Bohemian Grove Woods, Samuel P. Taylor State Park, and a separate redwood grove owl stands at the head of the lake in the Grove and, since 1929, has represents the act of embracing the revelry of Bohemian Grove while near Duncan Mills, down river from the current location. served as the site of the yearly "Cremation of Care" ceremony (see setting aside the "dull cares" of the outside world. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia below). The club's motto, Weaving Spiders Come Not Here, is taken The first parcel of the grove was purchased from Melvin Cyrus Meeker [edit] (Redirected from Bohemian grove) from the second scene of Act 2 from A Midsummer Night's Dream; it who developed a successful logging operation in the area. Gradually Jump to: navigation, search signifies that the club and the grove are not for conducting business, over the next decades, members of the club purchased land Alex Jones' exposé Bohemian Grove is a 2700 acre (11 km²) campground located in but exchanging friendship and free sharing of common passion, surrounding the original location to the perimeter of the basis in which Monte Rio, California belonging to a private San Francisco-based summarized in the term, "the Bohemian Spirit." it resides. This was done to secure the rights to the water, so that its men's fine arts club known as the Bohemian Club, which was founded water supply would not be affected by uphill operations. [edit] in 1872. The club's membership includes many artists, particularly Cremation of Care musicians, as well as many high-ranking business leaders and [edit] The Cremation of Care was devised in 1893 by a member named government officials. Joseph D. Redding, a lawyer from New York. The New York Times Facilities The Bohemian Club holds a two-week encampment during July. described the show in a June 25, 1899 article: Dozens of concerts, some scheduled and many impromptu are held at The primary activities taking place at the grove are entertainment, "Great attention was paid to all the details, and the Druid the grove's amphitheaters. Original plays, musical comedies and produced by the members of the club. Therefore, the majority of priests who figured prominently in the show bore all the historical dramas are presented each year. There is also an ongoing common facilities are entertainment venues. There are also sleeping insignia of their order on their vestments. Over 500 persons art exhibit, and lectures and talks on a wide range of topics from quarters, or "camps" scattered throughout the grove. figured in the spectacle, and electric and calcium lights were current political affairs to music history are held. used to illuminate the tableaus. There was a symphony Contents • Grove Stage - it is an amphitheatre with seating for 2,000 orchestra and a grand chorus. A Druids' altar and sacrificial used primarily for the Grove Play production, on the last stone lent an air of realism to the scenes. Mr. Redding [hide] Friday of the midsummer encampment. The stage extends served as High Priest of Bohemia. Then came a procession up the hill side, and is also home to the second largest of eight Druid priests bearing six chained captives-- a Gaul, • 1 History outdoor pipe organ in the world. a Celt, a Roman, a barbarian, and two men from the Far • 2 Facilities • Field Circle - a bowl-shaped amphitheatre used for the mid- North. Each captive was in costume and each in turn weekend, "Low Jinks" musical comedy, as well as for variety • 3 Symbolism and rituals pleaded his cause before the assembly, but was condemned shows. to death. Only the Gaul, who represented Bohemia, was o 3.1 Cremation of Care • Campfire Circle - has a campfire pit in the middle of the • 4 Alex Jones' exposé able to make a defense that lifted the sentence from the A better shot of the owl statue. Photo: Bohemian Grove Book. circle, surrounded by carved redwood log benches. Used for • 5 Past Attendees heads of the captives. A loving cup was then drunk by On July 15, 2000, Alex Jones and his assistant, Mike Hanson, smaller shows in a more intimate setting. • 6 Controversies Druids, captives, and Bohemians. Mephisto and a number of successfully infiltrated the Grove with two hidden video cameras and • Museum Stage - A semi-outdoor venue with a covered o 6.1 Mock human sacrifice rituals devils rushed in and attempted to rescue [an effigy filmed the Cremation of Care ritual. In his documentary about the stage. Lectures and small ensembles shows. o 6.2 Allegations Child Snuff Porn representing a personification of] "Care" from the catafalque infiltration, Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove, Jones contends that • The Owl Shrine and the Lake - an artificial lake in the middle o 6.3 Allegations of homosexual prostitution [sacrificial pyre]. The devil made an impassioned address, a large group of members engage in an "ancient Canaanite, Luciferian