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What is Skull and Bones ?
(A.K.A Russell Trust Association)

Skull and Bones is the most well known of the so-called
secret societies based at Yale University. It was founded
in 1832 by William Huntington Russell and Alphonso
Taft, two students who were not admitted into Phi Beta
Kappa at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut.
[1] The first Skull and Bones class, or "cohort", was in
1833. Skull and Bones is known by many names,
including The Order of Death, The Order, The Eulogian
Club, and Lodge 322. Initiates are most commonly
known as Bonesmen, Knights of Eulogia, and Boodle
Boys. The females who have recently been permitted
to become members would be known as Boneswomen,
Ladies of Eulogia, and Boodle Girls.


Who is Eulogia ?

Please note the two owls either side of this ancient carving of the goddess Ishtar. This shows the obvious link between the cult of Ishtar and the cult of Moloch (Owl). See the page on the Bohemian Grove.

Eulogia is a female goddess of Blessing that was concocted
by the Skull and Bones in order to hide its roots which are
found in a ancient babylonian goddess called Ishtar, High-Mother-Goddess. Like Inanna, she is the goddess of fertility, love and war. Her cult was the most important one in ancient Babylon. Ishtar, known under various names, was the most important Goddess of the Near-East and Western Asia. The word Eulogia which, in Greek, means "to be blessed." They believe this goddess ascended into heaven in 322 B.C. (a number that appears in their own logo) upon the death of Greek orator Demonsthenes and subsequently descended from heaven in 1832, landing at Yale University. Also known as Assyrian goddess of sexuality, referred to in the Bible as "queen of heaven" (Jeremiah 7:18, 44:17, 25). However the name "Ishtar" does not actually appear in the Bible, but she does appear under her other titles (i.e. Ashteroth).


What Dose The Number 322 Mean ?

Those familiar with Skull and Bones (S&B) know that "322"
is the room number of the initiation room — the sanctum sanctorum or "holy of holies" — in the organization’s
forbidding structure on the Yale campus. That structure
is commonly known to insiders and outsiders alike as "the Tomb," but is also referred to by members as "the Temple."
The "322" also refers to the society itself; it is "Chapter 322"
of an older German secret society.

What Happens in Room 322 ?

This is the most private room in the building, known as
the Inner Temple, or (this will be no surprise) Room 322,
is approximately fourteen feet square and guarded by a
locked iron door. Inside, a case contains a skeleton that Bonesmen refer to as Madame Pompadour. Compartments
in the case guard the society's cherished manuscripts,
including the secrecy oath and instructions for conducting
an initiation.

The initiation ceremony, held in April, involves as many
alumni, or "patriarchs," as possible, one of whom in each
instance serves as the supervisor, known as Uncle Toby.
The Inner Temple is cleared of furniture except for two
chairs and a table, and Bonesmen past and present assemble: Uncle Toby in a robe; the shortest senior, or "Little Devil,"
in a satanic costume; a Bonesman with a deep voice in a Don Quixote costume; one in papal vestments; another dressed
as Elihu Yale; four of the brawniest in the role of "shakers";
and a crew of extras wearing skeleton costumes and carrying noisemakers. According to the initiation script, Uncle Toby "sounds like the only sane person in the room."

As an initiate enters the room, patriarchs standing outside
the Inner Temple shout, "Who is it?" The shakers bellow
the initiate's name, which the patriarchs echo. The shakers
push the initiate toward the table, where the secrecy oath
has been placed, and he is enjoined to "Read! Read! Read!"
The shakers then half-carry the initiate to a picture of
Eulogia, and the Bonesmen shriek, "Eulogia! Eulogia!
Eulogia!" After another trip to the oath, the shakers fire
the initiate toward a picture of a woman that Bonesmen
call Connubial Bliss.

Rituals along these lines go on for quite some time, recalling
a cross between haunted-house antics and a human pinball
game -- "like something from a Harry Potter novel," in the
words of one Bonesman, now an engineer. It is perhaps
worth noting, in light of George W.'s controversial episode
at Bob Jones University and the specter of anti-Catholicism,
that at one point in the proceedings every initiate kisses
the slippered toe of the "Pope." At last the initiate is
formally dubbed a Knight of Eulogia. Amid more raucous
ritual he is cast from the room into the waiting arms of
the patriarchs.

WITHIN the tomb students run on Skull and Bones time,
which is five minutes ahead of the time in the rest of the
world. "It was to encourage you to think that being in the building was so different from the outside world that you'd
let your guard down," a Bonesman ('72) explains. At 6:30
on Thursdays and Sundays the Bonesmen gather in the
Firefly Room for supper. The room is dim and intimate;
light shines through the gaping eyeholes of fixtures shaped
like skulls. Bonesmen drink various refreshments from
skull-shaped cups, but never alcohol. The dry-society rule, fervently enforced, was designed to keep members level-
headed for discussions -- a change of pace for George W.,
who drank heavily during his college years.

At 7:55 barbarian time Uncle Toby rings a bell to summon
the members to the session. When the knights are seated,
they sing two sacred anthems before the Hearing of Excuses, during which members are assessed fines for errors, such
as arriving late or using a society name outside the tomb.
Uncle Toby then draws debate topics and an order of
speakers from the Yorick, a skull divided into compartments. The ninety-minute period of debate can be frivolous or grave.

One of the standard pieces of lore about Skull and Bones is
that each member must at some point give an account of
his sexual history, known as the CB (for "Connubial Bliss").
"After the first one or two times it's like guys listing their conquests, and that gets old," one young Bonesman told
me recently. "There's just not that much to talk about"
-- and so CBs have evolved into relationship discussions.
"It's the kind of stuff a lot of guys do with their
teammates," says another Bonesman ('83). "There was
nothing perverse or surreal or prurient -- just an open
exchange. It's like TV's Ricki Lake -- there's now a
national mania for purging thoughts at large. This is a
way of doing it in a very private, non- sensationalist
way that benefits the people who are listening and the
people who are telling."

ibid: http://www.fattyboombatty.com/skullandbones.htm


Who Is Uncle Toby ?

Uncle Toby is one distinguished member serves as Master
of Ceremonies. Once enrobed, he is known as “Uncle Toby”.

ibid: http://www.stopdubya.com/Individual%20Archives/THC%20Skull%20&%2
0Bones/Societies_p6.htm


What Is Tap Day ?

In the late 1870s, the juniors revolted. Instead of waiting
alone in their rooms on election night, they gathered outside
on the steps of the Old Campus dormitories to see which societies their friends would accept. But the seniors didn't
want to announce the elections publicly, so they simply
tapped each selected junior and said only,"Go to your room." Thus Tap Day was born.

Each May on "Tap Day," senior Bonesmen troll around
Yale's campus, selecting, or "tapping," 15 juniors for membership in the upcoming class.

Ibid: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_09/old_yale.html,
http://archive.salon.com/books/it/2000/01/21/bones/print.html