SYMBOLOGY AND THE ILLUMINATI
Recently, there has been much debate in
the media about whether or not the symbols and doctrine taught by the
Freemasons is benign, something that will enlighten you and make you
a better person or something evil, and for those who believe in God,
immoral.
It is possible to trace most of their
symbols back to their origins, and to find books written by some of
their more famous members which state what they believe their purpose
to be. However, they differ in opinion. Why would some members like
Albert Pike, give different meanings to their symbols and rituals?
The Sun-god
Dr. Robert Hieronimus has said, "As
with all secret societies, there are levels, and if you are on the
lower levels, you don't even know there are upper levels."
Referring to Ancient Egypt, he said,
"The priests would tell the serfs, the guy that tilled the land,
and they would say, 'The Sun is god.' They accepted that very low
level interpretation, all physical. That's not what the priests
believed. The priests believed there was a second level. The priests
believed that it is not the physical Sun that is the supreme being,
... it's the spirit which flows through the physical Sun that is the
supreme deity. However, there is another level, and the priests
didn't even know it. Those that are involved and elevated to....the
third level, which is a better, a higher level of understanding said,
'No, the Sun is not the supreme deity. Yes, spiritual energies come
through the Sun. That's not what we're talking about. What we're
talking about is the star, Sirius, The Dog Star.' Because the Dog
Star was everything to the Ancient Egyptians."
The Egyptians
associated Sirius with the god, Anubis, which looks like a dog. This
is why it is called The Dog Star. Anubis guarded the gates of death.
He was also the protector of mysteries. The Romans recognized a
dog-like god that was the keeper of hell, as being associated with
Sirius. For reasons unknown there is a 26 foot tall statue of Anubis
at Denver International Airport. Denver International is reportedly
full of New World Order symbology and art.
Since Robert Hieronimus is a Co-Mason,
and thus not recognized by the other types of Masonic lodge in the
United States, other sources of information should be considered.
Co-Masons, allow women to become members and thus are not allowed to
attend other lodges, such as Scottish Rite Freemasonry.
"Isis represents the visible
component of Sirius(Sirius A) while Nephthys, Isis's sister, the
'dark goddess' represents the invisible component, Sirius B. As we
have seen previously, 'the circle' is the orbit of Sirius B, called
Anubis. Anubis was also called 'the horizon'. 'Horizon' in Egyptian
is aakh-t, and what has come to interest me more recently is that
aakh-t is also the name of the Great Pyramid. It would seem therefore
that another name for Anubis was Aakhuti, since it was used to mean
'the god who dwelleth in the horizon', and as we have seen from
Plutarch, this is Anubis."
(Temple, Robert K.G., The Sirius
Mystery, 1979)
In Egypt, when Sirius rose in the East,
the annual flooding of the Nile began. Since all life in Egypt
depended on this yearly occurance, it was believed to have a divine
cause. They believed that Isis would then appear and give birth to
Horus. Horus, Isis and made up an Egyptian Trinity.
Symbols are said to have an esoteric
meaning and an exoteric meaning. The esoteric meaning is the real,
and deeper meaning, that is only known to a few, who keep it secret.
The symbol also has the exoteric meaning which is basically a made up
explanation, told to everyone else. This results in the current state
we now find ourselves in. To some people, any given symbol has
multiple meanings. To one man, the meaning might be evil, to another,
it might be perfectly innocent. A third man, who is better informed,
knows that they are both right, but their reasons for finding a
symbol evil or innocent are incorrect. Some people will try to tell
you that it depends on which way a pentagram is pointing whether or
not it is an evil symbol.
As far as symbols and the Masons are
concerned, Albert Pike had this to say, " Masonry, like all the
Religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism and Alchemy, conceals it's
secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses
false explanations and misinterpretations of it's sybols to mislead
those who deserve only to be mislead...The Blue Degrees are but the
outer court or portico of the Temple. Part of the symbols are
displayed 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 he understands them. Their true
explication is reserved for the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry."
(Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of Freemasonry, pg. 104, 105 &
819).
I have known second and third
generation 32nd degree Masons who had no idea what was really going
on. Pike's reference to 'the Elect' would be a possible explanation,
because not all Masons hold office in the lodge. Pike also points out
that the upper level Masons regard anyone else as deserving to be
misled. This shows contempt, if nothing else. He has also disproven
their claim that they are not a religion.
To return to the sun as a symbol, the
reason that the Egyptians and in modern times, the Masons, orient
their buildings toward the east, is because that is where the Sun and
the Dog Star appear. In Masonic lodges, there is a five pointed star
under the alter where the candidate is initiated or obligated.
