Conspiracy – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 26 Nov 2025 02:16:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Conspiracy – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The Early Modern Bavarian Illuminati: What’s Real, and What Isn’t? https://brewminate.com/the-early-modern-bavarian-illuminati-whats-real-and-what-isnt/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:04:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=133075 The society’s goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state power.

The post The Early Modern Bavarian Illuminati: What’s Real, and What Isn’t? appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]> Augustin Barruel: Father of the Illuminati Conspiracy Theories https://brewminate.com/augustin-barruel-father-of-the-illuminati-conspiracy-theories/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:03:54 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=133082 Barruel wrote that the French Revolution was planned and executed by the secret societies. Introduction Augustin Barruel (October

The post Augustin Barruel: Father of the Illuminati Conspiracy Theories appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]> Simonini’s Letter: A 19th-Century Text and Illuminati Conspiracy Theories https://brewminate.com/simoninis-letter-a-19th-century-text-and-illuminati-conspiracy-theories/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:22:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=132996 The dangerous legacy of a letter received by Augustin Barruel, a French Catholic priest and famous conspiracy theorist,

The post Simonini’s Letter: A 19th-Century Text and Illuminati Conspiracy Theories appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]> Medieval Conspiracy Theories: The Lepers’ Plot of 1321 https://brewminate.com/medieval-conspiracy-theories-the-lepers-plot-of-1321/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:06:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=131399 The hysteria quickly spread and local authorities used it as an excuse to attack both Jewish and leper

The post Medieval Conspiracy Theories: The Lepers’ Plot of 1321 appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]> The Pisonian Conspiracy: The Beginning of the End for Nero https://brewminate.com/the-pisonian-conspiracy-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-nero/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:22:11 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=107439 The plot reflected the growing discontent among the ruling class of the Roman state with Nero’s increasingly despotic

The post The Pisonian Conspiracy: The Beginning of the End for Nero appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>