These 100 Secret Societies Prove Who Really Rules America

 American colleges is a system of secret societies in fact in some colleges the system has grown to such an extent and the society question has become such a Paramount one that engrosses large part of the students life and enlists him in a mighty Conflict for the supremacy of his Society to some college societies are merely the fraternities and sororities of excess drunken playboys and party girls and still to others they are the highly respectable stewards of future America pluck from the best and

(00:41) brightest but if one fact is confirmed it is that those who are selected for membership often find loyalty to these auspicious organizations puts them on the fast track for success and Leadership positions throughout life for starters find one high ranking politician who was an N1 it's hard to do with membership lists that typically include everyone from us Congressional representatives to Senators to Supreme Court Justices to CIA men and even US presidents there is solid ground for the assertions that these secret

(01:17) organizations are essential prerequisites for attaining True power and wealth in this country though it isn't easy for everyone to believe underneath the layer of well-known Greek letter fraternities and sor ities that dot nearly every major campus across the country there is an inner ring of secret societies harbored at institutions of higher education that seem to form the basis of a very true class system hidden in America nearly all these Elite College secret societies are endowed with huge sums of money and Powerful alumni that

(01:55) allow them to donate heavily to their universities and steer the selection of college presidents board members faculty and student government and representatives many of whom themselves are Undeclared secret society members just about everyone has heard of the influential secret society at Yale known as skull and bones for example but while it's important it is truly just the tip of the iceberg according to Albert Clark Stevens Encyclopedia of fraternities first compiled in 1899 all secret collegate societies and their more public Greek

(02:31) fraternity and sorority counterparts which date back to the first universities in America give quote unmistakable evidence of having rummaged in the bureau drawers of Freemasonry odd Fellowship the Templars the Knights of Malta and other orders for their ritualistic finery these societies are known to conduct secret proceedings with secret Oaths and secret rituals and despite a public face of nothing but philanthropic Goodwill for their universities they are steeped in occultic mysticism and hidden agendas there are a great many advantages in

(03:08) College of fraternities they cause a feeling of good Fellowship among the students and are always a bond of Union when college life is over once there's no withdrawal that is possible as the number will come up again and again we will begin with the mystical sevens sure you've heard of seven as a lucky number or the perfect number or even as a significant number in Freemasonry but you might not realize that ultic importance of the number seven also goes back thousands of years the order of the hepto offs or seven

(03:41) wise men dates back to 1104 BC at the time of the first zoroaster who is said to have been the head of the Magi of Persia Persian kings were not allowed to take the throne until they received a cultic instruction from a council of six wise men for a total of seven who met in the Subterranean Caverns beneath the Royal Palace the only spot deemed lost awul to impart the most occultic knowledge of the seven henceforth the king determined no important matter without his wise men the order of the seven wise men was passed down through

(04:10) the centuries from Greece to Rome Rome to Britain and from Britain to America where elements of its rituals and themes wound up not only in adult secret societies like Benjamin Franklin's hellfire club but also in some of the earliest secret societies on the oldest and most elite and aristocratic campuses in the nation oddly enough most of these universities even come complete with a network of Maintenance tunnels connecting the campus and it is rumored that many secret societies still meet in their Subterranean depths to pass on

(04:38) their occultic knowledge just like the ancient Magi of Persia chartered in 1693 the College of William and Mary is the oldest university in the South and the second oldest in the nation behind Harvard four of the first 10 American presidents are associated with it in chartering the college King William III and Queen Mary II of England sought to establish quote a certain place of universal study to be led by six Masters or professors and one president the seven to be known collectively as the society seven is also a recurring motif

(05:10) of the school itself chancellors serve seven-year terms and seven buildings surround the Sunken Gardens which are complete with seven brick Pathways during the Civil War the school was closed for seven years until its 17th President assembled a team of six and again revive the school those seven men came to be known as the seven wise men tunnels are also rumored to connect the school to the brutin Vault but that's another conspiracy for another time so it is no great surprise that his student secret sociey spring up across the

(05:40) country with a heavy seven theme they began with the College of William and Mary although they weren't all necessarily related the seven Society order of the crown and Dagger was started at William and Mary in 1826 they're most well known for donating gifts to the school through their endowment everything else about them including their rituals is kept compl completely secret including members identities until death almost seeming to follow their creation as a sort of blueprint at least 10 other societies called the mystical seven soon

(06:10) spring up in colleges around the South each had seven founding members and each chapter was referred to as a temple in reverence for the mystery religions in a cult their records were kept in cauldrons the mystical seven Temple of the wand first appeared at Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut in 1837 their symbol is a seven-sided star featuring a cauldron in the center and a 7-ft wand a member transferred to Emory University and founded a chapter of the mystics there in 1841 most sources claim it was called

(06:41) the Temple of the sword but in Albert Clark Stevens's 1899 book The cyclopedia of the fraternities it was named Temple of the Skull and Bones on an aside the original ammer University is located on the Druid Hills of Oxford Georgia Emory is HED to several Secret societies including the Paladin Society DVS which chooses seven members annually duus and the Order of Ammon named after the Egyptian god memberships are never revealed in an anonymous interview with the Emory wheel an order of Ammon member claimed that

(07:20) they are quote always watching just like Ammon who's invisible omnipotent and omniscient and who describe themselves as having quote roles in a number of committees and other organizations that allow them to help guide the direction of the University back to the temples Temple of the wreath began at Transylvania College in Lexington Kentucky in 1843 for such a little known private institution the university is the alma moer of 101 us Congressional Representatives 50 US senators 36 Governors 34 ambassadors two

(07:54) supreme court justices and two vice presidents the University's motto is Latin for in the light we pass on the light and so it followed that each Temple was set up by a member from a previous Temple a second temple of the wreath was set up at Centenary College in Louisiana in 1845 the Temple of the skull was set up at the University of Georgia in 1846 Temple of the star at Old Miss in 1848 or 1859 depending on the source the Temple of the scroll and pin started at Jesy College in 1855 the Temple of the hands and torch

(08:28) at University of Virginia in 18 1967 in turn founded the Temple of the star in the south at the University of Carolina in 1884 and the Temple of the sword and shield at Davidson College it's rumored there was also a temple of the owl founded somewhere else down south but its exact location has remained a secret to this day the mystical 7 at wesle and also gave rise to the rainbow aka the www fraternity at University of Mississippi in 1842 or 1848 depending on the source and it too was a secret societ Society with seven

