What can be done for a secret club. All club rules

What can you do so that life does not seem boring and empty, like on a desert island, which is occasionally visited by relatives? Just don't stay at home! There are many different clubs for the elderly in every city. And if you have a lot creative ideas, you can open your own club!

Get into uni

In the Novoilinsky district of Novokuznetsk at the library. D. Likhachev has a unique club for the elderly. People come here to study! This is a university for the older generation "New Start!". Everything is here, as in a real educational institution: lessons, teachers, breaks, graduations, holidays. “Our university has been operating for the second year already,” says its head Natalya Suvorova, “more and more people come to us and more people. To be honest, such popularity surprises us, because everything that we do now in the club, we did before in the library. Obviously, the chosen form of association turned out to be very successful - here is both knowledge and communication!”

The idea of creating such a club came from the "students" themselves. Someone has already seen similar ones in other cities of Russia, and all of them were very popular, because it's never too late to learn! And if also with like-minded people, it is interesting and useful. “The council of veterans of the district turned to me with a request to open a university for the elderly,” continues Natalya Sergeevna. - The idea seemed very interesting to me, especially since we already had some kind of base at the library. We have drawn up a passport and the position of the club, in which we have outlined its main goals, objectives, direction of work, the category of "students". We keep a log of visits and a curator from the library staff is assigned to the university, and we choose a leader from among the club members.”

The university opened its doors, as it should be for all educational institutions, on September 1. "Students" attend classes in literature, local history, computer science, art history, of English language, Orthodox culture, physical education and even Esperanto! Lecturers from the Pension Fund, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, health centers come to them, and not only tell, but they can, for example, even check blood for sugar or even do some kind of express tests. "Students" go to the fire station, various museums, exhibitions, meet with interesting people cities.

But not all lessons are serious. There are many creative activities that, over time, began to be carried out not only by volunteers, but also by the "students" themselves. They share their experience with great pleasure: someone shows embroidery, someone is engaged in floristry, decoupage, knitting. The teachers at the university are different: they are both library staff and volunteers (current and retired teachers educational institutions cities, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, public institutions), and now the students themselves, who are preparing for the lessons with great pleasure and responsibility. Classes are held once a week, on Fridays. As a rule, there are two or three lessons a day, one of them is necessarily creative.

“Our ‘students’ are getting younger before our eyes! - continues the head of the university. - Indeed, they turn into mischievous, cheerful students. And what elegant they come! We also have the first bell, we celebrate the Day of Knowledge, the Day of the Student and, as expected, graduation with the presentation of certificates. Our grandparents get what they missed when they retired - new information and communication. They get to know each other, find new friends, then go to the dacha together, visit a friend to a friend, and even go on vacation together, for example, to a sanatorium.” And this year, the “students” of the “New Start” began to take part in the new project “Grandma for an hour”. These are free creative activities for children, with whom the “grandmother” on duty from among the students of the university is engaged. They hold various creative workshops, read books together, help with homework, learn to play musical instruments, in chess and checkers. This is how a simple idea to combine knowledge and communication has grown into a big interesting concept, the implementation of which brings so much benefit to both its organizers and students.

In 2005, Iraida Borisovna decided to take up social activities, created a club for veterans of the native Zavodskoy district of Novokuznetsk and called it "My Family". The social service went forward and allocated a room - in the recreation center "Komsomolets". “In order to open a club, you just need a great desire and necessarily creative potential,” says Iraida Zinovieva. - I didn’t even have to come up with classes: everything that I could do myself, I decided to pass on to my grandparents. She knew how to sew - she opened a circle for sewing, she knew how to draw - for drawing, she knew how to sing - she organized an ensemble, she knew how to write poetry - a poetic circle, she was engaged in landscape - landscape design I began to teach, sculpted from clay - now I teach others about clay plastics. And in the end, there were seven circles. Average age"club youth" solid - 80 years. “Despite their age, they are young at heart, because they are busy with creativity,” continues the head of the club. - We compose songs, and poems, and music, and sing ourselves. We constantly participate in various competitions, art meetings and festivals. Our grandmothers bypass the young at competitions and take prizes! They are full of creative ideas and life optimism, because they feel that they benefit people and give them joy, they set an example of how to live actively and not lose heart!

