took place. Here, Mlle Maillard, an opera singer, believed to be a prostitute, was crowned the "Goddess of At the address an was Reason and Virtue, should be substituted for the worship of the "Jewish slave" and "the adulterous woman, the courtesan of Galilee.""! The person who played the leading part in the campaign against religion was a Prussian baron named Anacharsis Clootz. He was a member of the Illuminati and had declared himself the personal enemy of Jesus Christ. Clootz wrote that, "Religion is a social disease which cannot be too quickly cured. A religious man is a depraved animal. . ae By intrigue, Clootz was able to get himself made a Representative of the Nation, and became a major influence in getting the government to sanction the Everywhere in France an orgy of blasphemy and desecration began. By order of the government, began. desecration began. By order of the government, inscriptions were put up in cemeteries all over France stating that, "Death is an eternal sleep." This was a cherished maxim of the Illuminati and, of course, an destroying the body, the regenerators of France set out to destroy the soul. 48 The Secret Side of History Reason." convention presented demanding that: antireligious movement. official denial of the Resurrection. Not content with