I'm reading a few old books (17th through 19th century) currently on Freemasonry and its connections to Judaism and Zionism or lack thereof. I'll add more to this but I quickly wrote this up and it concerns the Bavarian illuminati and Freemasonry as well as the Jesuits.

Some claim thr Jesuits were the inspirers of the Bavarian illuminati. They were not, nor was Weishaupt ever a Jesuit. The University he went to at that time banned Jesuits. He made it clear that the Jesuits para-military order should be a substance of all secret socities. His writings and the goals of the Bavarian Illuminati are diametrically opposed to traditional Jesuit aspirations (not to be mistaken with the Marrano Crypto-Jews/memorialists) that Weishaupt merely awed at their abilities to obtain what they desired.

Some writers will have you believe that the oriental methods that penetrated the Illuminati were from the Jesuits.

The enemies of the Jesuits use this argument to claim that the Jesuits were the secret inspirers of the Order. On the face if it, in mere internet searches, without actually taking the time to go to a library and read through archives, it sounds like a reasonable conclusion but in reality the opposite was the case.

In Memiors Sur Le Jacobinisme (1819) VOL3 p.9, we read:

...he [Weishaupt] felt that one could imitate their methods whilst holding views diamatrically opposed."

The Order wished to assimilate their regime to the religious orders of which the Jesuits were opposed.

The historian Barruel states:

There is an enormous difference between religious obedience to orders [Jesuits] and Illuminati obedience."

As Napoleon and other past and modern writers have made clear:

The Jesuits were a religious military order. Obediant to the direction of their authority, even if it meant despotism.

Secret societies were keen on imitating or infiltrating the Jesuits. The Jesuits were markedly obedient soldiers to their higher-ups all bound by the same obligation even if that meant sinning in the event of obeying. They understood their goal of which they were intending, whereas:

Weishaupt's system was TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

Enlistment was by deception and initiates were led on towards a goal unbeknown to them.

Nesta Webster makes clear:

The fact is the accusation of Jesuit intrigue behind secret societies has emanated principally from the secret societies themselves!"

The Jesuits, unlike the Templars and the Bavarian Illuminati, were simply supressed in 1773 ; never given an opportunity in answering the charges brought forth against them.

ONLY ONE DOCUMENT has been brought forward against them titled the "Monita Secreta," which for 100 years has been shown to be a forgery of which the forgerist has dubious connections to conteinental Freemasonry. As do many modern authors who write exposes on the traditional Jesuits.

I have zero interest in defending the Jesuits.

But ask youself and others here this:

What motive could the Jesuits (traditional Jesuits) have in forming or supporting a conspiracy directed against all thrones and alters?

It was through princes and church; through the halls of ministries, on their alters that the Jesuits exercised power and were able to bring about their influence of the state of affairs.

A irreligious republic, most of them founded by Freemasons, the power of the clergy was scattered into the wind.

The Jesuits DID NOT abet the Bavarian Illuminati, far from it!

They were originally their formidable opponents, learned enough to outscheme Weishaupt for a time. The Old Regime of the Jesuits is now removed through infiltration and something sinister but comparable in corruptness has taken their place.

And a matter of fact, if you actually take the time to read Weishaupt, he detested the Jesuits.

Something somebody would never know if they were merely intent on learning about secret socities by scanning the interwebz.

Source: "Our Worst Enemies the Jesuits." —Letter from Spartacus [Weishaupt]. P.306

Nesta Webster writes in her book concerning secret societies:

...In Weishaupt's system thr phrasology of Judaism, the Cabalistic legends of Freemasonry, the mystical imaginings of the Martinisters play at forrt part no part at all. [...] Occultism, Spiritualism, and magic Weishaupt expresses nothing but contempt and thr Rose-Croix Masons are bracketed with the Jesuits by the Bavarian illuminati as enemies.

Weishaupt did not become a Freemason until after he created the Order. But he wasn't its sole creator!

There was an inner ring from "the Secret chapter of the Lodge of St. Theodore." Weishaupt's goal among his companions was to bring entirely Freemasonry under the control of Illuminism.

The order was founded to incubate the levers of "Social Reform."

Weishaupt was to infiltrate the Freemasons as written here:

I have succeeded in obtaining a profound glimpse into the secret of the Freemasons. I know their whole aim and shall impart it all at the right time in one of the higher degrees.

Cato Alias Zeack also infiltrated freemasonry and informed alias Spartacus "Weishaupt" about this.

Weishaput having discovered what Freemasonry was would later use the 1st three degrees of Freemasonry:

That we shall have a masonic lodge of our own. That we shall regard this as a nursery garden. That we shall not reveal to some of the Masons that we have more than thr Masons have. We shall cover ourselves with this [Maso ry].

Weishaupt continues:

I have now foundin Cassel the best man, on whom I cannot congratulate ourselves enough: he is Mauvillon, a Grand Master of one of the Royal York Lodges. So with him we have the WHOLE LODGE AT OUR HANDS. He has also from there ALL THEIR MISERABLE DEGREES."

In these writings, Weishaupt shows himself to be an intriguer and a charlatan. Inventing mysteries and degrees, mixing and matching to impose his initiates.

So, whilst he despised Freemasonry, Theosophy, Rosicrucianism and Mysticism of all kinds he thus uses all of these as bait, and according to Webster:

Allows, his association with PHILO, to draw up plans for a degree of Scottish Knight.

Hence, to profit by Freemasonry in neology and intrigue, whilst despising it.

Weishaupt in his writings make it clear:

He was a modern Anarchist.

That man should only govern himself, that rulers should be done away with. By Violence? No, he says. Only by peaceful means can this be attained

Weishaupt writes:

To need little is the first atep to freedom; therefore savages and the most highly enlightened are the only free men.

...Nationalism took the place of Human Love... Now it became a virtue to magnify one's fatherland at thr exoense of whoever was not enclosed within its limits. [...] It was allowed to despise and outwit foreigners or indeed even to insult them.

...Diminsh Patriotism, then Man will learn to know each other as such.

One might be tempted in Weishaupt's sincerity, involing his writings on Christ in beautiful ways, if it had not been for him completely eliminating any idea of devine power outside Man.

Needless to say, the profession of Christianity was a mere afterthought.

He makes it quite clear that Christianity is the easiest of systems to subvert and incubate any idea. On a side note, modern day protestant denominations are notorious for Zionist infiltration.

His writings often adopt the old ruse as Yeshua as a communist and part of a secret society.

He later imparts his admiration for the illumination of protestant sects, many clergyman being Freemasons of some lodge.

He subsequently praises the removal of all Jesuits from his university.

The Jesuits have been removed from all professorships, and the University of Ingoldtadt has been quite cleansed of them."

All the professors are now members of the Illuminati.