A
Abdel-Rahman of Damascus, 37
Abode of Learning, 25–26, 30, 31, 35, 42
brainwashing techniques, 26–29
demise, 29
Adams, John, 66
Agha Khan, 24
Alamut, 32, 32, 33, 34, 39, 41
Alexius Co
Alexius Comnenus, 47, 48
Ali (cousin of Mohammed), 23, 24
Allen, Ethan, 66
Allende, Salvadore, 288
Alpha Galates, 89, 90, 91
Al Qaeda, 23, 42
and Assassins, 22, 296
Altman, Howard, 231–32
Amaury, King of Jerusalem, 54
AMORC. See Ancient and Mystical Rosae Crucis
Anastasia, Albert, 190
Ancient and Mystical Rosae Crucis (AMORC), 152–53, 272
Anderson, Ned, 232–33
Andreae, Johann Valentin, 145, 145–46, 147
Antoninus, Aurelius, 123
Arnold, Benedict, 66
Assassins, 54
and Al Qaeda, 22, 296
cruelty, 41
and fidayeen, 42
Hasan Sabbah and, 29–41
influence, 41–42
intimidation by, 39–40
and Islam, 157
and Knights Templar, 44, 54
legacy, 22
methods and motives, 22
name, 22
origins, 23–26
Assemblies of Wisdom, 27
Atabeg of Hims, 38–39
B
Bacon, Francis, 141–45, 143
Baignent, Michael, 258
Baldwin ii, 51
Bank of Credit & Commerce International (BCCI), 276
bar Yochai, Shimeon, 123, 127
Beckham, David, 135, 135
Beckham, Victoria, 135
Benedict xiv, Pope, 73
Berg, Karen, 133, 134
Berg, Philip, 132, 132–37
Bernard of Clairvaux, 51
Bernhard, Prince, 282, 285
Bethania Mansion (Villa Bethania), 85, 88, 88, 93–96, 98, 261
Bibliothèque Nationale, 79, 91, 93
Bilderberg Group, 16, 280–86, 292
Billard of Carcassone, 87, 99–100
bin Laden, Osama, 42
Bishop of Tyre, 39
Blair, Tony, 284
Blake, William, 117
Blum, Leon, 89
Boehme, Jakob, 117
Bonanno, Joseph (Joe Bananas), 187
Boxer Rebellion, 163–64
Boxer Society (Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists), 163, 164, 164
Boyle, Robert, 79, 141
Brando, Marlon, 191
Brandwein, Yehuda, 133
Brown, Dan, 259, 266
Bruce, Robert, 65
Bruno, Giordano, 146–47, 147
Buchalter, Beatrice, 195
Buchalter, Louis (Lepke), 173, 194–96, 195
Bundy, McGeorge, 247
Bundy, William P., 247
Bush, Barbara, 249
Bush, George H.W., 232–33, 248, 249, 250
Bush, George W., 251, 284
Bush, George William, 249–50
Bush, Jonathan, 233
Bush, Prescott S., 232, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244–46
C
Caesar, 106
Camorra
income, 184–85
and Mafia, 184–85
membership, 184
origin, 183
size, 184
structure, 184
in the United States, 185
Carpocrates, 113
Casso, Anthony (Gas Pipe), 191
Castellano, Paul (Big Paulie), 188, 189, 189, 191, 191
Catholic Church
and Freemasons, 72–74
and French royalists, 88
Inquisition, 147, 176, 225
and Knights Templar, 54, 56, 58
Opus Dei and, 266–67
policy on Masses, 98–99
relations with Saunière, 83, 87, 88
and Rosicrucianism, 141
support for Royalists, 88
threats to, 78
Vatican ii, 98
and witchcraft, 211–12
Central Intelligence Agency, 246, 247, 249, 250
Charles of Anjou, 175–76
The Chemical Wedding, 141, 145, 147, 148
Chiang Kai-Shek, 165
Childeric i, 79
Chinese immigrants, 158
Chinese triads. See Triads
Ch'ing dynasty, 161, 161, 162, 164
Chiodo, Peter (Fat Pete), 191
