Causes of the French Revolution

J.J.C Bode, Philalethes and Other Causes of the French Revolution

This article constitutes the first part of my review of Terry Melanson's thorough and fascinating book titled, Perfectibilists - The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati. Terry runs the Conspiracy Archive, and he is an excellent researcher. Once this series is over and I'm finished reading his book, I'll also be talking to Terry and publishing a final interview, so please follow along with this fascinating series in our Illuminati section.
Terry makes the first real hard-hitting revelation in the book in Chapter 2, which covers the French Revolution and the workings of the Illuminati leaders of the time. Keep in mind that the Illuminati were a secret society that had migrated from Bavaria to France during the Enlightenment, and being prosecuted after Weishaupt's banishment.
This isn't the Illuminati of strange and outrageous conspiracy theories that you may read about online today, but a real, active secret society well documented by historians through member journals and documents throughout the period of the French Revolution.
Prior to the 1990s, there was speculation among many Illuminati researchers that J.J.C Bode had gone to Paris in 1787 to motivate the Masons toward the revolution. Terry writes about the November 1995 interview with Mason and Historian Professor Charles Porset of the National Scientific Research Center where he states that in Barruel's book Memoires pour servir a l'histoire du Jacobinsime, Barruel admits that German Illuminati J.J.C. Bode had gone to France to meet with the Secret Society known as the Philalethes. Porset stated:

"However, the [Bodes] journal has now been published [in 1994] by a German scholar, Hermann Schuttler, and it confirms in all respects the idea put forward by Rossberg of collusion between the Illuminati and the Philalethes..."

Porset points out that in a letter to Chataigner, a member of the Philalethes by the name of Montmorency-Luxembourg who escaped to England when the Revolution started, blamed the Philalethes for "revolutionary disturbances."
Terry points out the explosive nature of this material against Masonic debunkers that have stated for years that it wasn't true that the Illuminati triggered helped fuel the french revolution. Terry states the situation as follows:

"It's been well over a decade since the diary was published, but it hardly surprises me that it has seemingly been kept under wraps. Masonic websites haven't exactly been keep to correct their much lauded, official debunking webpages, either. For Illuminati "conspiracy theorists," though - whose foundation is the writings of Barruel, Robison, and Nesta Webster - this is tantamount to discovering the Holy Grail. Confirmation by modern scholars of the conspiracy plot of 1789, replete with Illuminati infiltration of key high-ranking members of French Freemasonry, is pure gold!"

I have to agree that the Bode journal is amazing evidence that is nothing short of pure gold.

Bode's Activities in Paris

The revealing Bode journal, finally published in 1994, reveal that Bode was in France to dissuade Masonic groups there of practicing what were termed the "secret sciences" and occult research. Bode's effort was to persuade the men within these societies to return to "healthy ideas of pure reason."
His journal also reveals the following:

• -->Bode and Philalethes leaders developed methods for the Illuminati to operate in France.
• -->Communications were marked with a cross to dissuade censors from opening the letters out of religious reverence.
• -->Letters would use standard Masonic cipher.
• -->The group, would use the name "Philalethes" rather than the "Illuminati."
• -->Bode revealed that Daubermesnil, Jean-Baptiste Le Sage, Taillepied de Bondy and Alexandre-Louis Roettiers de Montaleau had all joined the Illuminati.
• -->All four men promised Bode, "...to seize this opportunity for the good of mankind. Amen!"

In his book, Terry goes on to list the many documented French Masons and others that were members of the new Illuminati-Philalethes. Bode's journal is a powerful evidence of the influence and fuel that the Illuminati fed to the populace and the French "Enlightenment" leading up to the storming of the Bastille, and ultimately feed the fire that only added to the existing list of causes of the French Revolution itself.

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Gold is Wanted , Badly.

There is evidence that central banks in several regions of the World are building up their gold reserves. What is published are the official purchases.

A large part of these Central Bank purchases of gold bullion are not disclosed. They are undertaken through third party contracting companies, with utmost discretion. 

US dollar holdings and US dollar denominated debt instruments are in effect being traded in for gold, which in turn puts pressure on the US dollar.  

In turn, both China and Russia have boosted domestic production of gold, a large share of  which is being purchased by their central banks:

It has long been assumed that China is surreptitiously building up its gold reserves through buying local production. Russia is another major gold miner where the Central bank has been purchasing gold from another state entity, Gokhran, which is the marketing arm and central repository for the country’s mined gold production. Now it has been reported by Bloomberg that the Venezuelan Central Bank director, Jose Khan, has said that country will boost its gold reserves through purchasing more than half the gold produced from its rapidly growing domestic gold mining industry.

