Home›Theosophical Societies›Belongs To TraditionBrowse ByBelongs To TraditionThis page groups secret societies by the older cultural tradition scholars connect them to. Wikipedia notes that anthropologically, secret societies "have been deeply interlinked with the concept of the Mannerbund, the all-male 'warrior-band' or 'warrior-society' of pre-modern cultures." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor see the deeper cultural pattern a given society is said to continue.FactsBelongs To TraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSecret Societies 1Belongs To TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)1,200,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2012-12-18 (2)2020-01-01 (2)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismBelongs To Tradition1 entryHinduismBelongs To Tradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.