Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals

by Nick Redfern

Overview

Secrets, Lies, Privilege, and Power. An in-depth look at the hidden force and the inner workings of secret societies!

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578594832
Publisher:	Visible Ink Press
Publication date:	03/14/2017
Series:	Treachery & Intrigue
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	687,456
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Photo Sources xi

Introduction xiii

A

Ace of Spades Group 1

Aerial Phenomena Enquiry Network 2

Aetherius Society 4

Africa's Secret Criminal Enterprises 6

Ahnenerbe 8

AIDS Secret Group 10

Alchemists 12

American Nazi Party 13

American Protective Association 15

American Vision 17

America's Secret Nazi Scientists 18

Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine 21

Antient Noble Order of the Gormogons 22

Archaeology Office 23

Aryan Nations 26

Asian Organized Crime 27

Assassins 28

Aswang Plot 33

The Atticus Institute 34

Aum Shinrikyo 35

B

Benandanti 37

Bilderberg Group 38

Bird Flu 40

Black-Eyed Children 43

Black Helicopter Group 45

Bohemian Club 49

Bohemian Grove 51

Brookings Institution 52

C

Camorra 57

Cannibal Cult 59

Carbonari Society 61

Cattle Mutilation Group 62

Chemtrail Group 64

Church of Light 66

Church of Satan 67

Cicada 3301 69

Club of Rome 71

Collins Elite 72

Committee of 300 75

Communist Contactees 77

Conspiracy of the Equals 80

Council for National Policy 82

Council on Foreign Relations 84

Cult of the Head 85

Cult of the Moon Beast 88

Cult of the Peacock 91

D

Dead Sea Scrolls 93

Decided Ones of Jupiter the Thunderer 95

Deras 96

Devil's Breath Group 99

Diana, Princess of Wales, Death 100

Dianic Cult 101

Dick, Philip K 102

Dowsers 104

Druids 106

Dulce Secret Base 109

E-F

Egyptian Magicians 111

Fabian Society 113

Federal Emergency Management Agency 114

Fountain of the World 116

Freemasons 117

Friends of Hecate 119

G

Gardufia 121

Germanenorden 122

Goff, Kenneth 123

Green Man 125

Guild of St. Bernulphus 128

H

Halloween 131

Hamatsa 133

Heaven's Gate 135

Hellfire Club 136

Hemingway, Ernest 138

Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor 140

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 141

Hitler, Adolf 143

Horsa Tradition 145

I-J

I AM 147

Illuminati 149

Immortality Group 150

Improved Order of Red Men 152

Jack the Ripper 153

Jacobin Club 155

Jet Propulsion Laboratory 156

John Birch Society 158

K

Kabbalistic Order of the Rose and Cross 161

King Arthur Secrets 162

Knights Templar 164

Know-Nothing Party 167

Ku Klux Klan 168

L

La Cosa Nostra 171

League of the Just 172

Leek, Sybil 174

Lemurians 176

Leopard Society 178

Liberty Lobby 179

Lincoln, President Abraham 180

Loch Ness Dragon Cult 184

London Underground Society 185

Lone Gunmen 187

M

Macumba 189

Mad Gasser of Mattoon 190

Mafia 193

Majestic 12 195

Martian Face 197

Martian Moon Secrets 200

Mermaid Cult 202

Microbiology Deaths 204

Mind Control Groups 206

Ministry of the Chalcedon Foundation 208

Minutemen 208

Mithraism 209

MKNaomi 211

MKULtra 212

Montauk Project 214

Moon Secrets 217

N-O

Nazis 221

New Forest Coven 222

Octopus 223

Operation Often 225

Order of Nine Angles 227

Ordo Aurum Solis 228

Ordo Templi Orientis 229

P

Parsons, Jack 233

Pasadena Wolves 236

Patriot Act 237

Peoples Temple 240

Phineas Priesthood 241

Pickingill, George 242

Pitchfork Murder 245

Planetary Defense Coordination Office 247

Population Culling Group 250

Poro 252

Primrose League 253

Project Blue Beam 255

Project Chatter 256

Psychic Spies 257

R

Raëlians 261

Ralstonism 263

RAND Corporation 265

Report from Iron Mountain 268

Right Club 271

River Thames Mutilation Murder 273

Robertson Panel 275

Romagna 282

Rosemary's Baby 284

Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship 286

RuSHa 288

S

Sacred Oak 291

Sacrifice on the Moors 293

Sagan, Carl 294

Sande Society 296

Santeria 297

Satanic Sacrifice 300

Scientology 302

Scotch Cattle 304

Second Coming 305

Secret City 307

Secret Society of Happy People 309

Secret Space Group 310

Serpents, Sacrifices and Secrets 313

Shape-Shfting Pagans 315

Shickshinny Knights of Malta 316

Silver Legion of America 318

Skinwalkers 319

Skull and Bones 321

Slenderman Cult 232

Sonora Aero Club 324

Sons of lee Marvin 326

Sons of Satan 328

Sorceresses 329

Soul-Stealing 331

Space Shuttle Challenger 332

SS 335

STAC 337

Star Wars Secret Group 339

Stephenville UFO Group 344

Strathmore Secrets 347

T-U

Taigheirm 351

Texas Taigheirm 354

Thuggee 355

Thule Society 357

Trilateral Commission 359

UFO Assassins 360

UMMO 364

Underground Secret Society 365

Ustashi 368

V, W, Z

Vampire Cults 371

Voodoo 373

Voynich Manuscript 375

Vril Society 377

Wackenhut Corporation 379

Weather Underground Organization 380

Weathermen 381

Welsh Secret Society 384

Werewolf Cult of Australia 385

Wicca 386

Women in Black 389

Wyrley Gang 392

Zombie Army 394

Further Reading 397

Inex 411

Editorial Reviews

... covers a wide gamut of organizations from satanic cults, to slender man cults, to men in black, women in black, and to elitist groups such as: Skulls and Bones, the Bilderberg group and the Freemasons (to name a few). ... well-written under Redfern’s great sense of narrative and research ...” —Horrornews.net

“… it is enough for a browsing teen just to be entertained.” – VOYA

“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. … A book sure to appeal to puzzle-loving readers.” – Booklist

“This creepy compendium offers pseudo-science fun for the whole post-truth family! From ancient times to the Men In Black, the book describes secret orders, clandestine groups, occult rituals, alien sightings, government plots, and conspiracy theories. …” – Protoview Book News

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