The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries

THE SECRET SOCIETIES OF ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES A Comprehensive Account of upwards of One Hundred and Sixty Secret Organisations Religious, Political, and Social from the most Remote Ages down to the Present Time Embracing the Mysteries of Ancient India, China, Japan, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Greece, and Scandinavia, the Cabbalists, Early Christians, Heretics, Assassins, Thugs, Templars, the Vehm and Inquisition, Mystics, Rosicrucians, Illuminati, Free- masons, Skopzi, Camorristi, Carbonari, Nihilists, Fenians, French, Spanish, And other Mysterious Sects BY CHARLES WILLIAM HECKETHORN IN TWO VOLUMES