The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints, or LDS, is a quasi-Masonic secret society. LDS shares its roots, and hence certain characteristics, with many secret societies, including the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, and the Illuminati.
Like the mythical hydra, many secret societies are in fact different heads of the same Beast.
"And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads." (Revelations 13:1).