[orthodoxymoron]

I'm going to leave my comment above regarding Manly P. Hall...but I just watched a lecture of his on Google...and was quite impressed. Is there a way that all of the secret and esoteric stuff can be completely divorced from satanic rituals, instigating wars (and financing both sides), enslaving the stupid masses, etc, etc, etc? It seems like just about everything is a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde situation. The nicest people can turn out to be the biggest jerks. The most holy institutions can turn out to be the deepest pits of hell. Noble wars to free an oppressed people...can turn out to be all about drugs, oil, and money. The list goes on and on and on and on and...