(09:00) founding members originally called The Mystic sons of Iris the rainbow spread to multiple Southern States like the mystical 7 including Alabama Tennessee both Carolinas and Texas prior to the Civil War and quote no man from any Northern State was allow initiation the rainbow was quickly absorbed into various Greek letter fraternities which preserved some of its Traditions as per Charter including the right of Iris that Delta tow Delta continues to this day much later a group called mystical 7 M7 showed up at the University of Missouri

(09:32) Circa 1907 though no connection to the others has been shown to date and today there are not one but two mystical seven societies existing side by side at Wesleyan don't ask us how that works it is believed that alumni of these mystical orders went on to found the adult secret society the order of the hepto offs or seven wise men which began in New Orleans Louisiana on April 6th 1852 and numbered some 4,000 members in 18 states by the turn of the 20th Cent Cy but the seven Society order of the crown and Dagger at William and Mary and

(10:05) all those that followed are still not the earliest secret societies that appeared at American colleges by far the earliest appears to be the fhc which was started at William and Mary on November 11th 1750 at the rally Tavern also known as the flath Hat Club why the flat hat Club because no member of the secret society fhc would ever tell what it stood for however it is believed to stand for fraternus humanitas E cognitio which translates to Brotherhood humanity and knowledge its motto was stabilitas at fides steadfastness and loyalty in

(10:48) its badge featured a coat of arms on one side and a symbol that included clasp hands along with their motto indicating that it was more than a mere Social Club it cropped up just in time to incubate a generation of revolutionaries in which Virginia played an extremely significant role it was many of the members of the fhc who were intergral to the events that helped to spark the revolution just a few of the known members include George W Lieutenant Colonel James Enis and future Secretary of State under George Washington Edmund Randolph and

(11:22) one of the earliest members of the fhc is none other than Founding Father Thomas Jefferson who tried to play it off later in correspondence dated 1819 where he admitted that he was once a member but wrote when I was a student of William and Mary College of this state there existed a society called fhc Society confined to the number of six students only of which I was a member but it had no useful object nor do I know whether it now exists and another letter written by Jefferson during the time that he would have been a member of

(11:55) the organization was written in Cipher using Latin and code AER search through newspaper archives revealed a 1911 article in Richmond Virginia's Times Dispatch which hints that the fhc never died out it was actually a precursor to the F beta cap of fraternity typically thought of today as the first American fraternity even though is not founded until years later in December 1776 when the Revolution was just kicking off FIB Beta Kappa also began as a secret society but quickly spread throughout the country's IV League

(12:28) institutions but both during and after the Revolutionary War and has today become one of the largest fraternities no longer secret It is believed by some to be a direct spin-off of Adam Weiss Hop's Illuminati which was founded the same year on May 1st 1776 its original emblem features a hand that points through its motto to Seven Stars in the back of the earliest fapa member badges which were in the shape of a seven-pointed star at SP for societas philosophi or philosoph opical Society next to a date that some of the mystical

(13:02) initiated have referred to as the date of illuminism many F Beta Kappa members served in the Continental Army 17 became members of Virginia's House of Burgesses or the senate or both eight became members of the convention that ratified the Federal Constitution five became representatives in Congress and two were US senators but decades After the Revolution ended when twice asked about F beta Capa and correspondence Jefferson claimed he was an entire stranger to the society and knew nothing of its history

(13:34) or objects the fhc has been referred to as the Genesis of a great scholarly Brotherhood of the numberless Greek letter fraternities which had at the time of the 1911 article some 300,000 members at colleges and universities all across America and which quote exert an immeasurable influence for the Brotherhood of Man the male only secret society was based on secret ciphers a secret handshake and secret meetings for secret ends so began the tradition of a secret leadership sect within Society born out of American colleges and

(14:11) universities across the country when fi Beta Kappa began at the same aristocratic University as the fhc over two decades later it cannot be a coincidence that it too was founded at the Apollo room of the historic and Infamous Raleigh Tavern the very same one where the fhc was founded the fhc continues today or doesn't depending on who you ask but the student newspaper at William and Mary the flath hat is named after it there are currently at least nine secret societies active on this campus alone including the sevens and

(14:48) the bishop James Madison's and intriguingly it is rumored that some of them use a sophisticated network of underground steam tunnels to meet unseen and fraternities have also reported edly made pledges steal Bones from a burial Vault Under Ren Chapel accessed via these tunnels but after the flath Hat newspaper did a report on the tunnels The Vault was sealed off with an additional steel door in 1977 the fhc and F Beta Kappa gave rise to an entire Greek letter system in American universities and overlaid a

(15:21) system of truly secret societies at the top all of which serve as entryways into the upper echelon of American power and privilege but like all other institutions which are good in themselves it is liable to much abuse and the members of societies ought to be extremely careful that they do not bring upon themselves public displeasure by such abuse it should be noted in the late 1800s the wave of anti-masonic fervor which began earlier in the century continued to put pressure on the college Society systems along with a

(15:55) growing sense of many student bodies that fraternities and secret societies were little more than nurseries for snobbery and elitism especially in New England universities and colleges were pressured to close down the societies some were banned outright as at Princeton which today openly houses eating clubs instead although rumor has it the secret societies are still around just forced deeper into the Shadows the majority however were so powerful financially and otherwise that they were allowed to continue their rituals with a

(16:22) wink and a smile and have continued as an integral part of the universities to this day here are just some of the secret societies found found on American campuses today to give you an idea this is by no means an exhaustive list as there are way too many to cover in depth in a simple report we'll start over where we began with skull and bones at Yale just about everybody has heard about the secret society at Yale known as Skull and Bones its obsession with the number 322 which by the way equals seven and with skulls and emblems of

(16:56) death is matched by its Deep Pockets and its blue blooded membership including former presidents George HW Bush and George W bush they have a deep connection to the CIA and the foundation of us intelligence and have equally expansive ties to its network of prominent business and political leaders Skull and Bones Nazi banking setting up the Soviets funding them financing them into ambassadors bankers and dynastic families who generally rank among the oligarch iCal leaders of the country it was founded in 1832 by the Russell trust

(17:34) set up by William Huntington Russell and Alfonso Taft grandfather of William Howard Taft who is not only a skull and bones member but the only person in American history to become both a Supreme Court Justice and US president Russell who's also deeply connected to the British aristocracy was conducting a shady but lucrative import export business that included opium with the Delano Family the president Frank Franklin Delano Roosevelt came from Skull and Bones Taps 15 seniors each year and since its Beginnings their

