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The Illuminati’s that shadowy cabal that controls the entire world and ensures free will is an illusion.
光明会就是那个神秘莫测，控制整个世界，确保自由意志只是一种幻想的阴谋组织。
They’ve got a big Facebook page, Celebrities like Jay-Z are accused of being members,
他们有很酷的Facebook主页，包括Jay-Z在内的多位名人都曾被指控是光明会的会员，
and there are weird YouTubers like this guy.
还有很多奇奇怪怪的YouTube博主，比如这哥们儿。
"They had weirdos standing up everywhere, and then Beyonce--show a document of this if you can.
“到处都有他们的怪胎，后来，碧昂斯，方便帮我放一下这个吗，
She does the Illuminati symbol.
她就成了光明会的一个象征。
What, tell Fox what you saw cuz...”
什么……告诉福克斯你看到了什么……”
But what about the real history of the Illuminati and how it became what it is today?
问题是，光明会真正的历史是怎样的呢？它又是如何一步步走到今天的？
This is Bavaria, and in 1776, Adam Weishaupt, a law professor, founded the Illuminati.
这是（德国的）巴伐利亚州，1776年，法学教授亚当·魏斯豪普特创立了光明会。
It’s real.
真的。
He wanted to spread enlightenment ideals around the world.
他创立光明会为的是把启蒙理想传播到世界各地。
The goal was to infiltrate the monarchy and make them more enlightened by entering their ranks.
具体目标是让他的组织渗透到君主制里，通过渗入君主制的各个阶级，让君主制变得更加开明。
Even though they were so high-minded, they had weird rituals.
尽管他们的理想非常高尚，他们的一些仪式却很奇怪。
See these owls?
看到这些猫头鹰了吗？
The Illuminati really loved them.
光明会的人真的很喜欢猫头鹰。
And they had invented hierarchies like Novice, Minerval, and Illuminated.
此外，他们还发明了初学者、工师、智者等等级。
Even though they were weird, they did have some success around the world.
虽然他们比较奇怪，但他们确实在世界各地也取得了一些成就。
Anywhere from 650 to 2800 members infiltrated Freemason chapters,
渗入共济会分会的成员有650~2800名，
may have had influential members like the writer Goethe,
不仅有作家歌德这样影响力非常大的成员，
and even might have influenced the Jacobins,
甚至可能还影响过雅各宾派
the political club that spurred the French revolution to its most radical heights.
这一将法国大革命推向了最高潮的政治团体。
But they were destroyed in 1785.
不过，最初的光明会在1785年就被解散了。
This is Karl Theodor — the Duke of Bavaria — and that year he banned secret societies.
这位是卡尔·西奥多，巴伐利亚公爵，（1785年）这一年，他颁布了禁止秘密社团的禁令。
That included the Illuminati.
光明会也在被禁名单内。
Most historians think that it worked and the Illuminati disappeared.
大多数历史学家都认为这一禁令起作用了，光明会消失了。
But if that’s true, then why do we still think that Drake’s Illuminati today just because he wears owl sweaters?
但如果真是这样，那我们为什么还会因为公鸭穿个有猫头鹰的毛衣就说他是光明会的人呢？
Since the beginning, conspiracy theories have been part of the Illuminati.
打一开始，阴谋论就成了光明会的一个关键词。
This guy, Xavier von Zwack, actually did have plans to take over the world that were found after the Illuminati was banned.
这哥们儿，他就是泽维尔·冯·兹瓦克，确实有过接管光明会被禁止发展起来的新光明会的计划。
American historians and preachers thought the Illuminati planted some seeds for the French Revolution
美国的历史学家和传教士认为，正是光明会为法国大革命埋下了种子，
and George Washington even wrote a letter that claimed the Illuminati had once been a threat.
乔治·华盛顿甚至写信称光明会一度成了社会威胁。
But the Illuminati lost the limelight thanks to the Freemasons.
不过，多亏了共济会，光明会才没有成为焦点。
This is George Washington as a Freemason, and a lot of founding fathers really were Freemasons.
这是身为共济会成员的乔治·华盛顿，除了他，还有很多开国元勋都是共济会会员。
That inspired the anti-Masonic party.
这也激发了反共济会人士。
It was a legitimate movement with big names like John Quincy Adams, and the Illuminati paranoia faded around the world.
他们发起了一起合法的运动，约翰·昆西·亚当斯等大人物都参加了那次运动，之后，世界各地的光明会偏执狂都消失了。
So how did the myth stay alive?
那么，这一神秘组织是如何流传下来的呢？
There were always random books, like this one from 1918, or book reviews that mentioned the Illuminati.
原来，经常会有一些随意的书籍，比如这本1918年的书，或是书评会提到光明会。
But most people think the Illuminatus book trilogy of the 1970s deserves credit for bringing the Illuminati back.
不过，在大多数人看来，20世纪70年代的《光明会三部曲》才是最值得称颂的，因为是它让光明会重新走进了大家的视野。
It might also be why weird secret symbols like these pyramids and triangles are associated with the Illuminati.
这些金字塔和三角形之类奇怪而神秘的符号会被与光明会联系在一起可能也是因为这个三部曲的原因。
It was a funny series and gave new life to the conspiracy for an ironic, connected age.
整个三部曲还是一部非常有趣的系列作品，为这个具有讽刺意味的、相互关联的时代的阴谋赋予了新的生命。
They were an evil organization bent on ruling the world, sure, but they were also kind of funny.
他们是一个致力于统治世界的邪恶组织，这点没错，但他们也是一群很好玩的人。
The Illuminati was vague enough to be refit to any purpose,
因为比较含糊，他们的理念甚至可以无缝衔接任何目的，
from the new world order to religious paranoia, to pop culture curio like Angels & Demons.
无论是建立新的世界秩序，还是宗教偏执，还是《天使与魔鬼》这样的流行文化珍奇都不在话下。
It became a joke.
这也因此成了一个笑话。
But you might believe that's what the Illuminati wants you to think
但你可能会觉得，你的看法可能正中了光明会的下怀，
if you noticed the 14 evil yellow triangles of power hidden inside this video.
如果你注意到了这段视频中隐藏的14个黄色的邪恶权力三角形的话。
The Illuminati only really endures because it’s disappeared and can look like anything.
光明会之所以能流传至今就是因为它已经消失了，因为它和什么东西都能靠上。
There’s nothing to worry about.
所以大家没什么好担心的。
"Nothing at all.
“完全不用。
Illuminati, Illuminati, Illuminati Illuminati Illuminati..."
光明会，光明会，光明会，光明会，光明会...”
"So this is my humble little crazy wall and one of the disadvantages of a crazy wall is that things aren’t as legible as you’d like them to be.
“这就是我那堵不起眼的线索墙，它的缺点之一就是，它看起来没有大家希望的那么清晰。”
That includes this letter by George Washington.
就比如乔治·华盛顿的这封信。
However, the Library of Congress does tell us what it says,
不过，国会图书馆已经公开这封信的内容了，
and it says, 'It was not my intention to doubt that the doctrines of the Illuminati and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States.'
上面写的是，“我无意怀疑光明会的教义和雅各宾主义的原则没有在美国传播。”
So he thought the Illuminati didn’t make it in the United States,
也就是说，他认为光明会在美国的传播并没有成功，
so you can rest assured, but, they were a threat."
这下大家伙儿可以把心放到肚子里了吧，不过，曾经他们确实是（对我们的社会）构成了威胁的。”
