The plan for seizing power was ingeniously simple. They would make the molders of public opinion (priests, writers, officials) into obedient tools, whereupon they would, in Weishaupt’s words “surround the princes”. As advisers to the elite, they would influence politics in favor of the Illuminati’s aims.
This practice is still done today. ExamplCabimet President's Cabinet is generally CFR, Tritalists, or Both. The Cabinet is the Power behind the throne and are often familiar figures fro m p fast administrations.