Societas secreta

Societas secreta est societas cuius existentia secreta sit, cuius sociorum nomina secreta sint, ratione mystica vel e timorepersecutionis.

In historia multi societates secretae creatae est, aut ubi libertas associationis carebat, aut alibi.

Exempla societatum secretarum

• Fraternitas Rosaceae Crucis
• Ku Klux Klan
• Latomismus
• Ordo Illuminatorum
• Ordo Templi Orientis

Bibliographia

• Jacob, Frank (2012). Geheimgesellschaften: Kulturhistorische Sozialstudien: Secret Societies: Comparative Studies in Culture, Society and History. Herbipoli: Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN 978-3826049088