The most famous secret societies in the world. Secret societies that no one knows about

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“Putin was a liberal, but the security forces replaced him”

How secret societies operate in Russia. Interview

Half a century ago, the 35th President of the United States, John Kennedy, was assassinated. His death still remains one of the main mysteries of humanity. He believed in a conspiracy against America and against himself and did not hide his faith, for which, apparently, he paid. All these years, the official interpretation says that Kennedy was killed by an insane loner - Lee Harvey Oswald, processed in the USSR. However, over the years, the assertion that Kennedy fell at the hands of the secret services, behind which stand the mysterious “masters of the world,” is becoming more and more powerful.

As the Assange and Snowden revelations show, secret power does exist. Numerous stories in Russian politics, such as the “Serdyukov case” or the “Navalny case,” also indicate that decisions are made somewhere in closed offices. Conspiracy theories about the structure of the world are in the minds of not only the “broad interested masses.” It seems that Vladimir Putin believes that the State Department is in charge of any protest sentiments in the country. Opposition leaders believe in a conspiracy by a group of “security officials” from the FSB, “patriots” believe that the Soviet Union was destroyed under the dictation of Western economic advisers, liberals believe in a fascist underground that is about to stage a rebellion and come to power.

Half a century after the landmark murder that shocked the whole world, we talk about secret societies with Pavel Sviridov, futurologist, astrologer, president of the Foundation for Temporal Research, Analysis and Forecast. So what mysterious palaces do they lead to? invisible threads authorities?

"The task of controlling the world's population has become easier"

Pavel Vladimirovich, in his last speech Kennedy stated: "The very concept of secrecy is contrary to the free and open society. We are, by nature and history, a people opposed to secret societies, secret orders and closed meetings.” In your opinion, has anything changed in world politics since the Kennedy assassination? Or are those same secret societies and secret organizations still strong and influential?

Kennedy was assassinated for trying to destroy the corporate solidarity of the secret power. He was going to make public information that would fall into the category of not just secret, but top secret. He was going to say that there are groups that place themselves above national boundaries and are going to use states to their advantage. The secret power did not forgive this not only to John Kennedy himself, but also to his entire clan. Over these half a century, the name Kennedy was not heard anywhere in power circles.

- Who exactly didn’t forgive?

Those same secret organizations that he was talking about. There is official and secret power. The official one is for the sake of image; it is both a democracy with separation of powers and a dictatorship. But both of these types of regimes are just facades. There is a secret power that really rules. Since the task now is to globalize society and create single organism called “Earth,” then within the secret societies themselves the struggle intensified over who would stand at the top of this pyramid. Therefore, control over people's minds has become even stronger, punishments have become even more severe, and these groups themselves have become more echeloned.

Pavel Sviridov

That is, secret organizations are not state intelligence services? That is, the secret groups themselves are integrated into the structures of the state and, in fact, use it?

In conditions when globalization occurs and the boundaries of national states are blurred, we must talk about certain transnational communities that carry out one or another task set from above. System similar organizations always pyramidal and hierarchical. One of the main principles of these societies is that only a narrow circle owns information; only the task descends below, but not the information itself. That is, none of the members of such societies knows the completeness of the information, and does not even know the final customer of the task. He just has to carry out the task unquestioningly. The very possession of information implies its limitation. Otherwise, the very meaning of secrecy disappears and the organization becomes public and vulnerable.

- If you outline the field schematically secret organizations, what do they represent from an ideological point of view?

Once upon a time, almost all ideologies had secret societies. Communists, leftists, liberals, various kinds rebels and revolutionaries. But today characteristic feature Such societies have become the absence of ideology. I repeat, the performer does not know who the final customer of the action is. His task is only to execute. Today, secret societies are more likely information and corporate structures, which are characterized by the presence of teams and a feedback system. This is a kind of central and peripheral nervous system. Today, such organizations act more likely not out of ideological guidelines, but according to circumstances: when they got hot, they pulled their hand back. The combination of different secret societies leads to the fact that the process becomes complex, flexible and structurally dispersed. As a result, it is almost impossible to fight such organizations - they do not have a permanent decision-making center. The center can be formed anywhere in the network; the most important thing is to know the access codes and passwords. Thus, we are faced with a very sophisticated structure that combines the broadest horizontal connections (social networks, communities, etc.) and a rigid vertical system of management, targeting, coordination and financing. It is very difficult to fight such communities, but it is possible... if you have the same.

“The main thing is not to be mistaken that you are anonymous on the Internet”

But Assange and Snowden seem to have shown that modern technologies make it possible to organize the leakage of information and its publication, and thereby deprive secret organizations of confidentiality. Is not it?

Karl Marx also said that technology is changing the world. Of course, such a small thing as the Iphone or Ipad changed the world. Yes, it allowed the world to become more crowded, a kind of “big village” in which information spreads instantly. But this is the danger of increasing manipulation of people’s consciousness. The level of information noise has increased significantly; now so much information is being produced that it is becoming very difficult to find what you need. This is also a tactic of secret societies. There is, as you know, the theory of controlled chaos. Outwardly, it seems that this is just a pile of information. But chaos itself is subject to certain laws.

