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ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

e by a single person. but it has the sanction of the highest antiquity, and is probably the most useful for the foundation of a religion. it is the method of catholic christianity, and consists in the dramatization of the legend of the god. the bacchae of euripides is a magnificent example of such a ritual; so also, through in a less degree, is the mass. we may also mention many of the degrees in freemasonry, particularly the third. the 5 degree= 6square ritual published in no. iii of the equinox is another example. in the case of bacchus, one commemorates firstly his birth of a mortal mother who has yielded her treasure-house to the father of all, of the jealousy and rage excited by this incarnation, and of the heavenly protection afforded to the infant. next should be commemorated the jo

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had not yet joined o.t.o. and before he chartered o.t.o. lodges the new comment it would be improper to make extended commentary on this verse, since the nature of the ordeals is not to be written. it is only necessary to say that these ordeals are singularly thorough in all ways, and cannot be dodged. they are real, not formal, tests of the candidate. persons accustomed to the schoolboy jokes of freemasonry please take notice. al i,51 "there are four gates to one palace; the floor of that palace is of silver and gold; lapis lazuli& jasper are there; and all rare scents; jasmine& rose, and the emblems of death. let him enter in turn or at once the four gates; let him stand on the floor of the palace. will he not sink? amn. ho! warrior, if thy servant sink? but there are means and means. be

lege libellum. lapis lazuli is a symbol of nuit, jasper of hadit. the rare scents are possibly various ecstasies or samadhis. jasmine and rose are hieroglyphs of the two main sacraments, while the emblems of death may refer to certain secrets of a well known exoteric school of initiation whose members, with the rarest exceptions, do not know what it is all about. weh note: probably a slap against freemasonry in decadence. the question then arises as to whether the initiate is able to stand firmly in this place of exaltation. it seems to me as if this refers to the ascetic life, commonly considered as an essential condition of participation in these mysteries. the answer is that "there are means and means, implying that no one rule is essential. this is in harmony with our general interpret

he warehouse! hrumachis is the dawning sun; he therefore symbolizes any new course of events. the "double-wanded one" is "thmaist of dual form as thmais and thmait, from whom the greeks derived their themis, goddess of justice. the student may refer to the equinox vol. i, no 2, pages 244-261. thmaist is the hegemon, who bears a mitre-headed sceptre, like that of joshua in the royal arch degree of freemasonry. he is the third officer in rank in the neophyte ritual of the g. d, following horus as horus follows osiris. he can then assume the "throne and place" of the ruler of the temple when the "equinox of horus" comes to an end. the rimed section of this verse is singularly impressive and sublime. we may observe that the details of the ritual of changing officers are the same on every occas

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se titles generally derive from baron ecker und eckhoffen's book "der rosenkreutzer in seiner blosse, a work from 1781 written as an attack against the rosicrucianism of the time and published under the name "magister pianco. the titles appear with the grade designations and names, in a slightly different fashion from that used by the order of the golden dawn, in mackenzie's "royal cyclopaedia of freemasonry" as a chart translated by mackenzie from pianco. it is interesting to note that these titles were to be changed frequently and that the golden dawn used passwords 200 years out of date! see "codex rosae "crucis, manly hall, philosophers press, los angeles, 1938, p. 13. hb:mem-final hb:vau hb:resh hb:dalet. medial on the left arm is dee hb:nun-final hb:vau hb:shin hb:yod hb:peh. medial

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d, that we must go if we would rightly understand the temples, rites, ceremonies, and customs of mankind past and present. from egypt they came and to egypt must we go. the book is in every sense a great book, and, by the way, it forms an excellent seventh volume to gerald massey's monumental work. brother wynne westcott is very rightly condemned as displaying a peculiarly acute ignorance of both freemasonry and egyptology, and further on so is that chattering journalist, mr. andrew lang- the paul carus of the british isles. dr. churchward is a freemason of a very high degree, but yet not high enough to understand that secrets that need safeguarding are no secrets at all "l. h" for left hand is excusable because it saves printers' ink; but "these need no explanation to r.a.m.'s" etc, etc

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ure of ceremonial magic and the secret tradition in christian times (2) to show the fantastic nature of the distinction between white and black magic, so far, at least, as the texts are concerned. the work is issued in crown 4to, and includes about 180 engravings, some of which are full-page plates. price 15"s. net" post free. handsomely bound "just published" waite (a. e. the secret tradition in freemasonry, and an analysis of the inter-relation between the craft and the high degrees, in respect of their term of research, expressed by the way of symbolism, 2 vols. large 8vo "with" 26 "full-page portraits, and other illustrations, cloth extra t.e.g" 42"s" book i. fundamental relations of the craft and the high grades. ii. development of the high grades in respect of the ancient alliance. i

s of the inter-relation between the craft and the high degrees, in respect of their term of research, expressed by the way of symbolism, 2 vols. large 8vo "with" 26 "full-page portraits, and other illustrations, cloth extra t.e.g" 42"s" book i. fundamental relations of the craft and the high grades. ii. development of the high grades in respect of the ancient alliance. iii. of the new alliance in freemasonry. iv. the masonic orders of chivalry. v. of alchemy in masonry. vi. of magical and kabalistical degrees. vii. of the mysteries on their mystical side, and of this subject in its relation to masonry. the kabbalah unveiled, containing the following books of the zohar (1) the book of concealed mystery (2) the greater holy assembly (3) the lesser holy assembly; translated into english from

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nnot be stolen. if any learner did appropriate the knowledge of a grade beyond him it would be to him but folly, disappointment and darkness. students have often been offered a doctrine, or assertion, or explanation, which their intellect has rejected as absurd, or as sheer superstition; which same dogma they have later in life assimilated with every feeling of esteem. occultism in this resembles freemasonry; we are either admitted to the hidden knowledge, or we are not; and if we are not admitted, we never believe any secret of its ritual even if it be offered to us. the secrets of occultism are like freemasonry; in truth they are to some extent the secrets that freemasonry has lost. they are of their very nature inviolable; for they can only be attained by personal progress; they might b

inly told to the outsider, and not be understood by him. for if anyone has been able to divine and to grasp such a secret, he will not tell it even to his dearest friend; for the simple reason that if his friend is unable to divine it for himself, its communication in mere words would not confer the hidden knowledge upon him. the whole kabalistic theories are of a nature similar to the secrets of freemasonry; there was much doctrine that was never written nor printed: these works often describe imagery which seems folly, and contain doctrines that at first seem absurd; yet they enshrine the highly spiritual teachings which i have shortly outlined. the mere reading of these volumes is of little avail; the spiritual eye needs to be opened to see spiritual things; and the great kabalists of o

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

phiroth. however, its nature will be in keeping with the great work by only utilizing the above sephiroth. 4. the adept may wish to light up the \yyj u in the microcosm. the use of these archangelic forces along with the divine names attributed to the sephiroth shall prove extremely useful. here are the angelic forces that governeth the paths: 3 path archangel hebrew a raph rthe templar orders in freemasonry an historical consideration of their origin and development by arthur edward waite having regard to the fact that emblematic freemasonry, as it is known and practised at this day, arose from an operative guild and within the bosom of a development from certain london lodges which prior to the year 1717 had their titles in the past of the guild and recognised its old charges, it would s

an knights, with the object of restoring christian churches which had been destroyed by saracens in the holy land. for some reason which does not emerge, the foster-mother of masonry, according to the mind of the hypothesis, was the chivalry of st. john. ramsay appears to have left the masonic arena, and he died in the early part of 1743, but his discourse produced a profound impression on french freemasonry. he offered no evidence, but france undertook to produce it after its own manner and conformably to the spirit of the time by the creation of rites and degrees of masonic knighthood, no trace of which is to be found prior of ramsay. their prototypes of course were extant, the knights of malta, knights of the holy sepulchre, knights of st. lazarus, in the gift of the papal see, and the

e the proscribed order was carried by its marshal, pierre d'aumont, who escaped with a few other knights to the isles of scotland, disguised as operative masons. they remained there and under the same veil the templars continued to exist in secret from generation to generation under the shadow of the mythical mount heredom of kilwinning. to whatever date the old dreams ascribe it, when emblematic freemasonry emerged it was- ex hypothesi-a product of the union between knights templar and ancient scottish masonry. such is the story told. the strict observance was founded by baron von hund in germany between about 1751 and 1754 or 1755, and is usually regarded as the first masonic chivalry which put forward the story of templar perpetuation. i have accepted this view on my own part, but subje

ch shows royal arms and the lilies of france: it is pre-french revolution and post 1768- say, on a venture, about 1772. the ritual to which i refer extends from p. 73 to 202 of the fifth volume, in a size corresponding to what is termed crown octavo among us. the hand is clear and educated. the particular templar chivalry is represented as an order connected with and acknowledging nothing else in freemasonry except the craft degrees. in respect of antiquity it claims descent by succession from certain canons or knights of the holy sepulchre, who first bore the red cross on their hearts, and were founded by james the first, brother of the first bishop of jerusalem. these canons became the knights hospitallers of a much later date. on these followed the templars, from whom the masonic knight

e went on their suitable successors among persons of noble and genfle birth, with a view to perpetuate the order and in the hope at some favourable epoch that they would be restored to their former glory and reenter into their possessions. we hear nothing of kilwinning or heredom, and indeed no one country is designated as a place of asylum; but it is affirmed that this group of survivors created freemasonry and its three craft degrees to conceal from their enemies the fact that the chivalry was still in being and to test aspirants who entered the ranks, so that none but those who were found to be of true worth and fidelity should be advanced from the third degree into that which lay beyond. to such as were successful the existence of the secret chivalry became known only at the end of sev

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ing like two giants in the archaic past, emerge before him, whenever he has to refer to yugas and kalpas. when, at what period of pre-history they lived, none save a few men in the world know, or ever can know with that certainty which is required by exact chronology. it may have been 100,000 years ago, it may have been 1,000,000, for all that the outside world will ever know. the mystic west and freemasonry talk loudly of enoch and hermes. the mystic east speaks of narada, the old vedic rishi, and of asuramaya, the atlantean. it has already been hinted that of all the incomprehensible characters in the mahabharata and the puranas, narada, the son of brahrna in matsya purana, the progeny of kasyapa and the daughter of daksha[[footnote(s* achyuta is an almost untranslatable term. it means t

ut the pioneer of many more such books. the statement that hitherto even the keys discovered by some great scholars have proved too rusty for use, and that they were but the silent witnesses that there do exist mysteries behind the veil which are unreachable without a new key- is borne out by too many proofs to be easily dismissed. an instance may be given as an illustration out of the history of freemasonry. in his "franc-maconnerie occulte" rightly or wrongly, ragon, an illustrious and learned belgian mason, reproaches the english masons with having materialized and dishonoured masonry, once based upon the ancient mysteries, by adopting, owing to a mistaken notion of the origin of the craft, the name of free masonry and free masons. the mistake is due, he says, to those who connect mason

asons. the mistake is due, he says, to those who connect masonry with the building of solomon's temple, deriving its origin from it. he derides the idea, and says "the franc mason (which is not macon libre, or free masonry) knew well when adopting the title, that it was no question of building a wall, but that of being initiated into the ancient mysteries veiled under the name of francmaconnerie (freemasonry; that his work was only to be the continuation or the renovation of the ancient mysteries, and that he was to become a mason after the manner of apollo or amphion. and do not we know that the ancient initiated poets, when speaking of the foundation[[vol. 2, page] 796 the secret doctrine. of a city, meant thereby the establishment of a doctrine? thus neptune, the god of reasoning, and a

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f the nazarenes that wrought a change for the worse- in the policy of centuries. moreover, there is a well-known fact, a very curious one, corroborated to the writer by a reverend gentleman attached for years to a russian embassy- namely, that there are several documents in the st. peters[[vol. 1, page] xxxvi introductory. burg imperial libraries to show that, even so late as during the days when freemasonry, and secret societies of mystics flourished unimpeded in russia, i.e, at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century, more than one russian mystic travelled to tibet via the ural mountains in search of knowledge and initiation in the unknown crypts of central asia. and more than one returned years later, with a rich store of such information as could never have been gi

initiation in the unknown crypts of central asia. and more than one returned years later, with a rich store of such information as could never have been given him anywhere in europe. several cases could be cited, and well-known names brought forward, but for the fact that such publicity might annoy the surviving relatives of the said late initiates. let any one look over the annals and history of freemasonry in the archives of the russian metropolis, and he will assure himself of the fact stated. this is a corroboration of that which has been stated many times before, and, unfortunately, too indiscreetly. instead of benefiting humanity, the virulent charges of deliberate invention and imposture with a purpose thrown at those who asserted but a truthful, if even a little known fact, have on

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

w did you establish your church/ temple? 2. what reactions did you get when you told others of your wiccan activities? how did you describe your beliefs? rituals lesson fifteen solitary witches in the majority of witchcraft traditions there is no way that an individual can operate membership in a coven is mandatory. most traditions have a system of degrees of advancement not unlike those found in freemasonry and other secret societies. with such a system it is necessary for a witch to advance, within the coven, to a particular degree before being able to even cast a circle. in order to initiate others it is necessary to attain the highest degree. as a first degree witch they can join with the rest of the coven in worship and in the working of magick but can do nothing alone. such a system

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

dicson, who taught the art of memory. 1595-1649 hans theodor von tschesch. 1595 libavius alchymia 1597 passages from a diary by martin crusius (the preceptor of simon studion at tubingen university, hinting at the origins of rosicrucian ideology. 1598 schaw statutes which organised mason craft on a national basis, independent of local burgh councils. this was to have a great influence on the way freemasonry was to be organised in england in the following century. 1598-1655 michael guhler, author of clavis apocaliptica(not to be confused with joseph mede's work of the same name) 1599 first appearance of a work of basil valentine. book of lambspring included in barnaud's triga chemica. second schaw statutes specifically recommend the art of memory. 1600 giordano bruno executed c.1600-1677 r

uel hartlib. 1628-samuel hartlib in london 1628-1692 robert boyle 1628-1666 george starkey 1629 fludd's summum bonum. abraham von franckenberg- theophrastia valentiniana, a comparison of the teachings of paracelsus and the 2nd century gnostic, valentinus. 1629 o.t. apocrypha removed from protestant bible. 1630 poem: muses threnodie written by henry adamson, m.a. of perth; first mention connecting freemasonry with rosicrucianism 'for what we do presage is not in grosse/ for we be brethren of the rosie crosse/ we have the mason word and second sight,/things for to come we can foretell aright' published 1638. 1631 arthur dee fasciculus chemicus in latin 1633-1690 knorr von rosenroth 1638 abrahan von franckenberg raphael. 1638-1710 johann georg gichtel founded the angelic brethren with connect

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ely that francis bacon was a force behind this transformation. the centre of the freemasonic network that now expanded rapidly was a new grand lodge (launched in london in 1717) which became known as the mother grand lodge of the world. it was a centre of freemasonic manipulation, encouraging other lodges to be set up throughout europe, the british empire, and the americas. many other versions of freemasonry were introduced, including the york rite and the scottish rite of michael ramsey (which was based on the knights templar system. the scottish rite has 33 degrees of initiation and today has enormous influence in the politics, economics, military, and security services of britain, europe, the united states, and many other countries. new york was named after the york rite of freemasonry

the king's administration and, after four years in the treasury, he had manipulated the french finances on behalf of the illuminati-elite to add another 170 million to the national debt.20 with the french paper power 49 economy in tatters and the people growing restless in their poverty, the uluminati moved into stage two and began the process of stimulating revolution. they did this through the freemasonry network. by 1730, freemasonry had been introduced to france from england and had attracted notable names to its ranks, such as phillipe egalite, the duke of chartres, and the duke of orleans, who became a grand master. the brotherhood used such people and others to establish the first foothold of the revolution, which was more moderate in its demands. egalite was convinced that he woul

r figure close to mendelssohn was the uluminati member, friedrich nicholai. rabbi antelman described mendelssohn as a "con man" who plotted the demise of judaism while claiming to be a promoter of the religion and the "race. this is precisely what has happened since and continues today. there is a global jewish clique who are not, in truth, followers of judaism or supporters of jewish people. the freemasonry lodges in france, particularly those under the control of the grand orient form of the order, were infiltrated by illuminati manipulators and used to fire the revolution. in 1786, mirabeau formed an illuminati lodge at a meeting at the jacobin college in paris. they became known as the jacobins. in the same year, another all-seeing eye illuminati group called the frankists (after jacob

shall set you free world order and they had a remarkable resemblance to the protocols of the elders of zion, of which more shortly.23 the bavarian government had the headquarters of the illuminati searched. much more information was found and the french authorities were told of the plan. but events in france had by now reached such a momentum that nothing could stop them. by 1789, more than 2,000 freemasonry lodges had affiliated with the grand orient organisation which, in turn, was controlled by the illuminati. they were, themselves, controlled by the global elite. the central organisation of the revolution and the printing and distribution of propaganda was based at the palais royal, the home of egalite. he was so in debt to the money lenders that he had to sign over his palace and esta

ased at the palais royal, the home of egalite. he was so in debt to the money lenders that he had to sign over his palace and estates to them. part of the mind manipulation in any elite/ brotherhood operation is the character assassination of the opposition. one such example in the french revolution was the famous diamond necklace 'bought' by the queen, marie antionette. she had been warned about freemasonry by her sister in austria some years before, but the advice went unheeded. she had informed her sister that in france, freemasonry was open and 'everyone knows all. the 'open' freemasons were actually planning a bloodbath at the guillotine as she wrote those words. bitterness with the monarchy in france was further fuelled when the propaganda machine announced that the queen had bought

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iety, the same policies. this is how they have created the explosion of centralisation in every area of life: government, finance, business, media, military. it is not by accident or natural occurrence. it is by coldly calculated design. jim shaw, a former 33rd degree freemason, exposes the craft in his book, the deadly deception (huntington house inc, lafayette, louisiana, 1988. he describes how freemasonry is based on the same compartmentalised pyramids. at the bottom are the three degrees known as the blue degrees and the vast majority of freemasons never progress beyond that through either the 33 degrees of the scottish rite or the 10 degrees of the york rite* even at the 33rd degree of freemasonry you still don't know the real secrets unless you are one of the chosen few (bloodline. s

real secrets are. but even at that level, the knowledge is still compartmentalised. so you have this vast web of secret societies with millions of members worldwide who think they know what they are involved in, but, in truth, only a tiny few have any idea of what is going on and who, ultimately, is calling the shots. albert pike, who died in 1891, was one of the most pre-eminent figures in world freemasonry. among his titles were sovereign grand commander of the supreme council of the 33rd degree and supreme pontiff of universal freemasonry. in his book, morals and dogma, written for higher degree freemasons, he reveals the way the lower levels are misled* the 33 degrees of the scottish rite and 10 degrees of the york rite, both include the blue degrees, of course. to the prison born 7 "t

asonry."2 exactly. jim shaw says that there are two kinds of freemason. one just sits through the meetings and doesn't make much effort to understand the ritual, and the other does all the work, but only keeps to the ritual and memorises or reads the words without understanding what they really mean. that's correct, but there is a third kind: the very few who know the truth of who really controls freemasonry and what the rituals and initiations are really designed to achieve. shaw also confirms from his own experience how the freemasons manipulate their own into whatever positions they choose. at work, his department director, a fellow freemason, advised him to apply for a particular job. shaw felt he was underqualified for the post and would fail the test paper.3 only through the urging o

only two other applicants for a job he believed would be keenly contested. when he turned over the test paper, he saw that the questions were very easy and he finished them quickly. his two rivals, however, were clearly finding the paper very tough and could not complete it in the allotted time. shaw got the job. why? because he was not given the same paper as the other two. when he walked out of freemasonry, the opposite happened. he found his bosses far less supportive to say the least. this is just one small example of how the illuminati and their secret society web ensure that their guys are in the positions that matter. it is actually astonishing how few people you need to control to dictate your agenda through the whole system if they are (a) in the key positions of decision-making a

and behind the events that affect our lives and our world every day. but, by the end of this book, if you are open-minded enough to complete it, the hand will be hidden no more. the truth is not only out there. a lot of it is right here. sources 1 jim shaw, the deadly deception (huntington house inc, lafayette, louisiana, 1988, p 103 2 morals and dogma of the ancient and accepted scottish rite of freemasonry, p 819 3 the deadly deception, pp 65 and 66 4..and the truth shall set you free, pp 321 to 324 chapter 2 designer history who controls the past, controls the future. who controls the present, controls the past. george orwell, 1984 history is the lie commonly agreed upon. voltaire o know where you are and where you are going, it helps enormously to know where you have come from. indeed

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cles for mass mindconditioning. hollywood is indeed a place of magic as it casts a spell on humanitysperception of itself and the world. the druids knew about astrology and astronomyand they celebrated the birth of the sun on december 25th. the moon was also veryimportant to them. particularly sacred was the night of the new moon, the sixth day,and the full moon.as with the blue degrees of modern freemasonry, the druid initiates were dividedinto three groups. the teachings given to each level in the forest groves of ancient timesand the freemasonic temples of today are virtually the same. the first level of the druidschool was the ovate who was dressed in green, the druidic colour for learning. thesecond was the bard, who wore sky blue representing harmony and truth. they had thetask of me

sts of isisin egypt. black is a colour of the babylonian brotherhood which has manipulated itsway through history. in keeping with this, black has become the colour associated withauthority (look at the legal profession) and with death. it is also the traditional colour ofthe teaching profession with the black gown and the black hat called the mortar board,which is the circle and square symbol of freemasonry. the greatest miracle of jesus, itseems, was coming from nazareth because nazareth did not exist at the time. and jesussaid: let there be nazareth. and there was nazareth. or rather, there wasnt. thename does not appear in any of the detailed roman records, nor in any books, writingsor documents of any kind relating to the period covered by the gospels. jesus thenazarene does not relat

o of its modernbritish members, prince philip and his mentor, lord mountbatten, attended a meetingof the brotherhoods bilderberg group at lake como in 1965. the order of comacinewas divided into lodges headed by grand masters and they wore white gloves andaprons and communicated through secret signs and handshakes.22 all this washappening more than a thousand years before the official creation of freemasonry!they were given the patronage of the king of lombardy and were made masters of allmasons and architects in italy.23 it was this secret order, the successors to the earlierbrotherhood architects, the dionysian artificers, who provided the bridge betweenthose who built the ancient pagan temples and their brethren, who would build the greatchristian cathedrals of europe. the same brotherh

he reptile bloodlines who expanded into the fareast with the journeys of the v enetian, marco polo, of whom there is far more to knowthan official history suggests. the surviving royal families in europe are the reptilebloodline of this black nobility, including britains house of windsor. this is whythese royal houses, including the windsors, are rife with satanism and fundamentallyconnected with freemasonry and other elite secret societies. i will chart the history ofthe windsors, their grotesque record of manipulation, and their reptilian-satanicactivities, in a later chapter. the black nobility established close relationships with thebloodline families of britain and they were behind the invasion in 1066 by anotherbranch of their family, the normans of william the conqueror and the st c

queen semiramis, as innimrod-semiramis-tammuz. isis/semiramis is also known by a stream of other namesin the various regions, cultures and countries. these include barati, diana, rhea,minerva, aphrodite, v enus, hecate, juno, ceres, luna and many, many others. it is saidthat they are symbolic of the moon, the female energy in its various forms. theheadquarters of the grand mother lodge of english freemasonry (grand mother =semiramis/isis) is based in great queen street in london (great queen= semiramis/isis. in the end all the names were inspired by ninkharsag, the anunnaki mothergoddess of the reptilian-human crossbreeds, their mammy. the ancient gods such as134nimrod/osiris and the endless other names under which he is known, represent thepower of the sun, the male. this was the knowledg

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e. this is not a time to fear and its not a time to hide. it is a timeto sing and a time to dance.take your partners, please. lets go!497(this page is intentionally left blank.)498bibliographyalder, the battle of the trees (freedom house, crete, greece, 1995).allen, d. s. and delair j. b, when the earth nearly died (gateway books, wel low, bath,england, 1995).andrews, george nsthe hidden gears of freemasonry there is a masonic organization within the world most know nothing about. those who are familiar with freemasonry only see the "good works" organization. freemasonry occasionally holds benefits for children's hospitals, and various other organizations to raise money for the cause. what this does is it keeps peoples minds off of what is going on within the walls of freemasonry and reinf

masonic organization within the world most know nothing about. those who are familiar with freemasonry only see the "good works" organization. freemasonry occasionally holds benefits for children's hospitals, and various other organizations to raise money for the cause. what this does is it keeps peoples minds off of what is going on within the walls of freemasonry and reinforces the thought that freemasonry is a "good works" organization. freemasonry is like a *school building. everybody can see the outside of it which looks perfectly innocent. people who join masonry go to this school not realizing the education they receive from it is designed to mislead and to keep members unaware of certain things. the information which would reveal the truth to them is withheld. most members assume t

zation from its public image that is already in place so they do not question it. we see this echoed within the public education system which does not teach children about masonic influences within the united states presidency, government, big business and other countries. no one even questions it either. people are unaware. i went through the u.s. education system. i certainly wasn't taught that freemasonry was behind the luciferic design in washington d.c. some masons may not even be aware of that fact because they went through the same education system i did. i also wasn't aware that masonry had such a large influence in the u.s. presidency both past and present. people who have been born into this world do not realize that they have been taught falsehoods and deprived of certain inform

le at the same time remain totally ignorant of the larger issues of the world in which they live. there are two types of masons. type 1; a mason who is unaware of certain facts regarding the subject and may not be satanic. type 2; a mason who knows the truth and is trying to keep the first type and the general public from realizing it. this mason is satanic (elite mason) some masons proclaim that freemasonry is not satanic. these masons can fall under the description of both types. we must also be very careful with this mason as well. this mason might be of type 2 and disguising himself as type 1. some masonic lodges may not have any members who are of type 2. therefore that lodge could be innocent. however, there are lodges in the world which are run by type 2. because of this, if one say

eemasonry is not satanic. these masons can fall under the description of both types. we must also be very careful with this mason as well. this mason might be of type 2 and disguising himself as type 1. some masonic lodges may not have any members who are of type 2. therefore that lodge could be innocent. however, there are lodges in the world which are run by type 2. because of this, if one says freemasonry is satanic, they are correct. if one says freemasonry is not, they are correct as well "elite freemason" refers to someone who is recognized as being involved with the hidden gears of freemasonry. this mason is of type 2 and has revealed themselves to us through the books they have written. he is also aware of the luciferic design in washington d.c. and all the other secrets associated

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christian oppression (and repression) the cult of satanism and practice of witchcraft and magic developed. those evil masons& brothers of the rosy cross masonic lodges, which began to appear in france and england in the 18th century and spread to other countries, made a number of false claims: a) the origin of masonry can be traced to ancient jerusalem and the construction of solomon s temple, b) freemasonry is linked with the knights templar, and c) the leader of the lodge is in contact with master beings who live in the himalayas the illuminati. the early lodges had no connection to each other but made similar claims of possessing hidden knowledge passed down from ancient times or from a race of secret masters in the east. in reality, these lodges had very few secrets to reveal other tha

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e grand lodges of ireland, scotland, cuba, peru, south australia, new south `hales, victoria, and also with the masons of germany and austria. they recognize and affiliate with the masons under the jurisdiction of the supreme council of france, but are not in affiliation with the masons under the jurisdiction of the grand orient of that country. in spain, italy and other roman catholic countries, freemasonry is under the ban of the church, and the membership is meagre and scattered. inasmuch as we are dealing only with the blue lodges, an account of one will serve as an illustration of the history of all. a general similarity of the main features will be found, varied, of course, by local circumstances and surroundings. those in the north felt little or no effects of the great civil war, o

uke of connaught is grand master, and the grand lodges of ireland, scotland, cuba, peru, south australia, new south wales, victoria, and also with the masons of germany and austria. they are not in affiliation and do not correspond with the masons under the jurisdiction of the grand orient of france; they, however, affiliate with and recognize masons under the jurisdiction of the supreme council. freemasonry is under the ban of the church in spain, italy, and other catholic countries, and the membership is small and scattered *2905 report. grand lodges no. members, x906 grand secretaries grand lodges no. members, 1906 grand secretaries alabama arizona arkansas* british columbia california canada( colorado connecticut delaware district of col. florida georgia iildlaihnooi s indiana indian t

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t two centuries, society has continued to perpetuate an intolerance toward those drawn to an esoteric perspective. after its suppression, esotericism made a strong comeback, and steadily grew in size and prestige during the last centuries of the second millennium c.e. in the post-protestant era, rosicrucianism was the first important international esoteric movement. it was followed by speculative freemasonry in the eighteenth century and theosophy in the nineteenth. out of freemasonry came a tradition of initiatory magic represented in the neo-templar orders of continental europe, as well as a rebirth of ritual/ceremonial magic in the english-speaking world. western esotericism s shared belief that magic was real, has led roman catholicism to oppose this movement, defining it as evil and u

tuted in 1763 by bauchaine, master of a parisian lodge. it was modeled on the carbonari, and its popularity led to the establishment of other lodges, notably the fidelity and the hatchet. in 1774 the grand orient lodge of france established a system of three degrees called the rite of adoption and elected the duchess of bourbon as grand mistress of france. the rite has been generally adopted into freemasonry, and various degrees were added from time to time to the number of about twelve in all. latin and greek mysteries were added to the rite by the ladies hospitallers of mount tabor. the greatest ladies in france joined the french lodges of adoption. the rite of mizraim created lodges for both sexes in 1819, 1821, 1838, and 1853, and the rite of memphis in 1839. america founded the rite o

, geoffrey. african traditional religion. london: sheldon press, 1974. reprint, new york: harper, 1977. wellard, james. lost worlds of africa. new york: e. p. dutton, 1967. african architects, order of eighteenth-century masonic order founded in prussia in 1767 by brother von kopper and c. f. koffen, under the auspices of frederick ii. the order was concerned largely with historical research into freemasonry, christianity, alchemy, and chivalry and attracted many distinguished european literary figures of the period. a vast building was erected as grand chapter, containing an extensive library, museum of natural history, and a chemical laboratory. the architects published many works of freemasonry and awarded an annual gold medal to the author of the best historical memoir on the subject

und a home in the united states from the nineteenth century onward. the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (the mormons) had undoubtedly a semi-occult origin. its founder, joseph smith, jr. claimed to discover tablets of gold upon which was engraved the new revelation, the book of mormon, which he translated by a process similar to modern channeling. smith also tied the church loosely to freemasonry. theosophy became firmly rooted in america through the efforts of william q. judge, and his successor katherine b. tingley, the founder of the theosophical colony at point loma, california. in recent years, however, the american society formerly led by judge declined and most theosophists now adhere to the theosophical society headquartered in adyar, india. modern american occultism an

r. the alleged author of le diable au xix. siecle, published in paris in 1892, a book that created a sensation with its revelations of the secret rites and orgies of many diabolic societies. the author claimed personal experience with devil worship. this exciting and colorful work of some 800,000 words attracted enormous attention and its stories of worldwide diabolic conspiracies associated with freemasonry were widely discussed. it was first thought to be the work of dr. charles hacks, who contributed a preface entitled revelations of an occultist. hacks was a real, although shadowy, figure. the book was later revealed to be the work of journalist and editor gabriel jogand-pages, also known as leo taxil, who confessed to fabricating the book as an anti-freemasonry, anticlerical hoax (see

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alphonse louis constant) in paris and published vivid personal recollections of the man and his outlook in the rosicrucian, the journal of the societas rosicruciana in anglia. he also studied occultism with frederick hockley (1808.1885. mackenzie s other literary publications include burmah and the burmese (1853, zythogala; or, borne by the sea (a novel, 1872, and the fundamental constitutions of freemasonry (1877. in addition he translated and/or edited schamyl and circassia by f. wagner (1854, fairy tales by j. w. wolf (1855, the marvellous adventures. of tyll owlglass by t. eulenspiegel (1859, the life of bismarck by j. g. l. hesekiel (1870, and bismarck: his authentic biography by g. e. l. von bismarck-schoenhausen. he also edited early issues of a masonic periodical titled kneph in 18

rganisms) and investigated psychic animals and mathematical mediumship. he published many articles on parapsychology in english and italian journals such as psiche, archives de psycholgie, proceedings of the italian society for the advancement of science, quaderni di psichiatria, journal of the aspr, revue metapsychique, and uomini e idee. mackey, albert gallatin (1807.1881) american authority on freemasonry and editor of numerous books on the subject, including encyclopedia of freemasonry (1874. mackey was born in charleston, south carolina, on march 12, 1807. he was a disciple of the great nineteenthcentury masonic leader albert pike (1809.1891, one of those falsely charged by fictitious satanic priestess diana vaughan and others with the practice of devil worship and sorcery. the whole

ina, on march 12, 1807. he was a disciple of the great nineteenthcentury masonic leader albert pike (1809.1891, one of those falsely charged by fictitious satanic priestess diana vaughan and others with the practice of devil worship and sorcery. the whole campaign proved to be a conspiracy on the part of journalist gabriel jogand-pages to discredit and embarrass both the roman catholic church and freemasonry. one of the earliest writers to throw doubt on the revelations of jogand-pages was british occultist and mystic arthur e. waite in his book devil-worship in france (1896. he died on june 20, 1881, in virginia. sources: mackey, albert gallatin. encyclopedia of freemasonry. 1874. reprint, chicago: masonic history, 1927. stein, gordon. encyclopedia of hoaxes. detroit: gale research, 1993

le palladisme: culte de satan-lucifer dans les triangles maconniques (1895, which violently impeached the masonic grand master lemmi of the crimes of devil worship and sorcery. these statements were amply proved to be without foundation. it transpired that these books were part of the diana vaughan conspiracy of gabriel jogand-pages( leo taxil, designed to embarrass the roman catholic church and freemasonry. sources: stein, gordon. encyclopedia of hoaxes. detroit: gale research, 1993. mariapovch povch was a village in northeastern hungary and the place of origin of one of the more notable weeping icons of the virgin mary revered among eastern rite roman catholic christians. the icon was prepared by stefan papp, the brother of the pastor of the local parish church. originally, the icon was

founded in germany in the eighteenth century, spreading through holland, belgium, and france. it was popularly believed to be a black magic order, replacing the satanic goat with a dog as an object of worship. however, it seems clear that it was really a somewhat whimsical crypto- masonic order, founded partially in reaction to the papal bull of pope clement xii on april 24, 1738, which condemned freemasonry. immediately after their establishment, they departed from masonic tradition by admitting females to membership and to all the offices, except that of grand master, which was for life. they did, however, create a new office of grand mistress, elected every six months. the ceremonies were a unique variation on masonic ritual, which probably gave rise to rumors of its worshipping a dog

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

nasius kirchner extrapolated the qabalistic allusion of adam kadmon to be a reference to jesus as the primordial man in christian theology. in the final phase in the development of the christian cabala in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became permeated with alchemical symbolism and conjoined with the emerging doctrines of theosophy. this in turn greatly influenced the development of freemasonry. 3' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8 '0- 0* like judaism and christianity, islam is a primary branch stemming from the religion of the children of abraham. like master abraham, the prophet mohammed was faced with the task of leading his people away from the worship of idols and back to the universal mystical spirituality of a divine singularity. if you remove the clouds of dogmatic theocracy that now

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works of those others, the predecessors, and the contempt for their philosophy, their philanthropy, and their magic. where is there such a combination as this of religious toleration, emotional linkage with the mediaeval past, emphasis on good works for others, and imaginative attachment to the religion and the symbolism of the egyptians? the only answer to this question that i can think of is in freemasonry, with its mythical link with the mediaeval masons, its toleration, its philanthropy, and its egyptian symbolism. freemasonry does not appear in england as a recognisable institution until the early seventeenth century, but it certainly had predecessors, antecedents, traditions of some kind going back much earlier, though this is a most obscure subject. we are fumbling in the dark here

of those missionaries, campanella, had certainly reached them, and possibly that of the other, bruno, who had actually preached his mission in germany. it may therefore be suggested that rosicrucian aspirations after a universal reform in a hermetic context may well owe something to bruno as well as to campanella. is there, or is there not, a connection between the rosicrucians and the origins of freemasonry? some people think that there is; others think that freemasonry came out of a stream of thinking similar in its tendencies to that of the rosicrucians but different in its immediate origins.2 1 on campanclla's influence on andreae and his friends, see arnold, op. cit, pp. 60 ff. the book by andreae which shows the influence of the civitas solis is his reipublicae christianopolitanae de

burg, 1619. andreae also published german translations of some of campanella's poems; see firpo, bibliografia di campanella, p. 43. 2 for a discussion, with references to some of the immense literature on this subject, see arnold, op. cit, pp. 229 ff; for a masonic point of view, see b. e. jones, freeiv.ason's guide and compendium, london, 1950, pp. 117 ff. 414 after hermes trismegistus was dated freemasonry is first heard of as an institution in england in the seventeenth century, and elias ashmole is an important figure in connection with it. ashmole states in his diary that he was made a mason in a lodge at warrington in 1646.1 there were certainly earlier traditions and origins in england upon which ashmole and his group were drawing, but about these very little is known. speculative f

bruno preached, not only to the lutherans in germany, but also to the courtiers in elizabethan england? i made the very tentative and allusive suggestion in an earlier chapter that bruno's mission in england, with its appeal to pre-reformation social and mystical ideas, his lament at the destruction of great abbeys and monasteries, might have something in common with the attitudes to the past of freemasonry. 2 bruno attached his hermetism to royalism, to the chivalrous cult of elizabeth i by her knights. the interests of the first known freemason, ashmole, would not conflict with the idea of a stream of influence having reached him from courtly circles of the time of elizabeth. ashmole was a fervent royalist with a strong interest in the history of chivalry. that bruno's influence had per

lry. that bruno's influence had persisted in court circles is indicated by the coelum britannicum, produced at court only twelve years before ashmole was made a freemason. it is a not impossible supposition that the influence of the importation of rosicrucian ideas into england on fludd, vaughan, and ashmole, may have crossed with an earlier courtly stream, perhaps influenced by bruno, to produce freemasonry. in any event, our new understanding of the nature of bruno's influence in england and in germany makes of him a key figure for the exploration of those impulses through which renaissance hermetism passed underground into the channels of esoteric societies. we are told that mozart's magic flute embodies some of his beliefs as a freemason. if so, we might have in this opera a translatio

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upply of text books ran out, and a new edition was printed. not having the digest of decisions printed in the text book allows the book to remain current. the "digest of decisions" can be purchased separately or with the constitution and standing regulations of the grand lodge of maine. john e. anagnostis grand secretary chapter i masonry. its organizations. history the institution of masonry, or freemasonry (for these terms are used indiscriminately, is founded upon the fatherhood of god and the brotherhood of man: it. therefore, necessarily teaches morality, brotherly love, and charity: its method of teaching is chiefly by symbols: it has many forms and ceremonies, but these are all intended to teach and impress upon the mind the great principles of the institution: its votaries are seek

upreme architect of heaven and earth. we beseech thee to guide and protect these brethren here assembled, and fulfill at this time that divine promise thou wert pleased to make to those who should be gathered together in thy name. teach us to know and serve thee aright bless us and prosper us in all our laudable undertakings, and grant that our conduct may tend to thy glory, to the advancement of freemasonry, and finally to our own salvation in that blessed kingdom where thy children shall find rest. amen response.so mote it be. another o lord, our heavenly father, the high and mighty ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth, direct us, we beseech thee, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help, that in

masons, at. the subscriber, aged_ years, and by occupation a__respectfully states that he is a resident of_ that he has actually resided within the jurisdiction of said lodge for more than six months last past, and within the state of maine for the year past; that, unbiased by friends, and uninfluenced by mercenary motives, he freely and voluntarily offers himself a candidate for the mysteries of freemasonry; that if admitted he will cheerfully conform to all the ancient established usages and customs of the maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (5 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] fraternity; that he knows no physical, legal or moral reason which should prevent his becoming a freemason; and that he has before offered himself as a candidate to any lodge [deposit]

e rules and designs laid down by the supreme architect of the universe, in the great books of nature and revelation, which are our spiritual, moral and masonic trestleboard. situation. lodges should be situated due east and west dedication. lodges in ancient times were dedicated to king solomon in modern times to st. john the baptist and saint john the evangelist, two eminent christian patrons of freemasonry; and since their time there has been represented in every regular and wellfurnished lodge, a certain point within a circle embordered by two perpendicular parallel lines, representing saint john the baptist and saint john the evangelist. upon the top of the circle rests the book of holy scriptures. the point represents an individual brother; the circle, the boundary line of his duty. i

ally determine, on all things relative to our present as well as to our future happiness. this virtue should be the peculiar characteristic of every mason, not only for the government of his conduct while in the lodge, but also when abroad in the world. it should be particularly attended to in all strange and mixed companies, never to let fall the least sign, token or word, whereby the secrets of freemasonry may be unlawfully obtained* justice is that standard or boundary of right, which enables to render unto every man his just due, without distinction. this virtue is not only consistent with divine and human laws, but is the very cement and support of civil society; and as justice in a great measure constitutes the really good man, so should it be the invariable practice of every mason n

