In mid-July each year, the Bohemian Grove hosts a more than two-week encampment of some of the most prominent men in the world. (Wikipedia)

That aspiration went down the drain when membership was extended to show people, and by 1878, the year of the first Grove-fest, the journalist were already on their way out. (Maclean’s magazine)

Within these hallowed grounds, history has borne witness to pivotal political and business negotiations that have shaped the course of nations. (morbidkuriosity.com)

Founded in 1872 by a group of San Francisco Examiner journalists, the Bohemian Club, has over the ensuring 150 years evolved into an ultra-exclusive and shadowy males-only fraternity. (truthdig.com)

These cults were based on human sacrifice. Why would a 20th century resort reproduce the cult ceremonies? At the minimum, it demonstrates an attraction to the ceremonial practices of the cult, i.e. adoration of destruction, blood, barbarity and sacrifice of children. (Santa Rosa Sun, Cult of Canaan, 1993)

The members stay in different camps at the Grove, which have varying status levels. Members & frequent guests of the most prestigious camp (Mandalay) include: Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, S. D. Bechtel, Jr., Thomas Watson Jr. (IBM), Phillip Hawley (B of A), William Casey (CIA). and Ralph Bailey (Dupont). George Bush resides in a less prestigious camp (Hillbillies) with A. W. Clausen (World Bank), Walter Cronkite, and William F. Buckley. (thirdworldtraveler.com)

The original members had been enforcing Bohemian policies that made it, “easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Bohemia.” It became apparent that the possession of talent, without money, would not support the club. (sacramento.newsreview.com)

“The purpose of the Bohemian ticket has its origin in an endeavor to preserve the Bohemian Club from losing those early characteristics to which it owes its reputation, and with the hope that it shall not drift into an organization without any individuality,” wrote the Roseleaves. The only claim to distinction for the Bohemian Club was, after all, that its members were devotees of art and literature who aspired to higher things than the pursuit of wealth or position. (Kevin Taylor)

It is a singularly glorious grove of thousand year old trees, some 300 feet in height. Bohemian Grove is among the largest privately owned campgrounds in the country, more than five times the size of Disneyland. (Kevin Taylor)

It's an Elks Club for the rich; a fraternity party in the woods; a boy scout camp for old guys, complete with an initiation ceremony and a totem animal, the owl. (G. William Domhoff)

Notably, since its inception, this exclusive enclave has remained impervious to the intrusion of women into its inner sanctum. A legal challenge in 1978 did compel the Bohemian Club to open its doors to female employees, but membership remained a male domain. (morbidkuriosity.com)

In 2019, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors member Lynda Hopkins, who was elected to the district encompassing the Grove, wrote an open letter criticizing the role the Bohemian Club had in making it difficult for women to get into politics, their lack of investment in the community despite members' personal wealth, and the anachronistic and hegemonic attitudes she felt described the Grove. (Wikipedia)

Although women are not allowed in the Grove, members often leave at night to enjoy the company of the many prostitutes who come from around the world for this event. Is any of this hard to believe? Employees of the Grove have said that no verbal description can accurately portray the bizarre behavior of the Grove's inhabitants. (thirdworldtraveler.com)

On the surface, the Bohemian Grove is a private place where global and regional elites meet for fun and enjoyment. Behind the scene, however, the Bohemian Grove is an American version of building insider ties, consensual understandings, and lasting connections in the service of class solidarity. Ties reinforced at the Grove manifest themselves in global trade meetings, party politics, campaign financing, and top-down corporatism. (Peter Phillips)

Besides this type of merriment. the annual gathering serves as an informational clearing house for the elite. The most powerful men in the country do their "networking" here, despite the Grove's motto (don't do business in the Grove). At these gatherings men representing the government, military-industrial, and financial sectors meet and make major policy decisions. The Manhattan project, which produced the first atomic bombs, was conceived at the Grove in 1942. Other decisions made at the Grove include who our presidential candidates will be. There are speeches, known as "Lakeside Talks", wherein high-ranking officials disseminate information which is not available to the public-at-large. (thirdworldtraveler.com)

A Sonoma State University sociologist who has published extensively on the Bohemian Club, calls “the global dominance group”—this is not how the members imagine themselves. They see themselves as the moral underpinnings of America’s greatness, whose central tenets are the Protestant work ethic: work hard and prosper and you’ll get into that great club in the sky. The Bohemian Club is like the Opus Dei of the Protestant American establishment. Very few Jews have made it in, and even fewer blacks. (vanityfair.com)

