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Is there a good book about secret societies? Especially with a global scope? European and Middle Eastern ones seem to be best known, but I suspect East Asian ones likely did many interestingly different things. Also, broad distinction to be made between violent and peaceful ones
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Temporary Autonomous Zone, Hakim Bey. Broad, broad coverage, but you have to read in between the lines. It's a Burning Man ur text
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Don’t have a book for you but there’s really interesting history to read about secret religious societies in the run up to 1949 in China, when they provided food and medical care for large numbers of members, and the aftermath of the Party trying to suppress them
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