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ign communications made to the grand lodge, and, when desired by him, to read all communications to it. from yourknown attachment to masonry, i have no doubt that you will perform all the duties which may be devolved upon you in a manner creditable to yourself and satisfactory to the grand lodge. maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (76 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:56 f freemasonry and catholicism by max heindel [1865-1919] click here to return to the previous html page. part vii the philosopher's stone--what it is and how it is made. those who have studied the writings of the ancient alchemists have always been much mystified by what is said concerning the philosopher's stone and the process of transmuting the base metals into gold. these claims have naturally g

tracted the masculine element with its positively polarized physical vehicles, and educated them in industry and statecraft, thus controlling the material development of the world. the sons of seth, constituting themselves the priestcraft, have worked their spell over the positive vital bodies of the feminine element of dominate spiritual development. and whereas, the sons of cain working through freemasonry and kindred movements, have openly fought for the temporal power, the priestcraft has fought as strenuously and perhaps more effectively by stealth to retain their hold upon the spiritual development of the feminine element. to the casual onlooker it would seem as if there were no decided antagonism between these two movements at the present time; but though freemasonry of today is but

judah, to the kingdom of the heavens, there to receive the "well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your lord" for "him that overcometh will i make a pillar in the house of god, thence he shall no more go out" he is then immortal, loosed from the wheel of birth and death. summary in conclusion, it may be well to sum up the points which have been made in these articles on freemasonry and catholicism, it being understood that the term "catholicism" as here used does not refer to the roman catholic church alone "catholic" being taken in the sense of universal, so that the term includes all movements inaugurated by the sons of seth, the priestcraft. the origin of the temporal and spiritual streams of evolution is as follows: jehovah created eve, a human being. the luc

nvisible world. and though the cleansing blood of jesus is an absolute necessity to millions of weaker brothers, there can scarcely be any question when we assert that the more men and women who engage in mystic masonry to consciously build this temple of the soul, the sooner we shall see the second advent of christ, and the stronger will be the race which he shall rule by the law of love. end of freemasonry and catholicism* click here to go to the beginning of this book* table of contents* click here to return to the rosicrucian fellowship home page* rosicrucian fellowship philosophy study courses information* order the printed version of this book. please give us your feedback rosicrucian fellowship- international headquarters 2222 mission avenue, oceanside, ca 92054-2399, usa po box 713

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eturn to the rosicrucian fellowship home page* rosicrucian fellowship philosophy study courses information* order the printed version of this book. please give us your feedback rosicrucian fellowship- international headquarters 2222 mission avenue, oceanside, ca 92054-2399, usa po box 713, oceanside, ca 92049-0713, usa (760) 757- 6600 (760) 721- 3806 (fax) e-mail: rosfshp@rosicrucianfellowship.l: freemasonry and catholicism by max heindel [1865-1919] an exposition of the cosmic facts underlying these two great institutions as determined by occult investigation the rosicrucian fellowship international headquarters p.o. box 713 oceanside, california, 92054, u.s.a. table of contents* part i: lucifer, the rebel angel* part ii: the masonic legend* part iii: the queen of sheba* part iv: casting

tions from paul's epistle to the hebrews are not found there consecutively as here arranged. it is necessary to intelligently piece the bible narrative together so that we may obtain an outline of the future development which has been sketched out by the divine hierarchs to constitute our evolution. comprehension of this plan is essential to the correct understanding of the cosmic relationship of freemasonry and catholicism; it is also necessary to fully appreciate the purpose of the molten sea and to learn how to intelligently make this wonderful alloy. as paul says, these things are hard to say, but we shall make an attempt to present the mysteries of melchisedec and the molten sea in plain language so that we may aid in the expressed purpose of the bible to enlighten all men, that all s

return to the rosicrucian fellowship home page* rosicrucian fellowship philosophy study courses information* order the printed version of this book. please give us your feedback rosicrucian fellowship- international headquarters 2222 mission avenue, oceanside, ca 92054-2399, usa po box 713, oceanside, ca 92049-0713, usa (760) 757- 6600 (760) 721- 3806 (fax) e-mail: rosfshp@rosicrucianfellowship.e freemasonry the worship of lucifer, satan part 1 of 5 a majority of this page on freemasonry was taken from masonic books that were published by masonic publishing companies. most of these writings were kept secret. biblical admonition has been taken carefully, comparing masonic teachings to the holy bible. in i john 4:1, we read "beloved, believe not every spirit, but try (test) the spirits wheth

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"inferior god" they never, ever mention him in their teachings or their rituals. this shouldn't surprise you since the pope carries a bent satanic cross as seen on another page which shames christ on the cross. freemasons used luciferic symbols within the layout of government center washington d.c. freemasons worship lucifer, the light-bearer. lucifer and satan are biblically the same individual, freemasonry is really the worship of satan. by quoting their own sources and depicting the symbols in which they use, this claim is proven. freemasonry gives itself away more through its symbols than it does in its writings. you saw in the analogy page of "the matrix" that high level masons praise lucifer. it is within these writings the "smoking gun" will be found, proof that masons worship satan

" will be found, proof that masons worship satan. once this is comprehended, you will understand why "they" have been trying to keep this all secret. if people really understood that masonry is the worship of satan, no one in their right mind would join. not only that but people would demand that this organization be outlawed. you have a continuous public relations campaign promoting the lie that freemasonry is not a religion, and is just a "good works social organization" as quoted above, you have secrets within secrets. lucifer praised as the light-bearer of freemasonry "lucifer, the light-bearer! strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of darkness! lucifer, the son of the morning! is it he who bears the light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or self

ave secrets within secrets. lucifer praised as the light-bearer of freemasonry "lucifer, the light-bearer! strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of darkness! lucifer, the son of the morning! is it he who bears the light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? doubt it not [albert pike, morals and dogma of the ancient and accepted scottish rite of freemasonry, p. 321, 19th degree of grand pontiff; red emphasis added] masons from the first initiation which is the first degree are urged to mightily "seek the light" the average mason is continually saying that he is "seeking the light" and will spend his entire life "moving toward the light" people who haven't studied this subject would assume that this "light" is the revelation of the god of

s continually saying that he is "seeking the light" and will spend his entire life "moving toward the light" people who haven't studied this subject would assume that this "light" is the revelation of the god of the bible. this statement is continuously held up to try to convince us that masonry is christian. in the above quote, albert pike is saying that lucifer is the one who bears the light of freemasonry. the sentence immediately preceding confirms not only that lucifer is the light-bearer, but that masons of previous degrees have been led to believe that the opposite was true. the wording of this sentence is difficut to understand unless you have special knowledge. doc marquis was asked for his explanation, lets look at what he had to say "the apocalypse is, to those who receive the n

one can see concrete evidence is then given by pike of freemason's worship of satan/lucifer on the very front of the cover of morals and dogma. pike writes a latin phrase just below the round seal of "god" this is a phrase proven to be satanic. any "satanic brother" looking at this phrase would know that the contents of this book are satanic. they would also understand that the entire religion of freemasonry is satanic "deus meumque jus" is this phrase. the literal meaning is "god and my right" doc marquis says this statement is a typical one within satanism. there is one meaning within another with this statement. the first meaning is that the freemason can depend upon their god to determine their right and justice. the second meaning is, since the god of freemasonry is lucifer, masons ar

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1890, he devotedfour columns to an unsigned, mocking review of his own anonymous prospectus forazoth:orthestar in theeast-e-ebook he had yet to write (it was eventually published in1893).similar oddities were a regularfeatureofthebritishmail;when there was insufficient secondhand commercial and industrial news'to fill anissue,waite suppliedessaysof his own on such uncommercial topicsashypnotism, freemasonry .philosophical idealism, the rosicrucians, and astronomy (in which he maintained his early interest. in one issue herevieweda privately printed volume of badverseby a young man using the name 'austin blake: if the theft of his own pseudonym was irritating, it must alsohavebeen satisfying torealizethatasoul'scomedyhad found at least one approvingreader.butin1891bottomley fell and the ha

ies, and to draw conclusionsofhisown.it wasthroughthe kabbalah-specificallythroughtwosections of thezohar:theidrarabba(greater assembly) and theidrazutta(lesserassembly)-thatwaite first discoveredtheconceptofthe'holyassembly, and having found it he transformed itintoa doctrine of hisown.similarly, as he increased his knowledge of the major divisions of esoteric theory and practice-alchemy, magic, freemasonry, rosicrucianism, and the kabbalah (he added the tarot and theholygraillater)-andsubsumedthemunderthe general headingofmysticism, he developed his ideaofa unifying secret traditionthathad perpetuated esoteric doctrinesthroughtheworkofthiscontinuing'holyassembly'.butit was far from being the instituted secret societyofoccult dreams; indeed it was far from being an institution at all.1.th

thehermetictext society. it progressed as far as a prospectus, printed in1908,whichoffered a list of sixty potential titles for translating and editing, arranged under fiveheadings(witha sixth section for 'miscellaneous and unclassifiedworks):great texts102 a. e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_of christian mysticism; lesser textsofchristian mysticism;theliterature of the rosy cross; the archaeology .of freemasonry and templarism; and,theliterature of alchemy. according to the prospectus, the 'primary intention' of the society was'toplace within the reach of its members the great and memorable texts of christian mysticism, of all schools and periods, excluding nothing on the ground of difficulties in doctrine,butdistinguishing clearly the position of each text in relation to the chief schools of

nic qualification.thedaysof a 'triple masonic headship' were over. in future waite's masonic activities would be confined to their proper place.125_'brotherhoodisreligion--14 'brotherhoodisreligion'-anadeptamongthemasonsatthetime the independent and rectifiedriteof the golden.dawnwas declaring its independence from the old order, waite had been a freemason for barelytwoyears;buthis enthusiasm for freemasonry was boundless, for he saw it,notas did grandlodge-as'a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols-s-but as yet another aspect ofthesecret. tradition, and thus one more secret path to a direct experience of god. in his earlier years his approachtothecraft had been more prosaic, and it wasnotuntil he reached the age of43that he was entered, passed, and.fi

odge-as'a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols-s-but as yet another aspect ofthesecret. tradition, and thus one more secret path to a direct experience of god. in his earlier years his approachtothecraft had been more prosaic, and it wasnotuntil he reached the age of43that he was entered, passed, and.finally raised as a master mason. his earliest comments on freemasonry, intherealhistoryoftherosicrucians,were somewhat disdainful:originally an associationforthediffusion ofnaturalmorality, it isnowsimply a benefit society.theimprovemen t of mankind and the encouragementof philan thropy wereand are its ostensible objects..it preaches a natural morality, and has so little interest in mysticismthat it daily misinterprets and practically despises itsownmyst

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nd and certified by de chazal, is lost, but a copy made by frederick hockley passed through the hands of several early membersofthe golden dawn and survives still. their belief in the antiquity of their own order was evidently fortified by bacstrom's document. in the certificateofadmission it is made clear that the rosicrucians are essentially christian and primarily concerned with alchemy. as in freemasonry, rosicrucian brethren are sworn to eschew politics utterly, but contrary to masonic practice'oursociety does not exclude a worthy woman from being initiated, this provision dating, perhaps, from1490when the rosicrucians 'did separate themselves from the free-masons. from this, and from the fact that it had no instituted rituals, it would seem that de chazal's order did not derive from

service, in the intervalofwhich we sit for spirit255 communion..there are gradations in our guild; but all, from the inner to the outermost circle, are believers rather than inquirers.'hewas anxious, too, to stress that the guild guarded itself against curiosity-hunters;'inthat sense only is our society a secret one' it was already common to find priests, of the anglican variety at least, within freemasonry, but the existence of the guild of the holy spirit indicates the rudimentsofa willingness to be partofa hierarchical society devoted to occult pursuits on the part of clergymen without a masonic background. besides communication with the departed there were other aspectsofspiritualism which were well known and enthusiasti255 cally supported not only by spiritualists at large but also w

alah, talismanic magic, and on magical invocations, includingdrrudd'sninehierarchiesa/angels,which containsthe'18great calls and celestial invocations of the tables of enoch. thus, within the society of rosicrucian freemasons were to be found the rituals, and adepts with both the knowledge and will to use them, that lay at the very heart of themagicalsystemof the golden dawn. but spiritualism and freemasonry were not the only currents of thought in english occultism. in1875a third and even more influential movement made its appearance in new york and rapidly gained world-wide, enthusiastic, and utterly uncritical support. this was the theosophical society, the creation of madameb1avatskyand colonelh.s. olcott. helena petrovnab1avatskywas a remarkable person by any standards; by those of co

wn was about to be born.thegoldendawn24 references:igodfreyhiggins,anacarypsis,an attempt to drawaside theveilofthe saiticisis(1836),volume 2, p.301.2 ibid, volume 2, p.723.3 w. w. westcott,therosicruciansocietyofengland(1915),p. 2. 4 r. w. little and w. r. woodman (eds),therosicrucian,no.i(1868),p. 7. 5 westcott,op.cit.,p. 3. 6 westcott,dataof thehistoryoftherosicrucians(1916),pp. 3-5. 7 spencer,freemasonry:itsoutwardandvisiblesigns(1880),p. 96. 8reportonspiritualismof the committee of the london dialectical society(1873),p.184.9 frederick hockley 'evenings with the indwellers of the world of spirits, intherosicrucianandmasonicrecord,new series,no.6( 1877),p.22326710 ibid, p. 230.iirulesofthetheosophicalsociety(1882),p. 5.2.creationon 8 december 1888 an enquirer signing himself gustav mom

5 at the earliest.the'cipher manuscript' was written on paper that bore the watermark of 1809in ink that had a faded appearance. but it contained information that could not possibly have been known to any living being in the year 1809, that was not known to any living being till twenty years later. it was, no doubt, a forgery of the early 'eighties. its originators must have had some knowledge of freemasonry; but, so ingeniously was this occult fraud'putupon the market' that, to the best of my belief, the flotation remains a mystery to this day. but what an entertaining mystery; and, after all, it did nobody any harm.iwestcott himself claimed to have obtained the ciphermanu255script from the revd a. f. a. woodford, an elderly masonic scholar who died, conveniently for westcott, at the endo

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ans, past and present, at home and abroad 40 4. in memory of robert fludd 48 5. rosicrucian thoughts on the ever-burning lamps of the ancients 54 6. man, miracle, magic, from the ancient rosicrucian dogmata 66 7. courage versus obsession 71 8. chess shatranji and chaturanga 75 part two: kabalistic 9. the kabalah 3110.a further glance at the kabalah 95 11. the ten sephiroth 110 12. the religion of freemasonry illuminated by the kabbalah 114 13. angels: jewish, christian and pagan 124 14. the devil, and evil spirits according to the bible and ancient hebrew rabbis 131 15. some anomalies in the biblical views of the constitution of man 139 16. the vestiges of tetragrammaton 154 17. the number four in relation with the world and man 1576themagicalmasonpartthree:divination18.thehistory of astro

nd evil spirits according to the bible and ancient hebrew rabbis 131 15. some anomalies in the biblical views of the constitution of man 139 16. the vestiges of tetragrammaton 154 17. the number four in relation with the world and man 1576themagicalmasonpartthree:divination18.thehistory of astrology169 19.dreams18120.divination and its history19221.the star lore of the bible216partfour: masonic22.freemasonry and its relation to the essenes233 23.the resemblances of freemasonry to the cult of mithra244 24.the religious and masonic symbolism of stones256partfive: miscellaneous papers25.an essay on the ancient mysteries269 26.a recent spiritual development287 27.an essay upon the constitution of man: spirit, soul, body296 28.man's blood and generation310introductionof all the actors in the bi

rosicrucians, because i have the pleasure to hold a high office intherosicrucian society of england, and so might reasonably be supposed to have studied the history of that order.butto avoid misconception, i wish to say that the society of rosicrucians in anglia is a masonic body -itis composed of freemasons who have gathered themselves together to study the old rosicrucianism and the origins of freemasonry, a connection which has been alleged to exist by many historians belonging to the outer world.themembers of this order, as such, make no claim to be in possession of the secret wisdom of the pupils of christian rosenkreuz, and i am very desirous that no one should leave with the impression that i speak as anything more than a critic of history, or with the notion that i have any part o

561to 1629, was much influenced by fludd, and became a rosicrucian adept, and so rosicrucianism may have been the means of prompting the introduction of many mystic notions into the plays and sonnets of shakespeare, who diedin1616. elias ashmole, famous as an antiquary, was a rosicrucian adept, he lived from 1617to 1692, and is believed to have been concerned in the creation of modern speculative freemasonry. about 1652 ashmole received much occult knowledge from william backhouse, a renowned rosicrucian and chemist. in 1646 ashmole, lilly, the two whartons, withdrshewitt and pearson, formed a rosicrucian lodge in london, which32themagical masonwas carried on with great privacy: see theencyclopediametropoluanaof 1845. in 1847 george soane, in hisnewcuriositiesofliterature,gives a lengthy a

d symbolism of all that now remains of the wisdom, art and literature of the ancient world.therosicrucian societies of anglia, scotia and the united states, alike masonic bodies, are by no means the only descendants of the original collegium, for in germany, and austria there are other rosicrucian colleges of more direct descent than our own, which are not fettered by any of the limitations which freemasonry has imposed upon us, and some of these, although not composed ofmanymembers, include students who understand many curious phenomena, which our zelators have not studied.thegerman rosicrucians keep theirtherosicrucians, past and present 43 .olleges and membership entirely secret, they print no trans255 uctions nor even any notices, and it is almost impossible to identify any member. the

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thers at hackney, in east london, in 1854 and was educated at bedford grammar school.2during the 1870s he lived with his mother at bournemouth, where his everyday life as a clerk was soon interspersed with dreams of military glory in the first hampshire infantry volunteers (although he was never an officer, despite being photographed in a lieutenant's uni255 form, and with the ceremonial glory of freemasonry through his initiation in the hengist lodge in 1877. at this time he began to reveal his aristocratic origins (or, from another point of view, to display his delusions of grandeur; on his master mason's certificate of 1878 he is styled comte de glenstrae, a title allegedly awarded to an ancestor by louis xv, and by 1882, when he joined the societas rosicruciana in anglia, he had added

hesoflight appeared playing over certain of the letters, and thus returning the answer of the deity to the consulter. of the oracle byurim,bycomparing these blessings with that nature of the signs attributed to the particular tribes; we have been thus enabled to trace more or less clearly the connection between them, and also the derivation of the armorial bearings ascribed to them in royal arch. freemasonry.[a 'lecture for members of the g.d' preserved among the papers of.the revd w.a. ayton. it also has a longer title: on the connection between the twelve tribes of israel and. the twelve zodiacalsigns]"note: elisions in mathers' text have beenrestoredbetween brackets.numerousother individualwordsare at variance from the authorized versionofthe old testament, which he used for thislecture

ple get materialistic, philosophy is kept alive secretly in private schools. when the people grow fit to understand these parables and dark sayings, then again they are told openly. there were many of these occult schools, and many exist to this day.anenormous amount of learning exists in them, an amount those outside do not credit. the rosicrucian body is a solid fact, and not the sub-section of freemasonry which goes by that name; it is absolutely an esoteric school, possessing extraordinary wisdom.162 the sorcererand his apprenticea large amount of wisdom has also been preserved among the freemasons, although they have lost a great deaf of what they ought. to have; they have a large quantity. of exoteric symbology, but, sad to say, they have in great part lostthekey toitin the meantime

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86. for pernety s life, see joanny bricaud, les illumines d avignon, etude sur dom pernety et son groupe. paris, 1927. 4[4] j. f. c. harrison, the second coming. popular millenarianism 1780 1850. london, 1979, p. 70. 5[5] r. hindmarsh, rise and progress of the new jerusalem church in england, america, and other parts. london, 1861 p. 48. 6[6] ibid. p. 48 neither bryan nor wright was familiar with freemasonry and their account may have been a garbled perception of the exotic trimmings that tended to accompany most of the hauts grades of the time. these bizarre activities of the illumines d avignon came to an end with the upheavals of the french revolution, but although english swedenborgians in general had been hostile to them this was because of their perceived blasphemy, not because of an

their account may have been a garbled perception of the exotic trimmings that tended to accompany most of the hauts grades of the time. these bizarre activities of the illumines d avignon came to an end with the upheavals of the french revolution, but although english swedenborgians in general had been hostile to them this was because of their perceived blasphemy, not because of any hostility to freemasonry per se: benedict chastanier, for example, was not only a leading light of the swedenborgians of the 1780s but also a most active mason. their teacher, however, was not. swedenborg and freemasonry it is unusual to find such diverse authorities as a. e. waite, the revd. a. f. a. woodford, and h. w. coil agreeing on matters of masonic history, but on this issue they are at one. woodford s

of emmanuel swedenborg (1875, vol. 2, pp. 735 739, and the only contemporary scholar to argue in favour of swedenborg having been a freemason, dr. marsha schuchard, has yet to produce any satisfactory evidence8[8. but non-membership of the craft does not imply the absence of a relationship of some kind: the episode of the illumines d avignon is clear evidence that swedenborg had an influence upon freemasonry, albeit unknown to himself; or, in mackey s words: it was the freemasons of the advanced degrees who borrowed from swedenborg, and not swedenborg from them9[9. 7[7] a. f. a. woodford (ed, kenning s masonic cyclopaedia. london, 1878 p. 607; h. w. coil, coil s masonic encyclopaedia. new york, 1961; a. e. waite, a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry. london, 1921, vol. 2, p. 446. 8[8] m. k

lbeit unknown to himself; or, in mackey s words: it was the freemasons of the advanced degrees who borrowed from swedenborg, and not swedenborg from them9[9. 7[7] a. f. a. woodford (ed, kenning s masonic cyclopaedia. london, 1878 p. 607; h. w. coil, coil s masonic encyclopaedia. new york, 1961; a. e. waite, a new encyclopaedia of freemasonry. london, 1921, vol. 2, p. 446. 8[8] m. k. m. schuchard, freemasonry, secret societies, and the continuity of the occult traditions in english literature. ann arbor, 1982 (facsimile of doctoral dissertation, 1975) dr. schuchard has subsequently written numerous other papers on similar topics 9[9] a. g. mackey, encyclopaedia of freemasonry. new edition revised and enlarged by w. j. hughan and e. l. hawkins. new york, 1929 p. 997 it would, however, be the

r, 1982 (facsimile of doctoral dissertation, 1975) dr. schuchard has subsequently written numerous other papers on similar topics 9[9] a. g. mackey, encyclopaedia of freemasonry. new edition revised and enlarged by w. j. hughan and e. l. hawkins. new york, 1929 p. 997 it would, however, be the best part of a century before they borrowed again. in the interim those swedenborgians who were drawn to freemasonry were quite content with the craft degrees10[10. samuel beswick and his book discontent, if such it was, did not surface until 1870 and the publication at new york of an extraordinary masonic book: swedenborg rite and the great masonic leaders of tiar eighteenth century. if this did not quite fall, like hume s treatise, stillborn from the press it gained little notice and made no impact

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of new york, and to bro. s. brent morris for their help over beswick s masonic career. for details of beswick s life in england, and for material on swedenborg, i am indebted to the revd ian arnold, principal of the new church college at manchester, and to the staff of the swedenborg society in londerthe masonic career of a.e. waite by bro. r. a. gilbert (aqc vol 99 1986) introduction in english freemasonry the seal of a certain distinction attaches to the name of arthur edward waite, while it has proved of such appeal in america that an important grand lodge has conferred upon him, causa honoris, one of its highest official positions. among his many publications those on the mystical and symbolical aspects of the secret tradition in christian times occupy a place apart, being things unat

grand lodge has conferred upon him, causa honoris, one of its highest official positions. among his many publications those on the mystical and symbolical aspects of the secret tradition in christian times occupy a place apart, being things unattempted otherwise in the records of research. so waite referred to himself in the prospectus for the revised edition of his book, the secret tradition in freemasonry1[1, but it is doubtful if a single masonic scholar of his time- or since- could be found who would agree that this selfadulation was justified. during his lifetime waite was castigated, and with justification, for his peculiarities of style, for his frequent errors of historical fact and for his cavalier attitude and contemptuous references to his contemporaries. all this must be admit

and with justification, for his peculiarities of style, for his frequent errors of historical fact and for his cavalier attitude and contemptuous references to his contemporaries. all this must be admitted against him, but he was also a highly original thinker who broke completely new ground with his studies of what he termed the 'secret tradition, while, for the esoteric school of thought within freemasonry, he has been the most pervasive and powerful influence of this century. as such, his writings deserve more careful and objective analysis than they have received to date, and it is the purpose of this paper to encourage such analysis by demonstrating, through a study of his masonic career, both waite's originality and his continuing influence. unlike many of his contemporaries, waite w

nute books of his rosicrucian order, working notes and proofs of many of his published books, and a long series of bound volumes of his periodical contributions, reviews and masonic ephemera. waite was also a prolific letter-writer, and i have been fortunate in being able to examine his correspondence with the late bro. harold van buren voorhis of new jersey, with the 1[1] the secret tradition in freemasonry (rider, 1937. the prospectus is a 4 pp. quarto sheet, written by waite although not so attributed. late bro. w. r. semken (supreme magus, 1956-69 of the societas rosicruciana in anglia, and his official correspondence with the independent great priory of helvetia. but, while these manuscript sources are crucial for an understanding of waite's life and masonic activities, his ideas and

, 1937. the prospectus is a 4 pp. quarto sheet, written by waite although not so attributed. late bro. w. r. semken (supreme magus, 1956-69 of the societas rosicruciana in anglia, and his official correspondence with the independent great priory of helvetia. but, while these manuscript sources are crucial for an understanding of waite's life and masonic activities, his ideas and attitudes towards freemasonry are set out openly and clearly in his published work (see appendix b. the events of his early life are, however, obscure and difficult to establish in any detail- almost certainly because he wished to hide them. waite's early years and the prelude to freemasonry in waite's autobiography, shadows of life and thought,2[2] he states that 'the suppressio veri has been minimized so far as p

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here append the initials by which they are known to each other within the c.v. in succession to l.s. l.s may 25th, 1910 m.w.0 s.r dated this 25th day of may, in the year of our lord 1903. back to homepage back to waite appendix a appendix b appendix c appendix d the masonic career of a.e. waite the publications of a.e. waite lectures given by a.e. waite constitution of the secret college of ride freemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. however, instead of trying to understand "the brotherhood" and criticizing it objectively, critics have been unduly hostile to the organization. this book contains a true exposition of masonry as a school of thought. the most important unifying influence among maso

deeper insight into their faith. harun yahya's books appeal to all kinds of readers, regardless of their age, race, or nationality, for they focus on one objective: to broaden the readers perspective by encouraging them to think about a number of critical issues, such as the existence of god and his unity, and to display the decrepit foundations and perverted works of godless philosophies. global freemasonry in the name of god, most gracious, most merciful about the author the author, who writes under the pen-name harun yahya, was born in ankara in 1956. having completed his primary and secondary education in ankara, he then studied arts at istanbul's mimar sinan university and philosophy at istanbul university. since the 1980s, the author has published many books on political, faith-relat

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author: harun yahya translated by ron evans edited by david livingstone publisher: iqra agencies isbn 0-620-30165-1 address: p.o.box 34027 erasmia 0023 south africa tel: 012- 374 0756 fax: 012- 374 0576 all translations from the qur'an are from the noble qur'an: a new rendering of its meaning in english by hajj abdalhaqq and aisha bewley, published by bookwork, norwich, uk. 1420 ce/1999ah. global freemasonry harun yahya january, 2003 i to the reader in all the books by the author, faith-related issues are explained in the light of qur'anic verses, and people are invited to learn god's words and to live by them. all the subjects that concern god's verses are explained in such a way as to leave no room for doubt or question marks in the reader's mind. the sincere, plain and fluent style empl

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grand lodge has conferred upon him, causa honoris, one of its highest official positions. among his many publications those on the mystical and symbolical aspects of the secret tradition in christian times occupy a place apart, being things unattempted otherwise in the records of research. so waite referred to himself in the prospectus for the revised edition of his book, the secret tradition in freemasonry1[1, but it is doubtful if a single masonic scholar of his time- or since- could be found who would agree that this selfadulation was justified. during his lifetime waite was castigated, and with justification, for his peculiarities of style, for his frequent errors of historical fact and for his cavalier attitude and contemptuous references to his contemporaries. all this must be admit

and with justification, for his peculiarities of style, for his frequent errors of historical fact and for his cavalier attitude and contemptuous references to his contemporaries. all this must be admitted against him, but he was also a highly original thinker who broke completely new ground with his studies of what he termed the 'secret tradition, while, for the esoteric school of thought within freemasonry, he has been the most pervasive and powerful influence of this century. as such, his writings deserve more careful and objective analysis than they have received to date, and it is the purpose of this paper to encourage such analysis by demonstrating, through a study of his masonic career, both waite's originality and his continuing influence. unlike many of his contemporaries, waite w

nute books of his rosicrucian order, working notes and proofs of many of his published books, and a long series of bound volumes of his periodical contributions, reviews and masonic ephemera. waite was also a prolific letter-writer, and i have been fortunate in being able to examine his correspondence with the late bro. harold van buren voorhis of new jersey, with the 1[1] the secret tradition in freemasonry (rider, 1937. the prospectus is a 4 pp. quarto sheet, written by waite although not so attributed. late bro. w. r. semken (supreme magus, 1956-69 of the societas rosicruciana in anglia, and his official correspondence with the independent great priory of helvetia. but, while these manuscript sources are crucial for an understanding of waite's life and masonic activities, his ideas and

, 1937. the prospectus is a 4 pp. quarto sheet, written by waite although not so attributed. late bro. w. r. semken (supreme magus, 1956-69 of the societas rosicruciana in anglia, and his official correspondence with the independent great priory of helvetia. but, while these manuscript sources are crucial for an understanding of waite's life and masonic activities, his ideas and attitudes towards freemasonry are set out openly and clearly in his published work (see appendix b. the events of his early life are, however, obscure and difficult to establish in any detail- almost certainly because he wished to hide them. waite's early years and the prelude to freemasonry in waite's autobiography, shadows of life and thought,2[2] he states that 'the suppressio veri has been minimized so far as p

sm was an anthology of the writings of eliphas levi8[8, which he followed with a study of the rosicrucian manifestos, written as a corrective to the lunacies of hargrave jennings9[9. the translations from levi contained a few incidental references to masonry, but for his real history of the rosicrucians waite was obliged to consider the subject more carefully. he rejected the thesis of buhle that freemasonry was derived from rosicrucianism and set out the differences between the two brotherhoods 'originally an association for the diffusion of natural morality, it [freemasonry] is now simply a benefit society. the improvement of mankind and the encouragement of philanthropy were and are it s ostensible objects, and these also were the dream of the rosicrucian but, on the other, it has never

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es. he read widely in german, french and italian. he be-came involved with both the dada and futurist movements and was considered a promising artist. he served with honour during world war i in a regiment of mountain artillery and survived the war to continue his search for meaning. he made contact with arturo reghini (1878-1946) who was the co-ordinator of the ur group which studied speculative freemasonry, occultism, and other occult traditions, it had a strong interest in the work of rene guenon. evola s natural aristocracy came to the surface and he became the learning exponent of the developing philosophy of the ur (and its successor krur) group. evola and the ur group became aligned to the natural principles of aristocracy and while not having a necessarily high opinion of mussolini

d rebirth rites, it was both a way of life and a ritualised process (as it is today. there were two paths of survival for the doctrine of theosis. as the gnostic cults came and the gnostic handbook page 89 went the doctrine was passed from one to another and flowered in the cathars and knight templars. from the knight templars the doctrine passed to various esoteric orders and was transmitted via freemasonry and occult traditions. this form of the doctrine of deification sustained the technology and science, but lost most of the ethical and religious teachings associated with it. on the other hand, the doctrine was also passed from the gnostic cults to various monastic orders within the orthodox church. here the doctrine took root and became an accepted teaching within the orthodox traditi

GOLDEN CHAIN AND THE LONELY ROAD

in which the above process is actuated there are no grades or degrees beyond the principal initiation ritual, although it must be stated that some traditional lineages, such as the black boar and the serpent-cross, do utilise graded structures. in the case of the black boar lineage, for example, a three degree system is operated, broadly based upon the apprentice, journeyman, and master grades of freemasonry and medieval craftsmans' guilds. in this system the first degree corresponds to the dedication rite; the second degree marks a mid-way stage- suitable if someone does not possess the requisite ability to receive the full empowerment; and the third degree corresponds to the final rite of initiation. although it may be affirmed that in the cultus sabbati there are no additional grades of

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

bamboo from canton is rare in the world. in the groves are 36 and 72. who in the world knows the meaning of this? when we have set to work we will know the secret. the atmosphere of intrigue that such passages generate is accentuated by the reticent behaviour of the hung league itself, an organization resembling the medieval european order of the knights templar (and the higher degrees of modern freemasonry) in many ways that are beyond the remit of this book to describe.24 it is intriguing, too, that the chinese character hung, composed of water and many, signifies inundation, i.e. the flood. finally, returning to india, let us note the content of the sacred scriptures known as the puranas. these speak of four ages of the earth, called yugas, which together are said to extend to 12,000 d

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

of mark probert and the inner circle, dick miller and many to follow; along with the alleged physical contacts of adamski, bethurum, george king and others; and finally the channeling of jane roberts seth, jach purcel s lazaris, don elkins ra, and others down to the present time. secret cipher of the ufonauts 23 in short, the rules of the game seem to have changed. what happened? did the expos of freemasonry by morgan, who was murdered for his trouble, and others have something to do with it? the rules were reaching public knowledge just at the time the fox sisters began to hear the spirit rappings that set in motion the spiritualist phenomena. the result was routine and widespread trance channeling supposedly in a straightforward manner, without initiation, ciphers or symbols. if a contro

look at. he wasn t black, and he wasn t white. he was light-brown skinned, an asiatic cast of countenance, and he had oily black hair. it is interesting that the celebrated film malcolm x chooses to imply that this figure was nation of islam leader elijah mohammed. while elijah mohammed and his mysterious teacher wallace fard (who vanished without a trace) had come out of high degree prince hall freemasonry, and certainly knew some of the esoteric secrets, the being malcolm x described is more in accord with aleister crowley s description of the pr terhuman intelligence aiwass than of elijah mohammed. in the shadows, the men in black had long lurked, biding their time, waiting. here and there, now and then, some people thought they had seen them, but they weren t quite certain; perhaps th

m, as the fraternity of the knights militant of the new aeon in the cultural and political turbulence of germany in the 1890s, may fairly (along with the coincident peak in the development of the hermetic order of the golden dawn and the universal gnostic church) be characterized as the resurgence of the great white brotherhood and its rejuvenation out of the degeneration of classical speculative freemasonry. this coincides closely with the great airship scare of 1897. at almost the same moment, and in the same unhappy land, the black lodge reasserted itself in the form of such fraternities as the vril society and the thule group. the full story of the vril society, the thule group, the ahnenerbe, the schwartze orden (the black order) and other manifestations of the black lodge in the pre

facts and fancies that enthrall etiolated and degenerated idealists and unfit him for his evident purpose, that of supplying society with supermen. the black lodge in the nazi era totally discredited the concept of the evolved human supermen by grafting it onto german nationalist and racialist conceits, while suppressing the gnostic church, the oto, the anthroposophical society and even lost-word freemasonry- in short, anyone who might have an actual understanding of the coming being. the leading figure of the oto in germany, the future grand master karl germer, was placed in a concentration camp. his official crime was that he knew and maintained relations with aleister crowley. the chief bishop of the universal gnostic church in france was executed by the nazis. crowley, for his part, on

t makes islamic republicanism tick, and we stand appalled not only at the atrocities of islamic government, but at its sheer zeal. the idea of pat robertson driving a truck filled with explosives into an enemy military compound shouting jesus is lord! is ludicrous in our imaginations. put billy graham behind the wheel. but you get the point. yet, it has been shown that the founders of speculative freemasonry in the 18th century, especially in its continental version, were upholders of a radical spiritual, sometimes republican political vision that captured the imagination of many, including early socialists on the one hand and occultists on the other. these tendencies meet and overlap, and explain much about the nature of masonic and occult secrecy, 66 allen h. greenfield the cell structur

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

nmatters masonic and occult, stated that he had in fact met with the fratres lucis in paris and that fifteen years earlier there had been only twenty-seven members in the whole world; he added that 'all members were bound to keep [their] immediate chiefs postedofall [their] movements. surprisingly, or perhaps not so, this links in with the crowned angel's comments to hockley when questioned about freemasonry; presumablythesociety in france, referred to therein, was the fratres lucis. how often,ifever, the fratreslucismet is not known.ithasallthe apperanceofbeing another order, organized by irwin and mackenzie. which existed in great detail on paper, wasintroduction21academy at marylebone to hockley.thathockley knew the worksofsibley is undoubted, copies bearing his signature are in various

itius. godfrey higgins'anacalypsis(1836) was claimed as a further proof of the continuing tradition. higgins stated that he had been invited to join a templar and rosicrucian order in london. higgins was a freemason and i have no doubt that what he was referring to were themasonicknights templar and rose croix degrees.thelatter is now the 18th degree of the antient and accepted [scottish] rite of freemasonry, which in higgins' time did not exist as a coherent rite in england.therose croix degree was generally worked within knights templar encampments and was variously referred to as the rose croix, rose cross, rouge croix, rosae crucis or rosie cross degree. intensely christian in content the rose croix had nothing about it, even in higgins' time or earlier, to link it with the ideas or tr

alks to the college printed in therosicrucian,hockley would have found little. to stimulatehimat:their meetings. his knowledge and experience were far greater than any of his co-members.itis clear from his letterofromarch1872to f. g. irwin that he saw practical spiritualism via the crystal as the most important work to be undertaken by a true rosicrucian.itis difficult to establish what it was in freemasonry that appealed to hockley.toa man of his sensibility the basic principlesofcraft masonry, brotherly love, relief and truth, and the practice of ceremonies which attempt to instil in a candidate a 'system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols, would have had an attraction.toa certain extent the craft ritual is a means towards the same end that the rosicrucians were s

this they act. they are not limitedto thewealthyforjean-jaquesrousseau was one of its firmest supporters. i will showyouvisionsthat will tend to enlighten you, but in the meantime i hope you will not join an english lodge' hockley either met aninvisiblepowerin france (the letters show he hadbeento paris, or chose to disregard his guardian spirit's warning, for on21march1864 he was initiated into freemasonry in the british lodgeno.8,then meeting at the freemason's tavern,greatqueen-street,london.heappears to have taken a liking to the ritualofthe craft for as soon as hehadtaken thethirddegree,ofmastermason, he became a memberofthe emulation lodgeofimprovement.thisis a lodgeofinstruction at which the ceremonies and thecatechi255tical lecturesofthe craft (in which the ceremonies, symbols and

p very dubious spirits. as hockley took down verbatim what his speculatrix reported seeing, what is remarkable is the quality and depthofinformation received. it seems unlikely that a teenage girl with, presumably, an average victorian female's education, could have invented the religious and philosophical information hockley transcribed. many seekers after arcane knowledge sought initiation into freemasonry, in the erroneous belief that knowledgeofthe rituals of freemasonry would set them on the path to discovering the key to all knowledge. surprisingly, hockley did not take this step until his fifty-fifth year, although some of his contacts, professional, spiritualist and occult, must have been14therosicrucianseerspiritualism, occultism, and their practitioners. they reveal his depthofkn

