"Freemasonry in Canada Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from the loose organization of medieval masons (i.e. stone workers) working in the medieval building industry. Freemasonry in Canada traces its origins to the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland, as a result of Canada's history as a dominion within the British Empire. Freemasonry in the United States, including Prince Hall Freemasonry, also influenced the formation of Freemasonry in Canada. Erasmus James Philipps became a Freemason while working on a commission to resolve boundaries in New England and, in 1739,"
"miners that led Gowen ""'to fear, despise and ultimately destroy [him]'"". Molly Maguires The Molly Maguires was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania. After a series of often violent conflicts, twenty suspected members of the Molly Maguires were convicted of murder and other crimes and were executed by hanging in 1877 and 1878. This history remains part of local Pennsylvania lore. The Molly Maguires originated in Ireland, where secret societies with names such as Whiteboys and"
"Garduña The Garduña is a mythical secret criminal society said to have been founded in Spain in the late Middle Ages. It was said to have been a prison gang that grew into a more organized entity over time, involved with robbery, kidnapping, arson, and murder-for-hire. Its statutes were said to have been approved in Toledo in 1420 after being founded around 1417. Spanish historians León Arsenal and Hipólito Sanchiz have traced all references to the Garduña back to the 19th-century book ""Misterios de la inquisición española y otras sociedades secretas de España"" by Víctor de Fereal (maybe a pseudonym"
"Société Angélique The Société Angéliqué was a group of writers and other scholars which formed around the printer/publisher Sebastian Gryphius in Lyon in the mid 16th century during the ""Lyon Renaissance"". It is considered to be the antecedent of the more recent literary societies. According to the cryptographer Claude Sosthène Grasset d'Orcet the group employed masonic trappings and adopted an angel's head as their crest. The Société Angéliqué is purported, by Michel Lamy, to be the secret society behind many esoteric phenomena and movements including the mystery of Rennes-le-Château, the Priory of Sion, and the Thule Society. Lamy indicated that"
"and the narrator have learned, through the emergence of a letter, the nature of Uqbar and Tlön. It goes that a ""benevolent secret society"" was formed ""one night in Lucerne or in London"", in the 17th century, and had Berkeley among its members. That group, a society of intellectuals named ""Orbis Tertius"", studied ""hermetic studies, philanthropy and the cabala"" (an allusion to societies such as the Bavarian Illuminati, the Freemasons and the Rosicrucians), but its main purpose was to create a country: Uqbar. It gradually became clear that such work would have to be carried by numerous generations, so each"
"Berzelius (secret society) Berzelius is a secret society at Yale University named for the Swedish scientist Jöns Jakob Berzelius, considered one of the founding fathers of modern chemistry. Founded in 1848, 'BZ', as the society is called often, is the third oldest society at Yale and the oldest of those of the now-defunct Sheffield Scientific School, the institution which from 1854-1956 was the sciences and engineering college of Yale University. Berzelius became a senior society in the tradition of Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, and Wolf's Head in 1933 when the Sheffield Scientific School was integrated into Yale University."
