SOCIAL CIRCLE
One of the most active secret societies at the height of the French Revolution, the Cercle Social or Social Circle was founded by radical journalist…
Author: Lux Ferre
SKULL AND CROSSBONES
The classic symbol of death in western culture, a skull on two crossed thighbones appears on countless tombs and other carvings from the early Middle…
SINCLAIR FAMILY
Central to many recent theories about secret societies, the Sinclairs are a Scottish aristocratic family of Norman extraction – their name was originally St Clair…
SHICKSHINNY KNIGHTS OF MALTA
One of the many secret societies who have been tabbed as the hidden puppet masters behind the New World Order, the Shickshinny Knights of Malta…
SHAMBHALA
A hidden city in Tibetan tradition, Shambhala is said to be located somewhere north of Tibet in the desert wastelands of central Asia. Tibetan sources…
SHAKESPEARE CONTROVERSIES
The identity of the writer of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare (1564–1616) has been a matter of debate for nearly two centuries,…
SERVANTS OF THE LIGHT [SOL]
One of the major occult secret societies in the western world today, the Servants of the Light began in 1965 as a correspondence course published…
SECRECY
The defining characteristic of secret societies is the fact that they keep secrets. This is obvious enough. Less obvious, to those who have not participated…
SECOND INTERNATIONAL
A major focus of conservative fears about secret societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Second or Socialist International was founded in…
SCOTTISH DEGREES
A series of Masonic degrees created in France in the middle of the eighteenth century. Despite the name, they have no actual connection to Scotland,…
