I don't know if they are still around, but they are a real historical group that was founded by Adam Weishaupt around 1776 the same year the US declared independence interestingly enough.
The Illuminati were probably the first fully exposed secret society. When the Bavarian government cracked down on them, they managed to grab everything -- their rituals, their papers, record books, membership records -- all of it. There is a ton of actual literature about this, so it's baffling to me that people remain unaware. Go get a book from the library! You can read all of the Illuminati rituals and tons of stuff that Adam Weishaupt wrote about his philosophy and approach.
I'm not sure any secret society has been "fully" exposed, but I think I get what you mean, they exposed a LOT. However.. I would disagree a little bit and suggest the Knights Templar went through similar even earlier than the Illuminati.. To my understanding.. I would say it goes back at least to them in terms of similar exposure, and while I can't spak much on the D'jedi from ancient Egypt.. I imagine something similar happened with them as well. Though I admit I'm going out on a bit of a limb there. I don't know much about the D'jedi other than that is probably who Lucas based the Jedi from his Star Wars series on.
I don't know if they are still around, but they are a real historical group that was founded by Adam Weishaupt around 1776 the same year the US declared independence interestingly enough.
The Illuminati were probably the first fully exposed secret society. When the Bavarian government cracked down on them, they managed to grab everything -- their rituals, their papers, record books, membership records -- all of it. There is a ton of actual literature about this, so it's baffling to me that people remain unaware. Go get a book from the library! You can read all of the Illuminati rituals and tons of stuff that Adam Weishaupt wrote about his philosophy and approach.
I'm not sure any secret society has been "fully" exposed, but I think I get what you mean, they exposed a LOT. However.. I would disagree a little bit and suggest the Knights Templar went through similar even earlier than the Illuminati.. To my understanding.. I would say it goes back at least to them in terms of similar exposure, and while I can't spak much on the D'jedi from ancient Egypt.. I imagine something similar happened with them as well. Though I admit I'm going out on a bit of a limb there. I don't know much about the D'jedi other than that is probably who Lucas based the Jedi from his Star Wars series on.