Freemasons and тамплиеры, alchemists and розенкрейцеры, cabbalists and gnostics - practically all known to world history secret societies are described in fundamental labour of Charles Гекертона. An author counted the book "By the clearest report on secret societies".This book actually is a guide-book on history of education, development and activity of secret societies. An author brings their detailed classification over, describing religious, soldiery, judicial, scientific and political secret societies. Practically all known histories are secret societies, their aims and tasks, structure, rules of dedication and ceremonies of initiation are considered here.