Pentagrams are also five pointed stars. The directions of east and
west are significant. The Tabernacle written about in the Old
Testament had to be entered from a gate on the east, so that you were
facing west as you entered.This would put your back to the sun.
Ezekiel 8:16 shows a vision in which the prophet sees Hebrew men
facing the east, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and
shows it as an abomination. In Pagan temples, when standing in front
of an alter, you would be facing the east, with your back to the
west. Isaiah 14:13 and Job 22:12 says that God's habitation is in the
north. In contrast, Masons teach that only evil or darkness comes
from the north. "Because this and every true lodge is, or ought
to be, a true representation of King Solomon's Temple, which was
situated north of the ecliptic; the sun and moon, therefore darting
their rays from the north. We therfore, masonically, term the north a
place of darkness"(Richardson, Jabez, Richardson's Monitor of
Freemasonry, 1999, pg.17)
We are informed by several
distinguished writers that it[masonry] is a corruption of the Greek
word mesouraneio, which signifies, 'I am in the midst of heaven,'
alluding to the sun, which, being 'in the midst of heaven,' is the
great source of light. Others derive it directly from the ancient
Egyptian Phre, the sun, and Mas, a child: Phre-Massen--i.e., Children
of the Sun, or, Sons of Light." (Brown, Robert Hewitt, Stellar
Theology and Masonic Astronomy, 2002, pg. 268)
As the first and last definitions would
indicate enlightenment and Sirius, they are more consistent with
other writers.
Edmond Ronayne wrote a book called
Master's Carpet Or Masonry and Baal-Worship Identical. In it he
quotes from the writings of actual Masons.
Eierson, Traditions of Freemasonry, p.
231:
"Egypt was repeopled after the
deluge by the sons of Ham, and they made more rapid advances in
recovering a knowledge of the arts and sciences partially lost by
that catastrophe, than any other people, until Egypt became to be
looked upon as the mother of science."
Ronayne: "The early Egyptians
settlers, in their periodical observations from year to year, (as we
learn from history), in search of some sign by means of which they
could tell about what time the river Nile would overflow its banks,
and so enable them to prepare for flight to the hill country, at
last, as a reward for their continued watchfulness, beheld in the
morning near the stars of Cancer, though pretty far from the bands
of the Zodiac, toward the south, and a few weeks after their rising,
one of the most brilliant if not the brightest star in the whole
heavens, ascencing the horizon. It appeared a little before the
rising of the sun, which had rendered it almost invisible for a month
or two previous. This phenomenon becoming visible only a short time
before the rising of the Nile, the Egyptians pitched upon the
appearing of this magnificent star as the infalible sign of the
beginning of the inundation, and hence, it became the public mark on
which every one was to keep a watchful eye not to miss the instant of
retiring to the higher grounds.
As it was seen but a very little time
above the horizon, it seemed to show itself to the Egyptians merely
to warn them of the overflowing which soon followed. They then gave
this star two names, having a very natural relation to the helps they
borrowed therefrom. It warned them of the danger, whereupon they
called it Thaaut or Thot, the dog; they called it also the barker,
the monitor, in Egyptian Anubis. And it may be worthy of brief
mention that this same Anubis or dog star of the early Egyptians, is
now the 'Blazing Star' of the Masonic philosophy and has the very
same meaning for the Mason today, (as will be show hereafter) that it
formerly had for the dwellers in lower Egypt.
The verneration with which this
magnificent star was at first regarded, gradually led to its worship,
which after a time, was followed by the worship of other stars and
heavenly bodies, and then again by others, until at length the
doctrine of sabaism or star-worship became the common religion of
Egypt and the adjacent countries, and finally led to the polytheism
which afterwards every where prevailed.
But while polytheism, or the worship of
many gods, was the universal religion of the multitudes or the common
people in all pagan nations, yet the sun or sun-god, under different
appellations, was everywhere constituted as the chief diety. And
while the pagan masses offered their public devotions to their
myriads of senseless idols, the pagan priests and philosophers and
rulers had a different worship, which they practiced only in secret
which they practiced only in secret, which they conducted with the
most imposing ceremonies, and which they always celebrated in honor
of the chief diety, or sun-god. This secret worship of paganism in
every country was termed the 'Mysteries,' and that which was revived
by the 'Masonic fathers' in the beginning of the eighteenth century;
so that what was called the 'Mysteries' of Osiris, or Baal, or
Bacchus, or Dionysius in ancient times, is today known at the
mysteries of Masonry. On this point all our Masonic writers, as has
been already mentioned, give such plain, positive, unqualified,
affirmative testimony, that, if we do not believe what they say
concerning their own pet philosophy, it is useless to receive human
testimony on any subject. And for the purpose of illustratig this
Baal worship, and as if to give emphasis to their teaching, the
emblem of the sun, moon, stars, &c., on the preceding page, is
found in all our lodges and manuals."