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

affordshire in 1868, he did not bother to join the local lodge (marmion no. 1060 at tamworth) until 1871. again, when he arrived at chacombe in 1873 two years passed before he joined cherwell lodge no. 599 at banbury in 1875. he was its master in 1878 but ceased to attend meetings after april 188i, although he remained at chacombe for another thirteen years. evidently his interest in conventional freemasonry was not very great, although at one time or another he was a member of churchill lodge no. 478 at oxford (joined 187i) and westminster and keystone lodge no. 10 (london) in 1872. working the united grand lodge of england's more or less standard emulation ritual cannot have been very exciting for someone who had actually manufactured the elixir of life 'a french alchemist said it had th

f articles to the lady. he was at one time offered, but declined, the city editorship of vanity fair and was a regular correspondent to lucifer' gardner's masonic career was brief. he was initiated in montefiore lodge no. 1017 (whose membership was almost entirely jewish) in october 1886 (aet. 29) but resigned in june 1889, three months after he began to correspond with ayton. it is possible that freemasonry did not satisfy his desire for further knowledge of 'the hidden mysteries of nature and science- the phrase is masonic- and supposed that alchemy and theosophy ala blavatsky would provide a better guide to the territory that interested him. in 19 2 he claimed to possess a library of over 10,000 books on alchemy and occultism, including 'a fine set of the works of thomas taylor, the pla

h the masonic 'rosicrucians. in 19 3 he published (privately) a catalogue raisonne of rosicrucian books in an edition of 500 copies. dr westcott contributed an introduction. a second edition appeared in the sa e year. this was followed in 1911 by astrological books, which contains information about certainly early nineteenth entury publications that is not available elsewhere, and finally in 1912 freemasonry: a catalogue of lodge histories, which was merely a pamphlet. dr westcott also supplied brief contributions for these. the preface to lodge histories announced a forthcoming bibliography of alchemical works, but this never appeared. he retired from active membership of the stock exchange in march 19 3 and henceforth operated as an antiquarian bookseller from his home in chiswick. he re

fail you, there is the immense power of electricity to try. my friend here caught frightful rheumatism by being put into a damp bed when he was on a shooting expedition, and he was desperately ill and suffering. i recommended him to try electricity. he bought arnold& sons apparatus for 10. it has quite cured him and he is as well as ever. i i.e, j.-m. ragon (1781-1862, a prolific writer on french freemasonry and rituals. his mafonnerie occulte was published in 1853. 2 george redway was a small london publisher who specialized in occult books and also sold them second-hand. he published a. e. waite's digest of eliphas levi's works, based upon dogme et rituel de la hautemagic, in 1886 and his the realhistory of therosicrucians in 1887. the latter caused much annoyance among the adepts of the

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

called, she said 'the esoteric order of dagon, and was undoubtedly a debased, quasi-pagan thing imported from the east a century before, at a time when the innsmouth fisheries seemed to be going barren. its persistence among a simple people was quite natural in view of the sudden and permanent return of abundantly fine fishing, and it soon came to be the greatest influence in the town, replacing freemasonry altogether and taking up headquarters in the old masonic hall on new church green. all this, to the pious miss tilton, formed an excellent reason for shunning the ancient town of decay and desolation; but to me it was merely a fresh incentive. to my architectural and historical anticipations was now added an acute anthropological zeal, and i could scarcely sleep in my small room at the

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

called, she said 'the esoteric order of dagon, and was undoubtedly a debased, quasi-pagan thing imported from the east a century before, at a time when the innsmouth fisheries seemed to be going barren. its persistence among a simple people was quite natural in view of the sudden and permanent return of abundantly fine fishing, and it soon came to be the greatest influence in the town, replacing freemasonry altogether and taking up headquarters in the old masonic hall on new church green. all this, to the pious miss tilton, formed an excellent reason for shunning the ancient town of decay and desolation; but to me it was merely a fresh incentive. to my architectural and historical anticipations was now added an acute anthropological zeal, and i could scarcely sleep in my small room at the

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

onetheless, beyond the passing of word from mouth to ear, there are many diverse linkages which prefigure the complex form seen in the present-day mythos. in previous generations traditional craft has shared certain features with the societies of horsemanry; reverence for cain is one such element. in turn, comparable ideas about the role of tubal-cain and naamah can be seen in the allied rites of freemasonry. traditional craft has also made good use of many ritual magic texts such as the key of solomon and agrippa s books of occult philosophy. these works also provide avenues for allied figures, such as lucifer, asmodeus, lilith, and the arch-daemonic guardians of the magical circle led by mahazael. although the emphasis of sacrality is reversed, another strand of genealogy is obviously to

ISIS UNVEILED

are of kabalistic parentage, and at one time held to the secret 'wisdom-religion' recog- nising as the one supreme, the mystery-god of the ineffabu name. noticing these numerous secret societies of the past, we shall bring them into direct comparison with several of the modem. we shall conclude with a brief survey of the jesuits, and of that venerable nightmare of the roman catholic church modem freemasonry. all of these modeni as well as ancient fraternities present freemasonry excepted were and are more or less connected with magic, practically, as well as theo- retically; and every one of them freemasonry not excepted was and still is accused of demonolatry, blasphemy and licentiousness. our object is not to write the history of any of them; but only to compare these sorely-abused comm

s widely-spread society. sudi is the opinion of godfrey higgins and dr. heboid. after the downfall of the prindpal sanctuaries, whidi had already begun in the days of plato, the many different sects, such as the gymnosophists and the magi from whom clearchus veiy erroneously derives the former the pythagoreans, the sufis, and the rishis of kashmir, instituted a kind of international and universal freemasonry among their esoteric societies "these rishis" says higgins "are the essenians, carmelites, or nazarites of the temple "that occult science known by ancient priests imder the name of regenercuing fire" says dr. heboid. is a science that for more than 3000 years was the peculiar possession of the [indian and egyptian] priesthood, into the knowledge of which moses was initiated at heliopo

faded away, which indicated that they were the identical esaenes, and moreover pure chritotu, viz, they believed, and were those who best understood, what one of their own brethren had preached. in insisting that the letter iota, mentioned by jesus in matthew (v, 18, indicated a secret doctrine in relation to the ten aeons, it is sufficient to demonstrate to a kabalist that jesus belonged to the freemasonry of those days; for i, which is iota in greek, has other names in other languages; and is, as it was among the gnostics of those days, a pass-word, meaning the scepter of the fatheb, in eastern brotherhoods which exist to this very day. but in the early centuries these facts, if known, were purposely ignored, and not only withheld from public notice as much as possible, but vehemently d

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

l parts of the world; anonymously, or with particulars of names &c. the celebrated author of the confessions of an english opium eater (thomas de quincey, in his historico- critical inquiry into the origin of the rosicrucians and the free-masons, originally published in the london magazine of january 1824, also continued in the succeeding number, has this remarkable passage: rosicrucianism is not freemasonry. the exoterici, at whose head bacon stood, and who afterwards composed the royal society of london, were the antagonist party of the theosophists, cabbalists, and alchemists. at the head of whom stood fludd; and from whom freemasonry took its rise. thus we leave the rosicrucians as men (just as we ought to leave them) in the same mystery as that state of really impenetrable mystery in

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

ets and composers call their works their own? a: yes, of course they can. q: is a kabbalist obligated to be respectful toward figures that other peoples consider holy? a: even the laws of the literal torah, not only kabbalah, state that one must be respectful to everybody. 372 d e t a i l e d t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s part one: the beginning..9 chapter 1.1 the great illusi ethe hidden life in freemasonry by c. w. leadbeater 33 (edited and re-formatted by brother w *december 2005) the theosophical publishing house adyar, madras, india 1926 second edition, plate 0. foreword it is once more my privilege to usher into the world, for the helping of the thoughtful, another volume of the series on the hidden side of things written by bishop charles w. leadbeater. true mason that he is, he is

l they actually enter its ranks. even then the majority of masons usually obtain only the most general idea of the meaning of its ceremonies, and seldom penetrate further than an elementary moral interpretation of its principal symbols. in this book it is my object, while preserving due secrecy upon those matters which must be kept secret, to explain something of the deeper meaning and purpose of freemasonry, in the hope of arousing among the brn. a more profound reverence for that of which they are the custodians and a fuller understanding of the mysteries of the craft. although the book is primarily intended for the instruction of members of the co-masonic order, whose desire, as is expressed in their ritual, is to pour the waters of esoteric knowledge into the masonic vessels, i hope ne

lways spoken to mankind of unseen things above- not only far away in the future, but close around us here and now. our life and what we can make of it largely depend upon how real these unseen things are to us. whatever we do, we should think always of the unseen consequences of our action. some of us know how useful that knowledge has been to us in our church services; and it is just the same in freemasonry. though this vast inner world is unseen by most of us, it is not therefore invisible. as i wrote in the science of the sacraments: there are within man faculties of the soul which, if developed, will enable him to perceive this inner world, so that it will become possible for him to explore and to study it precisely as man has explored and studied that part of the world which is within

pron (coloured) ii (a) an egyptian initiation (b) osiris on the square iii. the plan of the lodge iv. the three columns (a) doric (b) ionic (c) corinthian v. ruins of a greek temple vi. a pillar of the porchway vii. the chapiter viii. the arrow of ra (coloured) ix. the chakras x. the second portal xi. the temple of the angels (coloured) chapter i introductory personal experience 1. the origins of freemasonry are lost in the mists of antiquity. last century there were many who thought that it could be traced no further back than the mediaeval guilds of operative masons, though some regarded these in turn as relics of the roman collegia. there may still be some who know no better than that, but all students of the ancient mysteries who are also freemasons are aware that it is along that line

y textbook of theosophy) i do not propose now to advance arguments in its favour, though they exist in abundance, but simply to state that for me, as for many others, it is a fact of personal experience. the only one of those previous lives of mine with which we are here concerned was lived some four thousand years before christ in the country which we now call egypt. 3. when i was initiated into freemasonry in this life, my first sight of the lodge was a great and pleasant surprise, for i found that i was perfectly familiar with all its arrangements, and that they were identical with those which i had known six thousand years ago in the mysteries of egypt. i am quite aware that this is a startling statement; i can only say that it is literally true. no mistake is possible; coincidence wil

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

ed in this department of his service; may we never forget how great is our privilege; may we never fail to take the fullest advantage of this opportunity which he has given us! s c m c i c bd glimpses of masonic history by c. w. leadbeater theosophical publishing house, adyar 1926 (edited and re-formatted for pdf by brother w. note this should really be considered as part ii of the hidden life of freemasonry and is mentioned by the author in the preface* contents author s preface chapter i schools of masonic thought the origins of masonry. the authentic school. the anthro-pological school. the mystical school. the occult school. the knowledge of the occultist. the occult records. the sacramental power. the form and the life. orthodoxy and heresy. chapter ii the egyptian mysteries the messa

of emperors. stephen morin. frederick the great. the charleston transformation. the spread of the scottish rite. chapter xii the co-masonic order the restoration of an ancient landmark. the succession of co-masonry. the co-masonic rituals. the future of masonry appendix i. i. degrees of the rite of perfection ii. principal masonic events from 1717 author s preface when i wrote the hidden life in freemasonry, it was at first my intention to devote my second chapter to a brief outline of masonic history. i soon found that that plan was impractical. the most compressed account that would be of any use would occupy far more space than i could spare, and would entirely overweight the book with what is after all only one department of its subject. the obvious alternative is to publish the histo

i could spare, and would entirely overweight the book with what is after all only one department of its subject. the obvious alternative is to publish the historical sketch separately; hence this book, which is really but a second volume of the other. the keynote of both volumes, and indeed the only reason for their publication, is to explain precisely what the title indicates- the hidden life in freemasonry- the mighty force in the background, always at work yet always out of sight, which has guided the transmission of the masonic tradition through all the vicissitudes of its stormy history, and still inspires the utmost enthusiasm and devotion among the brn. of the craft to-day. the existence and the work of the head of all true freemasons is the one and sufficient reason for the virilit

ng part in this magnificent altruistic work; if they can be brought to comprehend what it is that they are doing and why, they will continue the great work more happily and more intelligently, throwing into it the whole strength of their nature both bodily and spiritual, and enjoying the fruit of their labours far more definitely than ever before. chapter i schools of masonic thought a history of freemasonry would be a colossal undertaking, needing encyclopaedic knowledge and many years of research. i have no pretension to the possession of the qualities and the erudition required for the production of such a work; all i can hope to do is to throw a little light upon some of the dark spots in that history, and to bridge over to some extent some of the more obvious gaps between the sections

any years of research. i have no pretension to the possession of the qualities and the erudition required for the production of such a work; all i can hope to do is to throw a little light upon some of the dark spots in that history, and to bridge over to some extent some of the more obvious gaps between the sections of it which are already well known. the origins of masonry the actual origins of freemasonry, as i have said in a previous book, are lost in the mists of antiquity. masonic writers of the eighteenth century speculated uncritically upon its history, basing their views upon a literal belief in the history and chronology of the old testament, and upon the curious legends of the craft handed down from operative times in the old charges. thus it was put forward in all seriousness b

LEWIS JAMES SATANISM TODAY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURE

he founding of the church of satan in 1966. the word baphomet dates back to records of the trial of the knights templar, and there are ongoing discussions concerning its derivation and meaning. however, there is no clear evidence that the symbol that has come to be referred to as baphomet is similarly derived. the first artwork for an image of a goat face in a pentagram appeared in a 1931 book on freemasonry by oswald wirth (1931, 60. this was, however, only a pentagram containing a goat s face. it was not the full sigil of baphomet as delineated in the satanic bible. the concept is the same, but the actual art is not. the first version of the goat-faced pentagram surrounded by two circles with leviathan written between them appeared in and on the cover of maurice bessy s a pictorial histo

formed in england in 1865 by robert wentworth little. it was based on eighteenthcentury rosicrucian texts. among its members were kenneth r. h. mackenzie, dr. wynn westcott, and w. r. woodman. members of the societas were required to be masons prior to beginning their work. the magical writings of levi, the existence of the societas rosicruciana in anglia, and the continuing impact of speculative freemasonry provided fertile soil in which new magical orders could grow. in 1885, the reverend a. f. a. woodford inherited the magical manuscripts owned by psychic fred hockley, upon which the order of the golden dawn (ogd) would be built. sria member dr.wynn westcott decoded the manuscripts and s. l. macgregor mathers (1854 1917, also an sria member, systematized them into a useful form. the mat

however, they exhibit the same ambiguous relation between their foundational myths and their ordinary history that religions in general do. rosicrucianism has the myths set forth in its major documents the chemical wedding, and so on that claim survival from antiquity, but in fact it appears to have begun as a secret organization among lutherans, since luther s family crest was a rose on a cross. freemasonry in england began as a secret society dedicated to restoration of the monarchy; when charles ii ascended the throne, this society remained intact, but adopted a new purpose. that is, modern occult organizations typically claim a great antiquity for themselves, but in fact are all quite recent, and are almost all highly interrelated. the scholar t. m. luhrmann has documented the overlapp

has, however, been thoroughly discredited. although he was undoubtedly sincere in his desire to revive archaic paganism, gardner s claim to have been initiated into a coven with an ancient lineage was fabricated as a strategy designed to give his nascent movement greater legitimacy. instead of representing the survival of an ancient religion, wicca was a creative synthesis of elements drawn from freemasonry, ceremonial magic, aleister crowley, robert graves s notion of a pre- christian goddess religion, charles godfrey leland s witches gospel, murray s imaginative reconstruction of the old religion from inquisition records, and other sources. in contrast, anton lavey, the person usually regarded as the founder of modern satanism, never claimed to be the lineal descendant of an neopagan wi

s official exorcism manual, is issued during the papacy of pope paul v. it was not revised until 1999. 1674 death of john milton (1608 1674, puritan author of paradise lost. 1692 salem witch craze gets underway in salem now danvers massachusetts. during the course of the witchcraft trials, 141 people were arrested as suspects, 19 were hanged, and one was pressed to death. 1717 formal beginning of freemasonry, when four lodges met in london and established the grand lodge, in order to restore masonry. freemasonry influenced the rituals of ceremonial magic, and, in turn, the rituals of religious satanism. 1810 birth of alphonse-louis constant( eliphas levi, 1810 1875, a french occultist and writer who is a major link in the chain that led to modern magical practices. 1821 birth of charles ba

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

g the opus! and now i fm too tired to as much as start pr.n.y.ma. i will go to the dome and see what a citron presse and a sandwich does for me, at the same time taking over the ms. of liber 963,2 which has been given me to correct, and doing it. please the pigs, the visconti will cheer me up in the evening; and i shall get a good day in to-morrow. 1 [a quote from the entered apprentice ritual of freemasonry. t.s] 2[.liber cmlxiii (the treasure house of images) by j.f.c. fuller. a series of .litanies. for the signs of the zodiac, it was published in equinox i (3, and formed the bulk of a volume questionably titled the pathworkings of aleister crowley (new falcon. t.s] john st. john 49 6.35. still at liber 963. i should like to write mantrams for each chapter. 7.20. still at liber 963. i ne

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

acquiring genomes: a theory of the origin of species. philadelphia: perseus. miller, k. r. 2000. finding darwin s god: a scientist s search for common ground between god and evolution. new york: harper perennial. monod, j. 1971. chance and necessity: an essay on the natural philosophy of modern biology. new york: alfred a. knopf. mooney, c. 2005. the republican war on science. new y02kabbalah and freemasonry w. kirk macnulty, 320 kabbalah in masonic history paper which undertakes to demonstrate an influence of kabbalah on freemasonry, particularly one presented to a non-masonic audience, should certainly start with some information about the nature and history of the masonic order. a definition of the order as it exists today is relatively easy: freemasonry is a secular fraternal organizat

elieve in the existence of "a supreme being" the name of that being and the form in which it is to be worshipped is entirely the business of the individual mason. masons are obligated on the "volume of sacred law" and each mason takes his obligation on that particular volume of sacred writings which he holds to be sacred. while encouraging each brother to follow the teachings of his own religion, freemasonry is not concerned with the details of those religions; and sectarian religious discussion is forbidden at masonic gatherings. while not a religion, the order might be considered to be a "philosophical companion to religion" to my way of thinking that very idea is implicit in this definition, taken from the first lecture: masonry is "a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and

o my way of thinking that very idea is implicit in this definition, taken from the first lecture: masonry is "a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols."1 as might be expected of a society of religious men, the moral and philosophical principles communicated by these symbols are considered to have been derived from the divine source. historical information about freemasonry's origin is much more difficult to provide than a definition. as one historian of thought, francis a. yates, has put it "the origin of freemasonry is one of the most debated, and debatable, subjects in the whole realm of historical enquiry."2 some of the masonic histories written in the 19th century were quite fanciful and uncritical in their approach. more recent authors have sought t

he obvious explanations for its rapid growth is that masonry was teaching and practicing something that was, at the time, of very widespread interest to the intellectual community. the hermetic/kabbalistic tradition of the renaissance is certainly such a thing; and, as we shall see, it would account for masonry's unique symbolic structure and for many of its rituals and practices. in my own view, freemasonry is a codification of the hermetic/kabbalistic tradition which formed the intellectual essence of renaissance thought;5 and the material presented here will reflect that view. we will start with a very brief overview of what is known of masonic history, and during this overview we will cite those historical references which mention kabbalah specifically. in the interest of keeping to a

what is known of masonic history, and during this overview we will cite those historical references which mention kabbalah specifically. in the interest of keeping to a reasonable space we will acknowledge an early and important scottish influence, but confine ourselves to english material in this presentation. after we have acquired this background, we will consider how the symbolic structure of freemasonry reflects the teachings of kabbalah. the diagram in figure 1 presents a very general overview of the development of english freemasonry "events" involving reference to kabbalah are shown as asterisks, and will be discussed below. the parts in blue represent the grand lodge(s, and the dotted portions at the left of the drawing are intended to indicate how very uncertain our information a

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

sized pages in 8 point type; it is literally his magnum opus. each of the nearly 50 chapters is so dense with information that it is the equivalent of an entire short book. if you read this book in its entirety you will be in a good position to dive into subjects such as the qabbala, alchemy, tarot, ceremonial magic, neo-platonic philosophy, mystery religions, and the theory of rosicrucianism and freemasonry. although there are some questionable and controversial parts of the book, such as the outdated material on islam, the portion on the bacon-shakespeare hypothesis, and hall's conspiracy theory of history as driven by an elite cabal of roving immortals, they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive information here on other subjects. for many years this book was only available in a larg

y-three--the philosophic death. 165 the cryptogram as a factor in symbolic philosophy secret alphabets--the biliteral cipher--pictorial ciphers--acroamatic ciphers--numerical and musical ciphers--code ciphers. 169 freemasonic symbolism the pillars raised by the sons of seth--enoch and the royal arches--the dionysiac architects--the roman collegia--solomon, the personification of universal wisdom- freemasonry's priceless heritage. 173 mystic christianity st. iran us on the life of christ--the original name of jesus--the christened man--the essenes--the arthurian cycle--merlin the mage. 177 the cross and the crucifixion the aurea legenda--the lost libraries of alexandria--the cross in pagan symbolism- the crucifixion, a cosmic allegory--the crucifixion of quetzalcoatl--the nails of the passi

lic many of the secret philosophic principles of the mysteries. every pagan nation had (and has) not only its state religion, but another into which the philosophic elect alone have gained entrance. many of these ancient cults vanished from the earth without revealing their secrets, but a few have survived the test of ages and their mysterious symbols are still preserved. much of the ritualism of freemasonry is based on the trials to which candidates were subjected by the ancient hierophants before the keys of wisdom were entrusted to them. few realize the extent to which the ancient secret schools influenced contemporary intellects and, through those minds, posterity. robert macoy, 33, in his general history of freemasonry, pays a magnificent tribute to the part played by the ancient myst

he, himself, assumed the name of odin, founded the priesthood of the twelve drottars (druids) who conducted the secret worship, and the administration of justice, and, as prophets, revealed the future. the secret rites of these mysteries celebrated the death of balder, the beautiful and lovely, and represented the grief of gods and men at his death, and his restoration to life (general history of freemasonry) after his death, the historical odin was apotheosized, his identity being merged into that of the mythological odin, god of wisdom, whose cult he had promulgated. odinism then supplanted the worship of thor, the thunderer, the supreme deity of the ancient scandinavian pantheon. the mound where, according to legend, king odin was buried is still to be seen near the site of his great te

nstructed in the highest of the secret mysteries of the eleusis. at the conclusion of this ceremony he was hailed as an epoptes, which means one who has beheld or seen directly. for this reason also initiation was termed autopsy. the epoptes was then given certain sacred books, probably written in cipher, together with tablets of stone on which secret instructions were engraved. in the obelisk in freemasonry, john a. weisse describes the officiating personages of the eleusinian mysteries as consisting of a male and a female hierophant who directed the initiations; a male and a female torchbearer; a male herald; and a male and a female altar attendant. there were also numerous minor officials. he states that, according to porphyry, the hierophant represents plato's demiurgus, or creator of

MEANING OF MASONRY

l& all disobedient angels out of heaven into hell that thou thief return immediately& restore the goods again which thou hast stolen away, therefore in& by the names of the almighty god before rehearsed i charge thee, thou thief to restore the goods again immediately or else the wrath of god may fall upon thee& force thee to come immediately. amaythe meaning of masonry by w.l. wilmshurst foreword freemasonry has had many great scholars who devoted their time and talents to the philosophical exposition of the character of the craft, the meaning of craft symbols, and the religious aspects of the fraternity: albert pike, robert freke gould, fort newton, albert gallatin mackey, and w. l. wilmshurst. walter leslie wilmshurst (1867-1939) was a mystic with a practical knowledge and profound under

sition of the character of the craft, the meaning of craft symbols, and the religious aspects of the fraternity: albert pike, robert freke gould, fort newton, albert gallatin mackey, and w. l. wilmshurst. walter leslie wilmshurst (1867-1939) was a mystic with a practical knowledge and profound understanding of the religions of the world. the meaning of masonry discloses the real purpose of modern freemasonry and clearly states the true body of teaching and practice concerning the esoteric meanings of masonic ritual. freemasonry is based on the three great principles: brotherly love, relief, and truth. over the years, brotherly love and relief have been so stressed that the craft is in serious danger of becoming primarily a social and charitable organization. truth, the most difficult princ

ef, and truth. over the years, brotherly love and relief have been so stressed that the craft is in serious danger of becoming primarily a social and charitable organization. truth, the most difficult principle to recognize and thus the most difficult to achieve, has long been neglected. wilmshurst carefully places his designs upon the trestle board to build his thesis that the alpha and omega of freemasonry is not the repetition of the ritual nor the safeguarding of secrets, but the regeneration of the brethren. this book implores the reader to learn to see in freemasonry something more than a parochial system enjoining elementary morality, performing perfunctory and insignificant rites, and serving as an agreeable accessory to social life. the greater system of spiritual doctrine contain

, and this goal has been achieved. the ideals of the masonic fraternity have a wide appeal to the best instincts of men, and the craft has become one of the greatest social institutions in the world. in this new aquarian age, when many individuals and groups are working in various ways for the eventual restoration of the mysteries, an increasing number of aspirants are beginning to recognize that freemasonry may well be the vehicle for this achievement. we have here a sincere effort by a learned and earnest brother to point to the source of masonic light in elegant, and at times profound, language. they who look with him may enjoy the same felicity. the great value of this book is that it was written by one who sets an example for all masters of lodges. his was a soul filled with the wonde

ich forms the background of the rest--the relationship of modern masonry to the ancient mysteries, from which it is the direct, though greatly attenuated, spiritual descendant. thus in the five papers i have sought to provide a survey of the whole masonic subject as expressed by the craft and arch degrees, which it is hoped may prove illuminating to the increasing number of brethren who feel that freemasonry enshrines something deeper and greater than, in the absence of guidance, they have been able to realize. it does not profess to be more than an elementary and far from exhaustive survey; the subject might be treated much more fully, in more technical terminology and with abundant references to authorities, were one compiling a more ambitious and scholarly treatise. but to the average m

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

power of some very eviloccult order, profoundly versed in science, both occult and otherwise, though not infallible,their methods being black magic, that is to say, electro-magnetic power, hypnotism, andpowerful suggestion. we are convinced that the order is being controlled by some sunorder, after the nature of the illuminati, if not by that order itself (duke of brunswick,grand master of world freemasonry. while the real brothers died ignominious deaths, the spurious order which tried to stepinto their shoes became exclusively a branch of the jesuits (illuminati) under the immediatetutelage of the latter. true-hearted masons ought to reject with horror any connection, letalone descent from these (madame helena blavatsky, the secret doctrine) there exists. another class of adepts belongi

uter courtof the temple. part of the symbols are displayedthere to the initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretation. it is not intendedthat he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine that he understandsthemthe true explanation is reserved for the adepts, the princes of masonry (those of the32 and 33 degrees (albert pike, grand master of us scottish rite freemasonry)these types are over-represented among the world's politicians, generals, lawyers,judges, priests, teachers, bankers, magnates, dictators, and technocrats. like profes-sional terrorists and criminals, they commit corrupt acts on cue, on a daily basis. butunlike a criminal syndicate, they are not themselves conscious of their dysfunction.infatuated with their own importance, they feel n

ince that ruled 2170 b.c. and who opened and held a dragon court.english freemasonic debaclethe english masonic system, which was extensively revised in the eighteenth century, adopted anexclusively western doctrine wherein thoth, the traditionally styled great architect, was figurativelysupplanted by the judeo-christian god. by virtue of this adjustment, it is claimed that the originalsecrets of freemasonry have been lost but rather more to the point is that the old mysteries wereshunned by the hanoverian inventors of the english system (based on a york rite, which retains onlyvague allegories and obscure ritual. there is no alchemical science now taught in these lodges, as wasthe case with the early scottish rite; the emphasis is now on charitable works, coupled with meaning-less ceremon

related to thesame monarch as his so-called opponent bush.in every case where the running opponent has a lesser blood tie, that person is invariably theloser in the so-called free election (see the biggest secret by david icke.)appendix c: suggested areas of research272atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation masons and mystery at the 33rd parallel by day williamsfreemasonry american freemasonry and related power elites are responsible for a number of murders and provoca-tions to war which happened along or close to the northern 33rd degree of latitude, also known as the33rd parallel. most of the world's wealth is stored north of the north 33rd parallel. major financial cen-ters north of the 33rd parallel include london, new y ork, chicago, and switzerland. most of thisplanet'

oly spirit, whichprompted the inquisition to issue three edicts against the group.12. 1756 charleston, south carolina, the original site of scottish rite masonry in the united states, isonly 15 miles south of the 33rd parallel. 13.1826 masons murdered masonic whistle blower captain william morgan. captain morgan was anamerican freemason who wrote a book revealing masonic secrets, illustrations of freemasonry.one revealed secret was that the last mystery at the top of the masonic pyramid is the worship oflucifer, that is, satan. in the legend of the murder of hiram abiff, abiff represents intelligence, lib-erty and truth, and was struck down by a blow to the neck with a rule, representing the suppressionof speech by the church. then a square struck him in the heart. this represented the sta

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

uals undertaken by a solitary practitioner that are designed to slowly achieve spiritual transformation, without the help of a freemasonic or other magical lodge. as stated earlier, a large gap called the abyss exists between the lower self and the higher self. the magician seeks to merge these two aspects of the self by crossing the abyss, and bringing himself into unity with his higher self. in freemasonry, and also lodges derived from the order of the golden dawn, 2 pillars are used to symbolize this divide between the light and the darkness. often a curtain is placed between these 2 pillars symbolizing the veil that exists--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 59 betweens the selves of light and darkness. there is another kind of spiritual transformation available to those black magicia

MORALS AND DOGMA

the origin and meaning of masonry. a few rudimentary lessons in architecture, a few universally admitted maxims of morality, a few unimportant traditions, whose real meaning is unknown or misunderstood, will no longer satisfy the earnest inquirer after masonic truth. let whoso is content with these, seek to climb no higher. he who desires to understand the harmonious and beautiful proportions of freemasonry must read, study, reflect, digest, and discriminate. the true mason is an ardent seeker after knowledge; and he knows that both books and the antique symbols of masonry are vessels which come down to us full-freighted with the intellectual riches of the past; and that in the lading of these argosies is much that sheds light on the history of masonry, and proves its claim to be acknowle

h placed all the powers of government, and all the knowledge, in the hands of the priests and levites. the pagodas of india, the retreats of the magi of persia and chaldea, and the pyramids of egypt, were no longer the sources at which men drank in knowledge. each people, at all informed, had its mysteries. after a time the temples of greece and the school of pythagoras lost their reputation, and freemasonry took their place. masonry, when properly expounded, is at once the interpretation of the great book of nature, the recital of physical and astronomical phenomena, the purest philosophy, and the place of deposit, where, as in a treasury, are kept in safety all the great truths of the primitive revelation, that form the basis of all religions. in the modern degrees three things are to be

rm the basis of all religions. in the modern degrees three things are to be recognized: the image of primeval times, the tableau of the efficient causes of the universe, and the book in which are written the morality of all peoples, and the code by which they must govern themselves if they would be prosperous. the kabalistic doctrine was long the religion of the sage and the savant; because, like freemasonry, it incessantly tends toward spiritual perfection, and the fusion of the creeds and nationalities of mankind. in the eyes of the kabalist, all men are his brothers; and their relative ignorance is, to him, but a reason for instructing them. there were illustrious kabalists among the egyptians and greeks, whose doctrines the orthodox church has accepted; and among the arabs were many, w

ered, burned, destroyed, desolate, a land wasted, humiliated, made a desert and a wilderness, or wearing the thorny crown of humiliation and subjugation, is invested with the sacred prerogatives and immunities of the dead. the base human revenge of exultation at its fall and ruin should shrink back abashed in the presence of the infinite divine chastisement "forgiveness is wiser than revenge" our freemasonry teaches us "and it is better to love than to hate" let him who sees in great calamities the hand of god, be silent, and fear his judgments. men are great or small in stature as it pleases god. but their nature is great or small as it pleases themselves. men are not born, some with great souls and some with little souls. one by taking thought cannot add to his stature, but he can enlarg

ouls and some with little souls. one by taking thought cannot add to his stature, but he can enlarge his soul. by an act of the will he can make himself a moral giant, or dwarf himself to a pigmy. there are two natures in man, the higher and the lower, the great and the mean, the noble and the ignoble; and he can and must, by his own voluntary act, identify himself with the one or with the other. freemasonry is continual effort to exalt the nobler nature over the ignoble, the spiritual over the material, the divine in man over the human. in this great effort and purpose the chivalric degrees concur and co-operate with those that teach the magnificent lessons of morality and philosophy. magnanimity, mercy, clemency, a forgiving temper, are virtues indispensable to the character of a perfect

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

intervened. hrumachis is the dawning sun; he therefore symbolizes any new course of events. the "double-wanded one" is "thmaist of dual form as thmais and thmait, from whom the greeks derived their themis, goddess of justice. the student may refer to the equinox vol. i, no. 2, pages 244-261. thmaist is the hegemon, who bears a mitre-headed sceptre, like that of joshua in the royal arch degree of freemasonry. he is the third officer in rank in the neophyte ritual of the g. d ,following horus as horus follows osiris. he can then assume the "throne and place" of the ruler of the temple when the "equinox of horus" comes to an end. the rimed section of this verse is singularly impressive and sublime. we may observe that the details of the ritual of changing officers are the same on every occas

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

e to apply the magic power of the occult to banish the influences that have been holding you back from the life you desire, you will find more and more that the need for the ritual will gradually recede< that will be the time when you can achieve your desires without the need for a magical working of any kind. your powers will be absoluhe contents preface vii introduction 1 part 1: the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages 1 the ancient corporations: colleges of builders in rome 4 2 the collegia and the barbarian invasions 18 3 ecclesiastical and monastic associations 34 4 secular brotherhoods: the germanic and anglo-saxon guilds 51 5 the crusades and the templars 62 6 the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry 81 7 the templars and the parisian builders 102 p

therhoods: the germanic and anglo-saxon guilds 51 5 the crusades and the templars 62 6 the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry 81 7 the templars and the parisian builders 102 part 2. from the art of building to the art of thinking 8 mason corporations in france 146 9 builders corporations in italy, germany, and switzerland 168 10 the corporative masonry of great britain 180 11 universal freemasonry 205 12 speculative freemasonry 221 13 the grand lodges and modern freemasonry 247 conclusion 270 notes 278 index 293 preface i state with all modesty, and without presuming to underestimate the value of preceding works on the subject, that to date there has been no truly scientific history of the origins of freemasonry and that such a study is totally justified. a number of valuable wo

culative freemasonry 221 13 the grand lodges and modern freemasonry 247 conclusion 270 notes 278 index 293 preface i state with all modesty, and without presuming to underestimate the value of preceding works on the subject, that to date there has been no truly scientific history of the origins of freemasonry and that such a study is totally justified. a number of valuable works on the history of freemasonry have in fact been published since the appearance of the grand lodges at the beginning of the seventeenth century. indeed, they have flourished in such number since the end of the second world war that we can now hail the birth of a new discipline, which we might call masonology. nevertheless, operative freemasonry, which preceded this modern freemasonry* and which is its source, has no

h century. indeed, they have flourished in such number since the end of the second world war that we can now hail the birth of a new discipline, which we might call masonology. nevertheless, operative freemasonry, which preceded this modern freemasonry* and which is its source, has not been the beneficiary of such extensive examination. those who have dealt with the origins of [the term operative freemasonry as used throughout this book refers to freemasonry in its original form, as represented by brotherhoods of builders. it is opposed in this study by the term speculative freemasonry, having to do with those organizations that emerged in the seventeenth century divorced from the worker and the meaning of his tradition and made up of "accepted" masons. throughout this book and especially

form, as represented by brotherhoods of builders. it is opposed in this study by the term speculative freemasonry, having to do with those organizations that emerged in the seventeenth century divorced from the worker and the meaning of his tradition and made up of "accepted" masons. throughout this book and especially in part 2, the author strives to make a strong distinction between speculative freemasonry and the operative freemasonry that is its origin and between more or less "accepted" masons and those craftsmen masons who actually practiced the building crafts. to make these distinctions clearer, an upper case f and m are used to distinguish speculative and modern freemasonry and freemasons/masons and a lower case f and m are used to refer to operative or original freemasonry/masonr

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

udes from its ranks only those who believe in jesus christ and a personal god. buddhists, shintoist, satanists, secular humanists, witches, witch doctors and shamans all who reject christianity are invited to become trusted members of the new age family. worshippers of separate faiths and denominations are to be unified in a common purpose: the glorification of man. the guardians of the mysteries freemasonry, by its own accord, practices the ancient mysteries of egypt, and has as a primary goal, the re-instatement of this mystery religion for the coming world order. the magical mystery religion of ancient egypt exercised a great fascination over renaissance man, which was incorporated into the newly formed lodges at that time. the mysterious heiroglyphs were considered to be symbols of hid

athies. the practice of magic became a holy quest. back in 1927, freemason w.l. wilmhurst saw the dawning of the aquarian age as the fufillment of the plan. in the meaning of masonry, p.4, he writes: in this new aquarian age, when many individuals and groups are working in various ways for the eventual restoration of the mysteries, an increasing number of aspirants are beginning to recognize that freemasonry may well be the vehicle for this achievement he would be well proud, i m sure, of today s mainstream acceptance of those very same occult mysteries. another passage on page 46-47, proves the teaching of freemasonry is the same as new age beliefs: he begins his masonic career as the natural man; he ends it by becoming through its discipline, a regenerated man. this the evolution of man

becoming through its discipline, a regenerated man. this the evolution of man into superman was always the purpose of the ancient mysteries, and the real purpose of modern masonry is, not the social and charitable purposes to which so much attention is paid, but the expediting of the spiritual evolution of those who aspire to perfect their own nature and transform it into a more god-like quality. freemasonry, through its mysteries, will soon usher in a new world religion for the new world order. a modern day tower of babel and the ultimate unification of the world s religions. the new age welcomes these goals and looks to the light of masonry as its esoteric basis for occult initiation into the new world order. benjamin creme writes: the new religion will manifest, for instance,through org

teries, will soon usher in a new world religion for the new world order. a modern day tower of babel and the ultimate unification of the world s religions. the new age welcomes these goals and looks to the light of masonry as its esoteric basis for occult initiation into the new world order. benjamin creme writes: the new religion will manifest, for instance,through organizations like masonry. in freemasonry is embedded the core or the secret heart of the occult mysteries, wrapped up on number, metaphor and symbol (the reappearance of the christ and the masters of wisdom p.87) freemason and co-founder of lucifer publishing company (now called lucis trust, foster bailey, concurs, is it not possible from a contemplation of this side of masonic teaching that it may provide all that is necessa

working for the hierarchy. the teachings of the new age are giving by the hierarchy. the movement for the installement of the antichrist is giving the go-ahead by the hierarchy djwhal khul s number one message for new age disciples is prepare men for the reappearance of the christ. this is your first duty (the externalization of the hierarchy, p.614) the ancient mysteries, being practiced by both freemasonry and the new age, were giving to humanity by the hierarchy. the real purpose of masonry taught to man, from the hierarchy is the expediting of the spiritual evolution, to transform their nature into a god-like superman. the serpent caused the fall in the garden of eden by giving eve this very same message. man is a god in the making. and as the mystic myths of egypt, on the potter s whe

