Aldous Huxley once wrote "To associate with other like-minded people in small, purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of profound psychological satisfaction. Exclusiveness will add to the pleasure of being several, but at one; and secrecy will intensify it almost to ecstasy." This was from a man more than passingly familiar with exclusive associations, from being educated at Eton to being in the inner circles of such as Krishnamurti and Alistair Crowley. Huxley... read more