PowerBohemian Grove
Bohemian Grove
Also called: Bohemian Club · Cremation of Care
An annual summer gathering of powerful figures on private land in Northern California.In this narrative, it is a place where secret rites are performed before an owl statue.
Established facts
Bohemian Grove is a 2,700-acre private property in Northern California.It grew out of a summer camp started in 1872 by the Bohemian Club, a group of San Francisco journalists and artists.Each July, members gather for two or three weeks of talks, performances, and outdoor activities.Multiple Republican U.S.presidents are reported to have had ties to the club since 1923.Records show early discussions of the Manhattan Project took place there in 1942.The opening ceremony includes a "Cremation of Care" rite in which an effigy is burned before a 40-foot owl statue.
In this narrativeA summer camp for the powerful
This place is a summer gathering spot for prominent Americans1.It is held every summer on 2,700 acres of private land in Northern California1.Every Republican president since 1923 has been a member of this club1.Names like Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Henry Kissinger, and the Rockefeller family also appear on the membership rolls1.The initiation fee alone is $25,000, on top of separate annual dues1.Women are barred from entry after 10 p.m.1
In this narrativeThe Cremation of Care rite
At the opening ceremony, an effigy is burned before a 40-foot owl statue1.Hooded figures carry out this "Cremation of Care" rite at night1.It is held before roughly a thousand members1.Alex Jones secretly filmed the rite in 2000 and called it "pagan worship"1.After that footage spread, rumors even claimed a real human sacrifice had taken place1.In this narrative, the owl statue is read as Moloch, the god of human sacrifice1.
In this narrativeAn unproven rumor
The reading of the owl statue as Moloch has never been proven1.The claim of an actual human sacrifice has never been substantiated either1.A former staffer has testified to witnessing drunken antics, nothing more1.This picture leaves that uncertainty in place while carrying the Moloch reading forward anyway.A single owl statue becomes evidence of a secret rite.
Connected concepts
- Illuminati →The names on the membership rolls often overlap with the 13 bloodlines.
- The Elite →A private gathering with a $25,000 membership fee becomes the literal place the word "elite" points to.
- Satan and Baphomet →The moment the owl statue is read as Moloch, the god of human sacrifice, the camp story turns into a Satan-worship story.
- Freemasonry →Members gathering every summer this way is set alongside the closed-door meetings of Masonic lodges.