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Join us on a journey through the origins, rise, and fall of The Illuminati, from its inception by Adam Weishaupt to its demise under government scrutiny. Discover how this revolutionary society spread its influence through Freemason lodges, recruiting intellectuals and officials alike, and uncover the truth behind the conspiracy theories that continue to shroud its legacy.
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@danielsantiagourtado3430
Ай бұрын
You guys are the Best! Thanks For this 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
@also_arles
Ай бұрын
Is it bad that I'm already very invested in his video? I'm a little too excited to ascend the ranks of your secret society if I do say so myself! ❤
@edhoj
Ай бұрын
What’s your source
@Joeballs187
Ай бұрын
Thank you for sitting your Sources
@Joeballs187
Ай бұрын
@@edhojcontext buddy
A sign you know things have gotten out of hand is when a secret society start having secret societies within secret societies
@ShanRenxin
Ай бұрын
Secret societies all the way down baby!
@leroypreston2973
Ай бұрын
Any group is this, you end up with one small group and then more groups splinter over stuff
@FrostyGerardo-kr7xs
Ай бұрын
Well sounds like its a enlighted group with a radical groups that then creates a sect
@FrostyGerardo-kr7xs
Ай бұрын
The crown is to symbolize if you would turn to get power and betray. Same things happened to Jesus and Buddists. If you are true to your faith or you want power
@FrostyGerardo-kr7xs
Ай бұрын
But is the same things. A close group trust each other. One member blackmail them with secrets. Then they pull others into a extortion and identure servitide. With lots of brainwashing to make them not fight to get out of an abusive relationship
It's a shame that conspiracy theorists love co-opting stuff like this, the actual history is always way more interesting than anything you can stick on a corkboard.
@scarletletter4900
Ай бұрын
What if you mapped out the actual history on a corkboard?
@Toonrick12
Ай бұрын
@@scarletletter4900Then it becomes a museum.
@DragoniteSpam
Ай бұрын
@@scarletletter4900 Now we're thinking with portals
@seanemery1917
Ай бұрын
They need a boogeyman because they refuse to realize that life is chaotic and would go mad realizing that
@alexbayswood4847
Ай бұрын
Pepe Silvia
The most amusing thing with all of these secret societies proliferating throughout history is how it shows that adult, seemingly "elevated and superior" men just loooooove having secrets clubs and weird funny rituals just like we all did as kids.
@Darkdjinn79
Ай бұрын
Had to stay entertained somehow before the internet.
@carlosalbertofernandezvele7574
Ай бұрын
All is fun and games until you see yourself at the Gates of Hell.
@burnttoast5477
Ай бұрын
@@carlosalbertofernandezvele7574 Or, in this video's case, imprisoned.
@Archon3960
Ай бұрын
Adults are just grown-up kids. X)
@privatefellow6589
Ай бұрын
@@carlosalbertofernandezvele7574 bruh way to ruin the mood also there is no Haven or hell
I googled it afterwards. The recommendations I have received have now turned me into a flat earth 9/11 truther. The lizard people on the moon will repress me no more!
@nickpapadopoulos9978
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@dannyw1579
Ай бұрын
Pfft as if you still believe in the moon
@Penguingot
26 күн бұрын
@@dannyw1579 yea they still belive the moon is real... We all know its just a cheese flying around!
@dannyw1579
26 күн бұрын
@@Penguingot a fellow observer of the Wallace and Grommit theory i see
@bkdmode
24 күн бұрын
@@Penguingot Heretic I say! The "moon" is a hologram projected upon the Firmament by a Jewich Space Laser.
Refusing a crown to be part of the order, yet the point was power from the shadows. Huh.
@klemklemius5091
Ай бұрын
Power to promote enlightenment ideals and not autocratic rule
@Arohan71
Ай бұрын
Also the point was to rule behind the throne, not sit upon it. And likely to throw out the idea of thrones all together
@KaiserAfini
Ай бұрын
I wonder if it was a mockery of the public show Caesar made of refusing the Roman crown, while secretly aiming for it.
@rcookie5128
Ай бұрын
Down with the crown!! Btw, here, look we have some crowns and throwns and stuff.
@Mustafa_AhmedPGH
Ай бұрын
I mean, if you refuse an actual crown in favor of a secret enlightenment club, then it's probably safe to say you won't betray the group in exchange for a bribe. That's how I see it, at least.