(18:06) members have typically come from families who already have wealth and clout if they accept they undergo a torturous initiation that includes intimately recalling their most personal life details including a comprehensive sexual history all while lying inside a coffin and there are rumors of Other Extreme and sometimes perverse acts that take place inside of their tomb but the only I can describe it it was sick a large majority of Yale's presidents have been members of skull and bones or they were selected in part

(18:42) by the group past members have included Senator and Secretary of State John kery Wall Street Banker governor and ambassador to Russia AAL Herman Senator Prescott Bush father and grandfather to two presidents who were also both bonesmen commentator William F Buckley who's considered instrumental in the conservative movement former National Security advisor and president of the Ford Foundation MC George Bundy as well as his brother William Bundy a CIA analyst and a presidential adviser actor Paul Giamatti whose father was president

(19:17) of Yale and Commissioner of Major League Baseball and various members of Old Line Elite families including the Rockefellers Pillsbury Davidson stemson and Whitney families who've all been initi iated in bones skull and bones is not alone at Yale in fact there are at least 41 secret societies known on the campus with eight landed senior societies who have tombs or houses on campus property all of which not only conduct secret initiations but hold within their ranks a who's who of some of the most influential and

(19:47) well-connected men and quite sometime later women in the global economy Yale's second oldest and second most important secret society scrolling key is no second best with assets amounting to over $10 million on paper it is the wealthiest secret society at Yale while scrolling key appears to be short on skulls and secrets it Taps its 15 selected seniors for initiation in a similar manner to Skull and Bones its badge is a gold key over a scroll with the letters CSP above and CCI below although no one outside of the society

(20:21) knows what that stands for scrolling Keys tomb is often regarded as one of the nicest buildings at yel its members and include former secretaries of State Dean aeson Cyrus Vance and Frank pulk cord Meyer Jr of the CIA and World Federalist Society James Stillman Rockefeller from The prominent banking family father of modern neurosurgery Harvey Cushing journalist fared Zakaria and Stone Phillips of dine NBC editor of the Council on Foreign Relations Foreign Affairs magazine Gideon Rose and even Gary Trudeau the cartoonist of dunesbury

(20:54) Fame not to mention countless US senators Representatives Mayors ambassadors and diplomat diplomats lawyers and bankers and at least two Nobel Prize winners in science and medicine in addition a Bartlett Giamatti father of Skull and Bones actor Paul Giamatti is a prime example of scroll and key members who have gone on to hold the office of president at Yale this is a group of seriously influential people and as with many college secret societies when everybody in the Inner Circle knows each other even greater

(21:21) power can be derived through networking on a side note skull and serpent another senior secret society with a tomb founded in the same vein of skull and bones and scr a key at Yale was created at Wesleyan in 1865 Yale's thirdd oldest secret society wolf head also holds great influence and immense wealth and perhaps a younger sibling syndrome supposedly created from Skull and Bones rejects wolf's head was founded in 1883 it began as the quote third Society but reportedly changed its name 5 years later their tomb is called

(21:56) the hall and rumor has it that their Olympics size pool creates a water bill bigger than all of New Haven's First Ward past members have included numerous American diplomats several former US secretaries of Commerce and an array of US Congress members as well as Elite lawyers that include special prosecutor to investigate Whitewater Robert B Fisk who is appointed by then attorney general Janet Reno past wolf heads members have also included a head of the Ford Foundation Elite family members like Edsel Ford's youngest son William

(22:27) Clay Ford Anson good year William Wrigley III and Philip Pillsbury in addition to former Yale presidents Yale law school Deans and longtime Yale administrators renowned author Anthony Sutton one of the few credential Scholars to research Skull and Bones stated in the introduction to his book America's Secret establishment that he believes scrolling key as well as wolf's head supposedly competition societies to be part of the same network the secret society book in snake was founded in 1863 as part of the Sheffield School

(22:59) before it merged with Yale their tomb features a caducous on its rod iron gate out front and the group's emblem is a book surrounded by the Ora boros an ancient symbol of a serpent or Dragon swallowing its own taale in a Perpetual cycle real the end is the beginning is the end tree of knowledge of Good and Evil never- Ending Story type stuff looking at the list of notable members reads more like a list of America's intelligence leaders among its ranks are Bob Woodward of Washington Post Watergate Fame us congressman and former

(23:28) director of the CIA Porter Goss former Secretary of Defense Les Aspen former Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F Brady and US State Department officials including Charles rivkin and John vau Bouvier III father of first lady Jackie Onasis Yale is also home to others including Mason chain bazilus elu St Elmos and the manuscript Society all of which boast powerful professionals from directors of the NSA and CIA to former CIA intern turn CN anchor Anderson Cooper and political correspondent and adviser to four presidents David ggen

(24:04) who regularly attends Bohemian Grove yet one of the oldest societies at Yale is the lonian society which dates back to 1753 and began as a literary and debating Society but after some decades followed suit with Yale's other secret societies although it also Taps graduate and law school students lonia includes among its rank such prominent members as Nathan hail Eli Whitney John C Calhoun James f Cooper William Howard Taft and Daniel Gilman the first president of Johns Hopkins University founding president of the Carnegie Institution

(24:36) and co-founder of the Skull and Bones Russell trust Association leaving the elite Halls of Yale where secret societies became especially ingrain we find that the rest of the established East Coast is also littered with exclusive societies filled with The Offspring of wealthy families Brown University at Providence Rhode Island has some of the oldest secret society ties as well with its first group The fermanian Society founded back in 1794 the most secretive it brown however is catas doai Pacifica known today

(25:11) simply as the Pacifica House originally founded as the Franklin house back in 1824 the three keys on the society's code of arms are symbols of Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity the Franklin house formation however officially dissolved only 10 years later in 1834 when an inner core of the society complained that the quality of membership had severely deteriorated however it reportedly continued in total secrecy only to later emerge as the Pacifica house after the Civil War it is known that 15 members

(25:47) are chosen each year but everything else is a secret according to a rumor in Town and Country magazine Pacifica House is a Brown University branch of a larger secret society order that also includes Yale skull and bones and Dartmouth Sphinx the group has continued to operate according to a 2002 Society Report with the dual purpose of improving the University's public function while preparing and perhaps grooming men and women for lives of efficacious leadership skull and bonesman Andrew Dixon white first president of Cornell

