stackyFACTSIgnaz von Born was an 18th-century Austrian rock nerd who used geology as a cover for radical philosophy.
Ignaz von Born was an 18th-century Austrian rock nerd who used geology as a cover for radical philosophy. He formed a high-society mineralogy club that was essentially a front for the Illuminati-adjacent Freemasons. He was so charismatic and influential in smuggling rationalist, anti-church ideas into elite circles that Mozart—his Masonic buddy—modeled the wise, cult-leading character of Sarastro in 'The Magic Flute' directly after him.
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