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=== Note about the following lists === | |||
By their very nature, secret societies are difficult to track and document. The following purport to be lists of secret societies. But many members of such societies would deny that they are, in fact, secret societies. Such denials might be well-founded; in that case, the ''Citizendium'' is simply mistaken to assert that an organization might count as a secret society. But in many other cases, such denials are required as part of the very nature of secret societies: not only is certain information about the organization secret, the fact that there is such a society and such secret information is itself part of the secret, and so should be denied by members. | By their very nature, secret societies are difficult to track and document. The following purport to be lists of secret societies. But many members of such societies would deny that they are, in fact, secret societies. Such denials might be well-founded; in that case, the ''Citizendium'' is simply mistaken to assert that an organization might count as a secret society. But in many other cases, such denials are required as part of the very nature of secret societies: not only is certain information about the organization secret, the fact that there is such a society and such secret information is itself part of the secret, and so should be denied by members. | ||
==International or non-governmental organizations== | ==International or non-governmental organizations== | ||
These groups are often considered and talked about in the context that they are secret societies: | |||
These groups are often considered and talked about in the context that they are secret societies | |||
{{r|Bilderberg Group}} | {{r|Bilderberg Group}} | ||
{{r|Council on Foreign Relations}} | {{r|Council on Foreign Relations}} | ||
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==Student societies== | ==Student societies== | ||
{{r|Anak Society}} | {{r|Anak Society}} | ||
{{r|Berzelius (student society)}} | {{r|Berzelius (student society)}} | ||
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{{r|Order of the Solar Temple}} | {{r|Order of the Solar Temple}} | ||
{{r|Ordo Templi Orientis}} | {{r|Ordo Templi Orientis}} | ||
==Historical secret societies== | ==Historical secret societies== | ||
{{r|Afrikaner_Broederbond}} | {{r|Afrikaner_Broederbond}} | ||
{{r|Beati paoli}} | {{r|Beati paoli}} | ||
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{{r|Wide Awakes}} | {{r|Wide Awakes}} | ||
{{r|White Rose Society}} | {{r|White Rose Society}} | ||
==Revolutionary or underground organizations== | ==Revolutionary or underground organizations== | ||
{{r|al-Qaeda}} | {{r|al-Qaeda}} | ||
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==Secret society — alleged secret societies== | ==Secret society — alleged secret societies== | ||
Either existence, or secret society status, is subject to significant doubt. | |||
Either existence, or secret society status, is subject to significant doubt | |||
{{r|The Elders of Zion}} | {{r|The Elders of Zion}} | ||
{{r|The Green Man}} | {{r|The Green Man}} | ||
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{{r|Order of the Solar Temple}} | {{r|Order of the Solar Temple}} | ||
{{r|Church of Scientology|Scientology}} | {{r|Church of Scientology|Scientology}} | ||
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Topics
Note about the following lists
By their very nature, secret societies are difficult to track and document. The following purport to be lists of secret societies. But many members of such societies would deny that they are, in fact, secret societies. Such denials might be well-founded; in that case, the Citizendium is simply mistaken to assert that an organization might count as a secret society. But in many other cases, such denials are required as part of the very nature of secret societies: not only is certain information about the organization secret, the fact that there is such a society and such secret information is itself part of the secret, and so should be denied by members.
International or non-governmental organizations
These groups are often considered and talked about in the context that they are secret societies:
- Bilderberg Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Council on Foreign Relations [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Edelweiss [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Thule-Gesellschaft [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Land and Liberty [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Royal Institute of International Affairs [r]: Add brief definition or description (also known as Chatham House)
- The Club of Rome [r]: Add brief definition or description
Student societies
- Anak Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Berzelius (student society) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bishop James Madison Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Book and Snake [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cambridge Apostles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Flat Hat Club [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Order of the Acropolis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Phi Beta Kappa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quill and Dagger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scroll and Key [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Seven Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Skull and Bones [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Society of the Pacifica House [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sphinx Head Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
Fraternal organizations
- The Masons [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Shriners [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Order of DeMolay [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Order of the Eastern Star [r]: Add brief definition or description
- AMORC (Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Confraternity of the Rose Cross [r]: Add brief definition or description
- SRIA (Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- National Society of Pershing Rifles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Order Militia Crucifera Evangelica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Order of the Solar Temple [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ordo Templi Orientis [r]: Add brief definition or description
Historical secret societies
- Afrikaner_Broederbond [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Beati paoli [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Black Dragon Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Illuminati [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Knights of the Golden Circle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Know-Nothings [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ku Klux Klan [r]: Add brief definition or description (exists at present with very small membership)
- Gladio Society of the Elect [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mau Mau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mithraism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Righteous Harmony Society [r]: Add brief definition or description ("Boxers")
- Thule Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tiandihui [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wide Awakes [r]: Add brief definition or description
- White Rose Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
Revolutionary or underground organizations
- Al-Qaeda [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Armed Islamic Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aryan Brotherhood [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Black Hand [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Carbonari [r]: Add brief definition or description
- East Turkestan Islamic Movement [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fenian brotherhood [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Germanenorden [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jemaah Islamiya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jamaat al-Islamiyya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Katipunan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Muslim Brotherhood [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Narodnik [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Red Turbans [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sons of Liberty [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tongmenghui [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vihan Veljet [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Walhalla-orden [r]: Add brief definition or description
Secret society — alleged secret societies
Either existence, or secret society status, is subject to significant doubt.
- The Elders of Zion [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Green Man [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Majestic 12 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Priory of Sion] [r]: [{{fullurl:Priory of Sion]/Definition|action=edit&preload=Template%3ADef_preload}} Add brief definition or description]
- Rosicrucians [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vril Society [r]: Add brief definition or description
Religious
- The Assassins [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bwiti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cathars [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Compagnie du saint sacrement [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Knights of Columbus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Knights of Malta [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Knights Templar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ordo Templi Orientis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Order of the Solar Temple [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scientology [r]: Add brief definition or description