And in general, the very information revolution that you are talking about united the world only at first glance. It also served to a large extent to divide people. Each of us, possessing one or another gadget, gradually begins to create our own illusory universe, a matrix. When we enter social networks, we determine our preferences, then we make thematic queries in search engines, but we must understand that all this does not happen anonymously, all this is tracked, analyzed and systematized. And then social networks and search engines begin to “pull” news and information to our account that they believe may be of interest to us. On the one hand, this is convenient, but in the end everyone gets only what they want to see. We see only that part of the matrix that is interesting to us. Accordingly, among all this information noise there must be a supersystem, it is also sometimes called Internet-2 or Internet-3, which, on the one hand, localizes information flows, and on the other, analyzes and systematizes them. And thus a mosaic of interests and preferences of members of the information society is created.

The main thing: do not be mistaken that when you are on the Internet, you are anonymous. Even systems for hiding your IP address, such as Tor, are only an illusion. She's been under control for a long time. Moreover, there is now a whole trend towards creating supposedly anonymous proxy servers. But in fact, they are created so that the user believes in anonymity, but in fact ends up on the hook of certain intelligence services. The Internet is a field where there is no anonymity. So for representatives of secret societies, the task of controlling the world's population became easier.

They are also capable of distorting information, as in famous film“The tail wags the dog” when a war with Albania was invented to distract the attention of voters. We know that in Qatar, scenes of cities were created against the backdrop of which supposedly popular protests took place as part of the “Arab Spring.” There are suspicions that the war in Syria is also largely staged, and footage of the battles is rapidly spreading around the world via television and the Internet. As you rightly noted, as a result of the information revolution, information leaks sometimes occur, but they only show small fragments of the truth. Everything else still remains in the shadows.

“Power does not lie with officials, but with groups”

Then, by what signs in the public space can one understand that these groups are operating, for example, in Russia?

Sometimes these groups operate openly. If you remember, Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin and some other leading Russian politicians were awarded Order of Malta. We must understand that those Masonic societies, which are most often associated with secret organizations, today are, rather, of a decorative and historical nature, and influence on the authorities has long ceased to be theirs. It is difficult to say where decisions are made. But there really are signs.

When I worked in the apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I remember that when preparing the next reform in the ministry, a thick folder of documents was created, which contained proposals from different departments for optimizing the structure, staffing table and so on. But the next day, the heads of departments received completely different documents, which reflected a completely different reorganization of the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On the basis of what and who came up with all this and changed it, none of the department heads and employees found out. But somewhere overnight everything was rewritten and presented as a reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Where did this happen, in which offices? This is just one particular example. There are recollections of our economists who worked in the government in the 90s, who claim that they sometimes received texts of decrees in English by fax. And they did not always have time to translate them into Russian in the proper quality. Translated to a quick fix, they were even published in print, and only then the necessary corrections were made to them.

All this suggests that there are pressure groups that act on certain commands from the outside. They are not united; each of them is trying to implement one or another strategy on the territory of our country. And sometimes we see laws adopted at first glance that seem strange. You can often hear the exclamation: “Where is the logic, who wrote these laws, who voted for them!” But I always say: if there is no external logic, then look for the hidden one. There are hidden motives and meanings that led to the creation of this document. And don’t call those who write and pass these laws fools. There are no fools there. These are smart and sophisticated people. As Andrei Makarevich sang: “Oh, what a shame it is sometimes that the owner is not visible: the thread goes up and into the darkness.”

And yet, analyzing political processes, can you outline the field of secret organizations in our country from the point of view of their interests? For example, Vladimir Putin himself accuses the opposition of being behind it by the State Department, whose task is the collapse of Russia with all the ensuing consequences. The opposition accuses Putin of coming to power thanks to staged terrorist attacks, and now the country is ruled by an oligarchy of his friends and acquaintances from sports, service in the KGB and the Ozero cooperative. Is this a simplified picture of secret power in Russia? Or is it quite adequate?

Putin himself belongs to the group of young reformers, who all, one way or another, were trained in Western countries. He was the vice-rector of Leningrad State University and was responsible for selecting and preparing students for internships abroad. You can see for yourself that many of the young reformers are still active in Russian politics, with the exception of some who have already died.

But there is also a group of “siloviki” around Putin who do not belong to the young reformers, but call themselves patriots and statesmen. They have their own views on the development of the country and their own corporate interests. And Putin himself, as a hired manager, maneuvers between these groups. And many decisions come from these groups.

By the way, please note that between the President and the Prime Minister in Lately Relations in public have become strained. It would seem that the president is endowed with enormous powers. With one stroke of the pen, he can remove the obstinate head of government from office. But no, as it turns out, it can’t. What does this mean? About the fact that power is not with officials. This is my hypothesis.

In addition to the young reformers and the “siloviki”, there is an Islamic lobby that is associated with the countries Arab world. There are those forces that would like to see Russia as a raw material appendage of China. They also act in positions of power. Imagine five fingers. They are different in shape, but they all belong to the same hairy hand.

“It is possible that the security forces decided to quietly replace a person associated with the young reformers with someone who owes them nothing.”

- What is her overall goal and task?

