Let me begin by saying that my current plan is to update biweekly on Tuesdays. I’m trying to space things out between Ryan and Asher here. I don’t guarantee 100 percent consistency here, but I’ll aim for biweekly at least. It may change to Wednesdays if Asher begins consistently updating on Mondays.

Down the rabbit hole we go.

There are certain topics that when you research them, they are just rabbit holes. Let me explain what I mean by the phrase. I work part time as a reporter and when you work in a position like that you have to find the stories. There is a direct relation you always have to be aware of with a story between research and payoff. Too little research and the story sucks, too much and you get sucked into a rabbit hole. If you’re going to spend a lot of time researching something, it better have a payoff. If you can’t easily express the truth of an idea, and after all your research you’re still confused and trapped in a maze of he said she said claims back and forth, then you are stuck in a rabbit hole.

Researching the Illuminati is definitely a rabbit hole. There is a ton of information out there, and I’ve done a decent amount of research. It’s enough to make you think at least something is going on. The problem is, all of that information is very ambiguous, and can be interpreted many different ways. If you believe the Illuminati exists, then you probably think that the ambiguous information is intentional.

Here is a short list of some of the competing theories I’ve seen regarding secret societies and the Illuminati:

1. The Illuminati are all in our heads. They don’t really exist.
2. There is one Illuminati, they are malevolent, and they want to control/enslave the world in a New World Order.
3. There is a benevolent Illuminati who want to free the world from greed and unite the world in a New World Order.
4. Both Illuminati groups exist and share the same name.
5. There are multiple secret societies competing with each other.
6. There are multiple secret societies in league with each other.
7. The Illuminati exists informally, as in there is a bunch of greedy people doing what greedy people naturally do. Secret societies in this case are unnecessary.

This is the symbol for the Information Awareness Office, an actual government entity that existed in 2001. It's professed goal was to attain total information awareness. After public outcry the organization disbanded, but many important parts of the organization were simply moved to other parts of the federal government, such as DARPA. The small words in the middle are hard to see. They are in latin and mean "knowledge is power."

I’m sure there’s more. Despite all this, there are some claims I can support. More here

http://thespiritscience.net/spirit/2011/10/04/thoughts-on-the-illum...