"was revealed by the alumni news when he won his 2014-2015 Dartmouth Alumni Award for his extensive service to Dartmouth as an alumni volunteer. Dragon Society The Dragon Society or Society of Dragons is a secret society of senior men at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The group's membership and organizational structure are unknown, with notable exceptions. Dragon has been in continuous operation since its founding in 1898. Because it is a secret society, little verifiable information is available about its activities. Membership consists of a small number of senior men who are selected during their junior"
"The Secret of the Way Things Are The Secret of the Way Things Are (also called the Sapiential Work Scroll) is considered a wisdom scroll among the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is authored by a spiritual expert, directed towards a beginner. The author addresses how to deal with business and money issues in a godly manner, public affairs, leadership, marriage, children, and family, and how to live life righteously among secular society. The scrolls were found in Qumran caves one and four, and date approximately from the first century BCE and early first century CE. Parts of six copies were"
"Molly Maguires The Molly Maguires was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania. After a series of often violent conflicts, twenty suspected members of the Molly Maguires were convicted of murder and other crimes and were executed by hanging in 1877 and 1878. This history remains part of local Pennsylvania lore. The Molly Maguires originated in Ireland, where secret societies with names such as Whiteboys and Peep o' Day Boys were common beginning in the 18th century"
"Trident Society The Trident Society is an undergraduate secret society at Duke University. The Trident Society is rumored to have inherited the mission of The Order of the Red Friars and The Order of the White Duchy (the female version of the Friars). The Society seeks to give back to Duke University. The origin of the group remains shrouded in mystery. Frederick Wilson Neu claims to have been a member in 1934, whereas others believe the group came about in the wake of the dissolution of the Order of the Red Friars and Order of the White Duchy. Only recently"
"Book and Snake The Society of Book and Snake (incorporated as the Stone Trust Corporation) is the fourth oldest secret society at Yale University and was the first society to induct women into its delegation. Book and Snake was founded at the Sheffield Scientific School in 1863 as a three-year society bearing the Greek letters Sigma Delta Chi. As other ""Sheff"" societies, it was once residential and maintained a separate residential ""cloister"" at 1 Hillhouse Ave, which was built in 1888 and deeded to Yale after the institution of the residential college system. Members who lived in the society residence,"
"Order of the Solar Temple The Order of the Solar Temple, also known as Ordre du Temple Solaire (OTS) in French and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition, or simply as The Solar Temple, is a secret society and cult that claims to be based upon the ideals of the Knights Templar. OTS was started by Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret in 1984 in Geneva as ""l'Ordre International Chevaleresque de Tradition Solaire"" (OICTS) and later renamed ""Ordre du Temple Solaire"". Some historians allege that the Solar Temple originates with French author Jacques Breyer, who established a ""Sovereign"
"Dragon Society The Dragon Society or Society of Dragons is a secret society of senior men at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The group's membership and organizational structure are unknown, with notable exceptions. Dragon has been in continuous operation since its founding in 1898. Because it is a secret society, little verifiable information is available about its activities. Membership consists of a small number of senior men who are selected during their junior year in a school-wide selection process known as ""tapping."" Every winter and spring, juniors are tapped for the senior societies through a process semi-coordinated"
"Hiéron du Val d'Or The Hiéron du Val d'Or (English: ""Sanctuary of the Golden Valley"") was a Catholic esoteric secret society in France, which existed from 1873 until 1926. It was founded by a Jesuit Victor Drevon and the half-Basque, half-Russian baron Alexis de Sarachaga. It was allied to concepts of royalism and was culturally conservative; it sought to erect a Catholic hermetic freemasonry, contrary to the “secular” freemasonry of the anti-clerical Grand Orient de France and was particularly devoted to Christ the King. The group was founded in 1873 near the shrine at Paray-le-Monial, historical Burgundy, where St. Marguerite-Marie"
"The Secret Series The Secret Series is a series of 'secret'-themed adventure novels written by Pseudonymous Bosch, who is suspected to be Raphael Simon. The series centers on three middle school children, Cass, Max-Ernest, and Yo-Yoji, and their adventures as members of the Terces Society (""secret society"" spelled backwards), a group that keeps a mysterious Secret from being found out or stolen by the Midnight Sun society. One of the subplots of the series is the alchemists of the Midnight Sun searching for the secret to immortality, and the Terces Society's plans to stop them. The first book in the"
