To Believe or Not Believe: An Introduction to New World Order or Simple Paranoia?

Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe
Just an innocent Face?

This sweet song is doubtless one of those addressed to

Frederica.]

HAND in hand! and lip to lip!

Oh, be faithful, maiden dear!

Fare thee well! thy lover's ship

Past full many a rock must steers

But should he the haven see,

When the storm has ceased to break,

And be happy, reft of thee,--

May the Gods fierce vengeance take!

Boldly dared is well nigh won!

Half my task is solved aright;

Ev'ry star's to me a sun,

Only cowards deem it night.

Stood I idly by thy side,

Sorrow still would sadden me;

But when seas our paths divide,

Gladly toil I,--toil for thee!

Now the valley I perceive,

Where together we will go,

And the streamlet watch each eve,

Gliding peacefully below

Oh, the poplars on yon spot!

Oh, the beech trees in yon grove!

And behind we'll build a cot,

Where to taste the joys of love!

1771

So, a friend of mine this past weekend introduced me to the Illuminati "conspiracy". It is safe to say, that I have been conceptually mind-blown by the idea of this New World Regime. The thing is, though, that I do not easily invest myself in belief in something until I have thoroughly researched and spent time considering it-ergo, yes i accept that this theory of conspiracy exists, but I am not sure whether or not I believe that the "conspiracy" group itself actually does. To take my interest a little further, I decided instead of focusing on the shock factor that modern rappers (Jay-Z, Beyonce, U2) and singers took part in this conspiracy, I would look a little more into the past and what famous writers and political figures were to believed to have partaken in this "cult". This is where Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe comes into play. He was listed as a believed Illuminati, and i decided he would be my target in analyzation to see if he does in fact fit the standards of such a group. The poem is obviously about two lovers-the man watches as his love is taken away from him by storm. The tone is wishful and hopeful for their future together. But what strikes me is when Goethe says "When the storm has feast to break, And by happy, reft of thee--May the Gods fierce vengeance take!" It is almost that the tone changes from dread and sorrow of the death of the one he loves to acceptance and elation at such an event. Happy reft of thee? Is he really admitting that he is happy to be robbed of his love after he strongly expresses the extent of his devotion in the beginning? what inspires such a contradictory statement? It goes on next to his acknowledgement and acceptance of a  higher power at work-he realizes that though she is gone to him, they may still reunite in another world, a higher place which has beauty to surpass the life of the living and where they will never be separated. But at the same time, again comes to mind the spiteful tone of the line "May the Gods fierce vengeance take" to combat his final thoughts in the poem. In sense of illuminati literature, the idea of God's taking vengeance fills their supposed belief that the dark of evil will encompass and illuminate the sins of the world and that through this sin one can be freed of attachment that will inevitably harm the individual. But at the same time, his thoughts of heaven in the form of a jolly, beautiful after world combat such a belief, his thoughts greatly contradict. It is almost as if the man in the poem realizes the darkness in his thoughts and that such a change kills the dark and the light enters symbolically in the form of the dream-like heaven. Goethe alludes then to darkness of the soul of humanity, but with the contradictory possibility and potential for light and happiness through internal analyzation and understanding. So in an attempt to understand this conspiracy, Goethe has managed to confuse my sense of it further through such use of both contradiction and strong conceptual imagery. Again, here's some more food for thought for you readers. Is Goethe really trying to subliminally convince us in his Illuminati beliefs, or is he just a poet with thoughts of a better tomorrow. I'll let you decide as I mull of these questions myself.