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

,which we are now pleased to publish.william leon cummings,m.d.,one of the ablest masonic scholars of his day, served as grand chancellor of the grand college of rites during the b j e f v e g year.he is best known as one of the contributors to and editors of coil s masonic encyclopedia( b j g b. readers should bear in mind that this paper does not take into account the many subsequent changes in freemasonry in france. extracts from brother cumming s paper,with corrected dates,were used as an introduction to a publication of one b e i heredom albert pike& william l. cummings version of the rituals of the rite of memphis. in our reprint of the cummings paper, the corrected dates are set bold in brackets, e.g [may c f, b i e b, to indicate those published in collectanea, vol. d (grand colleg

d.c, feb. c c, b j d g. copy in the archives of the supreme council, d d x, s.j.,washington,d.c. volume j, c a a b b e j the spurious rites of memphis and misraim b f a heredom albert pike& william l. cummings figure b. jacques etienne marconis de negre, j h x,grand hierophant of the rite ofmemphis. from the constitution and general statutes for the government of the ancient and primitive rite of freemasonry. k (new york: excelsior printing co, 1874. the gr and ori e n t of f ranc e and t h e r i t e of memph i s albert pike, 33 x iam not aware that either the rite of mizraim or that of memphis is disposing of its cheap wares within our jurisdiction. in the northern jurisdiction the latter is declared to have assumed a position in relation to the other orders of masonry, that entitles it t

albert pike& william l. cummings t h e sp u r iou s r i t e s of memph i s and misraim william l. cummings, 33 x this study was made by a committee, headed by william l. cummings, m.d, of and for the grand college of rites of the united states of america, and is issued by the grand college as the first of a series of historical treatments of various dormant rites of or associated with speculative freemasonry in the united states, as a service to legitimate freemasonry of america. membership in the grand college of rites (of which harold v. b.voorhis, p.g.c, d d washington square,west,new york city, n.y. is grand registrar) is restricted to one hundred fellows, whose admission is predicated upon their masonic erudition and scholarship. success breeds imitation. this statement has never been

y of america. membership in the grand college of rites (of which harold v. b.voorhis, p.g.c, d d washington square,west,new york city, n.y. is grand registrar) is restricted to one hundred fellows, whose admission is predicated upon their masonic erudition and scholarship. success breeds imitation. this statement has never been more fully exemplified than in connection with legitimate speculative freemasonry, which from its very inception after the revival of b h b h in london, has been beset with imitators ranging all the way from good-natured mockery to vicious schemes to dupe the innocent and unwary. the excellent reputation of freemasonry and the quite universal knowledge of its high aims and ideals removes the sales resistance which frauds and charlatans would encounter in imitating a

he revival of b h b h in london, has been beset with imitators ranging all the way from good-natured mockery to vicious schemes to dupe the innocent and unwary. the excellent reputation of freemasonry and the quite universal knowledge of its high aims and ideals removes the sales resistance which frauds and charlatans would encounter in imitating and promoting a less known fraternal organization. freemasonry s own concerns are, unfortunately, an aid to those who would further their own evil ends by duping innocent and well-intentioned individuals by plausible claims of an easy method of admission to an exclusive fraternity. it is only when the zeal of such unscrupulous promoters overcomes their discretion that they are halted. sooner or later some of them run afoul of local ordinances, sta

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

uggested that i.n.r.i. meant "igne natura renovatur integra "the whole of nathre is renewed by fire" another example of about the same period elaborated the four letters to "igne nitrum raris invenitum" translated as "shining (or glittering) is rarely found in fire" the jesuits in their day interpreted it as "justum necare regis impiusu-'lt is just to kill an impious king" j.s.m. ward in his book freemasonry and the ancient gods gives yet another example: the golden dawn i. yam= water n. nour =fie r. ruach= air i. yebeshas= earth thus the four letters may be used as hebrew initials of the four ancient elements. in the nineteenth century when the hermetic order of the golden dawn came to be formed, these letters were picked up and integrated into the complex structure of the order symbolism

RITUEL ET DOGME DE LA HAUTE MAGIE BY ELIPHAS LEVI PART I

cles is one of the most curious branches of magic and connects with historical numismatics. there are indian, egyptian and greek talismans, kabalistic medals coming from ancient and modern jews, gnostic abraxas, occult tokens in use among members of secret societies and sometimes called counters of the sabbath. so also there are templar medals and jewels 92 the doctrine of transcendental magic of freemasonry. in his treatise on the wonders of nature, coglenius describes the talismans of solomon and those of rabbi chael. designs of many others that are most ancient will be found in the magical calendars of tycho brahe and duchentau, and should have a place in m. ragon's archives on initiation, a vast and scholarly undertaking, to which we refer our readers' 93 xix f t the stone of the philo

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t of a small silk-covered figure of a dog, which was substituted for the old grand idol of the goat of mendes. the sign of recognition was a ridiculous grimace, which recalls the phantasmagoria of the ancient sabbath and the masks of its myrmidons. for the rest, their doctrine is summed up in the cultus of love and licence. the association came into existence when the roman church was persecuting freemasonry. the mopses pretended to recruit only among catholics, and for the penal pledge at reception they substituted a solemn engagement upon honour to reveal no secrets of the order. it was more effectual than any oath and silenced religious objections. the name of the templar baphomet, which should be spelt kabalistically backwards, is composed of three abbreviations: tem. ohp. ab, templi o

RUBY TABLET OF SET

ook may seem extreme and even humorous. this book, however, has been recommended as a serious reference in law enforcement training material on this topic. in books, lectures, handout material, and conversations, i have heard all of the following referred to as satanism. church of satan. ordo templi orientis. temple of set. demonology. witchcraft. occult. paganism. santeria. voodoo. rosicrucians. freemasonry. knights templar. stoner gangs. heavy metal music. rock music. kkk. nazis. skinheads. scientology. unification church. the way. hare krishna. rajneesh. religious cults. new age. astrology. channeling. transcendental meditation. holistic medicine. buddhism. hinduism. mormonism. islam. orthodox church. roman catholicism at law enforcement training conferences, it is witchcraft, santeria

ut always unto me. crowley considered this passage a more or less literal interpretation of the initiatory environment the a:.a. was to use. lapis lazuli and jasper he considered symbolic of nuit and "hadit" respectively, and he thought jasmine and rose to represent "the two sacraments (the male and female sexual fluids. he referred guardedly to the "emblems of death" as the ceremonial symbols of freemasonry. to be adopted and used by the a:.a. if the passage is indeed descriptive of an initiatory temple, then it may be read literally and a temple constructed accordingly, complete with four gates and sinking floors [perhaps an alligator pit for the quick& tidy disposal of would-be initiates who failed the tests of #i-50. 52. if this be not aright; if ye confound the space-marks, saying: th

ative laws that humanity must obey in order to gain the favor of that god, and 2) a god who dies and is then resurrected, such as osiris or jesus, and whose death and resurrection experiences are to be followed as examples by which humanity may gain salvation. examples of this include the initiation ceremonies of the ancient mystery schools and other elements of traditional western occultism (eg: freemasonry and the golden dawn) whereby the death, burial, and resurrection of osiris (or christ) are reenacted and assimilated by the initiate. there is also traditional christianity, whereby one symbolically dies to one's self in order to take on the spirit of christ, which will lead to acceptance back into the favor of god (ie: nature, or the physical universe. as the initiated eye can see, th

ion. in addition, the ceremony appears to involve acts and principles contrary to setian ethics. f. would the bylaws prevent me from joining the freemasons? no. religion is not the primary and explicit focus of the freemasons. although they require belief in a supreme being- a suprarational premise- and base their ethical principles on this belief, as explained by one freemason writing on usenet, freemasonry is generally pursued as a fraternal activity, not a religion. g. would the bylaws prevent me from joining the oto? no. religion is not the primary, explicit focus of the oto. the oto describes itself as a fraternal, initiatory, social and educational organization of a religious nature, and describes that religion as thelema. however, the degree system of the oto is primarily and explic

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

on of being "out of control- notting hill, kentish town, islington- but witchcraft? jumpy was sceptical "the trouble with you" pamela told him in her loftiest shootingstick voice "is that you still think of normality as being normal. my god: look at what's happening in this country. a few bent coppers taking their clothes off and drinking urine out of helmets isn't so weird. call it working-class freemasonry, if you want. i've got black people coming in every day, scared out of their heads, talking about obeah, chicken entrails, the lot. the goddamn bastards are _enjoying_ this: scare the coons with their own ooga booga and have a few naughty nights into the bargain. unlikely? bloody _wake up" witchfinding, it seemed, ran in the family: from matthew hopkins to pamela lovelace. in pamela's

SATANGEL

enerally may also be observed in vodu, macumba, the sorceries of malysia, in the secrets of the princes of little egypt, in the observances of the bonesmen, horse whisperers and blacksmiths, the toad witches, in the satanic cults of russia and teutonia, the luciferian traditions, brujeria, stregeria, rosicrucianism, the golden dawn, thelema, and (according to some) in the rites and observances of freemasonry, as it may be seen in what might be patronisingly called folk magic across europe. this same syncretism is evident in the classical grimoire in the rites, signs, seals; even in the names of the angels and devils themselves. here we find numerous survivals of assyrian, babylonian, hebrew, greek, roman, egyptian, norse and celtic gods, yet given new existence and identities as the denize

basic techniques of sorcery, yields results. something very strange has happened here, illustrating a basic principal of the cunning; just because a belief brings results in the objective world, does not necessitate the objectivity of that belief. the key to this mystery may lie in the sorcerer's arte of dreaming. aside from theories as to the source of the necronomicon in a document of esoteric freemasonry owned by his father, lovecraft was himself a very strange man. the ideas he expressed as fiction originated in the nightmares he was plagued with. through dreaming, fiction, speculation, and magick, this infamous grimoire has earthed itself. this is purely in keeping with the goetic tradition, and many sorcerers strive to manifest material by similar means. the spirits speak to us thro

SATANIC RITUALS

templar fraternal orders. as the templars had gained power, they had become more materialistic and less spiritual minded. rites such as the stifling air, therefore, presented timely and compatible statements to men who had turned from their earlier heritage of self-sacrifice, abstinence and poverty. the fraternal attainment conferred by l'air epais would correspond to the thirty-fourth degree of freemasonry, if such a grade existed. the present scottish rite ends at the thirtysecond degree (master of the royal secret, with an additional degree conferred under honorary circumstances. correspondingly exalted status is attained in york rite masonry at its tenth grade, which carries the title of knight templar. the original templars' rite of the fifth degree symbolically guided the candidate

ury, so did opportunities for neo-promethean innovation in the field of ritual magic. the german societies vril, thule, freunden van lucifer, germania, and ahnenerbe, while maintaining the basic magic repertoire of the earlier illuminati, became what has been loosely defined as the schvartze orden-the black order-which flourished during the period between the two world wars. paradoxically, though freemasonry became anathema during the nazi regime, virtually every rite of the black order employed masonic principles. in addition to some rites of the german ordo templi orientis which utilized sexual energy as a means of magical transmission, the black order rites also used concepts of geometry, utilized reflective planes, paradoxical sound frequencies, and atmospheric ionization. ritual chamb

SEPHER YETZIRAH WESTCOTT

ers may become in the mind one concrete whole. a separate consideration of the several parts should follow this general grasp of the subject, else much confusion may result. this hook may be considered to he an allegorical parallel between the idealism of numbers and letters and the various parts of the universe, and it sheds much light on many mystic forms and ceremonies yet extant, notably upon freemasonry, the tarot, and the later kabalah, and is a great aid to the comprehension of the astro-theosophic schemes of the rosicrucians. to obtain the full value of this treatise, it should he studied hand in hand with hermetic attributions, the "isiac tablet" and with a complete set of the designs, symbols and allocation of the trump cards of the tarot pack, for which see my translation of the

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

changed his name to thuban the black (thuban being the name of the star alpha draconis. thuban as pir, or chief of his order, was called king or lord of the fish the fish being a typhonic animal. thuban was third in teaching succession after daud of tai and maaruf karkhi (in the order of the builders. thuban founded the malamati, or blameworthy, order of sufi, which has certain similarities with freemasonry. the masonic pillar of the temple boaz (the black pillar) may be albuazz, a form of thubans name abulfaiz. the fourth blooming began in the middle of the nineteenth century, when western occultism began to focus seriously on archaeological data coming from egypt. particularly important highlights were the publication of the rite of the headless one, in which the deity transforms himsel

TEXE MARRS CODEX MAGICA SECRET SIGNS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN CODES OF THE ILLUMINATI

tain of data one of the problems inherent in an undertaking so vast as this book is that the subject matter is so broad and complex. there are literally thousands of secret signs, grips, and symbols to consider in evaluating photographic evidence. my opponents the men of the secret societies and the illuminists would agree that this is the case. in the royal arch mason, an official publication of freemasonry, dr. william l. cummings commented on how many hundreds of rites, rituals, and degrees existed.3 obviously, in each of the hundreds of ceremonies a number of secret handshakes and signs are taught and practiced. thus, cummings remarks, masons themselves are in a state of confusion: it generally comes as a surprise and sometimes as a shock when the mason who has never given any attentio

source; paul wilcher, 16 codex magica found nude, his body stiff as it sat on a toilet in his home, only days after he mailed his expose manuscript to u.s. attorney-general janet reno; and wolfgang amadeus mozart, the world-famous classical composer, who paid the ultimate penalty, the aqua toffeta, arsenic poisoning that wracked his body. poor mozart. he, too, had revealed some of the secrets of freemasonry. blackballed by the order, so frightened were his friends and family that not one human soul so much as attended his funeral. it is said that mozart's faithful dog followed dutifully behind the lonely funeral wagon. the sad and forlorn canine was the only living creature in sight as the body of the man all of europe had once toasted and applauded was taken to its burial site. so, i ask

if the masses ever were to wake up from their trance and begin to understand just how horribly they have been deceived, they would angrily rise enmasse and string up the elite from the nearest light pole. the most terrible secret of all but there's also the matter of the most terrible secret of all, the secret that, if 18 codex magica discovered, would sound the death knell for the illuminati and freemasonry. manly p. hall, 33, touched on this in his book, lectures on ancient philosophy: freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity an outer organization, concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect. the invisible society is a secret fraternity dedicated to a mysterious secret.7 as hall alludes, freemasonry hides its greatest secret even from its membership at large only an invisible "in

moral and spiritual meaning."15 that "moral and spiritual meaning" is, of necessity, reserved as secret in nature by these corrupt cultists, because, if their secrets should be exposed to the light, their great work and grand plan would be vulnerable to destruction, as it should be. but kept secret, the symbols and signs of the illuminati exert a strong force. foster bailey, 33, in the spirit of freemasonry, explains: a symbol veils or hides a secret, and it is that which veils mysterious forces. these energies when released can have a potent effect.16 to the man whose entire life is immersed in magical symbols, signs, and codes, and who has taken a solemn oath to maintain secrecy in fear of disclosure, the world takes on a supernatural, paranoid quality. indeed, such men are schizophreni

ality. indeed, such men are schizophrenic in tendency, being torn between their role in the normal everyday world and their underground existence in the sordid world of their occult fraternity. illuminists are, indeed, very dangerous men. ancient origins babylonian now it is important to understand that almost all the symbols and signs of the elite are very ancient in origin. former scottish rite freemasonry sovereign grand commander henry c. clausen, 33, who was appointed in 1942 by president roosevelt to head up the commission to investigate the pearl harbor attack, writes that the footsteps of the order go deep, and its symbols are thousands of years old "they arose in ancient ages" clausen states "the signs, symbols, and inscriptions come to us from across long, drifting centuries and

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

ose who claim that the freemasons constitute a powerful secret brotherhood of darkness that is planning to take over the world. according to some scholars of the occult, the masons f gsupreme architect of the universe h is none other than lucifer, who cloaks himself in masonic literature under such names as zoraster, shiva, abaddon, and other pagan-god disguises. the so-called gholy writings h of freemasonry, as well as their secret rites, passwords, initiations, and handshakes have their origins in the roman mystery religions, egyptian rituals, and babylonian paganism. often linked to the illuminati, freemasonry is said to have exerted its influence on every aspect of american society. including its currency. of all of the above alarmist concerns, only the part about the currency may have

e backside of the great seal, first authorized by congress in 1792, was not seen by the american public until 1935 when president franklin delano roosevelt (1882.1945, a 32nd-degree mason, put it on the back of the one-dollar bill. most scholars agree that the pyramid represented on the bill is the great pyramid of cheops at giza, which, to a mason, is emblematic of the continuity of the craft of freemasonry from the dawn of civilization in egypt. for freemasons it is also a reminder of the legend that egyptian civilization was founded by survivors from atlantis and that the united states is the new atlantis foretold by the great master mason sir francis bacon (1561.1626. the pyramid with the all-seeing eye represents the great architect of the universe that guided the founding fathers of

hat might one day reveal itself as the heir of the ancient mysteries of atlantis and restore all humankind to the earthly paradise that existed in that golden age of old. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 9 masonic temple in alexandria, virginia (corbis corporation) georgewashington was an avowed mason. the central mythos of freemasonry centers around the building of the great temple of king solomon (tenth century b.c.e) and solomon fs securing the services of the most accomplished architect in the world, hiram abiff, who was said to have designed the magnificent temple according to the precepts of the great architect of the universe. although hiram is mentioned in biblical accounts as a master of the arts of construc

around the building of the great temple of king solomon (tenth century b.c.e) and solomon fs securing the services of the most accomplished architect in the world, hiram abiff, who was said to have designed the magnificent temple according to the precepts of the great architect of the universe. although hiram is mentioned in biblical accounts as a master of the arts of construction, the rites of freemasonry extend beyond the bible and fashion a parallel myth, portraying hiram as a primary figure in the creation of the temple. according to masonic tradition, the ancient builders of solomon fs temple created the rites still practiced in modern lodges, with the various degrees of initiation and their secret symbols and handshakes. while the free and accepted order of freemasons is the oldest

rites still practiced in modern lodges, with the various degrees of initiation and their secret symbols and handshakes. while the free and accepted order of freemasons is the oldest fraternity in the world, it doesn ft really extend back to the stone masons working on solomon fs temple. nor does it date even farther back to those who labored on the egyptian pyramids, as some masons have claimed. freemasonry did evolve from the guilds of the stonemasons who traveled from city to city in europe of the fourteenth century looking for work on the great cathedrals being constructed at that time. the secret passwords and handshakes were unique ways by which a newcomer to a city might prove that he really was a true member of the guild. while there are references to freemasonry as early as 1390

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

tian magus who imposed his power upon the world taking the existing worships and making a single system combining all their merits. there is no single feature in christianity which has not been taken bodily from the worship of isis, or of mithras, or of bacchus, or of adonis, or of osiris. in modern times again we find frater iehi aour trying to handle buddhism. others again have attempted to use freemasonry. there have been even exceptionally foolish magicians who have tried to use a sword long since rusted. wagner illustrates this point very clearly in "siegfried" the great sword nothung has been broken, and it is the viii only weapon that can destroy the gods. the dwarf mime tries uselessly to mend it. when siegfried comes he makes no such error. he melts its fragments and forges a new

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

orientis otherwise: the hermetic brotherhood of light it is a modern school of magic. and, like the ancient schools of magic, it derived its knowledge from the east. this knowledge was never revealed to the profane, for it gave immense power for either good or evil to its possessors. it was recorded in symbol, parable and allegory, requiring a key for its interpretation. the symbols and glyphs of freemasonry were originally also derived from the more ancient mysteries. these symbols of ancient masonry, of the rosicrucians, the sacred art of the ancient chemi (egyptians, of homer s golden chain, like those of modern freemasonry, etc, are however but different aspects of the one great mystery. they all require a key to disclose the real underlying meaning. there exists, however, but one righ

real origins of the o.t.o. seem to lie in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century occult templarism. until towards the middle of the eighteenth century few people seem to have displayed any great interest in the original order of the temple, the knights templar, suppressed in 1314 on the grounds that its members were heretical, blasphemous and sodomitical. with the rise of continental and anglo-saxon freemasonry, however, the building activities of the templars began to attract attention. perhaps, thought some masons, the fact that the symbolism of the craft degrees of masonry was concerned with both the building of a temple and the murder of its architect, hiram, suggested the existence of a connection between the knights templar and freemasonry? perhaps the masonic fraternity did not, as was

ast. beyond these lay other, secret, degrees culminating in a rose-croix degree concerned file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c2.html (3 of 5 [12/28/2001 2:01:22 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. exclusively with ceremonial magic and bearing little resemblance to the rose-croix grade that is now the 18 of the orthodox ancient and accepted rite of freemasonry. owing to the researches of rene le forestier8 we know a great deal about the nature of the ritual magic practised by de pasqually and his disciples. the most important ceremonies took place during the first quarter of the moon and were accompanied by the use of an incense compounded of storax, olibanum, saffron, poppy seeds, agaric spores, cinnamon, nutmeg and mastic; at least two, an

possession of the o.t.o. in 1912, seven years after kellner s death and the succession of reuss to the chieftainship of the o.t.o. the jubilee edition of the oriflamme gave some indication of the nature of this secret: our order possesses the key which opens up all masonic and hermetic secrets, namely, the teaching of sexual magic, and this teaching explains, without exception, all the secrets of freemasonry and all systems of religion. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c3.html (3 of 3 [12/28/2001 2:01:29 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. part one the birth and development of the o.t.o* chapter four reuss, steiner and aleister crowley under the leadership of reuss the o.t.o. enjoyed a steady, although not spectacular, expansion. charters

n. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael/my..20secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/note29.html [12/28/2001 2:02:46 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. part two the rituals themselves* second degree31 prefatory note this is the last of the o.t.o. degrees based on the symbolism of saladin and the oasis. beyond the second degree symbolism is, apart from its thelemic elements, based on that of freemasonry. second degree opening the oasis is open in the first degree. the c. has been given the pass word. the tent, etc, of s. have been moved to the centre facing west. the water of the well is reduced to a small depth. s. crosses his hands, right over left; w. and e. take them between theirs. s: a. w: u. e: m. all: aum. s (rises) do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. w (rises) lo

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

pan" or "the horned god" or "set" or even "satan" are symbols of unconscious, repressed sexuality. to the occultist, there is no devil, no "god of evil" there is, ultimately, only the ain sof aur of the cabbalah; the limitless light of which we are but a frozen spark. evil, in this system, is the mere absence of light. all else is illusion. the goal of the occult path of initiation is balance. in freemasonry and high magick, the symbols of the white pillar and black pillar represent this balance between conscious and unconscious forces. in gardnarian wicca, the goddess and horned god- and the priestess and priest, represent that balance. there is nothing, nothing of pacts with the "devil" or the worship of evil in any of this; that belongs to misguided exchristians who have been given the

e of death. i am alone; there is no god where i am. so, then, where, apart from the thelemic tradition of crowley and the oto, is the "traditional material" some wiccan writers seem to seek with near desperation? i am not trying to be sarcastic in the least, but even commonplace self- references used among wiccans today, such as "the craft" or the refrain "so mote it be"are lifted straight out of freemasonry (see, for example, duncan's ritual of freemasonry. and, as doreen valiente notes in her letter to me mentioned before..of course old gerald was also a member of the co-masons, and an ordinary freemason" as well as an oto member. part two a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 20 the real origin of wicca we must dismiss with some respect the assertion, put

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

l principles. in every society hand positions are used to convey esoteric meaning. cornelius agrippa gives a complete system of medieval numeration based on the placement of the fingers that effectively turns the human body into a living abacus.50 early christian art contains an entire dictionary of hand signs with secret meanings known only to the initiated-see j.s.m. ward's signs and symbols of freemasonry. just how much information can be conveyed using the hands is demonstrated by american sign language, the visual language of the deaf. as pointed out earlier under the decagram (chapter 17, the fingers of the right hand correspond to the upper five sephiroth. when the right hand is viewed from the back by its possessor, the zigzag pattern of the lightning stroke is at once apparent, in

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

inue to claim, possession of the single, true esoteric pronunciation. early in the present century, it was recorded (montgomery, journal of biblical literature xxv [19061, pp. 49-51) that the modern samaritan priests use the form yahweh or yahwa. kabbalists have always maintained a knowledge of the name that has been handed down from master to disciple through the centuries. the higher degrees of freemasonry purport to possess it. there are many occultists of the present day who are convinced that they, and they alone, preserve the true way of speaking it, which is the only way to release the awesome power of the word. samuel l. macgregor mathers, the head of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, boasted "i myself know some score of different mystical pronunciations of it (the kabbalah un

to the mortal who can discover the correct way of pronouncing it, the key to all the sciences, divine and human. this word, which the common people of israel never uttered, and which the high priest pronounced once a year, amidst the shouts of the laity, is found at the head of every initiatory ritual; it radiates from the centre of the flaming triangle in the 33rd degree of the scottish rite of freemasonry; it is displayed above the gateways of our old cathedrals; it is formed of four hebrew letters, and reads thus, yod-he-vau-he, 713 (the tarot of the bohemians [1889, translated by a. p. morton, new york: arcanum books, 1958, pp. 17-8) aleister crowley 26. ihvh. jehovah, as the dyad expanded, the jealous and terrible god, the lesser countenance. the god of nature, fecund, cruel, beautif

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

he hero of shelley's poem "alastor, the spirit of solitude" his first real initiation into the world of esotericism and magic occurred until 1898, when he was introduced to group known as the hermetic order of the golden dawn. founded by william westcott and macgregor mathers in 1887, the golden dawn was an eclectic blending of a number of older western esoteric traditions, including hermeticism, freemasonry, rosicrucianism and theurgic arts derived from jewish kabbalah. an affluent and elite group, the golden dawn attracted a number of prominent artists, poets and intellectuals, including w.b. yeats. eventually crowley and mathers would part ways, and finally become mired in a lawsuit when crowley published a full description of the secret rites of the golden dawn in his journal, equinox

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

pattern prescribed in the key of solomon, with hebrew inscriptions on hilt and blade. there are two in the museum in castletown. other implements bear hebrew inscriptions and so seem to be connected with hebrew or kabbalistic magic. but stores do not cater for witches, and a poor witch has to get her tools as and how she can. there is also a great resemblance to what are now unimportant parts of freemasonry; but while the masonic working seems to be of little use, or in other words it does not work, the witch practice is most useful. everyone who has witnessed both is convinced that the one is copied from the other and believes that the witch practice must be the original working before it was 'bowdlerised. the statement that all the systems for the disturbance of consciousness used by af

oks would be apt to come to the only places where they could meet people with free minds, the houses of the witches. later rosicrucians and freemasons might have attended. they might not have known that their hosts were witches in all cases, though they would have known there were places where they might discuss things reasonably without fear of being tortured and burnt. there are resemblances to freemasonry in certain parts of the rites which i think can-not be due to chance, so i think the one influenced the other. and it is probable that all these people may have brought some new ideas into the cult; but i think the only great changes were made in roman times when contact was made with the mysteries, although this is all guesswork on my part. i can only judge on the evidence i can find

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

and 6, and a total absence of 4 and 5 symmetry. there are 5 kinds of intercolumniations in architecture, mentioned by vitruvius, determined by the proportions of height and diameter, viz, pycnostyle, systyle, eustyle, diastyle and aerostyle. 63. the triad society of china, concerning which we find an article in the freemasons quarterly review, 1845, p. 165, boasts of great antiquity; it resembles freemasonry in some points. five is a chief mystical number in its concerns. its seal is pentangular, or its angles are 5 characters representing too or saturn, muh or jupiter, shwuy or mercury, kin or venus, and ho or mars. in the infernal world are 5 terrors and torments. deadly bitterness, horrible howling, terrible darkness, unquenchable heat and thirst, and a penetrating stench; says old john

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ciate the full flavour; others again are subtly ironical or cynical. at first sight the book is a jumble of nonsense intended to insult the reader. it requires infinite study, sympathy, intuition and initiation. given these i do not hesitate to claim that in none other of my writings have i given so profound and comprehensive an exposition of my philosophy on every plane..my association with free masonry was therefore destined to be more fertile that almost any other study, and that in a way despite itself. a word should be pertinent with regard to the question of secrecy. it has become difficult for me to take this matter very seriously. knowing what the secret actually is, i cannot attach much importance to artificial mysteries. again, though the secret itself is of such tremendous impor

iscontented as before, but i stuck it into the book in a sort of anger at myself as a deliberate act of spite towards my readers [6 "shortly after publication, the o.h.o (outer head of the o.t.o) came to me (at that time i did book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 6 not realise that there was anything in the o.t.o. beyond a convenient compendium of the more important truths of free masonry) he said that since i was acquainted with the supreme secret of the order, i must be allowed the ix degree and obligated in regard to it. i protested that i knew no such secret. he said `but you have printed it in the plainest language. i said that i could not have done so because i did not know it. he went to the bookshelves; taking out a copy of the book of lies, he pointed to a passage

allowed the ix degree and obligated in regard to it. i protested that i knew no such secret. he said `but you have printed it in the plainest language. i said that i could not have done so because i did not know it. he went to the bookshelves; taking out a copy of the book of lies, he pointed to a passage in the despised chapter. it instantly flashed upon me. the entire symbolism not only of free masonry but of many other traditions blazed upon my spiritual vision. from that moment the o.t.o. assumed its proper importance in my mind. i understood that i held in my hands the key to the future progress of humanity" the commentary was written by crowley probably around 1921. the student will find it very helpful for the light it throws on many of its passages.(1) the ante primal triad which i

this eagle is swallowed up in the great sea; yet not a feather is wetted. so flieth he in the air, and lighteth upon the earth at his pleasure. so spake iacobus burgundus molensis(17) the grand master of the temple; and of the god that is ass-headed did he dare not speak. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 73 [76] commentary( lambda-gamma) 33 is the number of the last degree of masonry, which was conferred upon frater p. in the year 1900 of the vulgar era by don jesus de medina-sidonia in the city of mexico. baphomet is the mysterious name of the god of the templars. the eagle described in paragraph 1 is that of the templars. this masonic symbol is, however, identified by frater p. with a bird, which is master of the four elements, and therefore of the name tetragrammato

or, in a sort of raging eloquence, bewails his impotence to express himself, or to induce others to follow into the light. in paragraph 1 he explains the sardonic laughter, for which he is justly celebrated, as being in reality the expression of this feeling. paragraph 2 is a reference to the obligation of an entered apprentice mason. paragraph 3 refers to the ceremony of exaltation in royal arch masonry. the initiate will be able to discover the most formidable secret of that degree concealed in the paragraph. paragraphs 4-6 express an anguish to which that of gethsemane and golgotha must appear like whitlows. in paragraph 7 the agony is broken up by the sardonic or cynical laughter to which we have previously alluded. and the final paragraph, in the words of the noblest simplicity, prais

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

emark applies to those of jesus christ, and of many other mythical godmen worshipped in different countries<golden bough" j.m.robertson "pagan christs" a. crowley "jesus" etc, etc> a magical ceremony constructed on this formula is thus in close essential harmony with the natural mystic process. we find it the 29 basis of many important initiations, notably the third degree in masonry, and the 5 degree= 6square ceremony of the g. d. described in equinox i, iii. a ceremonial selfinitiation may be constructed with advantage on this formula. the essence of it consists in robing yourself as a king, then stripping and slaying yourself, and rising from that death to the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel<
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cial documents. if so, i will let you have them to read, and you can make up your mind as to whether you wish to affiliate to the third degree of the order. i should consequently, in the case of your deciding to affiliate, go with you though the script of the rituals and explain the meaning of the whole thing; communicating, in addition, the real secret and significant knowledge of which ordinary masonry is not possessed 4) the horoscope; i do not like doing these at all, but it is part of the agreement with the grand treasurer of the o.t.o. that i should undertake them in worthy cases, if pressed. but i prefer to keep the figure to myself for future reference, in case any significant event makes consultation desirable. 6 now there is one really important matter. the only thing besides the

for the moment; but mr. bryant said he would lend you his blue equinox: pages 195-270 give what you require. but the real point of your affiliating is that it saves me from constantly being on my guard lest i should mention something which i am sworn not to reveal. as in every serious society, members are pledged not to disclose what they may have learnt, whom they have met; it is so, even in co-masonry: isn't it: but one may mention the names of members who have died (see liber lii, par. 2) be happy then; the late x. y. was one of us. i hope that he and rudolph steiner will (between them) satisfy your doubts. the a'.a. is totally different. one star in sight tells you everything that you need to know (perhaps some of these regulations are hard to grasp: personally, i can never understand

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

goddess whose name means mother and whore! al iii,56 "also for beauty's sake and love's" the new comment it is obvious to the physiologist that beauty (that is, the fitness of proportion) and love (that is, natural attraction between things whose union satisfies both) need for fulfilment absolute spontaneity and freedom from restriction. a tree grows deformed if it be crowded by other trees or by masonry; and gunpowder will not explode it its particles are separated by much sand. if we are to have beauty and love, whether in begetting children or works of art, or what not, we must have perfect freedom to act, without fear or shame or any falsity. spontaneity, the most important factor in creation, because it is evidence of the magnetic intensity and propriety of the will to create, depends

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. i should like to call attention to the immense amount of important material that awaits publication. there is the sepher sephiroth, referred to in this section of the temple of solomon the king; the complete writings of dr dee and sir edward kelly; a tremendous volume on the tarot; du potet's "magic unveiled" translated by john yarker, the venerable grand master general of the a. and p. rite of masonry; the key of the greater mysteries, by eliphas 1 levi, and many other important mss. all this has cost untold labour to me and my colleagues; but the difficulties of editing and publishing still confront us. i am therefore appealing for helpers among those who are interested in the clear and scholarly statement of what the famous adepts of the past have thought and handed down, either by wo

is strikingly sane and intelligent. knowing nothing of the causes priori, he has judged by the effects, and these have not betrayed him. indeed, had mr trowbridge sworn secrecy to the modern illuminati, i am afraid that he might have his s..l 153 s..n across, and his b..s exposed to the s..g r..s of the s.n before now! i think mr trowbridge is too ready to assume that the initiations of egyptian masonry were ridiculous. on what documents does he base his description? it is always open to a mason to reply to an "exposure" that those who tell don't know, and those who know don't tell. my own small knowledge of the matter assures me that the accounts given on pp. 111 and 112, 120 and 121 are entirely foreign to that knowledge and priori most unlikely. it is incredible that one to whom so man

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e his coffin. nearer and nearer am i born toward the corpse. i shrunk back from the edge of the bed; i cowered in most abject fear. i tried to cry out, but speech was paralysed. the walls came closer and closer together. presently my hand lay on the dead man's forehead. i made my arm as straight and rigid as a bar of iron; but of what avail was human strength against the contraction of that cruel masonry? slowly my elbow bent with the ponderous pressure; nearer grew the ceiling- i fell into the fearful embrace of death. i was pen, i was stifled in the breathless niche, which was all of space still left to me. the stony eyes stared up into my own, and again the maddening peal of fiendish laughter rang close beside my ear. now i was touched on all sides by the walls of the terrible press; th

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s and illusion- xiv. egyptian wisdom- xv. india the cradle of the race. vol. ii- i. the church; where is it- ii. christian crimes and heathen virtues- iii. divisions amongst the early christians- iv. oriental cosmogonies and bible-records- v. mysteries of the kabala- vi. esoteric doctrines of buddhism parodied in christianity- vii. early christian heresies and secret societies- viii. jesuitry and masonry- ix. the vedas an the bible- x. the devil myth- xi. comparative results of buddhism and christianity- xii. conclusions and illustrations. transcendental magic: its doctrine and ritual. by eliphas levi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc, etc "portrait of the author, and all th

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l incarnation, take their subsequent initiations elsewhere in the system. all are- 12- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust in the logoic consciousness. one great fact to be borne in mind is, that the initiations of the planet or of the solar system are but the preparatory initiations of admission into the greater lodge on sirius. we have the symbolism held for us fairly well in masonry, and in combining the masonic method with what we are told of the steps on the path of holiness we get an approximate picture. let us enlarge somewhat: the first four initiations of the solar system correspond to the four "initiations of the threshold" prior to the first cosmic initiation. the fifth initiation corresponds to the first cosmic initiation, that of "entered apprentice" in maso

ure. let us enlarge somewhat: the first four initiations of the solar system correspond to the four "initiations of the threshold" prior to the first cosmic initiation. the fifth initiation corresponds to the first cosmic initiation, that of "entered apprentice" in masonry; and makes a master an "entered apprentice" of the lodge on sirius. the sixth initiation is analogous to the second degree in masonry, whilst the seventh initiation makes the adept a master mason of the brotherhood on sirius. a master, therefore, is one who has taken the seventh planetary initiation, the fifth solar initiation, and the first sirian or cosmic initiation. at-one-ment, the result of initiation. a point that we need to grasp is that each successive initiation brings about a more complete unification of the p

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tise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust submitted anent this group as they are not easily contacted, fortunately for man, and can as yet only be reached by a particular group ritual accurately performed, a thing as yet practically unknown. the masons eventually will be one of the chief agents of contact, and as men are as yet not ready for such power as this will put into their hands, true masonry will develop but slowly. nevertheless, under the magnetic force of this seventh ray, the growth of masonry is inevitably sure. this ray of ceremonial magic will consequently have a very profound effect upon the physical plane, for not only is this plane coming under its cyclic force but at all times its planetary logos has a special effect upon it; the raja-lord of this plane is what is oc

uld enable them to contact them, nor is it wise as yet to link up coherently the scattered facts already given in different occult books. science is treading on the borderland of discovery, and trespassing already into the domain of the building devas. caution is needed. yet if the hints given above are studied, if the various secrets of the builders are pondered upon, and if the esoteric side of masonry is carefully and persistently meditated upon, the work of the great architect and his many assistants will stand forth in a clearer and a fuller light. one hint may here be given, forgetting not that the work is twofold: the construction of the tabernacle, or the building of the temporary forms is the work of the divine carpenter, whilst the building of the temple of solomon, or the constr

clearer and a fuller light. one hint may here be given, forgetting not that the work is twofold: the construction of the tabernacle, or the building of the temporary forms is the work of the divine carpenter, whilst the building of the temple of solomon, or the construction of the more permanent structure is the work of the supervising architect. one concerns operative, and the other speculative masonry in the true esoteric significance of the word. the devas who form the etheric doubles of all objects out of their own substance must also be considered. these builders are the sumtotal of all physical plane substance, and constitute the matter of the etheric levels of the physical plane. they exist, therefore, in four groups, and each- 553- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis tr

ch that particular individual has most affinity, and it is on this layer that the magnetic part of odors and all sound vibrations impinges. the theosophist, vol. vii, p. 218. 135 52: the master r. or rakoczi, is the hungarian master, living at this time in hungary, and is the regent of europe and america, under the "great brotherhood" he works through various organisations and movements including masonry. he is one of the masters who take pupils. the master h. or hilarion, is a cretan master, is interested in the spiritualistic movement and is responsible for light on the path. 136 53: antahkarana is the lower manas, the path of communication between the personality and the higher manas, or human soul. h. p. blavatsky. 137 54: karma and reincarnation, the fourth and fifth doctrines of the

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mentary as this, it is not possible to write a treatise on this secret of secrets, and this great mystery of the ages. all that can be done is to collate certain facts about the aum, and leave the student to extend the concept and grasp the significance of the brief statements made according to the state of his intuition. iii. the lost word. the idea of this lost word has been preserved for us in masonry. it is the word of the first aspect, the spirit aspect, and only the initiate of the third degree can truly begin the search for this word for only the freed soul can find it. this word concerns the highest initiations and it is profitless for us further to consider it. the following statements about the sacred word can therefore be made and should be studied with care- 35- the light of th

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hin the eye, and not a form of clairvoyance. next, by a steady experimentation with invocations, and through their use the method of calling the devas will be discovered. this development must be approached with caution, for to the unprotected it leads to disaster. hence the necessity to inculcate pure living, the learning of protective invocations and formulas, and the power of the church and of masonry to protect. forget not that evil entities exist on other planes than the physical, that they can respond to analogous vibrations, and that the invocations that call a deva may, if sounded inaccurately, call a being that will work havoc. in ritual lies protection. hence the emphasis laid upon church forms and on the masonic rituals, an emphasis which will increase and not grow less as the y

ontact, in each of the three kingdoms, is life brought to nature itself. for this "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth together in pain until now. herein is found the secret of the resurrection, viewing it in the planetary sense, a resurrection enacted also individually by each achieving son of god. this is the great masonic secret, and the central mystery of the sublime or third degree in masonry. it is sometimes occultly referred to as "the relation of death to the five life-giving energies seen working upon the third day of revelation- 167- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust or, speaking still more symbolically "in the chamber of death, the blue light of dawning day reveals the group of workers who seek to raise the dead. naug

must and will be changed, and the potency and the effectiveness of the lodge work and ceremonial will be demonstrated. it will be seen that in the regularity of the rituals and the sanctified formality of the ordained ceremonials lies the true meaning of the work and the use of the word. the coming era of group work and power and of organised synthetic ritualistic activity will profoundly affect masonry, as the importance of a central dominating figure passes out with the sixth ray influence and the true spiritual work and function of the lodge itself is understood. the prime cosmic function of the seventh ray is to perform the magical work of blending spirit and matter in order to produce the manifested form through which the life will reveal the glory of god. students would be well advi

cannot be solved without the cooperation of the men of good will throughout the world. there is little that i can say anent this matter that can be checked and proved, for the clue to the problem is to be found back in the very night of time and, literally, when the sun was in the constellation gemini. at that time the two pillars were set up which, as all masons know, are two great landmarks in masonry. hence the jewish colouring of all the masonic work, though it is not jewish in the sense that that word conveys today. who, therefore, if the facts are of such ancient import, shall say that i speak with accuracy, or establish the right or wrong nature of my conclusions? i but present the facts as i know them from my access to records more ancient than any known to man. the personality ra

