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<ent type='ORG'>CHRONOLOGY</ent> OF SECRET SOCIETIES
Excerpted from THE OCCULT CONSPIRACY
by <ent type='PERSON'>Michael Howard</ent>
Published by Destiny Books
Pages 179 - 183
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<p> 40000 BCE
Early establishment of Mystery schools, as depicted in the <ent type='LOC'>Lascaux</ent>
cave paintings.</p>

<p> 30000 BCE
According to some occult traditions this period saw the
colonization of <ent type='LOC'>Asia</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Australasia</ent> by the inhabitants of the
lost continent of <ent type='GPE'>Lemuria</ent> or Mu. Goddess worship and matriaarchal
cultures established worldwide.</p>

<p> 10000 BCE
Evidence suggestive of early contact between extraterrestials and
Stone Age tribes in <ent type='GPE'>Tibet</ent>.</p>

<p> 9000 - 8000 BCE
Estimated date of the destruction of Atlantis, according to some
occult traditions. <ent type='ORG'>The Atlantean</ent> priesthood flee to establish
colonies in the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> Isles, Western Europe, <ent type='PERSON'>North</ent> <ent type='LOC'>Africa</ent> and
<ent type='LOC'>South America</ent>. Rise of the <ent type='PERSON'>North</ent>ern Mystery Tradition centered on
the island of Thule and the <ent type='NORP'>Aryan</ent> culture. Invention of the runic
alphabet.</p>

<p> 5000 BCE
First primitive cities established in <ent type='LOC'>the Middle East</ent>.
Agriculture begins with domestication of animals such as sheep and
goats. Possible contact between extraterrestials and early
<ent type='NORP'>Sumerian</ent> culture.</p>

<p> 5000 - 3000 BCE
Formation of the two lands in pre-dynastic <ent type='GPE'>Egypt</ent> ruled by
outsiders (<ent type='PERSON'>Isis</ent> and <ent type='ORG'>Osiris</ent>). The <ent type='GPE'>Egypt</ent>ian pantheon of gods
established including Horus, <ent type='PERSON'>Thoth</ent>, Set, Ra, Ptah and <ent type='PERSON'>Hathor</ent>.
Pharoahs regarded as the divine representatives of the Gods.</p>

<p> 3000 - 2000 BCE
Building of burial mounds and chambered tombs in Western Europe
and the Mediterranean area; the <ent type='LOC'>Sphinx</ent> and <ent type='LOC'>the Great Pyramids</ent> of
<ent type='GPE'>Giza</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Cheops</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Egypt</ent>; and <ent type='ORG'>the ziggurat</ent> (Towers of Babel) in
Ur. <ent type='ORG'>Sarmoung Brotherhood</ent> founded in <ent type='GPE'>Babylon</ent>.</p>

<p> 2000 - 1000 BCE
Reign of <ent type='PERSON'>Thoth</ent>mes III in <ent type='GPE'>Egypt</ent> (c. 1480). Foundation of the
Rosicrucian Order. Reign of Akhenaton (c. 1370) who establishes
the mystical Brotherhood of Aton dedicated to the worship of the
<ent type='LOC'>Sun</ent> as a symbol of the Supreme Creator. Erection of Stonehenge
and other megalithic stone circles in the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> Isles. Reign of
Ankhenaton's son <ent type='PERSON'>Tutankhamun</ent> who re-establishes the old pantheon
of <ent type='GPE'>Egypt</ent>ian gods and goddesses. <ent type='PERSON'>Moses</ent> leads Children of Israel
out of slavery in <ent type='GPE'>Egypt</ent> during the reign of <ent type='PERSON'>Ramses</ent> II to the
promised land of <ent type='GPE'>Canaan</ent>.</p>

<p> 1000 - 500 BCE
Foundation of the <ent type='NORP'>Dionysian</ent> Artificers. The building of Solomon's
temple (c. 950). Establishment of the city states of <ent type='GPE'>Greece</ent> and
the <ent type='ORG'>Olympic</ent> pantheon of gods to replace earlier Nature worship.
First temples erected in <ent type='GPE'>Mexico</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Peru</ent> and southwest <ent type='PERSON'>North</ent> <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>.
<ent type='NORP'>Celts</ent> invade Western Europe. Decline of Goddess worship and rise
of patriarchal sky gods personified by priest-kings. <ent type='GPE'>Rome</ent> founded
in 750.</p>

