Rule by Secrecy

by Marrs, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780060931841
• ISBN10: 0060931841
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

What secrets connect Egypt's Great Pyramids, the Freemasons, and the Council on Foreign Relations? In this astonishing book, celebrated journalist Jim Marrs examines the world's most closely guarded secrets, tracing the history of clandestine societies and the power they have wielded - from the ancient mysteries to modern-day conspiracy theories. Searching for truth, he uncovers disturbing evidence that the real movers and shakers of the world collude covertly to start and stop wars, manipulate stock markets, maintain class distinctions, and even censor the news. Provocative and utterly compelling, Rule by Secrecy offers a singular worldview that may explain who we are, where we came from, and where we are going.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Question of Conspiracy	5	(5)
Rule by the Few	10	(3)
A View from the Few	13	(9)
PART I: MODERN SECRET SOCIETIES
The Trilateral Commission	22	(9)
Council on Foreign Relations	31	(8)
Bilderbergers	39	(5)
Rockefellers	44	(10)
Morgans	54	(4)
Rothschilds	58	(6)
Secrets of Money and the Federal Reserve System	64	(15)
Empire Building	79	(4)
The Royal Institute of International Affairs---Round Tables	83	(2)
Rhodes and Ruskin	85	(5)
Skull and Bones	90	(6)
Tax-Exempt Foundations and Alphabet Agencies	96	(6)
It's News to Us	102	(5)
Commentary	107	(6)
PART II: THE FINGERPRINTS OF CONSPIRACY
Report from Iron Mountain	113	(4)
Persian Gulf	117	(4)
Who Pays the Tab?	121	(3)
Vietnam	124	(2)
JFK Opposed Globalists	126	(5)
All the Way with LBJ	131	(6)
Trading with the Enemy	137	(3)
Korea	140	(5)
Rise of the Nazi Cult	145	(8)
Theosophists, Thulists, and Other Cultists	153	(4)
The Leader Arrives	157	(6)
Hitler's Support Group	163	(7)
Hitler's Fortune Turns	170	(2)
Japan Against the Wall	172	(4)
World War II	176	(2)
Business as Usual	178	(5)
World War I	183	(3)
A Stimulus for War	186	(6)
The Russian Revolution	192	(5)
The Rise of Communism	197	(3)
Commentary	200	(7)
PART III: REBELLION AND REVOLUTION
War Between the States	207	(2)
Secret Society Agitation	209	(5)
Preemptive Strikes	214	(3)
The Anti-Masonic Movement	217	(4)
The French Revolution	221	(2)
Jacobins and Jacobites	223	(4)
Sir Francis Bacon and the New Atlantis	227	(5)
The American Revolution	232	(3)
The Illuminati	235	(7)
Freemasonry	242	(9)
Count Saint-Germain and Other Magicians	251	(3)
Masonic Plots	254	(5)
Freemasonry vs. Christianity	259	(6)
Rosicrucians	265	(3)
Commentary	268	(6)
PART IV: ELDER SECRET SOCIETIES
Knights Templar	274	(6)
Assassins	280	(5)
Templar Bankers and Builders	285	(6)
Cathars	291	(8)
The Albigensian Crusade	299	(4)
The Templars' Demise	303	(12)
The Priory of Sion	315	(11)
Merovingians	326	(6)
A Far-Reaching Web	332	(5)
Commentary	337	(9)
PART V: ANCIENT MYSTERIES
The Road to Rome	346	(9)
The Cabala	355	(5)
Ancient Secrets and Mysteries	360	(7)
Was There More to Moses?	367	(7)
All Roads Lead to Sumer	374	(4)
The Anunnaki	378	(12)
Floods and Wars	390	(13)
Commentary	403	(8)
Sources	411	(40)
Index	451