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t."23 initiation is therefore a graded and realised series of expansions of consciousness, a steadily increasing awareness of divinity and of all its implications. many so-called initiates today believe themselves to have reached this status because some occult leader or some psychic seer has told them that it is so; yet within themselves they know nothing of the process whereby they can pass (as masonry teaches) through that mysterious door, between the two great pillars, in their search- 18- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust for light; they have no conscious knowledge of that self-initiated programme which has to be followed in full waking consciousness, being realised simultaneously by the indwelling divine soul and the mind and brain of the man in physical life. thes

d when the wishes of the "hidden man" are violated, the sin occurs. when these two aspects of man are united and function together as a unity, and when the spiritual man controls the activities of the carnal man, sin becomes impossible, and man moves on towards greatness. the word "transgression" signifies the walking across a boundary; it involves the displacing of a landmark, as it is called in masonry, or the infringement of one of the basic principles of living. there are certain things which are recognised by all as having a controlling relation to man. such a compilation of principles as the ten commandments might be cited as a case in point. they constitute the boundary which ancient custom, ordained right habits, and the social order have imposed upon the race. to step across these

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r expression and experience, points of crisis will inevitably occur: a. the work of passing onto a particular plane for purposes of incarnation is one such point. this concerns the passing down to a lower plane, or from a lower plane onto a higher. indications of the importance and the crucial nature of such transition can be seen in certain formulas which are used when passing from one degree in masonry to another, as in raising a lodge from a lower to a higher degree. b. another such point of crisis occurs when the mental body is swept into activity and the etheric body is similarly vitalised. 2. relationship between the ego or soul and the dense physical body is established when a. matter of the three lowest subplanes of the physical plane is built into the etheric body, prior to physic

e. 4. the processes, in detail, of appropriating a. a body or bodies. b. a sheath or sheaths. c. a vehicle or vehicles. d. a form or forms. 5. immersion in darkness. this was the result of desire. the darkness of ignorance was chosen and man started, through desire, to work his way from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge, from the unreal to the real. such is the great symbolic work of masonry. it is an elucidation of the way of relinquishment. 6. the path of outgoing in order to possess. 7. selfishness, the major characteristic of the self in relation to, and identified with, the not-self. 8. love of possession, the prostitution of spiritual love. 9. acquisitiveness, the illusion of material need. 10. the period called in the bible, that of "riotous living" on the part of the p

aws of the universe, b. the seven minor laws of the solar system, c. the seven basic laws of the soul, plus what we might call the great law of deity itself, the law of god's synthetic purpose. 2. the eighteen subplanes through which man makes his way: a. the seven physical subplanes. b. the seven astral or emotional-desire subplanes. c. the four lower mental subplanes. 3. the eighteen degrees in masonry, from that of the entered apprentice to that of the perfected- 94- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust initiate of the rose croix chapter. 4. the eighteen centres of force with which the spiritual man has to work: a. the seven centres in the etheric body. b. the seven centres in the astral body. c. the three rows of petals in the egoic

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goal of harmony through conflict will be superseded by the inflow of love, working with power through the brain and (incidentally) your general physical health will speedily improve. how shall this be brought about, my brother? the first stage is one of real difficulty, particularly to first ray people. it comes through the power of visualisation. that is why ritual is of value to such as you and masonry being on the first ray and emanating, consequently, from shamballa aids the process of visualisation. it gives colour and performance of a tangible kind to inner, subjective activity. visualisation is a powerful agent in the evocation of the creative imagination. let me here give you a hint. if you use this idea in the planning of the work which you seek to do for the hierarchy and for whi

i would remind you that i did not say that you lacked love. you used, in the past, to supplement this defect by an intuitive appreciation of people but lately you have hardened in one direction that of sympathy and crystallised into a racial pattern which is not yours; it is based on the development of the heart centre which has, as yet, only opened in the direction of your own people and towards masonry. will you give ten minutes each morning to the exercise which i here outline. then seek brain-mind alignment with the soul and see the love of your soul pouring into your personality, transmuting its force and working through on to the physical plane. it will express itself as personality love, actuated and directed by soul love. can you see the picture, my brother, as i see it? perfect lo

body. this brings the influence of the magical seventh ray to bear upon your mind, so that you are caught by glamour in two directions. your brain being also an expression of seventh ray force facilitates this work of magic. until, my brother, you are polarised in the soul, you are playing with fire and the magical work of the astral plane is full of danger for you. even your intense interest in masonry is for this life unwise, for the masonic work is magical work, being a reflection of the processes of initiation whereby the power of the spirit and the power of substance are brought together through the "magical work of the soul" i am speaking with frankness because i want to see you released from this condition and from the impasse at which you have arrived. i would ask you, therefore

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affairs of humanity as far as man's innate freedom permitted. now, in the immediate future, and on a higher turn of the spiral of life, this will again happen. the masters will walk openly among men; the christ will reappear in physical presence. another thing that will happen will be that the ancient mysteries will be restored, the ancient landmarks will again be recognised those landmarks which masonry has so earnestly preserved and which have been hitherto securely embalmed in the masonic rituals, waiting the day of restoration and of resurrection. these ancient mysteries were originally given to humanity by the hierarchy and contain the entire clue to the evolutionary process, hidden in numbers, in ritual, in words and in symbology; these veil the secret of man's origin and destiny, pi

ture which can express (when freed of its jewish names and nomenclature, which are long out of date, though right three thousand years ago) the history of man's moving forward upon the path of return. it is these mysteries which christ will restore upon his reappearance, thus reviving the churches in a new form, and restoring the hidden mystery which they long have lost through their materialism. masonry has also lost the true livingness it once possessed but, in its forms and rituals, the truth is preserved and can be recovered. this christ will do. he will also revive these mysteries in other ways; not all will seek the church or masonry for the revitalising of their spiritual life. the true mysteries will also reveal themselves through science and the incentive to search for them there

will, in the near future, no longer be regarded as a beautiful, mystical and symbolic statement, but will be regarded as a proved scientific pronouncement. our universal brotherhood and our essential immortality will be proven to be facts in nature. the ground is being prepared at this time for the great restoration which the christ will engineer. the world religions (including christianity) and masonry are today before the judgment seat of humanity's critical mind; the word has gone forth almost unanimously that both of them have failed in their divinely assigned tasks. it is realised everywhere that new life must be poured in, but this will take a new vision and a new approach to living conditions and this only the appearance of the christ can teach and help us bring about. as an ancien

he real tragedy is that the western hemisphere, particularly the united states, will not share in this definite spiritual and vitalising process; they are at present too selfish to permit it to happen. you can see, therefore, that initiation is not a ceremonial procedure, or an accolade, conferred upon a successful aspirant; neither is it a penetration into the mysteries of which the mysteries of masonry are, as yet, only the pictorial presentation but is simply the result of experiencing "livingness" on all three levels of awareness (physical, emotional and mental) and through that livingness bringing into activity those registering and those recording cells within the brain substance which have hitherto not been susceptible to the higher impression. through this expanding area of registr

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the group and becomes identified with the soul and with soul purpose. the experience of the fixed cross covers this period. it might here be noted that the experience of the three crosses has a masonic significance and can be connected with the blue lodge: 1. the common cross. the e\ a\ degree 2. the fixed cross. the f\ c\ degree 3. the cardinal cross. the m\ m\ degree much will come to light in masonry when its astrological implications are studied and understood. much also will be revealed anent individual life and purpose when the fate of certain planets (when in the various zodiacal signs) is properly investigated and grasped and their symbolic significances interpreted. for instance, it is well known theoretically and mathematically that, 1. the sun is exalted in aries. here the sun

he higher and the lower mind and their relation to each other. 2. the mystery of the lion and the unicorn. this secret is preserved for us in the ancient nursery rhyme about the "lion and the unicorn going up to town" and contains in a peculiar way the secret of initiation and the "going up" of the human being to the portal of admittance into the hierarchy as well as the "mystic raising" of which masonry holds the key. this deals with the emergence of the consciousness of the initiate (white and one-pointed) and the defeat of the king of beasts (the personality) leading to the triumph of group and world consciousness, of selflessness and illumination over self-consciousness and selfishness. in the true rendition of this ancient myth the king of beasts is blinded and killed by the piercing

the unfoldment of a world saviour and is particularly potent during the anti-clockwise turning of the great wheel. this fact will emerge more clearly when astrologers are able to determine accurately the point of development and the spiritual status of the subject whose horoscope is under consideration. the formless nature of the influences of gemini is strikingly borne out if the significance of masonry is studied. this world-wide institution was as i have earlier told you organised under the influence and impulse of this sign and is governed by it in a most unusual manner. the format or exoteric symbolism of masonry has frequently been changed during the millenia of years through which it has been active. its present jewish colouring is relatively modern and not necessarily enduring, but

ni forms a point of entrance for cosmic energy from sirius. 2. libra is related to and transmits the potencies of the pleiades. 3. aquarius expresses the universal consciousness of the great bear. it might be profitable to you to bear in mind at this point what i have often told you, that the great white lodge on sirius is the spiritual prototype of the great white lodge on earth, of which modern masonry is the distorted reflection, just as the personality is a distorted reflection of the soul. i would also remind you again of the relation between gemini and masonry to which reference has frequently been made. a close consideration of what i have said above will serve to emphasise in your consciousness the importance of this constellation, gemini, and the inner significance of the mutable

2. humanity and its karma, for it is equally essential that the laws for the transmutation of karma into active present good are clearly grasped. 3. humanity and cosmic evil, focussed for many millenia of years in what has been called the black lodge. speculation anent this lodge and its activities is both fruitless and dangerous. the latter fact is responsible for the widespread attack made upon masonry during this century. masonry inadequate and corrupt as it has been and guilty of over-emphasising certain forms of symbols is nevertheless a germ or seed of future hierarchical effort when that effort is at some later date externalised on earth. masonry is governed by the seventh ray, and when certain important changes have been made and the spirit of masonry is grasped instead of the lett

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ases are of course those of people upon all the rays, but first ray people have a definite predisposition to these specific troubles. at the same time, when they rightly utilise their latent powers, they can overcome by the right use of the om, and finally of the sound, the incidental problems and difficulties far more easily than those on other rays. you have here a reference to the lost word of masonry and to the sound of the ineffable name. the sound of the aum, the sound of the om, and the sound itself, are all related to vibration and its differing and varied effects. the secret of the law of vibration is progressively revealed as people learn to sound forth the word in its three aspects. students would do well to ponder on the distinction between the breath and the sound, between the

ct, the growing sensitivity of the race to the subtler angles of life, and the vast amount of investigation carried forward on every side, is the physical plane guarantee. this great truth and its guarantee is held steadily before us in the history of the "glorious resurrection of the christ" and his after-death appearance, and in the powerful but little understood ritual of the sublime degree in masonry, wherein the master is raised. aid at the time of the "passing into the light" depends largely upon two things: first, the amount of close contact between the dying person and the one who watches, and the level upon which that contact is strongest. secondly, upon the capacity of the watcher to detach and dissociate himself from his own feelings and to identify himself, through an act of pu

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

not the mechanism whereby comprehension would have been possible. a key to the correct interpretation of a hint lies in its association with the idea of direction in time and space. and, my brother, in the above sentence i give you the hint which i have in mind for your consideration this year. the word "direction" is the key to the evolutionary process, to the concept of light, to the secret of masonry, and to the motivating power behind manifestation. more i will not indicate, but i seek your intelligent assent to that word- 209- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust it will become increasingly apparent to you that the entire life of a disciple becomes one of reflective meditation. meditation forms may at some point of unfoldment drop away, but the habit of m

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

through it and by its means seeks to contact the vast christian public. it is the leaven in his hands to leaven the whole lump, and being in a form comprehended by the people, it can touch the great masses of seeking souls. by means of the educational work of the world, the great lord seeks to reach those of the intelligent public who cannot be reached by means of ceremonial and symbolism, as in masonry, or by religious means and ritual, as in the church. it touches the masses and those in whom the intelligence aspect predominates to the lessening of the other two aspects. it aids those men who are predominantly on the third ray of intelligent activity. in all these bodies there are to be found esoteric groups who are the custodians of the inner teaching and whose uniformity in aspiration

e subtler bodies, and through them therefore the laws that function on the planes whereon those bodies express themselves, then will there be more intelligent and more useful work offered in cooperation with the occult hierarchy. in the esoteric group, which is composed of the true spiritual esotericists found in all exoteric occult groups, in the church, by whatever name it may be called, and in masonry you have the three paths leading to initiation. as yet they are not used, and one of the things that will eventuate when the new universal religion has sway and the nature of esotericism is understood will be the utilisation of the banded esoteric organisms, the masonic organism and the church organism as initiating centres. these three groups converge as their inner sanctuaries- 335- the

the desired reorientation, the christ and the masters are occupied with the task of preparing for the restoration of the mysteries. this restoration will fall into three phases and will cover and include in its symbolism all phases of human unfoldment. the story of mankind will be pictorialised. these three phases correspond broadly and in a general sense to the three degrees of the blue lodge in masonry. the analogy is not entirely accurate, owing to the unavoidable degeneracy of masonry, but with the restoration of the mysteries, masonry also will come into its own. these phases are: 1. the stage of a general recognition of light in all departments of human living. this is inferred in the first stanza of the new invocation. if the ritual of the e.a. is studied in the light of this inform

ALICE A BAILEY24 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME V THE RAYS AND THE INITIATIONS

of its recognition through which we are now passing is a purely exoteric one of accustoming the general public to the fact of its existence. this has been brought about in three ways: 1. through the constant use in all the christian churches of the word "amen" which is a western corruption of the a.u.m. the a.u.m. is here the lowest aspect of the originating sound. 2. through the emphasis laid in masonry upon the lost word, thus subtly drawing the attention of humanity to the o.m, the sound of the second aspect, the soul. 3. through the growing emphasis laid by the many occult groups throughout the world upon the use of the o.m, its frequent use by these groups in public, and by those intent upon meditation. the soundest approach is that of the masonic tradition, because it deals primarily

liberation, the great note of resurrection and of the raising of humanity to the secret place of the most high when all other words and sounds have failed. it is not a triple sound as is the a.u.m, but a dual sound, significant of the relation of spirit and soul, and of life and consciousness. this lost word, symbolic of the loss in the three worlds (typified by the degrees of the blue lodges in masonry) must be recovered and is in process of discovery today. the mystics have sought after it; the masons have preserved the tradition of its existence; the disciples and initiates of the world must demonstrate its possession. 3. the sound is the sole expression of the ineffable name, the secret appellation of the one in whom we live and move and have our being, and who is known to the great w

s evoking the spirit of man. the invocative cry of humanity is evoked by the invocation or sound of the spiritual hierarchies. man's responsibility, however, is to invoke at this time the lords of liberation and the spirit of peace. these are the beings which have the power to raise humanity, once the race of men has assumed the right attitude. they correspond to the group, in the third degree of masonry, who raise the master. their response to the cry of mankind is largely, but not wholly, dependent upon the quality of that cry. i wonder if i could make the problem of invocation clearer to you if i were to suggest that the words "issue forth from the deep centre of the group's clear cold light" have a meaning both for the individual initiate and for all groups of disciples and all ashrams

or milan. the mysteries, when restored, will make real in a sense incomprehensible to you at present the nature of religion, the purpose of science and the goal of education. these are not what you think today- 214- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the ground is being prepared at this time for this great restoration. the churches and masonry are today before the judgment seat of humanity's critical mind and the word has gone forth from that mass mind that both of them failed in their divinely assigned tasks. it is realised everywhere that new life must be poured in and great changes wrought in the awareness and in the training of those who work through and in these two media of truth. those changes have not yet been carried ou

might therefore be stated that this law of freedom also does the same. until more divine attributes are realised as existing and recognised as aspects, it is not possible for the name of the law which embodies the law of freedom to be given, for there is no word in our language adequately available. the above information will, however, link sirius and our little planet, the earth, in your minds. masonry, as originally instituted far back in the very night of time and long ante-dating the jewish dispensation, was organised under direct sirian influence and modelled as far as possible on certain sirian institutions and bearing a slight resemblance also to our hierarchical life as seen in the light of the eternal now. its "blue lodge" with its three degrees is related to the three major grou

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e to the voice of nereus, the higher self, but sometimes under the illusion and glamor of the lower self. the duality which is emphasized in gemini rims through a large number of the mythological stories. we meet the same brothers again in romulus and remus, for instance, and in cain and abel, one brother dying and the other living. we meet the astrological symbol for gemini in the two pillars of masonry, and many believe that the masonic tradition could, if we had the power to do so, be traced back to that period, antedating the taurian age, when the sun was in gemini, and to that great cycle in which the lemurian race, the first strictly human race, came into being; where the mind aspect began to emerge, and the duality of mankind became a fact in nature. the lemurian race was the third

e physical law he can play with the forces of nature. we are- 101- the labours of hercules beginning to learn about these forces, but it will be some time yet before delphinus, the dolphin, will have much personal significance for us. the climbing of the mountain capricorn tells the story of the climbing of the mountain and of the descent into hell. there are three great ascensions of every soul. masonry down the ages has been a custodian of this tradition. first there is the raising of matter into heaven. we find that in virgo. then there is the raising up of the psychic nature from below the diaphragm. you are no longer emotional and self-centered, living in the solar plexus, but are focused in the heart and are conscious of the group; your feelings and desires are related to the group

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

f masonic knighthood, no trace of which is to be found prior of ramsay. their prototypes of course were extant, the knights of malta, knights of the holy sepulchre, knights of st. lazarus, in the gift of the papal see, and the order of christ in portugal, in the gift of the portuguese crown. there is no need to say that these religious and military orders have nothing in common with the operative masonry of the past, and when their titles were borrowed for the institution of masonic chivalries, it is curious how little the latter owed to the ceremonial of their precursors, in their manners of making and installing knights, except in so far as the general prototype of all is found in the roman pontifical. there are, of course, reflections and analogies (i) in the old knightly corporations t

nctions in the temple and holy sepulchre to maintain and defend the holy christian faith (3) again at his knighting he was "made, created and constituted now and for ever" which is identical, word for word, with the formula of another masonic chivalry, and will not be unknown to many. but the appeal of the new foundations was set in an6ther direction, and was either to show that they derived from masonry or were masonry itself at the highest, in the proper understanding thereof. when the story of a secret perpetuation of the old knights templar- outside the order of christ- arose in france or germany, but as i tend to conclude in france, it was and remains the most notable case in point of this appeal and claim. it rose up within masonry, and it came about that the templar element overshad

of the strict observance, had been admitted in the previous year, von hund himself following in 1743- not at hamburg, but at paris- for all of which no authority is cited and imagination may seem to have been at work. but some of the statements, including those of other english writers, are referable to a source in thory's acta latamorum. when woodford speaks of von hund's admission into templar masonry at clermont as not a matter of hypothesis, but of certain knowledge, he is dependent on the french historian, according to whom the german baron was made a mason at paris in 1742. the chapter of clermont was founded in that city so late as 1754, and some time subsequently von hund retunied thither, with the result that he derived templar teaching from clermont, on which he built up the obs

56 and 1763, so that it was not taken over- as gould suggests- by those masonic emperors to whom we are indebted for the first form of the scottish rite, ancient and accepted. it is not impossible that its foundation is referable to the first of these dates, when it superposed on the three craft grades as follows (i) grade of scottish master of st. andrew of the thistle, being the fourth grade of masonry "in which allegory dissolves (2) grade of sublime knight of god and of his temple, being the fifth and last grade of free masonry. at a later period, however, it became the seventh grade of the rite, owing to the introduction of an elect degree which took the number 5 under the title of knight of the eagle, followed by an illustrious degree, occupying the sixth place and denominated knight

has been placed recently in my hands, an example of the discoveries that await research in continental archives. the templar element- which may be called the historical part- is combined with a part of symbolism, for though allegory is said to be abandoned in the fourth degree, its spiritual sister is always present in ritual. the aspect which it assumes in the present case is otherwise known in masonry, the chapter representing the holy city, the new jerusalem, with its twelve gates, as a tabernacle of god with men. the candidate is represented therefore as seeking the light of glory and a perfect recompense, while that which he is promised is an end of toils and trials. he is obligated as at the gates of the city and is promised the grand secret of those who abide therein. the city is

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page] 39 the numbers of creation. to flow into and be derived from the other, and these are the three steps by which the unity and sameness can be shown of the divine names. that is, the two are but variations of the same ratio, viz, that of[[pi' the object of this comment is to show the same measuring use for the cabbalah as was employed in the three covenants of the bible, and in the symbols of masonry, as just noticed "first then, the sephiroth are described as light, that is, they themselves are a function of, indeed, the same as, the manifestation of ain soph; and they are so from the fact that light represents the ratio of 20612 to 6561, as part of the 'words' dbrim, 41224, or as to the word, debar, 206= 10 cubits. light is so much the burden of the kabbalah, in explaining the sephir

s day science is ignorant on the subject of the cyclopes. they are supposed to have built all the so-called "cyclopean" works whose erection necessitated several regiments of giants, and- they were only seventy-seven in all (about one hundred, creuzer thinks. they are called "builders" and occultism calls them the initiators, who, initiating some pelasgians, thus laid the foundation stone of true masonry. herodotus associates the cyclops with perseus "the son of an assyrian demon (i. vi. p. 54. raoul rochette found that palaemonius, the cyclops, to whom a sanctuary was raised "was the tyrian hercules" anyhow, he was the builder of the sacred columns of gadir, covered with mysterious characters to which apollonius of tyana was the only one in his age to possess the key; and with figures whi

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of the secret schools- though by no means all- were preserved in the vatican, and have since become part and parcel of the mysteries, in the shape of disfigured additions made to the original christian programme by the latin church. such is the now materialised dogma of the immaculate conception. this accounts for the great persecutions set on foot by the roman catholic church against occultism, masonry, and heterodox mysticism generally. the days of constantine were the last turning-point in history, the period of the supreme struggle that ended in the western world throttling the old religions in favour of the new one, built on their bodies. from thence the vista into the far distant past, beyond the "deluge" and the garden of eden, began to be forcibly and relentlessly closed by every

h every nation the symbol of the unknown "boundless space" the abstract garb of an ever present abstraction- the incognisable deity. it represents limitless time in eternity. the zeroana akerne is also the "boundless circle of the unknown time" from which circle issues the radiant light- the universal sun, or ormazd- and the latter[[footnote(s* the numbers 3, 5, and 7 are prominent in speculative masonry, as shown in "isis" a mason writes "there are the 3, 5, and 7 steps to show a circular walk. the three faces of 3, 3; 5, 3; and 7, 3; etc, etc. sometimes it comes in this form- 753/2= 376.5 and 7635/2= 3817.5 and the ratio of 20612/6561 feet for cubit measure gives the great pyramid measures" etc, etc. three, five and seven are mystical numbers, and the last and the first are as greatly ho

cism, that "the hebrew clear, short, terse and exact modes far and beyond measure surpass the toddling word-talk of the hindus- just as by parallelisms the psalmist says 'my mouth speaks with my tongue, i know not thy numbers (lxxi, 15. the hindu glyph shows by its insufficiency in the large admixture of adventitious sides the same borrowed plumage that the greeks (the lying greeks) had, and that masonry has: which in the rough monosyllabic (and apparent) poverty of the hebrew, shows the latter to have come down from a far more remote antiquity than any of these, and to have been the source, or nearer the old original source than any of them" this is entirely erroneous. our learned brother and correspondent judges apparently the hindu religious systems by their shastras and puranas, probab

y the divine human to its purely divine monad, the prototype "in heaven" or nature) was represented as a serpent on human legs, either with or without arms. it was the emblem of the resurrection of nature, as also of christ with the ophites, and of jehovah as the brazen serpent healing those who looked at him; the serpent being an emblem of christ with the templars also (see the templar degree in masonry. the symbol of knouph (khoum also, or the soul of the world, says champollion (pantheon, text 3 "is represented among other forms under that of a huge serpent on human legs; this reptile, being the emblem of the good genius and the veritable agathodaemon, is sometimes bearded" the sacred animal is thus identical with the serpent of the ophites, and is figured on a great number of engraved

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the illuminati. 4. the order of the temple (knights templar. 5. the order of the knights of st. john. 6. the order of the knights of malta. 7. the order of the knights of the holy sepulchre. 8. the hidden church of the holy graal. 9. the hermetic brotherhood of light. 10. the holy order of rose croix of heredom. 11. the order of the holy royal arch of enoch. 12. the antient and primitive rite of masonry (33. 13. the rite of memphis (97. 14. the rite of mizraim (90. the equinox 198 15. the ancient and accepted scottish rite of masonry (33. 16. the swedenborgian rite of masonry. 17. the order of the martinists. 18. the order of the sat bhai, and many other orders of equal merit, if of less fame. it does not include the a.a, with which august body it is, however, in close alliance. it does n

he fire that burns but scorches not, that fire which is the upadhi of the flame. it would be a mistake to attach more than a poetic meaning to these remarks upon the sacred three; but ego, non-ego, and that which is formed from their wedding, are here referred to. there are two triangles of especial importance to mystics; one is the equilateral, the other that familiar to the past master in craft masonry. the last sentence in the text refers to the .seed. of fire, the .ace of wands. the .lion-serpent. the .dwarf-self. the .winged egg. etc, etc, etc. 79. and this, o yogi of success, is what men cali dhyana, the right precursor of samadhi. these states have been sufficiently, and much better, described in book 4, q.v. 80. and now thy self is lost in self, thyself unto thyself, merged in tha

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me essence (haqiqa, exemplified in twelve persons" 1385-1441 georges aurach 1388 geoffrey chaucer canterbury tales discussed alchemy in the canon's yeoman's tale 1388 d. telesphorus de cosenza 1390 "sefer yetzirah "k" parma de rossi, foll 36b-38b. italy, 1316/7. short version of tamim (from 9thc. c.1390 the regius poem( halliwell ms) ms. is admitted to be the oldest genuine record of the craft of masonry known..the good clerk euclid taught the craft of geometry full wonder wide" 1391 laventian codex 14 fol. 79 verso-100 recto (florence, medici collection, catalogue plutoeo44. this ms. version of "sefer hohkmah" by donollo. 1391-1452 cyriac of ancona ciriaco de' pizzicolli italian merchant and antiquarian with a particular interest in classical greece. 1392 a decree in paris includes cards;

came grand master of what would be known as the "moderns" grand lodge in pennsylvania. 1735 abraham eleazar uraltes chymisches werck 1743-1795 giuseppe balsamo "count cagliostro" 1743-1803 louis claude de saint-martin 1745 sefer yetzirah published in zolkkiew 1745-1797/8 charles-pierre-paul savalette de lange. keeper of the royal treasury, grand officer of the grand orient, and a high initiate of masonry 'versed in all mysteries, in all the lodges, and all the plots' in order to unite all the masonic groups he made his lodge a mixture of all sophistic, martiniste, and masonic systems 'and as a bait to the aristocracy organized balls and concerts at which the adepts, male and female, danced and feasted, or sang of the beauties of their liberty and equality, little knowing that above them wa

de l univers. 1767-1825 fabre d'olivet 1768 carl friedrich koeppen. erklaehrung einer egyptischen spitz-schule welche vor dem lateran in rom zu finden ist (interpretation of an egyptian obelisk to be found in front of the lateran in rome. 1770 "initiations of egyptian priests" by two german masons, von kappen and j. w. b. hymmen thought to have influenced the composition of cagliostro's egyptian masonry. 1773 james bruce returned from six years in abyssinia with three ethiopic copies of the "lost" book of enoch. savalette de langes, keeper of the royal treasury, and court de gebelin, founded the rite of "philalethes or searchers after truth" its aim was the perfection of man, and his union with divinity, it constitution was identical with the rite of "primitive philalethes of narbonne" 17

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called the united states, was and is a key weapon in the brotherhood's long term plan for world domination. the masonic societies went through a massive change and expansion after the english civil war and especially in the early 1700s. up to that point, only people who worked by profession as masons or building craftsmen could be members. now it became open to all and freemasonary or speculative masonry was born. it is likely that francis bacon was a force behind this transformation. the centre of the freemasonic network that now expanded rapidly was a new grand lodge (launched in london in 1717) which became known as the mother grand lodge of the world. it was a centre of freemasonic manipulation, encouraging other lodges to be set up throughout europe, the british empire, and the americ

s event had many implications for the future (see the robots' rebellion) and it ensured that many masons were made unemployed. far from continuing the building programmes of rome, henry looted the monasteries and everything else he could get away with. he was broke, basically, and there were always wars to fight. one of his targets was the assets of the 'fraternities, brotherhoods and guilds. the masonry societies collapsed in the wake of this royal mugging and the desperate lack of work for their members. many of the lodges disappeared, along with their ancient records, and little is known about their true history. the lodges (branches) which survived did so by opening their memberships to people who were not stonemasons, or so the story goes. these newcomers- the businessmen, merchants

alvi, who became known, as did sindona, as 'god's banker, fled to austria and then england, where he arrived on june 15th 1982. two days later his secretary, graziella corrocher, who kept the books for p2 'fell' from a fourth floor window at the ambrosiano bank. the following day calvi was dead, too. he was found hanged from scaffolding under blackfriars bridge in london, with his pockets full of masonry, four miles from the chelsea cloisters where he was staying. even as his body was being found and reported, italian police and other officials were chartering a plane to england. they need not have been so hasty, there were plenty of freemasons within the london authorities who could cover up his murder. a city of london inquest announced a verdict of suicide, which beggars belief. a man w

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rees, of course. to the prison born 7 "the blue degrees are but the outer court or portico of the temple. part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally mis-led by false interpretations. it is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine that he understands them..their true implication is reserved for adepts, the princes of masonry."2 exactly. jim shaw says that there are two kinds of freemason. one just sits through the meetings and doesn't make much effort to understand the ritual, and the other does all the work, but only keeps to the ritual and memorises or reads the words without understanding what they really mean. that's correct, but there is a third kind: the very few who know the truth of who really controls

ttish and york rite degrees "the blue degrees are but the outer court or portico (porch) of the temple. part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretation. it is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine that he understands them..their true explication is reserved for the adepts, the princes of masonry (those of the 32nd and 33rd degrees."14 meanings and. meanings even those at the 32nd and 33rd levels are mis-led unless they are inner-circle bloodline. jim shaw says there are two meanings given to freemasons, the exoteric to the lower initiates and the esoteric to the higher ones. but there is a third- the truth- and that is given only to a tiny elite of bloodline initiates and those wh

. smith became an entered apprentice freemason on march 15th, 1842, and the next day was made a master mason. according to freemasonic rules there should be at least a 30-day gap, but the grand master of the illinois lodge, abraham jonas, waived this. in his work, history of the church, joseph smith confirms he was a freemason and notes that on march 15th 1842..i received the first degree in free masonry in the nauvoo lodge, assembled in my general business office" the next day he records "i was with the masonic lodge and rose to the sublime degree"(master mason. dr reed durham, a president of the mormon history association, said "there is absolutely no question in my mind that the mormon ceremony which came to be known as the endowment, introduced by joseph smith to mormon masons, had an

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goyles. on top ofthe court house is the symbo:of the ancient order of the dragon or the snake. dealeyplaza, to the secret societies, is a sun temple.kennedy was assassinated in an outdoor temple of the sun by initiates of thebrotherhood network including the knights templar, the knights of malta, the order ofst john of jerusalem, the rosicrucians and the freemasons. as james shelby downardwrites: masonry does not believe in murdering a man in just any old way and in thejfk assassination it went to incredible lengths and took great risks in order to make thisheinous act correspond to the ancient fertility oblation of the killing of the king 16kennedy was shot just after noon when the sun was most high. in ancient times itwas said that when the sun was most high, he was doing his fathers wor

DAVID ICKE RELATED THE HIDDEN GEARS OF FREEMASONRY

nt the 13 illuminati bloodlines) 13 letters in annuit coeptis it should also be noted that the eagle has 32 feathers right wing, but 33 in its left wing. the 32 feathers representing the number of ordinary degrees of the scottish rite, and the 33 feathers representing the 33 of freemasonry. the tail feathers number 9, the number of degrees in the york rite. the eagle itself is a prominent icon of masonry, being used extensively in the scottish rite. looking just above the eagles head you will see 13 pentagrams within a cloud. the pentagrams are arranged in the shape of a hexagram- or greater seal of solomon. the hexagram is a powerful tool used by pagans to invoke satan. it is also the sign of anti christ with 6 points, 6 angles and 6 planes (666. to the sorcerer, the hexagram is a powerfu

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ghts templar, and c) the leader of the lodge is in contact with master beings who live in the himalayas the illuminati. the early lodges had no connection to each other but made similar claims of possessing hidden knowledge passed down from ancient times or from a race of secret masters in the east. in reality, these lodges had very few secrets to reveal other than hand-shakes and grade signs but masonry was condemned by the church as a form of devil-worship which only added to its popularity. freemasons may have had few hidden secrets, but the myth of masonic secrecy led to more myserious (and occasionally more sinister) occult lodges being established. one such group was the rosicrucians, the brethren of the rosy cross. among them was the magician francis barrett, author of the magus, a

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

the correspondence of those who are interested in these subjects, not as research into antiquity, but as living forces that come home to men's business and bosoms. 5. all that remains to us of ceremonial in the west is in the hands of the church, the masons, and the producers of cabaret. all three are effectual after their kind: the church mystical qabala page 208 [page 306] evoking love of god; masonry evoking love of man; and cabaret evoking love of women. 6. viewed as a means of invoking the spirit of god, ceremonial is pure superstition; but viewed as a means of evoking the spirit of man, it is pure psychology, and that is how i view it. it is a lost art in the west, but an art that is well worth reviving. 7. in these pages i have given the philosophical basis on which this art rests

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

level-headed woman, a school teacher, was obsessed by a horror of rough waves. she always declared that if she went on the sea-front to watch a storm, the waves made a "dead set" at her. she lived at a seaside place, but so great was her dislike of the waves that she did not care to walk on the promenade when the tide was in. she was cured of her fear in a curious way. she took initiation into co-masonry, and found to her surprise that from that day forth she was free from her fear of the sea. i am not a co-mason, and speak subject to correction, but i believe i am right in saying that co-masonry differs from other forms of masonry in that elemental invocations have been introduced into it. the element of air, as all occultists know, is a very tricky element to deal with. more initiates tu

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

nas. m. maspero's excavations have, as dr. lepsius observes (aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xix, p. 15, set the matter right] p. xxiii the book of the dead in the vith dynasty evidence of the text of the pyramid of teta; continuing his excavations at sakk ra, m. maspero opened the pyramid of teta,[1] king of egypt about b.c. 3300, which vyse thought[2] had never been entered, and of which, in his day, the masonry on one the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (11 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:54 am] side only could be seen. here again it was found that thieves had already been at work, and that they had smashed in pieces walls, floors, and many other parts of the chambers in their frantic search for treasure. as in the case of the pyramid of unas, certain chamb

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ot you dead- low twelve "by their deeds ye shall know them" a series of striking and truthful incidents illustrative of the fidelity of free masons to one. another in times of distress and danger by edward s. ellis, a.m. p, m. trenton (n. j) lodge, no. 5 f& a. m. new york f. r. niglutsch 1907 copyright, 1907 by f. r. niglutsch introduction it is to be feared that some enthusiastic writers on free masonry give the order an antiquity that is more or less imaginative. one specially ardent author makes the patriarchs and other noted biblical characters free masons, and insists that several of the saviour's disciples were members of the order. free masonry, none the less, is the oldest existing organization of a charitable nature in the history of mankind. during the middle ages the mason broth

of the church was aroused long before the reformation. henry of beaufort, cardinal of winchester, instigated the passage of an act, during the minority of henry vi, which forbade the masons to hold their accustomed chapters and assemblies. but the act was never enforced, and when henry vi. became of age he joined the order, while henry vii. was the grand master in england. the origin of operative masonry is traced back by many to the old roman empire, the pharaohs, the temple of solomon, even to the tower of babel and to the ark of noah. speculative free masonry originated in england and dates from the seventeenth century. its foundation lies in the "practice of moral and social virtue" its characteristic feature being charity in the broadest sense, brotherly love, relief and truth. it is

ity in the broadest sense, brotherly love, relief and truth. it is because of this foundation, so closely approaching that which is divine, that the growth, prosperity and permanence of the noble institution is due. it has withstood every shock and will continue its beneficent sway to the end of time. introduction v charles ii. and william iii. were masons, and a seeming connection with operative masonry was kept up by the appointment of sir christopher wren to the office of grand master. the scottish lodges claim origin among the foreign masons who came to scotland in i iso to build kilwinning abbey; those of england go back to an assemblage of masons held by st. alban at york in 926. the mother lodges of york and kilwinning were, with a few slight exceptions, the parents of all the lodge

inning abbey; those of england go back to an assemblage of masons held by st. alban at york in 926. the mother lodges of york and kilwinning were, with a few slight exceptions, the parents of all the lodges that were formed in different parts of great britain. the admirable character of the order was attested in 1799, when in the act passed in england for the suppression of secret societies, free masonry was the only one excepted from the operation of the law. a grand lodge was formed in london in 1717, with power to grant charters to other lodges, and the constitutions of the fraternity were first published under its sanction. from this fountain free masonry has spread to every quarter of the globe. now and then we masons are amused by statements concerning female members of our order. so

knows that there never was, is not, and never will or can be a female free mason. let our sisters remain content with the reply of a gallant brother vi introduction "you were born masons; any initiation or ceremony would be superfluous; therefore, we do not insult you by any such proposition" none the less, there is respectable authority for believing that three women have taken the first step in masonry. it is said that mrs. beaton, of norfolk, england, learned the secrets of the entered apprentice degree by hiding herself in the wainscoting of a lodge room. she lived well beyond four-score, and, incredible as it may sound, kept her secret inviolate. madame de xaintrailles, it is claimed, was initiated in the first degree by the freres-artistes lodge, in paris, more than a hundred years a