Christianity. See also Catholic Church, Christians, the Crusades
and the Apocalypse, 123
and chivalry, 46
definition of sins, 210
and Druidism, 106, 107–8
and Freemasons, 64
and Gnosticism, 117
growth of, 117
in Ireland, 107
pilgrimages, 46
threats to, 78, 86–87
view of women, 210, 212–13
and witchcraft, 210–11
Christian Reformation, 157
Christians, 12–15. See also Christianity
crusades, 48
pilgrimages, 47–48, 50
Churchill, Winston, 43, 61
Cirillo, Dominick (Quiet Dom), 190
Clement iv, Pope, 175
Clement v, Pope, 56, 59
Clement xii, Pope, 73
Clymer, Reuben Swinburne, 153–54
Cocteau, Jacques, 79
Cole, Nat “King,” 74
Collins, Douglas, 74
Colombo, Joe, 187–88
Conrad of Montferrat, 19, 20, 36
Cooper, Milton William, 291–93, 292
Coppola, Francis Ford, 256
Corbu, Noel, 88, 93–96, 100, 261
Corrado di Montefeltro, 39
Cosa Nostra, 167–68. See also Mafia
attitude to women, 192
competition facing, 194
families, 187–91
induction, 192
portrayed in movies, 256, 257
secrecy, 192
and secrecy, 185–96
structure, 187
triads compared to, 167–68
in the United States, 185–97
wives, 192–93
Costello, Frank, 189–91, 190
Countess of Chambord, 83
Crosby, Bing, 191
Crowley, Aleister, 131, 131–32, 225–26
the Crusades, 20, 24, 38, 42, 45, 50, 65, 90
D
Dagobert ii, 79, 80, 81, 84, 86, 91, 92, 95, 97, 100
Dai-el-Kebir, 20–22, 40
D'Amato, John (Johnny Boy), 193–94, 194
D'Arco, Alfonse (Little Al), 191
The Da Vinci Code, 259, 266–67, 268
de Beauséjour, Abbé, 87
Debussy, Claude, 77, 79
de Castille, Blanche, 94
de Chérisy, Philippe, 92–93, 100, 261
Dee, John, 141
de Flexian, Squin, 57
Deighton, Len, 256, 267
Delano, Warren Jr., 235
de Leon, Moses, 126–27
Deluca, Robert (Bobby Dee), 192
de Martignes, Gerard, 48, 49, 50
de Molay, Jacques, 56, 57, 58, 59, 59, 60, 63, 64–65
Denarnaud, Marie, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 93, 100, 261
de Payens, Hugh, 50–51
de Sède, Gerard, 92, 100
de Wit, Daniel, 250
Diefenbaker, John, 61
Di Mambro, Joseph, 272–76
Drain, Richard, 247
Druidism
in British Isles, 107
and Christianity, 106, 107–8
and Freemasonry, 108–9
importance of mistletoe, 102–3
importance of oak trees, 102–3
influence in Europe, 106
in Ireland, 107
and Irish culture, 109–10
levels of, 104–5
and magic, 105
membership, 106–7
men in, 105
and mysticism, 108
origins, 101, 103
practices, 101–2
significance of robe colors, 104–5
and Stonehenge, 102, 108, 108, 109
training, 105
and witchcraft, 209, 211
women in, 105
Druids, 16
modern, 108
du Guesclin, Bertrand, 60
Dulles, John Foster, 241–42
Durante, Jimmy, 191
Dutoit, Tony, 274
E
Eco, Umberto, 257–58
Edward ii, King of England, 59
Edwards, William, 249
Eid, Albert, 75–76
Elders of Zion, 67
Elizabeth i, 147
Ellington, Duke, 43, 74
Eugenius iii, Pope, 54
Evola, Julius, 97–98
F
Falk, Hayyim Samuel Jacob, 129, 129–30
Ferguson, Sarah, 136
First Opium War, 235
Fleming, Ian, 255, 256
flying saucers, 289–91, 293
Ford, Gerald, 44
Ford, Henry, 265, 265
Franklin, Benjamin, 43, 66
Fratianno, Jimmy, 191
