Liber XXV · Secret Societies
Chapter I
Conspiracy Myths
7 min readAnti-Masonry: Papal Bans, the Morgan Affair and PersecutionThe history of anti-Masonry: papal condemnations from 1738, the Morgan affair and Anti-Masonic Party, totalitarian persecution and modern suspicion.8 min readBarruel, Robison and the Jacobin Conspiracy Myth of 1797How Augustin Barruel and John Robison blamed the French Revolution on Freemasons and Illuminati in 1797, and what historians make of the Jacobin myth.7 min readSecret Society Conspiracy Myths: Illuminati, Masons, ProtocolsA historian's guide to secret society conspiracy myths: Barruel and the Illuminati scare, the forged Protocols, the Taxil hoax and New World Order theories.8 min readThe Bavarian Illuminati: Weishaupt's Order, 1776–1785The Bavarian Illuminati explained: Adam Weishaupt's 1776 Enlightenment society, its grades and members, suppression in 1784–85 and the myth that followed.8 min readThe Protocols of the Elders of Zion: How a Forgery Was MadeThe Protocols of the Elders of Zion explained: a Russian forgery of 1903, plagiarised from Maurice Joly, exposed in 1921 and used to justify persecution.
Forthcoming in this chapter
5- Esoteric Conspiracy Theories: Meaning, History and Practice
- Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy: Meaning, History and Practice
- The New World Order Conspiracy Theory: Meaning, History and Practice
- Reptilian and Archon Myths: Meaning, History and Practice
- Why Conspiracy Theories Borrow Esoteric Language: Meaning, History and Practice