<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Capitalism & Glitter: Secret Societies]]></title><description><![CDATA[An ongoing series investigating the history of secret societies dating back to the beginning of civilization.]]></description><link>https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/s/secret-societies</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oyzF!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9933db1-3b84-4109-9faf-11b2251eaf3e_1280x1280.png</url><title>Capitalism &amp; Glitter: Secret Societies</title><link>https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/s/secret-societies</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:41:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[adriandavidson@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[adriandavidson@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[adriandavidson@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[adriandavidson@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Secret Societies Part 4: Land of the Free(masons)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Compass, Square, and Crossroads: The Structural and Spiritual Architecture of Mystery Babylon]]></description><link>https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-part-4-land-of-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-part-4-land-of-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:41:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TOQI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F567f45d4-0546-4596-b441-c6209b3d87ed_492x600.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Repent! The end is nigh!</em></p><p>Biblical doom-sayers have been predicting that the end of the world is right around the corner since nearly the moment Revelation was written.</p><p>Wars. Famines. Earthquakes. Attacks on Israel. All of these are biblical red flags for the coming apocalypse. </p><p><a href="https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/secret-societies-part-3-discovery">Christopher Columbus</a> believed that the world was going to end within 155 years of his initial voyage across the Atlantic in 1492. He calculated these dates based on biblical prophecy about the word of God spreading to all corners of the Earth, convinced his voyages were part of God&#8217;s plan to bring about end times.</p><p>During a religious revival in the late 18th to early 19th centuries known as <em>The Second Great Awakening</em>, the Millerites confidently proclaimed that Christ would return in 1843 &#8212; and, when he didn&#8217;t show, they predicted his return again in 1844. This series of events became known as the &#8220;Great Disappointment,&#8221; influencing emerging denominations and creating the foundation for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.</p><p>Meanwhile, back in the late 1600s, Isaac Newton had calculated that the world <em>could not</em> end before <strong>2060</strong>, based on <em>his</em> interpretation of the Book of Daniel. </p><p>So we&#8217;ve got a few years. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.&#8221;</p><p>Luke 17:26</p></div><p>This is my <strong>fourth</strong> installement in a <strong>series on secret societies</strong>, and it will focus on the history of America from 1776 up to the Civil War, and the vaguely Protestant, definitely Freemasonic forces who designed the government and this nation.</p><p>For those who have been reading along, apologies for the repetitiveness of this intro &#8212; but for anyone reading for the first time, I must reiterate that there are <strong>three prior installments</strong> to this series, plus a <strong>primer on the entire history of the world</strong> and the <strong>evolution of all religions</strong>.</p><p>In the primer, which is quite long (and entirely free!), I begin by detailing what happened in the Garden of Eden and <strong>antediluvian activities between humans and fallen angels</strong> that created the basis for these secret societies in the first place, and then traced that through to modern day. That article is linked below.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;ff0c574a-88ed-4940-b513-3eb0844f9dd5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Most of us grew up learning the same prescribed history of the Earth and humanity.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Brief History of Space and Time&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. 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Writing about the pursuit of wellness, healing chronic illness, religion, pop culture &amp; politics. &quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/20e270fe-65d8-4945-b933-addaa9ce56c4_4000x4000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-10-02T22:19:34.787Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/571c6689-dcc6-4a8d-bb3f-80f35fc59e44_1760x1235.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/secret-societies-the-original-pyramid&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:174494219,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:36,&quot;comment_count&quot;:22,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1165136,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Capitalism &amp; Glitter&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oyzF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9933db1-3b84-4109-9faf-11b2251eaf3e_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>In my second installment, I honed in on the last 250 years, introducing the modern families, organizations, and goals of the <strong>interconnected secret societies</strong>, including the <strong>Rothschilds</strong>, the <strong>Illuminati</strong>, and the <strong>New World Order</strong>. Specifically, I discussed how <strong>every major war since the French Revolution</strong> has been part of an orchestrated effort to <strong>destroy separate nations</strong> and <strong>create a one world government</strong> run by a collection of <strong>wealthy, international bankers</strong>.