He then quotes from some of these
writers.
Traditions of Masonry, pg. 232
"More pages of the writings of the
ancients have been preserved to our times, are devoted to the
MYSTERIES than to the development of empires. Hence we have better
knowledge of the cermonial and legend of many of the phases of the
mysteries, than we have of the country in which they were practiced."
Mackey, Lexicon of Freemasonry, pg.
125:
"EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES.----Egypt was
the cradle of the mysteries of paganism. At one time in possession of
all the learning and religion that was to be found in the world, it
extended into other nations in the influence of its sacred rites, and
its secret doctrines."
pg. 315:
"This is the name given to those
religious assemblies of the ancients, whose ceremonies were conducted
in secret, whose doctrines were know only to those who had obtained
the right of knowledge by a previous initiation, and whose members
were in possession of signs and tokens, by which they were enabled to
recognize each other."
"Warburton's definition of the
'Mysteries' was as follows. Each of the pagan gods had (besides the
public and open) a secret worship paid unto him, to which none were
admitted but those who had been selected by preparatory ceremonies
termed the mysteries." (Divine Legation, vol. i. pg. 189)
"The most important of the
mysteries were those of Mithras, celebrated in Persia; of Osiris and
Isis, celebrated in Egypt; of Eleusis, instituted in Greece, and the
Scandinavivan and Druidical rites which were confined to the Gothic
and Celtic tribes."
Traditions of Freemasonry, pg. 233:
"And the mysteries througout the
world were the same in substance, being derived from one source and
celebrated in honor of the same deities, though acknowledged under
different appellations."
Mackey, Lexicon of Freemasonry, pg.
315:
"In all these various mysteries we
find a singular unity of design, clearly indicating a common origin.
The ceremonies of initiation were all
funereal in their character. They celebrated the death and
resurrection of some cherished being, either the object of esteem as
a hero, or of devotion as a god.
Subordination of degrees was
instituted, and the candidate was subjected to probations varying in
their character and severity....the rites were practiced in the
darkness of night, and the full fruition of knowledge for which so
much labor was endured, and so much danger incurred, was not attained
until the aspirant, well tried and thoroughly purified, had reached
the place of wisdom and of light."
Unfortunately, when a man becomes a
candidate to enter the Masons, they don't tell him precisely what he
is swearing an oath to. They use all this allegory to confuse them.
Nevertheless, he has to "declare upon his honor" to
"cheerfully conform to all the ancient usages and established
customs of the fraternity." Most people think they are just
agreeing to follow the rules of the lodge. They don't realize that
the "ancient usages and customs" are meaning the ancient
religious practices of pagan priests.
They confuse initiates by referring to
a Great Architect of the Universe, implying that they mean God. They
also tell him the legend of Hiram Abiff and tie that to Solomon's
Temple, which makes the average man think there is a Judeo-Christian
basis. But according to their own writings, that is a fallacy.
Traditions of Freemasonry, pg. 240:
"The Masonic legend stands by
itself unsuported by history or other than its own traditions; yet we
readily recognize in Hiram Abiff the Osiris of the Egyptians, the
Mithras of the Persians, the Bacchus of the Greeks, the Dionysius of
the fraternity of the Artificers, and the Atys of the Phrygians,
whose passion, death and resurrection were celebrated by these people
respectively.
For many ages, and everywhere, Masons
celebrated the death of Hiram Abiff. Everywhere among the ancient
nations there existed a similar allegory."
Mackey, Manual of the Lodge, pg. 99
"The idea of the legend was
undoubtedly borrowed from the ancient mysteries, where the lesson was
the same as that conveyed now in the third degree of Masonry."
Sickles, Freemasons Guide, pg. 196:
"The Egyptian rite was a dramatic
representation. This myth is the antetype of temple legend. Osiris
and the Tyrian Architect, i.e. Hiram Abiff--Are one and the same--not
a mortal individual, but an immortal principle."
Although they tend to try and appear to
be Judeo-Christian in the U.S., again you have to refer to their own
writers.
