# A membership test for an esoteric secret society.

> Still possible: A membership test for an esoteric secret society.

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Answer · Cicada 3301

# A membership test for an esoteric secret society.

A membership test for an esoteric secret society.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Finishers report initiation into a society with rituals or doctrine.

## What would rule it out

- Finishers' accounts of ordinary technical projects.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The texts use spiritual language of enlightenment and pilgrimage, which a religious-studies reading treats as…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cicada-3301/evidence/EVD0D7R72QY204V/the-texts-use-spiritual-language-of-enlightenment-and)

Speculative

FOR

[Martin calls it the most unlikely explanation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cicada-3301/evidence/EVD0D7R72G47QN8/martin-calls-it-the-most-unlikely-explanation)

Speculative

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Who set the Cicada 3301 puzzles, and why?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cicada-3301/questions/QST0D7R6Z2R63QN/who-set-the-cicada-3301-puzzles-and-why)

Most likelyA private international group of privacy and anti-censorship technologists, recruiting like-minded people for…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A membership test for an esoteric secret society. [Answer ANS0D7R728A63XB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D7R728A63XB
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