The Truth About Secret Societies

One of the most profound enigmas of the existence of secret societies is and has always been why people with? Why is it that people think that these groups so interesting? What is it that we're looking for?

There are the usual and obvious answers to these questions. We are all searching for enlightenment in our own way and each person who finds it in different ways - hence the need for so many kinds of secret organizations. This has been called a void that we have to fill out one way or another, an emptiness within each of us who call on a higher being or state of consciousness. Some psychologists believe that this is an evolutionary aspect of our lives, that within us there is a constant urge to improve and a deep hope. This hope makes us strive for more, and thus we become the biggest and strongest of the species - and hence development.

But there is one truth in this, who has missed many. There is a void in us, quite literally. This gap is the lack of true awareness experience. There actually is a higher state of consciousness. If it was not the case, then the feeling and emotions, forcing people to rediscover it would not be so strong and so universal. It is not - and we have to specify this every time - the Kundalini, which in itself is a troubled and yet beautiful human electro-bio-chemical reaction. To follow this ancient Hindu concept to the letter, is initially almost impossible because texts do not exist, and secondly it is extremely dangerous and can easily lead to the psychoses and other mental problems. It is an aspect of the true inner wisdom, but not the only aspect.

The secret society, and indeed, some religions in the world tried over the millennia to bring us back to that state of consciousness, but they have usually not used it for their own gain - power. How can we know? A quick study of the secret societies in the world will show that the information experience has been used in every single opportunity to draw people in and keep them.

From at least the 11th century an enigmatic group known erroneously as the Assassins emerged in Persia. They take their name from the hash (hashish-im, hashish takers), a trance inducing drug thought by many to help the leaders control the minds undermines. The name was originally actually an insult.

In a famous statement, "said Hasan, son of Sabah, Sheikh of the Mountains and leader of the Assassins for an official of the Emperors court," You see that devotee standing guard on yonder turret-top? Watch! "

Sheikh made a signal and immediately devotee threw himself off the mountain precipice to his death. "I have seventy thousand men and women throughout Asia, each of them ready to make my bid."

Initially, it is amazing control over the heads of another person. Secondly, it means that the Assassins were much older than this early appearance, with seventy thousand supporters cast throughout Asia. No society can create seventy thousand supporters during the night, it will take many years to cultivate this kind of following, and it would also take a lot of convincing - unless there was an easier way of checking!

As if to imitate or even follow an older institution the Assassins went through a cycle of initiation based upon seven levels. This relates only to the seven chakra points of initiation near the Hindu tradition. A tradition based on the energy of the worm. It was on the seventh level, the Assassins reached the great secret that all people and all creation were one and that everything was part of the whole. This great secret included being part of the whole and understanding of his creative and destructive elements. The Ismaili (Assassin initiate) could therefore make use of this great power held within him. They firmly believed, and in our view rightly, that the rest of mankind knew nothing of this power, with the exception of the other companies. The power came through the use of the drug hashish and clever ritualistic engagement - making the Ismaili feel part of a greater good which has chosen one - something Adolf Hitler would later use to gain control over the German people. However, there was an eighth level, which was slightly different and it taught that all religions and philosophies were false and that the only thing that mattered was the fulfillment of this greater power that lay within. Contrary to popular belief the Assassins were not just Muslims, they were not under any category, currently known other than secret societies. It was only later in their existence that they should turn to Islam as a means of survival, and even when they had special privileges that allowed them to change religion will.

Assassins are always linked, and rightly, that the Knights Templar. Both groups had contact and a mutual respect. There are even monetary dealings between the two groups. Could it be that the Templars understood this greater secrecy, and brought this "Holy Grail" of information back to Europe with them?

The whole process certainly relates to the serpent energy or fire of the old ones around the world which we already knew was related to serpent cults, we revealed in The Serpent Grail. But there is other evidence concerning this. During the time the second great master Buzurg-UMID (Great Promise), was located at Alamut, otherwise known as the Viper's Nest. And there are additional links to the Templars in that Buzurg-UMID actually made a deal with King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, a man closely linked to the Templars. Indeed, in 1129 Templars and crusaders actually allied with the Assassins to take Damascus. This is an indication that the Assassins were not in fact anyway Muslim and in fact were even said to be ready to take on the mantle of Christianity, if not bring them further power.

