Which countries do The Secret Order of Libertines operate in and how do you get invited to one of their secret parties?

Answer 1

I've been trying to find out about this group for some time. To be honest, I'm not a fan of these secret organisations and don't feel they should have a place in modern society. This order are probably the hardest to trace of the lot. Their parties were supposedly made famous by Arthur Schnitzler in his book, Dream Story. Although their history actually seems to start with the celebration of the god Liber in Roman times (Wikipedia mentions them under 'Libertine'), so I suspect they've been causing trouble for much longer! Thanks to Schnitzler's book, it's generally assumed that the order was alive and well during 19th century Austria. But no one has ever known how much was 'artistic licence' and how much was real. Schnitzler's book was the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut which re-fired interest in the order (contrary to their wishes, I'm sure).

In October 2009, the super wealthy Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein was connected to the order by an Italian newspaper. The paper stirred up criticism from the Vatican (Cardinal Raffaele Farina denounced the order as a "sex cult". Not great PR for them!).

This lot keep themselves very private. It's believed they have an entire team who do nothing but remove on-line references to the order. If you Google them, you'll see that a number of bloggers claim they've been threatened with legal action and even national newspaper stories have disappeared. But no one knows quite why they work so hard to stay secret, leading some to suspect (me included) they're up to a lot more no good than their 'sex cult' image suggests.

They actually have a website (but then so do the CIA, MI6 etc). But it only appears to be a communications portal for their members. Some 'conspiracy theory' blogs have tried to hack it, but they gave up claiming that a small fortune must have been spent securing it (very probable).

As for attending one of their parties, well no-one really knows if their orgies (if that's what you refer to) really exist today. You ask which countries they exist in; Their website reveals they have 5 bases: UK, France, Greece, Italy and Turkey (all bases of the old Roman Empire, interestingly). So they're probably there somewhere. Beyond that, I have no idea.

As for trying to find your way into the membership, I wish you luck!

I've read the first answer with great interest. It tends to confirm the answer that I had in mind, but that doesn't mean that I agree with it.

Research tells me, and the first answer confirms, that the only place that this organization appears is in legend, books and magazines, rumor and blogs. The first answer mentions a newspaper that carried a story that 'quickly disappeared'. I am quite convinced that this organization is a device to sell books, magazines and newspaper; and occasionally, movie tickets. You 'join' the organization and 'attend the parties' by doing some writing of your own, just like the previous writers and story tellers.

As to the newspaper story, it's difficult to say since there is no access to it. But even if it existed, it's possible that it was used to sell newspapers and quickly pulled to avoid, not the wrath of a secret organization, but credibility of the publication, or even a lawsuit by the representatives of the Prince. It's my guess that the newspaper story is also a myth.