<p> 500 BCE - 001 CE
<ent type='NORP'>Celtic</ent> culture established in <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent>. The foundation of Druidic
wisdom colleges in <ent type='GPE'>Gaul</ent> and the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> Isles. Odin recognized as
major god in the <ent type='PERSON'>North</ent>ern Mysteries replacing the Mother Goddess
and is credited with inventing the runes. Buddha, <ent type='PERSON'>Lao Tze</ent>,
Confucius, Pythagoras, <ent type='PERSON'>Plato</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Zoroaster</ent> preach their new
religions and philosophies. Maya culture in <ent type='LOC'>South America</ent>.
Establishment of <ent type='NORP'>Eleusinian</ent> mystery cults. Rise of the Essene
sect in <ent type='GPE'>Palestine</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Judea</ent>. Birth of Jesus of <ent type='GPE'>Nazareth</ent>.</p>

<p> 001 - 400 CE
Jesus possibly travels to India, <ent type='GPE'>Tibet</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent> to be initiated
into the esoteric traditions of <ent type='LOC'>East</ent> and West. Crucified for his
radical political and religious ideas (c. 33). Joseph of
<ent type='PERSON'>Arimanthea</ent> establishes first <ent type='NORP'>Celtic</ent> Church at Glastonbury (c. 37).
Invasion of <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent> by <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> legions and suppression of the Druids
(40 - 60). Paul travels to <ent type='LOC'>Asia</ent> Minor and <ent type='GPE'>Greece</ent> preaching his
version of the gospel (50). <ent type='NORP'>Jewish</ent> revolt against <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> rule led
by Zealots (66). <ent type='ORG'>Essenes</ent> suppressed and Dead Sea Scrolls hidden
in caves. <ent type='GPE'>Temple</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>Jerusalem</ent> destroyed by <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent>s (70). New
testament written. The Nazarenes break away from <ent type='ORG'>Judaism</ent> to found
<ent type='ORG'>the Christian Church</ent> (c. 80). <ent type='PERSON'>Ormus</ent> is converted to Esoteric
<ent type='NORP'>Christianity</ent> by Mark. Mithrasim and the Mysteries of <ent type='PERSON'>Isis</ent> compete
with <ent type='NORP'>Christianity</ent> in the <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> Empire. <ent type='PERSON'>Mani</ent>, a <ent type='NORP'>Persian</ent> high
priest of <ent type='NORP'>Zoroastrianism</ent>, is crucified (276). Emperor <ent type='PERSON'>Constantine</ent>
declares <ent type='NORP'>Christianity</ent> the official religion of the <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> Empire.
<ent type='ORG'>The Council</ent> of Nicea defines heresy, condemns <ent type='NORP'>pagan</ent>ism and lays
the theological foundation for the <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> or <ent type='ORG'>Universal Church</ent>
(325). Constantine's successor <ent type='PERSON'>Julian the</ent> Apostate (361 - 363)
briefly re-establishes the <ent type='NORP'>pagan</ent> old religion. Emperor <ent type='PERSON'>Theodosius</ent>
outlaws the worship of the <ent type='NORP'>pagan</ent> gods in <ent type='GPE'>Rome</ent> and closes the <ent type='NORP'>pagan</ent>
temples (378). Invasion of <ent type='GPE'>Rome</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Greece</ent> and Europe by the
barbarians led by Atilla the Hun (395-480). Withdrawal of the
<ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> legions from <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent> (395). Foundation of the Order of
Comacine by ex-members of the <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> College of Architects.</p>

<p> 500 - 1000 CE
<ent type='PERSON'>Mohammed</ent> founds <ent type='ORG'>Islam</ent> (dies 632). <ent type='NORP'>Celtic</ent> Church outlawed by
Council of Whitby (664). Foundation of first <ent type='NORP'>Sufi</ent> secret
societies (c. 700). First written translation of <ent type='ORG'>Emerald Tablet</ent>
of Hermes Trismegistus. <ent type='ORG'>Charlemagne</ent> founds alleged first
Rosicrucian Lodge in <ent type='GPE'>Toulouse</ent> (898). Foundation of <ent type='ORG'>the Cathars</ent>,
Druzes and Yezedi (900). Heretical <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> monks found first
Rosicrucian college (1000).</p>

