# illuminati question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 28, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022 "2000-11-28T14:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/1 "2000-11-28T14:38:20Z")
i’m doing a reasearch paper and… i was wondering if any of you have any great resources for information on the illuminati? or better yet, if any of you are in the illuminati, how 'bout a little interview? ---
**Author:** ![Timothy\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Timothy\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timothy_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/2 "2000-11-28T15:11:11Z")
Here’s how to get all the info you want and more… Go to [http://www.alltheweb.com](http://www.alltheweb.com) Use this search string: illuminati weishaupt conspiracy That pulled up 1142 hits for me. Happy reading! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Egad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Egad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Egad)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/3 "2000-11-28T15:11:15Z")
Well I don’t know how good a source this is, but there’s a book called " Holy Blood, Holy Grail " that gives the supposed history from the Knights Templar up to present day I think. Sorry I don’t remember the authors. The book was a damn good read, but like anything else regarding this topic, I think it should be taken with a grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/4 "2000-11-28T15:11:59Z")
Uncle Cecil has touched on this topic in _The Straight Dope_ ([Does May Day actually commemorate the birth of the Illuminati?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_043.html)) and _More of the Straight Dope_ ([Is the Trilateral Commission the secret organization that runs the world?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_295.html)) ---
**Author:** ![Timothy\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Timothy\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timothy_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/5 "2000-11-28T15:12:20Z")
P.S. Fnord. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/6 "2000-11-29T02:01:19Z")
I could give you the interview, but then it would have to be published posthumously. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/7 "2000-11-29T02:55:12Z")
I’ll give you that interview! Oh, wait - I’m not one of the Illuminati - I’m just a member of the cognoscenti. Sorry about that. (Egad, **Egad** , I take your name in vain quite a bit - hope you don’t mind.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/8 "2000-11-29T05:57:24Z")
I recommend [http://www.disinfo.com](http://www.disinfo.com) as a source. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/9 "2000-11-29T08:10:03Z")
Hail Eris// All Hail Discordia If you want the complete stoyr on the Illuminati, Check out a book called “The Illuminatus Trillogy” by Robert Anton Wilson. Its all true. Fnord By The way, if you want an interview, Im usually here late at night, and on my days off, which change from week to week. ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/10 "2000-11-29T12:11:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aseymayo \* > **I’ll give you that interview! Oh, wait - I’m not one of the Illuminati - I’m just a member of the cognoscenti. Sorry about that.** The cognoscenti? What’s that? It sounds way more interesting then the _Illuminati_. How about if I interview you instead? ---
**Author:** ![john\_e\_wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@john\_e\_wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_e_wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminati-question/43022/11 "2000-11-29T13:39:57Z")
All I can say about the Illuminati: Is that everything you heard is true and everything you heard is a lie. FNORD So going by this rule you can make up whatever you want and it will be a false truth. FNORD I recomend that you check out this: FNORD site: [http://www.kbuxton.com/discordia/](http://www.kbuxton.com/discordia/) books: The Illuminatus Trilogy The Eye in the Pyramid / the Golden Apple / Leviathan :Schrodinger’s Cat Trilogy/the Universe Next Door / the Trick Top Hat/the Homing Pigeons : Principia Discordia , Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her : The Magnum Opiate of Malacypse the Younger games:Deluxe Illuminati from steve Jackson games [http://www.sjgames.com/illuminati/](http://www.sjgames.com/illuminati/) BTW: This message is false.