My Pick of the Week!

In Secret Societies: Inside the World's Most Notorious Organizations , local author, John Lawrence Reynolds uses a lively writing style, and an irreverent tone highlighted with some wry comments to produce a fascinating and entertaining look at secret organizations, some real, some fictitious. His historic survey of sinister or misunderstood groups ranges from the witches and druids of prehistoric Europe to the Assassins of the medieval Middle East to the Kabbalah Center of Los Angeles and Yale's Skull and Bones Society of today's news. This book is a useful summary of the origins, histories, initiations, rituals, important players, and notable events in the history of each group. Reynolds ability to distinguish between the original groups and their present day re-creations, separating the myths and the misconception s from the historical facts has produced an interesting and informative read.

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