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The Inevitable Dossier · Chapter Two · Part 3 of 4

The Illuminati & Catholicism

An Enlightenment conspiracy that burned out in barely a decade — and a Church that, examined closely, might be the biggest secret society of them all.

The Illuminati

The name “Illuminati” is Latin and is best translated to “Enlightened ones”. Understanding the meaning of the name it’s also make sense to choose such a name for a secret order during times when church was in almost total control. In fact there are many different groups, societies and peoples who have used the name in history. The oldest known writings that relates to the name is dated 1492 and tells about “The Alumbrados of Spain”. Its supposed leader La Beata de Piedrahita was accused before the Inquisition in 1511.

Even if the name is used frequently in history, it’s the one and only “Bavarian Illuminati” who all refers to when mentioning “The Illuminati”. The Bavarian Illuminati was created by Adam Weishaupt and was initially named “The order of Perfectabilists”. This is the secret order that people even today refer to as active and alive.

Bavaria

The Holy Roman Empire with the Vatican as its central power had over a long time rolled out Catholicism as a major European force. Bavaria, Germany, was a Catholic success of the time (18th century) with the Jesuits pulling almost all political strings. It is ironic that it is in such an environment that their greatest opponent would be born.

The Free State of Bavaria (Bayern) forms the southernmost of the 16 states of Germany. Its capital is Munich. Bavarians are typically very conservative Catholics, contrasting markedly with the more casual attitude to religion in much of the rest of Germany. The current pope, Benedict XVI, is a true product of Bavaria.

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor gave Bavaria to the Wittelsbach family, who ruled from 1180 to 1918. Napoleon made it a kingdom in 1806. Bavaria managed to preserve its independence by playing off the rivalries of Prussia and Austria, but the 1866 Austro-Prussian War led to its incorporation into the German Empire. After years of political conflicts and World War I, the socialist premier of Bavaria (Kurt Eisner) who deposed the last king of Bavaria (Ludwig III) was assassinated in 1919, which lead to a violently suppressed communist revolt. Extremist activity increased and peaked with the so called “Beer Hall Putsch” in November 1923 were Munich and Nuremberg became strongholds under Hitler’s Nazi command.

Adam Weishaupt

Back to history: Adam Weishaupt was born the 6th of February 1748. The father, professor of Canon law at University of Ingolstadt, died when Adam was seven. Adam was brought up by his godfather, Baron von Ickstatt, a member of the Privy Council. This gave Adam free access to the Barons magnificent library. A library which contained works from most Enlightenment philosophers.

With support from the Baron, did Adam choose the same path as his father and studied canon law at Ingolstadt University. He graduated in 1768 and rose quickly within the Jesuit-dominated institution. In 1773 he was professor of Natural and Canon Law and parallel to his official character, he had developed strong feelings for Atheism and prominent dislike of the Jesuits. His hard work made him dean of the law faculty two years later and his atheistic side started to form an idea of a secret society, with ideals from Enlightenment, a society with abilities to dissolve the, in his eyes, corrupt and superstitious force characterized by the Jesuits. A society with goals to create a Rousseauian vision of a world free from constraints government and church, where humanity would exist in a universal community with nature.

Adam wanted a world built using representative democracy were happiness, understanding, intellectual evolvement along with nature would be standard, a place were people would have equal possibilities no matter of background. His radical ideas slowly formed an order copying structures from the successful Jesuits, which he knew well. The order, initially named “The order of Perfectabilists” was ready for the first outside members May the 1st 1776. The order which today is referred to as “The Illuminati” was born.

Secrecy and the Relation With Freemasons

Trained by the Jesuits Adam know he had to have highest possible secrecy to be able to fulfill his ideas with the order. Otherwise it most probably would be stopped by the Jesuits. Who else but the Freemasons could guarantee the level of secrecy he needed. Adam know that and when Illuminati around 1778 had grown to around 200–300 members, Baron Adolph von Knigge was recruited. Beside being a Freemason, Knigge was a noted German playwright and novelist. Knigge became Adams right hand in developing Illuminati as a secret society. They copied many of the ideas and rites directly from Freemasonry, which was proven to be effective. Another Freemason, Baron Xaverius von Zwack, was recruited into Areopagites (the ruling council of Illuminism) become very effective in recruiting new members from within Freemasonic lodges. As the success grew, many freemasonic lodges just added an “Illuminized” degree into their degree system and thereby were integrated with the Illuminati order.