One letter circulated in the Grove by the Bohemian Club's directors warned, "No more business talks over a friendly drink. Unless of course, you are willing to have your club open its doors to everyone—regardless of the club members' wishes." (foundsf.org)

A large wood carving of St. John in cleric robes, with his index finger placed over his lips, stands at the shore of the lake within the Grove. This sculpture symbolizes the solemn secrecy attendees have upheld throughout the club’s extensive history. (morbidkuriosity.com)

At that time, most of modern-day Czechia was located in the Kingdom of Bohemia, which was itself dependent to the Holy Roman Empire. Confusingly, this polity had little to do with Rome itself, but was actually a confederation of Germanic principalities. (Zachary Mazur)

King Wenceslaus IV, who ruled Bohemia at that time, fell into a power struggle with the Catholic Church. Against his wishes, the Church pursued its own policies, and the two sides stayed firm. This may be the reason why St John Nepomuk ended up in the Vltava River. Some chroniclers assert that he even had the audacity to criticize the king. (Zachary Mazur)

It is not exactly clear what made this story so popular. The most likely explanation, however, is that the Nepomuk legend worked on several levels: for laypeople, for the clergy and for the elites. (Zachary Mazur)

John of Nepomuk resisted to the last. He was made to undergo all manner of torture, including the burning of his sides with torches, but even this could not move him. Finally, the king ordered him to be put in chains, to be led through the city with a block of wood in his mouth, and to be thrown from the Karlsbrücke into the river Moldau. This cruel order was executed on 20 March, 1393. (newadvent.org)

The budding Nepomuk cult took on a much wider audience in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, thanks to the spread of a Latin-language biography or Vita by Bohuslav Balbín. (Zachary Mazur)

In the 16th century, many Germanic princes and kings broke ties with the Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation. Thus, they could assert their power independent of the Church – in the same way that Nepomuk’s murderer, Wenceslaus IV, had intended. Echoes of the Reformation carried on well into the future, and just as the Nepomuk cult was picking up steam, the Habsburg dynasty was engaged in efforts to stamp out any rising Protestant dissent amongst the nobility. (Zachary Mazur)

Habsburg counter-reformation efforts perfectly aligned with Nepomuk’s rising popularity, and the dynasty supported its spread throughout their territory. (Zachary Mazur)

The summer high jinks begin, as they have for more than 100 years, with a macabre, hokey ceremony—with Druidic, Masonic, Ku Klux Klan, and Aryan forest-worship overtones—called the Cremation of Care. (vanityfair.com)

“You get up there in the redwoods … you talk and you drink and you tell dirty stories,” club member and former California Gov. Jerry Brown told The Associated Press in 1987. (kqed.org)

Foremost at the Bohemian Grove is an atmosphere of social interaction and networking. You can sit around a campfire with directors of PG&E, or Bank of America. You can shoot skeet with the former secretaries of state and defense, or you can enjoy a sing-along with a Council of Foreign Relations director or a Business Roundtable executive. All of this makes for ample time to develop personal long-lasting connections with powerful influential men. (counterpunch.org)

According to an observer and near victim, who can describe the Bohemian Grove inner hideaways, the closed sanctum, even the decor at secret locations, places where no outsider goes (or servants according to our sources) there is an UNDERGROUND lounge (sign spelled U.N.derground) a Dark Room, a Leather Room and a Necrophilia Room. (Santa Rosa Sun, 1993)

The interlocking corporate web—cemented by prep-school, college, and golf-club affiliations, blood, marriage, and mutual self-interest—that makes up the American ruling class. Many of the guys, in other words, who have been running the country into the ground and ripping us off for decades. (vanityfair.com)

We dismissed the behavior as immature, even pitiful, by emotionally disturbed juveniles and not worth attention. This is where Kissinger, Ford, Nixon, Bechtel, Bush, Cheney, Hoover and their friends (2600 members) hang out and “relax.” And if they want to behave as little boys that is their privilege, it is private property. (Antony C. Sutton)

