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description: Listening Length 12 hours and 21 minutesWelcome to The Real History of Secret Societies a historical look at the true-life groups which if you believe the myths are the unspoken power behind some of the worlds major turning points from controlling the British crown to holding back the electric car and keeping Martians and Atlantis under wraps.Prepare yourself. In this course brought to you in partnership with HISTORY you will be visiting some of historys deepest rabbit-holes across centuries and continents in search of secret societies in all their varieties. You will journey to some very dark places and frankly some odd and sometimes silly ones as well. During 24 eye-opening lectures Dr. Richard B. Rick Spence Professor of History at the University of Idaho guides you through the fascinating often mystifying - sometimes disturbing - world of brotherhoods sisterhoods orders cults and cabals that have influenced human culture from ancient times to the present.Youll understand how and why secret societies have attracted some of historys most brilliant and some of its most evil minds. Often demonized by their enemies many secret societies have become the stuff of myths and conspiracy theories. Why do they exist? And when they are invented or imagined why would someone pretend they exist? What do secret societies believe? Who do they recruit? Most important what influence do they have? Buckle up and get ready to find out.
language: English
title: The Real History of Secret Societies
publisher: The Great Courses