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;0dbf3460-41ed-476d-82c4-59eebbb4ed96&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Secret Societies Part 2: Let Them Eat Cake&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. 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I also explained how &#8212; regardless of the overt motives and legitimate criticisms of the Reformation &#8212; the movement provided the basis for whole countries like England and Germany to break off from Rome, which then led to the rise of <strong>major occult secret societies</strong> including the <strong>Freemasons</strong> and the <strong>Illuminati</strong>.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;e6de1988-6bf0-4163-aada-f85a36c82402&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In fourteen hundred ninety-two,&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Secret Societies Part 3: Discovery of the Americas&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. 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I didn&#8217;t plan out this series in advance &#8212; it was supposed to be a single article &#8212; but as I chronologically compile and summarize all the research I&#8217;ve done, it just keeps growing.</p><div><hr></div><h1>History of the World (Part 4)</h1><p>To recap the first three installments, the <strong>mystery religion evolved from the events of the Garden of Eden &#8212; </strong>in which a subset of the angels purportedly defected from God, created hybrid creatures with humans and animals (resulting in <strong>giants</strong>, the <strong>half-human half-animal Egyptian and Hindu gods</strong>, the <strong>half-mortal demigods</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greek and Roman &#8220;mythology,&#8221; </strong>among others), and definitely shared <strong>secret knowledge</strong> that <strong>humans were not supposed to have</strong>.</p><p>This knowledge <strong>initially flourished</strong> throughout humanity and was not a secret &#8212; until, one day, God looked around and realized He was totally fed up with the proliferation of wickedness, so He decided to <strong>flood the earth</strong> to destroy all of creation and start over (Genesis 6:5-7).</p><p>In the biblical and historical timeline, the <strong>mystery religion emerged post-flood with the Tower of Babel</strong> &#8212; which was humanity&#8217;s attempt to regain the antediluvian knowledge and power that they had, using a unified language to build a tower to heaven. </p><p>The mystery religion <strong>passes down this secret knowledge </strong>through illicit organizations that may be split apart by continents and languages, but possess a <strong>shared esoteric symbolism</strong>. While they have evolved and changed names over the centuries, these secret societies have preserved the core themes and beliefs of the fallen angels throughout the ages. </p><p>The <strong>knowledge, activities, and worship</strong> of these institutions typically include the tenets of <strong>paganism/polytheism</strong>, <strong>sacred geometry</strong>, <strong>math, astronomy/astrology</strong>, <strong>tarot, divination, alchemy</strong>, and more. The knowledge is passed down through <strong>initiation</strong> <strong>rituals</strong>, and through displaying their religion through <strong>symbols</strong> encoded in plain sight.</p><p>In the modern day, this mystery religion has resulted in a group of <strong>wealthy international bankers</strong> working to create a <strong>one world government</strong> so that they have <strong>full control of the world&#8217;s resources</strong>. Philosophically, the mystery religion is also preparing for and attempting to bring about<strong> the return of the messiah and the end of the world </strong>by fulfilling apocalyptic prophecy. </p><p>This article will focus on America&#8217;s role as a relatively young global superpower, deliberately positioned in many ways as <strong>mystery Babylon</strong>, in this overarching story of the history of the world.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Capitalism &amp; Glitter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h1>The Tower Builders</h1><p><strong>Freemasonry was officially established</strong> <strong>on June 24, 1717</strong>, at the Grand Lodge in London, England, and quickly spread to the colonies with lodges opening in Boston, Philadelphia, and Charleston in the 1730s.</p><p>However, the <strong>real history of Freemasonry</strong> <strong>dates back at least 5,000 years</strong> to the very first book of the Bible.