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Box 01Mind control & the spooks7 folders · 34 documents

Dignity Colony

  1. Speech by Foreign Minister Steinmeier at the Colonia Dignidad event (2016) · German Federal Foreign Office
  2. Aufarbeitung der Verbrechen in der Colonia Dignidad (2017) · German Bundestag
  3. Chilean sect leader arrested in Argentina (2005) · MercoPress
+ 2 more
  1. Colonia Dignidad · Wikipedia
  2. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification (Senate hearing, 1977) · CIA Reading Room

Operation Paperclip

  1. Records of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (RG 330) · National Archives
  2. Wernher von Braun · NASA
  3. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's program of research in behavioral modification (1977 hearing) · U.S. Senate
+ 1 more
  1. Operation Paperclip · Wikipedia

Project BLUEBIRD

  1. CIA Behavior Control Experiments Focus of New Scholarly Collection (2024) · National Security Archive
  2. Project BLUEBIRD documents · CIA FOIA Reading Room
  3. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification (1977 hearing) · U.S. Senate
+ 2 more
  1. MK-ULTRA and the Korean War prisoner experiments (2026) · The Intercept
  2. Project ARTICHOKE · Wikipedia

Project CHATTER

  1. Church Committee report, Book I: testing and use of chemical and biological agents · Schaffer Library of Drug Policy
  2. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's program of research in behavioral modification (1977 hearing) · U.S. Senate
  3. Project CHATTER · Wikipedia
+ 1 more
  1. Kurt Plötner · Wikipedia

Project MK-ULTRA

  1. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's program of research in behavioral modification (1977 hearing) · U.S. Senate
  2. Church Committee report, Book I: testing and use of chemical and biological agents · Schaffer Library of Drug Policy
  3. MKULTRA documents · CIA FOIA Reading Room
+ 2 more
  1. CIA Behavior Control Experiments Focus of New Scholarly Collection (2024) · National Security Archive
  2. MKUltra · Wikipedia

Project Monarch

  1. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's Program of Research in Behavioral Modification (Senate hearing, 1977) · CIA Reading Room
  2. Investigator's Guide to Allegations of "Ritual" Child Abuse (Lanning, FBI, 1992) · Office of Justice Programs
  3. Project MKUltra · Wikipedia
+ 2 more
  1. Cathy O'Brien (conspiracy theorist) · Wikipedia
  2. A Culture of Conspiracy (Barkun) · search archive.org

Sheeple

  1. Sheeple · Merriam-Webster
  2. Memoir upon the Formation of a Deaf Variety of the Human Race (Bell, 1884) · archive.org
  3. Bell as chairman of the Eugenics Record Office board, Eugenical News · Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
+ 3 more
  1. Multi-nippled sheep of Beinn Bhreagh (Bell, 1904) · Biodiversity Heritage Library
  2. The International Eugenics Congresses (1912–1932) · ASU Embryo Project
  3. Sheeple · Wikipedia

Box 02Secret societies & the money6 folders · 34 documents

Bavarian Illuminati

  1. Bavarian Illuminati · Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. George Washington to G. W. Snyder, October 24, 1798 · Founders Online, National Archives
  3. Washington's Masonic Correspondence · Project Gutenberg
+ 3 more
  1. Proofs of a Conspiracy (Robison, 1797) · Project Gutenberg
  2. The Great Seal of the United States · U.S. Department of State
  3. Illuminati · Wikipedia

Jekyll Island

  1. The Jekyll Island Conference · Federal Reserve History
  2. A Return to Jekyll Island, conference papers (2010) · FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  3. From Farm Boy to Financier (Vanderlip, 1935) · The Saturday Evening Post
+ 2 more
  1. How Jekyll Island made telephone history · Jekyll Island Authority
  2. Jekyll Island Club · Wikipedia

New World Order

  1. Address before a joint session of Congress, September 11, 1990 · Miller Center, University of Virginia
  2. The New World Order (H. G. Wells, 1940) · archive.org
  3. The Great Seal of the United States · U.S. Department of State
+ 2 more
  1. New world order (politics) · Wikipedia
  2. New World Order conspiracy theory · Wikipedia

Skull & Bones

  1. Russell Trust Association records · Yale University Library
  2. Four Years at Yale (Bagg, 1871) · archive.org
  3. George H. W. Bush, the 11th Director of Central Intelligence · CIA
+ 3 more
  1. Geronimo's kin sue Skull and Bones (2009) · NBC News
  2. Skull and Bones · Wikipedia
  3. List of Skull and Bones members · Wikipedia

