KNIGHTS OF LABOR
The first major labour union in the United States, the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor was founded in Philadelphia in 1869…
Author: Lux Ferre
KABBALISTIC ORDER OF THE ROSE CROSS
The premier French occult secret society of the late nineteenth century, the Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose Croix (Kabbalistic Order of the Rose Cross) was…
JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY
The seedbed of late twentieth-century conspiracy theory in America, the John Birch Society was founded in late 1959 by Robert Welch, a successful businessman involved…
JESUS OF NAZARETH
Jewish religious reformer, c.4 BCE–c.33 CE. The life of Yeshua ben Miriam, to give him his proper Hebrew name, is very poorly documented despite his…
JACOBITES
Partisans of the House of Stuart, opposed to the Hanoverian rule in Britain from 1714, the Jacobites took their title from the Latin version (“Jacobus”)…
ISIAC MYSTERIES
One of the ancient mystery cults, the Isiac mysteries focused on the myth of Isis, sister and wife of the Egyptian god Osiris. They emerged…
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERS
Founded by Russian ex-Nihilist Mikhail Bakunin in Italy sometime around 1864, the International Brothers were a significant presence in late nineteenth-century European politics and played…
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS [IOGT]
Founded in 1851 in Utica, New York, the Independent Order of Good Templars was the most successful secret society in the temperance movement. Its founder,…
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN [IORM]
The first fraternal secret society original to America, the Improved Order of Red Men traces its roots back to the Sons of Liberty, a political…
ILLUMINATES OF THANATEROS [IOT]
The first magical secret society to embrace the late twentieth-century paradigm of chaos magic, the Illuminates of Thanateros was founded in Germany by two chaos…