They are all united by the goal of preventing the formation of the national identity of the people who inhabit this country. Let's say that First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov comes to Tatarstan and meets with all national communities except Russians. And at the same time he declares that every resident of the republic must be able to speak the Tatar language, regardless of ethnicity. Is this not a hidden call for the isolation of Tatarstan from Russia? What consequences does this lead to? Russians began to convert to Islam en masse in order to stay in this republic. Let me remind you that everything started the same way in Chechnya.

If we do not develop a national consciousness, we will continue to be a captured territory, a country that lost in the third world war. If there is a crystallization of the collective unconscious of our people, what can be called the Russian egregor, then there will be a revolution in the power pyramid, a revolution and a redistribution of national wealth. This is, of course, completely unprofitable for the “Hand”.

But you are saying the same thing as Putin and his security forces: certain forces from outside want the collapse of Russia and control over its resources. Only they call revolution an instrument of collapse, and you, on the contrary, call it a way to revive and preserve Russia. So who is Putin: an agent of some forces from outside or a patriot-statist? Are you with him or against him? There's something I don't understand...

In turn, I must say that I also don’t quite understand what you mean by the word “Putin.” Are you talking about those media characters who are similar to the original Putin? Or are you talking about a certain vertical of power, the system of government that has been built in Russia over the past ten years? We must understand that Putin 12 years ago was one person, Putin today is another. If not physically, although I admit this, then in ideological views this is certainly a different person. You understand that Putin’s rise to power was lobbied by a circle of young reformers. His rhetoric and actions then were radically different from what he says now. Then he actively sold off national wealth, abandoned military bases abroad, sank the Mir station, gave the Tarabarov Islands to China, and part of the shelf to Norway, created seven federal districts, the prototype of future states in the place of Russia... And this is where they intervene in the game " security forces." They understand that the country is being taken away from their control. What to do? Coup? Well, you can’t strangle him with a scarf, like Paul I did in his time. The system of doubles has existed for a long time, it has long been tested in world politics and has been used many times. Moreover, we had a laboratory for the production of such doubles. They made a double of Luis Corvalan and someone else there. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that in the minds of a group of “siloviks” the idea arose, unnoticed by external eyes, to remove a person who is bound by obligations with the young reformers, and replace him with someone who owes them nothing. You can see the results for yourself.

- Then what is the fight against the “swamp” opposition, Navalny, the State Department...

Play. We need an external enemy. Why don’t they say anything about our eastern neighbor, who is slowly occupying our territory on Far East? On the part of the State Department, it means there is a threat, but on the part of China, it means there are only friendly intentions? Don’t you remember the plot when Obama, with the voice recorder accidentally turned on, tells Medvedev to “tell his friend Volodya” that everything will be fine when he is re-elected. This suggests that there have been agreements between them for a long time. And Navalny and Bolotnaya are only for domestic consumption. Believing this is like being under the influence of a drug.

“The viability horizon of the system is 5-6 years”

In general, who can really resist secret societies? If we know that any open confrontation for the “hero” will end badly: at best, prison, at worst, the fate of Kennedy.

They are opposed by the logic of history. They really wanted to become immortal, to rule endlessly, from here, by the way, we can observe all sorts of rejuvenation technologies that they use from time to time. But time and the logic of history cannot be outwitted. Society, one way or another, is still developing. Yes, the Internet allowed them to control people, but at the same time, the Internet allows them to build horizontal connections; people’s consciousness develops faster thanks to information. This is a two-way process. Sooner or later it will become impossible to manipulate consciousness as before.

Some extraordinary disasters always occur, and during such events the fabric of the dope instantly breaks, and people’s consciousness begins to awaken, society begins to organize itself. And then the system realizes that it is powerless. Remember the “crying Bolshevik” Nikolai Ryzhkov during the earthquake in Spitak? Do you think he cried out of pity? He cried from the realization that everything: the Soviet system had collapsed. He was opposed by the objective logic of history - the resource for maintaining this anti-human, imitation-based system had ended.

Today in our country the same thing is happening real life, but an imitation, when it makes no difference what they say on TV screens. We must judge not by words, but by deeds. Don't you notice the growing disintegration of the country; corruption, which is the basis of this system; weakening of the economy and its dependence on hydrocarbon production? On the one hand, there are calls to preserve integrity, on the other, steps that lay the foundation for the collapse of the country. On the one hand, there are calls to develop the economy, on the other, the fate of a raw materials appendage and a third world country. Imitation!

"The figure we call 'Putin' will be the sacrificial lamb after the failure of the Olympics"

- You are an analyst, futurologist, astrologer. When will the changes start?

I already said once that the demarcation line will be the Olympics in Sochi. After its failure, a sacrificial lamb will be needed. Who among us boasted of manual control of the country and the fact that he worked “like a slave on a galley”? He called himself a milk mushroom - well, climb into the back. This concerns the fate of the figure we call “Putin”. As for the system as a whole, its viability resource is limited by a horizon of 5-6 years.

In general, the chronology of the development of Russia is set out in my book “The Myth of the Age of Aquarius” (http://www.ctp.ru/vodoley/). I wouldn’t like to repeat myself, but very briefly, these are the stages. I take 1881 as my starting point, the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, the ideas of a socialist revolution appeared. 36 years pass - that same socialist revolution takes place.

