Secret Societies: Inside the World's Most Notorious Organizations (48 page)

Ismailis, 24, 25, 30

in fiction, 259

Ismailism, 25, 26–29

J

Jackson, Andrew, 43

Jackson, Jesse, 74

Jagger, Mick,
135

James, Ellery S., 242

James, William, 75–76

James i (English king), 142

JASON Society, 290–91, 293

Jesus Christ, 77, 78–79, 91, 92

Johansson, Sven, 154–55

John Birch Society, 278

Jolie, Angelina, 256

Joly, Maurice, 263, 265

Jones, James, 276

Jones, John Paul, 66

Jonson, Ben, 142

Joseph of Arimathea, 79

Jouret, Luc, 272–76

Joyce, James, 109–10

Jung, Carl, 118

K

Kabbalah, 16, 67

and the Apocalypse, 123

celebrity members, 135, 136

definition, 119–20

and Freemasons, 130–31

and Gnosticism, 117, 122

the Golden Dawn, 131

modern, 128

origins, 119, 120

phases, 122

red string, 134–36,
136

and Rosicrucianism, 131, 140

and Sephiroth, 124,
125,
128, 131, 132, 133, 134

Talmud, 128

and the Torah, 120, 121

and traditional religions, 122

Tree of Life.
See
Kabbalah, Sephiroth

Zohar, 126–28

The Kabbalah Center, 133, 134, 135, 136

Katz, Jacob, 279

Keaton, Diane, 135

Kennedy, John F., 249, 250, 254, 291, 293

Kerry, John, 251, 284

Khurshah, 41

Kissinger, Henry, 287–88

Kleinberg, Aviad, 96

Knights Templar, 38, 42,
44, 49,
77

arrest of, 57–58

and Assassins, 44, 54

and Catholic Church, 54, 56, 58

change in focus, 54–55

chivalry, 46

in computer games, 257

corruption, 54–55

critics of, 56–57

and Crusades, 45

in France, 78

and Freemasons, 44, 60–61, 63, 64, 65, 75

and Holy Grail, 130

and Hospitaliers, 55–56

link with Masons, 44

membership, 52–53

origins, 45–50, 51, 78

papal tribunal, 58

relationship with Catholic Church, 54, 56, 58

reputation for drinking, 55

and Saunière, 258

structure, 53

treasures, 60

Koresh, David, 276

Kot Siu-wong, 165

Kouwenhoven, H.J., 242

Ku Klux Klan, 17

L

The Latin Academy, 90

le Bel, Philippe, 56–57, 58, 60, 94–95

le Hardi, Philippe, 94

Leigh, Richard, 258

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 69

Leonardo da Vinci, 77, 79

Leo xiii, Pope, 73

Lewis, Harvey Spencer, 152

Lievense, Cornelius, 242

Lifton, Robert Jay, 38

Lincoln, Abraham, 149–50

Lincoln, Henry.
See
Henry Soskin

Lippard, George, 149

L'Or de Rennes,
92, 93, 95

Louis ix, 94, 175

Luce, Henry, 237

Luchese, Gaetano (Thomas), 191

Luciano, Charles (Lucky), 189, 190

Ludlum, Robert, 255, 256

Luther, Martin, 139, 140

M

MacArthur, Douglas, 61

Madonna, 135,
135,
136

Mafia, 16, 158

and Camorra, 184–85

code of silence, 173, 179, 195, 196

decline in status, 173

and drug trade, 170

effect of, 253

influence, 179

initiation, 181–82

membership, 181–82

and ’Ndrangheta, 180–81

origins, 173–179

structure, 168, 178, 179–80

survival in Italy, 194

in the United States, 185–97, 194

Magus, Simon, 113–16,
114

Malikis, 25

Manichaeism, 117

Mao Tse-Tung, 165, 269

Marshall, George C., 61

Marshall, Thurgood, 61, 74

Martin, Dean, 191

Martino, Al, 191

Mary Magdalen, 78, 79, 80, 84, 85, 91, 92

Masons.
See
Freemasons

Massino, Joseph (Big Joey), 173, 187, 194, 196

Mathilde of York, 80

Matthiessen, F.O., 232

Maxim of Tyre, 102

McCain, John, 232–33

Meroveus, 79, 261

Merovingian dynasty, 79

Mohammed, 23, 27

Mongols, 40, 41

Moore, Demi, 135

Morgan, William, 70–71, 76

Mormon Church, 71

Mosley, Oswald, 97

Muhammad iii, 41

Murray, Margaret, 226

Muslims.
See also
Islam Christian killing of, 50–51

and Hospitaliers, 50, 51

Mohammed and, 23

Mussolini, Benito, 186, 241

N

National Criminal Intelligence Service (Britain), 170

National Security Council (
NSC
), 287

Nazi Party, 238, 239, 240, 242, 244

Nazis, 77, 89, 90

’Ndrangheta

and Mafia, 180–81

secrecy, 182

size, 182

structure, 181, 187

Nero, 115

Newton, Isaac, 77, 79, 141

Nicholas ii (Russian czar), 263

Nixon, Richard M., 244, 288, 293

Nizam-al-Mulk, 30, 38, 39

Nizaris, 24

O

Oddfellows, 72

Omar Khayyam, 29, 30

Ophites, 112–13

Opus Dei, 266–67

Order of the Skull & Bones.
See
Skull & Bones

Order of the Solar Temple, 272–76

Oswald, Lee Harvey, 254

P

Palermo, Vincent (Vinnie Ocean), 194

Pelat, Roger-Patrice, 96, 97

Pepys, Samuel, 141

Pershing, John J., 61

Persico, Alphonse (Allie Boy), 188

Persico, Carmine, 188

Peter iii of Aragon, 176

Plantard, Pierre,
89,
89–90, 93, 95, 96–97, 98, 261