Freemasons, 16, 42, 43, 60
and Catholic Church, 72–74
and Christianity, 64
claims about, 66–72
critics, 72–74
degrees, 63, 65, 71–72
and Druidism, 108–9
in England, 64
in Europe, 64
in France, 64, 65, 88, 89
gender bias, 73, 74
global domination, 264
and Great Seal of the U.S., 61–62
and Holy Grail, 130
and Illuminati, 66–68, 75
influence, 61–62, 66, 69
initiation, 71–72, 75–76
and Kabbalah, 130–31
media coverage, 75
membership, 74
and murder of Washington, 69
origin, 63–64
racial segregation, 73–74
rituals, 71–72
and Rosicrusianism, 148, 152, 154
Scottish Rite, 65, 93
secrecy, 63–64
and Skull & Bones, 229
and Templars, 44, 60–61, 63, 64, 65, 75
in United States, 61, 65–66
French Revolution, 68, 277, 278
Frotmond of Brittany, 47
Fulk de Nerra, 47
G
Galileo, 142
Gambino, Carlo, 188, 191, 191
Gardner, Gerald Brosseau, 225–27, 226
Garibaldi, 178
Geisenheimer, Sigismund, 279
Gelis, Abbé, 87
Genovese, Vito, 190, 193
Gilman, Daniel, 238
Giselle de Razes, 79, 80, 81, 84, 91, 92, 95, 96, 97, 100, 261
Gnosticism
ascetics, 112
beliefs, 110–13, 116–17
Carpocratians, 113
and Christianity, 117
decline, 117
and Kabbalah, 117, 122
licentious, 112
Magus, Simon, 113–16
Manichaeism, 117
Ophites, 112–13
origins, 101, 111
renewal of interest in, 117, 118
Simonians, 114
texts, 117, 117–18
Gnostics, 16
The Godfather, 191
Godfrey de Bouillon, 90, 98
Goedsche, Hermann, 263, 265
Goodfellas, 191
Gotti, John, 188, 189, 194
Gotti, John Jr., 189
Grand Lodge of Freemasons. See Freemasons
Gravano, Salvatore (Sammy the Bull), 189
Graves, Philip, 265
Greeley, Horace, 149
Grisham, John, 255
Groninger, Johann, 242
Gruberger, Feivel. See Philip Berg
Guinter, J.L., 242
Guy of Auvergne, 58, 60
H
Haley, Alex, 74
Hall, Manly P., 144, 145
Hamilton, Alexander, 66
Hammett, Dashiell, 254
Han Ai, 160
Hancock, John, 66
Harriman, Roland, 240, 242
Harriman, W. Averell, 237, 239, 240
Hasan iii, 41
Hasan Sabbah, 29–38, 30, 42
and Assassins, 29–41
and Nizam-al-Mulk, 30
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 233–34
Henry, Count of Champagne, 19, 20–22, 36
Henry, Patrick, 66
Herskowitz, Mickey, 243–46, 245
Herzl, Theodor, 264, 264
Hilton, Paris, 135, 135
Himmler, Heinrich, 97
Hirsch, Zvi, 279
Hitler, Adolf, 88, 239, 240, 241, 264, 265, 266, 269
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, 98, 258–62
Holy Grail, 60, 98, 130
Hoover, J. Edgar, 191
Hospitaliers, 49–50, 51, 54, 55–56, 59
Hugo, Victor, 77, 79
Hulagu Khan, 41
Hung Mun, 162, 162, 163
Hung Wu, 161
Husayn (grandson of Ali), 24
I
Illuminati, 16, 63
in computer games, 257
and conspiracy theories, 277–80
in fiction, 259
and Freemasons, 66–68, 75
global domination, 264
in movies, 256
secrecy, 279
and Skull & Bones, 229, 234
values of, 255
in video games, 256
Imam Rezi, 40
Inquisition, 147, 176, 225
Islam. See also Shiite Muslims; Sunni Muslims
founding of, 23
influence on Sicilian society, 174
justice, 174
role of women, 174
Ismailis, 24, 25, 30
in fiction, 259
Ismailism, 25, 26–29
J
