ORDO NOVI TEMPLI [ONT]
One of the most influential secret societies in the proto-Nazi underworld of early twentieth-century central Europe, the Ordo Novi Templi (Order of New Templars, ONT)…
Author: Lux Ferre
ORDER OF WOODCUTTERS
One of the first modern secret societies open to men and women alike, the Order of Woodcutters (Ordre des Fendeurs) was founded in Paris in…
ORDER OF THE WHITE ROSE
One of the odder secret societies of Victorian Britain, the Order of the White Rose was founded in 1886 in London under the leadership of…
ORDER OF THE STAR IN THE EAST
One of several groups organized by the Theosophical Society in the early twentieth century under Annie Besant’s leadership, the Order of the Star in the…
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…
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…