The only permanent schism in the Bohemian Club developed in 1902, when a group of members resigned to demonstrate their loyalty to William Randolph Hearst, whom the club had censured for his yellow journalism and for publishing a verse by Ambrose Bierce that seemed to advocate the assassination of President McKinley. (Kevin Taylor)

This camp counted among its top executives from prominent entities like Bank of America, General Motors, and Procter & Gamble. These connections shed light on the diverse and influential membership of the club. (morbidkuriosity.com)

President Richard Nixon’s candid remarks, captured on a May 13, 1971, tape recording, offered a glimpse into the enigmatic world he occasionally traversed, laden with intrigue and mystique: “The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time—it is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine, with that San Francisco crowd.” (morbidkuriosity.com)

German Prime Minister Helmut Schmidt, who came to the Grove to soothe troubled relations between the US and its NATO ally, was not warmly received when he stressed the importance of detente and advised that the United States begin to realize the importance of getting off a war footing. (Mark Evanoff)

Club members and several hundred world-class guests gather annually in the last weeks of July to recreate what has been called “the greatest men’s party on earth.” (counterpunch.org)

A cult of 200 oligarchs are participating in quasi-occult rites while hatching devilish schemes concerning the fate of the world, and the hired help is suing for unpaid overtime. (truthdig.com)

“President Trump and Speaker McCarthy have historically had a very good relationship,” said a Trump aide. (politico.com)

In 1989, Spy magazine reported that the club had a 33-year-long waiting list. The club continues today and, as of 2018, reportedly had 2,500 members. (www.nypl.org)

The Moloch Pagan Cult of Sacrifice is human sacrifice. About the mid 1980s there were rumors of murders in remote parts of the property. A local police investigation went nowhere. State investigators on related criminal acts went nowhere. (Santa Rosa Sun, 1993)

What if you knew that major world events follow the same structure as ancient initiation ceremonies. In an initiation ceremony you are isolated from the outside world, blindfolded and disoriented and made to feel powerless. You are guided through a controlled experience that reshapes your entire identity. (Quazi Johir)

Order out of Chaos. (Masonic principle)

Step one, create a problem like a financial collapse or health crisis; Step 2, trigger a reaction, fear, panic, mass confusion; Step 3, offer a solution, which just happens to increase their control over the population, 9/11, problem, reaction, solution. (Quazi Johir)

The secret the elites don't want you to know is that you are not one identity, you are not trapped in one way of being, rather, you are formless, able to take on any identity you choose. (Quazi Johir)

Most people never stop to really question their identity, they don't realize that they're just running a program. But the moment you start consciously checking in, you ask the questions and you actually wake up and get the realization of 'I am not this identity.' You become the observer, instead of the program and once you see yourself from the outside you realize you don't have to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago. (Quazi Johir)

Be water my friend.  (Bruce Lee)

Define your future self, who is the most powerful version of you, what do they think, act and move like and what beliefs do they hold? Then start acting like that person right now; adopt the posture, tone, and the confidence of your future self. Speak and act like that person before external reality actually catches up. Last, reinforce it with symbols and triggers, change your environment, surround yourself with symbols of transformation, power and success. Use affirmations if need be, visuals and reminders to lock yourself into your new identity every single day. (Quazi Johir)

Interestingly - and very significantly - the roads which surround the government buildings at Capitol Hill in Washington DC, when seen from the air form a shape remarkably similar to the shape of the owl used in the ceremony “Cremation of Care”. (infowars.com)

The club’s mascot is burned in effigy to an owl god (Moloch). (Suzanne Bohan, Bee Correspondent)

Recent information may radically change this perception of Bohemian Grove. Not merely drunkenness, unbounded use of alcohol and drugs with vague homosexual tones (confirmed by our sources) but reported activities much more serious – kidnapping, rape, paedophilia, sodomy, ritual murder. Investigation is blocked under the 1947 National Security Act.(!) and like the Omaha child abuse case, includes illegal detention of children. (Antony C. Sutton, 1996)

At these retreats, the members commune with nature in a truly original way. They drink heavily from morning through the night, bask in their freedom to urinate on the redwoods, and perform pagan rituals (including the "Cremation of Care", in which the members wearing red-hooded robes, cremate a coffin effigy of "Dull Care" at the base of a 40 foot owl altar). Some (20%) engage in homosexual activity (but few of them support gay rights or AIDS research). They watch (and participate in) plays and comedy shows in which women are portrayed by male actors. (thirdworldtraveler.com)

