Considering Secret Societies by Mark Mirabello, Ph.D

8/12/2019 Considering Secret Societies by Mark Mirabello, Ph.D

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Secret Societies: A Brief Essay

By Mark Mirabello, Ph.D.Professor of History

Shawnee State University

''Secret Societies are conspiracies working covertly to achieve a hien agena.!or "e"bers, secrecy is a sanct#ary an a so#rce of power.Secret societies often clai" to be ancient an they clai" irect $initiatory escent$fro" a fable fo#ner or gro#p of fo#ners. By efinition, no secret society canappear to be a novelty.

%h#s, the Brotherhoo of the &ose ross clai"s irect escent fro" the"ysterio#s hristian &osenkre#( )*+- */-/0 an the 1in Brotherhoo clai"sthat it was establishe in */2*.

ritics view $Secret Societies$ as "alevolent organi(ations working against thegeneral interests of "ankin. %hey are so"eti"es o#tlawe, an the Unite3ingo" passe the Unlawf#l Societies 4ct of *55 which was the first stat#e $forthe "ore effect#al s#ppression of societies establishe for seitio#s antreasonable p#rposes.$ %his law was in effect #ntil *56.

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Secret societies have vario#s f#nctions, #s#ally esoteric, political, or charitable innat#re. Secret societies "ay plot worl o"ination, s#bvert legal or financialinstit#tions, enlighten the worl, istrib#te charity, protect a secret, or $atte"pt torewrite history by circ#lating certain literat#re.$

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%o keep anything co"pletely secret is i"possible. 4s the poet 8bn ;#tayba )4.D.-2- --50 la"ente, not only oes a "an isappear after eath< his secrets aresprea abroa.

olonel =enell !etig, co""aner of the !ilipino4"erican forces behin>apanese lines in =orl =ar 88, "ae this observation abo#t secrecy? $8t is al"osti"possible to "aintain b#t often can be better achieve thro#gh the #se of"isleaing r#"ors than thro#gh tight sec#rity.$

%o protect the"selves, however, "any secret societies #se the @Do#ble Blin.A 8nthe @o#ble blinA the tr#th is reveale on the ass#"ption the p#blic will not

believe it. =hen etails of the Maestic*2 conspiracy )an allege govern"ent U!1gro#p establishe after the &oswell @incientA0 were reveale, conspiratorsclai"e a o#ble blin r#se ha been i"ple"ente. %he Priory of Cion, theBrotherhoo of the &ose ross, the 1in Brotherhoo, an the 8ll#"inati allegelye"ploy this eception.


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8f an oes reveal their secret, "ost secret societies will iscreit the infor"ant.4ccoring to one interesting an iabolical theory, $the psychologicalclassification of paranoia$ has been 8979%7D by conspirators )the hienpowers that control the worl0 for the p#rpose of iscreiting anyone whoatte"pts to eEpose the".

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Fenerally speaking, there are siE types of secret societies.

*0 8n the first type, the eEistence of the gro#p is known an the "e"bership isp#blic knowlege, b#t the rit#als an the "eetings are secret. %hisescribes the !ree"asons.

20 8n the secon type, the "e"bership an the obectives are p#blicknowlege, b#t all "eetings are private. %his escribes the BilerbergFro#p.

+0 8n the thir type, the eEistence of the gro#p is known, b#t the "e"bershipan the obectives of the organi(ation are secret. %his escribes the Hellfirel#b.

/0 8n the fo#rth type, the eEistence of the gro#p is r#"ore, b#t few, if any,

concrete facts are known abo#t the gro#p. %his escribes the 8ll#"inati.

G0 8n the fifth type, the eEistence of the gro#p is r#"ore, the ientities of the"e"bers are secret, b#t the rit#als an the obectives are known. %hisescribes the 1in Brotherhoo.

60 8n the siEth type, the eEistence of the gro#p is enie, b#t the ientities ofthe "e"bers an the obectives of the gro#p are known. %his escribes the

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4"ittance into a secret society begins with an initiation rit#al. 1ften, thisinvolves arkness, blinfols, bloo oaths, an sy"bolic icons s#ch as sk#lls,aggers, an sacre teEts. %he caniate #nergoes so"e kin of oreal, often asy"bolic eath an res#rrection.