Traditions of Freemasonry, pg. 233:
"The mysteries were introduced,
(so says tradition,) into India, by Brahma; into China and Japan, by
Buddha; into Egypt by Thoth, the son of Mizraim; into Persia by
Zeradhurst; into Greece, by Melampus, or Cadmus; into Boeotia by
Prometheus and his son; into Crete, by Minos; and into Samothracia,
by Eumospos, or Dardanus; and into Messene, by Caucon; into Thebes,
by Methapus; into Athens, by Erecthus; into Etruria, by Philostratus;
and into the city or Arene, by Lycus; into Thrace, by Orpheus; into
Italy, by the Pilasgi; into Cyprus, by Cinyras; into Gaul and
Britain, by Gomer; into Scandinavia, by Sigge, or Odin; into Mexico,
by Vitzliputzli; into Peru, by Manco Capac and his wife, and into
Judea, by Hiram Abiff."
This one statement seems to claim a
connection to every major pagan religion known to man.
Pierson, Traditions of Freemasonry, pg.
34:
"Bazot tells us in his Manuel de
Franc Macon, ---Manual of Freemasonry---p. 154, that the verneration
which Masons entertain for the east confirms an opinion previously
announced, that the religious system of Masonry comes from the east,
and has reference to the primitive religion whose first occupation
was the worship of the sun."
Mackey, Symbolism of Freemasonry, pg.
27. 28
"Among the Egyptians, too, the
chief deity, Osiris was but another name for the sun, while his
arch-enemy and destroyer, Typhon, was the typification of night and
darkness."
"Many, indeed all of the Masonic
symbols of the present day, can only be thoroughly comprehended and
properly appreciated by this reference to sun worship."
Mackey, Symbolism of Freemasonry, pg.
20:
"One thing at least, is incapable
of refutation, and that is, that we are indebted to the Tyrian Masons
for the introduction of the symbol of Hiram Abiff. The idea of the
symbol, although modified by the Jewish Masons, is not Jewish in its
inception. It was evidently borrowed from the pagan mysteries, where
Bacchus, Adonis, Proserpine and a host of other apotheosized beings
play the same role that Hiram does in the Masonic Mysteries."
Albert Pike said, in Morals and Dogma,
page 486, "Sirius still glitters in our lodges as the Blazing
Star." The Gnostics used the term Blazing Star to refer to
Sirius. He also wrote that the Pentagram dates back to the Pentalph
of the Greek philosopher, Pythagoras. It was made up of five alphas
or the letter A, in the Greek alphabet.Have you ever noticed that the
stars on the flag of the USA have five points? Another name for
Sirius is The Eastern Star. The female counterpart to the Masons call
themselves The Eastern Star.
The All Seeing Eye and the Great
Pyramid
The All Seeing Eye, is also called the
Eye of Horus. Masonic Dogma, attempts to draw a correlation between
Horus and Christ. The capstone of The Great Pyrimid is believed to be
missing. There is an All Seeing Eye floating above a pyramid on the
back of the dollar bill. Although some people belive the rays that
come from behind it are sun rays, they are actually representing the
light from Sirius. The Blazing Star of Masons is actually a better
representation of the concept. There is a star with an All Seeing Eye
in it's center, and surrounding both are the rays of Sirius, arranged
in the form of a pentagon. There are myths that say that the return
of the capstone of the Great Pyramid will signal the return of The
Great Initiate. Some Masons believe that This means the return of
Christ, because they are given this lower level meaning. Albert Pike
gave the true meaning of the Masonic Trinity. They have many
paintings and representations showing the Sun above one column, the
Moon above another column, and the All Seeing Eye or Blazing Star in
the middle. In Morals and Dogma, on pages 13-14, he says, "The
Sun and Moon...represent the two grand principles...the male and the
female..both shed their light upon their offspring, the Blazing Star,
or Horus."
The All Seeing Eye itself is giving a
meaning that is suitable for those at lower levels. New members are
told that it stands for the All Seeing Eye of God, meaning the
Judeo-Christian God, and not Osiris. It is supposed to remind
members that everything they do is seen by God, who watches over us
all. But the fact that it is enclosed in an Egyptian pyramid points
to it's true origin. "The Eye of God is Shiva (Siva), the
Destroyer."Alice A. Bailey, Discipleship in the New Age, pg.
265. Shiva is the Indian equivalent to Osiris.
Referring to the Eye of Horus, A guide
to the exhibition galleries of the British museum, Bloomsbury - Page
96, British Museum,1882, pg. 196, says: "it preserved the body
from decay." Which is in total accord with the Masonic writers
who say that the Mystery schools were essentially cults of the dead.
