Comprehensive guide to secret societies, from the Freemasons and the Knights Templar to the Rosicrucians and Chinese Triads, including their history, beliefs and secret rituals.
Record details
ISBN:9781554077342 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print 400 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 17 cm.
Publisher:Richmond Hill, ON : Firefly Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The characteristics of secret societies -- The roots of secret societies -- Templars and neo-Templars -- Rosicrucianism -- Freemasonry -- Occult secret societies -- Opus Dei -- The Priory of Sion and the mystery of Rennes -- The Assassins -- Illuminism -- Elites of the new world order -- Italian Masonry's Propaganda Due -- Dark brotherhoods and the Mafia -- The Triads and the Tong.