Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled!
The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always covered by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Free Masonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it. Next to this, the form of a learned or literary society is best sited to our purpose, and had Free masonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be much more than a cover, it may be a powerful engine in our hands. By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labours, we may turn the public mind which way we will. - Johann Adam Weishaupt

Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwing Von Knigge

Member of the Bavarian Illuminati and a Freemason.
Adolph Franz Friedrich Ludwing Von Knigge
Birth 1752-10-16Death 1796-05-06
Freemason Adolph giving the sign of the master of the second veil.Freemason Adolph giving the sign of the master of the second veil.
Parents
FatherUnknown
MotherUnknown
Alias
Philo Judaeus

Positions

Freemasonry - Member
Retired 1796-05-06
Lodge of the Crowned Lion (Zum gekrönten Löwen)
Freemasonry - Knight of the Rite of Strict Observances
Bavarian Illuminati - Member
Retired 1784-07-01
Over the few years of his service under the Illuminati Knigge had built up the member count somewhere between two and three thousand. He leaves the order over disputes with Weishaupt, including suspicions that Weishaupt was a Jesuit.
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