The secret rituals of the Templars and the accusations against them would relate entirely to the cult of the Assassins. The question is being asked were Templars use the same mind-controlling techniques as the Assassins? There is indeed evidence that Templars, in connection with Assassins actually understood the use of drugs, especially for relief of pain. Robert Anton Wilson in his book "Sex and Drugs, stated his conviction that the Templars actually used marijuana, and learned to use from the Assassins. This is not an unreasonable assumption, since the links. There are links to be found in the Templar rituals and beliefs with many of the Middle Eastern religions. There is Sufi influence with the golden head of the Sufi is implicated as Baphomet of the Templars. This Golden Head, as Idries Shah points out in The Sufis, was implicated as the "worship of a mysterious head [which] could well be a reference to the hard work transhumanisation taking place in the aspirant's own head. "That was the idea that one's own humanity was turned into gold by means of information and experience so secret alchemy is revealed.

Also, opening ritual of the Sufi involved passing through a doorway of two pillars. This symbolized the entrance portal into a world of light, knowledge and information. If it is true that the Freemasons emerged from a font of Templar knowledge, then it could actually be one of the causes of the two pillars of the Mason guilds. It is also similar to the two pillars that pilgrims to Mecca must pass through (Safa and Marwa).

Parsi (Persian Zoroastrianism) influence is also seen in Kosti ritual where each day they would tie a sacred cord around the waist. The fact that the Templars were accused of possession of a ritual with a sacred cord similar to the practice, Zoroastrian Kosti, shows a tradition of knowledge that goes back thousands of years.

These traditions can also be seen in the great Roman religion Mithraism which was marked with open sign of the cross on the head. This was to mean the sun and place of illumination, the same as the Hindu's, ancient Egyptians and tribal American's to name a few.

Much of this ancient and supposedly secret teaching was adopted finally in what is called Gnosticism. All Gnostics can not be drawn into a bag, but there is a recurring theme - that of illumination and enlightenment. The methods are familiar to us. Many believed that through an insane they can achieve the ultimate state and others that by fasting and mediation would be drawn closer to God. The results were the same, a deeper understanding of themselves and believe that they were in contact with God. This ecstasy would invigorate, and like a Nexus, would initiate constantly want to re-achieve this state, thus keeping him in the fold. The experience being so very real to the religious mind that they really thought they were in communion with God. And that is why we always draw a line at the kundalini, because it has dangers that its proponents not only refuse to see, but can not see because of its nature!

The various methods used to gain access to this meditative state is very old. The ritual abstinence from food were as old as mankind. Practiced in the rituals of Eleusis the initiate would undergo a long period of fixed and then followed by a period of waiting. This increased sense of anticipation and increased mind, which would create the event in their minds before it actually happened. No leader could ask for more. Eventually, the initiate was lead into the temple where they had a ritual meal, and thus large effects were produced in the body with increased content of sugar in the blood, the mind almost in a trance state. There were swirling like Dervish, sleep-inducing drink and play by the great and seemingly powerful priests. Sacred objects and sacred words were then, would at this time of heightened state, would be revealed. Age and breadth of this system of indoctrination can be seen in the concluding words, "Cansha on pacsha", a sanskrit term. Yes, it is accepted by scientists that these rituals originated in India from the old Brahmin. Strangely, these rituals also involved the seventh line, which marked the adoption of the insiders.

As Aristotle himself wrote: "It's like being initiated not so much to learn from experiencing certain emotions, and being thrown into a particular state of mind."

This "special state of mind" was a plasticity of the opening that the priests could bend and manipulate for their own purposes, like the Old Man of the Mountain manipulated the Assassins. The initiate truly believed he or she had visited other worlds.

All these methods and means of manipulation was transferred over time in all forms of modern secret societies. In the high priesthood of Thebes, a society first discovered in Germany in the 18th century, it was written by the opening: "He was led to two high pillars between which stood a griffin ride a wheel in front of him. The columns symbolized the east and west on Griffin sun wheel and the four spokes of the four seasons. He was taught using the level and instructed in geometry and architecture. He had a rod, entwined by snakes and password Heve (snake), and was told the story of the Fall. "The symbols in this introduction is now obvious and ancient.

In initiations and rituals of witches similar themes are found. Whirling, dancing and a general build up to frenzy, would bring the participant into a general state of trance - now known as catharsis. This was helped by medicines, such as "ointment" used by witches to help them fly and which contained hyoscine. The leader would then guide them through a set piece ritual of words and incantations leading to complete mind control. Such control in fact, that like many religions, the participant would often give up their own family and friends. This is the origin of what we call in modern times, a cult, and it can now be realized how difficult it is to break the cult.

This awakening of the mind through ecstasy is on the one hand, a transition from the norm and a breakthrough for the mind in a free state, but on the other hand, it is a dangerous tool used by many cults, secret societies, and in fact mainstream religion to control and manipulate the masses for their own purposes. It may be that some have nothing but good intentions at heart, but history has shown repeatedly that greed is omnipotent and can take the soul of many well-intentioned groups.

The lesson is, be careful with what and whom you believe.