Jackson, Andrew, 43
Jackson, Jesse, 74
Jagger, Mick, 135
James, Ellery S., 242
James, William, 75–76
James i (English king), 142
JASON Society, 290–91, 293
Jesus Christ, 77, 78–79, 91, 92
Johansson, Sven, 154–55
John Birch Society, 278
Jolie, Angelina, 256
Joly, Maurice, 263, 265
Jones, James, 276
Jones, John Paul, 66
Jonson, Ben, 142
Joseph of Arimathea, 79
Jouret, Luc, 272–76
Joyce, James, 109–10
Jung, Carl, 118
K
Kabbalah, 16, 67
and the Apocalypse, 123
celebrity members, 135, 136
definition, 119–20
and Freemasons, 130–31
and Gnosticism, 117, 122
the Golden Dawn, 131
modern, 128
origins, 119, 120
phases, 122
red string, 134–36, 136
and Rosicrucianism, 131, 140
and Sephiroth, 124, 125, 128, 131, 132, 133, 134
Talmud, 128
and the Torah, 120, 121
and traditional religions, 122
Tree of Life. See Kabbalah, Sephiroth
Zohar, 126–28
The Kabbalah Center, 133, 134, 135, 136
Katz, Jacob, 279
Keaton, Diane, 135
Kennedy, John F., 249, 250, 254, 291, 293
Kerry, John, 251, 284
Khurshah, 41
Kissinger, Henry, 287–88
Kleinberg, Aviad, 96
Knights Templar, 38, 42, 44, 49, 77
arrest of, 57–58
and Assassins, 44, 54
and Catholic Church, 54, 56, 58
change in focus, 54–55
chivalry, 46
in computer games, 257
corruption, 54–55
critics of, 56–57
and Crusades, 45
in France, 78
and Freemasons, 44, 60–61, 63, 64, 65, 75
and Holy Grail, 130
and Hospitaliers, 55–56
link with Masons, 44
membership, 52–53
origins, 45–50, 51, 78
papal tribunal, 58
relationship with Catholic Church, 54, 56, 58
reputation for drinking, 55
and Saunière, 258
structure, 53
treasures, 60
Koresh, David, 276
Kot Siu-wong, 165
Kouwenhoven, H.J., 242
Ku Klux Klan, 17
L
The Latin Academy, 90
le Bel, Philippe, 56–57, 58, 60, 94–95
le Hardi, Philippe, 94
Leigh, Richard, 258
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 69
Leonardo da Vinci, 77, 79
Leo xiii, Pope, 73
Lewis, Harvey Spencer, 152
Lievense, Cornelius, 242
Lifton, Robert Jay, 38
Lincoln, Abraham, 149–50
Lincoln, Henry. See Henry Soskin
Lippard, George, 149
L'Or de Rennes, 92, 93, 95
Louis ix, 94, 175
Luce, Henry, 237
Luchese, Gaetano (Thomas), 191
Luciano, Charles (Lucky), 189, 190
Ludlum, Robert, 255, 256
Luther, Martin, 139, 140
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 61
Madonna, 135, 135, 136
Mafia, 16, 158
and Camorra, 184–85
code of silence, 173, 179, 195, 196
decline in status, 173
and drug trade, 170
effect of, 253
influence, 179
initiation, 181–82
membership, 181–82
and ’Ndrangheta, 180–81
origins, 173–179
structure, 168, 178, 179–80
survival in Italy, 194
in the United States, 185–97, 194
Magus, Simon, 113–16, 114
Malikis, 25
Manichaeism, 117
Mao Tse-Tung, 165, 269
Marshall, George C., 61
Marshall, Thurgood, 61, 74
Martin, Dean, 191
Martino, Al, 191
Mary Magdalen, 78, 79, 80, 84, 85, 91, 92
Masons. See Freemasons
Massino, Joseph (Big Joey), 173, 187, 194, 196
Mathilde of York, 80
Matthiessen, F.O., 232
Maxim of Tyre, 102
McCain, John, 232–33
Meroveus, 79, 261
Merovingian dynasty, 79
