Every July, some of the richest and most powerful men in the world gather at a 2,700 acre campground in Monte Rio, Calif., for two weeks of heavy drinking, super-secret talks, druid worship (the group insists they are simply “revering the Redwoods”), and other rituals.
Their purpose: to escape the “frontier culture,” or uncivilized interests, of common men.
The people that gather at Bohemian Grove — who have included prominent business leaders, former U. S. presidents, musicians, and oil barons — are told that “Weaving Spiders Come Not Here,” meaning business deals are to be left outside. One exception was in 1942, when a planning for the Manhattan Project took place at the grove, leading to the creation of the atom bomb.
how long has this been going on?
was established six years after the Bohemian Club was formed in 1872.
How to become a member of the bohemian club?
To join the Bohemian Club, you must either be invited by several members, or wait patiently for decades. And then there's the $25,000 initiation fee and the hefty yearly dues. Judging from the roster, which currently numbers about 2,500, it helps to be patrician, Republican, and white.
The club is so secret that little can be definitively said about it, but much of what we know today is from those who have infiltrated the camp, including Texas-based filmmaker Alex Jones. In 2000, Jones and his cameraman entered the camp with a hidden camera and were able to film a Bohemian Grove ceremony, Cremation of the Care. During the ceremony, members wear costumes and cremate a coffin effigy called “Care” before a 40-foot-owl, in deference to the surrounding Redwood trees. this is the only known footage seen down below of inside the camp site while the satanic occultist ritual takes place. (video is filmed from 2000 by Alex Jones the man that infiltrated the bohemian grove!
(fun fact:Richard Nixon described Bohemian Grove as "the most faggy goddamn thing you can ever imagine.")
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Molech the owl statue
A 30-foot (9 m) hollow owl statue made of concrete over steel supports stands at the head of the lake in the Grove; this Owl Shrine was designed by sculptor and two-time club president Haig Patigian, and constructed in the late 1920s Since 1929, the Owl Shrine has served as the backdrop of the yearly Cremation of Care ceremony. The Cremation of Care is an annual theatrical production written, produced and performed by and for members of the Bohemian Club.
A 30-foot (9 m) hollow owl statue made of concrete over steel supports stands at the head of the lake in the Grove; this Owl Shrine was designed by sculptor and two-time club president Haig Patigian, and constructed in the late 1920s Since 1929, the Owl Shrine has served as the backdrop of the yearly Cremation of Care ceremony. The Cremation of Care is an annual theatrical production written, produced and performed by and for members of the Bohemian Club.
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No women allowed in Bohemian Grove!
bohemian grove has only given a slight membership to an actress in 1930's, the club is only for men.
bohemian grove has only given a slight membership to an actress in 1930's, the club is only for men.
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