(26:22) is said to have spread the idea of Yale fashioned secret societies to the university he presided over will and Dagger founded in 1893 at Cornell has been considered one of the most powerful and influential College secret societies in the country Allah skull and bones all meetings proceedings and activities of quill and Dagger are closed and concealed members names however are published each semester in the past members were known by their pins which feature the head of a corpse holding a quill in its mouth impaled by a dagger

(26:51) meetings are held in the top of the North Tower of a war memorial that was funded by alumni members and as such the group is allowed exclusive access to the top floors of the tower the memorial is covered in the group's symbolism which has been linked to Knight's Templar among others quill and Dagger was traditionally exclusively male but began accepting women in 1974 the vast majority of members become campus leaders then go on to become National and international leaders in fact it is said that from 1913 to 1984 there was at

(27:19) least one quillin dagger member on the US Congress every year members have been very influential in US Government holding positions in the state department as National Security advisers as directors of policy planning and numerous other positions a vast number of quill and Dagger members belong to the Council on Foreign Relations quill and Dagger alumni include Paul wolfowitz Ruth Bader Ginsburg Janet Reno and CEO of the Clinton Global initiative Robert Harrison between the 1930s and 50s it is also reported that the chairman of

(27:49) Standard Oil sonoko and Koko Phillips were all quill and Dagger members with similar networking situations found in the finance industry the list goes on and on on in every major sector of society other Cornell secret societies include Sphinx head dur hexen cries and Order of Omega Georgetown University deserves special attention since its campus secret society is located at the Nexus of power in Washington DC the school specializes in training diplomats and career policy wonks and the University was founded by Jesuits a Catholic

(28:25) oriented secret society which itself dates back back to 1540 and which wielded so much power that nations in Europe lobbied against them forcing the pope to issue a decree officially disbanding them in 1773 though there are persistent rumors that the secretive Society of Jesus never ended but rather just went underground continuing to wield its influence all across the world today and so it is that georgetown's most infamous secret society was founded as a Jesuit order cre created in secrecy it's known

(29:00) as the Society of stewards and it's been described in the press as quote sometimes menacing and sometimes comical traditionally little has been known about this all male group aside from the fact that its well-connected alumni were said to watch anonymously over Campus Life working from the Shadows to ensure that core Traditions were observed at Georgetown the steward's motto nons schoi said V not for school but for life and its 2,000 bylaws including officer titles were leaked to the media the group includes a quote Master of the

(29:37) ritual as well as two Guardian stewards at least one of whom must be a member of the Society of Jesus or a Roman Catholic priest under the charge that the campus body had drifted too far away from Jesuit tenants the secret society surfaced at Georgetown in 1982 though other accounts Trigg TR the group back to at least 1903 at a time when many new societies were founded all across us campuses credit for the formation of the stewards has been given to Manuel Miranda who earned his Bachelors at Georgetown in the Walsh School of

(30:15) Foreign Service and he's been deeply involved in public policy and Foreign Affairs ever since his father-in-law Claire George was a career CIA Man Who Rose to the number three position in the agency and during the 80s was the head of worldwide covert operations and it was during this period in the late 80s when the stewards first came under Fire for quote elitism and exclusivity after a number of female undergraduates complained to the university that this all male secret society with hidden agendas was manipulating campus politics

(30:48) in a first for college secret societies the stewards responded to controversy and went public only to claim that they were breaking up but much like the Jesuits broke up centuries ago they simply went deeper underground later in 2005 an anonymous member of the Georgetown voice decided to spend a full 24 hours in the tunnels below campus and write about it for the publication during his lonely four-way into the campus underground he described how he came across a vacant room with a huge Blood Red Cross painted on the wall with

(31:21) a circle complete with a variety of names and Latin phrases around it including krux orbis and the phrase circuli krux non orbis prun the writer concluded that this must be the meeting place of the stewards returning to the recurring theme of sevens the most secret of all societies on the University of Virginia campus is the seven Society founded in 1905 whose members are only disclosed upon death and only because a wreath of Black Magnolia is in the shape of a number seven is placed upon their grave and the University's carolon Chimes on

(31:55) the seventh dissonant chord seven times at 7sec intervals at 7 the hour for seven straight minutes the Chimes were actually purchased through a donation from the society for 9,777 77 in 1957 when the society revealed that 77 past members had died up until that point such a wreath was placed on the grave of Robert F Kennedy after his assassination leading to much speculation and while he attended law school at Virginia the society denied he was ever a member their emblem a number seven surrounded by the alpha omega and

(32:31) infinity symbols sometimes completed with stars can be seen all around the university grounds including a large version permanently a fixed on a hill at Scott Stadium the society is very influential at the University donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campus projects in sevens notable members include Frank Weisner head of the OSS operations in Southeastern Europe and later head of CIA directorate of plans American ambassador to Bahrain in the mid 70s Joseph twinam Edward stus Jr who is Secretary of State under

(33:00) presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and at least the second and fifth presidents of the University of Virginia other University of Virginia secret societies include the Mystic order of the Eli banana the 13 Society the Z Society imp Society Society of the purple Shadows pumpkin and the Order of the claw and Dagger among others the Society of purple Shadows caused controversy when members broke into the office of the dean of students a few years back to leave an angry letter about the cancellation of Easter to

(33:29) which he filed a Judiciary charge that went nowhere founded in 1908 the all male grid iron Society of the University of Georgia comes off as just another Honor Society at first glance however its membership and its core purpose like so many other college secret societies remains a closely guarded secret but according to Legend the grid iron Society is linked to certain historic structures around the state including the mysterious Georgia Guidestones it is also believed to be linked to other Elite College secret societies including

(34:03) Yale's Skull and Bones interestingly the connection to Yale dates back for centuries as the University of Georgia's first President Abraham Baldwin a signatory of the US Constitution was a Yale graduate prior to the creation of skull and bones when he was a member of Yale's older lonian Society grid iron's Elite alumni reportedly include every state Governor and every US senator from Georgia for nearly the past Century and also include former President Jimmy Carter the university also has a complimentary all female secret society

(34:38) called Palladia which is reportedly connected to its own vast network of distinguished and influential women across Georgia throughout its history Duke University has been home to several secret societies but two of the most well-known were the all male order of the red friars and the Order of the white duy a complimentary female Society created by the Friars the order of the red Friars was founded in 1913 and was only known at all because once a year a figure in a red- hooded robe would select new members on the steps of Duke

