This is an interesting book, providing a comprehensive look at the documents of the Illuminati. Most of the book reads much as I would expect the documents of such a society to read, with (I assume) all the rituals, policies and procedures. Potentially dry reading if you are looking to understand what the Illuminati was about rather than how they were structured, etc. However as you get further along, the documents contain less structured ritual instruction and operational manuals and more instructional lectures and similar documents that give a glimpse into what the Illuminati were actually about.

It was interesting - almost disconcerting - when reading this book how clearly the storylines and biases of the age shine through, though on reflection it must always be so or an Order would never attract people. Never the less I often found myself reacting to those cultural themes which (I hope) we have outgrown, even while finding a certain resonance with the underlying goals and aspirations.