The Titanic

  1. RMS Titanic: history and significance · NOAA
  2. British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry, Day 5: Charles Hendrickson · Titanic Inquiry Project
  3. Titanic: the claim · Lloyd's
+ 3 more
  1. The Federal Reserve Act signed · Federal Reserve History
  2. Milton S. Hershey and the RMS Titanic · Hershey Community Archives
  3. Titanic conspiracy theories · Wikipedia

Washington Monument

  1. Washington Monument: History & Culture · National Park Service
  2. Washington Monument FAQ · National Park Service
  3. Washington Monument administrative history, chapter 2 · National Park Service
+ 3 more
  1. The 2011 earthquake · National Park Service
  2. 2013–2014 Survey of the Washington Monument · NOAA National Geodetic Survey
  3. Washington Monument · Wikipedia

Box 04Ancient philosophers6 folders · 25 documents

Diogenes

  1. Diogenes of Sinope · Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Book VI (trans. R. D. Hicks) · Wikisource
  3. Diogenes syndrome: a clinical study of gross neglect in old age (1975) · PubMed
+ 1 more
  1. Diogenes · Wikipedia

Empyreans

  1. Empyrean · Wikipedia
  2. Mahatma Letters · Wikipedia
  3. Theosophical Society · Wikipedia
+ 2 more
  1. Ascended master · Wikipedia
  2. United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944) · Cornell Law School LII

Enlightenment

  1. Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya · UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  2. Enlightenment · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  3. Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences (Griffiths et al., 2006) · PubMed
+ 1 more
  1. Marsh Chapel Experiment · Wikipedia

Epicurus

  1. Epicurus · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Epicurus · Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  3. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Book X (trans. R. D. Hicks) · Wikisource
+ 1 more
  1. Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 31 October 1819 · Founders Online (National Archives)

Philosophy

  1. Presocratic Philosophy · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Herodotus, Histories 1.74 (Thales' eclipse) · Perseus Digital Library
  3. Plato, Apology 21a · Perseus Digital Library
+ 1 more
  1. Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.24 (Delphi) · Perseus Digital Library

Pythagoras

  1. Pythagoras · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Book VIII (trans. R. D. Hicks) · Wikisource
  3. The Secret Teachings of All Ages: The Life and Philosophy of Pythagoras (1928) · sacred-texts.com
+ 1 more
  1. Pythagoras · Wikipedia

Box 05Myths, mysteries & the mind7 folders · 32 documents

Labyrinth

  1. Knossos · Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
  2. Herodotus, Histories 2.148 · Perseus Digital Library
  3. Potnia (the "Mistress of the Labyrinth") · Wikipedia
+ 1 more
  1. Labyrinth · Wikipedia

Minotaur

  1. Apollodorus, Library, Epitome 1 (trans. J. G. Frazer) · Perseus Digital Library
  2. Plutarch, Life of Theseus · LacusCurtius (University of Chicago)
  3. Knossos · Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
+ 1 more
  1. Minotaur · Wikipedia

Mt. Shasta

  1. Mount Shasta · U.S. Geological Survey
  2. Panther Basin and Panther Meadows area and use restrictions · U.S. Forest Service
  3. Mount Shasta case summary · Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
+ 2 more
  1. United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944) · Cornell Law School LII
  2. Legends of Mount Shasta · Wikipedia

Origins of Consciousness

  1. Consciousness · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  2. Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness (Chalmers, 1995) · consc.net
  3. Julian Jaynes Society
+ 2 more
  1. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind · Wikipedia
  2. Stoned ape theory · Wikipedia

Pineal Gland

  1. Pineal Gland: What It Is, Function & Disorders · Cleveland Clinic
  2. Fluoride deposition in the aged human pineal gland (Luke, 2001) · PubMed
  3. DMT found in normal rat brains (Dean et al., 2019) · ScienceDaily
+ 2 more
  1. Pineal gland · Wikipedia
  2. The Passions of the Soul (Descartes, 1649) · search archive.org

Psychedelics

  1. Hallucinogens · National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
  2. Johns Hopkins launches center for psychedelic research (2019) · Johns Hopkins Medicine
  3. Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences (Griffiths et al., 2006) · PubMed
+ 2 more
  1. Project MKULTRA, the CIA's program of research in behavioral modification (1977 hearing) · U.S. Senate
  2. Psychedelic drug · Wikipedia

The Eleusinian Mysteries

  1. Homeric Hymn to Demeter (trans. Gregory Nagy) · Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard
  2. Eleusinian Mysteries · Britannica
  3. The Road to Eleusis (Wasson, Hofmann, Ruck, 1978) · Internet Archive
+ 1 more
  1. Eleusinian Mysteries · Wikipedia