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Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations into America's Most Powerful Secret Society

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Conspiracy has become a sensitive word, and to those who never read this book, it's meaning may continue to be unclear. But not so for those who are willing to honestly assess the past and present of Yale University and the power struggles behind it by reading this book. The breadth and variety of the articles is at times overwhelming and sometimes overreaching its boundaries(ie a brief history of college fraternities), but there is more than enough to make even the most hardened fan of the US administration scratch their heads.

Regardless of the conclusions one makes from this book, Skull and Bones is a very real organisation that clearly has a malicious intent. What I respect most about this work is does not stop at scratching the surface of Skull and Bones, but goes to great lengths to suggest that it is in many ways an organisation founded on the human misconception of elitism. From the puritanical sect of Calvinism that broke off from Protestant England in the 17th century, Yale itself was formed on the idea that Jesus died not for everyone, but for the few 'pre-ordained'.

In instances such as the Opium wars, to the rise of bolshevism and naziism, skull and bones, or some variation of its constituents, has been involved. There is a great article contained therein which gives a precise analysis of the secret society based on the scientific method. Other articles explaining the varying societies that exist within Yale and their struggle for hegemony, shed light on just how deeply the need for seperatism is ingrained into the human psyche. Just about the only major flaw that can be attributed to this amass of insights is the lack of a comprehensive index, relegating the book to less respectable in the eyes of serious analysts.

Seeing as the 'dumbing down' of America is taking place right before our eyes, it seems appropriate to end with a quote from a man who the history books have chosen a prestigious, almost matryical role for, Abraham Lincoln: "Wise statesman....established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, or none but white men, were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity should look up again at the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began..."

In the midst of a 2004 presidential race in which the media are oblivious to the Bones in both candidates' closets, Kris Millegan's "Fleshing Out Skull and Bones" is a superb antidote to the reigning agnosticism concerning the Yale secret society. This book is anything but "twaddle." The essay by Steve Sewall, son of Yale's distinguished Dean Richard B. Sewall, the preeminent biographer of Emily Dickinson, is indicative of the measured and sophisticated tenor of this anthology, which does not pretend to "unlock the key to the mystery of S&B," but is instead an informed, profusely illustrated sourcebook and rumination, sustained by Millegan's restrained reportage, quirky intellect and unrestrained candor.

"Fleshing Out" doesn't "solve" all the mysteries, but it is indispensable as a groundwork for pursuing one of the Cryptocracy's nodal points for the dispensation of patronage and the recruitment of the "best and brightest" (though GW Bush was patently recruited for other reasons). For the aspiring sleuth, the case starts here.

[The reviewer is the author of "Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare"]

Of all the items I have ordered from Amazon.com, I have never received this message before:

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Is this a bad joke? ...Or rather a grim new reality?

Maybe this will help those looking for more info on the topic: http://www.fleshingoutskullandbones.com/

This is THE book to read on Skull and Bones. When the super rich get together, they plot how to increase their market share of the world's essential industries and resources in secret. Although the mechanism and apparatus for controlling and handing down power from one generation to the next has been largely hidden, recently researchers like Millegan have been able to probe inside their networks. The worst part about Skull and Bones is that the society was built on opium addiction and slave running. They are undoubtedly involved in some of the nastiest criminal activity on the planet and they certainly control much of the oil industry today. Skull and Bones runs the White House, tv news, major newspapers, Yale University, legal drugs, illegal drugs, and much of the prison industrial complex, which is turning into a gulag with 10 million people currently in jail, on probation or awaiting sentencing. Only the truth can set us free.

This book is a huge (well over 700 pages) collection of essays and articles by various authors on Yales Skull & Bones society. This book runs the gamut from the wildly conspiratorial to reprints of mainstream historical type articles on the fraternity system and elitist secret societies at Yale. Some of the topics discussed in this are Bonesmen being involved in the drug trade, from the Chinese opium wars in the 1800's to CIA planes smuggling cocaine in the 1980's, the Bush family and other S&B members being involved with bankrolling both the Nazis and the Bolsheviks, the various shenanigans that can be attributed to Bonesmen involved with the CIA, Skull & Bones and 9-11, the disproportionate amount of world elites that came out of this very small group, 15 members of every senior class at Yale, even both candidates for the US presidency in the last elections were Bonesmen. Also among LOTS of other stuff it goes into the what is known of the weird occultic rituals and initiations that members go through.

This is a great book for anybody into conspiracy stuff, wants to know more about various shady CIA deeds or anybody interested in some of the foul things the Bush family have been involved with.

My take on Skull & Bones is its like a minor league team where they are picked out of the pile and groomed for bigger things. Depending on how they "perform" they get strings pulled and doors opened for them. Not all S&B people become Presidents, Senators, supreme court judges, members of the CFR, or Bilderburgers, high ranking CIA officials, or Presidential cabinet members, but an awful lot of them do and when you consider the track record of many former Bonesmen I have to say there is obviously "rotten in Denmark" going on with these people.

