Leon Comber
Singapore: Talisman, 2009
ISBN: 9789810814670
This new volume is a collection of two groundbreaking publications from the 1950s by Dr Leon Comber; Introduction to Secret Societies and Traditional Mysteries of Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya. The books initiate lay people to the mysterious world of Chinese secret societies. Secret societies were originally founded on the bedrock of blood ties, kinship, mutual help and rebellion against repressive regimes and especially relevant to the immigrant communities of the Nanyang (overseas) Chinese as they integrated into new homelands. To that extent, many of their rituals, codes of conduct and history held true to original ideals. Over time however, many secret societies later turned to crime and have become synonymous with criminal organisations serving their leaders and gang members' purposes rather than the wider community.
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