The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: The Secret Society That Transformed Western Magick The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was one of the most influential occult societies ever established in
The Loyal Order of Moose is one of the largest fraternal orders in modern North America. Founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1888, it began as a social and drinking club for working-class men, but later developed into a major fraternal,
One of many secret societies in Italy in the tumultuous decade of the 1830s, Young Italy (La Giovine Italia) was founded in 1831 by Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–72) and several other Italian liberals
Since the early nineteenth century, Yale University has been home to a number of secret student societies, exclusive organisations that serve many of the same purposes as fraternities and sororities at other American universities, yet
The Abbey of Thelema is an independent initiatory magical group patterned after the Argenteum Astrum (AA, Order of the Silver Star) and following the magical practices developed by its founder, Aleister Crowley.
Woodcraft: Nature, Ritual and the Hidden Roots of Modern Wicca Woodcraft was a nature movement founded by the Canadian-American naturalist, artist and writer Ernest Thompson Seton in the early twentieth century. At
The first known Irish political secret society, the Whiteboys first appeared in Tipperary in the autumn of 1761. Enclosure Acts passed by the Irish Parliament permitted local landlords to seize village common
The White Order of Thule (WOT), originally founded as the Black Order, is an international neo-Nazi occult organisation that emerged in January 1994. Its founder, Kerry Bolton of New Zealand, was formerly active in far-right politics as a leader
Among the most enduring and influential secret religious movements in Chinese history, the White Lotus Societies form a vast and intricate spiritual network whose roots stretch back to at least the twelfth century CE—and possibly much earlier.
The Triad Society, or Heaven and Earth Society (Tiandihui), is the most famous and powerful of all Chinese secret societies, whose legend weaves together threads of rebellion, mysticism, and fraternity. Blending elements of folk religion, martial brotherhood,
Among the most notorious secret societies in history, the Thugs practiced a combination of human sacrifice and highway robbery on the roads and byways of India. Bands of Thugs, 10 to 50
Among the most colourful occult secret societies in the modern magical scene, Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) was founded in London in 1981 by Genesis P-Orridge, a popular musician in the
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