Secret Societies: In the Shadows
1 Season • 2022 PG
Secret rituals. Blood oaths. Dark ceremonies. Fraternal orders. Around the world, and throughout history, secret societies have bubbled under the surface. Do they pull the levers of power or set out to destroy the ones in charge?
S1.E1 - The Templars
At the height of their power, the Knights Templar owned vast swathes of land, commanded fleets, and lent money to Kings; their powers expanded across Europe and left enduring mythologies in their wake.
S1.E2 - The Illuminati
What started as a Bavarian group of revolutionaries hellbent on infiltrating powerful institutions has now become the stuff of legend, and some claim this elite group continues to control power from behind closed doors.
S1.E3 - The Skull & Bones
Yale's ultra-secret society is a pinnacle of the elite, its members have become Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and heads of industry; to be 'tapped' is to be welcomed into a line of power brokers with the promise of life-long opportunities.
S1.E4 - Le Cercle
Perhaps the hardest society to crack, Le Cercle goes all the way to the top; what started in the post-war years as a Catholic conservative group built to broker European rapprochement now operates as a shadow intelligence agency.
S1.E5 - The Freemasons
The mythologies, beliefs and secret rituals of The Stonemasons.
S1.E6 - The Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn
Examining a secret society that dabbles in the occult, laying the groundwork for modern Wiccanism and esoteric practices; its studies include alchemy and astral travel.