Format:
Video disc
Title:
The real history of secret societies
ISBN:
9781629977560
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2019]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (12 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course workbook (180 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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"25 lectures/30 minutes per lecture."
"Course No. 8680"--Container
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Program content: ©2019.
Accompanying course guidebook contains lecture notes and bibliographical references.
Contents:
Disc 1. Small-town secrets -- Secret societies: the underworld of history -- The Knights Templar -- Masonic revolutions in America and France -- Bolsheviks, Masons, and Russian Revolution -- Adolf Hitler and the Thule Society. Disc 2. Synarchy, schemers, and Vichy France -- Ancient mystery cults -- The Islamic assassins -- The Medieval Cathars -- The Rosicrucians -- The Illuminati. Disc 3. The Freemasons -- Ireland's secret war for independence -- Debunking the Elders of Zion -- Mafia! Criminal secret societies -- Aleister Crowley, occultism, and espionage -- Red Octopus: The communist international. Disc 4. Japan's Black and Green Dragons -- Italy's secret government: The P2 Lodge -- From the KKK to the Black Shriners -- Bohemian Grove, Bilderbergers, and Elites -- Secret societies for aging swingers -- Terrorism's long trail of secret cells -- Secret societies: The never-ending story.
Summary:
"Delve into the history and meaning of secret societies as you explore the most famous and infamous underground groups, their origins, and their members."--Container
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