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4ccoring to historian &onal H#tton, initiation in the Society of the Horse"an's=or involves reaing the Bible backwars three ti"es over three years, in#lgingin a "ock 7#charist )with brea, a", an whiskey0, anat the cli"aE of theinitiation$shaking the evil's han.$ 1n the last point, the blinfole initiateha to grasp a heate spae.

8nitiation into the 1in Brotherhoowhich only occ#rs at the solsticesinvolves akin of vision I#est ce"ente by a $cere"ony of bloo.$ %he rite involvessolit#e, a iet of brea an ice, a white shro#, a agger, an a fire.

%he initiate after proper p#rification "akes three incisions on his boy. Donein the na"e of $holy violence, necessary violence,$ the "ale neophyte "akes threeincisions on his chest.

He then $evotes, hallows, an sanctifies$ his so#l to the @gos who liveA bypenetrating a fire three ti"es with a agger staine with his own bloo.

%he scars are calle $%heMarksof>oy.$ %hey are base on the $"arking with the

spear cere"ony escribe in the Ynglinga Sagaby Snorri St#rl#son.

%he fe"ale neophyte, however, "akes three s"all incisions on the tip of her rightineE finger. %he 1in Brotherhoo believes the fe"ales breasts$the last an"ost bea#tif#l e"bellish"ent she receives in life$"#st not be isfig#re.

Mercia 7liae, inShamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, notes that secretsociety initiations rese"ble sha"anic initiations, an incl#e secl#sion)sy"boli(ing the $beyon0, so"e sort of prohibition )as in a iet0, covering theface an boy, #s#ally with so"ething that is white, an a iffic#lt oreal, whichinvolves the infliction of $cr#elties.$

Many secret societies will have layers of "e"bership, with a person entering firstas a neophyte of so"e sort, an then avancing thro#gh the ranks as heparticipates "ore in the organi(ation. %hese ranks are very often calle $egrees$.So"e organi(ations have as few as one or three egrees, others as "any as thirtythree.

4s the applicant avances thro#gh the ranks, he will often learn new passwors,han grips, or other "oes of recognition #ring the rit#als.

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8n the "ost angero#s secret societies, the initiation rit#al reI#ires new "e"bers

to co""it an atrocity that will "ake the" oio#s to society.%he cri"e bins participants "ore closely to the o#tlaw gro#p, forcing the" toshare a hatef#l secret that p#ts the" beyon the pale of h#"anity. 1#tcastspariahsthey can never reoin the orinary collective.

%h#s, in "agical conventicles, initiates are reI#ire to co""it brothersister,fathera#ghter, or "otherson incest.


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%o oin the Jeopar Men of 4frica, initiates "#st provie a a#ghter or niece for acannibal"#rer feast.

%o I#alify as a @solierA in the Mafia )a f#ll "e"ber0, the inivi#al "#st havekille at least one "an. %o co"plete the initiation, the soliertobe pierces hisfingerr#bs bloo on the paper i"age of a saintb#rns the i"agetakes the ashes

in his hanan swears this oath?

I swear to be loyal to my brothers, never to betray them, always to aid them, andif I fail may I burn and be turned to ashes lie the ashes of this image!

4ccoring to reports, to oin so"e 4"erican o#tlaw gro#ps the initiates "#stco""it "#rer anin front of "e"bers of the chaptethey "#st have seE#alinterco#rse with an #nerage girl, an elerly wo"an, an a corpse.

8n the 4ryan Brotherhoo )or 4ryan 9ation04"ericas "ost angero#s prisonorgani(ationthe r#le is @bloo in, bloo o#t.A Men beco"e "e"bers byco""itting "#rer, an they "ay leave the gro#p only with their own eaths.

%he "ost fa"o#s o#tlaw initiation in history was escribe by Sall#st, the &o"anhistorian who left a written acco#nt of the @atiline onspiracy.A %hese areSall#sts wors?

