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===Note about the following lists===
By their very nature, secret societies are difficult to track and document. The following purport to be lists of secret societies.  But many members of such societies would deny that they are, in fact, secret societies.  Such denials might be well-founded; in that case, the ''Citizendium'' is simply mistaken to assert that an organization might count as a secret society.  But in many other cases, such denials are required as part of the very nature of secret societies: not only is certain information about the organization secret, the fact that there is such a society and such secret information is itself part of the secret, and so should be denied by members.

==International or non-governmental organizations==
These groups are often considered and talked about in the context that they are secret societies:
{{r|Bilderberg Group}}
{{r|Edelweiss}}
{{r|Thule-Gesellschaft}}
{{r|Land and Liberty}}
{{r|Royal Institute of International Affairs}} (also known as Chatham House) 
{{r|The Club of Rome}}

==Student societies==
* Anak Society (1908) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
* Berzelius (1848) at Yale University.
* Bishop James Madison Society (1812) at the College of William and Mary.
* Book and Snake (1863) at Yale University.
* Cambridge Apostles (1820) at the University of Cambridge.
* Flat Hat Club (1750) at the College of William and Mary.
* Order of the Acropolis at University of Georgia.
* Phi Beta Kappa (1776) at the College of William and Mary, began as a secret society, but eliminated secrecy in 1831 and is now national.
* Quill and Dagger (1893) at Cornell University.
* Scroll and Key (1842) at Yale University.
* Seven Society at the University of Virginia.
* Skull and Bones (1832) A fraternal organization at Yale University, many members of which have been extremely influential, as in six generations of the Bush family; sometimes called a secret society.
{{r|Society of the Pacifica House}}
{{r|Sphinx Head Society}}

==Fraternal organizations==
{{r|Freemasonry|The Masons}}
{{r|The Shriners}}
{{r|Order of DeMolay}}
{{r|Order of the Eastern Star}}
{{r|Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis|AMORC (Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis)}}
{{r|Confraternity of the Rose Cross}}
{{r|Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia|SRIA (Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia}}
{{r|National Society of Pershing Rifles}}
{{r|Order Militia Crucifera Evangelica}}
{{r|Order of the Solar Temple}}
{{r|Ordo Templi Orientis}}

==Historical secret societies==
{{r|Afrikaner_Broederbond}}
{{r|Beati paoli}}
{{r|Black Dragon Society}}
{{r|Illuminati}}
{{r|Knights of the Golden Circle}}
{{r|Know-Nothings}}
{{r|Ku Klux Klan}} (exists at present with very small membership)
{{r|Gladio Society of the Elect}}
{{r|Mau Mau}}
{{r|Mithraism}}
{{r|Righteous Harmony Society}} ("Boxers")
{{r|Thule Society}}
{{r|Tiandihui}}
{{r|Wide Awakes}}
{{r|White Rose Society}}

==Revolutionary or underground organizations==
{{r|al-Qaeda}}
{{r|Armed Islamic Group}}
{{r|Aryan Brotherhood}}
{{r|Black Hand}}
{{r|Carbonari}}
{{r|East Turkestan Islamic Movement}}
{{r|Fenian brotherhood}}
*{{r|Germanenorden||}}
{{r|Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan}}

{{r|Jamaat al-Islamiyya}}
{{r|Katipunan}}
{{r|Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam}}

{{r|Narodnik}}
{{r|Red Turbans}}
{{r|Sons of Liberty}}
{{r|Tongmenghui}}
{{r|Vihan Veljet}}
{{r|Walhalla-orden}}

==Secret society &mdash; alleged secret societies==
Either existence, or secret society status, is subject to significant doubt.
{{r|The Elders of Zion}}
{{r|The Green Man}}
{{r|Majestic 12}}
{{r|Priory of Sion}}
{{r|Rosicrucians}}
{{r|Vril Society}}

==Religious==
{{r|The Assassins}}
{{r|Bwiti}}
{{r|Cathars}}
{{r|Compagnie du saint sacrement}}
{{r|The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith}}
{{r|Knights of Columbus}}
{{r|Knights of Malta}}
{{r|Knights Templar}}
{{r|Ordo Templi Orientis}}
{{r|Order of the Solar Temple}}
{{r|Church of Scientology|Scientology}}