RE: ARCANIUM SOCIETY
Greetings one and all, well met and I hope you all had a safe journey here. My name is Dr William Kaine and besides been a Cryptozoologist, an Arcanoligist and a Wizard of no small water I am also Sectary responsible for Special Projects in the United Kingdom for The Arcanium Society. Well I would just like to thank Mr Bates and your committee for allowing us to use a small portion of their cyber space to spread the word. From now on we will be hosting a number of Lectures, discussions and message drops from this site. Please feel free to join in; we do look forward to hearing your input.
However before we go live so to speak I would like to say that you will need to join the Society first. We have a £1,200 a year subscription which gives you access to our Club in London, our Mansion in Hertfordshire, our extensive Occult and Arcane library, training and resources on how to conduct investigations into matters of the occult, world of the mind, cryptozoology, arcanology and much more. We hold 12 talk’s a year on a variety of subjects and conducted by various experts in the field of the paranormal and supernatural.
Before we continue we should give you some insight into the societies history. The club was founded in 1780 by a group of gentleman adventurers who over the lengths of their lives had encountered many strange happenings, creatures and objects. This group sort to protect itself by pooling knowledge and providing an environment where people could share their tales without fear of ridicule or the doctor’s knife. The society has grown since then and we now have over one hundred and twenty members and at least a thousand friends of the Society all over the globe. The committee has changed little with some of the founding members still sitting on it we have faced various perils and have served our sovereign and government well on several difficult occasions. However after a recent jaunt into the occult lost us the lives of seven members one a founder and for the first time saw a creature from beyond the pale break the clubs wards and bring death home to us at the club it was decided a special projects committee should be set up to deal with such threats before they become a threat to us. In return for this our club will give us access to its library and resources as well as its backing and worldwide contacts. Full member ship to the Society will also be forth coming as well as access to a good surgeon or psi healer if and when needed. This includes a full medical plan and access to discounted medical insurance. In certain circumstances we also offer dental and pet insurance.
Our group in multi faith and has allowed women members to join since 1973 and has even started to allow them to wear trousers in the bar and club house since 1990.
For more information please do not hesitate to contact me directly at the societies Head Quarters in London. Please see below where we have included some of our data from our end of 2004 (2008 Information soon to be published) report compiled buy Dr May Merryweather. Looking at our membership statistics for the end of 2004 we can see that 94% of active members are male and only 6% of active members are female.
We have 63% of members who consider themselves to be White British, 7% say they are White Other (Includes White Europeans, Irish and people from former colonies). 15% classify themselves as Asian Indian, 5% Asian Other (Includes Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Oriental), 8% consider them selves to be Black and 2% Other.
Of our breakdown by Talent, we have 55% Practitioners of Magic, 27% Psychic, 8% Both of the aforementioned, 5% Supernatural Talents, 4% Mundane, 1% Other
Our Age break down is even more interesting 1% 13 and below, 2% 14-17, 17% 18-21, 20% 22-29, 35% 30-50, 15% 51-64, 5% 65-100, 4% 101+ Years Old. As you can see we have a good spread of age and are not as top heavy as we once where, however of the Male membership almost 55% of them are aged 51 and over.
Well I look forward to hearing from you all in the near future.
Thank you all for listening,
Dr William Kaine, BA, MA, PHD
Defend, Prevail & Conquer
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