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abala and believe that the holy name of god, associated with miraculous powers, should not be profaned. yahweh is their invisible protector and king, and no image of him is made. he is worshiped according to his commandments, with an observance of the ritual instituted through moses. the term yhwh means the revealed absolute deity, the manifest, only, personal, holy creator and redeemer. adoptive masonry masonic societies that adopted women as members. early in the eighteenth century such societies were established in france, and they spread speedily to other countries. one of the first to adopt women was the mopses. the felicitaries existed in 1742. the fendeurs, or woodcutters, were instituted in 1763 by bauchaine, master of a parisian lodge. it was modeled on the carbonari, and its popu

ers of mount tabor. the greatest ladies in france joined the french lodges of adoption. the rite of mizraim created lodges for both sexes in 1819, 1821, 1838, and 1853, and the rite of memphis in 1839. america founded the rite of the eastern star in five points. in these systems, admission was generally confined to the female relations of masons. the order of the eastern star and that of adoptive masonry were attempted in scotland but without success. adramelech according to johan weyer, adramelech is chancellor of the infernal regions, keeper of the wardrobe of the demon king, and president of the high council of the devils. he was worshiped at sepharvaim, an assyrian town, where children were burned on his altar. rabbis of the period said that he showed himself in the form of a mule or s

in blood (see satanism) brotherhood of the trowel a whimsical masonic society founded in florence, italy, in 1512, composed of eminent architects, sculptors, and painters. its emblems were the trowel, the gavel, and the square, and its patron was st. andrew. the society may have been an offshoot of an older fraternity of traveling masons. the rites are believed to have been a travesty of genuine masonry, culminating in a banquet. the society existed until 1737. brotherhood of the white temple the brotherhood of the white temple is a theosophical occult organization founded in 1903 in denver, colorado, by maurice doreal (d. 1963, the religious name of claude doggins. a lifelong student of the occult, doreal claimed to have spent eight years in tibet during the 1920s. he also claimed to hav

e showered upon him by the powerful and wealthy for the purpose of furthering his masonic schemes. although he lived in considerable magnificence, cagliostro by no means led a life of abandoned luxury, for there is evidence that he gave away vast sums to the poor and needy, attended the sick, and played the part of healer and reformer. a great deal of mystery surrounded the doings of the egyptian masonry in its headquarters in the faubourg saint honore, and the seances for initiation took place at midnight. the writer louis figuier and the marquis de luchet gave striking accounts of what occurred during the female initiations. figuier observed: on entering the first apartment the ladies were obliged to disrobe and assume a white garment, with a girdle of various colors. they were divided i

cent was headlong. his reputation had preceded him in switzerland and austria, and he could find no rest there. at last he and lorenza journeyed to rome. in the beginning he was well received and was even entertained by several cardinals. he privately studied medicine and lived quietly, but he made the great mistake of attempting to further his masonic ideas within the bounds of the papal states. masonry was of course anathema to the roman church; and upon attempting to found a lodge in the eternal city itself, he was arrested on september 27, 1789, by order of the holy inquisition and imprisoned in the castle of saint angelo. his examination occupied his inquisitors for no less than eighteen months, and he was sentenced to death on april 7, 1791. he was recommended to mercy, however, and

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theosophy, and by 1912 was outlining a book that would contain his developing synthesis. he dictated the massive volume to a colleague, benoni b. gattell. a first edition appeared in 1932 as the law of thought. a completely rewritten edition appeared in 1946 as thinking and destiny. he subsequently published three books expanding upon topics in light of his system: man and woman and child (1951, masonry and its symbols (1952, and democracy is self-government (1952. percival believed that the state of being conscious of consciousness allowed one to know about any subject simply by taking thought of that subject. thinking, he defined, is the steady holding of the conscious light within on the subject of the thinking. briefly stated, thinking is of four stages: selecting the subject; holding

1946 percival founded the word publishing company to print and distribute his books. in 1950 he founded the word foundation to perpetuate his teachings. the company and foundation have continued in the years since percival s death on march 6, 1953. sources: percival, harold w. democracy is self-government. new york: word publishing, 1952. man and woman and child. new york: word publishing, 1951. masonry and its symbols. new york: word publishing, 1952. thinking of destiny. new york: word publishing, 1946. perelandra title of a 1943 science fiction story by british christian writer c. s. lewis, denoting venus, planet of perfection. the book deals with the play between the forces of good and evil, and the need to resolve this conflict with harmonious balance. the name perelandra has also be

he refused to claim authorship. he could not determine what was his own contribution. he was never able to recover his prewar prominence in law, and increasingly he lost himself in freemasonry. in 1873 he moved into the temple of the supreme council of the scottish rite in washington, d.c. the council offered him a stipend and he would remain there the rest of his life. he dominated scottish rite masonry for the next two decades. during this time he wrote several additional books on masonry (and left behind a number of manuscripts still unpublished, but is still remembered for his early text and reformed rituals. he died in washington on april 2, 1891. in 1899 the scottish rites erected a statue of pike in washington. ninety years later, civil rights activists brought up the old accusation

lowship center in san francisco. parchment is best remembered as the author of a classic textbook, astrology, mundane and spiritual, which was used by many astrologers not affiliated with the league and later reprinted by the american federation of astrologers. he also wrote a number of booklets that became league texts: the just law of compensation; the middle path, the safest; ancient operative masonry; and steps to self-mastery. the league strove to investigate occult laws, to practice the brotherhood of man, to disseminate spiritual truth, and to facilitate the attainment of self-conscious immortality by its members. during parchment s lifetime, league centers developed on both coasts, but in recent years little has been heard of it. its present status is unknown. in the 1970s the new

otherhood of man, to disseminate spiritual truth, and to facilitate the attainment of self-conscious immortality by its members. during parchment s lifetime, league centers developed on both coasts, but in recent years little has been heard of it. its present status is unknown. in the 1970s the new york league became the independent ausar auset society. sources: parchment, s. r. ancient operative masonry. san francisco: san francisco center.rosicrucian fellowship, 1930. astrology, mundane and spiritual. san francisco: anthroposophical rosicrucian league, 1933. the just law of compensation. san francisco: san francisco center.rosicrucian fellowship, 1932. steps to self-mastery. oceanside, calif: fellowship press, 1927. rosicrucian digest the rosicrucian digest, the outer organ of the ancien

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ke his looks full well. he is a man who s cheery, bold, of well-built form, a man of sense such as are few among the greeks. men brand these people as barbarians, yet methinks not one so cruel, not so like a cannibal as many a hero proved himself at ilion. his greatness i respect, i d trust myself to him. his castle too! with your own eyes ye should see that! it is quite different from the clumsy masonry which your forefathers loosely piled up heedlessly, cyclopean like the cyclops, hurling undressed stone, one on the other. there, contrariwise, ah, there! the work is level, plumb, according to a rule. gaze at it from outside! it strives aloft toward heaven, all rigid, all well-joined, and mirror-smooth like steel! to climb there- why, the very thought slides down! and inside are great cou

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mes of the members present, is, in some places, no longer observed; but the secretary who fails to record them neglects his duty] visitors present [give their names and the name of the lodge from which each hails) lodge opened on the master's degree. the records of the last stated meeting, and of all subsequent special meetings, were read and confirmed. the petition of john doe for the degrees of masonry, with the usual deposit, was received and referred to the committee of inquiry. the committee of inquiry reported upon the petition of richard roe; their report was accepted, the ballot spread, and richard roe was elected to receive the degrees within the gift of the lodge. the committee of inquiry reported upon the petition of john roe; their report was accepted, the ballot spread, and he

m which so many young men go away into other states to seek employment. the residence, intended by our constitution, is the home where the party has the right to vote and is bound to pay taxes. this test will generally settle the question, but no rule can be given by which every case can be decided. by a regulation, adopted by most of the grand lodges in america, no candidate for the mysteries of masonry can be initiated without having been proposed at a previous meeting maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (4 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] of the lodge (except by dispensation from the grand master) in order that no one may be introduced without due inquiry relative to his character and qualifications. the application must be in writing over the signature of

bluebook/bluebook1.htm (5 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] fraternity; that he knows no physical, legal or moral reason which should prevent his becoming a freemason; and that he has before offered himself as a candidate to any lodge [deposit] we hereby certify, that we are personally acquainted with mr__above named, and do hereby recommend and propose him as a worthy candidate for the mysteries of masonry, and that the statements in his petition as to his residence are true. the foregoing application was presented to, lodge,on the_ day of_ a.l. 59__and referred to a committee of inquiry. attest_ secretary i first we have made all due inquiry relative to the character, standing and eligibility of the above applicant, and do cheerfully recommend him as suitably qualified, worthy of the honor

luebook1.htm (6 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:54 am] preparationroom with him. before the candidate is prepared for the first degree he should give unequivocal answers to the following questions: i. do you seriously declare upon your honor, before these witnesses, that, unbiased by friends, and uninfluenced by mercenary motives, you freely and voluntarily offer yourself a candidate for the mysteries of masonry? ii. do you seriously declare upon your honor, before these witnesses that you are prompted to solicit the privileges of masonry, by a favorable opinion conceived of the institution, a desire for knowledge, and a sincere wish to be serviceable to your fellowcreatures? iii. do you seriously declare upon your honor, before these witnesses, that you will cheerfully conform to all the ancient

be serviceable to your fellowcreatures? iii. do you seriously declare upon your honor, before these witnesses, that you will cheerfully conform to all the ancient established usages and customs of the fraternity? forms of prayer suitable to be used at the reception of a candidate i. vouchsafe thine aid, almighty father of the universe, to this present convention; and grant that this candidate for masonry may dedicate and devote his life to thy service, and become a true and faithful brother among us. endue him with a competency ofthy divine wisdom, that, by the influence of the pure principles of our order, he may the better be enabled to display the beauties of brotherly love, relief and truth, to the honor of thy holy name. amen. response.so mote it be. ii. o thou, who art the author of

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trata of the earth. it is said that jesus was the son of a carpenter, but the greek word is tekton, and means builder; arche is the greek name of primordial matter. it is also said that jesus was a carpenter (tekton) himself. it is true, he was a tekton, builder or mason, a son of god, the grand archetekton. at the age of thirty-three, when he had taken the three-times-three (9) degrees of mystic masonry, he descended to the center of the earth. so does every other tekton, mason or phree messen (child of light) as the egyptian called such, descend through the nine arch-like strata of the earth. we shall find at the time of the first advent of christ both hiram abiff, the son of cain, and solomon, the son of seth, reborn to take from him the next great initiation into the christian mysterie

found, also the new cruciform hammer, and upon the disc the mystic symbol, the rose. in these two symbols lie hidden the great secret of life, the blending of water and fire, as symbolized by the earthborn fluidic sap ascending through the stem and calyx of the flower to the fire tinted petals, born in the purity of the sun, but still guarded by the thorns of the martial lucifer spirits. exoteric masonry, which is only the husks of the mystic order formed by the sons of cain, has in modern times attracted the masculine element with its positively polarized physical vehicles, and educated them in industry and statecraft, thus controlling the material development of the world. the sons of seth, constituting themselves the priestcraft, have worked their spell over the positive vital bodies of

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nbiased manner, but we ask our students for whom this is written, to believe that we shall try to be just. of the cosmic facts we are certain, but bias may creep into our conclusions, therefore each must use his reason to test what we have to say, viz "prove all things and hold fast that which is good" the great law of analogy is everywhere the master key of all spiritual mysteries, and, although masonry and catholicism do not begin till we arrive at the earth period, they have their prototype in the earlier periods; we shall therefore briefly touch upon the essential facts. in the saturn period, the earth-in-the-making was dark; heat, which is the manifestation of the ever invisible fire, was the only element then manifest; embryonic mankind was mineral-like, the only lower kingdom of evo

e on earth, of the lunar hierarchy, presided over by jehovah; the angel samael is ambassador of the martial forces of lucifer. gabriel (who announced the coming birth of jesus to mary) and his lunar angels are therefore the givers of physical life, while samael and the hosts of mars are the angels of death. thus originated the feud in the dim dawn of this cosmic day, and that which we see as free masonry today is an attempt by the hierarchs of fire, the lucifer spirits, to bring us the imprisoned spirit 'light' that by it we may see and know. catholicism is an activity of the hierarchs of water, and places 'holy water' at the temple door to quench the spirits seeking light and knowledge and to inculcate faith in jehovah. as the vernal equinox is said to be at the first point of aries, no m

l aspiration, typified by the last of the fiery signs, sagittarius, the centaur. the centaur is just ahead of the watery sign scorpio, a warning that one who tries to reach that prerogative as "phree messen" a son of fire and light, will surely feel the sting of the scorpion in his heel, which will goad him onward upon the path where men become "wise as serpents" it is from this class that mystic masonry is recruited with men who have the indomitable courage to dare, the unflagging energy to do and the diplomatic discrimination to be silent. part ii the masonic legend every mystic movement has its legend, which tells in symbolic language its status in the cosmic order and the ideal which it tries to realize. from the old testament, containing the atlantean mystery teaching, we learn that m

al, hiram abiff, the master workman, is presented for emulation. he is taught to be always ready to give a reason for his faith. as he qualifies in the work, he rises step by step, and at each degree more light is given. there are 3x3 degrees in the lesser mysteries; when the candidate has passed the 9th arch, he is in the holy of holies, which forms the gate to greater fields beyond the scope of masonry. for further elucidation of that subject the student is referred to the chapters on initiation, volcanic eruption and the number 9 in the rosicrucian cosmo-conception. advancement and promotion in mystic masonry is not dependent on favor; it cannot be given till it has been earned and the candidate has stored in himself the power to rise, any more than a pistol can be fired till it has bee

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d, believe not every spirit, but try (test) the spirits whether they are of god: because many false prophets are gone out into the world" we see that any religious teaching that does not conform to scripture is from a "false prophet" many people still do not understand the importance of studying this subject to its logical conclusion. their spiritual freedom is at stake. remember two things about masonry: 1) superior masons deliberately lie to their fellow masons, as those masons "deserve to be mislead" 2) explanations given to 95% of all masons are wrong. this quote from masonic author, carl claudy sums it all up "cut through the outer shell and find a meaning; cut through that meaning and find another; under it, if you dig deep enough, you may find a third, a fourth- who shall say how ma

liberately lie to their fellow masons, as those masons "deserve to be mislead" 2) explanations given to 95% of all masons are wrong. this quote from masonic author, carl claudy sums it all up "cut through the outer shell and find a meaning; cut through that meaning and find another; under it, if you dig deep enough, you may find a third, a fourth- who shall say how many teachings" many who are in masonry are not aware that they are lied to. finally, remember albert pike's bold assertion in morals& dogma, that "masonry is identical to the ancient mysteries" which means that all their teachings in all their books are precisely the same as the ancient, pagan, satanic mysteries [p. 624, teachings of the 28th degree] of course these top 5% call jesus christ an "inferior god" they never, ever me

the esoteric, occultic, explanation. pike is also saying in this sentence that, in the previous 18 degrees, masons believed that god was the light-bearer, but now, in this 19th degree, pike is giving them new revelation. this insight completely squares with stated masonic policy of deliberately misleading masons in the lower degrees until they were really ready for the "truth" this is the truth- masonry worships lucifer. pike's typical satanic phrase- out where everyone can see concrete evidence is then given by pike of freemason's worship of satan/lucifer on the very front of the cover of morals and dogma. pike writes a latin phrase just below the round seal of "god" this is a phrase proven to be satanic. any "satanic brother" looking at this phrase would know that the contents of this b

us, another name for lucifer or the devil [woodcock, op. cit, p. 150-151; emphasis added] manly p. hall tells the mason that he can have the seething energies of lucifer in his hands, and then tells him to follow in the footsteps of the "christian devil" to whom "human sacrifices" are offered. the infernal names there may be some people who have read up to this point and still might be skeptical. masonry cleverly masks its references to satan. there are 77 names which pagans have used to refer to satan over the centuries and they are in the satanic bible. we'll review some of these "infernal names" of satanism found within masonry [satanic bible, anton lavey, p. 144-46] we shall list the freemason teaching on each of these names, and then the explanation. baphomet "the gnostics held that i

et [helena petrovna blavatsky, isis unveiled, vol. i: science, new york, trow's printing and bookbinding company, 1877, p. 554, xxxiii. colored emphasis added] blavatsky like anton lavey in the satanic bible, had no trouble tying the infernal name, thoth, with satan, and especially the egyptian satan. this subject does go back a long way. remember pike's words, quoted in the very beginning, that "masonry is identical to the ancient mysteries" what this statement means is that freemasons believe the same as all the ancient mysteries and worship the same god, satan, and they worship satan under different names. keep in mind that we are dealing with a highly advanced people. a people who have had a lot of practice in their art of deceit. from the table of coincidence page in the masonic ritua

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

ofthe great arcanum of allegoricalarchitecture is its permanent protection (issueofmarch 1890. this conviction, that the true natureofthe craft had become. hidden andthatfreemasonry had lost its way, was stressed by waite in the chapter on'thefreemasons'intheoccultsciences(1891).there he counsels'thesoul-student at the thresholdofmystic research' to 'overcome this gravitationofhis desires towards masonry, because 'there is no light there; there is no secretofthe soul enshrined in the recesses of its suggestive ceremonial.'butalthough masonry 'has been corrupted by worldly wealth and magnificence, its true principles still lie hiddenwithinit,and waite hopes'thatwithintheranksofthe brotherhood,butwithoutifnotwithin, it will be possible to. inform themwithnewlife'(pp. 213,215).it is also made

.214).he had completed hisnotesontheesoterichistoryoffreemasonry.itsdoctrine,symbolsandscienceby 1893butthe book was never published, perhaps because even the ever-optimisticjames elliott feltthatthere was no market for it.the text of thebook(which survives in a slightly later typescript version) is divided into five parts, commencingwitha straight-forward'notesand collections for a chronology of masonry, containing information that waite had obtained from his researchesat the british museum. this is followed by an account of cagliostro's 'egyptian masonry' and similar obscure ritesofthe eighteenth century, while a third part, on'alchemyand masonry' draws parallels between thetwosetsofsymbolism.thelasttwoparts, however, are quite different 'notes on the historical connection between masonr

he group, who felt that their debates had been of little consequence, but other members of the s.r.i.a. were annoyedat this action andthereportofthestudygroupcondemnedthe action and implied,quite unjustly, that waite alone had been responsible. waite himself chose to ignore this and continued his progress through the society, confident in a general support for hisviews-hispaper of1906,'theplaceof masonry in the rites of initiation, had been well received-unaware that those in authority were becoming uneasy about him. westcott, in particular was unhappy. he had asked waite for help in1910when hebecameinvolvedin the legaldisputebetween mathersand crowley (over the publication of golden dawn rituals intheequinox),butwaite ,had done little or nothing and merely persistedin demanding from westc

work. there was however, much argument over illustrations and over money (he never received satisfactory royalties and disputes over payment of these dragged on for many years, whichdelayedthe book for anotheryear.finally,in march1921,a newencyclopaediaoffreemasonrywas published. waite's delight at its appearance was tempered by his expectation that'thevested authorities and the diehards of dead masonry might rise up of course to curse me'(sly,p.208).and so they did.thereviewers in the scholarly masonic periodicals attacked it with a will. writing inarsquatuorcoronatorum(vol.33,1920),w. j. songhurst condemned' the arbitrary and bizarre arrangement of the subjectmatter:'tofind anyparticular subject one has to resort to a system of guess-work, the index affordingscarcelyany help; and he lis

erringto the fellowship of the rosy cross in his autobiography, waite said of it 'there is no story to tell, either by myself or another. may that most sacred centre give up no outward form'(sly,p. 229).buthe made the public awareofits existence by cryptic references to a'hiddenrite'(inemblematicfreemasonry,p. 151, as well as to a ritewhich'claims to contain the mysteries of ancient and primitive masonry' and which 'communicates in secret instructions a certain doctrineofthe soul'(secret 1fadition infreemasonry,1937, p. 461. he also carefully preserved the rituals, the minutes, and lists of membersofthe fellowship, and from these it is possible to present a pictureofthe formofhis order, ifnotofthe contentofits workings,1theindependent and rectified rite of the goldendawnhad been instituted

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high grades in the masonic fraternity.ifthese chiefs were warranted by athirdorder, they were in our opinion warranted as masons.theorder at that time was ruled from within a body in which the masonic qualification was requiredofjoining members.theorder in respect of its rituals as well as of its government was masonic at that period and is still masonic by its rituals.ithas become divorced from masonry solely through the dissensions of the original chiefs.theperiodofharmony and progress was the masonic period and the difficulties began when the chiefs forgot that they were masons. we affirm the necessity of restoring the masonic rapport by electing certain masons as chiefs and encouraging, as regards men, the admission of masons rather than non-masons to the outer and inner grades of the

e affirm the necessity of restoring the masonic rapport by electing certain masons as chiefs and encouraging, as regards men, the admission of masons rather than non-masons to the outer and inner grades of the order. we believe also that the extensionofour knowledge and the communication with athirdorder must be sought in those fraternities which some of us know and others believe to exist behind masonry.appendixg137we affirm that the earliest status of theorderwas mystical and that the trendofthe order practice towards the lower occultism rose with the rise and grew with the growthofthe ascendencyofasingle chief. attention was originally paid to the mystic way,more especially when the studies were chiefly directed by s.a. we desire to give prominence to this methodofprogress. we areofopin

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iphaz levi says form a group of keys which will unlock every secret of theology and cosmology.forsuch as are interested in the alchemy of the past i recommend a perusal ofa suggestive enquiry into the hermetic mystery,1850, by an anonymous author, and e.a. hitchcock'sremarks on alchemy and the alchemists,1857. and, lastly, we may make researches into that most interesting problem- did speculative masonry arise from the rosicrucians? i am given to understand that the german rosicrucians say that before the masonic revival of 1717 these were identical in europe. let us not forget, that not only as rosicrucians, but even as freemasons, we are pledged, not only to brotherhood and benevolence,butalso to look below the surface of things, and to seek and to search out the hidden secrets of nature

s allegorical, and taught doctrines resembling those of the kabalah in regard to jehovah and the angels; they may have practised healing the sick (like the therapeuue, and they made some claims to possessing magical divine powers: they also lived in expectation of the coming of a messiah. there is not the236themagical masonslightest suggestion that they had any knowledge of architec255 ture or of masonry. they led a pastoral or agricultural life, and, like the therapeutre of egypt, they studied the uses of plants and arts of agriculture. bauer, in hischurchhistory,suggest that the essenes were religious jews whose minds had become tinctured by the greek thought of alexandrian civilization, and that they prepared the ground for the simple and moral life inculcated by jesus: other authors fi

, writes:'thepronunciation of the name [of jehovah] was, it is said, preserved and transmitted by the essenes, who always com255 municated it to each other in a whisper and in such a form that while its component parts were known, its connected whole remains a mystery' i have been quite unable to find any ancient authority for this assertion, and if there were it contradicts the statement made in masonry, which may have orthodox jewishfreemasonry andtheessenes 243authority, that the high priest alone knew the true name and spoke it once only in each year in the holy of holies. john yarker, in hisarcane schools,says that the members when speaking in their assemblies placed their right hands across below the chin and the left hand down at the side- as if a recognised ritual performance: i fi

n speaking in their assemblies placed their right hands across below the chin and the left hand down at the side- as if a recognised ritual performance: i find no authority whatever for this statement. mr a. e. waite, the poet, tells us, inthe secret tradition,that 'the essenes remaind the depositories of the christ255 mystery in the eastern world, and are actually that hidden sodality from which masonry derives through the knights templar, not by the identification of the chivalry with the operative builders,butthrough the descent of a vital principle from onetothe other' this is but a poetic phantasy. christian ginsburg, a thoroughly competent modern hebrew scholar, in his published workthe essenes,1864,summarises almost all previous authorities, which are non-masonic, and makes no asser

e symbolical explanation is that the square side representsreligious and masonic symbolism of stones 257morality and the six sides of the cube refer totruthlooking in all directions. in the masonic consecration of a corner stone it is custom255 ary to anoint with corn to represent food necessary for work, with wine for refreshment, and oil for the well-earned rest after labour. inourenglish craft masonry we note the three notable pillars representing wisdom, strength and beauty and the ionic, doric and corinthian styles of architecture. in mark masonry we are taught regarding the value of the key-stone. in medieval times workmen put each his own mark on squared stones, and it is suggested that key-stones bore the marks of overseers. in the royal arch we hear not only of an arch and a keyst

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

10 to 100. now that is put down in the kabala in what is called the kabala of nine chambers. the hebrew letters and symbols are arranged in a cross formed of two lines drawn vertically and two lines drawn horizontally, making nine compartments#are also used for the symbols contained within them. masons will recognise that a superficial and rather rough form of this is used as a cryptogram in arch-masonry. the full and complete explana255 tion and working out of this kabala of nine chambers belongs only to the hermetic and rosicrucian temples, and can only be fully explained to initiated hermetists. but, as a crypto255 gram, they claim to understand what it means, and perhaps i may say that the outline of each compartment symbolises the letters referring to the numbers which are so related

GILBERT R A CHAOS OUT OF ORDER THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE

f. a. woodford, and h. w. coil agreeing on matters of masonic history, but on this issue they are at one. woodford states bluntly, we deny that swedenborg was a freemason; while coil is equally positive: swedenborg was not a freemason and at no time, had any connection with or gave any attention to the society. waite, for once, is both clear and concise on the question [swedenborg] connects with masonry only in a mythical sense. there is not the least reason to suppose that he belonged to the order 7[7. a detailed refutation of claims to the contrary is give by r. l. tafel in his documents concerning the life and character of emmanuel swedenborg (1875, vol. 2, pp. 735 739, and the only contemporary scholar to argue in favour of swedenborg having been a freemason, dr. marsha schuchard, has

tement. that he had some scientific aptitude is certain, 10[10] e.g. the rev. d. g. goyder (1796 1878. after his ordination in the new church at bristol in 1822 he was appointed pastor of the accrington church in 1829. in the same year he was initiated in samaritan lodge no. 539, meeting at accrington, and in the following year he was appointed secretary to the lodge and published his lectures on masonry. it was also probably goyder who in 1851 arranged a public meeting for the new jerusalem church at the highly respectable hall of the freemasons in london. 11[11] beswick to the rev. w. h. benade, 15 august 1866. all of beswick s letters are in the archives of the academy of the new church (general church) at bryn athyn, pa for in 1850 he joined the british association for the advancement

failed to sell in england; by 1873 the distributors, trubner& co, had reduced the price from 7s 6d to 4s 6d. beswick himself remained confident that both the book and his rite would succeed, as is clear from his enthusiastic letter to the rev.j. p. stuart, a fellow mason and swedenborgian, at st. louis in missouri: the masonic publishers here say it is of more value than all the historic books on masonry either american or german. and they have placed the masonic encyclopaedia into my hands for revision in relation to all the masonic organisations of the eighteenth century23[23. presumably it did not remain in his hands, for no edition of any american or english masonic work of reference shows any sign of beswick s involvement. 22[22] w. m. cunningham to the rev. alfred stroh, of stockholm

s not pure fantasy) but nothing came of the meeting and there is no trace of any correspondence between pike and beswick, nor of any swedenborgian rite rituals, in the archives of the supreme council of the ancient& accepted rite (sj) at washington. the other nabobs were presumably those named in an undated memorandum sent to a canadian mason, george c. longley our present grand secretary of blue masonry, of n.y. state, took the degrees by dispensation. so did robert macoy, dan sickels and john sheville, all 33 men, and within a few weeks of each other. these high masons care but little for the whole ceremony, so i initiated them by putting the three degrees of our order into the form of a lecture, and giving them the signs, words, grips, etc. at successive stages of the ceremony24[24. as

GILBERT R A THE MASONIC CAREER OF A

ve been in the past, at the present day it neither is, nor claims to be, more than "a beautiful system of morality veiled in allegories and illustrated by symbols (pp. 214-15. its true principles, according to waite, are these 'the foundation of all transcendental philosophy is the doctrine of interior regeneration, and its end is the perfect man. this also is the foundation, and such the end, of masonry (p. 213. these principles are now obscured, but can yet be recovered 'it has been corrupted by worldly wealth and magnificence; it has turned away its eyes from its objects. but the principles are there, and let us hope that within the ranks of the brotherhood, but without if not within, it will be possible to inform them with new life (p. 213. and the reader is left in little doubt that i

. to this end he sought the help of palmer-thomas, who 'offered high encouragement; and when the time came he prepared our way and was duly present as a guest when blackden and i were at length made masons at runymede lodge in the province of bucks'52[52. and so, on 19 september 1901, at the age of 43, waite was initiated in runymede lodge no. 2430 at wraysbury in buckinghamshire. waite and craft masonry 49[49] ibid, p. 165 50[50] ibid, p. 161 51[51] ibid, p. 161 52[52] ibid, p. 162 as a courtesy to runymede lodge both waite and blackden were raised, on 10 february 1902, in st. marylebone lodge no. 1305 and, as neither of them knew anyone in either lodge, it must be conjectured, in the absence of further information53[53, that palmer- thomas was a personal friend of g. s. beeching who was

162 as a courtesy to runymede lodge both waite and blackden were raised, on 10 february 1902, in st. marylebone lodge no. 1305 and, as neither of them knew anyone in either lodge, it must be conjectured, in the absence of further information53[53, that palmer- thomas was a personal friend of g. s. beeching who was then both master of runymede and secretary of st. marylebone. initiation into craft masonry brought no spiritual enlightenment to waite 'for myself it was a curious experience in more ways than one, and perhaps especially because it was so patent throughout that i could have told the worshipful master all that he was communicating to me. my initiation was nothing therefore but a means to an end: i awaited the grades beyond'54[54. he was not enthusiastic about his brother masons '

the ceremony was simply muddled through. the obligation degree was administered to me with very curious variations on the part of the grand master so as to enable me to receive anything else which 1 wanted, but it is quite impossible to make any clear inference from the wording of the pledge. at the time i took it i understood it to refer only to the degrees of what they are pleased to term white masonry, but it was explained to me afterwards that it was binding also as regards all the forty-seven degrees and i think for memphis and mizraim as well as anything in the way of adoptive orders and perhaps the royal order of scotland. worse was to follow 'after the meeting i was introduced to my brethren and, a good deal to my dismay, colonel spence then engineered the assembly, still through t

ites he sought in embarrassing abundance 'i purchased the rituals of the early grand rite from the 4th to the 44th degrees and. found i was also in possession of the order of the temple for scotland which, having regard to my affiliation with the grand priory of england, was the very last thing i wanted. in like manner i am in possession by the most heterodox means possible of the mark degrees of masonry, of a rival royal arch knight of malta, red cross of rome and constantine and even the royal ark mariners. if the fact that i had been affiliated should transpire generally it will no doubt lead to a good deal of trouble. his reception in geneva was to be a happier affair for his path had been smoothed by edouard blitz who, in his capacity of great prior for, america, both introduced waite

GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

ositions and flawed theories, as you will see in this book. in this book, the reader will also be presented with a summary of the history of the masons struggle against theistic religions. freemasons have played an important role in distancing europe from religion, and in its place, founding of a new order based on the philosophies of materialism and secular humanism. the reader will also see how masonry has been influential in the imposition of these dogmas and a social order based on them on non-western civilizations. after reading this book, the reader will be able to consider many aspects, from schools of philosophy to newspaper headlines, rock songs to political ideologies, with a deeper understanding, and better discern the meaning and aims behind events and factors. about the author

ations in the heart. j introduction..8 i. from the templars to ancient egypt..10 ii. the inside story on the kabbalah..34 iii. humanism revisited..52 iv. materialism revisited..80 v. the theory of evolution revisited..118 vi. the masonic war against religion..155 conclusion..185 notes..188 contents reemasonry is a subject that has attracted much discussion for several centuries. some have accused masonry of fantastic crimes and misdeeds. instead of trying to understand "the brotherhood" and criticizing it objectively, critics have been unduly hostile to the organization. for their part, masons have deepened their traditional reticence in the face of these accusations, preferring to present themselves as an ordinary social club which they are not. this book contains a correct exposition of

ary social club which they are not. this book contains a correct exposition of masonry as a school of thought. the most important unifying influence among masons is their philosophy which can be best described according to such terms as "materialism" and "secular humanism" but, it is an errant philosophy based on false suppositions and flawed theories. this is the basic starting- point from which masonry must be criticized. it is necessary to point out from the start that such criticism is important, not only to inform non-masons on the subject, but also to invite masons themselves to see the truth. of course, masons, like everyone else, are free to choose for themselves, and can adopt whatever worldview they wish and to live in accordance with it. this is their natural right. but, others

the history of the masons' struggle against theistic religions. freemasons have played an important role in europe's alienation from religion, and in its place, founding of a new order based on the philosophies of materialism and secular humanism. we will also see how masonry has been influential in the imposition of these dogmas to non-western civilizations. finally, we will discuss the methods masonry has used to help establish and perpetuate a social order based on these dogmas. their philosophy and the methods they use to establish this philosophy will be exposed and criticized. it is hoped that the important facts related in this book will be a means whereby many, including masons, will be able to look at the world with better awareness. after reading this book, the reader will be ab

founder of the crusades was pope urban ii. he summoned the council of clermont, in 1095, in which the former pacifist doctrine of the christians was abandoned. a holy war was called for, with the intent to wrest the holy lands from the hands of the muslims. following the council, a huge army of crusaders was formed, composed both of professional dd from the templars to ancient egypt the roots of masonry date back to the crusades against muslims initiated by pope urban ii soldiers, and tens of thousands of ordinary people. historians believe urban ii's venture was prompted by his desire to thwart the candidacy of a rival to the papacy. furthermore, while european kings, princes, aristocrats and others greeted the pope's call with excitement, their intentions were basically mundane. as dona

GNOSTIC CATECHISM

ve been in the past, at the present day it neither is, nor claims to be, more than "a beautiful system of morality veiled in allegories and illustrated by symbols (pp. 214-15. its true principles, according to waite, are these 'the foundation of all transcendental philosophy is the doctrine of interior regeneration, and its end is the perfect man. this also is the foundation, and such the end, of masonry (p. 213. these principles are now obscured, but can yet be recovered 'it has been corrupted by worldly wealth and magnificence; it has turned away its eyes from its objects. but the principles are there, and let us hope that within the ranks of the brotherhood, but without if not within, it will be possible to inform them with new life (p. 213. and the reader is left in little doubt that i

. to this end he sought the help of palmer-thomas, who 'offered high encouragement; and when the time came he prepared our way and was duly present as a guest when blackden and i were at length made masons at runymede lodge in the province of bucks'52[52. and so, on 19 september 1901, at the age of 43, waite was initiated in runymede lodge no. 2430 at wraysbury in buckinghamshire. waite and craft masonry 49[49] ibid, p. 165 50[50] ibid, p. 161 51[51] ibid, p. 161 52[52] ibid, p. 162 as a courtesy to runymede lodge both waite and blackden were raised, on 10 february 1902, in st. marylebone lodge no. 1305 and, as neither of them knew anyone in either lodge, it must be conjectured, in the absence of further information53[53, that palmer- thomas was a personal friend of g. s. beeching who was

162 as a courtesy to runymede lodge both waite and blackden were raised, on 10 february 1902, in st. marylebone lodge no. 1305 and, as neither of them knew anyone in either lodge, it must be conjectured, in the absence of further information53[53, that palmer- thomas was a personal friend of g. s. beeching who was then both master of runymede and secretary of st. marylebone. initiation into craft masonry brought no spiritual enlightenment to waite 'for myself it was a curious experience in more ways than one, and perhaps especially because it was so patent throughout that i could have told the worshipful master all that he was communicating to me. my initiation was nothing therefore but a means to an end: i awaited the grades beyond'54[54. he was not enthusiastic about his brother masons '

the ceremony was simply muddled through. the obligation degree was administered to me with very curious variations on the part of the grand master so as to enable me to receive anything else which 1 wanted, but it is quite impossible to make any clear inference from the wording of the pledge. at the time i took it i understood it to refer only to the degrees of what they are pleased to term white masonry, but it was explained to me afterwards that it was binding also as regards all the forty-seven degrees and i think for memphis and mizraim as well as anything in the way of adoptive orders and perhaps the royal order of scotland. worse was to follow 'after the meeting i was introduced to my brethren and, a good deal to my dismay, colonel spence then engineered the assembly, still through t

ites he sought in embarrassing abundance 'i purchased the rituals of the early grand rite from the 4th to the 44th degrees and. found i was also in possession of the order of the temple for scotland which, having regard to my affiliation with the grand priory of england, was the very last thing i wanted. in like manner i am in possession by the most heterodox means possible of the mark degrees of masonry, of a rival royal arch knight of malta, red cross of rome and constantine and even the royal ark mariners. if the fact that i had been affiliated should transpire generally it will no doubt lead to a good deal of trouble. his reception in geneva was to be a happier affair for his path had been smoothed by edouard blitz who, in his capacity of great prior for, america, both introduced waite

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM2

azarenus rex judecorum, whence it symbolizes the grand word of this grade which is hwchy or the hebrew name of jesus, formed of the holy letter c, representing the \yhla jwr, placed within the center of the name hwhy. it has also been interpreted as: igne natura renovatur integra; igne natura renovando integrat; igne nitrum roris invenitur; intra nobis regnum dei" j.s.m. ward, in his book on free masonry and the ancient gods, provides us with yet more understanding of the letters: i.n.r.i. hebrew hebrew element element i y yam n n n nur o r r ruach m i y yebeshas l the sepher yetzirah gives us a deeper and more profound meaning for inward meditation by assigning the astrology to the keyword: i.n.r.i. hebrew astrology i y f n n h r r a i y f! f is the pure virginal state of nature. this sig

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

farming, animal husbandry, the art of writing (said by the incas to have been introduced by viracocha but later forgotten, and a sophisticated understanding of the principles of engineering and architecture. i had already been impressed by the quality of inca stonework in cuzco. as my research in the old town continued, however, i was surprised to discover that by no means all the so-called inca masonry could be attributed with any degree of archaeological certainty to the incas. it was true that they had been masters in the manipulation of stone, and many monuments in the cuzco area were indisputably their work. it seemed, however, that some of the more remarkable structures routinely attributed to them could have been erected by earlier civilizations; the evidence suggested that the inc

of ships could at the same time take on and unload their heavy burdens .3 one of the construction blocks from which the pier had been fashioned still lay on site and weighed an estimated 440 tons.4 numerous others weighed between 100 and 150 tons.5 furthermore, many of the biggest monoliths had clearly been joined to each other by i-shaped metal clamps. in the whole of south america, i knew, this masonry technique had been found only on tiahuanacan structures.6 the last time i had seen the characteristic notched depressions which proved its use had been on ruins on the island of elephantine in the nile in upper egypt.7 1 tiahuanacu, ii, p. 156ff; iii, p. 196. 2 ibid, i, p. 39: an extensive series of canals and hydraulic works, dry at present, but which are all in communication with the for

head of a band of strangers. he imported the arts into the country and especially fostered agriculture. in his time maize was so large in the head that a man might not carry more than one stalk at a time and cotton grew in all colours without having to be dyed. he built spacious and elegant houses, and inculcated a type of religion which fostered peace. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 110 masonry and architecture. he was the father of mathematics, metallurgy, and astronomy and was said to have measured the earth. he also founded productive agriculture, and was reported to have discovered and introduced corn literally the staff of life in these ancient lands. a great doctor and master of medicines, he was the patron of healers and diviners and disclosed to the people the mysteries o

ercast sky above me. flocks of birds circled, screeching wildly as though seeking refuge from some impending disaster, and the thick mass of low-lying cloud that had blotted out the sun a few hours earlier was now so agitated by high winds that it seemed to boil. the pyramid of the magician was by no means unique in being associated with the supernatural powers of dwarves, whose architectural and masonry skills were widely renowned in central america. construction work was easy for them, asserted one typical maya legend, all they had to do was whistle and heavy rocks would move into place. 10 a very similar tradition, as the reader may recall, claimed that the gigantic stone blocks of the mysterious andean city of tiahuanaco had been carried through the air to the sound of a trumpet .11 in

ter 34 mansion of eternity have you ever climbed a pyramid, at night, fearful of arrest, with your nerves in shreds? it s a surprisingly difficult thing to do, especially where the great pyramid is concerned. even though its top 31 feet are no longer intact, its presently exposed summit platform still stands more than 450 feet above ground level.1 it consists, moreover, of 203 separate courses of masonry, with the average course height being about two and a quarter feet.2 averages do not tell you everything, as i discovered soon after we began the climb. the courses turned out to be of unequal depth, some barely reaching knee level while others came up almost to my chest and created formidable obstacles. at the same time the horizontal ledges between each of the steps were very narrow, oft

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

laying the king agrees, saying, it is undoubtedly the true ark of the covenant, most excellent. the high priest opens the ark and removes a book. on reading a few passages, the high priest proclaims, this is a book of the law long lost, but now found. holiness to the lord! the king and scribe agree, and the high priest tells the candidates for initiation, you now see that the world is indebted to masonry for the preservation of this sacred volume. had it not been for the wisdom and precaution of our ancient brethren, this, the only remaining copy of the law, would have been destroyed at the destruction of jerusalem. other objects are removed: a pot of manna a relic of the mysterious food that appeared out of nowhere to feed the israelites fleeing egypt; the rod of aaron, that which had tur

y aristocrats of wealth and power were not skilled at the building arts and had no direct connection, in most cases, with the rich lore of rosicrucian and masonic legend. they settled on a system of three initiatory degrees, the entered apprentice, fellow craft and master mason. this tri-fold system does indeed correspond to the communication of the formal guild secrets of operative, or practical masonry, but has little of the metaphysical meaning and a distinct feel of incompleteness. later a so-called royal arch degree, which attempted to deal with many questions unanswered in the craft degrees, became popular with masons. the royal arch came to include the communication of a secret cipher, cleverly built upon angles and dots and directly translatable into english. this would seem to sug