(35:09) Chapel in broad daylight as with many other secret societies seven new members are chosen each year everything else about the order its Constitution and rituals have remained a secret until some of the records recently became unsealed in the Campus Library past Friars include president Richard M Nixon first president of Duke University William Fu Arthur Hollis Edens a top Rockefeller Foundation executive and president of Duke from 1949 to 1960 and US Diplomat to Iran Yugoslavia India and Greece George V Allen the order of the

(35:41) red Friars founded their female counterpart the order of the white duy by choosing seven female members of the class of 1925 members were known by the white Carnation they wore on specific days of the year Bob Dole's wife Elizabeth who has held numerous government positions including commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission Secretary of Labor and US senator of North Carolina was a white duy according to an Old Duke Chronicle article both orders have secretly helped create University policy and influence

(36:09) student life and the red Friars have been affiliated with student government the student newspaper and the undergraduate judicial board where they could further the group's secret aims according to archives the order was quote privy to information not widely known on campus supposedly both groups disbanded in the 7 but as with all secret societies it should be taken with a grain of salt at the private Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia there are several secret societies but none are so Elite and ominous as the

(36:42) cavers aside from the fact that they were founded in 1957 the basic facts of what the society is about what it has done and who is in it remains completely unknown to this day in fact the only reason people know they exist at all is because there's a bridge on the main campus that connects to Wilson Field which Bears their name and symbol a CA around a skull the symbol pops up again and again in prominent places all over campus and especially on the hillside adjacent to the football field before big games it is thought that the society

(37:16) is made of older Premed students and Legend has it that they travel through a sophisticated network of tunnels under the campus and that their inner sanctum is down there somewhere rumors about bound about the location of the doors to these tunnels and some of the pictures have been posted online what use are the tunnels the cadavers like to dress in matching Black costumes with capes adorned with chrome skull masks and creep around campus after dark Plastering their symbol everywhere and chalk they're also known to run wailing

(37:48) through the sorority houses in the middle of the night but there's no point in complaining to campus authorities as the cavers are also denoted as friends of the university and in other words Above the Law due to large Financial donations to the school including a cadaver endowment and Gifts of hundreds of thousands of dollars for campus projects supposedly membership in the cavers is a golden ticket into Elite circles for life other societies on campus include the sigmas the Mongolian minks and the fail lanks nestled in a

(38:21) wealthy District in Upper West Manhattan Columbia University has several secret societies and the best known and perhaps most exclusive there anywhere is St Anthony Hall AKA St A's a revolving door for elite bred moneyed families from the WASP tradition whose members are referred to only as the membership in fact it was St a Alum e Digby balel who coined the term wasp to begin with founded on January 17 1847 the feast day of St Anthony a fourth Century Egyptian Mystic founder Edward Forbes Travis introduced a friend at Columbia to

(38:56) certain rituals he brought with him from England which grew into what is today known as St A's St Anthony's Hall at Columbia is considered the alpha chapter of a dozen chapters located on Ivy League campuses including Brown Princeton Yale and MIT and they all have one thing in common their members have wealthy parents past members have included grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt and head of the cia's technical services division Cornelius vs Roosevelt Edward stus Jr who was Secretary of State under presidents

(39:25) Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and a member of the seven Society at University of Virginia Frederick Ferris Thompson who helped found what became City Bank Thomas Edison's son who went on to become governor of New Jersey and so many other Elite people from all sectors of society it's impossible to list them all over 40 state and federal senators and Congressional representatives and governors have come from St A's so did Tucker Carlson of Fox News the rest of the campus is pretty well aware of St A's privileged members

(39:54) a piece in the Columbia spectator actually noted the existence of two two colombias the regular campus and the one located at St Anthony's Hall where students have a personal chef and live-in servant who cleans and does the laundry and was referred to by other students interviewed by The Spectator as quote the Asian slave in the basement Pennsylvania State University better known to football fans as Penn State has its own system of secret societies dating back to 1909 including the secret society Lions Paul as well as its own branch of skull

(40:27) and bones in the secret society par new which translates to Among Us and includes countless members of the University alumni including its Fame Coach Joe Paterno who is engulfed in Scandal and coverup at the end of his long Penn State Career Penn State secret societies are known to meet in Black robes in the middle of night around campus and are rumored to be extremely influential in picking the leadership of the University from board members to past presidents members of parme new line trans Paul and skull and bones can

(41:00) be found throughout the Penn State Administration up UA Student Government president Christian Raglin criticized the influence of secret groups on the campus of Penn State noting that quote it's almost like the university is ruled by the 1% of people who are in societies this may prove significant as the sanduski sex scandal that rocked the university also brought charges against members of the Board of Trustees for perjury and cover up over the incidents as evidence came forward about who knew about what when it was found that Penn

(41:34) State University had paid out over $90 million to settle 30 civil complaints related to sanduski dating back to 1971 during which time the coach was protected and never fired rumors that the Scandal went beyond sanduski and up into the elite donors of the University were quickly squashed and one has to wonder what else are they hiding formed in 1832 at NYU the ukan society began as a literary and debate group that was for a Time nicknamed The Raven Society because Edgar Allan Poe is a frequent guest lecturer the name ukan is

(42:10) purported to come from Uka the goddess of repute glory and War a quip in the yearbook of the era describes ukan as having membership that includes John Quincy Adams the Rockefellers and that crowd the group had a stable source of Revenue in a trust a library an augmented student construction with its own rooms including an elegantly furnished parlor within the main University Building supposedly members were widely branded social elitists and by the early' 40s the group stopped existing on paper but in reality it just

(42:40) went dark with all records redacted or written in ciphers understood only by the members it's definitely still around today in 2009 the group caused a controversy when it activated beepers in classrooms across campus with a note for each class that read fellow classmates truth is something you find outside the classroom outside the walls of this University and only from the professor in front of you in so far as he can serve as an experienced guide we're not here to preach we're here simply to say

(43:08) NYU has its secrets too this is your friendly wakeup call NYU has its secrets too is apparently the group's tagline notable members include inventor of cornflakes John Harvey Kellogg Walter Reed For Whom the infamous Walter Reed Army Institute of research is named after Ford Foundation president Henry heeld elu root who served as Secretary of War for two presidents and chairman of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Henry Pratt Fairchild who is president of the American eugenic society and helped

