The Real Illuminati® is an esoteric (private) group of individuals who work confidentially behind the scenes of society. They oppose superstition, religious influence over public life, the abuses of government power, and obscurantism (the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of a situation or event from becoming known). The group’s intent is to influence critical thinking and free thought in the vigorous effort against corruption, when the acts of authority (governmental, religious, traditional, or cultural) inhibit individual free will.