Assassins
A masonic and mystic order founded by Hassan Sabah in Persia, in the eleventh century. The word is a European perversion of “Hassan”, which forms the chief part of the name. They were simply Sufis and addicted, according to the tradition, to hascheesl‐eating, in order to bring about celestial visions. As shown by our late brother, Kenneth Mackenzie, “they were teachers of the secret doctrines of Islamism; they encouraged mathematics and philosophy, and produced many valuable works. The chief of the Order was called Sheik‐ el‐Jebel, translated the ‘Old Man of the Mountains’, and, as their Grand Master, he possessed power of life and death.’ (TG).
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Shortly: A masonic and mystic order founded by Hassan Sabah in Persia, in the eleventh century. The word is a...