</p><p><strong>Tubal-Cain</strong> &#8212; the great-great-great-great grandson of Cain, Adam and Eve&#8217;s firstborn son who was both the first person ever born on Earth and the world&#8217;s first murderer &#8212; was, according to Genesis 4:22, the<strong> world&#8217;s first blacksmith</strong>, forging all manner of tools out of iron and bronze. </p><p>In the Book of Enoch, it is written that <strong>fallen angels taught humans forbidden knowledge including metallurgy and how to make weapons</strong>. In Masonic lore, Tubal-Cain was more than a blacksmith; he represents the <strong>dawn of human craftsmanship</strong> &#8212; the moment when human beings first turned raw nature into tools, weapons, and seemingly magical objects. Masons believe that <strong>Tubal-Cain was the first to possess symbols of hidden wisdom passed down through esoteric lines</strong>.</p><p>While Tubal-Cain lived before and would have perished before or during the flood, it is his <strong>original knowledge from which the mythic chain of masonic builders is said to descend</strong>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X_Py!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2169eaa-a95b-419a-aa7e-ce89220d6e51_671x900.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X_Py!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2169eaa-a95b-419a-aa7e-ce89220d6e51_671x900.heic 424w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Family Tree of the first 11 generations in the Bible &#8212; showing Tubal-Cain, 7 generations from Noah, </figcaption></figure></div><p>As seen in the family tree above, Tubal-Cain&#8217;s mother was Zillah. Curiously, in Sumer &#8212; widely regarded as the earliest civilization, and the birthplace of writing &#8212; the <strong>word for iron is &#8220;barzil,&#8221;</strong> and in Akkadian, a language derived from Sumerian, the <strong>word for iron is &#8220;barzillu.&#8221; </strong>In Hebrew, &#8220;bar&#8221; means son, so &#8220;barzil&#8221; or &#8220;barzillu&#8221; may have evolved from the original Hebrew &#8220;bar Zillah,&#8221; referencing the son of Zillah as the original metal-worker &#8212; providing a historical reference point for this biblical figure who is prominent in masonic mythological tradition.</p><h3>America By Any Other Name</h3><p>Masonic history further traces the origins of their order from Cain&#8217;s line, through the flood preserving hidden knowledge via esoteric channels, and emerging again with <strong>Nimrod</strong>, a figure mentioned in every one of these secret society articles due to his role at the <strong>Tower of Babel</strong>. </p><p>Curiously, again, there is yet another potentially familiar sounding Sumerian word that deserves attention &#8212; <strong>Enmerkar</strong>, one of the earliest Sumerian kings, known as the inventor of writing and an empire-builder. </p><p>Genesis states that <strong>Nimrod</strong> was an empire-builder and the <strong>founder of the Babylonian city of Uruk</strong>, among other cities. Enmerkar is also described as the founder of the city of Uruk (from which the name for modern day Iraq is derived, another linguistic parallel). Nimrod is described as <em>a mighty hunter.</em> While the full meaning of Enmerkar&#8217;s name<em> </em>is debated, it is known that the suffix -<em>kar </em>means <em>hunter</em> in Sumerian.<em> </em> Most interestingly though, is that a tablet dating back to about 2000 BC talks about Enmerkar constructing temples (including an unfinished ziggurat at Eridu) and ruling during a time in which there was a &#8220;confusing of tongues&#8221; &#8212; famously, God confused the languages when Nimrod attempted to build the Tower of Babel. <em>Babel, </em>interestingly, is the Hebrew word for <em>confused</em>.</p><p>Enmerkar may, in fact, actually be Nimrod by another, Sumerian, name. A name that sounds suspiciously like <em><strong>America</strong>.</em></p><p>It would appear God&#8217;s decision to confuse the languages was successful.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong><sup>8 </sup></strong>Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. <strong><sup>9 </sup></strong>He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, &#8220;Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.&#8221; <strong><sup>10 </sup></strong>The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, <strong>Uruk</strong>, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.</p><p>Genesis 10:8-10</p></div>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret Societies Part 3: Discovery of the Americas]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the Vatican to the Protestant Reformation - the Explorers, Bankers, and Renaissance Thinkers who Shaped the (Brave) New World]]></description><link>https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-part-3-discovery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-part-3-discovery</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:09:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cw_Y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F05ef7874-070b-4515-8d1a-f097a364b451_1600x900.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>In fourteen hundred ninety-two, <br>Columbus sailed the ocean blue. </em></p><p>And according to new evidence &#8212; he may have been a <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/16/g-s1-28462/christopher-columbus-spanish-jew-documentary">Sephardic Jew</a>. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>America is at the center of nearly every major modern conspiracy theory.</p><p>Well, America and Israel.</p><p>In case you missed the earlier articles, this is my <strong>third</strong> installment in a <strong>series on secret societies</strong>, and it will focus on the history of America, its Christian foundation, and its Freemason and occult underpinnings.