Fun fact, the downfall of the Illuminati was when one of their couriers carrying banned books and letters on democracy and such was struck by lightning and killed.
In his work of over seven hundred pages, Le Forestier gives an account of his exploration of German archives, where almost everything was preserved with Teutonic precision. When a member of the Illuminati of Bavaria, the Catholic priest Johann Jakob Lang (according to another spelling “Lanz,” 1735–1785), died struck by lightning on July 10, 1785, the police drew up, and archivists preserved, even an exact inventory of what was in his pockets. So fastidious was Le Forestier’s work that later historians have been able to add only a few details, although they have not always accepted his interpretations.
I think it’s using him as an example of how and why we know so much about them, not necessarily their downfall. But it is interesting!
Fun fact, the downfall of the Illuminati was when one of their couriers carrying banned books and letters on democracy and such was struck by lightning and killed.
Geeeeeeeetouttaheah! Really?
https://bitterwinter.org/the-origins-of-the-bavarian-illuminati/
I think it’s using him as an example of how and why we know so much about them, not necessarily their downfall. But it is interesting!
Part of the contents of his pockets was a member list. It led to a lot of arrests.
I found part 9 of the article series, which has links to the rest.
https://bitterwinter.org/illuminati-and-political-controversy-from-jefferson-to-trump/
I’ve only read up to part three on that site, but it matches what I’ve found elsewhere.