Be gone dull care, without common sense eternal flame once again midsummer sets us free. (Bohemian actor)

Depending on who's doing the telling, the retreat is merely a convivial gathering where members enjoy concerts, lectures and performances, relaxing and recharging their batteries among male friends. Others insist it's more of a drunken raucous frat party. (truthdig.com)

The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination. (Proverbs 18:11)

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. (Ecclesiastes 8:11)

When they say 'Peace and safety,' destruction will come on them suddenly. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)

The Bohemian Grove: "Appendix of Heavies" From The Bohemian Grove & Other Retreats (Harper & Row, 1974). (G. William Domhoff)

Despite the seriousness of these matters, waiters inside the Grove told BG AN that many Bohemians were often too drunk to walk. One said that the attitude seemed to be, "eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we will die—which to these guys means being removed from power." This waiter, one of several who supplied information to the demonstrators, was appalled at the corporate leadership. "The head lemmings are all drunk and leading us over a cliff without knowing what they're doing." (Mark Evanoff)

Scandal in Bohemia: Lawsuits lift curtain on secretive rich guys 'club.' Bohemian Grove may or may not play host to human sacrifice, but it is the site of some major labor violations. (truthdig.com)

One of the courageous plaintiffs, has dared to shed light on the inner workings of the Grove’s retreats. His account paints a vivid tableau of indulgence, featuring copious libations and revelry, complete with the wafting aroma of cigars and hot chocolate laced with horse tranquilizers. In a candid comparison, he likens the culture within the Grove to a fraternity house. “These gentlemen, clasp onto the vestiges of their collegiate experiences, refusing to relinquish them even as they amass wealth and savor finer spirits.” (morbidkuriosity.com)

My lasting impression was of an all-pervading sense of immaturity: the Elvis impersonators, the pseudo-pagan spooky rituals, the heavy drinking. These people might have reached the apex of their professions but emotionally they seemed trapped in their college years. (Jon Ronson)

A genre unique to the Bohemian Club that includes spoken and sung numbers intermixed with orchestral interludes. It is performed in what David Bispham refers to in his memoir as "an auditorium unequaled in the world": a circular clearing among the trees. (Bispham remarks that "so mysteriously perfect are the acoustics among the trees that even the slightest sound is audible.") (nypl.org)

In 1881, the ceremony of the Cremation of Care was first conducted after the various individual performances, with James F. Bowman as Sire. The ceremony was further expanded in 1893 by a member named Joseph D. Redding, with a Midsummer High Jinks entitled The Sacrifice in the Forest, or simply "Druid Jinks", in which brotherly love and Christianity battled and won against paganism, converting the druids away from bloody sacrifice. (Wikipedia)

Like other all-male and exclusively white secret societies in the United States, many of the club’s traditions came steeped in stereotypes of Native American, African American, and other marginalized cultures, as evidenced in the camp names, the incorporation of teepees, and in the thematic content of their dramatic performances. (morbidkuriosity.com)

The ceremony involves the poling across a lake of a small boat containing an effigy of Care (called "Dull Care"). Dark, hooded figures receive from the ferryman the effigy which is placed on an altar, and, at the end of the ceremony, set on fire. (Wikipedia)

The protagonist Long Arm invents the axe and discovers fire, accomplishments that win him the affections of Singing Bird, his female love interest. The play’s crisis occurs when the villain, called Man Beast, captures Singing Bird. As was the case in other examples of caveman-themed fiction of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a gorilla-like creature was used to characterize the villain. (nypl.org)

Long Arm's allies use torches to light their way in apprehending Man Beast and inadvertently start a forest fire. (nypl.org)

facing scrutiny for excluding women after female county supervisors questioned whether they should continue allowing sheriff’s deputies to provide security for the event. When the previously routine issue came up in a meeting last week, Sonoma County Supervisor scribbled a note then read it out loud: “How can we contract tax-funded services with a club that openly discriminates against women?” (latimes.com)

Per capita the two small towns have four times as many homeless people as San Francisco. The tents that they currently live in are a little less posh than those used by their Bohemian neighbors. (Kevin Taylor)

But three female supervisors, who raised concern about the exclusion of women at the retreat, warned that this could be the end of the 14-year arrangement, in which the San Francisco-based club pays the county for a set of off-duty deputies to guard the 2,700-acre redwood grove during the 18-day gathering of rich and powerful men. (kqed.org)