Purpose of the Order

The original goals of the Order have never been revealed. So the goals below are my own goals created to act as a simulation of the Orders possible goals. They based upon the reading I’ve done surrounding the Order, its success, its creator and my own conclusions. I did this to create understanding in how a simple idea can expand to enormous proportions. Read these goals with the eyes of a leader in the late 17th century and correlate it with your newly gained understanding of the repeating history.

Primary goal. Adam had identified that human happiness is related to individual evolution along with nature itself. If humans do not evolve, they by time loose faith in themselves and life itself and most possibly will become mental slaves under those who claim control over faith itself. The needed individual evolution included things like education, poetry, philosophy, science, love, freedom among everything else that nature can offer. The problem is that almost everything was in some way controlled by the church and its values, which ultimately controlled human happiness. So the primary long term goal of the Order was to reclaim control of happiness to the humans from the Church.

1st Cornerstone. As Adam saw the church as a threat to the understanding of science and nature, the first Cornerstone with the Order was to ensure that the understanding of science and nature was preserved and evolved.

2nd Cornerstone. Adam also knew that even if the first Cornerstone was secured, there would be no possibility to make anything with science or nature as long as the church had wide support by the public. Therefore the second Cornerstone of the Order was to separate state and the church, apply a representative democracy for the state elite and making the public realize the equal possibility and responsibility to take part in and be led by the elite.

3rd Cornerstone. Adam was never against religion as he among most intellectual individuals knew that faith is a vital part of humanity. But he understood that the church would be a constant threat to stability as it gains almost absolute power over its believers. By using the old motto: “All power corrupts and absolute power corrupts in its absolute form”, he sets the third Cornerstone of the Order which was to gain control over the church and unite all religions under its care, without loosing the religious believers. The control of this united church of all religions then would be given back to a new elite of religious representatives. A religious elite were corruption was controlled by similar constitutions as in the state to ensure their religion do not encounter conflict between religions themselves or with the state.

4th and last Cornerstone. As Adam also understood that world states (countries) are built and evolved based on local governments with their own values. This of course would make a possible threat to whole idea, if one state claims to have better terms for living, religion, work, trade, property, health, security or else. The fourth and the last Cornerstone thereby was set to create a one world democracy were all country states would be represented and differences in terms by time would be minimized.

By reading the above simulated goals of the Order, which is likely to be something that the Order could have been built upon, you can understand why conspiracy theorists dwell in events which they can claim to be apart of the great conspiracy. How ever, don’t make that mistake yourself. Not yet.

Preserve and Evolve Understanding

“Broadly speaking, a dialectic is an exchange of propositions (theses) and counter-propositions (antitheses) resulting in a disagreement. The aim of the dialectical method, often known as dialectic or dialectics, is to try to resolve the disagreement through rational discussion. Synthesis (from the Greek words syn = plus and thesis = position) is commonly understood to be an integration of two or more pre-existing elements which results in a new creation. … In dialectics, synthesis is the final result of attempts to reconcile the inherent contradiction between thesis and antithesis.” — Wikipedia.org

Adam didn’t create the idea of synthesis, but the core of Illuminati ideology was to evolve and preserve understanding and Adam used the dialectic as the key component to evolve understanding within the Illuminati order. Adam then incorporated a degree based education into the order, copying much directly from the Jesuits. Thereby he also had the key to preserve the understanding. In modern days the Dialectic is used as standard evolution of knowledge and understanding in Universities all over the world.

The Success

By 1780 the order grew quickly and national directors were settled in many European countries. At the top of existence the Illuminati could count more than 2000 high rank officials, leaders and profound members all over Europe and possibly even elsewhere as Freemasonry existed and shared thoughts all over the world. The order was a huge success and membership was more than wanted. People would almost do anything to be a member. The success of Illuminati also boosted the creation of many similar secret societies. Even the founding fathers of USA spoke well of Adam. Thomas Jefferson who also served as president of USA publicly defended the order and its founder before its dramatic fall.

The Fall of the Illuminati

Of course it was inevitable that such a huge success among the elites of Europe should be followed by a huge fall. The stress of operating a secret society with the constant threat of public exposure and banishment became too big. The Jesuits along with many and others began to spread negative propaganda. The propaganda reached the Bavarian elector, pointing out the Freemasonic Lodge “Theodore” as being against the church. The elector directed that inquires to be made and the lodge that was in almost total control by the Illuminati was ordered to be dissolved. Many other lodges followed the same destiny. A giant gap between Adam and Knigge was created as a result of the negative impact on Freemasonry that the Illuminati created. Knigge who in heart was a Freemason could not defend the increasing negative force that was building up against the Illuminati. He left to Order and ended his relation with Adam. Some even think it was Knigge, who by using his Freemason connections, made four university professors (both Freemasons and Illuminati members) to disclose the Orders secrets before the elector to stop further investigations of the freemasonry.

