ORDER OF THE HELMET
In one of a series of plays written by Francis Bacon (1561–1626) and performed by his fellow law students at Gray’s Inn before he was…
Month: December 2022
ORDER OF THE HAPPY
The Order of the Happy (Ordre des Felicitaires) was founded in 1743 in Paris. One of the first secret societies to admit women as well…
ORDER OF THE GOLDEN AND ROSY CROSS
An influential German Rosicrucian order, the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross (Orden des Gold- und Rosenkreutz) was founded in the late 1750s by…
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR [OES]
The largest American Masonic organization for women, the Order of the Eastern Star was the brainchild of Robert Morris, an influential American Freemason. Morris was…
ORDER OF THE AMARANTH
One of several American orders drawing their membership from Master Masons and their female relatives, the Order of the Amaranth was originally founded in 1860…
ORDER OF NINE ANGLES [ONA]
The most important British neo-Nazi magical order, the Order of the Nine Angles (ONA) emerged in the 1960s out of the fusion of three small…
ORDER OF MOPSES
When Pope Clement XII formally condemned Freemasonry in 1738, many Catholic members of the Craft in Germany, France, and Austria had to renounce Masonic membership.…
ORDER OF CAMELS
Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1920, the Order of Camels was a political secret society dedicated to overturning Prohibition in America. The founding members chose…
ORDER OF BARDS OVATES AND DRUIDS [OBOD]
The largest and most active Druid order in the world as of this writing, the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids (OBOD) was founded by…
ORDER OF ANTI-POKE-NOSES
Founded in Searcy County, Arkansas in 1923, the Order of Anti-Poke-Noses was a secret society founded to oppose the revived Ku Klux Klan. Its constitution…