"Great Dark Horde The Great Dark Horde is an independent ""household"" (a social sub-group or quasi-fraternal organization) within the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) – a historical reenactment group founded with the aim of studying and recreating pre-17th century Western European cultures and their histories. Although one can also find members in other re-enactment groups, it may very well be the largest household in that organization. It covers all the Kingdoms, though in some Kingdoms members do not always advertise themselves as Hordesmen. The Dark Horde first appeared (or, as they put it, ""walked out of the trees"") at a"
"Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (; or, more commonly, the Golden Dawn (""Aurora Aurea"")) was an organization devoted to the study and practice of the occult, metaphysics, and paranormal activities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known as a magical order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was active in Great Britain and focused its practices on theurgy and spiritual development. Many present-day concepts of ritual and magic that are at the centre of contemporary traditions, such as Wicca and Thelema, were inspired by the Golden Dawn, which became"
"the Dawn Society, also sometime improperly called the ""Magical Dawn Society"". Its practitioners are called ""Waabanow"" and the practices of ""Waabanowin"" referred to as the ""Waabano"". The ""Wabanowin"" are distinct society of visionaries. Like the ""Midewiwin"", the ""Waabanowin"" is a secretive animistic religion, requiring an initiation. But unlike the ""Mide"", the ""Waabano"" have sometimes two levels and sometimes four. This variation being dependent on the particular lodge. They were systematically imprisoned in mental hospitals by the United States government in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Because of this persecution the ""Waabanowin"" went underground and have just begun"
"Society of Esoteric Endeavour published a compilation of nineteenth and early twentieth century texts about the Society in a volume entitled ""The Society of the Horseman's Word"". Limited to an edition of one thousand copies, the first hundred copies contained an envelope inside within which was contained a piece of horse hair knotted in exactly the same manner as that which was originally used to invite prospective members into the Society. The Horseman's Word The Horseman's Word, also known as the Society of Horsemen, is a fraternal secret society operating in Britain for those who work with horses. Established in"
"based on the hypothesis that the Roman secrets of masonry construction were never utterly lost in Italy but were passed on by the mason brotherhoods, which were supposed to be among the numerous documented ""collegii"" in which workingmen joined together for mutual protection, fraternal banqueting and eventual support of their widows throughout the Roman Empire, sometimes associated together as masters of the ""arcana"" or ""mysteries"" of their craft. Each such confraternity was composed of men (never women) located in a single town, and was made up of men of a single craft or those worshipping a single deity, free, freedmen"
"secret society known as the Iron Ring. The module begins in a beleaguered farmstead. The PCs then explore more than of wilderness, with eighteen locations, including a number of mini-dungeons, a ruined city, a riverside village, a frontier town, and a lost valley, with the minions of the Iron Ring waiting for the PCs at every step. B10 ""Night's Dark Terror"" was published by TSR in 1985 as a sixty-four page booklet, a map, and a cardstock counter sheet, with two outer folders. ""Night's Dark Terror"" was written in Britain by Jim Bambra, Graeme Morris, and Phil Gallagher, working for"
"an ancient organization based in Great Britain and with much the same principles: to track and observe immortals. Talamasca Caste The Talamasca Caste is a fictional secret society described in the works of Anne Rice. The Talamasca Caste (or Order of the Talamasca or simply Talamasca) is described as a secret society set up to watch over and keep track of the paranormal, in particular, witches, spirits, werewolves and vampires. Rice describes them as ""psychic detectives"". In the novel ""Prince Lestat"" it is revealed to the vampire Pandora and Ajun that the founder of the Talamasca is the spirit Pandora"
"been provided for such suppositions. The ""Los Angeles Times"" noted that one theory, among many, on the origin of the Saddle Ridge Hoard of gold coins is that it was cached by the KGC, which ""some believe buried millions in ill-gotten gold across a dozen states to finance a second Civil War."" Knights of the Golden Circle The Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret society in the mid-19th-century United States. The original objective of the KGC was to annex a ""golden circle"" of territories in Mexico, Central America, Confederate States of America, and the Caribbean as slave"
"Love of Alma Mater. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor hosts three secret societies: Order of Angell, Phoenix, and the Vulcan Senior Engineering Society. Order of Angell and Phoenix were once under the umbrella group ""The Tower Society"", the name referring to their location in the top of the Michigan Union tower. Michigauma (Order of Angell) was all male while Adara (Phoenix) was all female. Order of Angell, known as ""Order"", is an evolved version of a previous society Michigauma. It was inspired by the rituals and culture of the Native Americans of the United States. Since its creation in"
