In Search Of The Hidden Executive

It is believed by some, that there exists hidden custodians that protect and encapsulate all human knowledge for the good of humanity. Also known as the Hierarchy of Adepts, The Secret Chiefs, the Knowers, the Masters, the Unknowns, or the People of the Secret, this group of exceptional individuals allegedly protect this knowledge to ensure that it is governed over those capable of misuse. 

The hidden directorate is not a new idea. This intriguing mystery has been investigated for years by many authors through the centuries including British author Ernest Scott. In his book, "The People Of The Secret," he describes this assembly, and the world as a spiritual heritage, with individuals who work to free the consciousness of humanity. His belief was that they did not seek control but rather used what they knew to direct and influence. "For man cannot be blindly lead, only prompted into action with certain opportunities at a certain time, becuase the power of man's free will cannot be overrun."

The legend is also famously connected to a well known account in the bible, from the book of Matthew. Somewhat downplayed, but officially documented, is the story of Herod who summoned a group of mysterious wisemen from the east to Bethlehem, after the appearance of a mysterious star in the sky. These kings were described as educated travelers who studied the stars, and who came in search of the infant messiah. Threatened by the prophesy, Herod intervened their journey, in order to find out if they knew where Jesus was located, and the exact time the star had appeared. These men of Parthia or Magi, reveal nothing of importance to him however, having been warned in a dream from an angel to avoid Herod, and returned safely to their countries by an alternate route. In any case, these mysterious wise men from the east, are considered part of an older element of Eastern culture prior to and throughout the time of Jesus.

Pope Benedict XVI said of the Magi: "The men of who Matthew speaks are not just astronomers. They were 'wise.' They represent the inner dynamic of religion toward self -transcendence, which involves a search for truth, a search for the true God and, hence, 'philosophy' in the original sense of the word."

Could it be this group hails from the east? Historians know of eastern groups who stem back the the eighth century who claimed to have acted as caretakers of a continuous line of knowledge known as the Sufi's or Tariquas. There are accounts of a coded book known as the Basra Encyclopedia that arrived in Spain from Basra. It appeared in the the fist half of the eleventh century through the Sufi, and the book supposedly contained all world knowledge. 


In the early nineteenth century French diplomat Louis Jacolliot wrote a number of remarkable works as well which investigated the same idea through ancient legends of India. While assigned there on post, he uncovered a certain story about the "Nine Unknowns." According to his discoveries, a secret society was created by an Indian Emperor Asoka in 273 BC.  He also claimed that the marital art of Judo was a result of these teachings.

This exploration also weaves itself into into Illuminism and the Templars who also suggested unknown superiors or hidden masters. Later along history's timeline, we find also find the publication of the mysterious Rosicrucian document Fama Fraternitatus (1614) that offers yet more clues of the existence of certain "unknown superiors" or "Brothers of the Rosy Cross" who lived and worked in secret. Directing in secret, so to speak, the spiritual destiny of the world.

There was also Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon who looked into the theory. Bacon, a famous Franciscan monk in 1247,  openly cited that the secret had been held by Noah, Abraham, the Chaldean and Egyptian master, Zoroaster, Pythagoras, Socrates and the Sufis, and that all true religions are one. He said there were five major objectives, including the concept of love, which recovered the dying mystery traditions of female or goddess reverence. A restoration of the feminine element so to speak.

Offering great implications, I'd like to think of this myth as a real possibility. It would be good to know that a benevolent group exists, whose aim is to help, and that life as we know it, is a little more than chance or hazard. Who are these shields that guard the realms of man? We can only speculate. 


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