Having been “infected” with irrepressible energy from their leader, the “club youth” also actively engaged in social activities. Now they travel with charity exhibitions and concerts to specialized institutions for children and the elderly. They believe that only in this way, feeling needed, realizing their creative potential, one can live in joy and harmony with oneself.

Movies are not for entertainment

The club of intellectual cinema "Dialogue" turns 38 this year! Perhaps this is one of the oldest clubs in Novokuznetsk. The participants here are different, of course, and there are many pensioners. It arose from the desire of the townspeople to discuss problematic cinema. “In the pre-perestroika years, we were simply excited by such films as Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Ivan's Childhood, Five Evenings, Ascent, The Escape of Mr. McKinley, Father Sergius,” says club member Andrey Ivanov. - Nobody spoke about it on television, as now, did not discuss them. You won't hear the truth! And we really wanted to understand the film and discuss it with like-minded people. And before that, sometimes the discussions were stormy, that fists were used! Can you imagine?

The club was founded by infectious disease doctor Boris Gilyov. And in 1979, "Dialogue" began to organize meetings in the library. N. V. Gogol. “There was a time when they were only allowed into the club based on the results of exams,” Andrey continues. - It was necessary to know the basic film terms. I remember we even wrote cheat sheets for beginners so that they would not fail in the exam. The club was very popular: it was a member of the Society of Film Friends under the Union of Cinematographers, traveled to various film festivals, collaborated with the Museum of Cinema in Moscow. At one time, film critics from Moscow, famous cameramen came to visit the club. A unique collection of films by the best directors has been formed here!

“Of course, now people more possibilities watch and discuss interesting movies: there is the Internet, various forums, - says Andrey Ivanov. - But we come here just for live communication. We older people miss it. We learn to listen to each other, express our point of view, meet new people. Many of us then just make friends, go to visit each other. Here we get interesting knowledge and communication, just what we lack so much in life.”

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Become a Knight of the Order of Malta

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta was founded in 1099. First, the hospitaliers treated the wounded knights, then cut into Crusades, after they traded as a privateer in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, and in our time they are engaged in charity work and sell stamps.

The Order of Malta is a semi-state, it occupies two mansions in Rome and the castle of Sant'Angelo. His embassy in Moscow is the closest to the Kremlin, directly opposite the Borovitskaya Tower. And the whole story is written on a well-tailored website orderofmalta.int.

How to enroll

First, become a Catholic. Then help the suffering for a long time, and at the same time find two members of the order who saw this and will confirm it. At the acceptance ceremony, you will approach the Grand Master with a new robe in your hands, answer “yes” to the question of whether you are ready to live in a new way, and you will receive a slap in the face as a sign of recognition of the hierarchy. Then you can put on the mantle and be called the Knight of Honor and Devotion.

Become a Rosicrucian

The history of the Rosicrucians is as confusing as the ideology. Allegedly, the sage Christian Rosencreutz lived in the XIV century, who studied Kabbalah, alchemy and other mysticism, and then created a brotherhood to achieve universal prosperity.

From the 17th century, the Rosicrucians published manifestos on different topics, from cooking the philosopher's stone to the basics of Kabbalism, people were not killed. The people suspected them of magic and untold riches. Now the "Ancient and mystical order of the Rose and Cross" is registered as non-profit organization, is headquartered in San Jose, declares love and justice, conducts open lectures and collective meditations.

How to enroll

Come to the office, inform about the desire to become a Rosicrucian and the amount of the contribution that you will donate. Do not hesitate, there will certainly be cloaks with symbols, candles, spells in Latin at the rite of entry.

Become a Teutonic

The Teutonic Order appeared in 1190 in the Syrian camp of the crusaders. At first it was a brotherhood of military doctors, then just military men. They founded Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), baptized Prussian pagans, went like a “pig” to the Nevsky squad and drowned in Lake Peipus.