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

of a new building, shall die within a year; the builders, to avert the calamity, kill a lamh or a hack cock on the stone, just as at frankfort they made a cock run across the new-made bridge, ds. no. 185. at arta a thousand masons wrought at a bridge: all that they raised in the day rushed down at night. then sounded the archangel's voice from heaven' unless ye dig theveinto a child of nutn, the masonry shall not stand; yet no orphan nor stranger shall ye bury, but the master-builder's wife' when the wife came to the workmen, the master pretended his ring had dropt into the foundation, and the woman offered to fetch it out, then swiftly they set to work to icall her in; dying, she pronounced a curse on the bridge, that it should tremble like a flower-stalk (tommaseo's canti pop. 3, 178. s

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

d his profession for the proposer, henry hunter blair, was a printer and bookseller and the seconder, edward thomas turnbull, was a local banker. visiting the town only once a year he was unable to take a full part in the lodge's affllirs, but he attended when possible and remained a member for the rest of his life. as an extension of his work in british lodge no. 8 he was exalted into royal arch masonry in the british chapter no. 8 on1december 1865.thecraft and royal arch in england are thematically and administratively linked, the latter being said to be the completionof.the former. as with the lodge he was a regular attenderatthe chapter, taking minor offices but never putting himself forward for267 the principal's chairs, the three principals being the rulers of a chapter.itissurprisin

sonic newspaper published from 1869 until 1941 when its premises were bombed.itthen appeared intermittently untilfinallyceasing publication in 195i.6 hockley was here inistaken. mackenzie's marriage had taken placetheprevious june.54therosicrucianseermost unexpectedly and his stay was very short. i missed many thingsiwanted to show him, besides my collection is very poor in his consuming passion, masonry. so that my dulcinea's had few charms for him howeveriwas delighted to see him altho'iwas depriving some more worthy brother of the pleasure of his company.isincerely hope as the weather&season improve he will get up his strength for altho' both mentally&bodily active he looked to me sadly lacking in stamina.imade up my mind to be in bristol for2or 3 weeks and get renovated at bartholomew'

lards and i return your catalogue and also another just published with a few additional articles.asit was his 2 o'clock day he was just closing so i shall have to gohockley'slettersto theirmins35167 liverpool road, islington 18january 1872 dear sir and brother, my friendmreveritt1has just informed me you are in townandknowing from bro. hughan- that you are a collector in occult studies as well as masonry i shall be pleased if you willdome the honourofa call on saturday next any time afer 5.30totake a cup of tea and have a gossip with old authors on queer lubjects. i shall bealone-and remain most fraternally yours,fredhockley g.s.l.3 p.m. no. 841thehusband of mrs everitt(1825-1915)one of the most renowned mediums specializing in physical mediumship and directwriting.everitt was a tailor in

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

nction between the immortal and divine and the page 155 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt mortal human ego which perishes. the latter or "personality (personal ego) survives the dead body but for a time in kamaloka: the individuality prevails forever. initiate from the latin initiatus. the designation of anyone who was received into and had revealed to him the mysteries and secrets of either masonry or occultism. in times of antiquity they were those who had been initiated into the arcane knowledge taught by the hierophants of the mysteries; and in our modern days those who have been initiated by the adepts of mystic lore into the mysterious knowledge, which, notwithstanding the lapse of ages, has yet a few real votaries on earth. isvara (sans) the "lord" or the personal god, divine s

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

d reading person of his particular mental class. for the rest [he] was satisfied apparently with the pursuits of spiritualism, to the truth ofwhich his circle bears witness in unpublished writings. waite mentioned too that irwin 'was a zealous and amiable mason, with a passion forrites and an ambition to add to their number. for irwin's career (military, masonic and pseudo-masonic) see my 'fringe masonry in england, 187 -85' in a rs quatuor coronatorum, vol. 85 for 1972. ayton's letter reached the library of the united grand lodge of england, together with about 150 others from various correspondents, a year after irwin's death. i used them extensively for theaqc article mentioned above. the one which follows deals with various topics mentioned in a letter ayton had recently received from

which greatly affected ayton. davidson and dalton fled to the usa, where, according to waite, davidson continued to run the h.b. of l. 2 i have described the royal oriental order of the sat b'hai as 'a comic pseudo-masonic balloon, which rose a few feet into the air, wobbled briefly and then quietly collapsed without the average member of the craft knowing that the thing had ever existed('fringe masonry in england, 1870-85, aqc, vol. 85, 1972. nevertheless, it recruited a few freemasons without much sense of discrimination during the period 187i -80. after the latter date it fell into the hands of john yarker, a major collector of pseudo-masonic 'nonsenses, who ingeniously amalgamated its ceremony of perfection with the ritual of a recent novely called the order of light. the latter had b

l christ.ian (i.e, j.-b. pitois, histoire de la m gie (1870 !he enghsh tr nslation by j. kirkup and julian shand, edited and revls d.by ross n,ichols 1952, does not mention cagliostro's tarot predictions. the. occult tarot theory was first developed by elip as levi.in dog"!e et rituel de a aute magie (1856, but he did not provide any mstru.ctions for prediction. k. r. h. mackenzie (see my 'fringe masonry in england, 1870-85, in aqc 85 1972) wrote to f. g. irwin on 6 november 1877 .and mentioned hat ayton had asked him if levi 'left any exact instru tions behind for the working of the tarot. he added 'i have a fa hio of working it myself but i work it with the aid of astrology';hic is a different process from that pursued by e. l' for mackenzie s attitude to tarot divination see my the magi

rucian society. the result was that dr wynn westcott, the head of this rosicrucian society, joined the esoteric section of the t.s. and with him some 20 others, and about 14 from yorkshire. all is well that ends well! there is now at bradford a flourishing lodge of this rosicrucian society and the lodge is worked very well indeed by men who really know something. dr wynn westcott is well known in masonry, and macgregor mathers, the learned qabbalist, is also in it. if you think of joining it, the address for all members and others is- g. d. secretary, c/o sanitary wood wool co' ii hatton garden, e.c. ladies are admitted. mrs ayton and i went through an examination this last time in london, mrs a. passing without making one mistake. upon request an ms is sent to you to copy, in which subjec

suppose, they had been previously sold. what has become quite public, there can be no harm in your lending me, even if i were not entitled to them from any grade. 68 102 thealchemist of the golden dawn grove lodge, saffron walden 13 november 1901 the letters 1 3 ayton got many of his facts wrong in the letter that follows. for the fratres lucis, the order of light and the sat b'hai see my 'fringe masonry in england, 187 -85' in ars quatuor coronatorum, vo1.85 for 1972. lord lindsay (1847-1913, who succeeded to the earldom of crauford and balcarres in 188o, was never a member of the sat b'hai, he had more sense! ayton joined it in may 1883 but was admitted without payment of any fee. his obligation form is illustrated opposite. grove lodge, saffron walden 18january 19 2 my idea is that the

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a duty, and johansen shews ingenuous wonder at the charge of ruthlessness brought against his party during the proceedings of the court of inquiry. then, driven ahead by curiosity in their captured yacht under johansen's command, the men sight a great stone pillar sticking out of the sea, and in s. latitude 47 9, w. longitude l23 43, come upon a coastline of mingled mud, ooze, and weedy cyclopean masonry which can be nothing less than the tangible substance of earth's supreme terror- the nightmare corpse-city of r'lyeh, that was built in measureless aeons behind history by the vast, loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars. there lay great cthulhu and his hordes, hidden in green slimy vaults and sending out at last, after cycles incalculable, the thoughts that spread fear to t

s of years great cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight. three men were swept up by the flabby claws before anybody turned. god rest them, if there be any rest in the universe. they were donovan, guerrera, and angstrom. parker slipped as the other three were plunging frenziedly over endless vistas of green-crusted rock to the boat, and johansen swears he was swallowed up by an angle of masonry which shouldn't have been there; an angle which was acute, but behaved as if it were obtuse. so only briden and johansen reached the boat, and pulled desperately for the alert as the mountainous monstrosity flopped down the slimy stones and hesitated, floundering at the edge of the water. steam had not been suffered to go down entirely, despite the departure of all hands for the shore; and

s and hesitated, floundering at the edge of the water. steam had not been suffered to go down entirely, despite the departure of all hands for the shore; and it was the work of only a few moments of feverish rushing up and down between wheel and engines to get the alert under way. slowly, amidst the distorted horrors of that indescribable scene, she began to churn the lethal waters; whilst on the masonry of that charnel shore that was not of earth the titan thing from the stars slavered and gibbered like polypheme cursing the fleeing ship of odysseus. then, bolder than the storied cyclops, great cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency. briden looked back and went mad, laughing shrilly as he kept on laughing at intervals till

ay alone, for one who sits by a sleeper is indeed alone; perhaps more alone than he can realise. my uncle breathed heavily, his deep inhalations and exhalations accompanied by the rain outside, and punctuated by another nerve-racking sound of distant dripping water within- for the house was repulsively damp even in dry weather, and in this storm positively swamp-like. i studied the loose, antique-masonry of the walls in the fungous-light and the feeble rays which stole in from the street through the screened windows; and once, when the noisome atmosphere of the place seemed about to sicken me, i opened the door and looked up and down the street, feasting my eyes on familiar sights and my nostrils on whole some air. still nothing occurred to reward my watching; and i yawned repeatedly, fati

w. that such regions in truth existed, seemed amply clear from many things. faint cries and groans unmistakably came up now and then from what appeared to be the solid earth in places far from any structure; whilst hidden in the bushes along the river-bank in the rear, where the high ground sloped steeply down to the valley of the pawtuxet, there was found an arched oaken door in a frame of heavy masonry, which was obviously an entrance to caverns within the hill. when or how these catacombs could have been constructed, weeden was unable to say; but he frequently pointed out how easily the place might have been reached by bands of unseen workmen from the river. joseph curwen put his mongrel seamen to diverse uses indeed! during the heavy spring rains of 1769 the two watchers kept a sharp e

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ny and fantastically vivid as the present example; but this one had a wholly novel and obscure quality of menacing symbolism, and i shuddered as the seething labyrinth of fabulous walls and towers and minarets loomed out of the troubled ice vapors above our heads. the effect was that of a cyclopean city of no architecture known to man or to human imagination, with vast aggregations of night-black masonry embodying monstrous perversions of geometrical laws. there were truncated cones, sometimes terraced or fluted, surmounted by tall cylindrical shafts here and there bulbously enlarged and often capped with tiers of thinnish scalloped disks; and strange beetling, table-like constructions suggesting piles of multitudinous rectangular slabs or circular plates or five-pointed stars with each on

ion in our explorations. even so, however, we covered an enormous extent of ground- or, rather, air- after swooping down to a level where the wind became virtually negligible. there seemed to be no limit to the mountain range, or to the length of the frightful stone city which bordered its inner foothills. fifty miles of flight in each direction showed no major change in the labyrinth of rock and masonry that clawed up corpselike through the eternal ice. there were, though, some highly absorbing diversifications; such as the carvings on the canyon where that broad river had once pierced the foothills and approached its sinking place in the great range. the headlands at the stream s entrance had been boldly carved into cyclopean pylons; and something about the ridgy, barrel-shaped designs s

red feet from point to point, was built of jurassic sandstone blocks of irregular size, averaging 6 x 8 feet in surface. there was a row of arched loopholes or windows about four feet wide and five feet high, spaced quite symmetrically along the points of the star and at its inner angles, and with the bottoms about four feet from the glaciated surface. looking through these, we could see that the masonry was fully five feet thick, that there were no partitions remaining within, and that there were traces of banded carvings or bas-reliefs on the interior walls- facts we had indeed guessed before, when flying low over this rampart and others like it. though lower parts must have originally existed, all traces of such things were now wholly obscured by the deep layer of ice and snow at this p

igns, but did not attempt to disturb the glaciated floor. our orientation flights had indicated that many buildings in the city proper were less ice-choked, and that we might perhaps find wholly clear interiors leading down to the true ground level if we entered those structures still roofed at the top. before we left the rampart we photographed it carefully, and studied its mortar-less cyclopean masonry with complete bewilderment. we wished that pabodie were present, for his engineering knowledge might have helped us guess how such titanic blocks could have been handled in that unbelievably remote age when the city and its outskirts were built up. the half-mile walk downhill to the actual city, with the upper wind shrieking vainly and savagely through the skyward peaks in the background

nightmares could any human beings but danforth and me conceive such optical effects. between us and the churning vapors of the west lay that monstrous tangle of dark stone towers, its outre and incredible forms impressing us afresh at every new angle of vision. it was a mirage in solid stone, and were it not for the photographs, i would still doubt that such a thing could be. the general type of masonry was identical with that of the rampart we had examined; but the extravagant shapes which this masonry took in its urban manifestations were past all description. even the pictures illustrate only one or two phases of its endless variety, preternatural massiveness, and utterly alien exoticism. there were geometrical forms for which an euclid would scarcely find a name- cones of all degrees

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g very fresh bodies. the laboratory was in a sub-cellar secretly constructed by imported workmen, and contained a huge incinerator for the quiet and complete disposal of such bodies, or fragments and synthetic mockeries of bodies, as might remain from the morbid experiments and unhallowed amusements of the owner. during the excavation of this cellar the workmen had struck some exceedingly ancient masonry; undoubtedly connected with the old burying-ground, yet far too deep to correspond with any known sepulchre therein. after a number of calculations west decided that it represented some secret chamber beneath the tomb of the averills, where the last interment had been made in 1768. i was with him when he studied the nitrous, dripping walls laid bare by the spades and mattocks of the men, a

averills, where the last interment had been made in 1768. i was with him when he studied the nitrous, dripping walls laid bare by the spades and mattocks of the men, and was prepared for the gruesome thrill which would attend the uncovering of centuried grave-secrets; but for the first time west s new timidity conquered his natural curiosity, and he betrayed his degenerating fibre by ordering the masonry left intact and plastered over. thus it remained till that final hellish night; part of the walls of the secret laboratory. i speak of west s decadence, but must add that it was a purely mental and intangible thing. outwardly he was the same to the last- calm, cold, slight, and yellow-haired, with spectacled blue eyes and a general aspect of youth which years and fears seemed never to chan

do not remember many particulars- you can imagine my state of mind- but it is a vicious lie to say it was herbert west s body which i put into the incinerator. we both inserted the whole unopened wooden box, closed the door, and started the electricity. nor did any sound come from the box, after all. it was west who first noticed the falling plaster on that part of the wall where the ancient tomb masonry had been covered up. i was going to run, but he stopped me. then i saw a small black aperture, felt a ghoulish wind of ice, and smelled the charnel bowels of a putrescent earth. there was no sound, but just then the electric lights went out and i saw outlined against some phosphorescence of the nether world a horde of silent toiling things which only insanity- or worse- could create. their

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a duty, and johansen shows ingenuous wonder at the charge of ruthlessness brought against his party during the proceedings of the court of inquiry. then, driven ahead by curiosity in their captured yacht under johansen's command, the men sight a great stone pillar sticking out of the sea, and in s. latitude 47 9, w. longitude 126 43, come upon a coastline of mingled mud, ooze, and weedy cyclopean masonry which can be nothing less than the tangible substance of earth's supreme terrorthe nightmare corpse-city of r'lyeh, that was built in measureless aeons behind history by the vast, loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars. there lay great cthulhu and his hordes, hidden in green slimy vaults and sending out at last, after cycles incalculable, the thoughts that spread fear to the

ns of years great cthulhu was loose again, and ravening for delight. three men were swept up by the flabby claws before anybody turned. god rest them, if there be any rest in the universe. they were donovan, guerrera and angstrom. parker slipped as the other three were plunging frenziedly over endless vistas of green-crusted rock to the boat, and johansen swears he was swallowed up by an angle of masonry which shouldn't have been there; an angle which was acute, but behaved as if it were obtuse. so only briden and johansen reached the boat, and pulled desperately for the alert as the mountainous monstrosity flopped down the slimy stones and hesitated, floundering at the edge of the water. steam had not been suffered to go down entirely, despite the departure of all hands for the shore; and

es and hesitated, floundering at the edge of the water. steam had not been suffered to go down entirely, despite the departure of all hands for the shore; and it was the work of only a few moments of feverish rushing up and down between wheels and engines to get the alert under way. slowly, amidst the distorted horrors of the indescribable scene, she began to chum the lethal waters; whilst on the masonry of that charnel shore that was not of earth the titan thing from the stars slavered and gibbered like polypheme cursing the fleeing ship of odysseus. then, bolder than the storied cyclops, great cthulhu slid greasily into the water and began to pursue with vast wave-raising strokes of cosmic potency. briden looked back and went mad, laughing at intervals till death found him one night in t

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arsome latent memory that made my progress not wholly fortuitous. i passed under an arch out of that region of slabs and columns, and wandered through the open country; sometimes following the visible road, but sometimes leaving it curiously to tread across meadows where only occasional ruins bespoke the ancient presence of a forgotten road. once i swam across a swift river where crumbling, mossy masonry told of a bridge long vanished. over two hours must have passed before i reached what seemed to be my goal, a venerable ivied castle in a thickly wooded park, maddeningly familiar, yet full of perplexing strangeness to me. i saw that the moat was filled in, and that some of the well-known towers were demolished, whilst new wings existed to confuse the beholder. but what i observed with chi

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ind me and i presently allowed the old man to catch up and tab copious pulls from the quart bottle" i began putting out feelers as we walked amidst the omni-present desolation and crazily tilted ruins, but found that the aged tongue did not loosen as quickly as i had expected. at length i saw a grass-grown opening toward the sea between crumbling brick walls, with the weedy length of an earth-and-masonry wharf projecting beyond. piles of moss-covered stones near the water promised tolerable seats, and the scene was sheltered from all possible view by a ruined warehouse on the north. here, i thought was the ideal place for a long secret colloquy; so i guided my companion down the lane and picked out spots to sit in among the mossy stones. the air of death and desertion was ghoulish, and the

zadok was shaking me, and i turned back to watch the melting of that fear-frozen face into a chaos of twitching eyelids and mumbling gums. presently his voice came back- albeit as a trembling whisper "git aout o' here! get aout o' here! they seen us- git aout fer your life! dun't wait fer nothin- they know naow- run fer it- quick- aout o' this taown" another heavy wave dashed against the loosing masonry of the bygone wharf, and changed the mad ancient's whisper to another inhuman and blood-curdling scream "e-yaahhhh. yheaaaaaa" before i could recover my scattered wits he had relaxed his clutch on my shoulder and dashed wildly inland toward the street, reeling northward around the ruined warehouse wall. i glanced back at the sea, but there was nothing there. and when i reached water street

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nd honour fashioned that street: good valiant men of our blood who had come from the blessed isles across the sea. at first it was but a path trodden by bearers of water from the woodland spring to the cluster of houses by the beach. then, as more men came to the growing cluster of houses and looked about for places to dwell, they built cabins along the north side, cabins of stout oaken logs with masonry on the side toward the forest, for many indians lurked there with fire-arrows. and in a few years more, men built cabins on the south side of the street. up and down the street walked grave men in conical hats, who most of the time carried muskets or fowling pieces. and there were also their bonneted wives and sober children. in the evening these men with their wives and children would sit

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shape which interweave in the oblique gulfs outside time and the dimensions we know. there floated before carter a cloudy pageantry of shapes and scenes which he somehow linked with earth's primal, eon-forgotten past. monstrous living things moved deliberately through vistas of fantastic handiwork that no sane dream ever held, and landscapes bore incredible vegetation and cliffs and mountains and masonry of no human pattern. there were cities under the sea, and denizens thereof; and towers in great deserts where globes and cylinders and nameless winged entities shot off into space, or hurtled down out of space. all this carter grasped, though the images bore no fixed relation to one another or to him. he himself had no stable form or position, but only such shifting hints of form and posit

ff coast. but the moment of silence was broken- the surgings were speaking to him in a language that was not of physical sound or articulate words "the man of truth is beyond good and evil" in-toned voice that was not a voice 'the man of truth has ridden to all-is-one. the man of truth has learned that illusion is the one reality, and that substance is the great impostor" and now, in that rise of masonry to which his eyes had been so irresistibly drawn, there appeared the outline of a titanic arch not unlike that which he thought he had glimpsed so long ago in that cave within a cave, on the far, unreal surface of the three-dimensioned earth. he realized that he had been using the silver key- moving it in accord with an unlearned and instinctive ritual closely akin to that which had opened

te. that rose-drunken sea which lapped his cheeks was, he realized, no more or less than the adamantine mass of the solid wall yielding before his spell, and the vortex of thought with which the ancient ones had aided his spell. still guided by instinct and blind deter-mination, he floated forward- and through the ultimate gate. chapter four randolph carter's advance through the cyclopean bulk of masonry was like a dizzy precipitation through the measureless gulfs between the stars. from a great distance he felt triumphant, godlike surges of deadly sweetness, and after that the rustling of great wings, and impressions of sound like the chirpings and murmurings of objects unknown on earth or in the solar system. glancing backward, he saw not one gate alone but a multiplicity of gates, at so

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hat it is 288 digitizecoy google contents chapter vn early cheistian heresies and secret sooeties naiareani, otohitea, and modem druiei (or 'hunxa-ita] 201 etymology of lao 298 'hennelic brotben egypt 307 ivue meaning ol nirvlna 319 ite jaina aect 321 christuuuandchnbtibiii 323 itie gnoatka and their detracts* 325 buddha, jeaiu, and aptdloniua of tr>iui 341 section ii chapter viii jesuitry and masonry the zoaar and rabbi shimon the order of jesuita and iti r^tioo to aome of the muonic ordera, crimes permitted to its memben principles of jesuitry compared with tboae of pagan morallits. trinity erf man in egyptian soak rf iht dtad penecution of templan by the cburch 381 secfet maaonic dpben 3s5 jehovah not the "ineffable nanw' 398 chapter ix -the vedas and the bible ne*rly evwy myth baaed

y suspicious resem- blance to the more modern biblical romance, gaffarel and others attri- bute- the origin of the latter to the persecutions during the herodiaa reign of the kabalists and the wiee men, who had not remained strictly orthodox. the latter, as well as the prophets, were nicknamed the 'innocents' and the 'babes' on account of their holiness. as in the case of certain degrees of modem masonry, the adepts reckoned their grade of initiation by a aytnbolu: age. thus saul who, when chosen king, was "a choice and goodly man" and "from his shoulders upward was higher than any ot the people" is described in catholic versions, as a digitizecoy google 200 isis cnveiled "child of one year when he began to reign" whidi, in ita literal sense, is a palpable absurdity. but in/ samuel, z, his

the pillar of mercy; and the three feminine on the left, namely. binah, geburah, hod, are named the imllar of judgment; while the four s^hiroth of the center kether. tiphereth, yeaod, and malkhuth are cafled the middle pillar. and as mackenzie in the boj/al miuonie cudopatdia shows "there is an analogy in these three pillars to the three pillari of wisdom, strength, tad beauty in a cinft lodge of masonry, while the ain-soph fomis the mysterious biasing star, or mystk light of the east (p- 407- digitizecoy google 21s bis dnvbited wisdou, sometimes the son, veiy often god, angel, lord, and logos" the latter is sometimes applied to the very first emanation, but in several systems it proceeds from the firat androgjrne or double ray pro- duced at the beginning by the unseen. fhilo depicts this

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he twelve signs, and consequently there are 360 to the entire astronomical circle, or 365, counting for each day of the solar year. the inscription upon the gnostic gems, ceou, is probably intended for qeou; for the arabs yet substitute the s for the th in their pronunciation (gnostics, p. 233; matter, histoire critique du gnostidsme. in this s and the th standing for it, lie all the mysteries of masonry, christos, was designed for the guide of all that proceeds from god. sophia-achamoth is the guide, according to the gnostics, for all proceeding out of matter. st. irenseus, whose period is the end of the second century, draws all these startling inferences from the book of enoch, and names sophia as signifying the divine wisdom. the ophite scheme seems evidently the bhuddistic bythos, ans

ves breathing (they are not breathing, they are drinking) into phials surmounted with crosses fich e. and on the sides (the north side, he should say, which is faced wrongly, and ought properly to front the east) the doves are again depicted with a salamander, emblematic of fire; in allusion to that passage of st. matthew, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost and with fire. all the secrets of masonry are concealed in the hebrew or chaldee language. in the first chapter of the gospel according to st. john is contained the mythical outline of the cabala, in its highest part. les anciens astrologues, dit le plus savant les juifs (maimonides, ayant consacr chaque plan te, une conleur, un animal, un bois, un m tal, un fruit, une plante, ils formaient de toutes ces choses une figure ou r pre

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to the effect that all present cultures are traceable to a common origin. ed: the following has no obvious reference or necessary position. i do not know much about the ancient l-m' colonies. 104 aside from written records, to be discussed later, which establish mechanical flight at a remote time of maybe 70,000 to 200,000 years ago, we concern ourselves at the moment only with the gigantic stone masonry which remains in almost all parts of the world. certain characteristics of some of the stone work bespeak origin in a single, widespread civilization, highly developed in some way, but not mechanical in the same sense as ours of today. we will presently limit ourselves to one phase only: the massive size and weight of the various monoliths. the manner or method of their carving is material

al smaller temples are clustered together in the midst of these syrian villages miserably dirty. they look strange enough in such plebian company. these temples are built upon massive sub-structures that might support a world almost. the material used is blocks of stone as large as an omnibus, very few of them are smaller than a carpenter's tool chest. these structures are traversed by tunnels of masonry through which a train of cars might pass. with such foundations as these it is little wonder that baalbek has lasted so long. the temple of the sun is nearly 300 feet long and 160 feet wide. it has 54 columns around it, but only six are standing now; the others lie broken at its base, a confused and picturesque mass. corinthian capitals and entablatures, and six more shapely columns do not

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d and blushed in the western sky i should feast on many wonderful meats, and drink wine, as sweet as nectar, pressed from my fecund vineyards' grapes. my temple-palace was less than none but the platinum throne of god himself. three nights riding, upon the fastest steed, would barely encircle its outmost wall. its highest spire looked down upon mountains, giant and high, yet low to my towers. the masonry of my exalted dominion was gilded all, and studded with precious jewels, of number and radiance to outshine the celestial arch. my will and word commanded authority greater than all, than any regent amongst man or angel. my word instructed, in their course, the planets of the sky. the sun, most radiant of the treasures of the sky, all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding

d and blushed in the western sky i should feast on many wonderful meats, and drink wine, as sweet as nectar, pressed from my fecund vineyards' grapes. my temple-palace was less than none but the platinum throne of god himself. three nights riding, upon the fastest steed, would barely encircle its outmost wall. its highest spire looked down upon mountains, giant and high, yet low to my towers. the masonry of my exalted dominion was gilded all, and studded with precious jewels, of number and radiance to outshine the celestial arch. my will and word commanded authority greater than all, than any regent amongst man or angel. my word instructed, in their course, the planets of the sky. the sun, most radiant of the treasures of the sky, all-illumining and burning with golden flame, at my bidding

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it may chase away the darkness of chaos. to look for the light, to see the light, to follow the light, were duties familiar to all egyptian masons, though the darkness in that ancient land never approached the density which shrouds the west today. this book will be welcomed by all freemasons who feel the beauty of their ancient rite, and desire to add knowledge to their zeal. the inner history of masonry is left aside for the present, and the apprentice is led by a trustworthy guide through the labyrinth which protects the central shrine from careless and idle inquirers. places that were obscure become illuminated; dark allusions are changed to crystal clarity; walls which seem solid melt away; confidence replaces doubt; glimpses of the goal are caught through rifts in the clouds; and the

ying the mysteries of our craft, and thereby increases their veneration and love for it, cannot be unworthy or absurd. any student who wishes to know more of this fascinating subject may be referred to a little book entitled clairvoyance, which i wrote some years ago. i should like strongly to recommend for the perusal of my brn. of the craft two books by wor. bro. w. l. wilmhurst- the meaning of masonry and the masonic initiation; i have myself read them with great delight and profit, and have gathered many gems from their pages [note: while this paragraph is missing in first edition, in second edition it is indicated as part of first edition] i desire to offer my heartiest thanks to the rev. herbrand williams, m.c, b.a, for his kindness in placing at my disposal his vast stores of masoni

econd edition a few trifling corrections have been made, and some additional information has been given with regard to certain higher degrees. c. w. l. contents foreword author's preface chapter i introductory personal experience. egyptian evidences. preservation of rituals and symbols. the egyptian outlook. the hidden work. the egyptian race. the grand lodges. the ordinary lodges. the history of masonry. chapter ii the lodge form and extension. orientation. the celestial canopy. the altar. pedestals and columns. orders of architecture. meaning of the three columns. the pillars of the porchway. chapter iii the fittings of the lodge the ornaments. the mosaic pavement. the indented border. the blazing star. the furniture. the movable jewels. the immovable jewels. chapter iv preliminary cerem

. entering the lodge. the seven steps. the o c the etheric forces. hiram abiff. death and resurrection. the star. the raising of humanity. fire, sun and moon. the villains. the inscription (second edition: our master h. a. instead of hiram abiff) chapter ix the higher degrees the masonic plane. the ceremony of installation. the mark degree. the holy royal arch. still higher. the rose croix. black masonry. white masonry. how to use the powers. our relation with angels. chapter x (chapter ix in first edition) two wonderful rituals the workings in egypt. the form of the temple of amen-ra. the building of the temple of amen-ra. the unveiling of the hidden light. the offerings. the descent of osiris. the distribution of the sacrament. the re-union of osiris. the shining of the light. the pledge

gsuppliant h or gkneeler, h coming in a state of darkness to seek for light. the door was an equilateral triangle of stone, which turned on a pivot on its own centre. 11. as the candidate entered he trod on the square, and, in so doing, it was supposed that he was treading on, and leaving, the lower quaternary or personality of man, in order to develop the higher triad, the ego or soul (in modern masonry the same idea is expressed in the first lecture, where it is stated that a mason comes to the lodge gto learn to rule and subdue his passions, and to make further progress in masonry h) he was conducted through long passages, and led round the lodge seven times; and, after having replied to many questions, he was eventually brought to the centre of the lodge, and there asked what he requir

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

s. consecration. the purpose of the mysteries. the degrees of the mysteries. the mysteries of isis. the preliminary trials. the mystery language. the duality of each degree. the inner mysteries of isis. the mysteries of serapis. the inner degree of serapis the mysteries of osiris. the legend of osiris. the meaning of the story. the inner mysteries of osiris. the office of master. the higher black masonry in the mysteries. white masonry in the mysteries. the stages of the occult path. the first three initiations. the fourth initiation. the fifth initiation and beyond. chapter iii the cretan mysteries the unity of the mysteries. life in ancient crete. the cretan race. recent discoveries in crete. worship in crete. the throne room. the three columns. models of shrines. the altar objects. vari

s. the magic of the greater mysteries. the hidden mysteries. the school of pythagoras. the three degrees. other greek mysteries. chapter vi the mithraic mysteries zarathustra and mithraism. mithraism among the romans. the mithraic rites. the roman collegia. the work of king numa. the colleges and the legions. the introduction of the jewish form. the transition to the operatives. chapter vii craft masonry in mediaeval times evolutionary methods. the withdrawal of the mysteries. the christian mysteries. the repression of the mysteries. the crossing of traditions. the two lines of descent. the culdees. celtic christianity in britain. the druidic mysteries. the holy grail. heredom. chapter viii operative masonry in the middle ages the temporary custodians. decline of the collegia. the comacini

heredom. chapter viii operative masonry in the middle ages the temporary custodians. decline of the collegia. the comacini. the comacine lodges. other survivals of the collegia. the compagnonnage. the stonemasons of germany. the english guilds. the rise of gothic architecture. the old charges. chapter ix the transition from operative to speculative the reformation. the reappearance of speculative masonry. the first minutes. scottish minutes. english minutes. irish minutes. the grand lodge of england. the recomposition of the rituals. two and three degrees. opposition. the succession of l.m.s. the grand lodges of york, ireland and scotland. the ancients. the holy royal arch. the united grand lodge. craft masonry in other countries chapter x other lines of masonic tradition the stream of sec

by dr. anderson in his first book of constitutions that adam, our first parent, created after the image of god, the great architect of the universe, must have had the liberal sciences, particularly geometry, written on his heart, while others, less fanciful, have attributed its origin to abraham, moses, or solomon. dr. oliver, writing as late as the first part of the nineteenth century, held that masonry, as we have it to-day, is the only true relic of the faith of the patriarchs before the flood, while the ancient mysteries of egypt and other countries, which so closely resembled it, were but human corruptions of the one primitive and pure tradition. as scientific and historical knowledge progressed in other fields of research, and especially in the criticism of the scriptures, scientific

relic of the faith of the patriarchs before the flood, while the ancient mysteries of egypt and other countries, which so closely resembled it, were but human corruptions of the one primitive and pure tradition. as scientific and historical knowledge progressed in other fields of research, and especially in the criticism of the scriptures, scientific methods were gradually applied to the study of masonry, so that to-day there exists a vast body of fairly accurate and most interesting information upon the history of the craft. in consequence of this and other lines of investigation there are four main schools or tendencies of masonic thought, not in any way necessarily defined or organized as schools, but grouped according to their relation to four important departments of knowledge lying p

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

if that was a low mass, might i not be permitted to witness a high mass? gperhaps, h he answered with a curious smile, gif all they tell of you is true. h in the meantime he permitted me to describe the ceremony and its results as faithfully as i was able, charging me only to give no indication of the city near which it took place. i am willing to indicate to initiates of the rose croix degree of masonry under proper charter from the genuine authorities (for there are spurious masons working under a forged charter) the address of a person willing to consider their fitness to affiliate to a chapter practicing similar rites. xvi i consider it supererogatory to continue my essay on the mysteries and my analysis of energized enthusiasm. energized enthusiasm 23 [the following appeared in crowle

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

re quite fanciful and uncritical in their approach. more recent authors have sought to be more rigorous, but the data which is available present a real and ongoing puzzle. citing yates again. recent books on the subject have been moving in the direction of exact historical investigation, but the writers of such books have to leave as an unsolved question the problem of the origin of "speculative" masonry, with its symbolic use of columns, arches, and other architectural features, and of geometrical symbolism, as the framework within which it presents a moral teaching and a mystical outlook towards the divine architect of the universe."3 at the present time there is no real agreement, even among masons, about the origins of the order. some masons, those who are romantically inclined, like t

e workmen at the building of his temple. this is certainly an unrealistic view.4 without doubt, there are plenty of operative masons (stonecutters) to be found in european history, but there is no evidence of a group of philosophically inclined men who transmit a masonic tradition from biblical times to england in the late renaissance. others masons, at the opposite pole of opinion, consider that masonry started as nothing more than a gentleman's club, one of the myriad clubs that sprang up in london in the early part of the 18th century. if that be true, it was a very unusual club, indeed. unlike the other clubs of the period, very shortly after its initial organization in 1717 it grew explosively, not simply in england but also in scotland, ireland, france, the low countries and germany

ed as nothing more than a gentleman's club, one of the myriad clubs that sprang up in london in the early part of the 18th century. if that be true, it was a very unusual club, indeed. unlike the other clubs of the period, very shortly after its initial organization in 1717 it grew explosively, not simply in england but also in scotland, ireland, france, the low countries and germany. in addition masonry acquired, somehow, royal patronage, a profoundly philosophical orientation, and a very elaborate system of symbolism. in arguing that masonry is simply "a club" one should explain why this particular club developed as it did. one of the obvious explanations for its rapid growth is that masonry was teaching and practicing something that was, at the time, of very widespread interest to the i

ivulged to any new admitted member, because they are cabalisttical" and later, with respect to the secret word. what is it? it is a cabalistical word,"13 one must be careful to avoid jumping to conclusions on the basis of material which is published as an anonymous expose, because one can never know the motive of the author. still, there is no evidence that the author of this paper was hostile to masonry or seeking to deceive; and taken with the other evidence, such as byrom's "cabala club" it is thought provoking to say the least. a similar anonymous publication appeared in newcastle upon tyne in 1736. it was called the book m, and no literate person of the period could have failed to make the connection with the document of the same name that was alleged to have been found in the rosicru

ve failed to make the connection with the document of the same name that was alleged to have been found in the rosicrucian vault.14 the book m is not an expose. it appears to be more of a memorial written by a brother who seems to have been very proud of his masonic connections and very moved by his association with the order. among other things, it contains a romantic history which suggests that masonry had its origins in antiquity, and among the various mystical disciplines that it cites as sources of masonry is. the caballa of the jews."15 in 1730 a mason named samuel prichard published a very hostile, 32 page pamphlet entitled masonry dissected. he had apparently joined the order seeking some personal advantage, and he had been disappointed. as he put it "of all the impositions that ha

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

hich he could regain his lost estate (see wagner's siegfried) in the ancient world, nearly all the secret societies were philosophic and religious. during the medi val centuries, they were chiefly religious and political, although a few philosophic schools remained. in modern times, secret societies, in the occidental countries, are largely political or fraternal, although in a few of them, as in masonry, the ancient religious and philosophic principles still survive. space prohibits a detailed discussion of the secret schools. there were literally scores of these ancient cults, with branches in all parts of the eastern and western worlds. some, such as those of pythagoras and the hermetists, show a decided oriental influence, while the rosicrucians, according to their own proclamations, g

jupiter, in a manner similar to that of the latin countries. it is almost certain that the druidic mysteries were not indigenous to britain or gaul, but migrated from one of the more ancient civilizations. the school of the druids was divided into three distinct parts, and the secret teachings embodied therein are practically the same as the mysteries concealed under the allegories of blue lodge masonry. the lowest of the three divisions was that of ovate (ovydd. this was an honorary degree, requiring no special purification or preparation. the ovates dressed in green, the druidic color of learning, and were expected to know something about medicine, astronomy, poetry if possible, and sometimes music. an ovate was an individual admitted to the druidic order because of his general excellen

istinguished by the same characteristics as belong to osiris and isis, bacchus and ceres, or any other supreme god and goddess representing the two principles of all being" godfrey higgins states that hu, the mighty, regarded as the first settler of britain, came from a place which the welsh triads call the summer country, the present site of constantinople. albert pike says that the lost word of masonry is concealed in the name of the druid god hu. the meager information extant concerning the secret initiations of the druids indicates a decided similarity between their mystery school and the schools of greece and egypt. hu, the sun god, was murdered and, after a number of strange ordeals and mystic rituals, was restored to life. there were three degrees of the druidic mysteries, but few s

. by means of these symbols they worshiped universal nature. the figure of isis is sometimes used to represent the occult and magical arts, such as necromancy, invocation, sorcery, and thaumaturgy. in one of the myths concerning her, isis is said to have conjured the invincible god of eternities, ra, to tell her his secret and sacred name, which he did. this name is equivalent to the lost word of masonry. by means of this word, a magician can demand obedience from the invisible and superior deities. the priests of isis became adepts in the use of the unseen forces of nature. they understood hypnotism, mesmerism, and similar practices long before the modem world dreamed of their existence. plutarch describes the requisites of a follower of isis in this manner "for as 'tis not the length of

f the trinity as it is understood in the world today. the tenet of a triune divinity is not peculiar to christian or mosaic theology, but forms a conspicuous part of the dogma of the greatest religions of both ancient and modern times. the persians, hindus, babylonians, and egyptians had their trinities. in every instance these represented the threefold form of one supreme intelligence. in modern masonry, the deity is symbolized by an equilateral triangle, its three sides representing the primary manifestations of the eternal one who is himself represented as a tiny flame, called by the hebrews yod. jakob b hme, the teutonic mystic, calls the trinity the three witnesses, by means of which the invisible is made known to the visible, tangible universe. the origin of the trinity is obvious to