By 1953, the system of socialism was created one way or another, a thaw began, the principles of which were realized 36 years later. In 1989, new slogans were announced: market, democracy, openness, freedom of speech, and so on. And 36 years later, in 2025, these ideas will finally be implemented. A democratic, free, market state. But during the revolution of 2025, new slogans will appear, the main one being the creation of a national state, which will be built over the next 36 years.

Excuse me, but you yourself just said that the world is moving along the path of globalization and the blurring of the boundaries of nation states. Russia as nation state– is this your wish, a reflection of your ideological principles, or is this the objective course of history?

- Technologically and informationally, the world is becoming unified, that’s true. But at the same time, in socio-political life, the greatest successes have been achieved by those countries that have preserved national character economy. Let's take Japan for example, South Korea, Germany. Moreover, these states became national in the presence of US troops. They suppressed the local mafia, corruption, and built a clear business model. I think that the process of reviving national identity does not contradict the technological unification of the world. The second is just a background. Yes, planet Earth is a single organism. But this does not mean that local cultural and ethnic diversity is abolished, that states cease to protect their own interests and the interests of their population. A person has two hemispheres. One is responsible for rational thinking, the other is responsible for figurative and emotional thinking. But they are in the same head, and one another is not mutually exclusive. But those forces that advocate the disappearance of such diversity would like a mess of atomized units to appear instead of a community: such a mess would be easier to manage.

Dossier

Pavel Sviridov graduated from the Red Banner Military Institute, the Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, postgraduate studies, Carnegie Melon University at the Academy National economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, courses at the Computer Training Center “Specialist” at MSTU. Bauman, corresponding member of the Academy of Cosmonautics named after. K. E. Tsiolkovsky. Worked on business trips abroad to China, the USA and Germany.

President of the Foundation for Temporal Research, Analysis and Forecast. Author of astrological programs of the “VegaSviri” family: Standard, Professional, Expert, Horary, Matrix as well as Neuro Hit!, eSybill, Futulizer, Vega Mobile.

Author of the monographs “The Role of Tradition and National Psychology in Chinese", "Singapore - a breakthrough of fifty years", "Sultanate of Brunei", as well as "The Myth of the Age of Aquarius" and numerous publications in the media on historical and astrological topics.

Currently, he is a consultant to a number of government and commercial structures, and also works with private individuals.

Over the centuries-old history of the world, there have been many different mysterious organizations: from ridiculous to militant. Each such community in its own way represents a story of human stupidity and error.

Mikhail Vinogradov about the world behind the scenes

In 2012, world news agencies reported the decryption of a mysterious document, originally designated as the Codex Copiale. There is no provenance, as well as information about the current owner of the manuscript. According to some reports, the 105-page manuscript, bound in green and gold glazet, was discovered in the archives of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR back in the 1970s.

A group of scientists from different countries managed to crack the code and read the mysterious book. It turned out that the codex, written in German in the 18th century, contained an initiation ritual for a German secret (similar to the Masonic) society, which was called Oculisten("Eye Opener").

Members of the secret society were ophthalmological surgeons from the Lower Saxon city of Wolfenbüttel, who imagined themselves as healers and guardians of all medical knowledge about the structure of the eye and vision. It is known that they were engaged in the treatment of cataracts. But no one except the initiates had any idea what was happening behind the scenes of this secret society, where the newcomer was taught to “see” by plucking hair from his eyebrows. After it was possible to decipher other pages of the manuscript, it turned out that Oculisten had another mission - to monitor the Freemasons.

The documents of this secret society included the completely secret rituals of free masons, right down to the very high degrees Freemasonry Now they are quite well known, but at that time such information could only be obtained through espionage. It is possible that the Oculisten were either spies or a splinter group of Freemasonry created to protect their core rituals, if roman catholic church decides to deal with them in the same way as she did with .

It is not clear why the secret society of Irish-born miners in the coal mines of Pennsylvania in Liverpool, England and Canada was called "Molly Maguires"(Molly Maguires). According to employees at Lehigh University, this was the name of an Irish Catholic woman who refused to leave her home when the Protestant English kicked her out. The first mention of this organization is found on the pages The newspapers Liverpool Mercury of 10 May 1853.

In the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania, members of the secret organization Molly Maguires replaced absent unions, campaigning against meager wages and shorter hours. working day from the time of the stock market crash of 1873 until 1878, when, after arrests and executions, the society was dissolved. Working conditions in the mines, with a complete lack of safety measures, were appalling. Deaths and serious injuries occurred hundreds of times a year.

The Irish miners of this underground organization used against the American coal trusts the proven tactics of intimidation and violence that they followed in their struggle against Irish landowners during the so-called “Land War” (or in Irish Cogadh na Talún) between 1870- x to the 1890s. However, modern historians do not have a unanimous opinion about the Molly Maguires’ commitment to bloody acts.

Members of the Molly Maguires organization were accused of murder, arson, kidnapping and other criminal offenses. Members of the society were brought to trial on the basis of the testimony of a private detective from the Pinkerton agency, Irishman James McParlan, also known as James McKenna.