(43:36) found plan Parenthood Eustace Mullins as well as numerous congressmen senators and NYU presidents founded in 1889 or depending on the source 1899 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill this secret society upgraded from your average tomb to what is today a million doll Castle on 34 acres in the woods not far from Old Chapel Hill Cemetery originally it was known as the order of dram goul after the legend of Peter dram goul a student who disappeared in 1833 and is rumored to have been murdered and secretly buried near the castle after a

(44:16) duel over a woman named Fanny but the order's name was later changed to Gim gou quote in accord with midnight and Graves and weirdness in fact the full name is the nights of the order of gim Gul while the order is described to be about the ideals of Knighthood and chivalry in the tradition of King Arthur and archived pictures of past meetings look like something straight out of Harry Potter to write them off as just a club filled with nerdy Fanboys would be an underestimation the order is for elite students junior level and up as

(44:49) well as faculty and is not based on Scholastic or athletic achievement only 10 initiates are chosen per year their rich rituals code and especially membership list are kept strictly confidential they're said to meet at midnight by candlelight and on All Hallows Eve each year a group of hooded figures with candles appears in the forest theater near the castle around midnight their logo is the devil and past photographs of members show them posing with the devil again and again and again while membership is again

(45:22) secret it is known that George wattz Hill the wealthy banker and leader OSS member who developed what came to be known as Research Triangle Park was a gou so was Republican congressman Charles R Jones Two Chief justices to the North Carolina Supreme Court one time North Carolina governor John aring house William Randolph Kennan For Whom the UNC stadium is named and a bevy of past UNCC presidents distinguished lawyers doctors and businessmen senior societies date back to 17 83 at Dartmouth College in Hover New Hampshire and there are at least a

(46:01) dozen societies active there today with an estimated 31% of seniors at Dartmouth involved in them six keep their membership totally secret until graduation day when members reveal themselves during commencement with walking canes carved with their symbols including the Griffin or the Phoenix the oldest of these is the male only secret society Sphinx founded in 1885 each spring 24 juniors are tapped to join the crew and become sphinges seven additional seniors are also tapped each fall the Sphinx has its own Egyptian tomb built in 1905 on the base

(46:34) of a pyramid with two large pillars at the front entrance and the winged disc symbology over the door and the building house is a library and is rumored to have access to a network of underground tunnels and a secretly constructed swimming pool known as Cleopatra swimming pool the Sphinx reportedly gave rise to the secret all female Society Cobra established at Dartmouth in 1978 m of sphinx included Richard Clark National counterterrorism director under both Clinton and George W bush US Secretary of Transportation William T

(47:06) Coleman Jr journalist for the Atlantic and The New Yorker Jeffrey Goldberg and billionaire founder of the Huntsman Corporation John Huntsman senr among many others according to filings of its 501c3 Sphinx Foundation which oversees 2 million in assets the society's aims are in part to train and educate selected undergraduate m members of the college to become prospective leaders of not just the college but the local National and Global Community to that end the society teaches a formal course to its initiates held in the Sphinx building

(47:38) and overseen by alumni members which combines guest lectures oral review sessions reading assignments and an oral exam at the end of the year it is also reported that General activities of an undergraduate membership in Sphinx include extensive peer-driven learning experiences that take place in the Sphinx building clearly belonging to secret societies gives one an education not afforded to the rest of college student populations Dartmouth is also home to the cas and Gauntlet secret society founded in 1886 of which children's author Dr Seuss

(48:09) former vice president Nelson Rockefeller and Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson were all members the all male secret society Dragon founded in 1898 is considered by some to be the most secret of all societies at Dartmouth it is rumored that dragon's annual initiation rights involve a Wilderness Vision Quest and mock sacrifice based on Ancient Welsh Druid tradition but little else is known about the group the election of class officers is frequently made by a deal between two or free powerful societies and the result is therefore CA

(48:42) of much bad feeling despite all the American dream rhetoric which sounds good as a political tagline secret orders and Elite Traditions seem to be the real American way but at least they seem benevolent on the surface right how bad could it really get at the end of the day isn't it all just campus politics no and with that we leave you with the University of Alabama and a notoriously powerful and shadowy student political group known as the machine the machine is composed of dozens of Greek fraternities and

(49:16) sororities who reportedly pay $10,000 a piece to be part of a nearly literal political machine that dominates All Greek life and the student government Association ation including all campus elections and the passage of student resolutions The Machine's dark history dates back to 1888 when it became the alpar row Alabama chapter of theta new Epsilon which branched off from the Wesleyan University chapter founded in 1870 by definition it is a sister organization to yell Skull and Bones which is also part of theta new Epsilon

(49:51) based on its activities in clout Alabama's chapter likely also connects with older Southern power circles as well the machine secret society took on a distinct course starting around 1909 when it effectively merged with a parallel Society known as the skulls breaking increasingly further from its Charter and going rogue to operate as a tight political machine in campus politics and as a guardian of old money White Society values a strategy that must have played well for the dozens of members who became leaders in business

(50:23) and politics in Alabama's power elite after they finished their studies their Aerie emblem includes a skull with a dagger piercing through it and the Greek acronym for Theta new Epsilon which looks almost like the word one across its forehead along with a pair of keys rather than crossbones complete with angel wings a cloud of dust and an image more consistent with motorcycle gangs than University organizations other icons from the group dep pick demons bathing comfortably in the Flames of Hell death threats creepy

(50:56) phone calls stock talking having businesses shut down knife attacks and overt racism have all been attributed to this dark order in attempts to intimidate Rivals and eliminate competitors a recent report in the campus paper the Crimson white says that quote the machine used every scare tactic and committed every assault it could to instill dominance in the student government Association from Cross burnings to phone tapping bombings to stabbings a cross was indeed burned by 15 men in white hoods who stood in front of a competing sorority house

(51:29) after an independent black candidate won the student presidency in 1976 when an opponent had beat the machine for the student presidency in 1970 a few years earlier his dorm room was burned when a student editor exposed the machine and a 1960 edition of the Crimson white he described the experience in local newspaper of the Aniston Star saying they had to go to press hours early and under the guard of a police escort for the circulation staff during a previous expose in 1961 someone tried to hijack the bus carrying

(52:02) the papers from the print shop and route to the university the level of harassment and intimidation tactics has raised a national Spotlight on the allegations of abuses raised by several independent class president candidates including a former Alabama Governor's daughter who refused to align with the machine in 1993 and as a result suffered emotional and psychological trauma she was physically assaulted by a man wearing panty hose over his head who broke into her home beat her sliced her face with a knife and threatened her to

