10/21/04 Update: Perhaps the idea that "secret" societies are a front for a more sinister and even more secret organization wasn't so far off the mark. The group known as The Seventh Sons could be one of the infiltrated groups.

If you look at the fact that some former members of the Seventh Sons appear to have been badly used (i.e. men who thought they were in the upper echelons of the society turning out to be mere pawns), as well as the symbol that the organization uses to represent itself (a stylized fleur de lis), there's no doubt that there's some underlying ties to older groups. The fleur de lis itself dates back to Clovis, the first Merovingian ruler (and perhaps beyond that). The actual Seventh Sons fleur de lis appears to be made of a sword in the center and a rounded shape on each side that bear a striking resemblance to ovaries. One can almost make out the silhouette of a pregnant woman in the logo, as well. Could this mean that they aren't afraid to use violence in order to force people to produce seventh sons?

How far back the underlying society goes is a good question. Certainly the legend of the seventh son dates back to Biblical times at least. A secret society that has been around since Old Testament times, trying to produce the fabled seventh son... the thought is more than a little eerie. Certainly it is something to ponder.

The recent popularity of The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown has brought secret societies to the forefront of popular imagination. The Illuminati, or sometimes the Masons, the Kabbalah, or even the Jesuits, are said to be engaged in secret plots to take over the world - or have they already?

Masonic symbols are seen daily in American culture. The dollar bill has a picture of a pyramid with an eye above it (the eye of the Grand Architect, another term for God), along with many other items which are Masonic in origin.

Some people have these societies tied in with world domination financially. Some say they will wait until they are firmly ensconced in power and announce their allegiance to Satan. Just about everyone agrees the ultimate goal is a rise in power. Whether this is accomplished in the same way the Rotarians do it or how the Crusaders did it is left as an exercise for the reader.

Perhaps even more interesting is the idea that even these secret societies are fronts, facades for other even more elusive and unidentifiable groups. Another of Dan Brown's books, Angels and Demons, is built around the idea that one of these ancient secret organizations, long thought dead, has covertly infiltrated many other secret societies in order to escape persecution and achieve its true goals.

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