There was a rumor current at the time that when "atiline, on the conclusion ofhis s#eech, called on the associates of his #lot to swear an oath, he #assed aroundbowls of human blood mi$ed with wine% and when all had tasted of it afterinvoing a curse u#on themselves if they broe faith, in accordance with theusual #ractice at such solemn ceremonies, he revealed the details of his scheme!This he is said to have done in order that the consciousness of having &ointly

#artici#ated in such an abomination might mae them more loyal to oneanother!

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So"e secret societies, s#ch as Propagana D#e, incl#e eath oaths in theirinitiation process.

Jicio Felli, a P2 fo#ner, instr#cte "e"bers to co""it s#icie with the r#gigitalisKprovie by the organi(ationKif they were press#re to reveal secrets.

8n the absence of an a#topsy, a fatal ose of the r#g igitalis wo#l beinisting#ishable fro" a heart attack.

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%he 1rer of 4ssassinsknown also as the 1rer of Devote Masters of the ;#ietDeathwas organi(e by HasanbinSabbah, who was born in *L+/ in 8ran.

Hasan was one of the fo#ners of asy""etric warfare. He iscare orthooEwarwar, he believe, was wastef#lan he #se assassination instea. Hasans1rer targete leaers, either killing the" or )"ore co""only0 threatening the"

with eath #nless they co"plie.


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4ccoring to one 4ssassin poe"?

By one single warrior on foot a ing may be stricen with terror, though he ownmore than a hundred thousand horsemen!

%he elite killers of Hasans 1rer were "asters of isg#ise, treachery, an

"#rer. Sent against kings, religio#s leaers, an "ilitary co""aners, thekillers were eploye alone or in pairs. %hey infiltrate the ene"ys palace#s#ally as service staff.

%he assassins #se the $Doctrine of 8ntelligent Dissi"#lation.$ %hat is to say, theypretene to be so"ething they were not. Jying allowe the" to "ove close totheir targets.

%he two assassins who kille onra of Montferratfor eEa"plelet the"selves bebapti(e as hristians. =hile praying, they were able to "ove close to onra anassassinate hi".

!a"o#s for their patience, "e"bers of the 1rer waiteso"eti"es for years

#ntil the opport#nity was right. %hen they str#ck s#enly. %heir favorite weaponwas the poisone agger.

4lways, "e"bers of the 1rer "ae no atte"pt to escape. 9or was any effort"ae to resc#e the". %hey were effective beca#se these pio#s assassins wante toie in orer to kill.

Jittle is known abo#t the secrets of the 1rer. 4ccoring to hristian acco#nts,the assassins ha three graes of initiation. 8nterestingly, the teaching of eachlevel negate anything that ha been previo#sly ta#ght. %he inner"ost secretit

was allegeis that heaven an hell are the sa"e, all actions are inifferent, anthere is no goo or evil.

%he act#al assassins"e"bers who ha attaine the highest egreewere ta#ghtthat there is no s#ch thing as belief. 4ll that "atters is action.

@9othing is tr#e,A ta#ght Hasan, an @all is per"itte.A

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4 secret Sicilian gro#p of blackrobe an blackhooe vigilantes, the Beati Paoliefene orinary citi(ens fro" the tyranny of the state an the ch#rch. Meetingin secret an plotting vengeance, "e"bers were silent killers who stabbe anstrangle powerf#l people who oppresse orinary people.

%oay, the Mafia clai"s escent fro" the Beati Paoli.

%he Beati Paoli operate at night fro" their ref#ge in the cataco"bs an t#nnels#ner the city of Paler"o. %hese t#nnels, calle the Frotto of Beati Paoli, "ay beentere thro#gh a ho#se in Paler"o. 4nother entrance is via the valley of the1rphans.

%he Beati Paoli kept no recors. Jike the Dr#is, all i"portant infor"ation waskept only in the h#"an "e"ory.