(52:32) drop out of the race she too had a cross burn on her front lawn nevertheless opposition groups on the campus are becoming more vocal by the year and at least some are publicly challenging the machine in elections however there are plenty of claims that its powerful influence has long since formed the basis of a good old boy Network that has been rumored to plug candidate after candidate into Alabama State politics system at virtually every level with machine back graduates taking the quote southern route to Washington

(53:04) DC in real life the smartest kid who pulls himself up by his bootstraps and works the hardest is not always the winner the connections Illustrated here alone prove that there are actually two College systems in America one for the PRS and one for the initiated with an inner circle privy to Hidden knowledge and rings of power that Ordinary People no matter how talented or bright simply cannot attain while this is by no means an exhaustive list it should be apparent by now that secret societies are thoroughly entrenched in colleges and

(53:35) universities Across America as they have been for centuries it's more than just rules and traditions membership lasts a lifetime and for some that bond is more powerful than that of a spouse and while Outsiders May laugh off their ciphers and sacred rituals when they do get leaked to the public it is clear they are no laughing mattered to the group you were both in skull and bones of the secret society it's so secret we can't talk about it what does that mean for America the conspiracy theorists are

(54:06) going to go watch I'm sure they are I don't know I haven't seen the we number 322 you both were members of stolen bones a secret society of y what does that tell us uh not much cuz it's a secret but sober and serious connections to something the rest of us are not a part of many secret society members go on to join adult secret societies as well and play their part in the wink and Nod economy and while many of these college secret societies and their true agendas remain hidden only showing their faces

(54:39) through Anonymous philanthropic good works around their campuses it is also training these students the value of working with a group behind the scenes in the shadows and sworn to secrecy these aren't just club houses and fraternity pranks or simply juvenile flirtations with the occult but rather they are a training ground for our future ruling Elite simply put here is a pedigree that opens doors that others dare not approach what else is there left to say a cast system is very much alive and well in America today it simply isn't

(55:15) called that been frequently demonstrated that Societies in life as well as in colleges are often a source of much evil if secrecy be one of the things which are strenous be insisted upon a spirit of bravado and lawlessness is likely to pervade a number of men bound to Sinker swim togethR

Detailed Outline of "(4) These 100 Secret Societies Prove Who Really Rules America - YouTube"

I. Introduction (00:00 - 01:17)

• A. Secret Societies in American Colleges (00:00)
  • Pervasive presence in college life, influencing students' social and academic experiences.
  • Varying perceptions: from drunken revelry to stewards of the future.
  • Membership as a potential fast track to success and leadership.
• B. Secret Societies and Power (00:41)
  • Membership lists include high-ranking politicians, judges, intelligence officials, and even presidents.
  • Assertion that these organizations are prerequisites for attaining true power and wealth.
• C. A Hidden Class System (01:17)
  • Elite secret societies form an inner ring within the broader Greek system.
  • Endowed with significant financial resources and influential alumni networks.
  • Influence over university governance, including selection of presidents, board members, and faculty.

II. Historical Origins and Influences (01:55 - 03:08)

• A. Skull and Bones and the Tip of the Iceberg (01:55)
  • Skull and Bones at Yale as a well-known example of influential secret societies.
  • Existence of numerous other, lesser-known societies with deep historical roots.
• B. Borrowing from Older Traditions (02:31)
  • College societies draw inspiration from Freemasonry, Odd Fellowship, Knights Templar, and other orders.
  • Secret proceedings, oaths, rituals, and a blend of philanthropy and occultic mysticism.
• C. Advantages of Fraternities (03:08)
  • Fostering fellowship and creating lasting bonds among students.

III. The Mystical Sevens (03:08 - 10:05)

• A. The Significance of Seven (03:08)
  • Seven as a lucky, perfect, and significant number in various traditions, including Freemasonry.
  • Ancient origins in the Order of the Heptoffs (seven wise men) in Persia (1104 BC).
• B. Seven Societies at William and Mary (04:38)
  • College of William and Mary, chartered in 1693, with strong ties to the number seven.
  • Order of the Crown and Dagger (1826), the first "seven society," shrouded in secrecy.
• C. The Spread of Mystical Seven Societies (06:10)
  • Emergence of at least ten other Mystical Seven societies in Southern colleges.
  • Each with seven founding members, chapters referred to as "temples," records kept in cauldrons.
  • Examples: Temple of the Wand (Wesleyan), Temple of the Skull and Bones (Emory), Temple of the Wreath (Transylvania College), etc.
• D. Related Societies and Later Developments (08:28)
  • The Rainbow fraternity at the University of Mississippi, also with seven founding members.
  • Mystical 7 (M7) at the University of Missouri, with no clear connection to the Southern societies.
  • The Order of the Heptoffs, an adult secret society in New Orleans, possibly founded by alumni of the college societies.

IV. Early Secret Societies and the American Revolution (10:05 - 14:11)

• A. The F.H.C. at William and Mary (10:05)
  • Founded in 1750, predating the Mystical Sevens.
  • Meaning of F.H.C. remains secret, possibly "Fraternus Humanitas E Cognitio" (Brotherhood, Humanity, and Knowledge).
  • Members included Founding Fathers like Thomas Jefferson.
  • Possible connection to the later Phi Beta Kappa fraternity.
• B. Phi Beta Kappa and the Illuminati (12:28)
  • Founded in 1776, initially as a secret society.
  • Speculation about links to Adam Weishaupt's Illuminati.
  • Symbolism with potential Illuminati connections.
  • Many members served in the Continental Army and held prominent political positions.

V. The Rise of the Greek Letter System and Anti-Masonic Fervor (14:11 - 16:22)

• A. The Raleigh Tavern Connection (14:11)
  • Both F.H.C. and Phi Beta Kappa founded at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • The tavern as a symbolic birthplace of American college secret societies.
• B. Expansion of Secret Societies and Fraternities (14:48)
  • Proliferation of secret societies and the development of the Greek letter system.
  • Secret societies as gateways to power and privilege.
• C. Anti-Masonic Pressure and Elitism (15:21)
  • Growing criticism of secret societies in the late 1800s.
  • Concerns about snobbery, elitism, and abuse of power.
  • Some societies banned, others forced underground, but many persisted.

