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9780892819591

Secret Societies of America's Elite

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    9780892819591

  • ISBN10:

    0892819596

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-02-24
  • Publisher: Destiny Books
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Summary

An expose of the dark and critical role secret societies play within the ruling families in America and their influence on American democracy, current events, and world history.

• Reveals the enormous influence secret societies still have on contemporary American life.

• Shows how the secret Masonic cells that smuggled in the democratic ideals inspiring the American Revolution also enabled the future elite of the new society to build huge fortunes.

Elite and secret societies have always been a major force in the history of Western civilization. The alliances formed in secret societies such as the Knights Templar, the Knights of Christ, and the Freemasons transcended patriotism and religious beliefs and had a powerful influence on the establishment of the United States of America. While these secret associations of merchants, smugglers, occultists, gamblers, spies, and slavers succeeded in freeing the United States from foreign domination, the dark side is that the elite used their secret connections to further their own wealth and power. These secret cells did not hesitate to sponsor the assassination of a president and even attempted to break up the union on several occasions when it was deemed expedient.

From the Sons of Liberty and the Essex Junto to the Ku Klux Klan, secret societies have played critical roles in building the fortunes of America's elite. Now Steven Sora reveals in alarming detail how secretive societies continue to wield power even today as organizations such as Yale's Skull & Bones unite America's modern ruling families as strongly as Masonic Lodges once connected the Astors, Livingstons, and Roosevelts. Their immense power and wealth allow this elite to control America to an even greater degree than the Templars once dominated Europe.

Author Biography

<p><strong>Secret Societies of America's Elite</strong><br /><em>From the Knights Templar to Skull and Bones</em></p><p><em>Acknowledgments <br />Introduction: Born in Blood</em> <br /><strong>PART ONE<br /></strong>Piracy: A Merry and a Short Life <br />Chapter 1 The New World Order <br />Chapter 2 Brothers to Pirates and Corsairs <br />Chapter 3 Under a Black Flag <br />Chapter 4 Skeletons in the Closet <br /><strong>PART TWO<br /></strong>The Lodge and the Revolution <br />Chapter 5 Smugglers, Patriots, and Masons <br />Chapter 6 Franklin and the Masonic Underground <br />Chapter 7 The Merchants of War <br />Chapter 8 The Bribe That Won the War <br />Chapter 9 One Nation Under the Great Architect <br /><strong>PART THREE</strong><br />From the Sacred to the Profane <br />Chapter 10 The Slave Traders <br />Chapter 11 Red Cross and Black Cargo <br />Chapter 12 Master Masons and Their Slaves <br />Chapter 13 The Masonic Betrayal <br />Chapter 14 The Opium Brotherhood <br />Chapter 15 Opium: From the Lodge to the Den <br />Chapter 16 Wealth: The Legacy of the Opium Trade <br />Chapter 17 The Power of the New Skull and Bones<br /><em>Notes<br />Index</em> </p>

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Born in Blood 1(8)
PART ONE Piracy: A Merry and a Short Life
9(82)
The New World Order
12(20)
Brothers to Pirates and Corsairs
32(16)
Under a Black Flag
48(20)
Skeletons in the Closet
68(23)
PART TWO The Lodge and the Revolution
91(86)
Smugglers, Patriots, and Masons
100(22)
Franklin and the Masonic Underground
122(14)
The Merchants of War
136(17)
The Bribe That Won the War
153(16)
One Nation Under the Great Architect
169(8)
PART THREE From the Sacred to the Profane
177(128)
The Slave Traders
179(9)
Red Cross and Black Cargo
188(18)
Master Masons and Their Slaves
206(22)
The Masonic Betrayal
228(10)
The Opium Brotherhood
238(21)
Opium: From the Lodge to the Den
259(17)
Wealth: The Legacy of the Opium Trade
276(14)
The Power of the New Skull and Bones
290(15)
Notes 305(12)
Index 317

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