of the grove, used for the noon-time concerts and "Lakeside • 7 Quotes saying that goodfellowship was a mockery and that "Care" Babylon mystery religion ceremony" involving a 45-foot statue of an Talks." It is also the venue of the Cremation of Care, that • 8 Further reading could not be banished. Then the Druid leader drove them owl deity called "Moloch", a figure from the Bible, particularly the Book takes place on the first Saturday of the encampment. • 9 See also into the woods with a lighted torch, which he at once applied of Leviticus. Jones warns that although he is personally a Christian, • 10 External links to the funeral pyre. After this came the "low jinks," a species "even an Atheist should be concerned." Furthermore, Jones claims the In addition, there is a common dining facility that serves breakfast and of amateur minstrel show. Then the Bohemians retired to use of some elements of Druidic rituals. dinner to 800 diners simultaneously. their tents and to such sleep as the wags and practical [edit] jokers of the club permitted them to take." In the documentary, Alex Jones implies that then-Texas governor [edit] George W. Bush was at this particular event and claims that he was History Today, the ritual consists of hooded members accepting the effigy representing "dull care" from a ferryman traveling across a creek. able to get through the grove's considerable security by telling the Symbolism and rituals security personnel that "we're with the hillbillies," a reference to Bush Bohemian Grove was established over time, shortly after the founding Music and fireworks accompany the ritual, for dramatic effect. The mock human sacrifice is placed on an altar and set on fire. The ritual and his entourage, obviously reasoning that their Texas accents made of the Bohemian Club in 1872. For several years, the members of the Since the founding of the club, the Bohemian Grove's symbol has been the claim believable. club camped together at various locations, including the present Muir the owl, long held as a representative of wisdom. A forty-foot concrete In 2004, a man calling himself "Kyle," who claimed to be a former Below are some of the controversies that have been discussed about a male child tied down • transcript of US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld at employee of the Bohemian Club, was able to clandestinely film much Bohemian Grove: the tribute to Milton Friedman, regretting missing the 2001 [edit] more than Jones and Hanson did during their 2000 infiltration. For birthday lunch that Ed Feulner hosted every year on the road [edit] instance, "Kyle" was able to film the interior of the Moloch statue and to Bohemian Grove. Mock human sacrifice rituals Further reading the metal framed effigy of Care. The new footage was presented in • Teddy Bears' Picnic IMDB page. During the Cremation of Care ceremony, a mock human sacrifice Jones' 2005 documentary Order of Death and his network of websites. • InfoWars.com Alex Jones infiltrated Bohemian Grove and representing "dull care" is cremated to symbolize the liberation of the • Domhoff, G. William, The Bohemian Grove and Other got video footage of the strange ritual. However, many question Jones's claims as extremist and criticize him participants. It can be argued that its symbolism is analogous to that of Retreats: a study in ruling class cohesiveness, Harper and • Sociology of the Bohemian Grove, dissertation, Sonoma as being partisan to espousing conspiratorial views. the Burning Man which has often been compared to the Midsummer Row, 1974, ISBN 06-131880-9 State University Encampment at the Grove. • Field, Charles K. , The Cremation of Care, 1946, 1953 [edit] • Former Maryland Senator Tim Ferguson Posts FPI • Fletcher, Robert H., The Annals of the Bohemian Club, [edit] Bohemian Grove Coverage - Free Press International Hicks-Judd, 1900 Past Attendees Allegations Child Snuff Porn • Ickes, Harold L. , The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes, Vol 1. In the Franklin Coverup Scandal of 1989, investigators of that case Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Grove" The First Thousand Days, 1933-36. Simon and Schuster, The Bohemian Club is a private club; only active members of the club discovered that Paul Bonacci wrote in his diary that he had been flown Categories: Private Clubs | Conspiracy theories 1953. Ickes was Secretary of the Interior during the New and their guests may visit the grove. Particularly during the midsummer into the Grove by republican leader Lawrence King and was forced into Deal. List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II (this is relevant to bohemian encampment, the number of guests is strictly limited due to the small sexual acts with other boys including snuff films and BDSM.[1] Paul • Van der Zee, John, Power at Ease: Inside the Greatest grove i promise size of the facilities.