In 1785, with police raids, public trails and banishments, the Illuminati order along with freemasonry was banned in Bavaria. Adam Weishaupt was dismissed from his post at the University and was given a pension of some 40 pounds, which he refused. Illuminati now were officially forever dissolved, but yet to become even more powerful. If anything, the Order survived only as ideas, rather than a working organization. Banned, Adam journeyed to Regenburg, where he began a pamphlet war with his “Apologie der Illuminaten” as a defense of the Order. He subsequently found refuge in the estate of Ernest, Count of Saxe-Gotha, and a previous member of the Order. Adam later became a professor at the University of Gottingen; where he continued his work for the afterworld surrounding his work with the Order.

Adams own words from after the fall of the Order:

“Whoever does not close his ear to the lamentations of the miserable, nor his heart to gentle pity; whoever is the friend and brother of the unfortunate; whoever has a heart capable of love and friendship; whoever is steadfast in adversity, unwearied in the carrying out of whatever has been once engaged in, undaunted in the overcoming of difficulties; whoever does not mock and despise the weak … such a one is a proper candidate. The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile; and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.”

Adam died in Gotha in 1830, 45 years after he was banished from Bavaria. 45 year is a long time, which of course creates thoughts about what he possible could accomplish until he died. Of course it’s possible that some of the previous Illuminati members, Freemasons or others, who believed in him, continued working with him even after the fall of the Order. One can even wonder if banishing Adam wasn’t the perfect punishment made by those who really wanted him to continue his work, as then he was officially punished, but still being able to continue his work. Officially a professor at the University of Gottingen until his death, but unofficially – who knows… Yet, either if, it does not prove the existence of the great conspiracy.

A Greater Power Than the Order Itself

In USA, Freemasonry was widely spread, John Adams declared May 9, 1798 to be a day of fasting and prayer, “to implore Heaven’s mercy and benediction on the imperiled nation.” By many this initiative was seen as one of many proofs that Order had survived and the Illuminati hysteria in the New World began. The so called “May day” also referred to as “Labor day” was in 1884 moved to the 1st of May, at the Chicago convention for the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions. The official reason was to synchronize the day with International events. Even if this occurred almost 100 years later it again raised the hysteria as it was on the 1st of May the Order of the Illuminati was originally created. The rumors of the possible survival of the Order by time has grown as a conspiracy and infiltrated leading power in all parts of world. Even today when the historical need for total secrecy does not exist anymore; some try to achieve greater power by claiming to have origins from the Orders wide spread network of control and power. One of many quotes of Adam, which still today give conspiracy believers the shivers:

“The great force of our kind lays in its dissimulation; that it never appears under its proper name, but always under cover of another name, another activity.”

The New World Order Conspiracy

I won’t go into the depths of the conspiracy itself, but I must mention that it has grown over the years. It seems like in most cases, the once who the most fear the source, adds the most to the rumors. Both Illuminati and the Freemasons has got so much negative propaganda over the years, that it is no wonder the great conspiracies theorists keep believe themselves. As an example beside all information on the Internet, I encourage you to read books and see videos of the late Barry Smith (died June 2002), who I say was one of the best bible interpreters who fully believed in the great conspiracy. His parallels between bible and the conspiracy are so good, that even he got stuck in the one-way street that the great conspiracy theory is.

Rumors Regarding Communism

Rumors tells a history about Karl Marx working together with a “League of just men” with Illuminati background when writing the Communism manifesto and that Russian revolutionaries initially called themselves “Spartacusts” after Adam Weishaupt’s Illuminati pseudonym. The “Spartacusts” then renamed themselves to “Bolsheviks” and then to “Communists”.

Conclusion

My conclusions are clean and simple: The Order of the Illuminati died out, but many of its ideals survived. Possibly even with the help from Adam after the fall of the Order. However, I can imagine even Adam and his follower’s understood that it isn’t possible to create a secret society that could preserve absolute power if it ever got it. A closer look at history of rulers, confirms it. I should even say it’s possible that the communism rumor is true, but then Marx, Lenin, Stalin and the others did not understand the true nature of human and therefore instead created a masterpiece of horror. However an independent cell organized society like the Freemasons could easily incorporate ideals such as those who Adam promoted. But, to link such a thought to a conspiracy is wrong. To understand why, understanding of society itself as a continuous evolving organism is the key. Further reading will bring light on the path of enlightenment and possibly even open the door for you.

