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Secret societies, societies with secrets, and societies with spoilers

Feb 8, 2013

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John Bell

in Esoterica, Freemasonry, Myth, Ordo Templi Orientis, Philosophy, Religion

When thinking about secrets and mysteries in practice, I’ve long tossed about the idea of a difference between secret societies, societies with secrets and a society without spoilers. Especially in this day when so much is being made available online, but that really is just a matter of scale when there are plenty of historical…
unaltered

Feb 27, 2011

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by

John Bell

in Journal, Notebook

And that’s why I guess I’ll wait with baited breath for your stream of status updates in response with passive-aggressive quotes trying on various rationalizations and excuses in other threads and venues, hoping one will stick. But what you’ll no doubt fail to realize is that no matter how you dismiss any criticism, it is…