DRUID CIRCLE OF THE UNIVERSAL BOND
One of the most influential Druid groups in the twentieth century, the Druid Circle of the Universal Bond claims to date from 1717, when an…
Author: Lux Ferre
DOMINIONISM
A radical political movement within Protestant Christianity, Dominionism (also known as “Dominion theology”) emerged in the second half of the twentieth century in the writings…
DOG SOLDIERS
A common label used among white people for Native American warrior societies of the Great Plains, the term originated among the Cheyenne tribe of the…
DISINFORMATION
One of the basic methods of concealment used by secret societies is disinformation, the deliberate spreading of false information. Simple concealment is rarely enough to…
DISCORDIAN MOVEMENT
One of the odder spiritual movements in America today, the Discordian movement came into being in the late 1950s when founders Gregory Hill and Kerry…
DECEMBRISTS
On December 14, 1825 a group of officers led 3000 fully armed soldiers into the Senate Square near the centre of the imperial capital, St…
DEAD SEA SCROLLS
In 1947, Bedouin shepherds found a jar containing seven old scrolls in a cave in the desolate area of Qumran in Jordan, near the northwest…
DA VINCI CODE, THE
Shortly after its 2003 publication, Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list and stayed…
DAMEAR
A medieval city in Yemen, on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, now called Dhamar. Damear has been an important center of Muslim theological…
CULDEES
A Christian monastic movement in Ireland and Scotland, the Culdees (from Gaelic celi De, “servant of God”) emerged in the seventh and eighth centuries within…