Im doing a report on well I dont want to say secret societes but lets just say the other groups out there besides masonry. Just the names will do I can look the resty up but if you have additonal information that would be glady taken also..Thanks...
2006-10-31 08:03:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
There are many fraternal organizations that are based on similar ideas as Freemasonry. I'll give you a list of some others:
The Lions
The BPO Elks
American Co-Masonry
The Eagles
Rotary International
Kiwanis
Knights of Columbus
The Oddfellows
Loyal Order of Moose
Knights of Pythias
Improved Order of Red Men
There are plenty of others, and just like Freemasonry, they are not "secret societies", but fraternal orders.
Hope that helps, and if I can answer anything further, I'll do my best.
2006-10-31 10:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by maboot24 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Masonry is not a secret society. It is a society with secrets. A "secret society" is one whose membership, goals, meeting times, etc. are all secret. Masonry only has a few "secrets", everything else is public information. Other organizations like Masonry are the Scottish Rite, the York Rite, the Order of the Eastern Star, Job's Daughters, the Order of DeMolay, the Shriners (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine), etc.
2006-11-01 06:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Carbonari,
Order of the Peacock Angel
Ordo Templi Orientalis
A.M.O.R.C.
Rosicrucians (other than AMORC)
A.A. (not Alcoholics Anonymous but Argentinum Asterum, sp?)
B.O.T.A.
Theosophists
I Am (Claire Prophet's group)
Knights of Malta
Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Discordians
Erisians
SubGeniuses (they hold J.R. "Bob" Dobbs as their short term personal savior)
Goreans (followers of John Norman's books - for real)
Pastafarians (followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster)
Garunda (Spain)
Thugee
Scientologists
Unification Church (believe Sun Myung Moon is Jesus)
Assassins
Sufis
Gnostics
Decided Ones of Jupiter the Thunderer
Holy Vehm
Devotees of the Guardian Angel
Tongs
Illuminati
Society for Creative Anachronism
Wicca (many varieties there)
and of course some would say that we are a separate group:
Co-Masons
2006-11-01 14:49:28 · answer #3 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Boy scouts? The Mickey Mouse Club? All very similar.
2006-10-31 16:05:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