Illuminati
Ubundi Illuminati biva ku ijambo ry’ikilatini illuminatus bivuga ‘umurikiwe’ cyangwa ushagawe n'urumuri, illuminati rikaba riri mu bwinshi (pluriel, plural). Abantu bose bavuga amateka ya Illuminati bemeza ko ari agatsiko k’ibanga (secret society) kashinzwe na Adam Weishaupt wari umwarimu muri Kaminuza ya Ingolstadt muri Bavière (Bayer) mu Budage, hari tariki 1 Gicurasi 1776.
Kuvuga kuri Illuminati ni ibintu bitoroshye byasaba kwandika ibitabo kandi n’ubundi byarakozwe, ndetse bimwe na bimwe twarabisomye, cyane cyane The 13 Satanic Bloodlines of Illuminati cya Fritz Springmeier na Cosmic Trigger: the Final Secret of The Illuminati cya Robert Anton. Kugirango umenye Illuminati kandi, bisaba kuba uzi ibindi bintu byinshi byerekeranye n’udutsiko tw’ibanga (secret societies), bityo bikaba biri bunsabe kugenda nsa nk’utandukira gato ngende mvuga kuri utwo dutsiko tundi.
Uwo mugabo yari asanzwe ari mu muryango wa Freemasonry (Franc-maçonnerie) uyu ukaba ari umuryango n'ubu ukiriho, uhuza abantu batandukanye bahuriye ku ibanga ubwabo bazi bonyine, gusa ikizwi nuko badasenga Imana, ahubwo bemera uwo bita Umwubatsi Mukuru w’Isi (Le Grand Architecte de l’univers). Ibi abakristu bakaba babifata nko gusenga Shitani. Icyo twababwira nuko Freemasonry idashingiye ku idini, kuko habamo abakristu, abayisilamu n’abo mu yandi madini.