Frontier Priesthoods, Jungle Empires, and the Atlantic Occult Intelligence Network
The Frontier Was Never Empty The American frontier was never just land and rifles. It was institutional experimentation in real time — a rolling laboratory where authority had to be invented on the fly. Before railroads stitched the continent together and before federal power could meaningfully project itself westward, legitimacy traveled person‑to‑person. It moved through lodges, churches, fraternal halls, revival tents, treasure‑hunting expeditions, and the circuits of … Continue reading Frontier Priesthoods, Jungle Empires, and the Atlantic Occult Intelligence Network