EH: "Don't google it" Me: Don't tell me what to do! "Googles it" Also me: I regreat everything 😢
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Ай бұрын
In all honesty, the phrase "ignorance is truly bliss" certainly ends up holding MUCH more meaning once any given individual begins to learn too much about mankind, societal histories, classism, wealth vs. poverty, and other screwed up situations. 🤮
@shzarmai
27 күн бұрын
@@Novastar.SaberCombat ikr.....
3:03. Fun fact about the abolition of the Jesuits. Despite being formally disbanded by the pope 51 years earlier, when Norway first got its modern Constitution in 1814, it did still take the time to explicitly ban the Jesuits from entering the country (Jews were unfortunately also banned). Then, literally two months later in august of 1814 the Pope restored the Jesuits.
@krankarvolund7771
Ай бұрын
Despite the universal ban of the Jesuites, the ban was not literally universal, the kingdom of Prussia and the polish part of the Empire of Russia decided that they would not apply that edict of the Pope, because they didn't like him ^^ The Jesuites survived during the 50 years of ban, although with difficulty, they lost 90% of their members, from 23 000 to 2 000 members. But they still were there, so it make sense to still legislate against them ^^ And if you're wondering why the Pope banned them, then his successor changed his mind, it's because of the Enlightenments. In the 1750s and 70s, a lot of catholics kingdoms had "enlightened despots" like Friedrich the Great who conisdered that religion should be destructured, and that the Jesuits were a major pillar of the Papacy, so it was easy to attack the jesuites to diminish the influence of the Pope in their lands. And the Pope finally accepted the general pressure and banned the Jesuits in 1773. And twenty years later, the French revolted, with the ideas of the Enlightments as their main inspiration, and decapitated a king to proclaim a Republic... Let's just say, that it changed the opinion of a lot of monarchs about this whole Enlightment XD And so after the big mess that had been Napolon's wars, the Pope thought it could be a good time to reinstate the jesuits that he never really wanted to ban in the first place XD
@ArgentumFox
Ай бұрын
@@krankarvolund7771 It is also worth mentioning that the Jesuits always opposed the idea of absolute monarchy. They proposed that the people had the right to rebel if their rulers behaved like tyrants, something that enlightened despots abhorred.
@jffry890
Ай бұрын
>Jews were unfortunately also banned Based
I love the theming used. It provides an extra bit of fun, and makes me want to come back just to achieve the next rank, though I am loving the history!
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Ай бұрын
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@CODDE117
Ай бұрын
Yeah, the framing is fun
@williammoriarity7411
Ай бұрын
It's not just fun, it's accurate to how secret societies worked.
@kresimirzex2720
25 күн бұрын
We all know youtube deletes truth... So this video is.... A lie
The "Canon law " illustrated with a cannon was a joke made from pure gold :)
@pratikmandal1350
28 күн бұрын
I think there were other metals involved too...
@bangalykaba1154
27 күн бұрын
Yeah it was beAUtiful 🧪
I've really been loving this series. I joined a secret society myself in my early adult life (the secret society was officially dissolved years ago after decades of slow decay) so hearing the story of others, less secret secret societies has been very interesting to me.
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Ай бұрын
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@magics_wyfe
18 күн бұрын
Or are you just saying "it dissolved" ...
5:04 i find that to be so funny. It sounds like something college age boys would do lol
@anonimo2932
Ай бұрын
and like a college age boy, he didn't do anything with it
@Gelatinocyte2
Ай бұрын
It seems like it pretty much is like that
You should see The Secret World MMOs take on the Illuminati, they were great, and had such a good sense of humor too.
@jordanetherington1922
Ай бұрын
That game deserved a better life then it got. So good.
@RomLoneWolf23
Ай бұрын
It's all about power.
@Caspar67
Ай бұрын
@RomLoneWolf23 we don't fight the war on evil WE are the war on evil
@silentdrew7636
Ай бұрын
They already did a video on back when they covered game design.
@lemmingrad
Ай бұрын
“We have stocks in Hell and compromising photos of angels.”
Oh boy the knights of the golden circle. Got the popcorn ready to see how they fumble
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Ай бұрын
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My Zoey Plush also finally came in!
@extrahistory
Ай бұрын
@danielsantiagourtado3430
Ай бұрын
@@extrahistory You guys are the Best 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
@b1laxson
Ай бұрын
Zoey is watching you. Always.