MEANING OF MASONRY

afeguarding of secrets, but the regeneration of the brethren. this book implores the reader to learn to see in freemasonry something more than a parochial system enjoining elementary morality, performing perfunctory and insignificant rites, and serving as an agreeable accessory to social life. the greater system of spiritual doctrine contained in the rituals is strongly emphasized. the meaning of masonry was written with a view toward promoting a deeper understanding of the fraternity, and this goal has been achieved. the ideals of the masonic fraternity have a wide appeal to the best instincts of men, and the craft has become one of the greatest social institutions in the world. in this new aquarian age, when many individuals and groups are working in various ways for the eventual restora

f the masonic order, constituted under the united grand lodge of england. to all such they are offered in the best spirit of fraternity and goodwill and with the wish to render to the order some small return for the profit the author has received from his association with it extending over thirty-two years. they have been written with a view to promoting the deeper understanding of the meaning of masonry; to providing the explanation of it that one constantly hears called for and that becomes all the more necessary in view of the unprecedented increase of interest in, and membership of, the order at the present day. the meaning of masonry, however, is a subject usually left entirely unexpounded and that accordingly remains largely unrealized by its members save such few as make it their pr

he present day. the meaning of masonry, however, is a subject usually left entirely unexpounded and that accordingly remains largely unrealized by its members save such few as make it their private study; the authorities of what in all other respects is an elaborately organized and admirably controlled community have hitherto made no provision for explaining and teaching the" noble science" which masonry proclaims itself to be and was certainly designed to impart. it seems taken for granted that reception into the order will automatically be accompanied by an ability to appreciate forthwith and at its full value all that one there finds. the contrary is the case, for masonry is a veiled and cryptic expression of the difficult science of spiritual life, and the understanding of it calls for

of the difficult science of spiritual life, and the understanding of it calls for special and of informed guidance on the one hand, and on the other a genuine and earnest desire for knowledge and no small capacity for spiritual perception on the part of those seeking to be instructed; and not infrequen tly one finds brethren discontinuing their interest or their membership because they find that masonry means nothing to them and that no explanation or guidance is vouchsafed them. were such instruction provided, assimilated and responded to, the life of the order would be enormously quickened and deepened and its efficiency as a means of initiation intensified, whilst incidentally the fact would prove an added safeguard against the admission into the order of unsuitable members--by which i

e in respect of essential matters. the general nature of the masonic system is, however, nowadays widely known to outsiders and and easily ascertainable from many printed sources, whilst the large interest in and output of literature upon mystical religion and the science of the inward order life during the last few years has familiarized many with a subject of which, as is shown in these papers, masonry is but a specialized form. to explain masonry in general outline is, therefore, not to divulge a subject which is entirely exclusive to its members, but merely to show that masonry stands in line with other doctrinal systems inculcating the same principles and to which no secrecy attaches, and that it is a specialized and highly effective method of inculcating those principles. truth, whet

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

ties.(guiseppe mazzini, head of the bavarian illuminati)the blue degrees are but the outer courtof the temple. part of the symbols are displayedthere to the initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretation. it is not intendedthat he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine that he understandsthemthe true explanation is reserved for the adepts, the princes of masonry (those of the32nd and 33rd degrees (albert pike, grand master of american scottish rite freema-sonry)in spite of the efforts of science fiction and fantasy writers, it appears that humansare very far from a complete understanding of the forces that have shaped history orthe evolution of terrestrial societies. because they are in charge of the worlds media,the alien masters have been indust

in china. 1730 zinc smelting begins in england. 1733 molasses act of 1733 passed by britain, putting a heavy tax on sugar and molasses coming fromanywhere except the british sugar islands in the caribbean. sugar was also essential for production ofrum (alcohol, to which a significant percentage of humans were already addicted. tobacco (nicotine)begins to gain more significance in world use. 1734 masonry introduced to the netherlands. 1735 masonry introduced to portugal, italy and russia. 1737 masonry introduced to germany. 1737 hume's treatise on human nature is published. 1740 smallpox epidemic in berlin. university of pennsylvania founded. 1741 philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever. 1747 philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever. 1750 dutch shipping more than 100 tons of opium per year to i

ng from the war. 1945 under classified operation keelhaul, the u.s. and british governments force the repatriation of 4million russians after they fled to the west. 1945 the central association of sterilized persons is created in postwar germany; they estimate thatnazi germany sterilized 2 million people 1933-1945. 1945 kgb place operatives in british mi5 and mi6, and work out a plan to penetrate masonry, whichallows them access to high areas in governments. 1946 u.s. imports german ss intelligence officers into oss. gehlen flies to europe formerly estab-lishes the postwar gehlen organization. 1946 u.s. government pertussis vaccine expert margaret pittman and fda's charles kendrick decideto test pertussis vaccine by injecting it into the brains of mice and see how many survive. 1946 werne

MORALS AND DOGMA

hree visible faces represent the three departments--the executive, which executes the laws; the legislative, which makes the laws; the judiciary, which interprets the laws, applies and enforces them, between man and man, between the state and the citizens. the three invisible faces, are liberty, equality, and fraternity--the threefold soul of the state--its vitality, spirit, and intellect* though masonry neither usurps the place of, nor apes religion, prayer is an essential part of our ceremonies. it is the aspiration of the soul toward the absolute and infinite intelligence, which is the one supreme deity, most feebly and misunderstandingly characterized as an "architect" certain faculties of man are directed toward the unknown--thought, meditation, prayer. the unknown is an ocean, of whi

lations ursa major and minor, the zodiac, the elements, and the other parts of the world. it is the master of this lodge, of the universe, hermes, of whom khurum is the representative, that is one of the lights of the lodge. for further instruction as to the symbolism of the heavenly bodies, and of the sacred numbers, and of the temple and its details, you must wait patiently until you advance in masonry, in the mean time exercising your intellect in studying them for yourself. to study and seek to interpret correctly the symbols of the universe, is the work of the sage and philosopher. it is to decipher the writing of god, and penetrate into his thoughts. this is what is asked and answered in our catechism, in regard to the lodge* a "lodge" is defined to be "an assemblage of freemasons, d

tiation, passing through many fearful trials and of these the high ladder with seven rounds or steps was the symbol. you see the lodge, its details and ornaments, by its lights. you have already heard what these lights, the greater and lesser, are said to be, and how they are spoken of by our brethren of the york rite. the holy bible, square, and compasses, are not only styled the great lights in masonry, but they are also technically called the furniture of the lodge; and, as you have seen, it is held that there is no lodge without them. this has sometimes been made a pretext for excluding jews from our lodges, because they cannot regard the new testament as a holy book. the bible is an indispensable part of the furniture of a christian lodge, only because it is the sacred book of the chr

lanation of the immovable jewels may be read in their monitors* our brethren of the york rite say that "there is represented in every well-governed lodge, a certain point, within a circle; the point representing an individual brother; the circle, the boundary line of his conduct, beyond which he is never to suffer his prejudices or passions to betray him" this is not to _interpret_ the symbols of masonry. it is said by some, with a nearer approach to interpretation, that the point within the circle represents god in the centre of the universe. it is a common egyptian sign for the sun and osiris, and is still used as the astronomical sign of the great luminary. in the kabalah the point is yod, the creative energy of god, irradiating with light the circular space which god, the universal lig

uilibrium, and the result is harmony, because a single and perfect wisdom presides over both. the holy scriptures are an entirely modern addition to the symbol, like the terrestrial and celestial globes on the columns of the portico. thus the ancient symbol has been denaturalized by incongruous additions, like that of isis weeping over the broken column containing the remains of osiris at byblos* masonry has its decalogue, which is a law to its initiates. these are its ten commandments: i [symbol: earth: god is the eternal, omnipotent, immutable wisdom and supreme intelligence and exhaustless love. thou shalt adore, revere, and love him! thou shalt honor him by practising the virtues! ii [symbol: full moon: thy religion shall be, to do good because it is a pleasure to thee, and not merely

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ve, liberty--see "de lege libellum. lapis lazuli is a symbol of nuit, jasper of hadit. the rare scents are possibly various ecstasies or samadhis. jasmine and rose are hieroglyphs of the two main sacraments, while the emblems of death may refer to certain secrets of a well known exoteric school of initiation whose members, with the rarest exceptions, do not know what it is all about (he refers to masonry) the question then arises as to whether the initiate is able to stand firmly in this place of exaltation. it seems to me as if this refers to the ascetic life, commonly considered as an essential condition of participation in these mysteries. the answer is that "there are means and means" implying that no one rule is essential. this is in harmony with our general interpretation of the law;

this chapter. he became insane, and behaved with the blackest treachery, this theft being but a small portion of his infamies. the incident was necessary to my own initiation. equinox iii, no. 1 is full of small errors which indicate that the movement crowley intended to start with the money obtained from the sale of boleskine would have resulted in the establishment of just a branch of old aeon masonry disguised with the names of the new, and possibly of a religion to boot! of course the lord of the aeon intervened. hrumachis is the dawning sun; he therefore symbolizes any new course of events. the "double-wanded one" is "thmaist of dual form as thmais and thmait, from whom the greeks derived their themis, goddess of justice. the student may refer to the equinox vol. i, no. 2, pages 244

s a difference. see al 1, 16. and it must never be forgotten. 56. also for beauty's sake and love's! it is obvious to the physiologist that beauty (that is, the fitness of proportion) and love (that is, the natural attraction between things whose union satisfies both) need for fulfilment absolute spontaneity and freedom from restriction. a tree grows deformed if it be crowded by other trees or by masonry; and gunpowder will not explode if its particles are separated by much sand. if we are to have beauty and love, whether in begetting children or works of art, or what not, we must have perfect freedom to act, without fear or shame or any falsity. spontaneity, the most important factor in creation (because it is evidence of the magnetic intensity and propriety of the will to create, depends

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

uenced by it. one bit of proof within the templar rotunda suggesting a link between the parisian builders and the templars is the saint anne chapel or altar that lies to the left of the nave and choir and is maintained by the toicturiers (roofers) of paris.20 there was also a small saint nicolas chapel in the templar church at one time that may have been the seat of a confederation of carpenters. masonry, carpentery, mortar making, stonecutting, plastering, and other trades involved in the construction of buildings would have required a number of patron saints among which are jesus christ, saint blaise, saint nicolas, saint anne, saint thomas, saint john the baptist, and saint john the evangelist. right next to the site of the former church of the temple on the rue saint martin, we find th

irect result of the arrival of brothers of the militia of the temple. in fact, population growth in this area was so great that in 1220 it proved necessary to create a new parish cemetery. in 1399 the church was expanded: the church wardens of saint nicolas des champs. decided, after obtaining the consent of the priest and the bishop of paris and the counsel of the king's sworn representatives of masonry and carpentry masons kenton du temple [emphasis mine, jehan filleul, regnault lorier, and adam ravier (known as de moret, and carpenters robert focuchier and philippe milon to see to the construction of the masonry of the three chapels in the alley between said church and the hostel of said priest. p the mention of remon du temple, sworn master mason, must be singled out. this master, bett

le.25 the church of saint nicolas des champs was also the seat of a confederation of carpenters dedicated to saint joseph.26 in 1588 one of this church's chapels was granted to jean jacquelin, treasurer of the king's buildings. in it we can read the epitaphs of robert marquelet, concierge and guard of the king's furnishing in his palace of the tuileries, sworn servant of the king in the office of masonry, and bourgeois of paris (april 20, 1625; charles de la champagne, sworn representative of the king for works of carpentry (may 25, 1608; barthelemi camuset, merchant in the roofing of houses and bourgeois of paris (may 5, 1601; marguerite du saussay, his wife (february 13, 1587; jean camuset, their son, roofer (16; marie aubert, his first wife (kuly 16, 1594; blaise de la champagne, his se

is now occupied by a house on the rue saint denis. as the short epitaph record suggests, the parish of saint sauveur was home to numerous masons: pierre morin, mason and bourgeois of paris (december 15, 1623; gilles de harlay, master mason and sworn mason to the king (february 24, 1579; jeanne legrand, his wife (july 13, 1580; pierre breau, employed on royal construction projects and excelling in masonry (january 8, 1606; anne breau, his wife (october 18, 1617. an intriguing indication of the connection of saint sauveur to the templars is its proximity to trinity hospital, located on the corner of rue saint denis and the rue darnetal or greneta in the censive district of the temple* this hospital, one of the oldest in paris, was founded in 1202 by two private citizens, jean palee and guill

us of the sons of masters* by a declaration of henri ii given in paris on february 2, 1553, craft masters in the city of paris could take on a second apprentice only from among the children raised at trinity hospital. two acts of parliament, one of december 3, 1672, and one of august 22, 1798, specifically confirmed "the rule over the rights and privileges of those who taught the art of craft and masonry in the hospital of the trinity and those who have learned it in said hospital" 32 these institutions prove the long existence of social work among craftsmen, notably masons. other examples can be found in connection to saint gervais hospital and a second trinity hospital located on the left bank. bordering the saint nicolas des champs and saint sauver parish were notre dame de bonne nouvel

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

cult mysteries, wrapped up on number, metaphor and symbol (the reappearance of the christ and the masters of wisdom p.87) freemason and co-founder of lucifer publishing company (now called lucis trust, foster bailey, concurs, is it not possible from a contemplation of this side of masonic teaching that it may provide all that is necessary for the formulation of a universal religion (the spirit of masonry p.113) foster bailey states that masonry is the descendant of, or is founded upon, a divinely imparted religion. this religion he explains..was the first united world religion. then came the era of separation of many religions and sectarianism. today we are working again towards a world universal religion (ibid p.31) to biblical students these are shocking admissions and it adds fuel to th

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

unadulterated focus. perception is existent through the use of all senses available. experience and knowledge is the faustian key to the next step of evolutie the spurious rites of memphis and misraim albert pike, d d x& william l. cummings, d d x whatever the merits of the egyptian rite, or rite of memphis may be, it is quite sure that it is not generally recognized as a legitimate rite of free- masonry; that the bodies of it in the united states of america are entitled to and receive no consideration, it having been constantly used here for purposes of private profit; and that elsewhere in the world it has only here and there two or three isolated supreme powers which cannot be recognized by nor have relations of correspondence and amity with, those of the ancient and accepted scottish r

he archives of the supreme council, d d x, s.j.,washington,d.c. n o t e s b. albert pike, jan. c a, b i i e,official bulletin of the supreme council, d dd degree for the southern jurisdiction of the united states, vol.vi (gr or of charleston [washington, d.c],apr, b i i e, pp. d f i v f j. c. transactions of the supreme council of the d dd degree, of the ancient and accepted scottish rite of free-masonry, for the southern jurisdiction of the united states of america. b i f h to b i g g. reprinted (washington: joseph l. pearson, printer, b i h i, pp. d e i v f a; d g b v g j. d. the grand college of rites of the u.s.a.minutes of fourth annual convocation, p. e.mimeographed typescript.washington,d.c, feb. c c, b j d g. copy in the archives of the supreme council, d d x, s.j.,washington,d.c

ary of conservators-general of the order. this is the highest authority known to the rite under it a sovereign council general has been established for new england which is flourishing.other state and combined state organization are under rapid headway, the whole embracing many hundred working members. harry j. seymour j gth, is the sov gr master of the sov sanctuary of ancient and primitive free-masonry according to the rite of memphis, in and for the continent of america; and robert d. holmes, j fth, is the general grand expert. both these brethren are members of the supreme council for the northern jurisdiction of the united states, at new york -which claims to be the regular council for that jurisdiction. if these brethren have not sworn never to receive or recognize any higher degree

onry according to the rite of memphis, in and for the continent of america; and robert d. holmes, j fth, is the general grand expert. both these brethren are members of the supreme council for the northern jurisdiction of the united states, at new york -which claims to be the regular council for that jurisdiction. if these brethren have not sworn never to receive or recognize any higher degree in masonry than the d dd, they are not d dds. if they have so sworn, they have violated their obligations, because they do acknowledge and have received degrees pretending to be higher, since they pretend to give the d dd as one of their degrees, the g gth, perhaps. i had occasion, recently, to heal a brother( d c x of the ancient and accepted rite, resident in nevada, who exhibited to me his patent

eme council, among other persons. that brother informed me that he received the whole of his degrees at once, from the bst to volume j, c a a b b f b the spurious rites of memphis and misraim the j eth, the whole in an hour or two xperhaps less. i can furnish any one with the ritual of the first sixty-six degrees, purchased for me at auction in paris. every one can judge of the value of a rite in masonry,whose degrees consist only of what can be communicated in an. hour or two-of signs, words and a sounding title, i know one brother who received a patent for all up to the j ath sent to him without his taking them or asking for them; and another who received them in half a minute, up to the j eth, by the pronunciation, by the hierophant of a single short sentence. i append to this address a

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

e volume, though privately printed in 1953, is available to the general public, being obtainable through j. m. watkins, london. it purports to be an analysis and commentary onmasonic initiations. its similarity to the 2-2 document is startling, though the latter is of course written on a much deeper level than its masonic equivalent, and is esoterically slanted. but without knowing anything about masonry, the student could read this volume side by side with 2-2, and develop a very clear idea of the nature of masonic initiation other papers in this final volume are still no less valuable than the day they were first published. those on clairvoyance, astral projection, and skrying are still the most complete instructions on these subject yet written. i doubt if much can be added to them, or

RITUEL ET DOGME DE LA HAUTE MAGIE BY ELIPHAS LEVI PART I

ict proportion and analogous to the manifestations of the first cause. so is this first cause revealed invariably by the cross that unity made up of two, divided one by the other in order to produce four; that key to the the tetragram 19 mysteries of india and egypt, the tau of the patriarchs, the divine sign of osiris, the stauros of the gnostics, the keystone of the temple, the symbol of occult masonry; the cross, central point of the junction of the right angles of two infinite triangles; the cross, which in the french language seems to be the first root and fundamental substantive of the verb to believe and the verb to grow, thus combining the conceptions of science, religion and progress. the great magical agent manifests by four kinds of phenomena, and has been subjected to the exper

RITUEL ET DOGME DE LA HAUTE MAGIE BY ELIPHAS LEVI PART II

sleep! h and to the sidereal body, gdream! h thereupon, the aspect of visible things changes, as in hashish-visions. cagliostro is thought to have possessed this power, and he increased its action by means of fumigations and perfumes; but true magnetic ability should transcend these auxiliaries, all more or less inimical to reason and destructive of health? m. ragon, in his learned work on occult masonry, gives the recipe for a series of medicaments calculated to induce the exaltation of somnambulism. it is by no means a knowledge to be despised, but prudent magists should avoid its practice. the astral light is projected by glance, by voice, and by the thumb and palm of the hand. music is a potent auxiliary of the voice, and hence comes the word enchantment. no musical instrument is more

t be seized. initiation by contest and ordeal is therefore indispensable for the attainment of the practical science of magic. we have indicated after what manner the four elementary forms may be vanquished and will not repeat it here; we refer those of our readers who would inquire into the ceremonies of ancient initiations to the works of baron tschoudy, author of the blazing star, adonhiramite masonry and some other most valuable masonic treatises. we must insist, however, upon one reflection, namely, that the intellectual and social chaos in the midst of which we are perishing has been caused by the neglect of initiation, its ordeals and its mysteries. men, whose zeal was greater than their science, carried away by the popular maxims of the gospel, came to believe in the primitive and

rimitive and absolute equality of men. a famous hallucine, the eloquent and unfortunate rousseau, propagated with all the magic of his style the paradox that society alone depraves men. much as if he had said that competition and emulation in labour render workmen idle. the essential law of nature, that of initiation by effort and of voluntary and toilsome progress, has been misconstrued fatally. masonry has had its deserters, as catholicism its apostates. what has been the consequence? the substitution of a cast-iron level for the intellectual and symbolical level. to preach equality to what is beneath, without instructing it how to rise upward, is not this condemning us to descend ourselves? and hence we have stooped to the reign of the carmagnola, the sanscullotes and marat. to restore

john are the three kabalistic keys of the whole biblical edifice. the sphinxes of ezekiel are identical with those of the sanctuary and the ark, being a fourfold reproduction of the egyptian tetrad; the wheels revolving in one another are the harmonious spheres of pythagoras; the new temple, the plan of which is given according to exact kabalistic measures, is the type of the labours of primitive masonry. st. john in his apocalypse reproduces the same images and the same numbers, and reconstructs the edenic world ideally in the new jerusalem; but at the source of the four rivers the solar lamb replaces the mysterious tree. initiation by toil and blood has been accomplished, and there is no more temple because the light of truth is diffused universally and the world has become the temple of

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

everal times by kirk, and has certain merits in simultaneously dissolving prejudice and superstition. commentary 117 page 52 i have found five curiosities in scotland, not much observed to be [known] elsewhere. the five curiosities are as follows: 1. the labor of the brownies (previously discussed. 2. the mason word. here kirk is referring to the tradition that certain socalled ancient aspects of masonry are known in scotland, and that scottish masonry is of a more original lineage than that of england, having unique elements to it, such as the mason word. 3. the second sight. 4. curative charms (see page 63) 5. magical proof against wounding used by scottish soldiers. with the possible exception of the scottish mason word, these curiosities are found worldwide in various folk traditions

RUBY TABLET OF SET

. also make sure you are using an oil that does not contain alcohol, or you may get a conflagration. carpeting (drapes are not recommended unless you are sure the fabric won't stain- for rugs and carpets use a mixture of 4 oz. rubbing alcohol to 1/2 tsp of oil, more or less, depending on the oil and effect you want. use caution if house pets or family members spend time on the rug. wall surfaces- masonry such as used in basements may be sprayed with the alcohol mixture containing lavender and eucalyptus. this is effective for mildew and vermin control (use peppermint for rodents) these odors linger however, so your family (like mine) may protest if these oils are used in large areas. do a small space at a time, leaving several days in between each application. beach stones can be used, esp

SZYMANSKI GREG SEARCHING FOR THE ILLUMINATI DEEP WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE VATICAN

e italian church and vatican the following is a mason list reprinted from the bulletin de l'occident chretien nr.12, july, 1976 (directeur pierre fautrad a fye- 72490 bourg le roi) if still alive, it should be noted with interest that all of the men on this list, are subject to excommunication by canon law 2338. each man's name is followed by his position, if known; the date he was initiated into masonry, his code; and his code name, if known: albondi, alberto. bishop of livorno (leghorn. initiated 8-5-58; i.d# 7-2431. abrech, pio. in the sacred congregation bishops. 11-27-67# 63-143. acquaviva, sabino. professor of religion at the university of padova (padua. 12-3-69# 275-69. alessandro, father gottardi (addressed as doctor in masonic meetings) president of fratelli maristi. 6-14-59. ange

TEXE MARRS CODEX MAGICA SECRET SIGNS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS AND HIDDEN CODES OF THE ILLUMINATI

n global finances and investments. alex jones, well-known radio personality and top-notch producer of many videos documenting the rise of the police state. dr. cathy burns, author of the excellent masonic and occult symbols illustrated, as well as the hidden secrets of the eastern star. dean grace, author of a little guide to the all-seeing eye symbol on our dollar bill. ralph epperson, author of masonry: conspiracy against christianity, the unseen hand, and other fine books. dr. gail riplinger, author of the bestselling classic, new age bible versions. david meyer, occult researcher and publisher of last trumpet newsletter. michael hoffman, ii, author of the groundbreaking book, secret societies and psychological warfare. fritz springmeier, author of bloodlines of the illuminati and other

11 as you'll discover in codex magica, the elite use many symbols and signs to hide and obfuscate their magical work and alchemy. in the blue lodge (the first three caution!-you are entering the forbidden zone 19 degrees, the initiate takes an oath of obligation, pledging: i will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal, any of the arts, parts, or points of the hidden mysteries of ancient free masonry. 12 the order of the eastern star, the women's masonic organization, informs its new members that the order teaches them of their duties and obligations "by means of secret signs and passwords."13 the initiate is further instructed that she must bind herself "to preserve the most sacred secrecy respecting the work of the order."14 symbols are more than just pictures. consider: when you and

o, when in order to rule men, it is necessary to deceive them..for almost invariably the more simple, the more silly, and the more gross the phenomenon, the more likely it is to succeed."19 listen to the admission of albert pike, former sovereign grand commander who masonic historian manley p. hall, 33, magnificently praised as a "masonic prometheus..a king among men by the divine right of merit" masonry, like all the religions, all the mysteries, hermeticism, and alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the adepts and sages, or the elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled; to conceal the truth, which it calls light, from them, and to draw them away from it. 20 caution- you are entering the forbidden zone 2

orm.1 decker correctly asserts that "what these men are doing is worshipping a demon god so far removed from the real god that this worship must surely defile the holiness of god and guarantee those who pronounce that name in such a ceremony a swift ride to hell."2 c.c zain, a freemason who is part of a group called "the brotherhood of light" is developer and author of an entire course on ancient masonry having to do with "the spiritual significance of masonic rituals, degrees, and symbols" zain points out that the name jahbuhlun is masonry's grand omnific word, the name of their omnipotent deity. he further shows the significance of the fact that the name jahbuhlun has nine letters and is made up of three syllables, jah, buh, lun. in the ritual for the royal arch degree, since there are t

te that the true name of god, the name that had been lost for so long, is not jesus, but is jahbuhlun. they conveniently omit mention of the fact that this is, in fact, the name of a monstrous devil god, that the name is an unholy and blasphemous composite of jahweh, baal, and osiris, or on (on is a city in egypt where the worship of the sun god, osiris, is alleged to have begun. somehow, many in masonry today honor and revere osiris under the name of on, the name of his city, curiously spelled un in the name: jahbuhlun) no wonder masonic authority w.l. wilmshurst, in his highly thought of (by masons) the meaning of masonry, proclaims this degree so vital to the transformation of the candidate's life. he even suggests that in attaining this degree, one "exhibits the attainment of a new ord

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

ter fs shop that was going to publish his manuscript was torched, and a few days later, morgan was arrested on charges that he was in arrears on a two-dollar debt. that night, a stranger arrived to pay morgan fs bail, and the dissident mason was then seized by a group of his fellow lodge members and forced into a carriage. neither morgan nor his remains were ever found. one of the cornerstones of masonry was its loyalty to its members, but the entire nation was offended by the manner in which the juries were stacked in favor of those masons who were accused of having murdered william morgan. the general population demanded justice, and they were shocked by the power of a secret society that could stonewall three special prosecutors. after 20 trials for murder and kidnapping, the local sher

94. lourdes, france [online] http//www.lourdes-france. com/bonjour.htm. 2 may 2002. our lady of lourdes [online] http//www.catholic. org/mary/lourdes1.html. 2 may 2002. machu picchu at its height during the 1400s, the incan empire was the largest in the world, stretching 2,500 miles north to south and supporting a population of more than ten million people. the temples, extensive roads, elaborate masonry, and treasures of gold and silver associated with the incas date from around 1200 through the 1400s. the city of cuzco became the powerful center of an empire that spread to encompass more than 100 small nations. roads were built to criss-cross the entire empire, running through valleys and along the sides of mountains. the incas never developed the wheel, but the roads provided the means

licized his findings in 1912, and in april of 1913 national geographic magazine devoted an entire issue to the site. even though many mysteries abound about machu picchu, what has been discovered about the site since 1911 has led some to call it gthe eighth wonder of the ancient world. h machu picchu features religious shrines and temples, baths and water systems, plazas, fountains, and elaborate masonry work. stones are fitted so tightly in structures that they have withstood almost five hundred years of weathering and the lush growth of vegetation. machu picchu, situated on a long, narrow strip between mountains and above a valley, has a series of open plazas, and was divided into three sections. agricultural, urban, and religious. the agricultural section comprises a series of terraces

the gateway features intricate decorations, including a god-figure often identified as viracocha, who figured prominently in the mythology of the region. a terraced monument called akapana, measuring 650 by 600 feet and rising 50 feet high, has a pyramidal shape that levels off to form a high platform. within that platform are sunken courtyards. seen throughout tiahuanaco are skillful examples of masonry and the brilliant use of metals, including copper clamps that hold massive blocks of stones together. the gateway of the sun stands on the northwest corner of a platform temple called kalasasaya, which is adjacent to a semi-underground temple; the temples form part of an astronomical observatory. some standing stones placed on the site weigh up to 100 tons. among other remarkable feats, th

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

ge "oh, well, sir" solemnly replied the professor of magic "even before the end of the age, i will explain them to you; these three qabalistic signs are the signature of the devil "it is impossible" cried the old priest "it is the case" replied eliphas, with determination. now, the signs were these: 1 degree- the star of the micrososm, or the magic pentagram. it is the five-pointed star of occult masonry, the star with which agrippa drew the human figure, the head in the upper point, the four limbs in the four others. the flaming star, which, when turned upside down, is the hierolgyphic sign of the goat of black magic, whose head may then be drawn in the star, the two horns at the top, the ears to the right and left, the beard at the bottom. it is the sign of antagonism and fatality. it is

oo, are explained the bizarre symbols of some initiates, those of the templars, for example, who are much less to be 203 blamed for having worshipped baphomet, than for allowing its image to be perceived by the profane. baphomet, pantheistic figure of the universal agent, is nothing else than the bearded devil of the alchemists. one knows that the members of the highest grades in the old hermetic masonry attributed to a bearded demon the accomplishment of the great work. at this word, the vulgar hastened to cross themselves, and to hide their eyes, but the initiates of the cult of hermes-pantheos understood the allegory, and were very careful not to explain it to the profane. mr. de mirville, in a book to-day almost forgotten, though it made some noise a few months ago, gives himself a gre

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

riental orders and of all existing masonic degrees. its chiefs are initiates of the highest rank and recognized as such by all capabel (sic) of such recognition in every country in the world. the order is international, and has existing connections in every civilized country in the world. every man or woman who becomes a member of the o.t.o. has an indefeasible right to the first three degrees of masonry. the o.t.o, although an academia masonica, is not a masonic body, so far as the craft degrees are concerned in the sense in which that expression is usually understood in england, and therefore in no way conflicts with, or infringes the just privileges of, the united grand lodge of england. english master masons in good standing, by arrangement, on affiliation, are admitted at reduced char

xistence of a connection between the knights templar and freemasonry? perhaps the masonic fraternity did not, as was assumed by most of its members, go back to the time of king solomon but was simply an underground continuation of the order of the temple? perhaps the murdered hiram was really jacques de molay, the martyred grand master of the templars? the idea of an historical connection between masonry and the crusading orders received the enthusiastic support of the chevalier ramsay, a jacobite exile he was file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c2.html (1 of 5 [12/28/2001 2:01:22 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. the private tutor of the young pretender, bonnie prince charlie who was also an active freemason. ramsay said: at the time of t

cribed, from a hostile point of view, by a member of a rival templar order: after the death of jacques de molay, some scottish templars having become apostates at the instigation of robert bruce ranged themselves under the banner of a new order instituted by this prince and in which the receptions were based on those of the order of the temple. it is there that we must seek the origin of scottish masonry and even that of the other masonic rites. the scottish templars were excommunicated in 1324 by larmenius, who declared them to be temple desertores and with the knights of st. john of jerusalem, dominiorum militae spoliatores, placed for ever outside the pale of the temple. a similar anathema has since been launched by several grand masters against templars who were rebellious to legitimat

rder of elect cohens was founded at bordeaux in 1760 six years earlier de pasqually had unsuccessfully attempted to found an organization called the scottish judges which may well have been a first attempt to establish a magical/masonic link-up and quickly acquired a surprisingly large number of initiates. the membership (confined to those who had already taken the three degrees of ordinary craft masonry) was divided into the grades of apprentice priest, fellow priest, master priest, grand architect and grand elect of zerubbabel, the last mentioned degree sometimes being known as knight of the east. beyond these lay other, secret, degrees culminating in a rose-croix degree concerned file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c2.html (3 of 5 [12/28/2

d that this has been given the name of minerval, formerly the name of the second degree. degree masonic equivalent (if any) and classification course of instruction 1 probationer 2 minerval novices preliminary state of preparation. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c6.html (1 of 2 [12/28/2001 2:02:15 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. 3 craft of masonry entered apprentice fellow craft master mason full instruction in craft masonry, including the catechism of the first three degrees, and an explanation of all the various masonic systems. 4 scotch masonry scotch mason knight of st. andrew royal arch students or lay brothers full instruction in the scottish degrees of ancient and accepted masonry. 5 rose-croix knight of rose-croix knight of

THOUGHTS ON SETH

and will. this is indicated by the white triangle on the black ground that is the badge of the heirus. seth gives the grips and words to the aspirant, the symbolic secrets of the gods. seth gives power, including ethical power, the power to choose one's will, to "do that, and no other shall say nay" seth has a very luciferian aspect (i believe there are luciferian aspects to high degree scottish masonry) seth is the bringer of intelligence, and by personifying the darkness, he is the avatar of the knowledge of the good and evil; without darkness, we could not comprehend the ligota true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 1 a true history of witchcraft by allen greenfield get any book for free on: www.abika.com a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

of the modern witch cult and the book of shadows "it was one of the secret doctrines of paganism that the sun was the source, not only of light, but of life..the invasion of classical beliefs by the religions of syria and egypt which were principally solar, gradually affected the conception of apollo, and there is a certain later identification of him with the suffering god of christianity, free- masonry and similar cults" aleister crowley in astrology, 1974..if gbg and crowley only knew each other for a short year or a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 13 two, do you think that would be long enough for them to become such good friends that gifts of personal value would be exchanged several times, and that gbg would have been able to aquire the vast majorit

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

ect square, having at each of its four angles a letter of the mirific name, the sacred tetragram. it is the four buddhas who came and have passed away; the pythagorean tetractys-absorbed and resolved by the one eternal no-being (isis unveiled [i8771 [california: theosophy company, 19311, vol. 1, p. 507) we must now give some proofs of what we have stated, and demonstrate that the word jehovah, if masonry adheres to it, will ever remain as a substitute, never be identical with the lost mirific name. this is so well known to the kabalists, that in their careful etymology of the 717' they show it beyond doubt to be only one of the many substitutes for the real name, and composed of the twofold name of the first androgyne- adam and eve, jod (or yodh, vau and he-va-the female serpent as a symbo

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

lowed the ix degree and obligated in regard to it. i protested that i knew no such secret. he said 'but you have printed it in the plainest language. i said that i could not have done so because i did not know it. he went to the book- shelves; taking out a copy of the book of lies, he pointed to a passage in the despised chapter. it instantly flashed upon me. the entire symbolism not only of free masonry but of many other traditions blazed upon my spiritual vision. from that moment the o.t.o. assumed its proper importance in my mind. i understood that i held in my hands the key to the future progress of humanity (ibid. lixcrowley, the confessions, 767. see also peter r. koenig "spermo-gnostics and the o.t.o" available on-line at http//www.cyberlink.ch/ koenig/spermo.htm. viewed december, 1

WAITE ASPECTS OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM

ve masons, but rather free and accepted or speculative, we apply these tools to our morals" with certain variations, these words occur in each of the craft degrees, and their analogies are to be found in a few subsidiary degrees which may be said to arise out of the craft- as, for example, the honorable degree of mark master mason. that which is applied more specially to the working implements of masonry belongs to our entire building symbolism, whether it is concerned with the erection by the candidate in his own personality of an edifice or "superstructure perfect in its parts and honorable to the builder" or, in the mark degree, with a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, or again with solomon's temple spiritualized in the legend of the master degree. a system of morality

ing symbolism, whether it is concerned with the erection by the candidate in his own personality of an edifice or "superstructure perfect in its parts and honorable to the builder" or, in the mark degree, with a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, or again with solomon's temple spiritualized in the legend of the master degree. a system of morality it comes about in this manner that masonry is described elsewhere as "a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" i want to tell you, among other things which call for consideration, something about the nature of the building, as this is presented to my mind, and about the way in which allegory, symbols and drama all hang together and make for one meaning. it is my design also to show that craft ma

rk, wherein he is taught how he should build himself. the method of instruction is practical within its own measures, but as it is so familiar and open, it is not, properly speaking, the subject-matter of a secret order. there is, secondly, a building myth, and the manner in which it is put forward involves the candidate taking part in a dramatic scene, wherein he represents the master-builder of masonry. there is, thirdly, a masonic quest, connected with the notion of a secret word communicated as an essential part of the master-degree in building. this is perhaps the most important and strangest of the three elements; but the quest after the word is not finished in the third degree. the first degree let us look for a moment at the degree of entered apprentice, and how things stand with t

ic purpose. he is described by his conductor as a person who is "properly prepared" the fitness implied by the recommendation has reference to something which is within him, but not of necessity obvious or visible on his surface personality. it is not that he is merely a deserving member of society at large. he is this, of course, by the fact that he is admitted; but he is very much more, because masonry has an object in view respecting his personality- something that can be accomplished in him as a result of his fellowship in the brotherhood, and by himself. as a matter of truth, it is by both. the "prepared" state is, however, only external, and all of us know in what precisely it consists. now the manner of his preparation for entrance into the lodge typifies a state which is peculiar t

ists. now the manner of his preparation for entrance into the lodge typifies a state which is peculiar to his inward position as a person who has not been initiated. there are other particulars into which i need not enter, but it should be remarked that in respect of his preparation he learns only the meaning of the state of darkness, namely, that he has not yet received the light communicated in masonry. the significance of those hindrances which place him at a disadvantage, impede his movements, and render him in fact helpless, is much deeper than this. they constitute together an image of coming out from some old condition by being unclothed therefrom- partially at least- and thereafter of entering into a condition that is new and different, in which another kind of light is communicate

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

econciliation. negative: impulsivity, instability and mental agitation. mood-swings. idleness. obsession with psychic powers. pluto: positive: transforming, rejuvenating, penetrating. forces us to integrate our collective shadow. negative: baffling, sinister, depraved, fanatical, destructive. planetary trades and activities saturn: politics, business, agriculture, mining, clock-making, economics, masonry, plumbing, undertaking, tanning, occupations dealing with wills and real estate. jupiter: philosophy, religion, government, banking, law, appraising, advising, finance, insurance, academia, civic leadership, work involving organizing, credit agencies, ministry. mars: military, mechanics, surgery, engineering, iron and steel work, blacksmithing, fire-fighting, locksmithing, competitive spor

some interesting correspondences with the number four: the fourth of july celebrates the declaration of independence; we have four branches of government; presidents have four-year terms. qabalistically, the number four represents perfect equilibrium and is often represented by a cross or a cubic stone. this stone, according to levi, is the keystone of the temple, or the structural foundation of masonry and occultism. on the tree, it is represented by the sephirah of chesed, often known as gedulah (gdvlh, which means majesty or magnificence. gedulah has a numerical value of forty-eight, or 12x4, which suggests the multiplication of the powers of the four elements by the twelve signs of the zodiac. the divine name attributed to this sephira, al or el, is the ending of many angelic names. i

of the plants sacred to jupiter. another word valuable to use on a talisman is zvg, which also has a value of sixteen and which means like or equal to (crowley) or to pair or match (ben yehuda. it can be used to draw out an affinity with the forces being evoked in the talisman. it forms a perfect right angle (see figure 6-c, which, because it is open on the third side, is also a magical symbol of masonry, according to levi. it is the tool called a square which is used by masons and carpenters even today. i have found this signature to be an extremely effective sigil line, as well as others which form perfect right angles. the intelligence of jupiter is yophiel and its sigil is demonstrated in figure 6-d. one may also use more than one sigil on a kamea, if their energies are sufficiently co

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

of two horizontal and two vertical lines, forming nine spaces, a central square, and 4 three-sided figures, and 4 two-sided figures, to each of which are allotted certain letters; there are several modes even of this arrangement, and there is a mystical mode of allotting the sephiroth to this figure, but this is a rosicrucian secret. 28. this method is used in a superficial manner in mark master masonry. a further development of the numerical kabalah consists of arithmetical processes of extension and contraction; thus tetragrammaton is considered as y 10, h 5, v 6, h 5, or 26, but also may be spelled in full yvd 20, ha 6, vv 12, ha 6, or 44. again, the kabalists extended a number by series. zain z or 7 becomes 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7, numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys

ulet or talisman powerful to preserve from evil, and when inscribed on a portal, could keep out evil spirits. it is found almost everywhere in greece and egypt. diodorus calls five the union of the four elements with ether. there are 5 orders of architecture and 5 senses of the human body now commonly known and described (but the whole are seven. geometry is technically called the 5th science. in masonry the grand scheme is the 5 points of fellowship and note also 5 brethren can hold a fellowcrafts lodge. it is also called the pyramid, from the arrangement of monads, thus three below, then two, then one above them. note the system of 5 regular euclidean bodies, tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron. the pentagram was the emblem of safety. the pentacle, t

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