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Describe in fiction several ti"es, the best known novel is by J#igi 9atoli. =riting#ner the pen na"e =illia" Falt, his novelI Beati *aoliwas p#blishe in *5L5.%he book was later "ae into a fil" calle The Blac (ased -nights.

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%he Black Han was a secret society of Serb assassins, for"e in *5** as the 1rerof Death. 8ts p#rpose was to #se assassination to liberate Serbian lans hel byother nations.

1rgani(e by olonel Drag#tin D"itrievich, a Serbian ar"y officer who #se thecoe na"e $4pis,$ the Black Han recr#ite yo#ng people who were ying fro"ter"inal iseases.

8nitiation involve a ark, canlelit roo" an a table holing a sk#ll, a pistol, abo"b, an a vial of poison. 8nitiates were tol to place a han on the sk#ll an torepeat the oath of the Black Han?

By the sun that warms me, by the Earth that feeds me, by .od, by the blood of myancestors, by my honor and life, I swear fidelity to the cause of Serbiannationalism, and to sacrifice my life for it!

%he "ost fa"o#s "e"ber of the Black Han is Favrilo Princip )*-5/*5*-0. %he"ost infl#ential assassin in history, Favrilo Princip was nineteen years of age

when he sparke =orl =ar 8 by firing two shotswith a pistolan kille an heirto the 4#strian throne.

Princep swallowe cyanie after the attack, b#t the poison was too ol an it faileto kill hi". Sei(e by "ilitary officers, their ab#se ca#se Princep to lose an ar".

%oo yo#ng for the eath penalty )at that ti"e reserve for people twentyone years

or oler0, Princip was sentence to twenty years. He ie in *5*- fro"t#berc#losis.

Honore as a hero by the Serbs, the Favrilo Princip M#se#" is eicate to his"e"ory. %he "#se#" preserves Princips @Black Han 1athA in his ownhanwriting?

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%he 4frikaner Broeerbon, a nationalist secret society, grew #p a"ong4frikaners after their efeat in the Boer =ar in *5L2.

!o#ne in *5*-, after the @ent#ry of =rong,A a *56/ st#y fo#n it ha 6,6-

"e"bers in /+ local ivisions. Me"bership was restricte to white, 4frikaansspeaking "ales, who were Protestants over the age of twentyfive. !ree"asons

were not per"itte in the gro#p.

8n the initiation cere"ony, the new "e"ber plege not to iv#lge his"e"bership or that of others. He pro"ise not to isclose anything abo#t theBons isc#ssions, ecisions, or activities. He also plege to serve the 4frikanernation.


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8n *5/- the Broeerbon helpe elevate a whites#pre"acy "ove"entthe9ationalist Partyto a position of power.

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4 fable secret society, the 8ll#"inati were establishe on May *, *6. 1riginally

calle the 1rer of Perfectibilists, the gro#p was organi(e in 8ngolstat, Bavaria,the place where the fictional !rankenstein create his "onster.

%he fo#ner of the 8ll#"inati was 4a" =eisha#pt, a law professor at 8ngolstatUniversity. He #se the coe na"e @Spartac#s,A in honor of the fa"o#s rebelslave.

7#cate by the &o"an atholic >es#its, =eisha#pt was accepte into!ree"asonry in */. He wo#l recr#it the 8ll#"anti fro" the !ree"asons. %he8ll#"inati "e"bers took an oath vowing perpet#al silence, #nshakable loyalty,an s#b"ission to the orer.

%he 8ll#"inati establishe the "oel of a secret society r#n by leaers who hie

the tr#e p#rposes fro" the general "e"bership. 3nown as $o#ble octrine,$ therank an file learn @anoyneA goals, while @#nknown s#periorsA know theorgani(ation's tr#e, an I#ite ifferent, inner secrets.

4ccoring to their ene"ies, the allege goal of the 8ll#"inati is to estroyhristianity an all worl govern"ents. %hey will then #nite everyone #ner one

worl govern"ent whose r#ler is J#cifer.

1thers allege that the 8ll#"inati want a #topian @s#per stateA an the abolition ofprivate property, social a#thority, an nationality. %hey allegely favor free love,#niversal brotherhoo, peace, eI#ality, an fe"inis". %hey are antiking anantich#rch.

