Secret Societies: Inside The World's Most Notorious Organizations - Plot & Excerpts
As long as the acceptance or skepticism has no impact on our lives, we feel free to harbor our own convictions and tolerate those of others.Should our response to a neighbor's belief in secret societies be different? Since most organizations qualifying as secret societies—with the exception of Cosa Nostra, Triads and Yakuza—are for the most part benign fraternal groups, how seriously should we take claims that they are manipulating our lives without either our knowledge or our approval? And how far should we go in investigating the agenda of these groups?The latter question is a practical one, with practical limitations.Anyone with an Internet connection and a search engine can summon up dozens of societies whose stated beliefs and agenda range from promoting alchemy (Central Ohio Temple of Hermetic Science) and “Benevolent Satanism” (United Luciferan Church of France) to conducting telepathic relations with Mars (Aetherius Society). Many such organizations are, in reality, variations on long-established societies such as Masons and Gnostics, or alternative religions pursuing a belief in karma and reincarnation.
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