VI. Secret Societies at Yale and Other Ivy League Schools (16:22 - 24:36)

• A. Skull and Bones at Yale (16:22)
  • Obsession with the number 322 (which equals 7) and symbols of death.
  • Deep pockets, influential membership, including Presidents Bush.
  • Connections to the CIA, intelligence community, business, and political leaders.
  • Controversial initiation rituals.
• B. Scroll and Key (19:47)
  • Yale's second oldest and wealthiest secret society.
  • Similar selection process and influence as Skull and Bones.
  • Notable members in government, media, and finance.
• C. Other Yale Societies (21:21)
  • Wolf's Head, Book and Snake, Manuscript Society, and more.
  • Powerful alumni networks in various fields.
• D. Brown University (24:36)
  • The Fermanian Society and the secretive Pacifica House.
  • Possible connection between Pacifica House, Skull and Bones, and Dartmouth's Sphinx.

VII. Secret Societies Across the Country (25:47 - 48:42)

• A. Cornell University (25:47)
  • Quill and Dagger, one of the most powerful societies with strong government connections.
  • Notable members like Paul Wolfowitz, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Janet Reno.
• B. Georgetown University (27:49)
  • The Society of Stewards, with Jesuit origins and a focus on maintaining traditions.
  • Controversy over elitism and manipulation of campus politics.
• C. University of Virginia (31:21)
  • The Seven Society, known for its secrecy and philanthropic donations.
  • Other societies like the Eli Banana, the Z Society, and the Imp Society.
• D. Duke University (33:29)
  • The Order of the Red Friars and the Order of the White Duchy.
  • Influence on university policy and student life.
• E. Washington and Lee University (36:09)
  • The secretive Cavers, known for their skull masks and nighttime activities.
• F. Columbia University (37:48)
  • St. Anthony Hall, a revolving door for elite families with a focus on wealth and tradition.
• G. Pennsylvania State University (39:54)
  • Lions Paw, Skull and Bones, and Parmi Nous.
  • Influence on university administration and potential connections to the Sandusky scandal.
• H. New York University (41:34)
  • The Eucleian Society, known for its cryptic messages and social elitism.
• I. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (43:08)
  • The Knights of the Order of Gimghoul, with a castle headquarters and devil symbolism.
• J. Dartmouth College (45:22)
  • Sphinx, Casque and Gauntlet, Dragon, and other secretive societies with unique traditions.

VIII. The Machine at the University of Alabama (48:42 - 53:04)

• A. A Political Machine on Campus (48:42)
  • Composed of Greek organizations, dominating campus elections and student government.
  • Dark history of intimidation, violence, and racism.
  • Allegations of influencing Alabama state politics.

IX. Conclusion (53:04 - 55:15)

• A. Two College Systems (53:04)
  • One for the privileged and initiated, and one for ordinary people.
  • Secret societies as a training ground for the future ruling elite.
• B. The Value of Secrecy and Shadowy Networks (54:06)
  • Training students to work behind the scenes and maintain confidentiality.
• C. A Hidden Caste System (54:39)
  • Secret societies perpetuate a system of privilege

  • X. Abstract Facts and Obscure Opinions (Throughout the Video)

    • A. Occultic Mysticism:
      • Repeated references to secret societies' use of occultic symbols, rituals, and knowledge.
      • Links to ancient mystery religions and traditions like the Magi of Persia.
      • Implication that these societies may be involved in practices beyond the public eye.
    • B. The "Wink and Nod" Economy:
      • Suggestion that secret society connections facilitate a hidden network of favors and influence.
      • Alumni networks enabling members to bypass traditional routes to success.
    • C. The "Southern Route to Washington DC":
      • Implication that Southern secret societies, like The Machine at the University of Alabama, have a direct pipeline to national political power.
      • This "Southern Route" potentially bypassing meritocracy and democratic processes.

    XI. Opposing Opinion (Implied)

    • A. Philanthropic Contributions:
      • Many secret societies are recognized for their philanthropic donations to their universities.
      • This generosity could be interpreted as a genuine desire to support education and their alma maters.
    • B. Networking Opportunities:
      • Secret societies provide valuable networking opportunities for members.
      • These connections could be seen as a natural part of building professional relationships, not necessarily a tool for manipulation.
    • C. Tradition and Camaraderie:
      • For some members, secret societies may simply represent a way to uphold tradition and build camaraderie with like-minded individuals.
      • The rituals and secrecy might be viewed as harmless elements of a shared identity.

    Summarized Essay

    Secret societies have been an integral part of American college life for centuries, forming a hidden network of power and influence that extends far beyond graduation. These societies, often shrouded in secrecy and steeped in ancient traditions, boast membership lists that include prominent politicians, business leaders, and even US presidents. While their public face may be one of philanthropy and camaraderie, many believe these organizations serve as gateways to the upper echelons of American society, perpetuating a system of privilege and elitism.

    The video explores the historical roots of these societies, tracing their origins back to groups like the Freemasons and Knights Templar. It delves into the symbolism and rituals associated with these organizations, highlighting the recurring motif of the number seven and the prevalence of occultic themes. The video also examines specific examples of secret societies at various universities, from the infamous Skull and Bones at Yale to lesser-known groups like the Cavers at Washington and Lee University.

    The video raises concerns about the undue influence these societies may wield, suggesting they create a "wink and nod" economy where connections and loyalty trump merit. It points to the existence of a "Southern Route to Washington DC," implying that certain Southern societies have a direct pipeline to national political power. While acknowledging the philanthropic contributions of some societies, the video ultimately paints a picture of a hidden caste system where access to true power is limited to the initiated few.

    This exploration of secret societies in American colleges raises important questions about the nature of power, privilege, and access in our society. It challenges the notion of a purely meritocratic system, suggesting that hidden networks and elite connections may play a significant role in determining who "really rules America."

    Table of Contents

    1. Introduction: Secret Societies and Their Influence
    2. Historical Origins: Borrowing from Older Traditions
    3. The Mystical Sevens: A Recurring Theme
    4. Early Societies and the American Revolution: The F.H.C. and Phi Beta Kappa
    5. The Greek Letter System: Expansion and Anti-Masonry
    6. Yale and the Ivy League: Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, and More
    7. Secret Societies Across the Country: A Diverse Landscape
    8. The Machine at Alabama: A Case Study in Power and Intimidation
    9. Conclusion: Two College Systems, One Hidden Caste System
    10. Abstract Facts and Obscure Opinions: Occultism, the "Wink and Nod" Economy
    11. Opposing Opinion: Philanthropy, Networking, and Tradition