URBAN DESIGN
In 1999, astrologer David Ovason’s bestselling book The Secret Architecture of Our Nation’s Capital proposed that a hidden pattern based on astrology and occult symbolism…
Month: December 2022
UNKNOWN SUPERIORS
Many secret societies have kept the identities of their top leadership a secret, but starting in the middle years of the eighteenth century, certain secret…
UNITED ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS [UAOD]
The largest and most successful Druid order of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United Ancient Order of Druids (UAOD) was founded in 1833…
UNDERGROUND REALMS
Since ancient times, when myths filled the earth with underground kingdoms inhabited by monsters and goblins, the idea of hidden realms beneath the surface has…
TRILATERAL COMMISSION
One of the most widely discussed (and frequently vilified) coordinating bodies among the industrial world’s economic and political elites, the Trilateral Commission was founded in…
TRIAD SOCIETY
The Triad Society, or Heaven and Earth Society (Tiandihui), is the most famous and powerful of all Chinese secret societies, whose legend weaves together threads of rebellion, mysticism, and fraternity.…
TRADITIONALISM
A small but vocal movement in the contemporary occult scene, Traditionalism was the creation of French philosopher and occultist René Guénon (1886–1951) and a number…
TOLAND, JOHN
Irish philosopher, writer, and secret society member, 1670–1722. One of the most remarkable figures of his age, John Toland was born and raised in Ardagh,…
“TLÖN, UQBAR, ORBIS TERTIUS”
A short story by Argentine magic realist Jorge Luis Borges, “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” (published in his collection Labyrinths, 1962) draws on the history of…
THUGGEE
Among the most notorious secret societies in history, the Thugs practiced a combination of human sacrifice and highway robbery on the roads and byways of…