Association with the illuminati is one of the easiest ways of detecting if a conspiracy is actually viable or outright deranged
@MichaelRainey
Ай бұрын
Or the Rothschilds or the Bilderburg (sp?) Group. It's like the holy trinity of, "Yep, this is complete bunk."
@Liliana_the_ghost_cat
Ай бұрын
Same applies for "globalists" and lizard people (sneople). If any of these are named, you know it's a fake conspiracy theory
@smc0718
29 күн бұрын
Along with the Freemasons of course
@stonnergaming420
28 күн бұрын
Not really. When people say illuminati they don't understand that it was an actual group that existed. They are referring to rich powerful people who have influence over how the world runs, which is a thing🤷♂️
@stonnergaming420
28 күн бұрын
@@smc0718Freemasons are a part of the theory cuz a lot of lodges were taken over by people with bad intent and have confused people. Some lodges don't even know they're not official masons
I know the Masons had changed course by this point, but it would've been hilarious if when Weishaupt asked about the secrets of Freemasonry, the leader told him the best way to build a wall.
I love how you've been setting up these videos like an initiation ritual! (Also looking forward to the Yakuza video!)
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Ай бұрын
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Fun fact: there is an active Freemason building in Orange County, California, and it’s 100% hiding in plain sight in right at the Orange circle in olde Town Orange.
@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD
Ай бұрын
It has a bronze seal with the infamous compass insignia on the side of the building
@Darkdjinn79
Ай бұрын
Their all over the place. Most major cities have a chapter.
@theotherohlourdespadua1131
Ай бұрын
@@Darkdjinn79 Not surprising. Many of its members tend to be those who are either well-off or are integral to the community the chapter exists. Many just joined for the perks and connections...
@markmower1746
Ай бұрын
@@Darkdjinn79most within feet of City Hall!
@michaelmurphree4972
Ай бұрын
@@Darkdjinn79even lots of smallish cities will have them. Sometimes they have massive bank or temple like buildings and in others it’s a corrugated metal building with a simple Masonic lodge sign out front. The Masons don’t hide their existence.
The Nord VPN sponsorship being the only way to research the topics without ending up on a watchlist is a genius stroke of marketing if ever I’ve seen one.
I knew a sentient Dorito once. His name was Bill.
The Rosae Crucis is a Hermetic Order right? The cross with a rose in it appears in The Golden Dawn logo if my memory serves correct
@BeEnlightenedbytheinner
Ай бұрын
Technically, the rosae crucis wasn’t an official order, someone under the name of Christian rosencruetz published three rosicurcian manifestos, so, in England a group of Freemasons founded the Soceitas Rosicrucianas in Anglia, from there, three of the members from the S.R.I.A. Founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
I’m not sure how yet, but somehow I think this “secret society” arc they’re doing is gonna get tied back to Him. It can only be Him. It’s Walpole all the way down.
@ArmageddonAngel
Ай бұрын
But then Napoleon III took it too far.
@edmundthespiffing2920
Ай бұрын
The God-Emperor
@NamanNahata-zx1xz
Ай бұрын
@ArmageddonAngel but Bismarck had a plan, *Bismarck always has a plan*
@Pikashockdragon
Ай бұрын
Ibn Battu: Side Trip Time!
I love the secret society bit at the beginning of GUARDS! GUARDS! by Terry Pratchett.
how fitting that I started playing Cult of the Lamb since a couple of weeks ago
Those guys were the Original Scientologist ... Imagine a sect keeping a file of you to keep you in check and recutting celebrities of the time
@Melvinshermen
Ай бұрын
Why do i feel the Idea of Jay z is part of illuminati make some what sense now.
@nicoliedolpot7213
Ай бұрын
depends, some are basically 1700s discord groups/hobby forums
@nicoliedolpot7213
Ай бұрын
also the closest thing nowadays would be invite-only TorChans
@Gelatinocyte2
Ай бұрын
How is Scientology even comparable to the Illuminati? What?
@KasumiRINA
Ай бұрын
@@Gelatinocyte2 both are cults with weird beliefs in "ancient aliens" and magical artifact crap that keeps blackmail on powerful people?
Illuminati confirmed! The episode, I mean :)
@Gelatinocyte2
Ай бұрын
420🌿 confirmed!
