16 Mind-Blowing Facts The Illuminati Don't Want You To Know

14. The Illuminati Was Actually Formed In Opposition To Superstition... Yet It Has Become The Stuff Of Legend

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Another one of the founding principles of the Illuminati that is misunderstood is that it was against superstition and "obscurantism" - which is when facts are deliberately withheld from the public.

Ironically, the Illuminati has become one of the most mysterious and unusual groups in the world - almost the stuff of legend - and so is almost in opposition to its own founding principles.

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