4ccoring &obert Shea an &obert 4nton =ilson, however, the 8ll#"inati are @toosophisticate, r#thless, an ecaent to want to take over the worl.A 8nstea, @ita"#ses the" to play with the worl.A

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%he 3nights of the 4pocalypsea secret society which is only r#"ore to eEistisan o#tlaw gro#p. o"pose of fiercely pio#s &o"an atholics, the gro#p wasallegely establishe in *65+.

Me"bers of the gro#p are assassins. %heir "ission is to save "ankin. =heneverthe 4ntihrist is born, they h#nt Satans chil an "#rer hi" in the crale.

4llegely, they have kille several chilren alreay.

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alle 4"ericas @"ost persistent terrorist organi(ation,A the 3# 3l#E 3lan wasestablishe in *-6G by siE confeerate veterans in P#laski, %ennessee.

%he original 3lan was an #nergro#n resistance "ove"ent to restore whites#pre"acy. Me"bers ha to swear an oath of secrecy abo#t 3lan activities an theientities of other 3lans"en.


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9ahan Befor !orrest, a confeerate cavalry leaer, was electe @Fran =i(arAof the 3lan in *-6. %he phrase $8nvisible 7"pire,$ which referre to theterritories where the 3lan eEiste, was coine at the sa"e ti"e.

%he original 3lan was or"ant for a ti"e, b#t in *5LG %ho"as DiEon, >r.p#blishe a novel calle The "lansman : An /istorical )omance of the -u -lu$

-lan. DiEons novel epicte the 3lan as an orer of chivalry evote to saving@the So#th.A

%he novel inspire D.=. Friffith's fil", The Birth of a +ation, an the fil" anbook le to the revival of the 3lan in *5*G.

Presient =oorow =ilson, after viewing the fil", clai"e that the 3.3.3. hasave civili(ation on the 9orth 4"erican continent.

Presient =arren Haring, =ilsons s#ccessor, was initiate into the 3lan in theFreen &oo" of =hite Ho#se. S#pre"e o#rt >#stice H#go Black oine the 3lanin the *52L's.

4lso, a yo#ng Harry %r#"an pai a tenollar initiation fee to the Misso#ri 3.3.3.

4t the en of the twentieth cent#ry, however, the 3# 3l#E 3lan change.

8n *5-+, &obert Miles, a 3# 3l#E 3lan leaer, clai"e that the organi(ation ha torevert to its original for" as a "ilitary #nergro#n operating in $ene"ycontrolle territory.A

4ccoring to Miles, the 3lan co#l no longer s#pport the police or the 4"ericanonstit#tion beca#se hostile forces control both.

4lso in *5-+, Jo#is Bea", in his $7ssays of a 3lans"an,$ sai that for the thirti"e in the history of the Unite States the govern"ent is the ene"y of the people.

%he other two ti"es, he clai"e, were *6 an *-6*.

Bea" sai that resistance sho#l co"e fro" ecentrali(e cares, like theMin#te"en in *6 an the original 3lan. He clai"e that *6 was not a pop#lar#prisingit was an $#npop#lar rebellion of a politically raical "inority.$

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entere in =est 4frica, in Sierra Jeone, the Society of the Jeopar is an ancientsecret society of "en who h#nt h#"ans.

%o oin the Society of the Jeopar, initiates "#st provie a yo#ng girl for sacrifice.%he victi", who has to be the initiate's own sister or a#ghter, is "#rere with a

claw knife.

Me"bers of the society always kill at night, wearing leopar skins over the boyan pronge, clawlike weapons with o#bleege blaes over the hans. %heleopar is their tote", an they practice rites involving cannibalis" an bloorinking to gain "agic power.

=hen not h#nting, the Jeopar Society "e"bers live an otherwise nor"aleEistence. Jike the %h#ggee of 8nia, they are sworn to secrecy.


