Are the Illuminati connected to the Freemasons?

Are the Illuminati connected to the Freemasons?

Franklin Ruehl (Author - Anomalist) gives expert video advice on: What is 'The Illuminati'?; Are the Illuminati connected to the Freemasons?; What historical events have been credited to the Illuminati? and more...

It is believed that perhaps they devolved from the Freemasons. The founder was a man named Adam Weishaupt, who was an intriguing individual. He was a professor of canonic law at Ingolstadt University and he apparently gathered together the various Freemason groups, or lodges, in Bavaria and created this new group, the Illuminati. He's a man who was said to be a magician, a mystic, a psychic, a person who had actually been a Jesuit priest and then became an atheist, and was an all around very intriguing individual.