@kresimirzex2720
25 күн бұрын
Not deleted from youtube = lie confirmed
Extra History: "Don't google it, there's tonnes of misinfo" Discordians: "Yes, we planned it that way."
@aidanklobuchar1798
Ай бұрын
Discordians: Create a bunch of false information and mythology as a put-on and pisstake of the Birchers. Far-righters and Q-anon: PIck it up and run with it. Discordians: No, not like that! Still hilarious though.
I do love how a lot of secret societies end up becoming Russian nesting dolls.Secret societies within secret societies.Because it becomes absolutely deranged really quickly
@stonnergaming420
28 күн бұрын
It's not derange it was an actual thing that happened. The occult heavy influences our culture and secretcy is their religion. 🤷♂️
Who knew that this knowledge is what I was missing in my entire life? Thanks, EH
i'm totally gonna google it... just for the weird youtube recommendations. Also, wait.. when did the Jesuits re-form? cuz last I checked they're still around.
@theotherohlourdespadua1131
Ай бұрын
Sometime around the late 1800's. Jesuits are instrumental in the cultivation of native talent in the Philippines when it was under Spanish colonial rule due their more lenient and egalitarian approach, their greatest product being writer and national hero Jose P. Rizal. The influence of the Jesuits in the Philippine Revolution is great enough that they are considered by law (of the First Philippine Republic) one of the two foreign-based religious orders allowed to operate in the Philippines. The school that they founded - Ateneo de Manila - still exists and to this day remains as one of top performing schools in the country (also one of the most expensive since they cater to the very rich and they are located on the more expensive part of the city of Manila, National Capital Region)...
Amazing work as always Extra History!
I've always wondered how these organisations started. I've genuinely never even known if the illuminate was real and this was really enjoyable. My eyes have been opened. Historiam aquire, in luce vive
@kresimirzex2720
25 күн бұрын
You believe truth would be not deleted by youtube? 😂😂😂😂
Will there be an episode on fight club and project mayhem? Oh damn I’m not supposed to talk about that!
@Melvinshermen
Ай бұрын
Nah that just fictional ones. And two maybe skull and bones.
This is a really creative way to go over this stuff
4:23 That is incredibly stupid.These people must Not be as enlightened as they thought
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Ай бұрын
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@KasumiRINA
Ай бұрын
They were essentially reddit mods lmao.
@extrahistory you folks do such an amazing job it makes me hope you cover the Eleusinian Mysteries as well
This is gonna make my youtube recommendations weird
Love your content guys! You're the Best 😊😊😊❤❤❤
Gnosticism is a subject that would be very interesting to touch upon
@justin2308
Ай бұрын
Oh, absolutely! I feel like it’s not really that talked about.
Thank you for trying to help demystify and educate around such topics that have been obscured by paranoia and delusions.
Always look forward to your videos guys! You always make My day 🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊
Yay Extra History time!!!
If you're interested in hearing this story in more detail, I highly recommend Behind the Bastards six part series on the illuminati. They get a lot deeper into why the modern conspiracists are so fascinated by them.
You know, the deep hole of KZread conspiracy theories immediately opened in my recommendations while watching this video. Already there is some recommendation there about a cult that KZread thinks will interest me. Something to do with a “Mithras”?
It would be interesting to see a episode of extra history about the hermetic order of the golden dawn
OMGG I LITERALLY LOVE THIS SM!!! ANOTHA BANGER FROM MY BELOVED EXTRA HISTORY😛😛😛
@also_arles
Ай бұрын
JOY TO THE WORLD 🙂
This video was a perfect balance of comedy and educational, I loved it!!!
This video makes me feel... so silly🤣 I grew up being terrified of the Illuminati when I was a kid to the point that I thought I was sinning when I watched gravity falls.
Always an interesting video
3:29 World without british isles... PERFECTION
It would be nice if you could post a works cited of this episode so people have a vetted way of reading more about this instead of getting swept up into the modern conspiracy storm
@extrahistory
15 күн бұрын
That happens in our lies videos.
@theoutlook55
6 күн бұрын
@@extrahistoryI enjoy those.
The scene at 1:04 really reminds me of scratch games Edit: the youtube infocard thing drawn from my local wikipedia is actually more reasonable then anything on western internet about them
Thank you for the video.
Great ad transition
I really love this new series
Looking forward to the Rosicrucian video!
