Secret societies

The ancient social brotherhoods and the early Jewish fraternity were based on the rite of blood-drinking, but Paul ended the need for human or animal sacrifices in Christianity by establishing “the blood of the everlasting covenant.” 89:9.3

Secret societies built social castes through mysterious initiations using masks, seances, signs, a secret language, dietary restrictions, and night policing. 70:7.15

Secret societies were once employed by kings to collect taxes. 70:7.18

Women's secret clubs were formed by later tribes to prepare girls for wifehood and motherhood, allowing them to attend the “bride show” and pledging against early marriage. 70:7.13

Secret societies instill loyalty through oaths and secrecy, wield power over mobs, enforce vigilance and lynch law, and effectively keep unscrupulous kings in a state of unease. 70:7.16

The power of mystery conferred on members of secret societies gave them a sense of superiority and exclusivity within their tribe. 70:7.2-7

Secret societies used puberty initiation tests to confer power and mystery on members, creating a social aristocracy with strict rules on sex conduct and marriage, leading to celibacy and gender segregation, while promoting morality and caste systems through secretive rituals and education. 70:7.7-15

The evolution of social groups led to the formation of secret societies, which eventually split into sociopolitical and religio-mystical types. 70:7.1

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Blood of everlasting covenant 89:9.3 — Heb 13:20.
• Jesus seen as a human sacrifice 89:9.3 — 1 Co 5:7; Eph 5:2; Col 1:14; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:11-28; Heb 10:1-20; Heb 13:12; 1 P 1:18-19.

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