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• Secret society - "The term "secret society" is used to describe fraternal organizations that may have secret ceremonies and means of identification and communication, ranging from (collegiate fraternities) to organizations described in conspiracy theories as immensely powerful, with self-serving financial or political agendas, global reach, and often Luciferian beliefs." - Wikipedia

Blogs & research

• About Illuminati with Videos
• Secret societies in Asia
  
• The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolism - part 1 - part 2
  

Books

• The cyclopædia of fraternities; a compilation of existing authentic information and the results of original investigation as to more than six hundred secret societies in the United States (1899) - by Stevens, Albert Clark - 492 pages - read online or download from here
  

Major secret societies
Carbonari

• The Carbonari were groups of secret revolutionary societies founded in early 19th-century Italy. Although their goals often had a patriotic and liberal focus, they lacked a clear political agenda. - Wikipedia
• "... the Carbonari actually came to play an important role in the Italian insurrections of 1820-1821. Ever since, the term carbonaro was used to designate a revolutionary conspirator all over Europe." - International Institute of Social History
  

Freemasonry

• "Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million..." - Wikipedia
• "The 'classical' European secret society clearly borrowed its organizational model from Freemasonry, which itself originated from the guilds and brotherhoods of Scottish and English masons. The official birth of Freemasonry is conventionally set at 1717, the foundation date of the Grand Lodge of London..." - International Institute of Social History

Illuminati

• "The Illuminati (plural of Latin illuminatus, "enlightened") is a name given to several groups, both historical and modern, and both real and fictitious. Historically, the name refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1, 1776." - Wikipedia
• "In 1776 Adam Weishaupt (1748-1830), professor of Canon Law at the University of Ingolstadt, founded a secret society that (after discarding the names of Perfectibilists and Order of the Bees) became known as the Order of the Illuminati." - International Institute of Social History

Jesuits

• "The Society of Jesus is a religious order of men called Jesuits, who follow the teachings of the Catholic Church. Jesuit priests and brothers... founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background — are engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents reflecting the Formula of the Institute (principle) of the Society." - Wikipedia
• "In addition to Freemasonry, European secret societies had a second organizational model: the Jesuit Order or, rather, the image constructed by its numerous opponents. Right from the beginning in 1540, the Jesuits caused suspicion even among coreligionists, and were accused of hypocrisy, fanaticism, and ambition." - International Institute of Social History

Skull and Bones

• "Skull and Bones is a secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA... President William Howard Taft, President George H. W. Bush, his son, President George W. Bush, and the latter's 2004 Presidential opponent, Senator John Kerry, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Founder of Blackstone, Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, Harold Stanley, co-founder of Morgan Stanley and Frederick W. Smith, Founder of Fedex are all reported to be members." - Wikipedia
• Skull and Bones manuscripts and images of Yale University
  

See also

• Research topics: Knights Templar
  

Videos

• Illuminating Secret Societies: The Mind Control Agenda (FULL LENGTH) part 1/2 1:27:42 - part 2/2 1:28:21
• The Secret Behind Secret Societies - Jon Rappoport explains the psychological principles behind secret societies by taking the Nazis as prime example and by referring to his own life experiences - video 45:11

Websites

• Secret Societies: a very short history - Information about a number of secret societies
  

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