The secret societies of all ages and countries
By: a comprehensive account of upwards of one hundred and sixty secret organizations--religious, political, and social--from the most remote ages down to the present time, by Charles William Heckethorn
Edition: New ed., throughly rev. and greatly enl.
Publisher: G. Redway
Published: 1897
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Secret societies
Notes: "Authorities consulted": v. 1, p. xix-xxvii; v. 1, p. xi-xvi.

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Table of contents: title: I. Introduction. Ancient mysteries. Emanationists. Christian initiations. Ishmaelites. Heretics. Chivalry. Judiciary. Mystics. Anti-social societies. Social regeneration.; title: II. Freemasonry. International commune and anarchists. Political secret societies. Miscellaneous societies. Addenda et corrigenda.