The Nazis adopted the Teutonic aesthetic, but persecuted the order's priests. And the descendant of the crusader knight, the German ambassador to the USSR, Werner von der Schulenburg, participated in a conspiracy against Hitler. Now the office of the Teutonic Order is located in Vienna, from there the Grand Master manages several hospitals and sanatoriums, where nuns work mainly.

How to enroll

First you need to accept Catholicism and enroll in familiars - sympathizers. If you sponsor the order well and generally show yourself to be a remarkable person, then there is a chance that you will be made an honorary knight. You can contact the Grand Master for admission at orden-online.de. Passing the GTO standards is not required.

Join Opus Dei

This society was glorified by Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code, describing him as a powerful Catholic octopus, which the Vatican itself is afraid of. Opus Dei was created by the humble priest Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer in 1928 to teach Catholics how to do ordinary work as a religious service and thus be saved. It was not until 1982 that John Paul II made the society part of the church. Rumor has it that this is such a form of gratitude - it was Opus Dei that helped Karol Wojtyla become John Paul II.

How to enroll

First, become a Catholic. The organization itself is secular, but it is part of the Catholic Church. (If you are used to sacrificing a black mole to Dazhdbog, you will feel a little uncomfortable in Opus Dei.) Then you write a request for entry, and wait six months. Then you sign a temporary contract, you wait another five years. And if all this time you have obeyed your mentors, then a permanent contract will be signed with you.

Become a Freemason

Freemasons themselves derive themselves from the masons who built the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. But reality refers the first Masonic lodges to the end of the 16th century. Freemasons did not strive for world domination, but only for moral perfection. They were engaged in charity, discussions on the topics of ethics and mutual assistance, which was prescribed by the statutes. Catholic Church considers them an enemy force, the Nazis and communists persecuted them, but otherwise the life of the Masons was always peaceful.

How to enroll

There are many Masonic lodges to this day. They accept both believers and atheists. The main condition is a good reputation and relative sanity. There is no single ritual, single leadership and single ideology, but, most likely, you will be taken half-naked to the center of the room, put on an apron, offered to read the oath and hit on the shoulder with a sword.

Have you always dreamed of becoming a member of a closed club, but don't know about any of them? Want to impress mysterious person who is part of an elite organization and knows more than the rest? Create a secret society just for your friends!

Create your own secret society

Come up with a secret or a secret task. A secret society must have the goal of protecting something.

Read a few books on the subject, such as the Clique series by Lisey Harrison, for the basics. Just don't be as cruel as the characters in the book. Ask a few friends to read these books as well, and have a private conversation with one of your close friends who has also embraced the idea of creating a community.
Come up with a name for the club. Together with a friend, discuss what your society will be called and who else you will accept into it. Remember that even if you have a lot of friends, not all of them are suitable for membership in a secret organization. After all, they still will not know that they were not accepted, which means that they will not be offended.
Come up with a rite of passage for yourself and your partner. You yourself must go through it before accepting other people into the club, in order to feel and reasonably evaluate your plan. The rite of passage is one of the most important aspects secret society. It should be something that you would not do just like that, in Everyday life. Light candles - this will give any action a serious and mysterious atmosphere. You can give members special names that other members of the club will call them from now on.
Determine what your society will do. The community must have rules. Create a schedule for certain "club" activities - for example, dress the same on specific days or have monthly rituals. Have fun! It all depends on your creativity. You can also organize the distribution of intra-club news.
Find potential members for the club. Casually drop something about society in a conversation in order to assess the degree of interest of the interlocutor. Make sure he doesn't betray you or break the rules. Don't mention the club to people you don't trust 100%.
An important aspect of secret organizations is secret meetings. Gather each time in a new place or find a "secret room" where no one will find you and no one will recognize you.
Come up with a dress code. In most small societies, robes are the form of dress, and in large ones, elaborate aprons.
Keep everything under wraps and have fun. You and your friends will be closer than ever.
Carefully select new club members. Dedicate the most eminent and active people from school, those who can inspire and motivate others.
Be friendly, but don't give away all the society's secrets right away. New members must first earn your trust. You don't want them to blather right away, do you?
Come up with a way to exclude from society, if suddenly, some members become objectionable to you, or start chatting about the secrets of the club. If this suddenly happened, pretend it was never a secret, and immediately come up with something new. Add this item to the rules of the club.

