Adam Weishaupt

Where each worldview places it
Jesuit-trained priest and professor of canon law at Jesuit Ingolstadt University, who founded the Bavarian branch of the Illuminati on 1 May 1776. Cooper insists he did not truly establish the Illuminati, which predated and outlived him[1].
Aliases
Adam WeishopProfessor WeishopAdam Weishaupe
Controls / directs
founded and created the Illuminati ("the Frankenstein monster")[2]
Answers to / controlled by
member of the Society of Jesus, which trained him[3]
Lineage
Alumbrados → Jesuits → Weishaupt[4]
Dates
  • 1774–1776
  • 1776-05-01
  • letter of 1778
  • downfall and banishment in the 1780s[5]
Places
Key events
sends agents to infiltrate Europe's lodges[4]
Members / notable people
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Author's claims · 7
  1. 01"It is necessary to establish a universal regime and empire over the whole world"[6].
  2. 02"No man is fit for our order who is not ready to go to every length" (1778)[7].
  3. 03"Let it never appear in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation"[8].
  4. 04"The strength of our order lies in its concealment and in its many different names", even "appearing to oppose ourselves"[9].
  5. 05"The flaming star is the torch of reason"[10].
  6. 06Maxwell and Hilder, Cooper's television guests, quote him: people unite only to save their hides, so bloodshed and anarchy will bring world unity[11].
  7. 07Maxwell[12] reads the film Frankenstein (Ingolstadt) as an allegory of him.
Sources · 11

Notes

  1. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2); Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry; Hour 15 - The Roshaniya.
  2. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2); Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry; Hour 7 - Maitreya; Hour 15 - The Roshaniya; Hour 16 - Quotes by Freemasons; Hour 17 - Sun Worship (Mystery Babylon series, announced as 16th hour); Hour 24 - Jordan Maxwell Interview (part 1); Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  3. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2); Hour 15 - The Roshaniya.
  4. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2).
  5. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 7 - Maitreya; Hour 10 - Gnosticism; Hour 15 - The Roshaniya; Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  6. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry.
  7. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 7 - Maitreya.
  8. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 16 - Quotes by Freemasons.
  9. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 23 - William Morgan Interview 3-3.
  10. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 17 - Sun Worship (Mystery Babylon series, announced as 16th hour).
  11. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  12. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 24 - Jordan Maxwell Interview (part 1).
  13. ↑ The Biggest Secret (1999), Chapter Twelve: The Black Sun (part 1); Chapter Seventeen: The secret language.