But "the Molly Maguires themselves left virtually no evidence of their existence, let alone their goals and motivations." Even before the investigation began, based on his personal observations, McParlan believed that the Molly Maguires, under the pressure of their activity, adopted the new name “The Ancient Order of Hibernians.” After the investigation began, he estimated that there were about 450 members of this organization in one of the districts.

It is difficult to accurately answer the question of why there are so many perverts among the British establishment. Perhaps the closed nature of establishments for boys played a role here. Although there were plenty of similar institutions among French and Spanish Catholics, as well as among the Orthodox brethren in Greek monasteries.

On May 25, 1895, the English celebrity was escorted to a London prison after his conviction for sodomy. IN Victorian era Articles that sent people to jail for homosexuality were especially popular.

Unfortunately, the talented Wilde met with the illegitimate son of an English officer and a Spanish baroness, who later became the writer and poet George Cecil Ives. In 1892, Ives tried to attract the attention of a celebrity to the problems of homosexuals, but he, to his great disappointment, did not express the slightest interest in the fate of persecuted gays.

In 1897, Ives created the secret Order of Chaeronea - OrderHehronei. In order to stop the oppression of the gay community, this alleged admirer of antiquity named his brainchild in honor of the Battle of Chaeronea that took place in August 338 BC, when the Sacred Band of Thebes, allegedly consisting of friends-lovers. The mistake was a misinterpretation of a Greek word meaning “close or intimate friend,” although it is possible that some warriors used their comrades as sexual partners.

Examining the corpses of the dead, Philip began to cry and said: “Let those who suspect them of being the perpetrators or accomplices of anything shameful die an evil death.”

Centuries later, a tiny group of Oxford scribes translating ancient Greek texts found nothing more valuable in them than the popularization - alas, sometimes literally - of same-sex relationships. Based on their own perversions, the degenerates of the century before last raised the defense of homosexuality and other sexual perversions to their crap standards.

The brains of these figures were as bad as their morals. You had to be a genius to entrust the task of public (!) defense of the “honor and dignity” of fagots to the corrupt members of the underground society!

In 1912, first the English-speaking and then the world community learned partial details of the activities of the secret Leopard People Society, operating in West Africa. The existence of such a cult is so secret in the countries of the Dark Continent, where hundreds of people die every year from the claws and teeth of predators, it is difficult to determine whether an onlooker-tourist or an aborigine was torn to pieces by a beast, or whether he died at the hands of killers imitating a leopard attack.

In the 1950s, a significant portion of the Yoruba people practiced Islam or Christianity, but they still have strong ancient beliefs. Among the most authoritative secret societies in Africa, the ones most often named are Egungun, Oro and Ogboni. In addition to the secret societies of leopards and crocodiles, there is also a secret baboon society.

Little is known about the motives of the members of these societies. For example, whether they are engaged or not. Often, white colonialists invented stories about supposedly savage and barbaric tribes to justify their illegal and blasphemous acts in Western-conquered countries.

There is a world a large number of large organizations, about the type of activity of which most people know practically nothing. And, as we know, everything unknown or known, but not completely, always causes a lot of rumors and speculation. Therefore, secret societies that prefer to remain in the shadows are credited with organizing universal conspiracies and communicating with otherworldly forces.

In fact, most of these “interest circles” are much more harmless than they are trying to make us believe, although among them there are some that actually influenced world history. We decided to study the history of the 10 most famous and powerful secret organizations to figure out when they appeared and why and whether they still exist.

Illuminati

The Illuminati most often refers to the “Order of the Illuminati” of Professor Adam Weishaupt, which existed in the 1700s. His task was the comprehensive improvement of the church and the achievement of general prosperity. The ruler of Bavaria, Karl Theodor, called the Illuminati one of the branches of the illegal community of Freemasons and announced criminal prosecution of members of the society, putting an end to history in 1787. Officially, the order ceased to exist, but it is believed that its remaining members did not abandon their cause and simply went underground. The Illuminati is credited with organizing the French Revolution, the assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, and influencing world politics in the modern world.

Opus Dei

The organization was founded in 1928 by Catholic priest Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. From Latin, the name of the society is translated as “The Work of God,” and what they do is help them find the path to holiness without renouncing everyday life. Most of its members are ordinary people: businessmen, workers, teachers, housewives who appearance are no different from their colleagues. And although the organization does not hide the location of its headquarters, it receives a wide variety of criticism. Due to the closed nature of the community, some Catholic priests consider it dangerous; in addition, Opus Dei is often associated with the use of practices that are characteristic of sects. All this creates a certain aura of mystery around the society, due to which it is often attributed to some kind of secret Catholic society. Adding fuel to the fire of speculation and rumors was Dan Brown, who portrayed Opus Dei in The Da Vinci Code as secret sect, hiding important information.

Templars

The official name of the order is “The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta.” This is a modern offshoot of Freemasonry and is not related to the Poor Knights of Christ, founded by a group of knights in 1119. But the order was made after his example in order to preserve the spirit of this organization. The Order is part of the York Rite and for membership it is necessary to be exclusively a Christian who has completed all the degrees of the Royal Arch, and in some jurisdictions also the degrees of the Crypt.