Come up with a secret handshake.
Don't talk about society to people you don't trust.
A good meeting place for members of a secret society - school library. Pick a remote area and hold meetings there. Just be quiet so you don't draw attention!

Warnings

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If you suddenly choose the wrong members for society - party people, sports fans, those who seek to control everything or are busy with their own affairs, such as competitions and self-assertion - be prepared to associate with people you do not trust. They may perceive the secret society as an opportunity for competition, and then it will be difficult to keep them silent.
Make sure you are not doing anything illegal.

Since the Order is a closed secret society, special requirements are imposed on the candidate for entry. This must be a person who has reached the age of majority, has no criminal record and seeks to change himself and the world. Since the activities of the Order are aimed at studying a large amount of non-standard information in all sectors, a candidate upon entry must be able to prove his ability to learn, flexibility of mind, his desire to accept and adhere to the rules of the Order, as well as to reveal in detail and convincingly the reasons for his desire to join the ranks of the Order. .

The process of acceptance into the ranks of the Illuminati takes place in stages. The first step to join is to complete the candidate's contact form below. It is necessary to fill in all the given fields as detailed and clear as possible, do not use deliberately false information, expressive expressions and advice, do not ask questions. The administration of the Order selects suitable candidates and sends them further instructions. As a rule, these are small tasks for collecting / processing information or a conversation with members of the Order using the available information technologies. Based on the voting results, it becomes clear whether the candidate has a chance of joining or not.

In the event that the candidate fully meets all the requirements and is worthy to join the secrets of the Order, he becomes a full-fledged Illuminati of the first Degree of Initiation - a Disciple (ST I).

Application for admission into the ranks of the Order

Before making an application, please read the "Questions and Answers" section and make sure that you meet the requirements for candidates for membership. In the event of a positive decision on your candidacy, be prepared to confidentially provide more detailed information.

There is in the world a large number of large organizations, about the type of activity of which most people know practically nothing. And, as we know, everything unknown or known, but not completely, always causes a lot of rumors and speculation. Therefore, secret societies that prefer to remain in the shadows are credited with organizing universal conspiracies and communicating with otherworldly forces.

In fact, most of these kinds of "interest circles" are much more harmless than they are trying to imagine, although among them there are those that really influenced world history. We decided to study the history of the 10 most famous and powerful secret organizations in order to figure out when they did appear and why and whether they still exist.

Illuminati

The Illuminati most often refers to the "Order of the Illuminati" by Professor Adam Weishaupt, which existed in the 1700s. His task was the comprehensive improvement of the church and the achievement of general prosperity. The ruler of Bavaria, Karl Theodor, called the Illuminati one of the branches of the illegal Masonic community and announced the criminal prosecution of members of the society, putting an end to history in 1787. Officially, the order ceased to exist, but it is believed that its remaining members did not leave their business and simply went underground. The Illuminati is credited with organizing the French Revolution, the assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy, and influencing world politics in modern world.

Opus Dei

The organization was founded in 1928 by the Catholic priest Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer. From Latin, the name of the society is translated as "God's Cause", and they are engaged in helping to find the path to holiness without renouncing everyday life. Most of its members are ordinary people: businessmen, workers, teachers, housewives who appearance no different from their peers. And although the organization does not hide the location of its headquarters, it receives the most diverse criticism. Due to the closeness of the community, some Catholic priests consider it dangerous, in addition, the use of such practices that are characteristic of sects are often associated with Opus Dei. All this creates a certain halo of mystery around the society, due to which it is often attributed to some kind of secret Catholic society. Fuel to the fire from speculation and rumors was added by Dan Brown, who portrayed Opus Dei in The Da Vinci Code as a secret sect hiding important information.

