Secret societies : the complete guide to histories, rites, and rituals

Claims and counter-claims. Accusations and allegations. NSA spying and suppressed evidence. Cover-ups and threats. Documented connections and intrigue. Suggestions of a New World Order. Are we to believe the coincidences are mere chance? Might the paranoid be on to something? Who really holds the levers of power? History admonishes us to be vigilant of hidden plots and nefarious agendas of governments and the powerful.

Exposing their deep reach into the operations of today's world, Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals is packed with details on nearly 200 organizations, their histories, founding members, backgrounds, and suspected conspiracies. It uncovers and probes the hidden agendas of these secret cabals. Along the way, it debunks myths and presents the evidence on an invisible world of influence. Powerful cliques, their plots, and their chilling affects are examined, including ...

the Illuminati the Freemasons the Bilderberg Group MKUltra Skull and Bones Ordo Templi Orientis FEMA Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn the Knights Templar Ku Klux Klan La Cosa Nostra Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship Council on Foreign Relations Montauk Project World Bankers the Secret Government extraterrestrial invaders and many, many more.

With more than 140 photos and other graphics, Secret Societies is richly illustrated, and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness. For skeptics and theorists alike, this thoroughly researched reference overflows with fascinating information to make readers think about--and possibly reconsider--the state of the nation and the world!

Author Notes

Nick Redfern is the author of numerous books on conspiracies and paranormal and unexplained mysteries, including Visible Ink Press'' Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order ; The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch,, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates ; and The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts, and Fiends of Nature ;as well as The Real Men in Black; The NASA Conspiracies; There's Something in the Woods; Contactees; Strange Secrets ; and On the Trail of the Saucer Spies . He has appeared on more than 70 TV shows, including: Fox News; the BBC's Out of This World ; the SyFy Channel's Proof Positive ; the Space Channel's Fields of Fear ; the History Channel's Monster Quest, America's Book of Secrets, Ancient Aliens and UFO Hunters ; Science's The Unexplained Files ; the National Geographic Channel's Paranatural ; and MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann . Originally from the UK, Nick lives on the fringes of Dallas, TX.

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A guide to some 200 organizations, Redfern's text intrigues the curious and outright paranoid with hints of conspiracies as historic as the KKK and Jack the Ripper and as obscure as the Primrose League and the Wackenhut Corporation. For student research, the inclusion of Mithraism, Wicca, Thuggees, Knights Templar, John Birch Society, and the Green Man will fulfill class-assignment requirements. By juxtaposing Halloween with Hamatsa, serpents with shape-shifting, and Minutemen with the Ministry of the Chalcedon Foundation, the text lures the curious to dip further into mystic cults. A book sure to appeal to puzzle-loving readers.--Snodgrass, Mary Ellen Copyright 2010 Booklist

