Hermann Schüttler, Reinhard Markner, Forschungsliteratur zum Illuminatenorden / Research Bibliography at Illuminaten Wiki However, a few years after its founding, a member named Baron von Knigge revised the system into as many as 13 levels, also known as “degrees,” which were then grouped into three classes. Von Knigge had been a member of the Freemasons before turning to the Illuminati, and his system was based on that of his former group. Reaching the highest level meant a member had achieved “philosophical illumination,” according to National Geographic, and he was given the title of “king.” 6. Members of the Illuminati used pseudonyms. The leading researcher behind the Illuminati families is a man named, Fritz Springmeier, an author and educator, and he has presented some of the most compelling details about the Illuminati bloodline. EDUCATIONAL GAMING: Count - Adding of up to 100 two-digit numbers. Estimate - Get used to chances. Concentration - Follow the course of the game and other player's turns. Schüttler, Hermann (1991). Die Mitglieder des Illuminatenordens, 1776–1787/93. Munich: Ars Una. pp.48–49, 62–63, 71, 82. ISBN 978-3-89391-018-2.

Another key sign of being part of the Illuminati? Never seeming to age. In other words, Beyoncé and Rihanna have a tonof explaining to do.If One World Government does come to the planet, these 13 families will be at the top of the pyramid, controlling every aspect of the global police state. The Illuminati wasn't always just some crazy chimera — it used to be a very real group with ambitious goals. And even though it doesn't exist anymore, the fact that many people still have paranoid beliefs about it reveals a lot about power, our culture — and, of course, what we think about Jay Z. 1) What is the Illuminati? A drawing depicting the initiation of an Illuminati member. Universal Images Group / Getty Images

The Illuminati did plenty of unusual things. They used symbols (like the owl), adopted pseudonyms to avoid identification, and had complicated hierarchies like Novice, Minerval, and Illuminated Minerval that divided the ranks. In the beginning, Hodapp says, Illuminati members didn't trust anyone over 30, because they were too set in their ways. Other reports of rituals are harder to confirm, but we know that members were very paranoid and used spy-like protocol to keep one another's identities secret. Kesha once joked in a Rolling Stone interview that she was “really the leader of the Illuminati.” As you can guess, left theorists in a frenzy. She’s also had a lot of Illuminati symbolism in her early music videos. In concert, Céline Dion often throws up the Devil’s Horns hand gesture — a nod to the devil, supposedly. Along with that, some conspiracy theorists claimed her gender-neutral children’s clothing line had Satanic themes to it. Lowest levels are the snitches, groupies and blind sheep that create idols out of these rich, powerful and influential people.The society grew from a handful of men to a few thousand, including some influential members, with the most famous thought to have been the German thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – although this is disputed. However, it didn’t last long after Karl Theodor, Duke of Bavaria, outlawed secret groups on punishment of death in the late 1780s.