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Robison speculates that she is perhaps the person Weishaupt
was speaking about. 13
Robison offers an interesting insight into why the llluminati
were interested in setting up Sisterhoods and promoting
Women's Liberation. Citing some of the llluminati
philosophers, he feels that the female mind is well adapted to
cultivation by means of religion, and that feminine softness
and kindness of heart and the virtues of motherhood would
always tend to push men into more noble pursuits and towards
religion. The new Order, by changing the women, could
hopefully force the sentiments of men to change, and they
would not be so "foolish as to keep in force laws which cramp
their strongest desires. Then will the rich have their harems
and the poor their drudges." 14 As the llluminati spread over
Germany, in addition to using the Freemasons and attempting
to subvert legitimate Freemasonic Lodges into their Order,
they also set up Reading Societies. On their book list were
such works as Basedow's Practical Knowledge, Eberhard's
Apology for Socrates, Meiner's Ancient Mysteries, Bahrdt's
Letters on the Bible, and Completion of the Plan and Aim of
Jesus Christ. These books were all anti-religious in character
and tended to influence men into shaking off any moral
obligations They also encouraged people to behave in a
Machiavellian manner an their civil conduct.
The llluminati also encouraged their members through
machinations and intrigues to obtain positions or places of
trust and influence. Robison mentions that when the
publication of a list of members came out in Germany, persons
were astonished to find themselves in every quarter "in the
midst of villains that were plotting against the peace and
happiness of the country and destroying every sentiment of
religion, morality and loyalty." 15
Robison traces llluminati activities through the German
Union and in his final fourth chapter he discusses their role in
the French Revolution. He notes that during the Revolution,
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