Catholicism

This may probably seem a bit radical, but think of it: Isn’t Catholicism itself really a very large and possibly the most successful secret society ever? Take a deep look at its power, its leadership, its rites, its secrecy and the role of the Pope itself. Do not blame me if you come to a conclusion that makes you wonder and don’t blame me if you get the shivers when you think of what such a secret society may do today, knowing its past.

Wide Spread

The total number of Catholics in the world is over one billion. They are found in nearly every country, though they are more concentrated in the Americas and Europe. They currently make up 63% of the population of North and South America, 40% of Europe, roughly 20% of Sub-Saharan Africa, and 3% of Asia.

The Vatican Concordats

A concordat is an agreement between the pope and a government or sovereign on religious matters. The so called “Lateran Treaties” of February 11, 1929, negotiated between Pope Pius XI, and Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader, as Prime Minister of Italy was the concordat that formally defined the Vatican City-state. Thereby a religious state in the state of Italy was created and the world’s most unique and odd state in the World was formed. The Holy See – represented in Germany by Nuncio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) – and Catholic politicians from the Centre Party, repeatedly pushed for a concordat with the new German Republic. The “Reichskonkordat” was signed on July 20, 1933, and ratified on September 10, 1933. There is general agreement that the Concordat increased substantially the prestige of Hitler’s regime around the world. One can wonder about the background to the Catholic eager to establish relations with Fascist’s and Nazi’s. Was it to protect themselves from growing powers or to secure their position beside them? As Cardinal Faulhaber put it in a sermon delivered in 1937:

“At a time when the heads of the major nations in the world faced the new Germany with cool reserve and considerable suspicion, the Catholic Church, the greatest moral power on earth, through the Concordat expressed its confidence in the new German government. This was a deed of immeasurable significance for the reputation of the new government abroad.”

Critics of the Concordat claim it linked the Roman Catholic Church too closely with Nazism. While Pacelli gained influence over Germany’s educational system, Hitler limited Jewish participation in the schools. Moreover, Catholic priests were subsequently involved with the Nazi racial hygiene bureaucracy which identified and officially certified the Jewish ancestry of individuals, a process which is said to have contributed directly to the Holocaust. When the Nazi government later violated the concordat, bishops and the papacy protested against these violations. The strongest condemnation of Hitler’s ideology and ecclesiastical policy was the encyclical Mit Brennender Sorge, issued in 1937, by Pope Pius XI. A prominent French cardinal, Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, claims that the Pope Pius XI, who died February 1939, was assassinated by poison on Mussolini’s order. Guess who succeeded him? It was Nuncio Pacelli, who signed the so called “Reichskonkordat” with Hitler in 1933.

Letters of Indulgence

In the medieval period so called “Letters of indulgence” could be bought from representatives of the Roman Catholic Church. By doing so one could free either oneself or others from burning in hell. Of course this was a lucrative business as so many normally had done some act that was seen as a sin. And as the promoters also proclaimed: “why let your dead relative’s burn in hell for their sins, when you can free them just by buying a letter”.

The Catholics needed money to protect their interests and these letters sure helped out. Donations are one thing, but to sell these letters does really get low scores on my popularity chart. Good for them that major parts of the buyers couldn’t read anyhow. Anyhow, the well known Martin Luther identified the problem and started his protest because of these letters.

Apologizes or Propaganda?

Pope John Paul II acknowledged publicly that the Roman Catholic Church (and its members) has sometimes been involved in questionable activities, and asked God to forgive the sins of its members, both in action and omission. Historically, the Church’s responses to heresy through the Inquisition and its alleged association with witch hunts have brought criticism. Pope John Paul II apologized for certain historic excesses in May 1995. One can wonder why? Doesn’t the Vatican understand that it is quite different times now and by apologizing for certain events in history, they justify those events that aren’t apologized for? Wouldn’t it be better to just confess and say that there were different times in the past and now in modern times we use modern methods? Because that’s of course what Chatolics do.

Stealing Traditions?

