"Under the Sign of Scorpion" by Juri - Gnostic Liberation Front

so to speak, Weishaupt's invisible guide. Moses Mendelssohn was
officially known by the Jews as a poor writer who became one of
Germany's fore-most philosophers during the "age of enlightenment". He
called himself a philosopher and a cultural personality. Officially,
Mendelssohn's aim was to "modernise" Judaism so that the public might
accept the Jews when they ostensibly gave up Talmudism and "assimi-
lated" to the western culture. The Illuminatus Mirabeau wrote a book in
1787 about Moses Mendelssohn's political "reforms", to spread even
more fantastical myths about him. In secret, however, Mendelssohn
encouraged the Jews to faithfully keep to the beliefs of their fathers. He
led the Illuminati in Berlin.
The First Disclosures
From 1781 on, the resistance to Adam Weishaupt's movement started to
grow. The first official attack on the Illuminati was made in 1783, 215
years ago. A rejected candidate, the bookseller Johann Baptist Strobl from
Munich, was the first to raise the alarm. Weishaupt immediately declared
that the man was an uninformed slanderer, rough in manners and speech.
But others came after Strobl: Professor Westenrieder and Danzer also
warned about the Illuminati's true activity, according to "Vagledning for
frimurare" / "Guidance for Freemasons", Stockholm, 1906, p. 166. The
Duchess Maria Anna and professor Joseph Utzschneider at the Military
Academy in Munich (who had left the Illuminati in 1783) also came out
with public warnings.
In 1784 the Order already had 3000 members spread over France,
Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and Italy. Even-
tually, several members left: Zaupser and professors Grunberg, Renner
and Cosandey from Munich. On the 1st July 1784, even von Knigge gave
up all his responsibilities within the Order due to a conflict with Weis-
haupt. The latter, though he totally accepted Philo's (von Knigge's) new,
polished plan of reforms, still wanted to make additions and changes here
and there. Philo was later to return.
Strobl's company began publishing several polemical pieces aimed at
the Illuminati. It is sufficient to mention: "Babo, Gemalde aus dem
menschlichen Leben" ("Babo, Impressions from Human Life"). These
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