<p> 1000 - 1400 CE
Foundation of the Order of the Devoted of Assassins by
<ent type='PERSON'>Hasan</ent>-i-Sabbah (1034-1124) and the Order of St John (1050). First
Crusade to the Holy Land (1095). Capture of the city of <ent type='GPE'>Jerusalem</ent>
by Godfrey de Bouillan, founder of the Priory of <ent type='GPE'>Sion</ent> (1099).
Assassins infiltrate Thuggee cult in India. Foundation of the
Order of the Knights of the <ent type='GPE'>Temple</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Solomon</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>Jerusalem</ent> (1118).
Charter granted to the Priory of <ent type='GPE'>Sion</ent> by Pope Alexander II (1178).
Crusade launched against Cathars (1208). Inquistion created to
fight heresy (1215). Massacre of <ent type='ORG'>the Cathars</ent> at Montsegur in
<ent type='LOC'>Southern France</ent> (1241). Troubadours practising their cult of
courtly love. Occult schools teaching the <ent type='GPE'>Cabbala</ent> and alchemy
established in <ent type='GPE'>Spain</ent> by the <ent type='ORG'>Moors</ent>. Count <ent type='PERSON'>Rudolf von</ent> <ent type='GPE'>Hapsburg</ent>
crowned as Holy <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> Emperor (1273). <ent type='ORG'>Knights Templars</ent> arrested
by King Philip of <ent type='GPE'>France</ent> on charges of devil worship, heresy and
sexual perversion (1307). Last official Grand Master of the
<ent type='ORG'>Templar</ent>s, Jacques de Molay, burnt at the stake and the Order goes
underground (1314).</p>

<p> 1400 - 1600 CE
Alleged life of Christian Rosenkreutz (1379-1482). Foundation
of the Order of the Garter by <ent type='PERSON'>Edward III</ent> (1348). First
publication of the Corpus Heremeticum by the Medici family in
<ent type='GPE'>Italy</ent> (1460). Publication of Malleus Malifiracum and the papal
bull of <ent type='PERSON'>Pope Innocent</ent> which began the medieval witch hunting
hysteria (1484 and 1486). <ent type='PERSON'>Martin Luther</ent> begins Reformation
(1521). <ent type='PERSON'>Henry Agrippa</ent> refers to <ent type='ORG'>the Templars</ent> as Gnostics and
worshippers of the phallic god <ent type='PERSON'>Priapus</ent> (1530). Life of Dr John
Dee (1527-1608). Foundation of the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> Secret Service by Sir
<ent type='PERSON'>Francis Walsingham</ent>. Birth of <ent type='PERSON'>Johann Valenti Andrea</ent> (1586). Life
of Sir <ent type='PERSON'>Francis Bacon</ent> (1561-1626). Defeat of the Spanish Armada,
with magical help from the <ent type='ORG'>New Forest Witches</ent> (1588).</p>

<p> 1600 - 1700 CE
Foundation of <ent type='ORG'>the Virginia Company</ent> by <ent type='PERSON'>James</ent> I (1606). The
<ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent>ovs become Czars of <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> (1613). Publication of
Rosicrucian manifesto (1614). Life of <ent type='PERSON'>Elias Ashmole</ent> (1617-1692).
Voyage of the <ent type='ORG'>Mayflower</ent> to <ent type='LOC'>New England</ent> and the publication of Sir
<ent type='PERSON'>Francis Bacon</ent>'s novel The New Atlantis (1620). Establishment of
the <ent type='NORP'>pagan</ent> community of <ent type='GPE'>Merrymount</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>Massachusetts</ent> by Thomas
Morton. <ent type='EVENT'>English Civil War</ent> begins (1642). First <ent type='NORP'>English</ent> <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>
guild accepts non-stonemasons into its meetings (c. 1646).
<ent type='PERSON'>Charles</ent> I convicted of treason and beheaded (1649). Oliver
Cromwell allegedly makes pact with the Devil in order to retain
power. Introduction of <ent type='NORP'>Freemasonry</ent> to <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>n colonies by <ent type='NORP'>Dutch</ent>
settlers (1658). Order of <ent type='NORP'>Pietists</ent> founded in <ent type='GPE'>Pennsylvania</ent>
(1694).</p>

