The Secret Societies of All Ages & Countries - Volume 1Cosimo, Inc., 1. nov. 2005 - 376 sider This society, probably the most pernicious association which has ever existed in Europe, was, or is-for we have no proofs that it has ceased to exist-an association of blacklegs, thieves, extortioners, rogues and villains of every kind... -from "The Camorra" From the modern intrigue of conspiracy theories to the immense popularity of The Da Vinci Code, the fascination with secret societies-and their arcane knowledge and power-has never been so rampant. This monumental, encyclopedic work details the initiations and ceremonies, the codes and customs of mysterious organizations from ancient times to the modern world. First published in 1875 and completely revised and updated in 1897, this remains the definitive, authoritative guide to secret societies... and to the spiritual evolution of humanity they represent. Volume I explores: the Magi and the Mithraics . Egyptian priests and kings Chinese metaphysics . the Druids . Cabbalism and Gnosticism pagan rites and myths echoed in Christianity . heretics the Assassins and the Dervishes . chivalrous knights the Inquisition . Alchemy . the Mafia . the Illuminati and much more. Also available from Cosimo Classics: The Secret Societies of All Ages & Countries: Vol. 2. British historian and author CHARLES WILLIAM HECKETHORN (c. 1826-1902) was born in Switzerland but emigrated to England as a child. Among his writings are a novel, a book of verse, translations of Scandinavian folklore, and the travelogues Italian Lights and Shadows, London Souvenirs, and London Memories. |
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... taken from Pagan Symbols . 130. Celebration of the Mysteries . 131. Astronomical Meaning of Christianity . Prometheus Bound . 133. Abolition of Mysteries 132 . 103-107 II . THE APOCALYPSE -134 . The Apocalypse . 135. Pagan Impostors 108 ...
... taken from Pagan Symbols . 130. Celebration of the Mysteries . 131. Astronomical Meaning of Christianity . Prometheus Bound . 133. Abolition of Mysteries 132 . 103-107 II . THE APOCALYPSE -134 . The Apocalypse . 135. Pagan Impostors 108 ...
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... taken for the facts themselves . The reader will now see that these remarks , the object of which he may not have perceived at first , are not irrelevant ; we cannot understand the origin and meaning of what was taught in the mysteries ...
... taken for the facts themselves . The reader will now see that these remarks , the object of which he may not have perceived at first , are not irrelevant ; we cannot understand the origin and meaning of what was taught in the mysteries ...
Side 13
... taken by the ignorant Jews for a record of actual occurrences , and as such interpolated in Genesis , about 900 years after the composition of that book , and after all the other books of the Old Testament had been written , whence it ...
... taken by the ignorant Jews for a record of actual occurrences , and as such interpolated in Genesis , about 900 years after the composition of that book , and after all the other books of the Old Testament had been written , whence it ...
Side 52
... taken into a dark chamber , called Endimion , meaning an invitation grotto . He now was raised to the degree of Neocoris . Handsome women brought him dainty food ; they were the wives of the priests , who endeavoured to excite his love ...
... taken into a dark chamber , called Endimion , meaning an invitation grotto . He now was raised to the degree of Neocoris . Handsome women brought him dainty food ; they were the wives of the priests , who endeavoured to excite his love ...
Side 53
... taken off , and he was instructed never to thirst after blood , never to leave a corpse unburied , and to believe in the resur- rection of the dead and in a judgment to come . He had then to learn painting , to be able to decorate ...
... taken off , and he was instructed never to thirst after blood , never to leave a corpse unburied , and to believe in the resur- rection of the dead and in a judgment to come . He had then to learn painting , to be able to decorate ...
