The organization's seismic shift also affects the way new members are selected. About five percent of the 200 members contacted for this article agreed to interviews, but only on the condition that their names and graduation dates would not be disclosed. "We try to come up with a group that is representative of the diverse social elements Yale offers," says a Bonesman from recent years.īecause members take an oath of secrecy, persuading one to speak to the press is as difficult as getting a lawyer to break attorney-client privilege. Last year, women and men were equally split, according to Yalies familiar with the members. The class of 2010 included more ethnic minorities than Caucasians 2011's delegation included two gay students, plus one bisexual and one transgender. Yale's famous old boys' club has become a mélange of minorities, genders, and sexual identities that's less dynastic and more dynamic than ever.įifteen Yale seniors are tapped annually to join the ranks of Skull and Bones, their names published in the Yale tabloid Rumpus at the end of every school year. More recently, the organization has become the antithesis of what it was when Kerry joined in 1966: Racist, sexist and elitist practices have been jettisoned in a rush towards more egalitarian standards. So were Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, Time magazine founder Henry Luce, and an assortment of CIA officials, Fortune 500 CEOs, and politicians who, like Kerry, have had the president's proverbial ear.įor generations, the organization's alumni corps has granted a coterie of white, privileged, predominately heterosexual men easier entry into the upper echelons of American society.īut that was then. Presidents William Howard Taft, George H.W. Whatever else is secret about Yale's famed - or notorious - society, the reach of its network is not. The foreign dignitaries he meets will be aware of many of his accomplishments - from his service in the Vietnam War to his ascent to chairman of the Senate's powerful Foreign Relations Committee - but they may not know of a peculiar honor that was bestowed upon him during his junior year at Yale: membership in one of America's oldest secret societies, Skull and Bones. Yesterday, John Kerry embarked on his first trip abroad as secretary of state. Bush (standing to the left of the clock) and in 2010 (Photos adapted from ) 322 may be seen as a representation of the birthing process.Skull & Bones members during the college days of George H. Thus we move from the central emanation point (a point without quantitative value) to the number 3 and out into the whole shape of 22 rays. The sum of the Sephir Yetzirah's parts are 22 (3+7+12). The idea of 3 blooming into 7 into 12 is a teaching derived from Jewish mysticism called the Sephir Yetzirah. 3x2x2 = 12 as in the number of months in a year, the number of colors on the color wheel, and the number of chromatic notes in a subdivided musical octave. There are four weeks per month in the Gregorian Calendar. The equation 4x4 may be spoken as "Four Squared". 32/2 = 16 (4x4) and ties directly into the idea of squares. There are 32 white squares and 32 black squares on a chess board. Thus the number 7 and 322 may hold a saturnalian resonance.Īlternatively, the number 322 may be seen as 32x2. In Roman mythology Saturn is the god of agriculture, founder of civilizations and of social order and conformity. Including the Sun, Saturn is the seventh planet in our solar system. The Gregorian Calendar places the first day of the week at Sunday and the seventh day of the week at Saturday. The use of 7 may likely be derived from the number three, due to the following set: Time is divided into 7 days of the week, light into 7 colors in a rainbow, octaves into 7 notes in a musical scale, and so on. The number 7 is commonly used to divide full spectrums into compartments. The sum of its constituent parts is 7 (3+2+2). They call themselves the Knights of Eulogia.ģ22 has many core numerological implications. They begin each session in the tomb, and they meet twice weekly by unveiling a guilt shrine to Eulogia. They sing sacred anthems, and are encouraged to steal things, some remarkably valuable items, to bring back as gifts for the goddess. Skull and Bones does everything in deference to this goddess. When he died, the goddess Eulogia whom Skull and Bones called the goddess of eloquence, arose to the heavens and didn't return until 1832, where she took up residence in The Tomb of Skull and Bones. Kerry, both of whom were members of Skull and Bones.Īccording to Skull and Bones lore, in the year 322 B.C. The 2004 elections held in the United States took place between two candidates, George W. The number 322 is most well known for it's association with the Yale fraternity Skull and Bones (Also, Scull and Bones).
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