Pliny the Elder, 102, 103

Poe, Edgar Allan, 149, 254

Polo, Marco, 34,
34,
36

Priory of Sion, 67, 91,
91,
97, 262, 267

influence, 77

origin, 77, 81, 90, 92, 93

reputed founder, 98

Profaci, Joe, 187

Prohibition, 186, 187

The Protocols of the Elders of
Zion,
97, 262–66, 268, 292

Q

Queze, Didier, 275

R

Racusin, M.J., 244

Raft, George, 191

Rand, Ayn, 255

Randolph, Paschal Beverly,
150,
150–51

Raymond, Comte de Tripoli, 54

Red Eyebrows, 160, 171–72

Rennes-le-Chateau, 81, 82–88,
86, 88,
93, 94, 95, 258

Retcliffe, John, 263

Retinger, Joseph H., 281–83,
282,
285

Revere, Paul, 66

Richard the Lion-Hearted, 19

Romero, Phillip, 232

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 235

Rosenkreuz, Christian, 139, 140–41, 145, 146, 147

Rosicrucianism, 16, 67

anonymity of members, 153

Brotherhood of the Union, 149

and Catholic Church, 141

in Europe, 141

and Freemasonry, 148, 152, 154

growth of, 148–49

and Kabbalah, 131, 140

offshoots, 151–52

origins, 139, 145, 146–47

spread of, 147–48

symbols, 140

in United States, 149–51

Rosslyn Chapel, 60

Rotary Club, 74

Rothschild, Mayer, 278

The Royal Society, 141

RTA
Incorporated, 247

Russell, William Huntington, 233, 234, 235, 238

Russell Trust Association, 247, 248, 286.
See also
Skull & Bones

S

Sacra Coronna Unita, 185

Sagan, Carl, 296–97

Saint Wilfrid, 80

Saladin, 38

Saunière, Francois Berenger, 81–88,
82,
91, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99–100, 258

September 11, 2001, 42, 293

Seveners, 24

Seymour, Edward, 163

Shakespeare, William, 142–44, 278

Shiite Muslims, 20, 23–24, 25, 31, 32, 41, 42

Shriners, 72, 75, 153

Shroud of Turin, 59

Sigisbert, 80

Sigisbert vi, 261

Simonians, 114

Sinatra, Frank, 191,
191

Skull & Bones, 16, 286

characteristics of Bonemen, 247

critics of, 250

financial links, 246

and Freemasons, 229

Geronimo's bones, 232, 233

human bones, 231–32

and Illuminati, 229, 234

influence of, 251

initiation rites, 230, 236–37, 251

meetings, 229

membership, 229–30

negative reaction to, 237–38

number 322, 231,
231

political links, 246

prominent members, 236

selection process, 236

The Tomb, 229, 230–31,
232,
233, 251

women admitted, 251

Smith, Joseph, 71

Smith, Walter Bedell, 283

Soskin, Henry (Henry Lincoln), 258, 261

Spain

influence on Sicily, 176–77

Spears, Britney, 135

Spielberg, Steven, 256, 284

St. John the Divine, 123

St. Sulpice, 90

Stalin, Josef, 241

Stein, Walter Johannes, 98

Stewart, Potter, 237

Stonehenge, 102, 108,
108,
109

Streisand, Barbra, 135

Sultan Abbas, 54

Sunni Muslims, 23–24, 25, 31, 38, 41, 42

Sun Yat-sen, 164

T

Tabachnik, Michel, 275

Taft, Alphonso, 234, 235

Taft, William Howard, 235

Taiping Rebellion, 163

Taylor, Elizabeth, 135, 136

Templars.
See
Knights Templar

Thyssen, August, 239

Thyssen, Fritz, 239,
239,
240

tongs, 158–59

in China, 159

in United States, 159–60

Treaty of Nanking, 235

triads

in Australia, 170

Boxer Society, 163, 164,
164

in Britain, 170

compared to Cosa Nostra, 167–68

and drug trade, 170–71

effect of, 253

effect of British rule on, 162–63, 165

Five Ancestors, 162

14K, 165, 171

future of, 171

Green Gang/Three Harmonies Society, 165

in Hong Kong, 165, 169–70

influence, 170–71

initiation practices, 165–67

leader, 167

origins, 157, 161–62

Society of God Worshippers, 163

structure, 167, 168

Vietnamese gangs’ threat, 171

Truman, Harry S., 43,
43,
287

Twelvers, 24

U

Umayyads, 24

Urban ii, Pope, 47, 48

V

Valachi, Joe, 196

Van Rijckenborgh, J., 152

Vario, Paul, 191

Verne, Jules, 77

Villa, Pancho, 233

Villa Madgalena Tower,
86,
98, 100

Voight, John, 256

Vuarnet, Jean, 275

W

Walker, George Herbert, 238–39, 240, 241

Wang Mang, 160

Warren, Earl, 61

Washington, D.C., street plan, 69,
70

Washington, George, 43,
43,
66, 69

Washington Monument, 69

Weaver, Howard, 248

Webb, Thomas Smith, 62

Webster, Nesta H., 128, 268–69,
269,
278, 279

Weishaupt, Adam, 67, 68, 234, 277,
277

Welch, Robert, 278,
278,
279–80

Wesley, John, 212

White Lotus Society, 161, 162

Wicca, 16.
See also
Witchcraft

beliefs, 217–19, 223–24

customs, 223–24

gods, 217–19

The Great Goddess, 217–18, 225

Horned God, 218–19, 225

hostility toward, 216

initiation, 220

Law of Three, 217

The Magickal Circle, 221–23,
222