</p><p>I have also written a primer on the <strong>entire history of the world and its religions</strong>, which can be found <a href="https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-space-and-time">here</a>. In this article, I detail what happened in the Garden of Eden and antediluvian activities between humans and fallen angels that created the basis for these secret societies in the first place.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;37a1bf51-108c-4215-9a43-b1df850682f9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Most of us grew up learning the same prescribed history of the Earth and humanity.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Brief History of Space and Time&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. 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Specifically, I discussed how <strong>every major war since the French Revolution</strong> has been part of an orchestrated effort to <strong>destroy nations</strong> and <strong>create a one world government</strong> run by a collection of wealthy, international bankers.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;d8b8d589-e9d6-4603-be68-8c46afd6c78d&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In my first installment on secret societies, I detailed their 5,000+ year history and explained how all major secret societies have been rooted in a mystery religion that is directly opposed to God.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;lg&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Secret Societies Part 2: Let Them Eat Cake&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. 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The mystery religion purportedly <strong>passes down the secret knowledge </strong>that humans obtained when they ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and when one-third of the angels defected from God. This knowledge initially flourished throughout humanity and was not a secret &#8212; until, one day, God looked around and realized He was totally fed up with the proliferation of wickedness, so He decided to flood the earth to destroy all of creation (Genesis 6:5-7).</p><p>In the biblical and historical timeline, the <strong>mystery religion emerged post-flood with the Tower of Babel</strong> &#8212; which was humanity&#8217;s attempt to regain the antediluvian knowledge and power that they had, using a unified language to build a tower to heaven.</p><p>The mystery religion revolves around preserving and passing down this sacred knowledge to those who are initiated through <strong>rituals</strong>, displaying their religion through <strong>symbols</strong> encoded in plain sight. The knowledge, activities, and worship of these institutions typically include paganism/polytheism, sacred geometry, math, astronomy/astrology, tarot, divination, alchemy, and more.</p><p>In the modern day, this mystery religion has resulted in a group of <strong>wealthy international bankers</strong> working to create a <strong>one world government</strong> so that they have <strong>full control of the world&#8217;s resources</strong>.</p><p>This article will focus on America&#8217;s role in this overarching story of the history of the world.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Capitalism &amp; Glitter is a reader-supported publication. 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But the blending of <strong>pagan</strong> <strong>wisdom</strong> and <strong>Christian</strong> <strong>prophecy</strong> was all the rage across the continent &#8212; especially present in the <strong>Italian Renaissance </strong>that birthed many of the initial explorers to the Americas. </p><p>By all historic accounts, <strong>Christopher Columbus</strong> and <strong>Amerigo Vespucci</strong> &#8212; two of the early explorers to the American continents &#8212; were Catholic. But they were not exempt from seeking secret, esoteric, occult wisdom. In fact, seeking hidden knowledge in the forms of <strong>ancient maps</strong> that were making the rounds in Florence is the sole reason we know their names today. </p><p>The mainstream story is that Columbus set sail for America in search of a shorter passage to the East Indies in support of establishing new trade routes. But the real story is that<strong> Columbus</strong> saw himself as an instrument of <strong>divine prophecy</strong>. </p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret Societies Part 2: Let Them Eat Cake]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the Illuminati uses Revolutions to Create a New World Order]]></description><link>https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-part-2-let-them</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-part-2-let-them</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:20:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/31fcb10d-190a-439c-b8ca-94994ce5d676_2476x2153.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my first installment on secret societies, I detailed their 5,000+ year history and explained how <strong>all major secret societies</strong> have been rooted in a <strong>mystery religion</strong> that is <strong>directly opposed to God</strong>. </p><p>In this article, I will start to hone in on the last 250 years.</p><p>Specifically, how <strong>every major war since the French Revolution</strong> has been part of an orchestrated effort to <strong>destroy nations</strong> and <strong>create a one world government</strong> run by a collection of wealthy, international bankers. