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Have any questions about Skull and Bones?
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[quote:TlvmmCpoft:MV8zOTI3NzI2XzcwOTEwMjc2X0VEMTlFQjAw] [quote:jamesd1628:MV8zOTI3NzI2XzcwOTEwMTI5XzI5N0JDOEQ=] [quote:TlvmmCpoft:MV8zOTI3NzI2XzcwOTA4OTYwX0U5RTA5MUNB] [quote:jamesd1628:MV8zOTI3NzI2XzcwOTA4MjM1X0U4QTg3RUUx] Great thread. I’m curious about occult influences. Checkerboard floors in the building? Images similar to tarot cards? Odd statues? You’ve mentioned the drugging of members. Do you know which drugs, and are they used as an attempt to raise conscious awareness? Any occult ceremonies? Attempts at channeling? [/quote] It was one of the few places where I was usually wrapped up enough in what was going on that I wasn't counting tiles. The front hall may have had checkers...I'll have to try to remember. There were a few symbolic pieces placed here and there. The items I remember the most were from one of the ceremonies. And yes, we literally wore floor-length robes. There was a giant swinging gold incense burner... a little like what this cute little guy has :pope: but bigger and more gaudy. There were staffs that were like knights' long sticks. We had books nearly as old and ancient as time (okay, maybe only a few hundred years old). In the main skull display there were so many more items than what any artist's rendition has shown. A telescope, a bunch of gold items, a globe, a book that held a manifest - like a ship's manifest, more. There was another seriously thick book that was signed at initiation, a knife that was present during that ceremony. No idea about raising awareness. I saw it all through an atheist's eye - to me it was just another ritual to get through like a graduation ceremony or a wedding. I wasn't alone in that thinking. The drugging knocked me the hell out, so I assume it did the same for everyone else at the table. There were maybe 22 people at the table that day. I was led away into the library. I have no idea where everyone else ended up. Tampering with the desserts was done by older members. I caught them in the act before dinner, being an idiot I didn't let that stop me from eating. [/quote] Thanks for the reply. Any recollection of the subject of any of the old books? Any required reading for members? [/quote] I'm guessing they've got family names, origins, properties, agreements, itemized collections, etc. Just from the few pages I remember. As for reading, just general advice - whatever you're interested in, find the original documents, the original journals, never read the redacted regurgitated crap that people produce from it second hand that makes up 99.9% of available reading materials. I used to spend my time in the libraries at Yale reading the personal stories behind history, the journals of soldiers, of land owners, etc. I learned more about the complexities of history and war there in one decade than I could in 20 lifetimes in a traditional library. [/quote]
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Mind you, I was a drugged out youth when I was there, but I've bounced off the inside walls a few times in this life, so if you have any questions I might be able to answer...
Go for it.
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