"Bohemian Grove": what is known about the most mysterious men's club in the United States
'26.06.2017'
Source: Lenta.ru report
In the USA there is a closed men's club for the elite called "Bohemian Grove" (Bohemian grove). There are many rumors about this society and its powerful members. Not so long ago, in one of the episodes of the fifth season of the popular American TV series House of Cards, a fragment was shown in which the main character, Frank Underwood, participates in a mysterious ritual - a symbolic sacrifice performed by torchlight by people whose faces are hidden by hoods. This was the Bohemian Grove club, which unites citizens of the United States who practice strange rituals and, far from prying eyes, determine the fate of the country. What is this society and is it true that its members worship the devil?
Americans adopted the love for closed clubs from the British. In the States of such institutions is full - including the oldest South river club, founded back in the early 1700, Pennsylvanian Schuylkill Fishing Company (originally created in 1732 year as a club of gentlemen who love fishing) and Old colony club - the first club of the classic type, opened in 1769.
Compared to them, the Bohemian Club is a real baby. He was born in San Francisco only in 1872 thanks to the actor Henry Edwards. It was named so because at that time it united representatives of bohemia: artists, writers, musicians. Six years later, the first outdoor “meeting” took place on the occasion of Edwards' departure to Washington. Free beer, wine and spirits flowed like water, Japanese lanterns created an intimate atmosphere, and then drunk guests fell asleep right on a bed of sequoia needles. Everyone liked it very much, and since then the event has been held annually.
In 1893, the club's regulars chose one of the redwood groves for meetings, and after six years bought it from the owner. Gradually, the neighboring lands became the property of the club. This is how the Bohemian Grove originated.
Spiders are not allowed
Eminent artists continue to be invited to the annual meetings. But otherwise the contingent of guests has changed completely: now they are influential businessmen and politicians, media moguls and bankers. The list is impressive: Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, George W. Bush and many others - presidents, senators, lawyers - those who decide the fate of America and the world. And almost everyone is from the Republican Party or sympathizers. Each of the club members has the right to invite guests - as a rule, these are leading politicians and businessmen from abroad. It is assumed that all worries and affairs remain outside the grove, where they enter in order to enjoy an untouched corner of nature. It is not for nothing that an image of an owl and a formidable inscription flaunt above the gate: "Spiders weaving webs are prohibited from entering."
In fact, it is here, in the Bohemian Grove, in an informal setting that political and economic problems are discussed and friendly ties are struck between the powers that be. For this, special camps are provided on the territory of the grove - sleeping houses, of which there are a total of 118 pieces. Each has its own specialization: politicians, investors and military contractors live in Mandalay, analysts, oilmen, scientists and media moguls live in Cave Man, and Hydeway is almost entirely at the mercy of the military and representatives of the military-industrial complex.
But the main events take place on the venues for events - on four stages for performances and in two eating places (in the walls of one of them, Clubhouse, in 1942, the decision was made to launch the Manhattan project, which ended with the creation of an atomic bomb). And of course, in the Sanctuary of the Owl, where the famous ritual of sacrifice, which gave rise to so many rumors, takes place.
Victim of the Great Owl
“The Illuminati are once again performing their satanic rituals,” “the ashes of people burned on the altar are used in devilish ceremonies,” “rich satanic homosexuals reunited in demonic gatherings” are the headlines that adorn the sites of conspiracy theorists every year. As a rule, the text, from which the blood freezes in the veins, is accompanied by several videos, where you can see people in raincoats, torches and a giant statue of an owl, illuminated by wavering flames.
The members of the Bohemian Club themselves assure that everything is much more prosaic. The rite of sacrifice is indeed performed, but no one is killed or even injured. The tradition was laid by the founders of the club back in 1881. The ceremony is called "The Burning of Concerns" and symbolizes the cleansing of all the problems of the outside world - "sacrificing the demon of problems," as one of the club members explained.
A concrete statue of an owl - a symbol of wisdom - was erected in the year 1929. Since then, sacrifices are held only near her. Inside the statue is empty, it has a special apparatus used in rituals. Year after year, the performance becomes more spectacular: costumes and special effects are becoming more complex.
The ritual looks so ominous that one should not be surprised at rumors of Satanism and real sacrifices. Even many of those who do not doubt the official version are against the ritual. Year after year around the Bohemian Grove, in the midst of the annual meetings, pickets with posters “Resurrection of Concerns” are lined up: they try to shame the powerful and remind them that problems cannot be hidden behind a wall of redwoods.
Club without women
Another characteristic feature of the Bohemian club is its purely masculine composition. For all the time, only four women were admitted to the club, and then only in the first years of its history, in violation of the statute and as honorary members. After the last of them, the poetess Aina Kulbrit, died in 1928, there were no women in the Bohemian club.
Until a certain point, women were not hired as service personnel. In 1978, under pressure from the public, a criminal case was opened against the club - it was required to provide women with equal rights and hire them to work on an equal basis with men. The process dragged on until 1996, and the Bohemian club had to retreat. Now women are allowed to work as service staff even at events in the Bohemian Grove, but only during daytime hours and in certain areas. In sleeping "camps", for example, they are not allowed to enter.
Such masculine specificity of the events could not but generate rumors that homosexual orgies are being held in the Bohemian Grove. The press is adding fuel to the fire: so, in 2004 The New York Post found out that one of the staff members was none other than gay porn star Chad Savage. The famous interview with former President Richard Nixon is often remembered, who stated: “The Bohemian Grove, where I have been, is the most depraved fucking place I can imagine, plus this whole crowd from San Francisco. I would not shake hands with anyone from this city. "
But rumors remain rumors. The Bohemian club said that Savage’s porn career was his own business, as long as he did a good job as a servant, and Nixon’s statement was a bit like a joke to take seriously.
Many, however, believe that the Bohemian Grove is the very place where the threads of a conspiracy that entangles the whole world are woven, where the notorious secret world government meets and satanic gay rituals take place. There are daredevils trying to get in the way of evil: for example, in 2002, the police detained 37-year-old Richard McCaslin, who was trying to burn the grove. He was wearing a skull mask and a blue jumpsuit with a red "Phantom Patriot" lettering. They found a shotgun, a pistol, a crossbow, a sword, a knife and a pipe for launching fireworks. McCaslin explained to police that he decided to set fire to the devil's nest after watching a documentary about Satanic rituals in the Bohemian Grove associated with child molestation. The “ghost patriot” served six years in prison, and after being released, he switched to the fight against reptilians - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
So what is Bohemian Grove - a place for the entertainment of power-weary people or the center of a global conspiracy? British journalist John Ronson tried to answer this question, who shot at one time a documentary about the Bohemian club and its guests: drunkenness. They seem to have reached heights in their business, but emotionally stuck in their school years. "
Apparently, everyone finds his Bohemian grove. Someone - entertainment, someone - contacts with the right people, and someone - a subject for conspiracy theories.
