Weishaupt modelled aspects of his secret society off a group called the Freemasons.

魏肖普特用一名为共济会的团体模式构建他的秘密社会的各方面。

Today the secret society has around 6m members, most of them in America.

时至今日，神秘组织有大约600万会员，其中大部分是在美国。

Some secret societies used to send dried melon seeds, orange pips, things like that - five pips.

以前就有秘密社团用晒干的瓜籽作警告，如五桔核，五下计时也一样。

The Illuminati were, to the best of our knowledge, a Bavarian secret society formed in the 18th Century.

据我们所知，明会是 18 世纪成立的巴伐利亚秘密社团。

He called his secret society the Illuminati.

他称自己的秘密学会为明会。

Secret societies are a matter of historical record too, with their initiation rites, hierarchy, secret signs and elaborate rituals.

他们拥有入会仪式、层级关系、秘密符号和复杂的规矩。

But what’s the purpose of this secret society?

米娅：但是秘密社团的目的是什么？

In 1846 the " Daughters of Temperance" formed a secret society favoring prohibition.

1846 年，“节制之女”成立了一支持禁酒的秘密社团。

This secret society operated out of the south of Germany during the Enlightenment Era.

秘密社团在启蒙时代在德国南部活动。

The idea of a secret society running  monarchies was an easy plot to consider.

一秘密社团运行君主制的想法是一容易考虑的阴谋。

But what's the purpose of this secret society?

米娅： 但是秘密社团的目的是什么？

" The Pentaverate." I've been obsessed with secret societies.

“五角星。”我一直沉迷于秘密社团。

The most famous secret society at a university in the U.S. is Skull and Bones.

美国大学里最著名的秘密社团是骷髅会。

So, uh, when do I get inducted into this secret society?

我什么时候成了你们秘密团体的一份子了？

This is the work of the secret society of the fibberati.

是 fibberati 秘密社团的工作。

For years, villagers whispered that behind the bookshelves, a secret society existed.

多年来，村民们私下里传说， 在书架后面存在着一秘密社团。

The white South responded with the Ku Klux Klan and other vengeful secret societies.

南方白人以三K党和其他复仇的秘密社团作为回应。

Were they the precursor to the Freemasons, the ritualistic secret society founded in London in 1717?

他们是 1717 年在伦敦成立的仪式秘密社团共济会的前身吗？

But I thought, well, what if there was a secret society of five people?

但我想，好吧，如果有一由五人组成的秘密社团呢？

The people in these secret societies are sometimes thought to be part of this old-boy network.

些秘密社团中的人有时被认为是老男孩网络的一部分。