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Secret Societies And Subversive Movements

by Webster Nesta H.

Religion & Spirituality » Other Practices

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As you can comprehend from the title, the author focuses on clandestine mysterious communities. The book covers the activity of templars, freemasons, illuminates, cabalists and others in chronological order and their influence from behind the scenes. Certainly, not every secret society had such a power to control the world and politics, but this volume includes history of major ones. Written by the British patriot Nesta H. Webster, it is a fascinating reading of pre-1920s conspiracy theory.

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...only the opportunity for booty and aggrandizement, and if they distinguished themselves by a few brilliant actions, their motive soon ceased to be a matter of doubt when they were seen to enrich themselves even with the spoils of the confederates, to increase their credit by the extent of the new possessions they had acquired, to carry arrogance to the point of rivalling crowned princes in pomp and grandeur, to refuse their aid against the enemies of the faith, as the history of Saladin testifies, and finally to ally themselves with that horrible and sanguinary prince named the Old Man of the Mountain, Prince of the Assassins. [137]The truth of the last accusation is, however, open to question. For atime, at any rate, the Templars had been at war with the Assassins. Whenin 1152 the Assassins murdered Raymond, Comte de Tripoli, the Templarsentered their territory and forced them to sign a treaty by which theywere to pay a yearly tribute of 12, 000 gold pieces in expiation of thecrime....