Illuminati Quotes

Next, one can question what could motivate Chamberlain Ventresca to perchance join the Illuminati. There are many reasons as to why the Chamberlain could join the Illuminati. For one, individuals could command him to merge with the group. Ventresca could realize that his position in the Vatican could make him advantageous for the Illuminati. He would be respected and held with a high esteem by the Illuminati. Ventresca would be an asset for them. He would provide for a source of infiltration into enemy quarters, portraying a spy’s role. A quote from the novel proves that the Illuminati have previously had connections in the Vatican, “Il Passetto-The Little Passage-was a slender, three-quarter-mile tunnel built between Castle St. Angelo [the Illuminati lair] and the Vatican” (Brown 478).

Ventresca, if he realizes this, could use his status to be an intrusion into the Vatican for the Illuminati. Next, Ventresca could also be threatened into joining the Illuminati. The Illuminati are notorious for being a violent and unforgiving group; hence, they could use the Chamberlain’s innocence to threaten him into joining their cause. Ventresca proves the violence of the Illuminati, “Satanists lurking among us-running our governments, our banks, our schools, threatening to obliterate the very House of God with their misguided science” (Brown 585). This quote illustrates the view of the Chamberlain and Christians on the Illuminati. Christians believe that the Illuminati are a dangerous and threatening group. Due to this fact, the Chamberlain would be susceptible to the Illuminati. Further, the Illuminati would have much to do with Ventresca, seeing his incredible passion in all he