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{{Other uses|Secret society (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Secret Society Buildings New Haven.jpg|thumb|right|240px|"Secret Society Buildings at Yalle College", by Alice Donlevy<ref>Alice Donlevy was the author of a book on illustration called "Practical Hints on the Art of Illumination," published by A. D. F. Randolph, New York, 1867</ref> ca. 1880. Pictured are: Psi Upsilon (Beta Chapter), 120 High Street. Left center: Skull & Bones (Russell Trust Association), 44 High Street. Right center: Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi Chapter), east side of York Street, south of Elm Street. Bottom: Scroll and Key (Kingsley Trust Association), 490 College Street.]]
A '''secret society''' is a club or organization whose activities and inner functioning are concealed from non-members. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as [[intelligence agencies]] or guerrilla insurgencies, which hide their activities and memberships but maintain a public presence. The exact qualifications for labeling a group as a secret society are disputed, but definitions generally rely on the degree to which the organization insists on [[secrecy]], and might involve the retention and transmission of [[secret knowledge]], [[Denial of request|denial]] of membership in or knowledge of the group, the creation of personal bonds between [[members]] of the organization, and the use of secret rites or rituals which solidify members of the [[group]].
== Definition ==
Several definitions for the term have been put forward. The term "secret society" is used to describe [[fraternal organization]]s that may have secret ceremonies and means of identification and communication, ranging from ([[college fraternity|collegiate fraternities]]) to organizations described in [[conspiracy theories]] as immensely powerful, with self-serving financial or [[New World Order (conspiracy)|political agendas]], global reach, and often [[Luciferianism|Luciferian]] beliefs.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
A purported "family tree of secret societies" has been proposed, although it may not be comprehensive.<ref>Stevens (1899), p. vii.</ref>
Application of the term is often hotly disputed, as it can be seen as pejorative.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
Therefore, the criteria that can be adopted as a definition for the term are important for which organizations any one definition would include or exclude.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}
Alan Axelrod, author of the ''International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders'', defines a secret society as an organization that:
* Is exclusive
* Claims to own special secrets
* Shows a strong inclination to favor its own
David V. Barrett, author of ''Secret Societies: From the Ancient and Arcane to the Modern and Clandestine'', uses slightly different terms to define what does and does not qualify as a secret society. He defines it as any group that possesses the following characteristics:
* It has "carefully graded and progressed teachings"
* Teachings are "available only to selected individuals"
* Teachings lead to "hidden (and 'unique') truths"
* Truths bring "personal benefits beyond the reach and even the understanding of the uninitiated."
Barrett goes on to say that "a further characteristic common to most of them is the practice of rituals which non-members are not permitted to observe, or even to know the existence of." Barrett's definition would rule out many organizations called secret societies; graded teaching are not part of the [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|American college fraternities]], the [[Carbonari]], or the [[Know Nothing]]s.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
=== Oath taking ===
Many organizations require members to take an oath at membership, not just secret societies. Such oaths often include promises to keep certain things about the organization secret.
=== Politics ===
Since some secret societies have political aims, they are illegal in several countries. [[Poland]], for example, has included a ban of secret political parties and political organizations in its constitution.<ref>{{citation|title=The Constitution of the Republic of Poland|date=1997-04-02|url=http://sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm|quote=Political parties and other organizations whose programs are based upon totalitarian methods and the modes of activity of nazism, fascism and communism, as well as those whose programs or activities sanction racial or national hatred, the application of violence for the purpose of obtaining power or to influence the State policy, or provide for the secrecy of their own structure or membership, shall be prohibited.}}</ref>
=== Colleges and universities ===
Many student societies established on university campuses in the United States have been considered secret societies. Perhaps one of the most famous secret college societies is the [[Skull and Bones]] at [[Yale University|Yale]]. Secret societies are disallowed in a few colleges. [[Virginia Military Institute]] has rules that no cadet may join a secret society,<ref>{{cite web |title=Regulations for the Virginia Military Institute, Part II, Revised 5 December 2008, 12-16(b) |url=http://www.vmi.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=13639 |publisher=vmi.edu }}</ref> and secret societies have been banned at [[Princeton University]] since the beginning of the 20th century. British Universities, too, have a long history of secret societies or quasi-secret societies such as [[Pitt Club|The Pitt Club]] at [[Cambridge University]], [[Bullingdon Club]] at [[Oxford University]], the [[The 16' Club|16' Club]] at [[University of Wales, Trinity Saint David|St David's College]], the [[Speculative Society]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]], and the [[Strafford Club]] at the [[University of St Andrews]]. At one time it was common to refer to all collegiate fraternities as "secret societies".
== See also ==
* [[African traditional religion]]
* [[Aurora Society]]
* [[Collegiate secret societies in North America]]
* [[Conspiracy theory]]
* [[Cult]]
* [[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]
* [[Organized crime]]
* [[Secret combination (Latter Day Saints)]]
* [[Secret societies in popular culture]]
* [[Witchcraft]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite book | last=Heckethorn |first=Charles William |year=1886 |title= The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries, Embracing the Mysteries of Ancient India, China, Japan, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Greece, and Scandinavia, the Cabbalists, Early Christians, Heretics, Assassins, Thugs, Templars, the Vehm and Inquisition, Mystics, Rosicrucians, Illuminati, Freemasons, Skopzi, Camorristi, Carbonari, Nihilists, and Other Sects |publisher=Forgotten Books |edition=2nd |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wfyoQW1haRAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Secret+Societies+of+All+Ages+and+Countries&hl=en&ei=1ssDTbfRBMG78gari_3oAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn=9781440089992}}
* {{Cite book
| last = Whalen
| first = William Joseph
| year = 1966
| title = Handbook of Secret Organizations
| publisher = Bruce Pub. Co
| location = Milwaukee
| id = {{LCCN|66||026658}}
}}
* {{Cite book
| last = Axelrod
| first = Alan
| year = 1997
| title = The International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders
| publisher = Facts on File
| location = New York
| isbn = 0-8160-2307-7
}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hodapp |first=Christopher |last2=Von Kannon |first2=Alice |year=2008 |title=Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies For Dummies |publisher=Wiley |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4htx62wIXIgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn=0-470-18408-6}}
* {{Cite book
| last = Roberts
| first = J. M. (John Morris)
| year = 1972
| title = The Mythology of the Secret Societies
| publisher = Scribner
| location = New York
| isbn = 0-684-12904-3}}
* {{Cite book |last=Robbins |first=Alexandra |year=2004 |title=Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities |publisher=Hyperion |location=New York |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1WHEwNOApAsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn=0-7868-8859-8}}
* {{Cite book |last=Stevens |first= Albert Clark |year=1899 |title=The Cyclopædia of Fraternities |publisher=Hamilton Printing & Publishing Company |location=New York |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l-KEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
==External links==
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* [http://www.iisg.nl/collections/secretsocieties/index.php Secret Societies: a very short history] — Documents and illustrations of [[Freemasons]], [[Jesuits]], [[Illuminati]], [[Carbonari]], [[Burschenschaften]] and other putative secret societies and clandestine organizations
* Stevens, [http://books.google.com/books?id=H-K3AAAAIAAJ&dq=cyclopaedia+of+fraternities&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=YDZ1fyvFxd&sig=NkvWyzzeQJjZl6DcVDTzafxYuxg&hl=en&ei=8a15Ss2tBcW_tgftnM2WCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false The cyclopædia of fraternities (2nd ed.)]. A comprehensive, though dated, review of the subject.
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