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

Several important men in Ingolstadt and Bavaria lost their posts, some
were even imprisoned or expelled from the country - but some of those
involved were so powerful that they were spared retribution. The free-
masons did not believe they were given a fair trial, as no defence was
permitted. In the autumn of 1786, the Elector Karl Theodor demanded that
the Illuminati cease their activities. They did not.
In 1786, two remarkable books about the Illuminati were published:
"Drei merkwurdige Aussagen" (in which Professors Griinberg, Cosandey
und Renner testified) and "Grosse Absichten des Ordens der Illuminaten"
("Great Purposes of the Order of the Illuminati") with Professor Joseph
Utzschneider's testimony.
After a lengthy inquiry, the Elector ordered two works containing
confiscated secret documents to be printed under the titles: "Einige
Originalschriften des Illuminaten-Ordens" and "Nachtrag von weitern
Originalschriften" ("Some Original Documents of the Illuminati Order"
and "Supplement of Further Original Documents"). These books were sent
to the governments in Paris, London and St. Petersburg, but were not taken
seriously (until it was too late). Johann Baptist Strobl also printed a new
collection of documents concerning the Illuminati in 1787.
According to "Guidance for Freemasons", Weishaupt, von Knigge,
Bode and the other "most distinguished Illuminati" were noble-minded,
honest and well-intentioned men who aspired towards goodness and
justice. Some truly lofty cultural personalities allowed themselves to be
fooled by the skilful Illuminati propaganda. Adam Weishaupt, as a skilled
propagandist, had previously written the books "An Apology for the
Illuminati" (1786), "Das Verbesserte System der Illuminaten" / "The
Improved System of the Illuminati" (1788), "Spartacus und Philo", (1794),
and others.
When the Illuminati were banned on 4 August 1785, Zwack fled to
Augsburg and from there to Weslar. After the death of the Elector, Zwack
returned to Bavaria, where he was reinstated as a civil servant. Von
Knigge travelled to Bremen, where he died as a British officer on 6 May
1796. Several other members were dismissed from their posts. All
according to the Grand Master of the Illuminati, Leopold Engel.
Even the great poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe became a freemason
in 1780 and joined the Illuminati somewhat later in the 1780s. His alias
within the Order was Abaris. ("Geschichte des Illuminaten-Ordens" /
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