Black hand

The South Slavic secret nationalist organization appeared in 1911. According to one version, it arose as an offshoot of the People's Defense group, which sought to unite all Slavic peoples. The organization's goal was to fight for the liberation of the Serbs who were under the rule of Austria-Hungary. It included Serbian army officers and some government officials. The Black Hand was associated with a group of terrorists who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose death sparked the outbreak of the First World War. In 1917, by order of the King of Serbia, Alexander I Karageorgievich, the organization was liquidated, and its head, Colonel Dragutin Dmitrievich, and his entourage were shot.

Assassins

The Neo-Ismaili Nizari organization was formed in the 11th century. The society was founded by Hassan ibn Shabbat. Their internal system was built on a strict hierarchy, where the transition to the next level was accompanied by mystical rituals. In the ideology of the sect, the main role was given to anti-feudal, communist and national liberation motives. The assassins have firmly established the reputation of hired killers without fear or reproach, always carrying out their orders. It is believed that the sect ceased to exist in 1256, after the fortresses of Alamut and Meymundiz were taken. According to other sources, some assassins managed to escape and founded a caste of hereditary killers in India. The traditions of assassins were most clearly preserved in the actions of terrorist Muslim sects such as Jihad and Hezbollah, and especially in the fidayeen units.

Thule Society

This occult political German society included all those who later became Hitler's closest advisers. The official name of the organization was the Group for the Study of German Antiquity. They were engaged in researching the origin of the Aryan race. Thule, a mythical northern country from ancient Greek legends, was considered by Nazi mystics to be the capital of ancient Hyperborea. All participants in society viewed the Aryans as a superior race that had lived since the prehistoric era and Atlantis, and the inhabitants of that same Thule were the descendants of the Aryans who managed to escape from Atlantis. Another part of society, which did not believe so much in all sorts of mystical tales, was more interested in the fight against Jews, communists and freemasons. In 1919, members of the Thule created the political organization "German Workers' Party", of which Adolf Hitler became a member. The Thule Society existed until 1933.

Knights of the Golden Ring

In the 1850s and 1860s, a paramilitary organization, the Knights of the Golden Ring, operated in the Midwestern United States. The society was created by Southern sympathizers who wanted to create states where slavery would be legal. The intended areas of action were to be Mexico, Central America and the islands Caribbean Sea. The most famous members of the organization were Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth and the outlaw Jesse James. After the arrest of the leaders and the confiscation of weapons by the government in 1864, the organization ceased to exist.

Sons of Liberty

The organization was founded in 1765 by Samuel Adams. The goal of the society members was to fight for self-determination of the North American colonies. Their motto was “No taxes without representation.” The policy of public resistance included the distribution of thematic pamphlets, protests and open violent actions against the British authorities, for which their activities were equated with criminality and began to be persecuted. After the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, the organization dissolved itself.

Skull and Bones

This is one of the oldest student secret societies in the United States. It arose in 1832 at the instigation of Yale University Secretary William Russell, who decided, together with 14 like-minded people, to create a secret fraternity. They accepted into their club only people from the American aristocracy, Anglo-Saxon origin and Protestant religion. Rumor has it that these days prerequisite entry is only that the candidate must be a leader of his campus. The society included US presidents, senators, judges Supreme Court, because of which it began to be considered a kind of underground group uniting the political elite. Society meetings are held twice a week, but what is discussed and done at them remains a closely guarded secret.

Masons

The official date of the emergence of Freemasonry is considered to be 1717, but there are documents dating back to 1300 years in which Freemasons are already mentioned. Masonic meetings are held in a ritual form, and candidates for regular Freemasonry must believe in a Supreme Being. The Masons themselves say that their goal is moral improvement, the development and preservation of fraternal friendship and charity. It is believed that the community strives to achieve political influence throughout the world. The most famous members of the society were Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, James Buchanan, Bob Dole, Henry Ford, Ben Franklin and many others. In total, about 5 million people around the world are members of the society.

As history has progressed, a huge number of secret societies and conspiracy theories about them have appeared. So, I present to your attention a list of the ten most powerful, popular and famous secret societies, as well as alleged secret organizations.

10. Opus Dei

The rating opens with Opus Dei, or the Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Cause of God - the personal prelature of the Catholic Church, whose main conviction is the belief that people can achieve holiness and ordinary life is a direct path leading to piety. The order was founded in 1928 in Spain by Catholic priest Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer, with the blessing of Pope Pius XII.
Surprisingly, in the pages of one of the best-selling and overrated books in the world, The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown, it was claimed that Opus Dei is a secret organization whose goal is to destroy the Priory of Sion and everyone who tried to reveal the “truth” about Christianity and the truth about Christ's supposed royal lineage. Besides the book, there was also a huge amount of controversy surrounding the strict religious structure of Opus Dei. Since the Catholic Church prohibits secret societies and membership in them, Opus Dei whistleblowers often complain that the organization is secret and conducts secret and sinister activities. politics. Although…
9. Priory of Sion