Hope the next one is about the Rosacrucians! Interesting that they're still around in some capacity today
I didn't even know that the Illuminate even existent. I always assumed it was just some stuff people made up
I love these videos! Thanks , Guys! ❤
i love it when extra history fills me up with history
I appreciate you doing this is fun to watch
please make a video series about the Khmer-Champa wars and one about the history of the Swahili coast
I already saw this one week ago in Nebula. When will the new content be uploaded?
Im not a patreon, but if you guys could make a video of the swedish king, Gustav Vasa that would be epic! I believe that his story could be entertaining. Amazing video btw!! C:
That disclaimer not to google this in the beginning was hilarious XD
In my homeland (Czechia or Czech republic) we had a secret Society in medieval times. They called themselves Brotherhood of Hammer and Hoop. Anfortunately we don't have much information. I only find that, They meet each other in Prague house called Hammer an Hoop. Members are mostly nobles and rich merchants. Some of them were closed to king Václav the fourth. They support ideas of Jan Hus. We know only one Member: Čeněk z Vartenberka. That's all what is known about this Society. P. S. Great video
I love that there is a context blurb on this video
@Gelatinocyte2
Ай бұрын
Yeah. Sometimes, KZread even puts out context blurbs that aren't even relevant to the video.
@kresimirzex2720
25 күн бұрын
If there was any truth in this video it would be insta-deted
@Gelatinocyte2
25 күн бұрын
@@kresimirzex2720 Even outright lies get deleted eventually. What are you on about?
@kresimirzex2720
25 күн бұрын
@@Gelatinocyte2 truth is banned on youtube. If this is not banned it can't be truthful.
This channel is so good
Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai!!
EH! Your videos are awesome! Thanks all you all for your hardwork! Hearth please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Funny note here. Where i used to lived, it was close to a Rosa Cruz, temple? Building? Store? I dont remember, but, i was always curios on what was that place.
Lovely video. I remember watching Court Cam on TV where one man sings "We are the Illuminati" in a hopeless bid to disrupt the court proceedings bc he was going to jail.
"Don't Google this stuff!" Too late! Though I did it mostly for either self-amusement at how out there a lot of the misinformation is, or to crib them for story/RPG faction ideas.
Someone did his homework and read both Joseph Wages books. Great video!
Love your videos
I noticed that in the parts where you can see the buttons on the purple robe, the buttons/string attatchments are the game theory colors lol
I’m both dreading and excited for the next society
Oh god, the golden circle.
thx for sacrificing your recommended social media topics for us, trust them on this, Social media I.A. well never leave alone after it sees ur search history
You can do so whenever you choose. But since you mentioned Freemasonry in this video perhaps you could do a video on them at some point in the future.
@MichaelRainey
Ай бұрын
That should be the next video in this series. Freemasons are not so secret but they also get referenced by the conspiracy addled.
I knew it. I couldn't understand why, if they were so powerful, we were walking backwards.
Are you gonna cover the church of the sub-genius?
Behind the Bastards did a great podcast episode on these guys, Madame Blavatsky, and the Freemasons. Highly recommend.
I love the cartoon version of the Minerva class owl. It’s so cute. 😁 As a Freemason, I encourage other brothers to read “The Secret School of Wisdom: The Authentic Ritual and Doctrines of the Bavarian Illuminati.” It’s a great read for history and ritual nerds!
Do you guys remember the illuminati in warhammer 40k ? I think it was very early lore about a secret group of emperor worshippers that try to revive him into a chaos god by sacrificing the Sensei (the illegitimate children of the emperor) to him. That was a fun bit of lore. I still remember my first Sensei Adventurer i rolled up ages ago
Funny thing, this is exactly the motivation I needed to get back into writing that political thriller I've been meaning to make
MORE HISTORY 🎉🎉🎉
Can we get a video of the assassin brotherhood or the templars?
Gotta love when Extra History has a topic so controversial KZread gave it one of their context blurbs.
I found you guys maybe 2 months ago when I accidentally dropped my phone and it played a worst dad's in history short and I swear I'm addicted (also it helped replace matpat in my educational yt)
What are some good sources I can read about this?
Will you do an episode on The Committee of 300?
love ye content!
I love the series
Hoping to become a quill-bearer next week yay
Maybe the real illuminati were the friends we made along the way
Secret orders is wild tbh. Like wild wild
I scored copies of the novel trilogy a few weeks ago. Another outcrop on Mount Toberead.
I am HERE FOR THE WEIRD!!