Extra History. Secret Societies in America: The Knights of the Golden Circle. Posted: January 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, 2025. Who were the Knights of the Golden Circle, and what were their ...

The Eye of Providence, which appears on the back of the US one dollar bill, has taken on a conspiratorial meaning among those who believe in certain secret societies.Getty Images ...

Colin Dickey's new book "Under the Eye of Power" examines America's obsession with secret societies. Far from a fringe theory, he told Insider, belief in such conspiracies is a mainstay of our ...

“The United States was born in paranoia.” That’s the first line in Colin Dickey’s new book, “Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy.” From there ...

In America's early days, the villain was the Illuminati. Created in 1776, the group was part of a fad of supposedly secret societies that became fashionable in Europe.

It used to be that Christian denominations, especially Holy Mother Church, were very much not down with secret societies. Admittedly, this had a lot to do with some weird paranoia about the ...

In America's early days, the villain was the Illuminati. Created in 1776, the group was part of a fad of supposedly secret societies that became fashionable in Europe.

America has always believed conspiracy theories, says ‘Under the Eye of Power’ author In his new book, 'Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy,' Colin ...

In America's early days, the villain was the Illuminati. Created in 1776, the group was part of a fad of supposedly secret societies that became fashionable in Europe.

In the last decade, American conspiracy theories about secret cabals working behind-the-scenes to control the world have grown ever more central to political conversations, with supporters in the ...

That’s the first line in Colin Dickey’s new book, “Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy.” From there, Dickey argues that politics in the U.S. have ...