There was a time when I enjoyed reading up on these so-called secret societies, I watched documentaries and video clips of 'evidence' as some would say.
Being a person who follows religion though, to me personally what these secret societies do or try to do, doesn't bother me as I believe they do not have the power to do anything except what God has allowed and they will never be able to exceed their limits, and their are doomed to fail anyway. They are human beings and they will die, all this is simply a case being made against them to which they will have to account for.
Nevertheless, it is sometimes interesting to see what is going on out there. They appear to be heavily involved in numerology, they do things on certain days, and also in symbolism, their symbols are 'hidden in plain sight'. Before they carry out events they plant their signature all over it, so that others can recognise it yet the majority have no idea. These leaders still attend occult rituals, and engage in certain practices that have been passed down the centuries yet they have made such things appear to the majority as nonsense. If you really actually spend time researching it, there are some quite shocking things out there that you have probably seen yet you have to look again because things are so cleverly hidden or disguised.