Adam Weishaupt (1748–1830) became professor of Canon Law and practical philosophy at the
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Between 1797 and 1798, Augustin Barruel's Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism and John Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy publicised the theory that the Illuminati had survived and represented an ongoing int… See more

Several recent and present-day fraternal orders claim to be descended from the original Bavarian Illuminati and openly use the name "Illuminati". Some of these groups use a variation on the name "The Illuminati O… See more

The Illuminati did not survive their suppression in Bavaria. Their further mischief and plottings in the work of Barruel and Robison must be thus considered as the invention of the writers. Despite this, they have b… See more

• Burns, James; Utt, Walter C. (1980). "Further Illumination: Burns Challenges Utt and Utt Responds" (PDF). Liberty. 75 (2, March–April): 21–23. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
• Engel, Leopold (1906). Geschichte des Illumin… See more

• Melanson, Terry (5 August 2005). "Illuminati Conspiracy Part One: A Precise Exegesis on the Available Evidence". Conspiracy Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 28 January 20… See more