Jeremy Maddux’s Reviews > Perfectibilists: The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati > Status Update

""The Insinuators, while in pursuit of potential recruits, 'must remark, that there exist secret doctrines solely transmitted by secret traditions, because they are above the comprehension of common minds. In proof of his assertions, he will cite the Priests of Isis in Egypt and those of the Pythagorean School in Greece."

"Weishaupt showed the most disdain towards the occult pursuits of his own time; of the ancient mysteries, however, he had nothing but high regard."