Could you help me with a summary please? Reading 1 Churches are leading actors in international relations, as are states and transnationals. Recognition of a common religious authority is often a much stronger bond than nationality and spontaneously provides access to political and military alliances. Religious faith, like all other personal convictions, also determines the meaning of sacrifice and, therefore, the courage of the combatants. Domestically, minority churches and secret brotherhoods or brotherhoods can be particularly ambitious in the conquest of power. And they exercise it in a very balanced way when they are well integrated into their environment, but they can also provide very useful collaborators to an occupant when they are rejected. Indeed, like any other association, the Churches can claim political positions and advise their members. But they are especially prone to straying out of that legitimate framework and trying to impose their own order on the rest of society, thus causing the worst clashes. In order to guarantee civil peace, religious tolerance should not be limited to the right of everyone to practice their religion, provided that this does not affect public order, but should also include the right of others not to profess any religion and to criticize the religion. beliefs of others.
The secret societies seek as a purpose a path that leads to spiritual elevation, and the understanding of all those mysteries of nature.
It is assumed that through his teachings a man can find an explanation to all the phenomena of nature, the origin and purpose of man. With their own secret society practices, an ordinary man and a victim of destiny can become someone who can overcome these limitations and reach unsuspected destinations. Some secret societies: The Bohemian Club, Ordo Templi Orientis (Order of the Eastern Templars, Rosicrucianism, Martinist Order