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1n 4#g#st G, *-5G, the British eEec#te three Jeopar "en for "#reringtravelers. 1ne of the Jeopar "en ha been a hristian S#nay School teacher.

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7stablishe in *-**, the J#ites were a secret society )with oaths an passwors0

eicate to estroying the "achines of the in#strial age that were ca#singh#"an #ne"ploy"ent.

%he J#ite attackers operate at night, wore "asks, an #se han tools tos"ash the "achinery estroying obs. %he gro#p took its na"e fro" a se"i"ythical worker in Jeicester who estroye "achinery.

8n *-*2, the British govern"ent intro#ce the eath penalty for breaking"achines. 9ote that the governing class val#e a "achine over a h#"an lifeN

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4 for" of organi(e cri"e, the Mafia is the "ost secret an "ost powerf#l of all

secret societies. !irst referre to in a play fro" *-62, only "e"bers can becertain of its eEistence.

%he fact that a "an is a "e"ber can never be a"itte. 4t "ost, the "e"berallows hi"self to be calle a $"an of respect$ or a $frien of friens.$

%he Mafia has no secret hanshakes or passwors, b#t a "e"ber can berecogni(e beca#se he will have spectac#lar s#ccess in all of his eneavors. %heMafia lawyer will win all of his casesthe Mafia physician will raw all of thepatientsthe "afia b#siness"an will never lose "oney.

%he efining feat#re of the classic Sicilian Mafia is the concept of 'merta. %he

wor literally "eans @"anliness,A an 'mertaobliges a "an to be strong, to bepotent, an to o"inate.

More precisely, omerta"eans silence an selfrestraint. 8f wronge, the @"an ofrespectA will not show anger, he will not tell the police, an he will not act rashly.He will waitfor years if necessaryan avenge in the colest way possible, oftenstriking when he see"s to be the victi"s frien.

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4 "ysterio#s @1inistA organi(ation )one eicate to preserving the lore anvirt#es of the gos an goesses of the 9orse pantheon, as escribe in theEddaic erses0, the 1in Brotherhoo to have been establishe in */2*, after a

necro"antic cere"ony.

8nitiation, which involves brea an ice, a agger, a fire, an "arkings on theflesh, is con#cte only #ring the solstices. =o"en as well as "en are fo#n inthe "ove"ent.

Unlike "ost secret societies, the 1in Brotherhoo is nonhierarchical. Me"bers,who initiate the"selves after receive a calling in a rea"vision, belong to a@conspiracy of eI#als.A


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8n ter"s of eschatology, the 1in Brotherhoo teaches that @nothing iesforever.A Death is inevitable, b#t fro" eath co"es new life.

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@%he 1rer,A which is also calle hapter +22, an was once known as the

@Brotherhoo of Death,A is calle @Sk#ll an BonesA by those who "ake light of it.4 "ysterio#s secret society, it was fo#ne in *-++ at :ale University byH#ntington ssell )an opi#" traer0 an 4lphonso %aft )an ancestor of thepresient0.

%he e"ble" of the 1rer is the Deaths Hea, or two crosse bones an a sk#ll. 8tsheaI#arters, calle the @to"b,A is a ark, winowless b#iling. %here are clai"sthat the 1rer possesses the sk#lls of Feroni"o, Pancho illa, an Martin anB#renall stolen.

4ccoring to 4nthony . S#tton, the a#thor ofAmerica0s Secret Establishment, noone can ask to oin Sk#ll an Bones, which a"its only fifteen new "e"bers each

year. Me"bership is by invitation only.

4llegely, the 1rer oes not want loners, iconoclasts, or inivi#alists in theorgani(ation. %hey want a"oral tea" playerspeople who will sacrificethe"selves for the gro#p.

4ccoring to S#tton, the initiation of new "e"bers involves so"e n#ity. %heinitiate is place in a coffinhe is carrie to the center of the b#ilinghe ischante overan his na"e is inscribe in a bone.

9ew "e"bers are calle knights. 4fter one year, they are then calle patriarchs.%hey will be calle patriarchs the rest of their lives. %he 1rer refers to allo#tsiers as vanals.

