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

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Charity. Mozart's powerful friend, Baron Gottfried van Swieten was an<br />

Illuminatus. Also his closest friend Count August von Hatzfeld was an<br />

Illuminatus. In his obituary notice for Hatzfeld in 1787, <strong>the</strong> local leader <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> llluminati, Christian Gottlob Neefe, praised him in Magazin der<br />

Musik. Neefe was Beethoven's teacher. It was for this reason that Beet-<br />

hoven became a freemason and gained close ties to many llluminati,<br />

including Gemmingen, who had helped Mozart in Mannheim and recruited<br />

him as a member <strong>of</strong> To Charity.<br />

Mozart was impressed <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial intentions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> llluminati. He<br />

did not know any more details. He had no idea what his influential friends<br />

really intended. There is no clear information about whe<strong>the</strong>r Mozart even<br />

knew that his friends were members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> subversive llluminati. They<br />

only revealed <strong>the</strong>ir membership to those whom <strong>the</strong>y might be able to<br />

recruit. Adam Weishaupt had taught: "To some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se freemasons we<br />

shall not even reveal that we have anything more than what <strong>the</strong><br />

freemasons have... All those who are not suitable for <strong>the</strong> work shall remain<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Masonic lodge and advance <strong>the</strong>re without knowing anything about<br />

<strong>the</strong> additional system." ("Einige Originalschriften des Illuminatenordens",<br />

Munich, 1787, p. 300.)<br />

In December 1785, <strong>the</strong> llluminati's activities in Vienna were prohibited.<br />

The llluminati were forced to leave <strong>the</strong>ir lodges. Despite <strong>the</strong> ban, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

continued to act as ordinary freemasons. They went over to The Crowned<br />

Hope. The llluminati Ignaz von Born, Joseph von Sonnefells and Otto von<br />

Gemmingen founded a new lodge, The Truth, <strong>the</strong> Grand Master <strong>of</strong> which<br />

was Born. The llluminati believe that <strong>the</strong>y preach <strong>the</strong> ultimate truth.<br />

On 14 January 1786, Mozart joined <strong>the</strong> new lodge The Crowned Hope.<br />

But he was not present at <strong>the</strong> opening ceremony and later he seldom<br />

attended <strong>the</strong>ir meetings. During this period, Mozart seldom wrote Masonic<br />

music.<br />

Mozart belonged to <strong>the</strong> society where <strong>the</strong> llluminati still dominated.<br />

Only during <strong>the</strong> last year <strong>of</strong> his life, 1791, did he produce new pieces <strong>of</strong><br />

music for <strong>the</strong> freemasons. This music contained secret codes and moods.<br />

Mozart desired true friends. This was why he became a freemason. All<br />

his friends were freemasons. As a very sociable person, Mozart could not<br />

be alone and <strong>the</strong>refore needed friends to associate with.<br />

It has been observed that Mozart, due to his membership in Masonic<br />

lodges, found it easier to succeed and to make a name for himself in<br />

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