In Russia, for example, Gokhran sold some 30 tonnes of gold to the Central Bank in an internal accounting exercise late last year. In part, so it was said at the time, the direct sale was made rather than placing the metal on the open market and perhaps adversely affecting the gold price.

China is currently the world’s largest gold producer and last year it confirmed it had raised its own Central Bank gold holdings by more than 450 tones over the previous six years. Mineweb.com – The world’s premier mining and mining investment website Venezuela taking own gold production into Central Bank reserves – GOLD NEWS | Mineweb

The 450 tons figure corresponds to an increase in the gold reserves of the central bank from 600 tons in 2003 to 1054 tons in 2009. If we go by official statements, China’s gold reserves are increasing by approximately 10 percent per annum.

China has risen to now be the largest gold producing nation in the world at around 270 tonnes. The amount bought in by the government initially looks like 90 tonnes per annum or just under, 2 tonnes a week. Before 2003 the announcement by the Chinese central bank that gold reserves had been doubled to 600 tonnes, accounted for similar purchases before that date. Why so small an amount you may well ask? We think local and national issues clouded the central bank’s view as it was the government that bought the gold since 2003 and have now placed it on the central bank’s Balance Sheet. So we would conclude that the government has ensured central bank gold purchasing must continue. “How will Chinese Central Bank Gold Buying affect the Gold Price short & Long-Term?” by Julian Phillips. FSO Editorial 05/07/2009

Russia

Russia’s Central bank holdings are in excess of 20 million troy ounces (January 2010)

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Russia’s Central Bank reserves have increased markedly in recent years. The RCB reported in May 2010 purchasing 34.2 tons of gold in a single month. Russian Central Bank Gold Purchases Soar In May – China Too? | The Daily Gold

The diagram below shows a significant increase in monthly purchases by the the RCB since June 2009.

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Central Banks in the Middle East are also building up their gold reserves, while reducing their dollar forex holding.

Gold reserves of GCC states is less than 5 percent:

Dubai International Financial Centre Authority economists released a report yesterday calling for local countries to build gold reserves, according to The National.

Despite a high interest in gold, GCC states maintain less than 5 percent of their total reserves in gold. Compared to the ECB, which holds 25 percent of reserves in gold, that leaves a lot of room for growth. http://www.businessinsider.com/gcc-boost-gold-holdings-2010-12#ixzz18FEqpTy3

GCC states should boost their foreign reserve holdings of gold to help shield their billions of dollars of assets from turbulence in global currency markets, say economists at the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFCA).

Diversifying more of their reserves from US dollars to the yellow metal would help to offer central banks in the region higher investment returns, said Dr Nasser Saidi, the chief economist of DIFCA, and Dr Fabio Scacciavillani, the director of macroeconomics and statistics at the authority.

“When you have a great deal of economic uncertainty, going into paper assets, whatever they may be – stocks, bonds, other types of equity – is not attractive,” said Dr Saidi. “That makes gold more attractive.”

Declines in the dollar during recent months have dented the value of GCC oil revenues, which are predominantly weighted in the greenback. GCC urged to boost gold reserves

According to a report in People`s Daily;

The latest rankings of gold reserves show that, as of mid-December, the United States remains the top country and the Chinese mainland is ranked sixth with 1,054 tons of reserves, the World Gold Council announced recently.

Russia climbed to eighth place because its gold reserves increased by 167.5 tons since December 2009. The top ten in 2010 remains the same compared to the rankings of the same period of last year. And Saudi Arabia squeezed to the top 20.

Developing countries and regions, including Saudi Arabia and South Africa, have become the main force driving the gold reserve increase. … .

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European central bank are the major gold sellers, and the IMF’s gold reserves decreased by 158.6 tons. (China’s gold reserves rank 6th worldwide – People’s Daily Online

It should be understood that actual purchases of physical gold are not the only factor in explaining the movement of gold prices. The gold market is marked by organized speculation by large scale financial institutions.

The gold market is characterised by numerous paper instruments, gold index funds, gold certificates, OTC gold derivatives (including options, swaps and forwards), which play a strong role, particularly in short-term movement of gold prices. The recent increase and subsequent decline of gold prices are the result of manipulation by powerful financial actors.