Rennes Le Chateau Tomb Discovery

The book,  The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent, and Richard Leigh, opened many doors to speculation and discovery of the area in the south of France known as Rennes le Chateau. The book also highlighted the mystery surrounding a priest in the area Abbé Bérenger Saunière (1852-1917) who became enormously wealthy and powerful for no apparent known reason....other than the possibility that he found something, probably through clues hidden within his church and the surrounding area, which in turn led him to discover something else, that resulted in his attaining much wealth and apparently giving him power, even over his own Church.

The Birth Of Conspiracy

Much of what we talk about here on Mysterious Societies revolves around conspiracy theories, the thoughts that governments, or secret organizations controlling governments are either keeping something from the public at large, or using secrets to control the public at large towards their own gains. Much of this is contained within the idea of an "Illuminati" which could be described as a very secret organization of powerful people intent on taking control of the world, by controlling governments and religions and therefore anything and everything else.

The Illuminati, who some say was formed in the 1700's by a man named Adam Weishaupt, who is known as the founder of the Bavarian Order of the Illuminati. On the surface, Weishaupt does not appear to have been overly effective, and one could imagine that he was actually somewhat a minor figure in the grand scheme, which is quite possible.