Inside Secret Societies: Behind the Scenes of the Knights Templar, the Order of Assassins, Opus Dei, the Illuminati, Freemasons, & Many More
Inside the world's most mysterious groups. Explore their surprising origins, powerful members, and fascinating rites and rituals.

For centuries, humans have had a fascination with secret societies. Some societies that are hundreds of years old — like the Illuminati and the Freemasons — are still relevant today. Or, at least, they are thought to be. But why? After all this time, why do people still care about things like that? What is it about secret societies that so intrigues us? Is it the exclusivity? The desire to belong in a place where others can’t? What are they up to behind those walls, do they know something I don’t? Perhaps it’s the secret nature of it, with special handshakes and rituals and customs. Whatever it is, Inside Secret Societies gets to the bottom of it. We’re taking the oath to reveal some of the more secretive of the secret societies, as well as some of the less secretive ones. Packed with plenty of minutiae and little known facts, this will be popular addition to those into manifestos.
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Inside Secret Societies: Behind the Scenes of the Knights Templar, the Order of Assassins, Opus Dei, the Illuminati, Freemasons, & Many More
Inside the world's most mysterious groups. Explore their surprising origins, powerful members, and fascinating rites and rituals.

For centuries, humans have had a fascination with secret societies. Some societies that are hundreds of years old — like the Illuminati and the Freemasons — are still relevant today. Or, at least, they are thought to be. But why? After all this time, why do people still care about things like that? What is it about secret societies that so intrigues us? Is it the exclusivity? The desire to belong in a place where others can’t? What are they up to behind those walls, do they know something I don’t? Perhaps it’s the secret nature of it, with special handshakes and rituals and customs. Whatever it is, Inside Secret Societies gets to the bottom of it. We’re taking the oath to reveal some of the more secretive of the secret societies, as well as some of the less secretive ones. Packed with plenty of minutiae and little known facts, this will be popular addition to those into manifestos.
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Inside Secret Societies: Behind the Scenes of the Knights Templar, the Order of Assassins, Opus Dei, the Illuminati, Freemasons, & Many More

Inside Secret Societies: Behind the Scenes of the Knights Templar, the Order of Assassins, Opus Dei, the Illuminati, Freemasons, & Many More

Inside Secret Societies: Behind the Scenes of the Knights Templar, the Order of Assassins, Opus Dei, the Illuminati, Freemasons, & Many More

Inside Secret Societies: Behind the Scenes of the Knights Templar, the Order of Assassins, Opus Dei, the Illuminati, Freemasons, & Many More

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Inside the world's most mysterious groups. Explore their surprising origins, powerful members, and fascinating rites and rituals.

For centuries, humans have had a fascination with secret societies. Some societies that are hundreds of years old — like the Illuminati and the Freemasons — are still relevant today. Or, at least, they are thought to be. But why? After all this time, why do people still care about things like that? What is it about secret societies that so intrigues us? Is it the exclusivity? The desire to belong in a place where others can’t? What are they up to behind those walls, do they know something I don’t? Perhaps it’s the secret nature of it, with special handshakes and rituals and customs. Whatever it is, Inside Secret Societies gets to the bottom of it. We’re taking the oath to reveal some of the more secretive of the secret societies, as well as some of the less secretive ones. Packed with plenty of minutiae and little known facts, this will be popular addition to those into manifestos.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781951274917
Publisher: Centennial Books
Publication date: 11/02/2021
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 8.70(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Neil Turitz is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, he moved to New York City for college. He never left. In the years since, he has been working in and writing about Hollywood. His journalistic work has appeared in a variety of publications such as Cosmopolitan, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Emmy Magazine, The New York Times, and TV Guide, among a plethora of others (and there is a chance that a movie you've seen over the past several years has some of his dialogue in it). He is a lifelong horror movie fan and still lives in New York, with no immediate plans to leave. Unless, of course, the zombies come. Then he's gone.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

The Lure of Secret Societies

Chapter 1 Religious Secret Societies

Knights of Malta 14

Knights Templar 18

Teutonic Knights 22

Grand Orange Lodge 24

Ancient Order of Hibernians 26

Knights of Columbus 30

Opus Dei 34

Chapter 2 Fraternal Orders 38

The Freemasons 40

The Illuminati 46

Ancient Order of Druids 52

The Odd Fellows 54

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 56

Shriners International 60

Moose International 64

Friars Club 66

Rotary International 68

Kiwanis International 72

Black Secret Societies 76

The Societies of Women 78

Chapter 3 Magic & Mysteries 82

Order of the Golden Dawn 84

Ordo Templi Orientis 86

The Rosicrucians 92

Chapter 4 Academic Organizations 94

Flat Hat Cub 96

Eucleian Society 98

Skull and Bones 100

Scroll and Key 104

Nacoms and Sachems 106

The Seven Society 108

Cadaver Society 110

Frats: Hiding in Plain Sight 112

Chapter 5 Capital & Labor 118

Foresters Friendly Society 120

The Molly Maguires 122

National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry 124

Knights or Labor 126

Bohemian Club 128

Royal Arcanum 130

Knights of the Maccabees 132

The Veiled Prophet Organization 134

Chapter 6 Political Animals 136

White Lotus Society 138

The Carbonari 140

Order of the Star Spangled Banner 142

Knights of the Golden Circle 144

The Boxers 146

The Chowder and Marching Club 148

The Bilderberg Group 150

Chapter 7 Criminal Elements 152

The Order of Assassins 154

The Black Hand 154

The Ku Klux Klan 160

The Bratva 164

The Mafia 166

The Yakuza 170

Hong Kong Triads 172

Chapter 8 Clandestine Groups in Pop Culture 174

The Literary Landscape 176

On the Silver Screen 178

Small-Screen Secrets 180

Fun-Filled Parodies 182

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