Bavaria, German Bayern, largest Land (state) of Germany, comprising the entire southeastern portion of the country. Bavaria is bounded to the north by the states of Thuringia and Saxony, to the east by the Czech Republic, to the south and southeast by Austria, and to the west by the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hessen. Munich…
The secret society of the Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt with the high aim of giving human beings freedom and happiness. This aim and the means of achieving it were very much influenced by his background, education, and the era in which he lived. Who Was Adam Weishaupt? Johann Adam Joseph Weishaupt was born…
More than 200 years after the prestigious Illuminati society was founded to oppose religious influence over daily life, it has become one of the world’s greatest conspiracy theories. “I have heard there are some meetings here, but where and when, I have no idea,” Sister Anna told me, taking some time to open up on…
The 18th-century German thinker Adam Weishaupt (the founder of the Illuminati society) would have been stunned if he had known his ideas would one day fuel global conspiracy theories, and inspire best-selling novels and blockbuster films. Until he was 36, the vast majority of his compatriots would have been equally stunned to discover that this…
