Secret Societies Archive

  • Magi

    Magi

    Posted on July 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Magi (Latin plural of magus, ancient Greek magos, English singular ‘magian’, ‘mage’, ‘magus’, ‘magusian’, ‘magusaean’) is a term, used since at least the 4th century BCE, to denote a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which...

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  • Royal Society

    Royal Society

    Posted on February 2, 2009 | No Comments
    The Royal Society’s motto ‘Nullius in verba’, roughly translated as ‘Take nobody’s word for it’, dates back to 1663, and is an expression of the determination of the Fellows to withstand the domination of authority (such as in Scholasticism) and to verify all statements by an...

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  • Henry the Navigator

    Henry the Navigator

    Posted on November 2, 2008 | No Comments
    The Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu (Porto, March 4, 1394 – Sagres, November 13, 1460); pron. IPA: [ẽ'ʁik(ɨ)]), was an infante (prince) of the Portuguese House of Aviz and an important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire, being responsible for the beginning of...

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  • Madame Blavatsky

    Madame Blavatsky

    Posted on October 14, 2008 | No Comments
    111 Elena Petrovna Gan (Russian: Елена Петровна Ган, also Hélène, 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire — May 8, 1891, London), better known as Helena Blavatsky (Russian: Елена Блаватская) or Madame Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a founder of Theosophy...

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  • The Invisible College

    The Invisible College

    Posted on September 26, 2008 | No Comments
    One of the key plot ideas in the story is to create a series of different secret orders and societies. Each with their own agenda. One of the first to catch my attention was the Invisible College, a precursor of the Royal Society; It consisted...

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