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Capitalism &amp; Glitter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p>To reiterate from my first two articles on this topic, the <strong>mystery religion evolved from the events of the Garden of Eden</strong>, purportedly <strong>passing down the secret knowledge</strong> that humans obtained when they ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This knowledge flourished throughout humanity until, one day, God looked around and realized He was totally fed up with the proliferation of wickedness &#8212; so He decided to flood the garden to destroy all of creation (Genesis 6:5-7). </p><p>In the biblical and historical timeline, the <strong>mystery religion emerged post-flood with the Tower of Babel</strong> &#8212; which was humanity&#8217;s attempt to regain the antediluvian knowledge and power that they had, using a unified language to build a tower to heaven.</p><p>The mystery religion revolves around preserving and passing down this sacred knowledge to those who are initiated through <strong>rituals</strong>, displaying their religion through <strong>symbols</strong> encoded in plain sight. The knowledge, activities, and worship of these institutions typically include paganism/polytheism, sacred geometry, math, astronomy/astrology, tarot, divination, alchemy, and more.</p><p>If you missed it, my first article on these not-so-secret societies is <a href="https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/secret-societies-the-original-pyramid">here</a>.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;8d18031d-e864-4a88-a13c-1740c58a4e7c&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The public has long been fascinated with conspiracy theories and secret societies.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;md&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Secret Societies: The Original Pyramid Scheme&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. 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It&#8217;s free (and it&#8217;s long).</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;16a7d549-8111-44d8-8eeb-eb819bc1aca6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Most of us grew up learning the same prescribed history of the Earth and humanity.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;md&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Brief History of Space and Time&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. Writing about the pursuit of wellness, healing chronic illness, religion, pop culture &amp; politics. &quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/20e270fe-65d8-4945-b933-addaa9ce56c4_4000x4000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-08-15T18:21:02.051Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1eb85131-fc9a-46dd-8489-1604cb1e4775_4032x3024.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-space-and-time&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:147754653,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:156,&quot;comment_count&quot;:23,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1165136,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Capitalism &amp; Glitter&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oyzF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9933db1-3b84-4109-9faf-11b2251eaf3e_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><h1>History of the World (Part 2)</h1><p>As detailed in <a href="https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/secret-societies-the-original-pyramid">Part 1</a>, there is a small group of people who have elevated themselves to elite status and have run the world for thousands of years, relying on secret occult knowledge passed down through millennia. This secret knowledge includes insights on the workings of the spiritual world and how that impacts the physical world, sacred geometry and math, time cycles and calendrical secrets, astronomy and astrology, and more. </p><p>People always ask me, &#8220;How is astrology demonic? Why is this considered sinister knowledge?&#8221; The simple truth is that if you have knowledge of time cycles and astrological events, you can use that knowledge to influence, manipulate, and control the population. </p><p><strong>If you know when the next eclipse is, you can threaten to turn off the sun.</strong></p><p>If you know that there&#8217;s a <strong>major meteor shower</strong> <strong>every </strong><em><strong>33</strong></em><strong> years</strong>, you can prophesy that the stars will fall from the sky &#8212; just as Joseph Smith did in <strong>1833</strong>, exactly <strong>39</strong> days before the prolific Leonids meteor storm on <strong>November 13th</strong>, cementing his divine prophet status in the eyes of his followers. He claimed &#8212; and the early Mormons (Latter Day Saints) believed &#8212; that this was a fulfillment of scripture and an indication that the second coming of Christ was imminent.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong><sup>13 </sup></strong>And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.