After the publication of The Da Vinci Code, public attention turned to the Priory of Sion. In fact, to the disappointment of those who wanted to join this community, it was fictitious. It was a hoax perpetrated in 1956 by the pretender to the French throne, Pierre Plantard. Existing letters written by Plantard, de Chérisey and de Sède to each other in 1960 confirm that the three engaged in outright fraud, describing schemes on how to deal with criticisms and various allegations in order to maintain the existence of their fictitious organization. Despite this, many people still continue to believe that the Priory of Sion exists and functions to this day.
Authors famous book“Holy Blood and Holy Grail”, misleadingly claimed:
The Priory of Sion has existed since 1099 and has included such great minds as Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci.
The Order protects certain royals because they believe they are literal descendants of Jesus and his supposed wife Mary Magdalene, or at least King David.
Society strives to create a “Holy European Empire”, which should become the next hyperpower, establishing a New World Order leading to peace and prosperity.
8. Bilderberg Club

This group differs from others in that it has no official membership. This is an annual secret conference of approximately 130 participants, most of whom are influential people in the fields of politics, business and banking, as well as heads of leading Western media. Entry to the conference is by personal invitation only. The meeting is usually held at one of the world's five-star hotels. Topics discussed at the conference are kept confidential. The first meeting took place in 1954 at the Bilderberg Hotel in the Netherlands.
This meeting was organized by several people. Polish immigrant and political advisor Joseph Retinger, who was concerned about the rise of anti-American sentiment in Western Europe, proposed holding a conference where European and American leaders could discuss all pressing issues.
Although the agenda and list of participants were publicly available, details of the meeting remained unknown. In addition, the content of the conferences is kept secret, and visitors undertake not to disclose the issues discussed. The justification for the group's secrecy is that at a meeting, participants can speak freely without fear that every word may be misinterpreted by the media.
Needless to say, this group is constantly surrounded by controversy and theories.
7. Illuminati

The Illuminati (call themselves “enlightened”) is a secret society of occult-philosophical and mystical nature, which was formed on May 1, 1776 in Ingolstadt, by Adam Weishaupt. It was originally known as the "Bavarian Illuminati". The group was considered outlaw at the time, but many influential intellectuals and progressive politicians joined its ranks. Due to the fact that the Illuminati did not consider faith in the Almighty to be the main thing, the society became especially popular among atheists. In addition, most of the participants are humanists. It is widely believed that the Illuminati seeks to overthrow existing religion.
Internal panic over the change in leadership, and government attempts to outlaw the group, led to its destruction in 1785. Despite this, theorists such as David Icke and Was Penre have argued that the "Bavarian Illuminati" exists to this day. Although there is very little evidence for this theory. It was even believed that the Skull and Bones Society was an American offshoot of the Illuminati.
Many believe that the Illuminati still controls the operations of the world government and that they want to create a One World Government based on humanism and atheistic principles.
6. Templars

Sixth place in the list of the most famous secret societies in the world is occupied by the Templars - an international, philanthropic, knightly order associated with Freemasonry. This is a modern offshoot of Freemasonry, which is not directly related to the spiritual knightly order founded in the Holy Land in 1119 by a small group of knights led by Hugh de Payns, after the First Crusade. Modern Templars deny their connection with the medieval order, but actively use its symbols and ideas.
To become a member of the society you must be a third degree Mason. Despite Freemasonry's claims that no Masonic organization is a direct descendant of the medieval Knights Templar, certain titles and rituals are apparently copied from the medieval order. These are known as "jubilee titles" or degrees. However, despite the official statements of the fraternity, some Masons, "non-Masons", and even anti-Masons insist that certain Masonic rites and titles have direct Templar influence.
5. Hermetic Order "Golden Dawn"

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or, in most cases, simply the Golden Dawn) is a magical order, an occult organization active in Great Britain during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its members practiced theurgy, magic, alchemy and encouraged the spiritual development of their adherents. Considered the progenitor of most occult groups.
The Golden Dawn belief system is mainly taken from Christian mysticism, bondage, alchemy, religion ancient egypt, Freemasonry, Hermeticism, Theosophy, Magic and Renaissance Letters. William Westcott and Aleister Crowley are the most famous members of the group.
The fundamental documents of the order, known as the "Cypher Manuscripts", were translated into English using a cipher written by Johannes Trithemius. On 60 sheets of document, magical rituals were described, the basic structure of which comes from the Rosicrucians.
4. Order of the Eastern Templars

The Order of the Eastern Templars is an international occult-religious organization that has existed since 1902. It was originally conceived by Karl Kellner, Franz Hartmann and Theodor Reuss as a Masonic academy that would reflect the symbolism of several occult and mystical communities. But in 1912, the organization turned into a carrier of the teachings of Thelema under the leadership of the occultist Aleister Crowley.
The Order considers itself associated with Freemasonry, but it has not received recognition from Masonic organizations and is classified by a number of researchers as “pseudo-Masonry.” On this moment has about 3,000 members. They have several levels of initiation, and also perform stylized rituals with the participation of virgin clergy, children and priests. Gods from Egyptian mythology and the devil are mentioned.
3. Rosicrucian Order

