Conspiracy

Secret societies of the world

• A secret society is a social organization which requires its members to keep certain activities secret—such as rituals of initiation or club ceremonies—from outsiders. Members may be required to conceal or deny their membership, and are often sworn to hold the society's secrets by an oath.

Skull and Bones

• Formation: 1832 Type: Secret societyHeadquarters: Yale University Famous Members: William Howard Taft(former u.s. president);George H.W. Bush(former president);George W. Bush (former president);John Kerry(u.s. presidential candidate)

• Facts: >Theorists such as Alexandra Robbins suggest that Skull and Bones is a branch of the Illuminati>Skull and Bones itself controls the Central Intelligence Agency >Books written about the society include economist Antony C. Sutton's America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones and Kris Milligan's 2003 Fleshing Out Skull and Bone

Priory of Sion

Founded: 1099Founded By: Leonardo Da VinciNotable members: Leonardo da Vinci, IssacNewton, Victor Hugo, Botticelli

•Believes: *Jesus Christ was not a bachelor.He was married to Marry Magdalene*Jesus supposedly had children

Myths:>The Priory of Sion protects Merovingian dynasts because they

may be the lineal descendants of the historical Jesus and his alleged wife, Mary Magdalene, traced further back to King David;>The legendary Holy Grail is simultaneously the womb of saint Mary Magdalene and the sacred royal bloodline she gave birth to.>The Church tried to kill off all remnants of this bloodline and their supposed guardians, the Cathars and the Templars,so popes could spread thei believes.

Formation:1119

Founded by: Roman Catholic Church

Role: protection of Christian pilgrims

Size: 15,000–20,000 members , 10% of whom were knights

Headquarters: Temple Mount, Jerusalem

The templars were among the most wealthy and powerful of the Western Christian military orders and were among the most prominent actors of the Christian finance

They existed for nearly two centuries Templar knights were among the most skilled fighting units

of the Crusades. Non-combatant members of the Order had a large

economic infrastructure throughout Christendom, innovating financial techniques that were an early form of banking,and building fortifications across Europe and the Holy Land.

Downfall of the Templars began when they gained king philip iv’s mistrust by arranging secret meetings.In 1307,by the order of king philip many templars were captured and murdered. Under pressure from King Philip, Pope Clement V disbanded the Order in 1312.

The Freemasons

o Formation: End of 14th century

o Formed by: The Stonemasons

o Type: Fraternal organization

o Basic Organization: Masonic Lodge

• One of the most compelling masonic conspiracy theories is that the Freemasons’ main objective is to control the world under a one world government or that they have already established such a government.

• Some theory also states the freemasons worship satan• The Freemason an Illuminati are in the same league• Some contend that the Illuminati evolved from

Freemasonry while some believe the opposite is true.• There have been some theories that contend that

Freemasons are waging a war against Islam.• This theory has obtained such a following that many

believe that the September 11th attacks were actually orchestrated by the Freemason to create anti-Islamic sentiments.

• there are theories that the Freemasons are waging a war against Christianity

The Illuminati

• Formal name: The order of the illuminati

• Formed: May 1,1776 (Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria)

• Formed by: Adam Weishaupt

• Type: Satanist Cult

• Three main class with several degrees

The goals of the Illuminati were to eliminate superstition, prejudice and the domination of government, philosophy and science by the Roman Catholic Church and to support the education of women and encourage their treatment as intellectual equals

Many modern conspiracy theories propose that world events are being controlled and manipulated by a secret society calling itself the Illuminati.

Conspiracy theorists have claimed that many notable people were or are members of the Illuminati. Presidents of the United States are a common target for such claims.

Other theorists contend that a variety of historical events were orchestrated by the Illuminati, from the Battle of Waterloo, the French Revolution and President John F. Kennedy's assassination to an alleged communist plot to hasten the New World Order by infiltrating the Hollywoodfilm industry.

Any Questions

• References:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_Sion

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientis

• http://listverse.com/2007/08/27/top-10-secret-societies/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones

• http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2013/05/top-8-most-compelling-masonic-conspiracy-theories-out-there/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati

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