The Fenian Brotherhood was the most famous of the Irish revolutionary secret societies. It emerged in the aftermath of the catastrophic potato blight in Ireland during the late 1840s, a disaster that
The Ordo Templi Astarte, also known as the Order of Templars of Astarte or OTA, is a modern American occult order founded in 1970 by the magician Carroll “Poke” Runyon. Although the Order is relatively small, it has had an
The most secret of secret societies,the Rosicrucians gained ancient wisdom that enabled them to create a science greatly in advance of their contemporaries in the fifteenth century. Since the seventeenth century, rumours
Shriners International, previously known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (A.A.O.N.M.S.) and also commonly known as Shriners, was established in 1870 and is headquartered in Tampa,
South Bend, Indiana was the city where this “animal” lodge was born. John W. Talbott and a small group of his associates in November 1904 formed this fraternal group. When it was
Once the largest fraternal secret society in the world, the Odd Fellows emerged in England sometime before 1700. Documentation concerning the sources of Odd Fellowship and the origins of its quirky name
Among the most remarkable secret societies to emerge from the golden age of American fraternalism in the second half of the nineteenth century, the Patrons of Husbandry was launched in 1867 by
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
The attraction of the forest seems to be strong for founders of secret societies. In addition to the Fendeurs, the Foresters, and even the Carbonari, there have been several varieties of “Woodmen.”
The Ku Klux Klan,born in 1865,had nearly died out until Hollywood resurrected it in 1915. On December 24, 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee, General Nathan Bedford Forrest and a small band of former
The Knights of Columbus was the creation of Father Michael McGivney, an Irish-American Catholic priest in New Haven, Connecticut who saw the need for a men’s fraternal order for Catholics. Most existing
Teenage girls who are related to Master Masons can apply for membership in Job's Daughters. Mrs. Ethel T. W. Mick was the founder. The emblems of the Order are the white dove,
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