What if the Catholics are stealing traditional events? It’s a controversial idea, but also a very intelligent act if true. A prefect way to spread Christianity would be to make people think they are celebrating old Christian traditions. This is just one example: Is it really Christmas that we’re celebrating in late December? If you look at the traditions regarding Christmas, then we may actually be celebrating the Winter Solstice. In the early days of Christianity it was only tradition that told about Mary who bore the child Jesus on the twenty-fifth day and no one could seem to decide on the month. Finally, in year 320, the Catholic fathers in Rome decided to make it December. Well, the chosen date matched the winter solstice, which already was the greatest yearly traditional celebration period. In ancient Egypt, they celebrated rebirth of their Sun God Ra. The Romans celebrated their Sun God Mithraic. Traditions like gifts, tree, light and more was already there. Around year 600 pope Gregory I writes a letter to missionary St Mellitus containing:

“Converting heathens is easier if they are allowed to retain the outward forms of their traditional pagan practices and traditions, while recasting those traditions spiritually towards the one true God instead of to their pagan gods (whom the Pope refers to as ‘devils’), to the end that, whilst some gratifications are outwardly permitted them, they may the more easily consent to the inward consolations of the grace of God.”

The Romans had spread their traditions all over Europe and it seems like the Varangians who were allies with the Byzantines continued and enhanced it. It’s likely that “Yule” or “Jul”, which is the name many Europeans use for the celebration, is derived from the Varangians word “Hjul” meaning wheel. It may be related to a Varangian tradition of rolling burning wheels down a hill during the celebration. The Varangians also added much of the stuff we put on our celebration dinner tables as traditions. What about Santa Claus? Well, in many parts of Europe he still is named something related to “Yule”. However, the figure Santa is actually a mistake. His was actually the Bishop Nicholas of Smyrna (Izmir), in what is now Turkey. He lived around year 300 and became a saint after his death the 6th of December. At some part in history someone mapped him with Christmas as the one who gave gifts. So the big red dressed guy with white beard, riding a slide, does not really belong in the celebration at all.

Vatican Secret Archives

Vatican Secret Archives, today estimated to contain 30 miles of shelving, were moved from the ordinary Vatican archives to a separate building in the 17th century. The secret archive is the central repository of all the acts that have been promulgated by the Roman Catholic Church’s Papal See, as well as diplomatic materials and correspondence of the Papal See and other documents that have accumulated over the centuries.

Rumors and speculations concerning the content of this secret archive seem to haunt the Roman Catholics. On February 20, 2002, Pope John Paul II took the extraordinary step of opening, from 2003, documents concerning Germany and relative to the period 1922–1939 contained in the archives of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State, in order “to put an end to unjust and thoughtless speculation.”

Again, why just this little part of history? And was it just selected parts, or? Why not fully open the archive for public eyes? For some reason I can’t help myself from thinking: “How can the Papacy claim to be the largest moral power of the world, when hosting such an archive?”

The Vatican Swiss Guard

Often referred to as the papal guards or Swiss mercenaries, the so called Vatican Swiss Guard is the elite force that guards the sovereign state of the Vatican. While much of the work of the present day guards is ceremonial, they are responsible for the security at the Apostolic Palace, the papal apartment and the four main entrances to the Vatican. They are also in charge of the pontiff’s physical safety when he travels outside the city state. The modern Vatican Swiss Guard does not belong to any larger force. It’s just the about 100 Guards, recruited from the Catholic cantons of central Switzerland that meet the below requirements:

The guards colorful and Renaissance-era striped uniforms are according to the legend designed by Michelangelo but the legend do not tell the truth. The uniforms were designed by guard commander Jules Respond in 1914. Main inspiration came from the painter Raphael. Many wonder if the guards, with such a funny outfit, really exist for any other reason than ceremonial purposes. The answer is: yes. They have defended a succession of popes for more than five centuries and not always without bloodshed. In fact in 1527 147 Guards and their commander died in a conflict, with troops of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s, during the so called “Sack of Rome”. The Vatican Swiss Guard was founded as an extraction from the original Swiss Guard, January 22 1506, when 150 soldiers, under the command of Kaspar von Silenen, entered the Vatican. It was an agreement between Pope Julius II and the rulers of the Old Swiss Confederacy (which later became today’s Switzerland), to protect the Pope primarily from the growing threat of the ruling house of Habsburg.

The Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu in Latin) is a religious order in direct service to the Pope. Founded in Paris August 1534 the Order was officially approved by Pope Paul III. Its members, called “Jesuits”, are by many referred to as the popes own “Elite” or “Shock troops” and are known to have been involved in many bloody conflicts in history. The order was suppressed in almost whole Europe in late 18th century due to the protestant movement, but survived within the Polish western provinces Russian Empire. In early 19th century it rose again and quickly spread all over the world. Today the Jesuits have around 20,000 members and are organized with priests, brothers and ministries in 112 nations on six continents. It is the largest religious order in the Catholic Church. Their work today is focused on education and intellectual contributions, primarily at colleges and universities.

