Name: 10 Most Mysterious Secret Societies
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The world is full of secret, underground societies,
that operate in the shadows and meet behind

Some believe these societies are secretly
running the world.

Let's find out more about the organisations
that don't want to be found out.

The Skull and Bones order is senior secret
society at Yale University in Connecticut,

It was founded in 1832 and is still running
today.

Membership is restricted to only a few highly
elite individuals.

Members meet every Thursday and Sunday of
each week in a building called The Tomb.

Both of the Bush presidents were members of
the Skull and Bones society whilst studying

And the majority of its other members have
gone on to achieve great fame and fortune.

Numerous conspiracy theories surround the
group.

Some believe they are the American branch
of the infamous illuminati.

But the most popular theory is that the CIA
was formed by members from the Skull and Bones

society and that they still control the CIA
to this day.

Next up is the Bilderberg Group, the name
for a secretive annual conference of approximately

150 highly influential individuals, membership
is strictly by invitation only.

Consisting of mostly prime ministers and presidents
from the most powerful countries in Europe

and North America, these make up two thirds
of the club's membership.

The other third of the members are said to
be major international bankers and media moguls.

The club meets every year at secretive locations
around Europe and America, what the group

discusses is kept top secret, but is believed
that they discuss how countries and major

organisations can better work together to
improve their economics and defence systems.

In other words they discuss how to run the
world more economically and efficiently.

Because of the secrecy of the group and the
high profiles of its members, the Bilderberg

Group is surrounded by controversy and conspiracy
theories.

The Freemasonry organisation is a deeply historic
fraternity that can trace its roots back to

Freemasons meet regularly and are generally
focused on improving the lives of their members

and community, they also give heavily to charity,
despite this they are highly secretive.

Being such a historic organisation, Freemasons
perform various rituals during their meetings

and use secret signs and handshakes to recognise
fellow Masons.

Conspiracy theorists often link Freemasons
to groups such as the Illuminati, believing

that they are a contributing force to the
new world order.

The Knight's Templar were a military order
setup by the Roman Catholic Church around

The group had a highly secretive initiation
ceremony.

Commonly adorned in distinctive white mantles
with a red cross.

They were the wealthiest and most skilled
fighters of all the Christian Crusades.

There were also non combatant members of the
Knight's Templar who were in charge of managing

the large economic infrastructure throughout
Christendom.

The organisation created financial techniques
that were the earliest forms of banking.

They also built many military fortifications
across Europe and the Holy Land.

One of the most famous legends is that the
illustrious Holy Grail and possibly the Ark

of the Covenant were discovered by the Knight's
Templar at Temple Mount.

The Hashshashin were a mysterious group of
Muslim assassins that operated in the Middle

The group was made up of Shia Muslims who
banded together in order to create a new utopian

The group heavily used guerrilla tactics in
battles against their enemies, such as espionage,

They worked by placing highly trained moles
inside enemy strongholds, and instructed to

It is reported that enemy leaders would awake
in the morning to find a Hashshashin dagger

lying on their pillow, along with a note saying
"you are in our grip."

The group became legendary contract killers.

Even performing jobs for high profile individuals
such as King Richard the Lionheart.

It is believed that the word "Hashshashin"
is where the modern word "assassin" comes

Founded in 1957, the Cadaver Society is a
secret society based at Washington and Lee

The group is extremely secretive and it's
membership and organisational structure are

The society must be very wealthy because it
has made numerous, substantial donations to

It is rumoured that the Cadaver Society has
a network of underground passageways spanning

It is believed the society uses these tunnels
to travel around the campus undetected.

There are peculiar small locked doors all
across campus that seem to support this theory,

Some believe the Cadaver Society to be a branch
of the Illuminati.

Next up is the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn, not the catchiest name for a secret

They were devoted to the study and practice
of the occult, metaphysics and paranormal

activity, and everything considered magical,
during the 19th and 20th centuries.

The order has been one of the single biggest
influences on 20th century Western occultism,

Another infamous occultist organisation is
the Ordo Templi Orientis.

It is an international fraternal and religious
society, founded at the begging of the 20th

It is dedicated to the Law of Thelema, which
was developed by the well known British writer

and occultist Aleister Crowley, who went by
the nickname of "Great Beast".

The organisation uses highly stylised rituals
for initiation.

During their meetings many Ancient Egyptian
Gods are invoked, as well as the Devil.

They are known for sometimes performing their
rituals completely naked.

The Ordo Templi Orientis claims to have over
3,000 members worldwide.

Rosicrucianism is a philosophical secret society
founded in late medieval Germany around the

Rosicrucians opposed Roman Catholicism, rejecting
the idea of Dogma and instead relying on evidence

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