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THE DRUIDS 93 The Druids the Magi of the West 94 Temples | 73 |
BOOK VIII | 195 |
ALCHYMISTS 238 Astrology perhaps Secret Heresy 239 Process | 201 |
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG 254 Emanuel Swedenborg 255 | 211 |
MARTINISM 266 Martinez Paschalis 267 SaintMartin 217218 | 217 |
THE THUGS294 Introductory 295 Name and Origin 296 Prac | 245 |
THE CHAUFFEURS OR BURNERS301 Origin and Organisation | 252 |
THE CAMORRA 312 Origin of the Camorra 313 Different kinds | 264 |
ROSICRUCIANS 268 Merits of the Rosicrucians 269 Origin of | 273 |
BOOK II | 81 |
SONS OF THE WIDOW 111 Origin of Religion of Love 112 Manes | 89 |
THE GNOSTICS 118 Character of Gnosticism 119 Doctrines | 94 |
CHRISTIAN INITIATIONS 126 Myth of Horus Christianised 127 | 103 |
BOOK IV | 111 |
THE ROSHENIAH154 The Rosheniah Sect and its Founder 155 | 123 |
THE DERVISHES 165 Dervishes 166 Shiites and Sunnites 167 | 132 |
HERETICS 168 Transition from Ancient to Modern Initiations 169 | 137 |
BOOK VI | 147 |
BOOK VII | 161 |
THE BEATI PAOLI 214 Character of the Society 215 Tendencies | 169 |
Condemnation and Execution of Prisoners 226 | 172 |
MALA VITA 326 The Mala Vita 275 | 275 |
BEGGARS TRAMPS AND THIEVES 331 Languages and Signs 332 | 282 |
ASIATIC BRETHREN 281 Origin of the Order 282 Division of this | 291 |
THE SKOPZI341 Various Russian Sects 342 The Skopzi | 292 |
THE CANTERS OR MUCKERS349 Eva von Buttler and her Sect | 301 |
ILLUMINATI 351 The Term Illuminati 352 Foundation of Order | 306 |
THE GERMAN UNION 364 Statements of Founder 315 | 315 |
GERMAN WORKMENS UNIONS 373 Huntsmans Phraseology 374 | 325 |
GERMAN STUDENTS 381 Customs of German Students 382 Ancient | 331 |
INDEX | 345 |
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Side 20 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Side 111 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Side 46 - I am all that has been, all that is, and all that will be, and no mortal has drawn aside my veil.
Side 39 - Initiation. — The periods of initiation were regulated by the increase and decrease of the moon, and the mysteries were divided into four degrees, and the candidate might be initiated into the first at the early age of eight years. He was then prepared by a Brahmin, who became his spiritual guide for the second degree, the probationary ceremonies of which consisted in incessant occupation in prayers, fastings, ablutions, and the study of astronomy. In the hot season he sat exposed to five fires,...
Side 202 - In the Green Lion's bed the sun and moon are born, they are married and beget a king ; the king feeds on the lion's blood, which is the king's father and mother, who are at the same time his brother and sister. I fear I betray the secret, which I promised my master to conceal in dark speech from every one who does not know how to rule the philosopher's fire.
Side 59 - There is much perplexity connected with this subject; since, besides what is mentioned above, the mysteries are also said to have been instituted in honour of Atys, the son of Cybele. Atys means the sun, and the mysteries were celebrated at the vernal equinox, and there cannot, therefore, be any doubt that, like all the other mysteries in their period of decay, they represented the enigmatical death of the sun in winter and his regeneration in the spring. The ceremonies lasted three days. The first...
Side 9 - What is now called the Christian religion, has existed among the ancients, and was not absent from the beginning of the human race, until Christ came in the flesh : from which time the true religion, which existed already, began to be called Christian.
Side 29 - ... and dispensers of the mysteries. By these the novice was received with congratulations, and after having entered into the usual engagements for keeping secret the rites of Zoroaster, the sacred words were entrusted to him, of which the Tetractys, or name of God, was the chief. The Tetractys of Pythagoras is analogous to the Jewish Tetragrammaton, or name of the Deity in four letters. The number four was considered the most perfect, because in the first four properties of nature (11) are comprised...