This Is My Rifle: Illuminati Zombie Killers! Posted by Jason James on 06/20/12 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Opinion, This Is My Rifle

Since I began writing for Refined Hype a few years ago I've received a vast number of emails, tweets and Facebook messages from readers asking me to elaborate on one topic in particular: the Illuminati.

Despite feeling like I've covered the subject of secret societies enough in my "This Is My Rifle" column, I don't think I've done much to share a lot of the information that I've come across over the years and know to be absolute fact. Truth be told, there's a very thin line between fantasy and reality when discussing the existence of clandestine groups who meet in secrecy and control every facet of human life as we know it. For hundreds of years they have been mentioned both publicly and privately, at length and in passing, mysticized and described as the evil Satanic boogie men who sold their souls to the devil in return for all the wealth of the world. For as long as human beings have walked the face of the Earth they have been been spoken of in ancient texts that pre-date the birth of Jesus Christ by thousands of years. They are the students of the mystery schools; members of an elite fraternity which holds the answers to all of the great questions in the universe. To be one of them is to be like a god amongst men, to oppose them or share their secrets would mean certain death.

When considering the possibility of a group such as the Illuminati it's important to not trivialize the issue but rather to understand its components. We tend to think about secret societies as being some dark, otherworldly force that somehow magically dominates the planet through a complicated system of control that we cannot begin to comprehend but, in actuality, it's the opposite. The history of this network of people, as it applies to us today, is quite easy to trace and simply a matter of reading a handful of materials that are available at your local bookstore.

Although "mystery schools" have been around for a very long time, they weren't really a cause for concern until they moved into, and subsequently dominated, world economics. Prior to this they were poets and philosophers, sought out by the kings and pharaohs of the day for advice and insight into any and everything that may have been troubling them at the time. It wasn't until Ancient Rome that they grew into a position of heavy influence, not just over the Caesars, but all of society in general. In fact, when Julius Caesar saw how much power they truly had, he attempted to remove them and was assassinated as a result. In the Bible the only time Jesus became violent was when he whipped the moneychangers and drove them from the temple. These men, the moneychangers, are what we commonly refer to as the banking elite, otherwise known as the Illuminati.

I'm unsure of how relevant the name "Illuminati" is in this day and age. When the mystery schools were purged out of Europe in the late 1700's, by Kings and Queens who feared they would be dethroned and exiled by them, the sects went underground and came together to form the Illuminati in 1776. From that point forward they spread throughout Europe, and the rest of the world, and soon after held more power than they had prior to the purging.

The secret societies were a driving force behind the colonization of the Americas and from its very inception were highly influential in establishing the democratic republic. The European bankers saw a new opportunity to advance their interests and put forth a massive effort in order to develop a living, breathing laboratory where they could experiment with a system (somewhat) free from monarchical rule. They were to be the lord and masters of the new world, reigning over their serfs from afar through their Bank of North America and system of fractional reserve banking.

In the beginning there were a few congressmen, senators and presidents that tried to stop them- most notably Andrew Jackson, who effectively disbanded the Bank of North America and narrowly escaped assassination. When they returned with the First Bank of The United States, Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield both tried to eliminate them again and both were assassinated. Every single war of that era, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War (contrary to popular belief Abraham Lincoln was not wholly interested in ending slavery) was a result of the struggle between the American colonies and European bankers. Having learned their lesson, the bankers entered into the 20th century with a bought and paid for American government and democracy, for as short of a time as it lasted, was officially dead.

In 1913 the Federal Reserve was established and virtually every president there after has been a puppet for the banking elite- with the exception of John F. Kennedy who, like his predecessors, was assassinated for his opposition to the private banks. Every war from World War I to the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been orchestrated by them and every major industry in North America (media, oil, weapons, steel, transportation, etc.) is owned and operated by them. They might not be the CEO’s of the corporations but they are the money trust who provided the funding and they without question make the ultimate decisions. They’re not just the money behind the machine; they’re the ones who create the money to build the machines. For them, money is not the issue; it’s power.

In closing, the idea of an “Illuminati” just isn’t realistic anymore. I can tell you most definitely that behind closed doors these men and their secret fraternities are into some pretty weird stuff but a lot of what people read or watch on YouTube is misleading or flat out false and doesn’t even begin to explain what the “Illuminati” really is. In short, the modern day Illuminati is a network of families involved in the most evil, twisted and corrupt aspects of humanity who have used it to gain a level of power that most of us could never dream of. They have many names but ultimately in the end, unless we understand who they are and why they’re here, we’ll fail to have the slightest inclination as to what we should do about them.

Below is a list of families for you to research and discover what I’ve found over the years. If you really want to know what’s happening in the world around you, then take these names and look into it. Just make sure you prepare yourself for what you may find:

Mellon, Carnegie, Rothschild, Rockefeller, Duke, Astor, Dorrance, Reynolds, Baker, Goldsmith, Pyne, Cuilman, Watson, Tuke, Dupont, Kleinwort, Warburg, Phipps, Grace, Guggenheim, Milner, Drexel, Winthrop, Vanderbilt, Whitney, Harkness.

Good luck!

(Jason James is an artist, freelance columnist and writer for RefinedHype.com. You can listen/download his most recent album, "Marvelous World Of Color", here and you can contact him here and here.)