The Occult Conspiracy: Secret Societies--Their Influence and Power in World History
by Michael Howard
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An overview of how esoteric brotherhoods have shaped history * Examines the secret chronology and clandestine causes of seminal world events * Shows how secret societies feed into one another, and how they have worked together For thousands of years secret societies--guardians of ancient esoteric wisdom--have exercised a strong and often crucial influence on the destiny of nations. Though largely ignored by orthodox historians, the Freemasons, Knights Templar, and Rosicrucians affected the show more course of the French and American Revolutions as well as the overthrow of the medieval feudal order. Inevitably, the true ideals and esoteric practices of these societies have, at times, been perverted by self-serving individuals. The Nazis and the Bolsheviks, British security forces, the founding fathers of America, and the Vatican have all justified their actions--for good or for ill--by claiming the mystic ideals of secret societies. Michael Howard explores these connections, tracing their effects in politics and statecraft from the time of ancient Egypt up to the present. He sheds light on the influence of secret societies on governments and in the lives of many well-known figures, including Frederick the Great, John Dee, Francis Bacon, Benjamin Franklin, Comte de Cagliostro, Helena Blavatsky, Rasputin, and Woodrow Wilson. He contends that the recent formation of the European Union was directed by an umbrella group of secret societies and reveals that though secret societies have been persecuted throughout history, they have survived and continue to operate powerfully in world affairs today. show lessTags
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Neat, with some facts I hadn't known before, though a tad unscholarly.
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- Original title
- The occult conspiracy : the dark side of politics from ancient Egypt until today.
- Alternate titles
- Secret societies : their influence and power from antiquity to the present day; The Occult Conspiracy: Secret Societies, Their Influence and Power in World History; The Occult Conspiracy: The Secret History of Mystics, Templars, Masons and Occult Societies
- Original publication date
- 1989
- Dedication
- Dedicated to the memory of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Archduchess Sophia von Habsburg, Inuncti coniugo fatis iungunter eisdem.
Rumor is not always wrong.- Tacitus
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. - Benjamin Disraely
It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self. - Francis Bacon - First words
- In order to understand the origins of the occult conspiracy as it first openly manifested in medieval Europe through the secret societies of the period it it advisable to examine their ancient roots which can be traced back t... (show all)o ancient Egypt and the classical civilizations of Rome and Greece.
(note:- yes. the author really did write that rambling, verbose and run on sentence, as is the last one) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)However, the reader can be assured that even in the crisis torn 1980's initiates of the Great White Brotherhood are still working behind the scenes , even if their existence is not recognized or is even denied by those who have no knowledge of their activities and little awareness of the spiritual reality beyond he physical world.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 366.09 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Clubs, Associations, Insurance Standard subdivisions
- LCC
- BF1042 .H64 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Parapsychology Psychic research. Psychology of the conscious
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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