Illuminate me.

There have actrually been several groups calling themselves "Illuminati", most of which weren't at all related to each other. It is usually some group that had some information that they believed was special. The were a light or beacon for a world in darkness.
 
Did anyone here read any of Dan Brown's books (Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code)? He gets into his own wacky interpretation of the Illuminati and Masons. He says that the Illuminati was wiped out by the Catholic Church but sprouted the Masons, and their entire purpose was to find the Holy Grail and expose some great lie of the Church. He claims that a lot of prominent figures in history from Galileo to Isaac Newton were grandmasters.

I believe there's even a forward saying these organizations are real even though the book is fiction. The books, mostly Da Vinci Code, created quite a splash and sold tens of millions of copies, even prompted debunking books/pamphlets from the church. That might be partially why you hear so much about it.
 
Brainache (and everyone),

Here is another article that mentions the Illuminati, but puts that and other conspiracy theories into a long historical context:

http://www.publiceye.org/apocalyptic/Dances_with_Devils_1-01.html

This is only one section of a larger work called "Dances with Devils". Click the table of contenst link marked "TOC" to see it all.

By the way, while looking for that I found that Texe Marrs believes in the Illuminati. Isn't he one of those 9/11 CTers, too?
http://www.publiceye.org/media/hardrit.html

Also, if you are interested in a responsible, sociological approach to how power and elites work in human society, you mgiht be interested in G. William Domhoff's work. I have only read a little of his work so far, but he seems to have his feet on the ground. he cetainly rules out conspiracies as hidden engines of world history.
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/index.html
 
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