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Nick
Harding.
Secret
Societies.
Pocket
Essentials, 2005.
ISBN
1904048412.
Hardback.
186 x
124mm.
160pp.
Publisher's
recommended price £9.99
Secret Societies in one
form or another have existed throughout the history of human culture.
But what is their appeal? What is it that makes so-called respectable
people indulge in peculiar ceremonies, dressed in fanciful costumes
uttering blood-curdling oaths of loyalty with the threat of death
hanging over them should they reveal the inner workings of the cult?
Are these organisations simply a way for like-minded followers to get
together in a convivial atmosphere for purely social reasons or is
there really a dark side to their activities. Are they really trying,
as some have suggested, to control world affairs for their own
nefarious ends or in some cases harbour the Devil? Are the secret
societies' claims that they are in the possession of great knowledge or
valuable secrets also true? Are they really trying to engineer history
or keep hidden that which may bring about the fall of a religion or a
country?
In Secret Societies Nick
Harding describes some of the best known ancient, medieval and modern
organisations, along with some of their least known counterparts. He
highlights the similarities that all these cults have - they all work
to a similar pattern and that basic human psychology plays a far more
important role in their continued existence and their enduring appeal
than any hidden wisdom, knowledge or world-shattering secret.
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