Members Only. Secret Societies, Sects, and Cults Exposed!

274 Pages·2014·21.05 MB·English

by  Julie Tibbott

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Bilderberg Group
The Bizango
Branch Davidians
Club 33
The Freemasons
The Ghost Club
The Hellfire Club
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
The Illuminati
The Knights Templar
The Lily Dale Assembly
The Machine
The Magic Castle
The Order of the Star Spangled Banner/Know Nothings
Peoples Temple (Jonestown)
Rosicrucianism
Skull and Bones Society
La Santa Muerte
The Thule Society
The Society for Creative Anachronism
The Symbionese Liberation Army
Thugees
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THE BILDERBERG GROUP
FOUNDED: 1954
STATUS: Meets once a year.
EXCLUSIVITY FACTOR: Very, very, very high — only oligarchs,
heads of state, and other ultra-powerful people are allowed access.
SECRECY FACTOR: The discussion at their meetings is strictly off the
record.
THREAT FACTOR: High — it’s said that this group is a “shadow
government” that runs the world.
QUIRK FACTOR: Bilderberg is a magnet for tinfoil hat level
conspiracy theorists, who can be found vigorously protesting outside of
the conference.
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
We peons often feel like we aren’t getting straight talk from the honchos in
charge—but there is at least one place where those fat cats can speak frankly
about issues that have worldwide repercussions. Bilderberg is an annual
conference for about one hundred and forty of the world’s most powerful people.
The group first met in 1954, with the purpose of shoring up US-European
relations and preventing another world war. Now the aim of their annual get-
together is to provide a venue for global elites to share ideas about the future of
the world. What makes it a little sketchy is that the Bilderbergers don’t share the
content of their discussions with the people who are affected by their outcomes.
What happens at Bilderberg stays at Bilderberg.
So, who are the high rollers in the Bilderberg Group? It’s an international
crew of royals, presidents, prime ministers, parliamentarians, cabinet members,
media magnates, and CEOs of many banks and massive corporations. And while
Bilderbergers say that these off-the-record rap sessions simply allow them to
deliberate openly on matters of importance, some outsiders suspect that the
members are part of something much more sinister than the world’s most
exclusive debate club.
Conspiracy theorists believe the group is a threat to democracy, bent on
organizing an international government—a New World Order. They accuse
Bilderbergers of everything from engineering the credit crunch to planning to
kill 80 percent of the world population. Conspiracy theorists also think that
Bilderbergers representing corporate interests rubbing shoulders with politicians
at the conference reeks of lobbying. Members insist that what happens at
Bilderberg doesn’t affect policy, but we may never know the truth.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
You have to be pretty darn influential to be asked to join the Bilderberg Group. If
you aren’t an aristocrat, a powerful politician, the CEO of a major corporation,
or some other global leader, you’ve got no chance of getting in. The gathering is
invite-only, and the guest list changes from year to year. Past attendees include
former US president Bill Clinton, founder and CEO of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos,
and ex-CIA director David Petraeus.