It should be clear by now: John Podesta's "book club," mentioned in emails pertaining to him, is his occult circle of friends.

[ https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/54417 ].

That he belongs to such a group shouldn't be surprising, as most prominent politicians have membership in one of more of the "mystery schools, " such as Freemasonry, Order of Skull and Bones (Bush-41, Bush-43, John Kerry), Bohemian Grove (BG), the Jesuits, Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), Royal Order of Jesters (ROJ), and Shriners, and on and on. These are recruiting and breeding grounds for politicians seeking power and influence. So it's useful to think of pedophilia practices as an exercise of power over others. This is ** institutionalized pedophilia**, sanctioned within socially acceptable fraternal organizations.

Recent posts on the Royal Order of Jesters (ROJ) have been valuable in providing insight into sex practices within these organizations and what may be deemed acceptable versus what is otherwise against the law.

Investigative journalist Sandy Frost has written extensively on Jesters. She discusses a state Supreme Court judge as well as a retired police captain (the Buffalo, NY case involving Brazilian girls) tried and sentenced to a minimum security prison for violation of the Mann Act.

"Because of his cooperation, the judge got a reduced sentence in an apparently minimum security facility. His cooperation has led to the Jesters being investigated for the sexual exploitation of minors and international travel for those purposes. Child sex tourism."

"One alleged that she was left pregnant after one such trip at age 13."

[ https://sandyfrost.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/19/3652419-jesters-in-high-places ].

The site http://freemasoninformation.com has some good insights. In the comments section of the following it says: "The fact that Shriners have sex with children at their parties is probably their most closely guarded secret. Their basic protocol is to drug children so they can't remember what happened afterward." Then the writer says, "Considering the fact that Shriners are Moslems (they take an Islamic oath and have an Islamic belief system) take note of what the Islamic 'faith' says about using underage girls for sex."

[ http://freemasoninformation.com/2009/05/royal-order-of-jesters-and-bizzare-sex-acts/ ].

To become a Shriner, one first needs to become a freemason. Is George H. W. Bush a Shriner? Was that why he had such a great rapport with the Saudi royal family when he was president?

[ https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-01/22/22/enhanced/webdr07/original-14152-1421983645-11.jpg?downsize=715: *&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto].

"The Shriner meets in TEMPLE - most of which have distinctly Arabic names. They are often built to resemble a Mosque. He wears his fez with the Muslim symbols on it. He takes his oaths and says his prayers in the name of ALLAH. Many of his secret passwords and code phrases are in Arabic, which he is required to memorize in order to be in the "order". "

[ http://www.hickoryhammockbaptist.org/quick%20answers/shrineislam.html ].

Secretly, were the Bushes always on board with the Islam coddling policies of Barack Obama, even after the 9-11 terror attacks? Remember Bush-43, when he allowed members of the bin Laden family to leave the country when all other planes were grounded?