Photo Sources	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
A Ace of Spades Group	p. 1
Aerial Phenomena Enquiry Network	p. 2
Aetherius Society	p. 4
Africa's Secret Criminal Enterprises	p. 6
Ahnenerbe	p. 8
AIDS Secret Group	p. 10
Alchemists	p. 12
American Nazi Party	p. 13
American Protective Association	p. 15
American Vision	p. 17
America's Secret Nazi Scientists	p. 18
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine	p. 21
Antient Noble Order of the Gormogons	p. 22
Archaeology Office	p. 23
Aryan Nations	p. 26
Asian Organized Crime	p. 27
Assassins	p. 28
Aswang Plot	p. 33
The Atticus Institute	p. 34
Aum Shinrikyo	p. 35
B Benandanti	p. 37
Bilderberg Group	p. 38
Bird Flu	p. 40
Black-Eyed Children	p. 43
Black Helicopter Group	p. 45
Bohemian Club	p. 49
Bohemian Grove	p. 51
Brookings Institution	p. 52
C Camorra	p. 57
Cannibal Cult	p. 59
Carbonari Society	p. 61
Cattle Mutilation Group	p. 62
Chemtrail Group	p. 64
Church of Light	p. 66
Church of Satan	p. 67
Cicada 3301	p. 69
Club of Rome	p. 71
Collins Elite	p. 72
Committee of 300	p. 75
Communist Contactees	p. 77
Conspiracy of the Equals	p. 80
Council for National Policy	p. 82
Council on Foreign Relations	p. 84
Cult of the Head	p. 85
Cult of the Moon Beast	p. 88
Cult of the Peacock	p. 91
D Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 93
Decided Ones of Jupiter the Thunderer	p. 95
Deras	p. 96
Devil's Breath Group	p. 99
Diana, Princess of Wales, Death	p. 100
Dianic Cult	p. 101
Dick, Philip K	p. 102
Dowsers	p. 104
Druids	p. 106
Dulce Secret Base	p. 109
E-F Egyptian Magicians	p. 111
Fabian Society	p. 113
Federal Emergency Management Agency	p. 114
Fountain of the World	p. 116
Freemasons	p. 117
Friends of Hecate	p. 119
G Gardufia	p. 121
Germanenorden	p. 122
Goff, Kenneth	p. 123
Green Man	p. 125
Guild of St. Bernulphus	p. 128
H Halloween	p. 131
Hamatsa	p. 133
Heaven's Gate	p. 135
Hellfire Club	p. 136
Hemingway, Ernest	p. 138
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor	p. 140
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn	p. 141
Hitler, Adolf	p. 143
Horsa Tradition	p. 145
I-J I AM	p. 147
Illuminati	p. 149
Immortality Group	p. 150
Improved Order of Red Men	p. 152
Jack the Ripper	p. 153
Jacobin Club	p. 155
Jet Propulsion Laboratory	p. 156
John Birch Society	p. 158
K Kabbalistic Order of the Rose and Cross	p. 161
King Arthur Secrets	p. 162
Knights Templar	p. 164
Know-Nothing Party	p. 167
Ku Klux Klan	p. 168
L La Cosa Nostra	p. 171
League of the Just	p. 172
Leek, Sybil	p. 174
Lemurians	p. 176
Leopard Society	p. 178
Liberty Lobby	p. 179
Lincoln, President Abraham	p. 180
Loch Ness Dragon Cult	p. 184
London Underground Society	p. 185
Lone Gunmen	p. 187
M Macumba	p. 189
Mad Gasser of Mattoon	p. 190
Mafia	p. 193
Majestic 12	p. 195
Martian Face	p. 197
Martian Moon Secrets	p. 200
Mermaid Cult	p. 202
Microbiology Deaths	p. 204
Mind Control Groups	p. 206
Ministry of the Chalcedon Foundation	p. 208
Minutemen	p. 208
Mithraism	p. 209
MKNaomi	p. 211
MKULtra	p. 212
Montauk Project	p. 214
Moon Secrets	p. 217
N-O Nazis	p. 221
New Forest Coven	p. 222
Octopus	p. 223
Operation Often	p. 225
Order of Nine Angles	p. 227
Ordo Aurum Solis	p. 228
Ordo Templi Orientis	p. 229
P Parsons, Jack	p. 233
Pasadena Wolves	p. 236
Patriot Act	p. 237
Peoples Temple	p. 240
Phineas Priesthood	p. 241
Pickingill, George	p. 242
Pitchfork Murder	p. 245
Planetary Defense Coordination Office	p. 247
Population Culling Group	p. 250
Poro	p. 252
Primrose League	p. 253
Project Blue Beam	p. 255
Project Chatter	p. 256
Psychic Spies	p. 257
R Raëlians	p. 261
Ralstonism	p. 263
RAND Corporation	p. 265
Report from Iron Mountain	p. 268
Right Club	p. 271
River Thames Mutilation Murder	p. 273
Robertson Panel	p. 275
Romagna	p. 282
Rosemary's Baby	p. 284
Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship	p. 286
RuSHa	p. 288
S Sacred Oak	p. 291
Sacrifice on the Moors	p. 293
Sagan, Carl	p. 294
Sande Society	p. 296
Santeria	p. 297
Satanic Sacrifice	p. 300
Scientology	p. 302
Scotch Cattle	p. 304
Second Coming	p. 305
Secret City	p. 307
Secret Society of Happy People	p. 309
Secret Space Group	p. 310
Serpents, Sacrifices and Secrets	p. 313
Shape-Shfting Pagans	p. 315
Shickshinny Knights of Malta	p. 316
Silver Legion of America	p. 318
Skinwalkers	p. 319
Skull and Bones	p. 321
Slenderman Cult	p. 232
Sonora Aero Club	p. 324
Sons of lee Marvin	p. 326
Sons of Satan	p. 328
Sorceresses	p. 329
Soul-Stealing	p. 331
Space Shuttle Challenger	p. 332
SS	p. 335
STAC	p. 337
Star Wars Secret Group	p. 339
Stephenville UFO Group	p. 344
Strathmore Secrets	p. 347
T-U Taigheirm	p. 351
Texas Taigheirm	p. 354
Thuggee	p. 355
Thule Society	p. 357
Trilateral Commission	p. 359
UFO Assassins	p. 360
UMMO	p. 364
Underground Secret Society	p. 365
Ustashi	p. 368
V, W, Z Vampire Cults	p. 371
Voodoo	p. 373
Voynich Manuscript	p. 375
Vril Society	p. 377
Wackenhut Corporation	p. 379
Weather Underground Organization	p. 380
Weathermen	p. 381
Welsh Secret Society	p. 384
Werewolf Cult of Australia	p. 385
Wicca	p. 386
Women in Black	p. 389
Wyrley Gang	p. 392
Zombie Army	p. 394
Further Reading	p. 397
Inex	p. 411

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