What is the illumanti?

Answer 1

Illuminati is the Latin form of "Enlightened".

The movement was founded in May 1, 1776 by Johann Adam Weishaupt, of Ingolstadt, Bavaria. Alternative names for the Illuminati are known as Perfectibilists, The Order of the Illuminati, or Illuminatus. The movement is commonly referred to an offshoot of the Enlightenment-era and is said to be modeled from the Freemasons. They were allowed to operate freely only until 1785, when a keen proponent of "Enlightened Absolutism", the Duke of Bavaria, Charles Theodore, banned all secret societies from operating. The order itself was said to have had over 2000 members in ten years, many of them prominent politicians and leaders, and most of them spanning over European countries.

The Illuminati are often associated with Freemasonry. While there are some similarities there is one striking difference between them. The Illuminati were not a democratic, egalitarian movement. The Freemasons were a proto-democratic, egalitarian movement and have not changed much today. They both excluded woman from joining, yet there are female chapters of the Freemasons that exist today, and they both have non-dogmatic belief systems, both favor Deism and are not associated with Satanic or Anti-christian beliefs as commonly argued. George Washington himself was said to of been a Freemason.

The Illuminati are commonly associated with Conspiracy Theories from those who support and disapprove of the organization. Those who are in favor of the Illuminati say that they are a group of free thinkers who want the best interest of the people they secretly hide from. They want to bridge the differences that come from politics, religion, and social order. Those who are not in favor, suggest that they are the group behind the New World Order, that will cause corruption and ultimately the fall of government into a Utopian society where all countries are unified into one government.

Answer 2

They are a made up group for books and are not real. They make a good story.