(11-22-2022, 09:48 AM)BIAD Wrote: The Ancient Order of the Foresters.
Huh, never heard of that ancient Order.
My thoughts on secret societies or rather why they're referred to as 'secret' is simply because they do not publish their meeting minutes or agenda on what was discussed nor their membership list. Real secret societies or the hidden hand that influences world governments cannot be named simply because they do not go by any such spelled out name or as you mentioned have "no official title." Former pres Bill Clinton belonged to one of these no-name societies according to his mentor Carroll Quigley.
The inner circle of these people are not even known by the outer circles of the same publicly known organizations according to Quigley. I also think some of these dark occult societies (secretly) influence other known & unknown secret societies. Most people would probably be shocked to discover that none of these elites at the top believe in any of the sheeple religions or Abrahamic religions.
I also believe here in the USA our 17 (or is it 18 now?) Alphabet agencies all have an inner dept that is solely focused on occult mysteries AND protecting those secrets at any and all costs. Years of fighting in Iraq and near 20 years in Afghanistan had nothing to do with democracy for the people. Why were so many archaeologists, anthropologists, geologists & linguists digging in Iraq, Syria & Afghanistan for years and protected by troops & private mercenaries? It sure as hell wasn't about oil. What were they really looking for and did they find the 'grail', ancient relic, or whatever??
Ha, yes, so many known and obscure societies came out of the UK that infiltrated American gov't & various societies going back to the George Washington days. Even Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was part of an obscure, little known secret society of high level English noblemen/politicians/scholars deep into magick by putting young psychic girls into a deep somnambulist trance state process that could (possibly did) open up supernatural seer-ship to retrieve intel for political & esoteric gain.
(11-22-2022, 09:48 AM)BIAD Wrote: It would be interesting to see signs of their workings, trails that show their paths through societal evolvement and faint spoors that the same average person could be warned by.
IMO, such info is available, it's out there in plain sight, and there has been researchers/authors who have tried to warn us, albeit in their own mysterious writings/novels/papers/lectures, but often falls on deaf ears, and/or not able to understand and piece together the clues (so many dots, dead-ends, secret symbolism) until it's too late...next generation has arrived and the previous is too old, too exhausted to do anything about it. Ok kid, the ball is in your court now, do something, good luck, see you in the next life.
Most folks do not want to believe such slithering manipulation exists or that won't affect me which for some it won't, but what about your kids? The ruling masters at the top focus on generational plans, not what am I going to do next weekend or next month or next summer. "Silly sheeple, we know our mind-control does not work on you that's why we're targeting your kids & grandkids, and with lots of free stuff." Plans fail all the time, but the generational civilization planners are revolutionists that never stop pursuing.
The 80s for me was cars, music, night clubbing, racing motorcycles & chasing girls. The 90's was a full-on blur of heavy military indoctrination & dozens of psychological initiations, followed up by 9/11 and my elders preaching to me that EVERYTHING is now going to change, forever. You better get your shit in order, kid, and quick. Huh, wut? I don't see much of anything changing here on the west coast. Crazy old man. Hey, I'm having a barbecue next weekend, BYOB, you coming right? Yea, sure kid, see you there.
Today, we're all so busy with many shiny objects to chase, keeping our heads above water that we become easily distracted and more concerned about our day to day lives and maintaining our status quo. I think one has to dedicate part or all of their life seeking it out and then attempt to put some of the puzzle pieces together and formulate a big picture conclusion, which of course nobody will believe or take seriously till long after you're dead. Which some folks have, or attempted, but many went mad trying to do so and some who got too close were suspiciously snuffed out. Well, at any rate life goes on...As the World turns.
I'm sure my opine is preaching to the choir here, just adding my 2cents.
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” — Marshall McLuhan, from Culture Is Our Business, 1970