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This category contains everything on Secret Societies. Often times it is the members of these groups that begin revolutions or activist movements to create a momentous change in society or seek to influence the culture.

Altar

The use of an altar

Of all kinds, the Altar is one of the most common pieces of lodge furniture in secret societies, usually placed at the center of the lodge room, draped with an altar cloth, and provided with one or more symbolic objects. The existence of altars in lodge rooms is one of the facts most often pointed out by Christian critics of secret...
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Tools and techniques of control

In a previous post one can read that rituals are one of the techniques to control. Secret societies throughout our history, such as the Templars, the Freemasons, and many other groups that operate under the radar and with elaborately structured ritualistic methods, often incorporate the same types of behavior modification methods when dealing with keeping initiates and members on track and...

Vlad Dracula’s Diadem

The Maier Files universe is steeped in references to ancient knowledge, sacred geometry, and esoteric symbolism. Among its many mysteries are the connections to figures such as Parzival and symbols like the rose. But another historical character may hold an intriguing link to these themes: Vlad III Dracula. His enigmatic diadem—seen in the Ambras Castle portrait—hints at celestial knowledge and esoteric traditions that span millennia, a connection that fits perfectly within the Maier Files’ web of hidden truths and cosmic […]...
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What The Heck Is Holy Vehm?

In the midst of the thirteenth century, outlaw gangs and mercenaries roamed the lawless region between the Rhine and the Weser rivers in Westphalia, Germany. The free men and commoners created the Chivalrous Order of the Holy V(F)ehm. It was a secret vigilante society to guard themselves from those bandits and outlaws. At first, the resistance group had the approval of...

When fiction becomes reality, Black Lodges

In the occult scene of the late nineteenth and mid twentieth centuries, a black lodge was a term for occult orders and secret societies dedicated to the study and routine of evil magick. Many of the occult authors of this period treat the presence and activities of the Black Lodges as a matter of common knowledge. They discuss in detail the...
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Who killed Calvi?

On 18 June 1982 the body of Roberto Calvi was found swinging on a length of orange nylon rope beneath Blackfriars Bridge, London. He had ÂŁ10,000 worth of sterling, Italian lire and Swiss francs in his wallet and his trousers were stuffed with bricks and stones from a nearby building site. The British coroner recorded a case of suicide. Banco Ambrosiano Roberto Calvi certainly had reasons to kill himself. The 62-year-old Italian had chaired Banco Ambrosiano, Italy’s second largest private […]...
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