People have become immune to the occult
meanings for the Eye and the pyramid symbol, because mainstream media
is being used to numb us to it. We see celebrities making the sign
for the eye and forming their hands into pyramids all over the place.
Many corporations use either or both on their logos.
The Great Pyramid can be said to
represent The Trinity, but which one. Triangle's can symbolise Sacred
Geometry, as well. The pyramid within a circle that the Gay community
chose for their symbol also has a Satanic meaning. In rituals the
triangle/pyramid is used to call a summoned demon into and the circle
is used to keep it contained there. If there were no circle around
it, the demon could get loose and possibly possess those who summoned
it. (Guiley, Rosemary, Zaffis, John, Encyclopedia of Demons and
Demonology, 2009, pg. 40) The Earthly Triangle, also called the
Pyramid Triangle and Fire Triangle, is a triangle with one point up.
(Shirley Plessner, Symbolism of the Eastern Star). It also represents
Divine Man, or the idea that man can become divine. In his book,
Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man, Albert Churchward wrote that the
upward triangle was a symbol for Set. Anton La Vey said that Set was
one of Satan's names.
The Owl
The owl represents being able to see in
the dark, or being "enlightened." In Jewish mythology,
Lillith, was Adam's first wife, who mated with demons rather than
submit to him. She is often depicted with owls. Some cultures such as
the native beliefs of Kenya, owls are harbingers of death. Many other
cultures belief they are signs of bad luck, ill health, or death. The
Roman statesman Pliny the Elder wrote that owls foretell only evil
and are to be dreaded more than all other birds.Medieval cultures
believed owls to be witches or wizards. Merlin is depicted as always
having an owl on his shoulder. T.H. White wrote The Once And Future
King, in which Merlin has an owl named Archimedes. This was repeated
in Disney's The Sword in the Stone. Witches are believed by many
cultures to have owls as familiars.
Owls are often depicted as 'Wise Old
Owls" such as in Winnie The Pooh, Tootsie Roll Commercials, the
'Give A Hoot, Don't Pollute' campaign, etc. This goes back to ancient
times and Greek and Egyptian myths. The Greek city of Athens had an
owl on it's coins. Their patron goddess, Athene, was the goddess of
wisdom, but also the goddess of darkness. In fact the scientific name
for owls is Athene. The association with wisom and scholars is
believed to come from the way it appears to be studying it's
environment intently from it's perch.
Another connection to Masons and Athena
is Semiramis. She was the wife of Ninus. Ninus was the King of
Ninevah. Semiramis was a powerful queen. More importantly to Masons,
she was a great designer and builder. She may have created the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon. She is also connected to Athena, Isis and
Ishtar.( Fanthorpe, Lionel, Fanthorpe, Patricia, Mysteries and
Secrets of the Masons, 2006, pg. 32)
The Caananite god, Moloch sometimes
appears as an owl. (Warren, Michael David, Into The Rabbit Hole,
2005, pg. 304) The Old Testament is full of prohibitions against the
worship of Moloch and the child sacrifice associated with it. The
Egyptians used the owl as a hieroglyph for the sound 'm'. They often
drew the bird with it's legs broken so that it could not come to
life.(Mobile Reference, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of European
Birds: An Essential Guide ... 2008)
As with many other symbols, owls have
been given a traditional Christian meaning. They are supposed to
represent Christ bringing the light of his teachings to a world in
darkness. But this is in conflict with Gnostic belief that owls were
to be associated with Lillith. The Greek word for an owl gnoma is
associated with the word gnostic, which became 'to know' in English.
Owls are used as symbols by the
Bohemian Grove, Illuminati and Freemasons. Alex Jones managed to get
film footage of the giant owl used in the Bohemian Grove
rituals.There is an owl in the layout of the garden at Capital Hill,
in Washington, D.C. and another one hidden on the dollar bill.
The Skull and Crossbones
The Skull and Crossbones has
traditionally been used as a symbol of danger. We are all familiar
with it's association with poisonous substances. It was a Christian
symbl for many centuries, due to a legend that the cross Christ was
crucified on rested on the skull and bones of Adam. Pirates began
using the Jolly Roger flag in the 1700's and the Catholic church then
forbade the symbol to be used on vestments. It did not begin to be
used on medicine and poison bottles until the nineteenth
century.(Griffenhagen, George B., History of Drug Containers and
Their Labels, 1999, pg. 92)
Several authors on the Templars say
that it was a Templar symbol derived from their cross. (Kenyan, J.
Douglas, Forbidden Religion: Suppressed Heresies of the West, 2006,
pg.71)
"Bradley agrees with Baigent and
Leigh that the Templar fleet sailded north through the Irish Sea to
their final destination, the western fiords of Scotland, carefully
avoiding the Irish coast because of pro-Vatican control of the ports.