</p><p>Revelation 6:13, KJV</p></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><h2>A New World Order</h2><p>The secret society has evolved and changed names dozens if not hundreds of times over the course of human history and especially in the last 1000 years&#8212; from the <strong>Knights Templar</strong>, who were dissolved amidst accusations of devil worship and reemerged as the <strong>Rosicrucians</strong>, who then merged with the stone masons guilds to create <strong>Freemasonry</strong>, who then merged with <strong>international banking</strong> and <strong>religious interests</strong> to form the <strong>Illuminati</strong>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qzv_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feddf9568-7f28-40c4-97ac-3b90929790ff_1904x1170.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret Societies Part 1: The Original Pyramid Scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1: The E! True Hollywood Story of the Cabal that Runs the World]]></description><link>https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-the-original-pyramid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/p/secret-societies-the-original-pyramid</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Davidson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:19:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/571c6689-dcc6-4a8d-bb3f-80f35fc59e44_1760x1235.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The public has long been fascinated with conspiracy theories and secret societies. </p><p>While the majority of my content focuses on sharing health information, by far the most common questions I get are about the details of various conspiracy theories.</p><p><em>&#8220;Hey, is X in the club? But he/she is my favorite singer/actor/political pundit :(&#8220;</em></p><p><em>&#8220;Is the government lying about Y?&#8221;</em></p><p><em>&#8220;Do you think Z actually died?&#8221;</em></p><p>The challenge with engaging with these theories, and evaluating them critically, is that they are deliberately obscured to the point that questioning them makes the critical thinker look crazy. Our world is full of scripted events that are actually happening, orchestrated by the world&#8217;s second oldest religion. This is a live action, immersive Hollywood experience.</p><p>We live in The Truman Show. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Capitalism &amp; Glitter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Unfortunately, not everyone is aware that we live in The Truman Show. Truman himself was not aware, even though the whole town &#8212; including his wife &#8212; was in on it. </p><p>But the whole world doesn&#8217;t have to be in on it for a hidden hand to script and manufacture our culture. It only takes a handful of actors to influence the masses to unwittingly play along, shaping society.  </p><p>I could write tens or hundreds of thousands of words on this topic. And, I probably will eventually.</p><p>But for now &#8212; we need to start at the beginning.</p><h1>History of the World (Part 1)</h1><p>This could be a very lengthy article, but I am attempting to keep it short and sweet, and as simple as possible so it can serve as a primer for those who don&#8217;t yet understand this very complex topic.</p><p>I am starting with explaining an overview of the origin and history of the secret societies that shape and influence society. A significant portion of this article will remain free, while some of the seedier details towards the end will be put behind a paywall.</p><p>If you missed my first article on the history of the world and the evolution of religions, I highly recommend starting with this article to understand the foundational history. It&#8217;s free (and it&#8217;s long). You can read it <a href="https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-space-and-time">here</a>.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;c8f692d9-ea27-431d-874f-05b187fc36dc&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Modern History&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;md&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A Brief History of Space and Time&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:61419341,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Adrian Davidson&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Mom. Wife. Writer. Health advocate and researcher. Writing about the pursuit of wellness, healing chronic illness, religion, pop culture &amp; politics. &quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/20e270fe-65d8-4945-b933-addaa9ce56c4_4000x4000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-08-15T18:21:02.051Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1eb85131-fc9a-46dd-8489-1604cb1e4775_4032x3024.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-space-and-time&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:147754653,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:147,&quot;comment_count&quot;:23,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1165136,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Capitalism &amp; Glitter&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oyzF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9933db1-3b84-4109-9faf-11b2251eaf3e_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><h2>Baseline Assumptions</h2><p>Let&#8217;s start with some baseline assumptions about world history as we dive in to the power structures that actually run humanity.</p><ul><li><p>The first assumption is that <strong>the Bible is a history book</strong>, and that <strong>it is true</strong>. Not just a metaphor, but <strong>historically and chronologically accurate</strong>. There have been centuries of debate on the details of this, and you can review some of my thoughts on this point in the article above, but for the sake of brevity, I am going to stay big picture on this point in this article.