Mohammed, 23, 27
Mongols, 40, 41
Moore, Demi, 135
Morgan, William, 70–71, 76
Mormon Church, 71
Muhammad iii, 41
Murray, Margaret, 226
Muslims. See also Islam Christian killing of, 50–51
and Hospitaliers, 50, 51
Mohammed and, 23
Mussolini, Benito, 186, 241
N
National Criminal Intelligence Service (Britain), 170
National Security Council (NSC), 287
Nazi Party, 238, 239, 240, 242, 244
Nazis, 77, 89, 90
’Ndrangheta
and Mafia, 180–81
secrecy, 182
size, 182
structure, 181, 187
Nero, 115
Newton, Isaac, 77, 79, 141
Nicholas ii (Russian czar), 263
Nixon, Richard M., 244, 288, 293
Nizam-al-Mulk, 30, 38, 39
Nizaris, 24
O
Oddfellows, 72
Omar Khayyam, 29, 30
Ophites, 112–13
Opus Dei, 266–67
Order of the Skull & Bones. See Skull & Bones
Order of the Solar Temple, 272–76
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 254
P
Palermo, Vincent (Vinnie Ocean), 194
Pelat, Roger-Patrice, 96, 97
Pepys, Samuel, 141
Pershing, John J., 61
Persico, Alphonse (Allie Boy), 188
Persico, Carmine, 188
Peter iii of Aragon, 176
Plantard, Pierre, 89, 89–90, 93, 95, 96–97, 98, 261
Pliny the Elder, 102, 103
Poe, Edgar Allan, 149, 254
Polo, Marco, 34, 34, 36
Priory of Sion, 67, 91, 91, 97, 262, 267
influence, 77
origin, 77, 81, 90, 92, 93
reputed founder, 98
Profaci, Joe, 187
Prohibition, 186, 187
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, 97, 262–66, 268, 292
Q
Queze, Didier, 275
R
Racusin, M.J., 244
Raft, George, 191
Rand, Ayn, 255
Randolph, Paschal Beverly, 150, 150–51
Raymond, Comte de Tripoli, 54
Red Eyebrows, 160, 171–72
Rennes-le-Chateau, 81, 82–88, 86, 88, 93, 94, 95, 258
Retcliffe, John, 263
Retinger, Joseph H., 281–83, 282, 285
Revere, Paul, 66
Richard the Lion-Hearted, 19
Romero, Phillip, 232
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 235
Rosenkreuz, Christian, 139, 140–41, 145, 146, 147
Rosicrucianism, 16, 67
anonymity of members, 153
Brotherhood of the Union, 149
and Catholic Church, 141
in Europe, 141
and Freemasonry, 148, 152, 154
growth of, 148–49
and Kabbalah, 131, 140
offshoots, 151–52
origins, 139, 145, 146–47
spread of, 147–48
symbols, 140
in United States, 149–51
Rosslyn Chapel, 60
Rotary Club, 74
Rothschild, Mayer, 278
The Royal Society, 141
RTA Incorporated, 247
Russell, William Huntington, 233, 234, 235, 238
Russell Trust Association, 247, 248, 286. See also Skull & Bones
S
Sacra Coronna Unita, 185
Sagan, Carl, 296–97
Saint Wilfrid, 80
Saladin, 38
Saunière, Francois Berenger, 81–88, 82, 91, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99–100, 258
September 11, 2001, 42, 293
Seveners, 24
Seymour, Edward, 163
Shakespeare, William, 142–44, 278
Shiite Muslims, 20, 23–24, 25, 31, 32, 41, 42
Shriners, 72, 75, 153
Shroud of Turin, 59
Sigisbert, 80
Sigisbert vi, 261
Simonians, 114
Sinatra, Frank, 191, 191
Skull & Bones, 16, 286
characteristics of Bonemen, 247
critics of, 250
financial links, 246
and Freemasons, 229
Geronimo's bones, 232, 233
human bones, 231–32
and Illuminati, 229, 234
