For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

The world is ruled not politicians rule the world secret societies. They control the banks, security forces and entire industries. Conspiracies, bloody wars, financial crises, political intrigue — all with a light hand is not the presidents and parliaments, and a handful of conspirators who dream to destroy 80% of the population and live forever with the help of advanced technology. In the hands of the secret societies — money, power, and our and your life.

http://survincity.com/2012/01/the-world-is-ruled-not-by-politicians-secret/

This is no surprise to me, of course, as one of the so-called experts of ophiolatraea (serpent worship). In Secrets of the Serpent I discovered that there had been an ancient and worldwide serpent religion. Merged with solar, lunar, and cosmic belief systems, this ancient faith did, indeed, take on a worldwide aspect, utilizing the serpent on many levels.

Eventually, these beliefs crept in to secret cults and societies and became hidden.

Almost in every instance these secret societies are playing a religious role – contacting god or the gods in ways that the state religion cannot or will not.

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/secretsoc/secretsoc01.htm

Members of secret societies defend their beloved organization as being “benevolent” and just interested in doing “good works” for the “benefit of mankind”

http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n2032.cfm