%he patriarchs of the 1rer "eet ann#ally, on the oly spelle @Deer 8lan,A inthe St. Jawrence &iver, in 9ew :ork.

Me"bers are sworn to silence. %hey are forbien to isc#ss the organi(ation, itsproce#res, or its obectives. =ors spoken within the 1rer "ay not be writteneven in letters to fellow "e"bers.

Me"bers "#st always eny "e"bership to o#tsiers. 8f the 1rer is #nerisc#ssion, "e"bers "ay not re"ain in the roo".

%he f#nction of the 1rer is to bring abo#t certain "ysterio#s obectives. Honorsan financial awars are g#arantee, an initiates are ass#re careeravance"ents#ccesseven wealth.

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%he %h#ggeean ancient c#lt of "#rer an terrorhave been calle @the "osts#ccessf#l terror organi(ation in historyA an $the "ost re"arkable eEa"ple oforgani(e cri"e on recor.$ 4llegely eEtinct, there are reports that they still eEisttoay.


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%he %h#ggee are evotees of 3ali, the Hin# goess of eath. 3ali is epicte asblackskinne, with fo#r ar"s. 8n her first han she carries a swor, in her seconhan she carries a severe hea, her thir han is raise in a gest#re of peace, anher re"aining han is grasping for power. %he city of alc#tta is na"e in herhonor.

4ccoring to legen, the first %h#ggee were create )fro" the brow of the goess0to help 3ali estroy a hore of e"ons. %he e"ons ha to be strangle, for their

blooonce shet#rne into "ore e"ons. So 3ali gave the %h#ggee the nooseto kill e"ons.

8n ret#rn for helping 3ali, the %h#ggee believe that they receive the right to kill inperpet#ity an to keep the loot fro" their victi"s. %hey are oblige to strangle atleast one person per year. %he victi" "#st never be a wo"an or a wanering holy"an.

%he %h#ggee believe that their victi"s go straight to paraise. By serving 3ali, the%h#ggee also go to paraise.

%he wor %h#g )prono#nce t'#g0 is erive fro" the Sanskrit wor which "eanseceiver or swinler. Me"bers of this secret c#lt lea o#ble lives. !or "ost ofthe year, the %h#ggee have reg#lar e"ploy"ent an live openly in the co""#nityas respecte an orerly citi(ens.

8n a#t#"n, however, when the roas are crowe with pilgri"s, the %h#ggee h#nth#"ans. %hey attack in 9ove"ber an Dece"beralways at least one h#nre"iles fro" their ho"es. =hen the killing season ens, they "elt back intoorinary life.

%he %h#ggee work in #nits of ten to fifty "en. Divie into s"all gro#ps, so"eserve as sco#ts, so"e as killers, an so"e as grave iggers.

%he %h#ggee strangle their selecte victi"s, #sing garrotes fashione fro" whiteor yellow silk. )=hite an yellow are sacre to 3ali.0 %he agony of the victi" isprolonge beca#se 3ali enoys terror.

Us#ally, there are three %h#ggee killers per victi". =hile one strangles, one holsthe ying "ans feet, an one hols the ar"s or sits on the chest of the victi".

4fter the killings, the victi"s are b#rie in s"all, eep graves, with their backs anthigh bones broken. %o hie the activity, the graves are #g insie tents.

%he graves are #g with shovels an at least one sy"bolic strike fro" a silver pickaEe. %he site is strewn with p#ngent herbs to "islea ogs.

%he %h#ggee always con#ct an ancient cere"ony on the graves. %hey place@goor,A a kin of coarse s#gar, on a cloth. 4fter po#ring so"e s#gar an $holy

water,A those that ha kille that ay )in orer of seniority0 eat the $s#gar of 3ali$as a sacra"ent. 8t is sai that once a "an tastes goor, he will always serve thegoess of eath.

%o perpet#ate the "ove"ent, "en recr#it their sons an nephews. %he training ofthe boys begins in chilhoo, b#t only at the age of eighteen are the boys allowe tokill an taste the sacre s#gar for the first ti"e.


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