influence of, 251
initiation rites, 230, 236–37, 251
meetings, 229
membership, 229–30
negative reaction to, 237–38
number 322, 231, 231
political links, 246
prominent members, 236
selection process, 236
The Tomb, 229, 230–31, 232, 233, 251
women admitted, 251
Smith, Joseph, 71
Soskin, Henry (Henry Lincoln), 258, 261
Spain
influence on Sicily, 176–77
Spears, Britney, 135
Spielberg, Steven, 256, 284
St. John the Divine, 123
St. Sulpice, 90
Stalin, Josef, 241
Stein, Walter Johannes, 98
Stewart, Potter, 237
Stonehenge, 102, 108, 108, 109
Streisand, Barbra, 135
Sultan Abbas, 54
Sunni Muslims, 23–24, 25, 31, 38, 41, 42
Sun Yat-sen, 164
T
Tabachnik, Michel, 275
Taft, Alphonso, 234, 235
Taft, William Howard, 235
Taiping Rebellion, 163
Taylor, Elizabeth, 135, 136
Templars. See Knights Templar
Thyssen, August, 239
Thyssen, Fritz, 239, 239, 240
tongs, 158–59
in China, 159
in United States, 159–60
Treaty of Nanking, 235
triads
in Australia, 170
Boxer Society, 163, 164, 164
in Britain, 170
compared to Cosa Nostra, 167–68
and drug trade, 170–71
effect of, 253
effect of British rule on, 162–63, 165
Five Ancestors, 162
14K, 165, 171
future of, 171
Green Gang/Three Harmonies Society, 165
in Hong Kong, 165, 169–70
influence, 170–71
initiation practices, 165–67
leader, 167
origins, 157, 161–62
Society of God Worshippers, 163
structure, 167, 168
Vietnamese gangs’ threat, 171
Truman, Harry S., 43, 43, 287
Twelvers, 24
U
Umayyads, 24
Urban ii, Pope, 47, 48
V
Valachi, Joe, 196
Van Rijckenborgh, J., 152
Vario, Paul, 191
Verne, Jules, 77
Villa, Pancho, 233
Villa Madgalena Tower, 86, 98, 100
Voight, John, 256
Vuarnet, Jean, 275
W
Walker, George Herbert, 238–39, 240, 241
Wang Mang, 160
Warren, Earl, 61
Washington, D.C., street plan, 69, 70
Washington, George, 43, 43, 66, 69
Washington Monument, 69
Weaver, Howard, 248
Webb, Thomas Smith, 62
Webster, Nesta H., 128, 268–69, 269, 278, 279
Weishaupt, Adam, 67, 68, 234, 277, 277
Welch, Robert, 278, 278, 279–80
Wesley, John, 212
White Lotus Society, 161, 162
Wicca, 16. See also Witchcraft
beliefs, 217–19, 223–24
customs, 223–24
gods, 217–19
The Great Goddess, 217–18, 225
Horned God, 218–19, 225
hostility toward, 216
initiation, 220
Law of Three, 217
The Magickal Circle, 221–23, 222
meaning of word, 216
membership, 220
origins, 215
as re-emergence of witchcraft, 215–16
secrecy, 219–20, 228
and shamanism, 215–16
Williams, Rowan, 73
witchcraft. See also Wicca
and Catholic Church, 211–12
and Christianity, 210–11
and Druidism, 209, 211
in Europe, 214
evidence proving, 213–14
history, 209
in United States, 214
Wooley, Knight, 240, 242
World Trade Center, 42
Wren, Christopher, 141
Y
Yakuza, 158, 168
clothing, 204
drugs, 206
effect of, 253
extortion, 206–7
initiation, 205
lessening influence, 207
methods of punishment, 200, 203–4
name derivation, 203
origins, 200–203
preferred automobiles, 205
prostitution rings, 206
size, 206
smuggling, 206
structure, 205
tattoos, 204
Yeats, William Butler, 109–10, 131