</p></li><li><p>The second assumption is that <strong>the majority of the events of the Bible</strong> <strong>can be overlayed on our known history</strong> as shown in the World History Timeline of major empires below. Again, there is a lot of debate over the details of this, which I am not going to get into here. But for the sake of this discussion, let&#8217;s assume the below summarizes the evolution of human civilization immediately following the great flood.</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WBRS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa96eabb2-7cea-439e-aba3-546fa010ca5f_2500x1875.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WBRS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa96eabb2-7cea-439e-aba3-546fa010ca5f_2500x1875.heic 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">World History Timeline: The Rise and Fall of Nations</figcaption></figure></div><p>I have previously written, at length, about the history of the world from a biblical perspective, and created what a timeline of biblical chronology would look like as it carried into the modern day, detailed below. Again, this is further discussed in detail in my <a href="https://adriandavidson.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-space-and-time">initial article on world history</a>. That summary is detailed below.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K6i9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa268003-8841-4d62-90b0-23411d511645_880x1320.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K6i9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa268003-8841-4d62-90b0-23411d511645_880x1320.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K6i9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa268003-8841-4d62-90b0-23411d511645_880x1320.heic 848w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K6i9!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa268003-8841-4d62-90b0-23411d511645_880x1320.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K6i9!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa268003-8841-4d62-90b0-23411d511645_880x1320.heic 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K6i9!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa268003-8841-4d62-90b0-23411d511645_880x1320.heic 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K6i9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa268003-8841-4d62-90b0-23411d511645_880x1320.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Biblical Historical Timeline</figcaption></figure></div><p>In these two timelines, <strong>we can pinpoint the origin of the secret societies that have carried into modern day</strong>.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.capitalismandglitter.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><h2>Dawn of Civilization &amp; Origin of Secret Societies </h2><p>To understand the secret societies is to understand the history of world empires and religions.</p><p>In the world timeline shown above, it all begins in the <strong>Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Babylonian mystery schools</strong> at the dawn of civilization &#8212; roughly 5,000 years ago. </p><p>In the biblical timeline, it begins at the <strong>Tower of Babel</strong> &#8212; which also occurred roughly 5,000 years ago, in the city of Babylon, which is in modern-day Iraq.</p><p>The Tower of Babel was humanity&#8217;s post-flood attempt to regain the antediluvian unified knowledge and power that they had &#8212; using a unified language to build a tower to heaven. </p><p>The secret societies as they exist today are an attempt to once again speak the same language &#8212; through the use of symbols and rituals &#8212; and elevate themselves to a god-like status.</p><h3><strong>The Tower of Babel, Genesis 11:1-9</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>11 </strong>At one time all the people of the world <strong>spoke the same language</strong> and used the <strong>same words</strong>. <strong><sup>2 </sup></strong>As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.</p><p><strong><sup>3 </sup></strong>They began saying to each other, &#8220;<strong>Let&#8217;s make bricks and harden them with fire</strong>.&#8221; (In this region <strong>bricks</strong> were used instead of <strong>stone</strong>, and tar was used for mortar.) <strong><sup>4 </sup></strong>Then they said, &#8220;Come, let&#8217;s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us <strong>famous</strong> and keep us from being scattered all over the world.&#8221;</p><p><strong><sup>5 </sup></strong>But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. <strong><sup>6 </sup></strong>&#8220;Look!&#8221; he said. &#8220;The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!<strong><sup>7 </sup></strong>Come, let&#8217;s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won&#8217;t be able to understand each other.&#8221;</p><p><strong><sup>8 </sup></strong>In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city. <strong><sup>9 </sup></strong>That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.</p></blockquote><p>This mystery religion morphs and emerges through every subsequent empire &#8212; from the Greeks to the Romans to modern day.</p>
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