![]() ![]() Whatever the eternal is, this seems likely to be tied to what is causing the Problem in the first place, and will presumably come up again should the series be renewed. When Lucy used her listening abilities as the skull looked into the mirror, she saw her ghost-locked friend Norrie ( Lily Newmark), the deaths they had seen over the first season, and what looked to be Lockwood freezing alive in a moment that hadn’t yet taken place. Though the glass is broken and taken to the incinerator, it’s all very foreboding. Then, the spirits of those Bickerstaff murdered to create it are finally set free. As she sees the “beautiful” eternal inside the glass, it continues to crack before it consumes her body with a major blow and shatters. Joplin (who has been obsessing over the glass since she saw it alongside George earlier in the season) runs to it and looks at it herself. The power of the event makes her pass out, and George then shoves the glass to the floor where it cracks. But, Lucy forces the skull to look inside the glass instead. As she determined from Bickerstaff’s research, he only tested on adults as the world didn’t know yet that children were the people with the ability to see the other side. That's pretty goth for a group of rich kids.In the season finale, as Joplin holds Lucy and George captive in the catacombs under the cemetery, Joplin intends for Lucy to look into the glass. "On the west wall, hung among other pictures, an old engraving representing an open burial vault, in which, on a stone slab, rest four human skulls, grouped about a fools cap and bells, an open book, several mathematical instruments, a beggar's scrip, and a royal crown." A few years later another group broke in and found a gruesome scene: Rooms outfitted with black and red velvet, pentagrams on the walls, and photos of an alternate society in Germany. In 1876 a group calling itself "The Order of File and Claw" - named so because of what they used to break into The Tomb - wrote a pamphlet about what they found inside. No one knows exactly what's inside the The Tomb but there have been a few expeditions inside by curious outsiders. ![]() In the early 19th century, Skull and Bones rented out various on-campus halls where they would hold late night discussions. But in 1856, they finally constructed " The Tomb," a windowless, brownstone where Bonesmen would meet privately every Thursday and Sunday. And who can forget the rumor that initiates are given a gift of $15,000 and a guaranteed lifetime of financial security just for being tapped to join the Skull & Bones society? These wildly different stories about the rituals function as a way to make sure everything seems ridiculous while allowing everything to seem possible.Ī semi-occult, secretive brotherhood like Skull and Bones needs a semi-occult, secretive lair where they can hold their initiation ceremonies and all night salons. There are also stories of having to jump in a pile of mud, or maybe wrestle another initiate in a pile of mud. In some versions initiates lie in a coffin while they're carried through a crypt while Bonesmen chant " reborn, reborn." And in other versions initiates are made to lie naked in a coffin and describe their personal sexual history in a room full of their bros. A new, plutocratic government allowed only wealthy Athenians to remain citizens. The number ‘322’ appears on the society’s insignia, and is said to refer to 322 B.C., when Athens lost the Lamian War and had to dissolve its democracy. There are multiple stories having to do with an initiation that takes place inside of a coffin. Here, then, are seven fast facts about Skull and Bones. The initiation rituals of the Skull and Bones are some of the most interesting parts of their society, not because of how weird they are (and they're very weird), but because no one's actually sure which ritual is true and which is an exaggeration. ![]()
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