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(en) France, Monde Libertaire - Pages of History No. 85: Conspiracies and Secret Societies (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
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Wed, 21 May 2025 09:41:59 +0300
Secrecy and secrecy have always been part of political phantasmagoria.
Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire examines the genealogy of secret organizations
and other brotherhoods through the example of the Rosicrucians, an
organization born in the early 17th century whose success is inversely
proportional to the reality of its existence. After publishing a study
on the Illuminati and the myths they fueled (Tallandier 2023), the
author delves into the mystery of the forms of clandestine organizations
that for more than four centuries have fueled the conspiracy machine,
the Rosicrucians. In Germany in the early 1600s, manifestos of a
mysterious organization were signed by the Rosicrucian brotherhood
founded by the mythical figure Christian Rosenkreutz. It is in fact an
invention of a German theologian Johann Andrae who criticizes the riches
of the Church, calls for a return to its original message and seeks to
influence the powers to recreate a world of wisdom. Very quickly, he
gains traction and recruits followers with his half-apocalyptic,
half-esoteric discourse, convincing a few scholars who form "the
brotherhood of the invisible" whose pamphlets call for universal
brotherhood. It doesn't take much for the "Rosic Cross" to fuel the
fantasy machine and for some to see it as a secret society seeking to
influence power, or even to control it. From then on, monarchical powers
throughout Europe use this reference as a deterrent. Many people, on the
contrary, borrow it to denounce this same power. The Rosicrucians then
become the object of the most bizarre speculations. But the important
thing is that the myth of a brotherhood seeking to influence the world
was born and is still found in conspiracy literature today.
Secret Societies.
From the Rosicrucians to Anonymous
Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire
Tallandier 2025 336 p. EUR21.90
https://monde-libertaire.fr/?articlen=8326
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