Opus Dei

The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, commonly known as Opus Dei (Latin for “Work of God”), is one of the most discussed societies within Catholic Church. It was founded in 1928 and was elevated to a personal prelature by Pope John Paul II in 1982 through the apostolic constitution, meaning it’s like a parallel hierarchy within the hierarchy. Opus dei is by many theologians, including catholic ones, seen as a contemporary sign of contradiction within the Roman Catholic Church. Opus Dei was denounced as a heresy by churchmen in the 1940s but is now considered one of the contributors to a central doctrine of the Second Vatican Council, the universal call to holiness and is supported by Catholic leaders world-wide. Opus Dei today have around 85,000 members spread over Africa (2%), Asia (5%), America (35%) and Europe (55%).

The Focolare Movement

Focolare means “hearth” or “family fireside” and the movement were founded, in Trent Italy 1943, by Chiara Lubich. As being the child, birth 1920, of true socialist parents, she learnt about the great two forces of mankind (Socialism and Religion). She did choose to combine the two into what today is the Focolare movement.

The Focolare Movement is a growing society and is present today in more than 182 nations and reaches over five million people. It was first approved by the Pope in 1962, and its successive developments were approved in 1990. The movement has been prized by the Orthodox Church, by the Anglican and Lutheran Churches, by representatives of other religions and by a number of international organizations.

“Through living this spirituality in various social and cultural spheres, many opportunities for fruitful dialogues have opened up in the Catholic world … with Christians of different denominations in order to work together for full communion; with believers of different faiths; with people of no religious conviction. Through these dialogues, the Focolare Movement works with many others towards the unity of the human family.”

The above text is taken from the official Focolare page on Internet. Focolare is in deed an interesting movement. Even if I can’t find any proofs, I feel this movement is tightly related with and possibly steered by the Roman Catholic Church. It seems similar to the Opus Dei society but without the Catholic boarders. On the outside it seems like the perfect movement to unite all religions of the world under one umbrella. But, I feel it’s still too secret to trust for such. Today it seems to be accepted in religious communities in the same way socialism spread over the world in the late 19th century and the beginning of 20th century. Maybe its time to give birth to a new definition: “Relisocialism”. Time will tell: If I am close to right, we will experience some type of revolution within the religious communities soon. Bringing such future into mind, I can’t stop myself from creating two hypothetic links between the ideals of the Illuminati and the Focolare movement: 1) Revolutions 2) A Global Church. It sure will be interesting to follow the development of this movement.

Catholicism, the Antichrist and ad-Dajjal Personified?

History divides Christianity into two large Churches (Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic) in the past. One can follow the dark and bloody path of the Teutonic Knight who seems to be one of many brut force allied of the Roman Catholics and parallel one can follow the brighter path of the Templar’s, Byzantine/Orthodox and possible the Freemasons. When we talk of East and west in modern society, isn’t it really this split we’re addressing?

I won’t make any direct statement around this as I’m not an historian, but I think there is a lot here to be further investigated. Fact is that the Vatican has spread so much horror in the past and declared so many of being the so called “Antichrist”, that one can wonder if the personalization of “Antichrist” wouldn’t fit the Roman Catholic Church generally better, particularly the role of the Pope, than anything else. Such a manifestation would certainly be accepted in the Islam world were the counterpart to antichrist is named “ad-Dajjal” with very similar attributes. Islamic traditions regarding “ad-Dajjal” mention these attributes:

The above is very similar attributes as the attributes of the Christian antichrist. So what am I saying? Is the Pope the antichrist and the Islam counterpart ad-Dajjal? Well, I won’t make that statement, but I would define the possibility is as real as many other things in holy texts.

Conclusion

The only real conclusion I can make out of Catholicism and the comparison with secret societies is that they in fact are a large, probably the largest, structured “mind” (Note: not moral) power of the world and most probably the Vatican also agrees on that their own understandings need to be evolved and preserved, which most likely require similar secrecy as secret societies. Studying the Vatican and the “Holy See” create many thoughts. One can create an thought were the Vatican’s Holy See is the “mind” supervision structure of the world, the Vatican state the legal connections with the world and the Catholic church is the elite and the grass root “mind” force of the world. If, there are old and unmodern aims/orders integrated into this structure, one can understand why it has caused many conflicts in history. However, don’t map this to a conspiracy, not yet.