The supposed Illuminati conspiracy later relocated to groups like the Council on Foreign Relations

Evidence

But Still parts company with many earlier writers in concentrating on Masonry as the key to understanding the conspiracy’s reach. Jewish bankers may supply the conspiracy’s capital, but its camoufl age comes from its control of the Masonic movement. Nevertheless, Still is willing to concede that in the twentieth century, the plotters have found alternative homes in such organizations as the Council on Foreign Relations. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 290

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Enemies of the French Revolution kept the dissolved Illuminati alive to explain upheaval — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 272; Later Illuminati theorists reframed Weishaupt as a figurehead run by Jewish bankers — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 289; Todd’s conspiracy list mixed mutually hostile groups into one grand Illuminati cabal — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 308 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The Council on Foreign Relations rejected the idea that Islam inherently blocks communism #exemplifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 462
• The Illuminati label evolved into an umbrella term emptied of historical content #expands (0.80) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 293
• Todd’s conspiracy list mixed mutually hostile groups into one grand Illuminati cabal #complicates (0.75) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 308
• Pat Robertson mainstreamed an Illuminati conspiracy theory through national stature #expands (0.75) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 294
• Conspiracists read mainstream films as secretly encoded Illuminati messages #exemplifies (0.75) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 201