
If they find out and we find out that they know, you will be removed, immediately and without question." Your friends, family, roommates, brothers/sisters and girl/boyfriends will not know when you are at a Burning Spear meeting. Breaking this vow of secrecy will result in your immediate removal and a potential lawsuit. "What is said here today, or in any other Burning Spear meeting is 100% secret.
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Leaked Organizational Manual Ī leaked manual titled "Spear Night Ceremony: Procedures for Conducting Spear Night.", appearing to have been updated as of 2013, which confirms that the Burning Spear Society has "multiple members currently serving public office" and "alumni involved on every level of state government." Additionally, the manual outlines the internal practices of the Society, and their dedication to secrecy, quoting in part Multiple Student Government Association Political Party leaders have also openly claimed affiliation, including several elected Student Body Presidents. There are a large number of Burning Spear alumni from Florida State now in the legislature and the organization is also said to control a political action committee that gives campaign contributions to candidates that attended Florida State. Their extensive control of campus and state politics has been compared to that of The Machine at the University of Alabama and the Skull and Bones society of Yale University. In its nearly thirty years of existence, Burning Spear has become one of the most secretive and influential secret societies on American campuses.īurning Spear has claimed existence for only twenty-six years, but there are dissenting opinions that say the society has operated in one form or another for a much longer time.


While its membership and processes are closely guarded, it is believed that, in addition to notable alumni, students deemed influential from established campus organizations are tapped to join the ranks each semester, hailing from various factions of campus such as the Student Government Association, Greek Life Councils, the Student Alumni Association, Seminole Student Boosters, and the Garnet & Gold Key Honor Society.
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Although little information is publicly available on the dealings of the organization, members have cited the provision of political, professional and financial support of student leaders and efforts that strengthen the public standing of Florida State University. The Burning Spear Society, commonly referred to as Burning Spear or Spear, is a secret society of students and alumni at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, founded in 1993.
