuminati are (at least among the intelligent and informed) a Spiritual Order of Illuminated Souls, an Invisible Circle of Enlightened Spirits or, in the language of the Golden Dawn, they are the Secret Chiefs of the Third Order of the Silver Star (A.·. A.·.). This Order is truly secret, esoteric, or occult; for it is not without, but within; that is, it is in the Inmost Sanctuary of the Soul. Its members are invisible Spiritual Beings who can, and do, incarnate in this visible crazy circle of human humdrum existence when it is essential for them to do so. In the midst of this loopy wheel of existence there exists an axle of various Outer Orders (which are really one in essence) that emanate from the spiritual Illuminati through their inner work upon the minds of initiated Adepts who are chosen by them to fulfill their sublime work in the world of men and women. Through these Adepts, the spiritual Illuminati accomplish their Great Work in the world, which is to initiate and illuminate mankind.
In Occult Philosophy, the real Illuminati are identified as Celestial Souls who have mastered the Planetary Initiations, who are immortalized in the Limitless Light, and who constitute the Great Oversoul of our Solar System. They may incarnate in physical form at Will, or they may remain in the Invisible to secretly direct and oversee human affairs. Their special symbol in the world is the Eye in the Triangle, the Sacred Eye of Freemasonry, and the Eye of Horus in Egyptian Magick. It is the Interior Eye of the Silent Watchers of humanity who mysteriously direct the universal karma and destiny of mankind. These Silent Watchers, or the Illuminati, influence us all, either directly or indirectly, through their incarnations and representatives on earth, to bring us all to the Eternal Wisdom, Splendor and Joy of our Yechidah (True Self). They work through our nervous system, and they may be contacted by us through the proper manipulation of our nervous system through such practices like Magick, Yoga, Tantra, Alchemy, Qabalah, and so on. The nervous system itself contains the Arcanum Arcanorum, the Secret of Secrets, or the Great Secret of the Illuminati.
David Cherubim
Aleister Crowley Foundation
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