"Knights of the Ancient Order of the Mystic Chain The Knights of the Ancient Order of the Mystic Chain were a secret society in the US in the late nineteenth century. Founded by Freemasons in 1871, the group had a strong Masonic influence in its rituals and degrees, as well as incorporating elements from the Bible and Arthurian legend. The Knights were organized on three levels. Local units were called ""Subordinate Castles"", state or regional groups were ""Grand Castles' and the highest authority was the ""Supreme Castle"". Also known as the Degree of Naomi, this was a female auxiliary established"
"Aurelian Honor Society Established in 1910, the Aurelian Honor Society (""Aurelian"") is the fifth oldest landed secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. It is a member of the Ancient Eight, which also includes Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, and other ""Sheff Societies"" such as Book and Snake and Berzelius. At the beginning of the 20th century, Yale University had two separate undergraduate colleges, each with separate facilities, administrations, and student bodies. One of these, the Sheffield Scientific School, suffered from student divisiveness due to an active Greek system that separated fraternities from each other, and those"
"Millennium Group The Millennium Group is a fictional secret society featured in the crime thriller television series ""Millennium"". Having begun life as a Christian sect at the end of the 1st century AD, the Group grew into a far-reaching network which, as the 3rd millennium approached, presented itself as a private investigative firm liaising with law enforcement organizations. Despite being fraught with internal schisms, the Group tried on several occasions to artificially instigate the end of the world as the year 2000 approached. The Millennium Group's role as an investigative organization was based on the real-life Academy Group, a society"
"a public declaration claiming to be the current Grand Master of the Priory of Sion. (IT) LE PRIEURÉ DE SION UNA SCIENZA SOCIALE, book of Domizio CIPRIANI, edited by bastogi libri, 2018, . Priory of Sion The Prieuré de Sion (), translated as Priory of Sion, is a fringe fraternal organisation, founded and dissolved in France in 1956 by Pierre Plantard as part of a hoax. In the 1960s, Plantard created a fictitious history for that organization, describing it as a secret society founded by Godfrey of Bouillon on Mount Zion in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1099, conflating it"
"The Night Climbers of Oxford The Night Climbers of Oxford is a secret society, dedicated to nocturnally scaling College and town Buildings in Oxford, England. The society is particularly renowned for its political activism, controversial acts ,and urban exploration. The society was likely inspired by their Cambridge counterparts, The Night Climbers of Cambridge Their activities are forbidden by the University authorities, meaning that acts are completed under the cover of darkness, to avoid detection. Acts of nocturnal climbing in Oxford are reported to date back as early as the 1930's, with members of the Alpine Club and Oxford University Mountaineering"
"bore no resemblance to those of the Golden Dawn, with the exception that they were constructed on the same principles. The name ""Fraternity..."" referred to the inner plane group, and the word ""Society..."" referred to the physical plane group and those members currently incarnated. Thus the group considered 'Fraternity' to be the more senior than the 'Society'. Fraternity of the Inner Light The Fraternity of the Inner Light is a magical society and Western Mystery School founded by Dion Fortune in 1924. It operates from London and accepts pupils. In 1922, after a falling-out with Moina Mathers and with Moina's"
"by witches in making pacts with the devil. The word could allegedly set the workings of a mill into motion without the aid of human assistance. Miller's Word Coined in the 18th century in imitation of the Mason's Word, which restricted access to the lodges of Stonemasons and later Freemasonry, and followed by the Horseman's Word, the Miller's Word identified members of a trade guild formed to restrict entry into and control the profession of grain milling, as well as to protect its members' interests. Like the Masons Word, its foundation was local groups with initiations, passwords, and secret trade"
"Rosicruciana, was an esoteric organisation. Meanwhile, at the start of the 20th century, Druidic groups began holding their ceremonies at the great megalithic monument of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England: the historian Ronald Hutton would later remark that ""it was a great, and potentially uncomfortable, irony that modern Druids had arrived at Stonehenge just as archaeologists were evicting the ancient Druids from it"" as they realised that the structure dated from the Neolithic and early Bronze Age, millennia before the Iron Age, when the druids first appear in the historical record. One member of the Ancient Order of Druids was the"
"that Skull and Bones itself controls the Central Intelligence Agency. Skull and Bones Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The oldest senior class society at the university, Skull and Bones has become a cultural institution known for its powerful alumni and various conspiracy theories. The society's alumni organization, the Russell Trust Association, owns the organization's real estate and oversees the membership. The society is known informally as ""Bones"", and members are known as ""Bonesmen"". Skull and Bones was founded in 1832 after a dispute among Yale debating societies Linonia,"