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*Truths bring "personal benefits beyond the reach and even the understanding of the uninitiated."
*Truths bring "personal benefits beyond the reach and even the understanding of the uninitiated."
Barrett goes on to say that "a further characteristic common to most of them is the [[practice]] of [[rituals]] which non-members are not permitted to [[observe]], or even to know the [[existence]] of." Barrett's definition would rule out many [[organizations]] called ''secret societies''; graded teaching is usually not part of the American college fraternities, the Carbonari, or the 19th century Know Nothings.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_societies]
Barrett goes on to say that "a further characteristic common to most of them is the [[practice]] of [[rituals]] which non-members are not permitted to [[observe]], or even to know the [[existence]] of." Barrett's definition would rule out many [[organizations]] called ''secret societies''; graded teaching is usually not part of the American college fraternities, the Carbonari, or the 19th century Know Nothings.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_societies]
==See also==
*'''''[[Illuminati]]'''''
[[Category: Anthropology]]
[[Category: Anthropology]]