<p> 1700 - 1800 CE
Birth of the Comte de Saint-Germain (1710). <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ic Grand Lodge
of <ent type='GPE'>England</ent> and Druid Order founded (1717). First <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ic lodge
founded in <ent type='GPE'>France</ent> (1721)&gt; <ent type='PERSON'>Benjamin Franklin</ent> initiated as <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>
(1731). Chevalier <ent type='PERSON'>Alexander Ramsey</ent> informs <ent type='NORP'>French</ent> <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>s that
they are heirs to the <ent type='ORG'>Templar</ent> tradition (1736). <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent> Church
condemns <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ry (1738). Birth of Count Cagliostro. Comte de
Saint-Germain involved in <ent type='NORP'>Jacobite</ent> plot to restore <ent type='ORG'>Stuart dynasty</ent>
to the <ent type='NORP'>English</ent> Throne (1743). Society of <ent type='ORG'>Flagellants</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Skopski</ent>
founded in <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> (1750). <ent type='PERSON'>George Washington</ent> initiated as a <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>
(1752). Sir <ent type='PERSON'>Francis Dashwood</ent> founds the Hell Fire Club. <ent type='ORG'>Franklin</ent>
visits <ent type='GPE'>England</ent> to discuss the future of <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>n colonies with
Dashwood (1758). Foundation of the Rite of the Strict Observance
by Baron von Hund based on the <ent type='ORG'>Templar</ent> tradition. Frederick of
<ent type='GPE'>Prussia</ent> founds Order of the Architects of <ent type='LOC'>Africa</ent> and uses the
title <ent type='ORG'>Illuminati</ent> to describe his neo-<ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ic lodges (1768).
<ent type='ORG'>Franklin</ent> elected Grand Master of the Nine Sisters lodge in <ent type='GPE'>Paris</ent>
(1770). <ent type='LOC'>Grand Orient</ent> founded in <ent type='GPE'>France</ent> (1771). <ent type='ORG'>Boston Tea Party</ent>
(1773). <ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent> appointed Commander-in-Chief of the new
<ent type='GPE'>America</ent>n Army (1775). Order of Perfectibilists or <ent type='ORG'>Illuminati</ent>
founded. <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>n Revolution (1776). Czar Peter founds the
Secret Circle (1778). Supposed death of the Comte Saint-Germain
(1784). Grand <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ic <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> allegedly plots <ent type='NORP'>French</ent> Revolution.
Cagliostro involved in <ent type='PERSON'>Diamond</ent> Necklace Affair. <ent type='ORG'>Illuminati</ent> banned
in <ent type='GPE'>Bavaria</ent> and goes underground (1785). <ent type='NORP'>French</ent> Revolution (1789).
<ent type='GPE'>Illuminist</ent> conspiracy to overthrow the <ent type='GPE'>Hapsburg</ent>s (1794).</p>

