A fascinating new book reveals the visual culture of 19th and early 20th century secret societies ... and their own symbols and colors. They even had their own manufacturing industry that produced ...

Despite its lofty sounding title, “The Order of the Star-Spangled Banner” was part of a national movement to intimidate immigrants ... However, a small volume containing the minutes of their meetings ...

THE West African secret societies, according to Capt. F. W. Butt-Thompson, fall into three groups: the mystic and religious, the democratic and patriotic, and the subversive and criminal ...

The slanted cross is actually a symbol of the Free Masons, who believed to overlap or possibly be controlled by the Illuminati a supposed secret society made up of some of the most powerful people ...