Over the last 20 years or so, the notion of secret societies has become a part mainstream culture.

I'd probably say that before 2000 (or some time around there), people either didn't know about the existence of secret societies or they laughed it off as the most absurd thing they could think of, while the purveyors of truth about these dark, elite groups were swept into the margins.

Only occasional glimpses at what was going on were shown on media in any substantial way, such as this clip from the 80's TV comedy Barney Miller

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However, since the proliferation of the Internet, information is much more widely disseminated, and whistleblowers and leakers have avenues to get information out to the people.

And because of that our culture now understands that secret societies are in fact a reality, and that even though the things that we DO have some knowledge about are only the tip of the iceberg, there are still some amazingly strange and disturbing things going on.

Bohemin Club

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According to wiki: "The Bohemian Club is a private club with two locations: a city clubhouse in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California, and the Bohemian Grove, a retreat north of the city in Sonoma County. Founded in 1872 from a regular meeting of journalists, artists and musicians, it soon began to accept businessmen and entrepreneurs as permanent members, as well as offering temporary membership to university presidents and military commanders who were serving in the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, the club has a diverse membership of many local and global leaders, ranging from artists and musicians to businessmen."

The building’s exterior is adorned with plaques bearing owls and the Club’s motto, “Weaving spiders come not here,” just as it had when early members Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and Jack London roamed its halls. That soon changed, however, when local businessmen and entrepreneurs were granted admission.

Bohemian Club

The Bohemian Club is an extremely elite mens club. Consisting of some of America's most powerful business and media leaders, politicians and bankers, and the most famous actors and artists. The likes of you or me will never see ourselves invited to this fraternity.

Still headquartered today in its original location at Post and Taylor, it has become among the most exclusive men’s clubs and/or secret societies in the United States. Club standards remain so high that honorary membership is offered to only some United States presidents, usually bestowed prior to their inauguration, and a select coterie of international business leaders and policy-makers.

Here are just some of the notable members:

• Luis Walter Alvarez, American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968.
• Martin Anderson, economist, policy analyst, author and one of President Ronald Reagan's leading advisors.
• Charles R. Blyth, investment banker and co-founder of Blyth, Witter & Co., the first investment bank in the Western United States.
• George H. W. Bush, 41st US President.
• Alden W. Clausen, President of the World Bank from 1981 to 1986. He was also President and CEO of Bank of America in 1970 and again in 1986.
• Joseph Coors, grandson of brewer Adolph Coors and president of Coors Brewing Company.
• William Henry Draper III, American venture capitalist.
• Clint Eastwood, American actor and filmmaker.
• Charles N. Felton, Congressman and U.S. Senator from California.
• David Gergen, American political commentator and former presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He is currently a senior political analyst for CNN and a professor of public service and co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.
• Newt Gingrich, Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author, and 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
• Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the US.
• Henry Kissinger, American political scientist, diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
• Richard Nixon, 37th President of the US.
• Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the US.
• Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the US.

That is just a short list. You can see a larger one here. But it should be obvious enough that with people of such stature, importance, power, and influence, this club was no small matter.

Bohemian Grove

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The Bohemian Grove is a 2,700-acre (1,100 ha) campground located at 20601 Bohemian Avenue, in Monte Rio, California, belonging to the Bohemian Club. In mid-July each year, Bohemian Grove hosts a more than two-week (three weekend) encampment of some of the most prominent men in the world.

The slogan "Weaving spiders come not here" is supposed to mean that members are intended to drop all their cares and do no networking while attending the retreat. However, some of the most historical secretive global projects were planned there.

The Grove is particularly famous for a Manhattan Project planning meeting that took place there in September 1942, which subsequently led to the atomic bomb

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So, what sort of things keep this boy's club amused for 2 weeks?

Sexual debotchery

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Well, this part isn't pretty.

“In 1984 I watched George W. Bush enthusiastically and expertly perform a homosexual act on another man, one Victor Ashe,” said McConnell. “Ashe is the current U.S. ambassador to Poland; and he too should come out, like former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevy, and admit to being a gay American.” “Other homo-erotic acts were also performed by then-private citizen George W. Bush. I know this because I performed one of them on him myself.”

George W. Bush, Chad Savage and the Homosexual Intercourses at the Bohemian Grove Club

We're told that "Chad Savage," who has appeared in such carnal classics as "How the West Was Hung," is supplementing his sex job by working as a valet at Bohemian Grove, the all-male annual gathering inside a 2,700-acre redwood forest in Monte Rio, Calif., that has been attended by every Republican president since Calvin Coolidge, as well as by industrial titans and media magnates.

GAY PORN STAR SERVES MOGULS

As strange as it may sound, I remember being able to view that New York Post article, which apparently doesn't exist any more. Curious...

Anyway, Richard Nixon, although a member and occasional attendee, was not a fan of the event. It would seem to me that if someone really dislikes the goings on of a particular two week retreat, they wouldn't go. So why is it that a US President felt compelled to go to this event which he despised?

Cremation of Care

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With this one, I'll simply leave the video that Alex Jones secretly recorded at the Grove and let you make up your mind about what's going on there.

I may elaborate more on what specifically is going on here and what the symbolisms imply, but I'll leave that for another post. The point is that all of these things are being done in secret by the most powerful men in the world.

Why?

What do you think?

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Secret societies exist, and this, in my opinion, is probably the most tame of them.

What do you think about this whole thing?

I know that Steemit is a bit heavier on the conspiratorial side than most social media platforms, so I would assume that most of you know about this stuff already, but I'd like to hear your thoughts anyway.

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