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A
HISTORY
OF
MAGICAL, MYSTICAL
AND
MURDEROUS
ORGANIZATIONS
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This
book
examines
and
describes
some
of
the
world's
most
significant
arcane
cults
which
have
been,
throughout
history,
associated
with
atrocities
which
have
often
involved
the
use
of
magic,
mysticism
and
secrecy.
Terror
and
violence
became
their
unmistakable
hallmark.
Each
of
is
these
secret
groups
looked
at
separately,
enabling
direct
comparisons
to
be
made
between
them.
Uniting
them
all
was
a
common
philosophy
of
extreme
violence
and
murder.
There
have
been
few
periods
civilizations
or
regions
in
history,
few
of
the
world
that
have
not
cult.
seen
the
This
rise
of
some
obscure
and
close-knit
book
focuses
primarily
on
the
ancient
and
medieval
worlds,
and
cult
illustrates
how
the
fanatical
members
often
mirrored
the
world
they
inhabited,
and
-
how
the
establishment
reacted
to
and
eventually
destroyed
-
these
organizations.
The
systematic
use
of
terror
and
murder
always
requires
stealth
to
conceal
such
activity
from
the
prevailing
forces
of
'law
and
order'.
Thus
secrecy
became
cults
a
crucial
factor
in
the
survival
of
these
and
was
intrinsically
linked
with
the
violent
acts
of
the
warrior
cults
and
magical
groups
described
in
the
book.
These
range
from
the
mystery
cults
of
classical
Greece, the
secret
religion
of
Mithras
sinister
and
other
Roman
cults,
the
Knights
Templar
and
the
Middle
Eastern
Assassins,
who
were
active
during
the
Crusades,
up
to
the
nineteenth
century
with
the
Indian
Thugs,
the
Japanese
ninja
clans
and
the
Triads.
Wherever
and
whenever
they
warrior
cults
had
their
rituals,
flourished,
these
own
strict
codes
and
and
today
they
provide
a
fascinating
and
disturbing
insight
into
the
perennial
desire
to
unite
for
a
single
purpose.
When
combined
with
murderous
and
bloodthirsty
compulsions,
these
groups
become
feared
and
reviled.
In
the
modern
world,
with
its
equivalent
proliferation
of
religious,
political
and
criminal
is
sects
and
and
organizations,
Warrior
Cults
a
timely
intriguing
source
of
reference
and
comparison.
Warrior
Cults

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