The fleet landed in various areas north
of present-day Glasgow, in the environs of Oban. Here Templar graves
were marked with the familiar Templar symbol of skull-and-crossbones.
In Scotland the Templars apparently
chose not to organize themselves into a new order of knighthood but
elected instead to spread their secret doctrine more widely by
creating Freemasonry under the leadership of the powerful
Saint-Clairs (Sinclairs) of Roslin. At this point, the naval war with
the Vatican began in earnest.
Says Bradley 'An upsurge in European
piracy begins from this time and the pattern of it suggests that many
pirates were not mere freebooters who would attack anyone, but very
curious 'pirates' who confined their attentions to Vatican and loyal
Catholic shipping.
The Templar fleet was to be split into
two parts. One would anchor in the Orkneys and prepare for Sinclair's
ambitious journeys to North America. The other was to sail the
Atlantic and Mediterranean as a naval force attacking ships
associated with the Vatican and their allies. Some of the Templar
fleet would go on to be absorbed into the Portugese navy and fly the
Portugese flag, while other ships---usually commanded by French or
English captains---flew a black flag with a skull-and-crossbones, a
symbol that would become known worldwide as the Jolly Roger...
Authors such as Baigent, Lincol, and
Bradley maintain that the skull-and-crossbones imagery that the
Templars employed is nothing but the old Templar "cross pattee"
rendered in human skeletal material, with the knobs of the leg bones
being the pattees of the Templar cross. The message of the
skull-and-crossbones is abundantly clear, says Bradley: It was a
'neo-Templar' vow to oppose the Roman Church to the death, and thus
the symbolism of human bones on both the flag and Templar
gravestones."
Apparently, the Jolly Roger was named
after Roger II of Sicily. He was associated with the Templars during
the Crusades. He governed his territory independenty of the Vatican,
and his court was a center of the arts and sciences. He established a
navigational school in Sicily, and invited Jews and Muslims there.
Francis Drake was associated with
Freemasonry and wrote books on a proposed New World Order. During his
time, he was heavily involved in piracy against Spanish Catholic
ships.
It has been used as a military symbol.
Most people are familiar with the Nazi use of it. The Masons used to
have it on their aprons. (Hodapp, Christopher, Von Kannon Alice, The
Templar Code for Dummies, 2007, pg. 199)
The Skull and Bones Society, is the
most famous organization that gains it's name from this symbol.
Apparently, it is not safe to ask some people about it. A University
of Florida student named Andrew Meyer, was tazered after asking
Senator John Kerry, if he was a member, in 2007.
The Caduceus
Snakes coiled around rods are
associated with Sumerian deity, Ningishita, the god of healing.This
symbol is called the caduceus. It is the universal symbol for
medicine. This is because of the Greek god of medicine and healing,
Hermes, who was called Mercury by the Romans and was synonomous with
the Egyptian god, Thoth. He is the patron deity of alchemy. He used
a sort of magic wand that was the caduceus to transform reality,
which is why it is also the sybol for alchemical tranmustation of one
substance into another. Alchemists used a simple form of it that
looks very much like the dollar sign. They used it to denote the
substance Mercury which they called quick silver. Astrologers also
used it to represent the planet Mercury. At one point it was on
British pound notes. Another of Hermes' associations was with
commerce, or money, as such, he is also the protector of merchants
and thieves.In the Old Testament, Moses used a staff with a serpent
on it to heal the Israelites who had been bitten by fiery serpents.
This ' the rod of asklepios' only has one snake on it. Asklepios was
a Greek physician who became deified as the god of medicine. The
filarial worm 'Dracunculus medinensis' also called 'the fiery
serpent', or 'the dragon of Medina' and 'the guinea worm' crawled
around the victim's body, just under the skin. Physicians treated
this infection by cutting a slit in the patient's skin, just in front
of the worm's path. As the worm crawled out the cut, the physician
carefully wound the pest around a stick until the entire animal had
been removed. It is believed that because this type of infection was
so common, physicians advertised their services by displaying a sign
with the worm on a stick.
The Dogon tribe of Africa, have an
interesting religious mythology. It bears many similarities to
Egyptian mythology. and some to Greek myths. Early goddess statues
from Ur, from around 4500 BC are also serpent goddesses. Like thee
gods of the Dogon, the statues in Ur have serpent bellies with lines
across them. they have casques, slanted eyes, cow noses, fish tails,
and unusual bumps on their shoulders.