Rosicrucianism (Order of the Rosicrucians, Rosicrucians, "Order of the Rose and Cross") is a theological and secret mystical society believed to have been founded during the late Middle Ages in Germany by Christian Rosenkreutz.
It is interesting that between 1607 and 1616 two anonymous manifestos were published, first spreading in Germany and then throughout Europe. They bore the names Fama Fraternitatis RC (Glory of the Fraternity) and Confessio Fraternitatis (Creed of the Fraternity). Under the influence of these documents, representing the "most honorable order" of mystic-philosopher-scientists spreading the "worldwide reformation of mankind", the ground was set for the movement that Frances Yates later called the "Rosicrucian Enlightenment". The third important document in society arose back in 1459. He described how Christian Rosenkreutz, a traveler and alchemist, married the king and queen in the Wonderful Palace.
“Rosicrucianism” was associated with Protestantism and, in part, Lutheranism. According to historian David Stevenson, "Rosicrucianism" also influenced the development of Freemasonry in Scotland. Many secret societies have claimed to have received their lineage and sacraments, in whole or in part, from the original "Rosicrucians". There are now a huge number of Rosicrucian groups, each claiming to be closest to the original.
2. Freemasonry

Freemasonry is an international movement aimed at the spiritual improvement of the individual and the brotherhood of people of different religions, nationalities and views. Some researchers suggest that Freemasonry originates from the associations of builders who built the pyramids in Egypt, others argue that the movement originates from the late 16th - early 17th centuries from construction associations of masons.
Be that as it may, Freemasonry is now widespread throughout the world and is represented in various organizational forms - lodges, grand lodges, supreme councils, chapters, Areopagus, consistories, federations and confederations. The total number of representatives of this movement in the world is estimated at 4,000,000 people.
Masons conduct their regular meetings in a ritual style. They use special signs and handshakes to reveal themselves to other possible Freemasons. Marks vary by lodge and are changed and updated frequently. This protects the groups from outsiders wanting to enter the lodge. Freemasons wear special stylized clothing that was worn by freemasons in the Middle Ages. The most famous wardrobe item is the apron.
To become a Freemason, you must be recommended (in some cases 3 times) by someone already in the lodge. You must be over 18 years old and sufficiently educated. Many religions prohibit joining this order, for example the Roman Catholic Church anathematizes such people.
1. Skull and Bones

Skull and Bones is a secret society of Yale University students, formerly known as the Brotherhood of Death. It is the oldest university secret society in the United States. It was organized in 1832 and uses rituals similar to Freemasonry to this day. Its members meet every Thursday and Sunday in a building they call "The Tomb."
The names of people included in the society were never kept secret until 1970. It is known that Bush father and son, the Rockefellers, as well as many representatives of the highest US elite were its members.
Interestingly, some have suggested that the CIA is composed entirely of members of the order. However, in 2007, the Central Intelligence Agency issued an official statement that it had no connection with the Skull and Bones Society.

There are many legends surrounding secret societies. Some are sure that these organizations rule the world, others - that they are dangerous because they possess occult knowledge... But no one really understands what they do... One way or another, some of the medieval secret orders still exist. Today we will talk about the most famous of them.

Masons

The first Masonic lodge appeared in London in 1717, although rumors about this organization had circulated before. The goal of the society is the transfer and research of esoteric knowledge accumulated by humanity. Contrary to popular misconceptions, this is not a sect or a political organization at all. The Masons have a complex internal hierarchy, their own system of rituals and secret signs by which they recognize each other.

Rosicrucians

This is an occult society founded at the beginning of the 15th century by Christian Rosenkreutz. Magical practices they were used to transform consciousness. Some researchers believe, by the way, that it was from the Rosicrucians that all other secret societies came, including the Masons.

Illuminati

The Order of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded in 1776 in Ingolstadt by philosopher, theologian and law professor Adam Weishaupt. Initially, Weishaupt planned to build his organization on the basis of Masonic traditions, but later decided to go his own way, although the order for a long time was associated with Freemasonry. There is a version that the Illuminati still secretly controls the world and it is they who should be blamed for various cataclysms, political and economic crises. Meanwhile, there is no evidence that the Illuminati exists in our time.

Templars

The founders of the Templar Order were beginning of XII centuries nine knights who took a vow to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land. Later, the order began to grow, it had followers in many European countries. The Templars were a very strong and powerful organization that had real power, wealth and influence. There is even a legend that they owned such Christian relics as the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail and the Blood of Christ. But after they were persecuted and mass executed in the 14th century, the order lost its influence... Although perhaps this is just an illusion. In any case, rumors about the Templars still pop up in different parts of the world.

Skull and Bones

This secret society was founded by William Russell in 1832 at Yale University. Initially it was called the Eulogia Club. The organization is quite influential in our time. Among the members of Skull and Bones are heads of state, major industrial magnates, and heads of intelligence services. Society meetings are held twice a week. Although the organization borrowed many rituals from the Freemasons, some experts argue that it is just a harmless student fraternity...

Bohemian Club

This is a private men's arts club located in San Francisco. Every year in July, its members gather in Monte Rio, California, to an estate on the territory of the Bohemian Grove with red trees... The first such “race” took place back in 1899.

According to some reports, the club has 1,500 members, including presidents, government officials, bankers, industrialists, famous artists and musicians... To join the club, they say, you need to wait at least 15 years. It is believed that all these people come here on vacation, but there are known cases when commercial deals were concluded in the Bohemian Grove and important agreements were signed... There are also rumors that Masonic, Satanist and other occult rituals are held there, since there are many representatives of the Bohemian Club various secret societies.