...People do tend to believe secret orders and societies are something so special that it takes a very hard way to get in, but in reality it is
rather simple. It is the ascension within the order to the higher secrets that is the harder part where fewer are chosen, there are usually an Outer
Order and an Inner Order.
I do admit I personally was born into the occult and secret orders, but nevertheless I did join other orders and societies later, that had no
connection to my past nor did the members of these other orders know anything about my past involvement so it had no influence on my ability to join
such orders.
In fact, it is hilariously simple to join many orders such as Freemasonry, Rosicrucians, Knights Templars, Ordo Templi Orientis, Martinist Order etc,
whom all are branches of higher orders and societies, something most of the members are not aware of though.
I think there is a "conspiracy" of sorts controlling things, but it has no name is is just made up of people in the military-industrial complex, the
financial sector, the government, and so on. It has nothing to do with neckbearded guys in Harry-Potter-looking robes and hats.
You know, like when somebody jowly dude with a hefty yearly bonus gets on the phone to so-and-so's cousin who they went to prep school with and who
now works over at bank XYZ and has a chat about the golf conditions at pebble beach for a few minutes. Then they casuaully mention whether the cousin
could do this favor or that with so-and-so over at the treasury or the fed. Next thing you know, an 11-figure number blips at the speed of light from
fund A in the Caymens to fund B in Luxemborg, and everyone meets in some Midtown bar a few hours later for single malt, strippers, and cigars to have
a hearty chuckle.
These people have nothing to do with western estoteric orders like the Freemasons or the resurrected mail-order McRosicrucians or McTemplars or what
have you.
I have nothing much against the latter group, which strikes me as about as nefarious as the local Medieval Faire society. The weird "secret sex magik
rituals" at the top levels and way the "higher-level" initiates tend to stick their greedy little fingers in the till tend to turn me off. If you
are serious about sex magik you'd do better to study Indo-Tibetan stuff, although you've got to do so much preparation first sitting cross-legged
for dozens of years before you get to the level where you are able to handle that stuff that anything being practiced today under that rubric (east or
west) probably has more to do with grubby little desires than transformation of desire into liberation.
[edit on 12/24/09 by silent thunder]