Shannon Dorey, wrote a book called The
Nummo in 2006. It tells much of the Dogon mythology and her opinions
on how their myths tie into all of the other religions of the world.
The Dogon believe that their gods came to earth from somewhere else,
and experimented with interbreeding with humans or other animals. The
first offspring of this experiment were androgynous, as had been the
Nummo. These early hybrids were immortal and could fertilize
themselves and reproduce independenty. In the same way a clone
might, they remembered their former lives. But later offspring were
male. The Nummo and the Dogon, believed them to have been born
without souls. They had no memory of previous lives. These male
offspring were associated with the jackal and were evil.
In their symbology, the androgynous
beings were associated with the sacred feminine and the number four,
and the sun. The male offspring were associated with the number three
and the moon.
In order to come up with a better
genetic product, the Nummo bred the males to the androgynous
offspring. They eventually came up with a perfect product. They
called him The Giver of Speech.
Tacitus wrote in his Regnator Omnium
Deus, that Odin or Woden, was the same as the Roman god Mercury and
the Greek god Hermes. He is associated with a jackal. He carried the
caduceus, which looks a great deal like the symbol for DNA. The Dogon
ancestor stole fire from the Nummo and Hermes was said to be the
first to light a fire, and also to be associated with thieves.
The Egyptian counterpart to Mercury and
Hermes was Thoth. Dennis William Hauck, in his book, Sorcerer's
Stone: A Beginner's Guide to Alchemy, on pg. 17, had this to say:
" His symbol was a pair of
serpents twisted around a central staff ( the caduceus). Since
serpents represent the life force in most ancient cultures, the
caduceus be came the symbol of healing and medicine. There is a
remarkable similarity between Thoth's caduceus and the structure of
the DNA molecule, the double helix of proteins that is the blueprint
of all life....
The legend continues to about 10,000
B.C., when Thoth, knowing a great flood was about to envelope the
planet, sealed his scrolls inside a great stone pillar as a kind of
time capsuel of wisdom for later generations. He also inscribed a
succinct summary of his teachings on a gemstone tablet and sealed it
in another great pillar. These two pillars survived The Great Flood
and were later discovered by Egyptians. They are mentioned in texts
dating to the New Dynasty (1500-1050 B.C.), a period when alchemy
flourished in Egypt. They were also described by travelers to Egypt,
including the Greek historian Herodotus who visited Egypt in 400 B.C.
He called them the 'Pillars of Hermes.'"
Dennis Hauck also wrote in The Complete
Idiots Guide to Alchemy. On page 311:
"Scholars insist it all began with
the Greek healer Asclepius, who adopted the caduceus to symbolize
healing, though the connection goes back much farther to the origigal
Hermes. The Ebers Papyrus, a 68-foot-long scroll that is the oldest
surviving book in the world, tells us: 'Man's guide is Thoth, who
bestows on him the gifts of speech, who makes the books and illumines
those who are learned therein, and the physicians who follow him that
they may work cures.'"
We find the concept of androgyny and
the basis of life in the Chinese yin-yang symbol. "sybolizes
the coiling of two serpentine and complementary forms into a single
androgynous vital principle. (Narby, Jeremy, The cosmic serpent: DNA
and the origins of knowledge, pg. 257)
This ties the mythology of the Dogon,
and their Giver of Speech, directly to Thoth. And since their gods
were serpent-like beings, to the caduceus.
The Sumerian god Ea had a son called
Ningishida. He is said to have manipulated the genes between the
first and second generation of men. Due to this, he is depicted with
what appears to be a DNA double helix in his hands. He had a mastery
over snakes, and the helix forms in his hands either had a scaly
appearance or had snake heads. Ningishida was called Hermes by the
Greeks. (Iroku, Osita, A Day in the Life of God, pg. 100) He was
sometimes shown as a serpent with a human head and represented by a
dragon with horns. He is associated with the Hydra constellation. He
was the patron of medicine and may have been androgynous since it it
not certain whether he was male or female. The 'nin' prefix to his
name could indicate either the feminine or just denote deity.
Depictions of him date to around 2000 B.C.
There is a pillar in Rosslyn Chapel
called the Apprentice Pillar. When it is related to Norse mythology,
it represents the Tree of Knowledge, Ygdrasill. It held up the
heavens from the earth and the dragons of time who chewed at the
roots. Odin sacrificed himself on this Tree of Knowledge in order to
learn the secrets of wisdom and creation. The Christian
representation is of The Tree of Life. If you look at it, it looks
like DNA or a caduceus.
