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==Topics==
==Parent topics==
===Note about the following lists===
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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.
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==Subtopics==
== Note about the following lists ==
 
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 turn out to 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 secret information is itself a 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|The Trilateral Commission}}
{{r|Bilderberg Group}}
{{r|Bilderberg Group}}
{{r|Council on Foreign Relations}}
{{r|Edelweiss}}
{{r|Edelweiss}}
{{r|Thule-Gesellschaft}}
{{r|Thule-Gesellschaft}}
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==Student societies==
==Student societies==
 
* Anak Society (1908) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
{{r|Anak Society}}
* Berzelius (1848) at Yale University.
{{r|Berzelius (student society)}}
* Bishop James Madison Society (1812) at the College of William and Mary.
{{r|Bishop James Madison Society}}
* Book and Snake (1863) at Yale University.
{{r|Book and Snake}}
* Cambridge Apostles (1820) at the University of Cambridge.
{{r|Cambridge Apostles}}
* Flat Hat Club (1750) at the College of William and Mary.
{{r|Flat Hat Club}}
* Order of the Acropolis at University of Georgia.
{{r|Order of the Acropolis}}
* Phi Beta Kappa (1776) at the College of William and Mary, began as a secret society, but eliminated secrecy in 1831 and is now national.
{{r|Phi Beta Kappa}}
* Quill and Dagger (1893) at Cornell University.
{{r|Quill and Dagger}}
* Scroll and Key (1842) at Yale University.
{{r|Scroll and Key}}
* Seven Society at the University of Virginia.
{{r|Seven Society}}
* Skull and Bones (1832) A fraternal organization at Yale University, many members of which have been extremely influential, as in six generations of the Bush family; sometimes called a secret society.
{{r|Skull and Bones}}
{{r|Society of the Pacifica House}}
{{r|Society of the Pacifica House}}
{{r|Sphinx Head Society}}
{{r|Sphinx Head Society}}


==Fraternal organizations==
==Fraternal organizations==
{{r|Freemasonry|The Masons}}
{{r|Freemasonry|The Masons}}
{{r|The Shriners}}
{{r|The Shriners}}
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==Historical secret societies==
==Historical secret societies==
 
{{r|Afrikaner_Broederbond}}
{{r|Beati paoli}}
{{r|Beati paoli}}
{{r|Black Dragon Society}}
{{r|Illuminati}}
{{r|Illuminati}}
{{r|Knights of the Golden Circle}}
{{r|Knights of the Golden Circle}}
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{{r|Ku Klux Klan}} (exists at present with very small membership)
{{r|Ku Klux Klan}} (exists at present with very small membership)
{{r|Gladio Society of the Elect}}
{{r|Gladio Society of the Elect}}
{{r|Mau Mau}}
{{r|Mithraism}}
{{r|Mithraism}}
{{r|Righteous Harmony Society}} ("Boxers")
{{r|Thule Society}}
{{r|Thule Society}}
{{r|Tiandihui}}
{{r|Tiandihui}}
{{r|Wide Awakes}}
{{r|Wide Awakes}}
{{r|White Rose Society}}


==Revolutionary or underground organizations==
==Revolutionary or underground organizations==
 
{{r|al-Qaeda}}
{{r|Armed Islamic Group}}
{{r|Aryan Brotherhood}}
{{r|Black Hand}}
{{r|Black Hand}}
{{r|Carbonari}}
{{r|Carbonari}}
{{r|East Turkestan Islamic Movement}}
{{r|Fenian brotherhood}}
{{r|Fenian brotherhood}}
*{{r|Germanenorden}}
*{{r|Germanenorden||}}
{{r|Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan}}
 
{{r|Jamaat al-Islamiyya}}
{{r|Katipunan}}
{{r|Katipunan}}
{{r|Mau Mau}}
{{r|Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam}}
{{r|Muslim Brotherhood}}
 
{{r|Narodnik}}
{{r|Narodnik}}
{{r|Red Turbans}}
{{r|Red Turbans}}
{{r|Righteous Harmony Society}} ("Boxers")
{{r|Sons of Liberty}}
{{r|Sons of Liberty}}
{{r|Tongmenghui}}
{{r|Tongmenghui}}
{{r|Vihan Veljet}}
{{r|Vihan Veljet}}
{{r|Walhalla-orden}}
{{r|Walhalla-orden}}
{{r|White Rose Society}}


==Secret society &mdash; alleged secret societies==
==Secret society &mdash; 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}}
{{r|Majestic 12}}
{{r|Majestic 12}}
{{r|Priory of Sion]}}
{{r|Priory of Sion}}
{{r|Rosicrucians}}
{{r|Rosicrucians}}
{{r|Vril Society}}
{{r|Vril Society}}
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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}}
{{r|Sufism}}
==Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)==
 
{{r|Pope}}
==See also==
{{r|Terrorism}}
{{r|Illuminati}}
{{r|Iraq War}}
{{r|Freemasonry}}
{{r|Aristotle}}
{{r|Skull and Bones}}
 
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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:

Student societies

  • Anak Society (1908) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • Berzelius (1848) at Yale University.
  • Bishop James Madison Society (1812) at the College of William and Mary.
  • Book and Snake (1863) at Yale University.
  • Cambridge Apostles (1820) at the University of Cambridge.
  • Flat Hat Club (1750) at the College of William and Mary.
  • Order of the Acropolis at University of Georgia.
  • Phi Beta Kappa (1776) at the College of William and Mary, began as a secret society, but eliminated secrecy in 1831 and is now national.
  • Quill and Dagger (1893) at Cornell University.
  • Scroll and Key (1842) at Yale University.
  • Seven Society at the University of Virginia.
  • Skull and Bones (1832) A fraternal organization at Yale University, many members of which have been extremely influential, as in six generations of the Bush family; sometimes called a secret society.
  • Society of the Pacifica House [r]: (1824) at Brown University [e]
  • Sphinx Head Society [r]: (1890) at Cornell University [e]

Fraternal organizations

Historical secret societies

Revolutionary or underground organizations

Secret society — alleged secret societies

Either existence, or secret society status, is subject to significant doubt.

Religious

Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

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