<p> 1800 - 1900 CE
Count Grabinka founds secret society in St. <ent type='GPE'>Petersburg</ent> based on
<ent type='NORP'>Martinism</ent> and Rosicrucianism (1803). <ent type='NORP'>French</ent> <ent type='NORP'>republican</ent> plot to
assassinate <ent type='PERSON'>Napoleon</ent> by placing a bomb under his coach, led by
occultist <ent type='PERSON'>Fabre</ent> d'Olivet. Emperor <ent type='PERSON'>Napoleon</ent> takes control of
<ent type='NORP'>French</ent> <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ry (1805). Revived <ent type='ORG'>Templar</ent> Order in <ent type='GPE'>France</ent> celebrates
the martyrdom of Jacques de Molay with public requiem (1808).
Foundation of the Order of Sublime Perfects (1809). <ent type='PERSON'>Eliphas Levi</ent>
(1810-1875) reveals the secret symbolism of the <ent type='ORG'>Templar</ent> idol
Baphomet. Czar Alexander I and Emperor <ent type='PERSON'>Francis von</ent> <ent type='GPE'>Hapsburg</ent> unite
to defeat <ent type='NORP'>Italian</ent> revolution incited by secret societies. John
Quincy Adams, initiate of <ent type='ORG'>the Dragon Society</ent>, is elected US
President (1820). Czar Alexander outlaws <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ry in <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>
(1822). <ent type='ORG'>Decembrist</ent> secret society attempts coup when Czar
Alexander allegedly dies (1825). Anti<ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ic Party founded in US
to combat secret societies in <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>n politics (1828). <ent type='PERSON'>Wagner</ent>
joins the Vaterlandsverein, a secret society dedicated to the
formation of a pan-European federation of nations. <ent type='GPE'>Mason</ent>ic
convention at <ent type='GPE'>Strasbourg</ent> allegedly plots second <ent type='NORP'>French</ent> Revolution
(1848). <ent type='PERSON'>Napoleon</ent> III condemns <ent type='LOC'>Grand Orient</ent> for dabbling in
radical politics (1850). <ent type='PERSON'>Paschal Randolph</ent> founds Hermetic
Brotherhood of the Light (1858). <ent type='PERSON'>Abraham Lincoln</ent> is assassinated
(1865). <ent type='ORG'>Klu Klux Klan</ent> founded (1866). Society of Rosicrucians in
<ent type='GPE'>Anglia</ent> founded (1867). Foundation of <ent type='ORG'>the Theosophical Society</ent> by
Madame Blavasky on instructions of the Great White Brotherhood.
Birth of <ent type='PERSON'>Aleister Crowley</ent> (1875). Mysterious suicide of ArchDuke
<ent type='PERSON'>Rudolph von</ent> <ent type='GPE'>Hapsburg</ent> at a hunting lodge at <ent type='GPE'>Mayerling</ent> (1889).
Foundation of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1888).
Assassination of <ent type='ORG'>Empress</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Elizabeth von</ent> <ent type='GPE'>Hapsburg</ent> by anarchist
(1898).</p>

<p> 1900 - 1897 CE
Foundation of the Ordo Templi Orientis (1900). International
Order of Co<ent type='NORP'>Freemasonry</ent> founded in 1902. Publication of The
Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion in <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> (1905). Foundation of
the Ancient and Mystical Order of the Rose Crucis (1909). Black
Hand Society founded in 1911. <ent type='PERSON'>Aleister Crowley</ent> accepted as head
of the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> OTO. Order of the <ent type='GPE'>Temple</ent> of the Rosy Cross founded
in 1912. Assassination of ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand and
<ent type='PERSON'>Archduchess Sophia von Hapsberg</ent>. Attempted murder of <ent type='PERSON'>Rasputin</ent>.
WWI begins in 1914. <ent type='ORG'>Kaiser Wilhelm</ent> abdicates. <ent type='GPE'>Hapsburg</ent> dynasty
is overthrown. <ent type='ORG'>Bolshevik Revolution</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> (1917-1918).
Foundation of <ent type='ORG'>German Workers Party</ent> by <ent type='ORG'>Thule Society</ent> (1919).
Hitler joins GWP and changes its name to <ent type='ORG'>the National</ent> Socialist
Party (1920). <ent type='PERSON'>Crowley</ent> employed by MI6. Cardinal <ent type='PERSON'>Roncalli</ent>, later
Pope <ent type='PERSON'>John XXIII</ent>, allegedly joins Rosicrucian Order. Hitler
becomes first chancellor of the Third Reich (1933). Roosevelt
places <ent type='GPE'>Illuminist</ent> symbol of eye in triangle on the dollar bill
(1935). <ent type='NORP'>Nazi</ent> invasion of <ent type='GPE'>England</ent> prevented by <ent type='ORG'>New Forest Witches</ent>
(1940). <ent type='PERSON'>Rudolf Hess</ent> lured to <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent> on peace mission by fake
astrological data (1941). Order of the <ent type='GPE'>Temple</ent> revived in <ent type='GPE'>France</ent>
(1952). <ent type='ORG'>First Bilderberg</ent> meeting in 1954. Foundation of the P2
Lodge (1960). Death of Pope Paul VI, election and alleged murder
of Pope <ent type='PERSON'>John Paul</ent> I, and election of Pope <ent type='PERSON'>John Paul</ent> II (1978).
Exposure of P2 conspiracy. Attempt to assassinate <ent type='PERSON'>John Paul</ent> II
(1981). L'Ordre Internationale Chevelresque Tradition Solaire
founded on instructions of the revived Order of the <ent type='GPE'>Temple</ent> in
<ent type='GPE'>France</ent> (1984).</p>

<p> <special>EOF</special>
5 January 1991</p>

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