This book is a much better choice that Ms. Robbins book, if you are looking for information on Skull and Bones. Fleshing out Skull and Bones is a large collection of articles written by a variety of people. Most interesting is a lengthy article written by a daughter of a member of the order, providing first hand insights into the society. It also provided a huge body of documents on the society. At over 700 pages, it is a bargain buy.

This is truly a remarkable book; one EVERY American must read. The authors have done a terrific job of presenting the material. However, the publishers (which won't even offer a "Contact Us" on their web site) have seriously reduced the value of the authors' masterful work by NOT including an INDEX.

If it had an index, the book would easily deserve a 5-star rating. A book of this sort would be invaluable to serious researchers IF IT HAD a DETAILED INDEX. I can't say it's useless without one, but it's a LOT LESS USEFUL.

I would tell the publisher, if I had any simple way of getting in touch with them, (like a "Contact Us" on their web site) send me a copy of this work in Word format and I'll send you an index that can be added to this otherwise excellent work.

Steven Hager wrote in his review:

"Skull and Bones runs the White House, TV news, major newspapers, Yale University, legal drugs, illegal drugs, and much of the prison industrial complex, which is turning into a gulag with 10 million people currently in jail, on probation or awaiting sentencing."


Oh, my God. Now I am starting to understand. This review gave me chills up and down my arms, and now all over my body down to my legs and feet... I think this qualifies as "believing it!"

I guess if one can't buy and sell slaves now, one CAN run the prison system and "buy and sell prisoners" and all that is required to catch them and keep them locked up. Just like the slaves in days of old... I never thought about this before, but "packing them in tightly" into overcrowded jails is not much different than "packing them in tightly" into the slave ships crossing the ocean a few hundred years ago. (from Wikipedia on the Cabot family earning it's fortune.)

What a devastating thought. I could never understand why our country would spend the same money it takes to send a kid to an upper class school by sending him to prison - $25,000 p/yr and up here in NC for a year in jail same as what it costs to send a student to Duke University!

Now I'm getting an inkling. Scary but "knowledge is power" and I am on a real "need to know" basis.

I'll buy it. Thanks to the author of the book, Kris Millegan, and to the author of this review, Steven Hager. Yours, CT

2nd note: The other reviewer made an excellent point about the book not being available via [...] directly. How can this be? Thank God for used books by third parties on Amazon.

I really need to see what this book has to say. I am so distressed over reports of our country's "founding fathers" and richest families great fortunes being made by importing opium and selling slaves and rum. I just can't believe it. How did I study history and never learned this when I was in school?

Stands to reason why our country is so rich, powerful and corrupt, and why the rest of the world calls us "The Barbarians" but can't wait to get here themselves to taste "the spoils of war and riches." Just like the CIA popped Noriega when he no longer wanted to share the spoils of the cocaine drug trade (if I am remembering this right), is this the same thing as "the war on Terror" that is enslaving this country right now?

And this could all be emanating from ONE COLLEGE CLUB that our state senators and presidents come from? What is going on here? How could we all be fooled for so long?

But who cares, as long as we have our TV, video games and iPods, right?

'ENTERTAINMENT' is all that seems to matter anymore. What has happened to us all? Thank God for the few that still speak out about what truly matters. God Save us all.

This book is a compilation of book excerpts, historical analyses (Nazi financing), energy prospects (cold fusion, free energy), memories and comments, all more or less related to the secret lodge `Skull & Bones'.

It tries to prove that the secret lodge is a den for high level conspiracy: `a shadow government that controls political decision-making, not only for their own profit, but also to the detriment of the rest of the society'.
However, one gets the impression that the lodge is more a meeting place than an anti-democratic network. One can understand that some ideas are discussed during the meetings, but the eventual implementation of those ideas is decided at another and higher level. As one commentator says:
`Washington means the FBI, the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.'
One should not confound `Skull & Bones' with the misuse of political and economic power by `an undemocratic wealthy elitist clique of materialist ideologues in secret cabals at the highest level of society.'
On the other hand, one should also not underestimate the influence of the lodge network all over the world, e.g. `Puppet Masters - The political Use of Terrorism in Italy' by Philip Willan.

This book contains valuable information on the origin of wealth of some Western families (opium trade), the CIA budget, the financing of political parties before and during World War II and the history and memberships of `Skull & Bones.'
The best parts of the book are the excerpts of `The Unauthorized Biography' of G.W. Bush, by W.G. Tarpley and A. Chaitkin.

A very mixed bag.

You can order this book direct from the publisher Trine Day, I believe, but it may take some time to arrive. In reviewing the book, all I can say is you have to read it for yourself and what you will learn will not be easy to digest.