Darkness Over All: John Robison and the Birth of the Illuminati Conspiracy - lewrockwell.com
Excerpt from this article:
"Conspiracy theories of a secretive power elite seeking global
domination have long held a place in the modern imagination. Mike Jay
explores the idea’s beginnings in the writings of John Robison, a
Scottish scientist who maintained that the French revolution was the
work of a covert Masonic cell known as the Illuminati."
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Recommended reading (My post):
A Sixty Second Seminar on Conspiracy Theory
