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: Influenced by the Freemasons, the order used a hierarchical system of degrees and internal discipline to ensure secrecy.

Authorities discovered documents that defended , leading to the group's forced disbandment. illiminate

: At its peak, the group had between 650 and 2,500 members, including notable figures like the writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The Suppression : Influenced by the Freemasons, the order used

: The group aimed to promote Enlightenment ideals, such as reason, secularism, and individual liberty , while opposing the powerful influence of the Roman Catholic Church and the state. : Influenced by the Freemasons