SPEAR OF LONGINUS
The Legend of the Spear of Longinus: From Medieval Relic to Modern Myth According to a widely circulated medieval legend, the spear that pierced the…
Author: Lux Ferre
SONS OF LIBERTY
One of two secret societies involved in the early stages of the American Revolution, the Sons of Liberty were founded in Boston and New York…
SOLAR TEMPLE
The self-immolation of the Solar Temple (Temple Solaire), a French occult secret society of the late 1980s and early 1990s, presents one of the most…
SOCIETY OF UNIVERSAL HARMONY
One of many esoteric secret societies in pre-Revolutionary France, the Society of Universal Harmony (Société de l’Harmonie Universelle) was founded in 1782 by Nicolas Bergasse…
SOCIETY OF UNITED IRISHMEN
The first known Irish political secret society, the Society of United Irishmen was founded in 1791 by Theobald Wolfe Tone, a young barrister and author…
SOCIETY OF THE INNER LIGHT
The most influential British occult secret society of the twentieth century, the Society (originally Fraternity) of the Inner Light was founded in London in 1924…
SOCIETY OF ST TAMMANY
Originally an offshoot of the radical Sons of Liberty faction in the American colonies and the early United States, the Society of St Tammany has…
SOCIETY OF JESUS [JESUITS]
The largest Roman Catholic religious order today, the Society of Jesus – known since the late sixteenth century as the Jesuits – was founded by…
SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN ANGLIA [SRIA]
Among the most important esoteric Masonic orders in Britain, the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA) was founded by Robert Wentworth Little in 1866. Little, an…
SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANA IN AMERICA [SRIA]
The oldest of the major orders in America’s twentieth-century Rosicrucian revival, the Societas Rosicruciana in America (SRIA) came into being in 1907 as the result…