Templars

Official name the order sounds like "The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta." This is a modern offshoot of Freemasonry, not related to the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ, founded by a group of knights in 1119. But the order is made according to his example, in order to preserve the spirit of this organization. The order is included in the York Rite and for membership in it you must be exclusively a Christian who has passed all the degrees of the Royal Code, and in some jurisdictions also the degrees of the Crypt.

black hand

The South Slavic secret nationalist organization appeared in 1911. According to one version, it arose as an offshoot of the People's Defense group, which sought to unite all Slavic peoples. The goal of the organization was to fight for the liberation of the Serbs who were under the rule of Austria-Hungary. It included officers of the Serbian army and some government officials. The Black Hand was associated with a group of terrorists who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose death triggered World War I. In 1917, by order of the King of Serbia Alexander I Karageorgievich, the organization was liquidated, and its head, Colonel Dragutin Dmitrievich, and his entourage were shot.

assassins

The neo-Ismaili-Nizari organization formed in the 11th century. The society was founded by Hassan ibn Shabbat. Their internal system was built on a strict hierarchy, where the transition to the next step was accompanied by mystical rituals. In the ideology of the sect, the main role was assigned to anti-feudal, communist and national liberation motives. Glory is firmly entrenched for the Assassins hired killers without fear or reproach, always carrying out their orders. It is believed that the sect ceased to exist in 1256, after the fortresses of Alamut and Meimundiz were taken. According to other sources, some assassins still managed to escape and they founded a caste of hereditary killers in India. The traditions of the Assassins are most pronounced in the actions of terrorist Muslim sects such as Jihad and Hezbollah, and especially in the Fidains.

Thule Society

This occult political German society included all those who later became Hitler's closest advisers. The official name of the organization was the Group for the Study of Germanic Antiquity. They were engaged in the fact that they investigated the origin of the Aryan race. Thule - mythical northern country from ancient Greek legends - Nazi mystics considered the capital of ancient Hyperborea. All members of the society considered the Aryans as the highest race that had lived since the prehistoric era and Atlantis, and the inhabitants of that very Thule were the descendants of the Aryans who managed to escape from Atlantis. Another part of society, which did not believe in all sorts of mystical stories, was more interested in the fight against Jews, communists and masons. In 1919 the Thule members created political organization"German Workers' Party", of which Adolf Hitler became a member. The Thule Society existed until 1933.

Knights of the Golden Ring

In the 1850s and 1860s, a paramilitary organization, the Knights of the Golden Ring, operated in the Midwest of the United States. The society was created by supporters of the southern states who wanted to create states in which slavery would be legal. The proposed territories of action were to be Mexico, Central America and the islands caribbean. The most notorious members of the organization were Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth and criminal Jesse James. After the arrest of the leaders and the confiscation of weapons by the government in 1864, the organization ceased to exist.

Sons of Liberty

The organization was founded in 1765 by Samuel Adams. The purpose of the members of the society was the struggle for self-determination of the North American colonies. Their motto was "No taxes without representation." The policy of public resistance included the distribution of thematic brochures, protests and open violent actions against the British authorities, for which their activities were equated with criminality and began to be persecuted. After the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766, the organization dissolved itself.

Skull and Bones

It is one of the oldest student secret societies in the United States. It arose in 1832 at the suggestion of Yale University Secretary William Russell, who decided, together with 14 like-minded people, to create a secret brotherhood. In their club, they accepted only people from the American aristocracy, Anglo-Saxon origin and the Protestant faith. Rumor has it that these days the prerequisite for admission is that the candidate must be the leader of their campus. The society consisted of US presidents, senators, judges Supreme Court, because of which he began to be considered a kind of underground group uniting the political elite. Society meetings are held twice a week, but what they discuss and do remains a mystery behind seven seals.

Masons

The official date of the emergence of Freemasonry is considered to be 1717, but there are documents dating back to 1300, which already mention Freemasons. Masonic meetings are held in a ritual form, and candidates for regular Freemasonry must believe in a Supreme Being. Freemasons themselves say that their goal is moral perfection, development and preservation of fraternal friendship and charity. It is believed that the community strives to achieve political influence worldwide. The most famous members of the society were Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, James Buchanan, Bob Dole, Henry Ford, Ben Franklin and many others. In total, about 5 million people around the world are members of the society.