“Women’s rights are being shredded throughout the country, and we are kept out of decision-making,” Zane said. “This is another way it’s happening in our own backyard.” (latimes.com)

Major military contractors, oil companies, banks (including the Federal Reserve), utilities (including nuclear power), and national media (broadcast and print) have high-ranking officials as club members or guests. Many members are, or have been, on the board of directors of several of these corporations. You should note that most of the above industries depend heavily on a relationship with government for their profitability. (thirdworldtraveler.com)

Supervisor Susan Gorin said the conversation about the retreat “should cause everybody to question how we support private clubs either through our sheriff’s contract or other tax benefits.” (Associated Press)

Important issues and facts are omitted from discussion in the press, or slanted to suit their goals, but they are discussed frankly at the Grove. (thirdworldtraveler.com)

Educate yourself about the Grove and it's inhabitants, and the true nature of the power structure in the world. Then educate your friends. Since most major newspapers and broadcast stations are owned by "insiders", be wary of everything you hear in the press. If you can, participate in protest activities during the July retreat. (thirdworldtraveler.com)

We are always told the opposite so when Elon Musk comes along and tells you he's going to take the shortest route to Mars, you have to ask, where is that missle, where is that Falcon because it's no where to be found. (Douglas Gabriel and Michael McKibben)

DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is a US government agency that develops new technologies for the military. DARPA is part of the Department of Defense. (Wikipedia)

The Pilgrim Society was founded in 1902, initially as a social club to promote Anglo-American friendship and cooperation. Over the decades, the Pilgrims Society has hosted numerous prominent figures from both sides of the Atlantic, including royalty, politicians, and business leaders. Its history is intertwined with significant world events, from the two World Wars to the Cold War and beyond. This rich history requires careful consideration and open discussion to understand its impact on global affairs. (societyforpeace.com)

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an intelligence agency of the United States during World War II. The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of the United States Armed Forces. Other OSS functions included the use of propaganda, subversion, and post-war planning. (Wikipedia)

The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an Anglosphere intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These countries are party to the multilateral UK-USA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence. (Wikipedia)

Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency. He was the New York delegate to the Constitutional convention and a major author of the Federalist papers. (Wikipedia)

The Radhanites or Radanites were early medieval Jewish merchants, active in the trade between Christendom and the Muslim world during roughly the 8th to the 10th centuries. Many trade routes previously established under the Roman Empire continued to function during that period, largely through their efforts. Their trade network covered much of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of India and China. (Wikipedia)

Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas, also known as Alfred Escher (20 February 1819 – 6 December 1882), was a Swiss politician, business leader and railway pioneer. Thanks to his numerous political posts and his significant role in the foundation and management of the Swiss Northeastern Railway, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Credit Suisse, Swiss Life and the Gotthard Railway, Escher had an unmatched influence on Switzerland's political and economic development in the 19th century. Escher served on the Swiss National Council from 1848 to 1882 for the Free Radical Liberals. (Wikipedia)

De Beers is part of the Rothschild empire which was founded by Cecil Rhodes and his chief investor was Rothschild. (Douglas Gabriel and Michael McKibben)

Because emeralds are found in so few places in the world, it makes sense that there aren’t many stones available, especially when compared to the other Big Four, including diamonds. Not only are emeralds rare in general, but high-quality emeralds are particularly rare and, therefore, very expensive. Only 10% of emeralds mined are suitable for making into jewelry. (jewelsthatsparkle.com)

Because you don't really have to have any evidence that there's diamonds or gold, you just need some 'expert' to vouch for you. Then that gives an excuse for somebody to leverage that and put a bunch of dirty money into the mine to clean it up and make it part of the stock. This is the scumbag, I mean Elon Musk's dad, who had sex with his own stepdaughter and had baby by her. That is the excuse that Elon uses why he's estranged from his father which I think is just gaslighting. (Douglas Gabriel and Michael McKibben)

The ranks of the Bohemians swells with more portrayals of narcissism than it does acts of empathy. Those who rise aloft the Bohemian throne have had to systematically learn techniques which allow them to trick the masses. A true Bohemian should never be trusted, encouraged, or left guarding your fine bone china or your best silverware. (Johnny’s Substack)