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Political Societies

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Divinity Atlas. "Political Societies." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/secretsociety/political-societies.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Political Societies. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/secretsociety/political-societies

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@misc{divinityatlas-political-societies,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Political Societies},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/secretsociety/political-societies},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The single society here formed explicitly around an Enlightenment political and anticlerical program rather than a body of magical or devotional practice. Its brief eighteenth century existence, ended by suppression from the Bavarian state, is precisely why it became the seed of centuries of conspiracy theory that has far outgrown its actual membership or influence.

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