This Apprentice Pillar is tied to
Masonic mythology. An Account of the Chapel of Rosslyn, was written
in 1774 by Dr. Forbes, Bishop of Caithness.
"The Master Mason having received
from the Founder a model of a pillar of exquisite workmanship and
design, hesitated to carry it out until he had gone to Rome or some
other foreign part to see the original. He went abroad and in his
absence an apprentice, having dreamt that he had finished the pillar,
at once set to work and carried out the design as it now stands, a
perfect marvel of workmanship.
The Master Mason on his return, seeing
the pillar completed, instead of being delighted at the success of
his pupil, was so stung with envy that he asked who dared to do it in
his absence. On being told that it was his apprentice, he was so
inflamed with rage and passion that he struck him with a mallet,
killed him on the spot and paid the penalty for his rash and cruel
act."
This story is very similar to the
Legend of Hiram Abif, that is part of Masonic sybolism.
Within the village of Rosslyn, the
Roslin Institute is also located. This is where on July 5, 1996,
Dolly the Sheep was cloned.
One place we often see the modern form
of this symbol is the double helix symbol for genetic material. In
paintings, Satan is often depicted as a serpent coiled around a tree
instead of a rod.
Hexagrams,
Pentagrams, Pentacles and the Seal of Solomon
The hexagram or pentagram was used in
ancient occult rituals to invoke demons or to communicate with their
gods. In combination with human sacrifice it was used to appease
their gods. The dollar bill has thirteen pentagrams inside a cloud.
What is the difference between a
pentagram and a hexagram?
Hexagrams are used as symbols of
Tantrism, and Buddhism.( Bühnemann, Gundrun, Mandalas and Yantras in
the Hindu Traditions, 2003, pg. 44) Hexagrams are used by witches,
wizards, in astrology.(Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon, Grimoire for the
Apprentice Wizard, 2004, pg. 146) Because a hexagram has a hidden
'666' within it, it is considered to be a powerful Satanic image. If
you look at a hexagram, there are six sides facing clockwise, six
facing counterclockwise, and six sides to the hexagon in the center.
The hexagram was used as a "stand-by
for Magicians and Alchemists. The Sorcerers believed it represented
the footprint of a special kind of demon called a 'trud', and used it
in ceremonies both to call up demons and to keep them away."
Gary Jennings, Black Magic, White Magic, Eau Claire, WI, The Dial
Press, 1964, p. 51. Also Harry E. Wedeck, Treasury of Witchcraft ,
New York, Philosophical Library, 1961, p. 135
The Eastern Star uses one for it's most
prominent symbol. "The six pointed star is used in Masonic work
and is also found in other well known secret orders." (
Plessner, Shirley, Symbolism of the Eastern Star, 1956, pp. 14.) A
'hex death' is magically induced death from a curse or from breaking
a taboo. (Guilley, Rosemary, The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy,
2006, pg. 138)
Pentagrams and hexagrams are symbols of
the sex act and reproduction. Albert G. Mackey in his book, The
Symbolism of Freemasonry, pp. 195, 1869. The triangle pointing
downward "is a female symbol corresponding to the 'yoni' and the
upward pointing triangle is the male, the 'lingam'. When the two
triangles are interlaced, it represents the union of the active and
passive forces in nature; it represents the male and female
elements." [Also explained in Did You Know? Vignettes in Masonry
from the Royal Arch Mason Magazine , Missouri Lodge of Research,
1965, p. 132, Wes Cook, Editor. He is referring to hexagrams, but the
principle applies to pentagrams as well. It depends on whether or not
the fifth point is at the bottom or the top of a pentagram.
Pentagrams are sometimes seen facing
down and sometimes facing up. They are associated with Satanic
worship. Most people are more aware that they have this association
than are aware of the hexagrams association. If it faces up, it is
called a pentacle.
"The pentacle is a 5-pointed star
(a pentagram inside a circle. It represents the Element of Earth and
is associated with the body, prosperity, nature, and the Tarot suit
of Pentacles. It is used to bless other things with the energy of the
earth, such as the bowl of water that you place on the pentacle while
you ritually bless it." (Greenbough, Aurora, Jewell, Cathy, The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, 2004, pg. 67)
Some people will tell you that the Seal
of Solomon hexagram is the same thing as the Star of
David. Despite the subtle differences,
they are very similar. The triangles in the Star of David lie flat
against each other and those in the other type interlock. The Star of
David or 'Magen David does not have a circle around it, because the
circle is used to keep magic contained. Magen is the Hebrew word for
'shield' and the Magen David is thus also called the Shield of David.
The Seal of Solomon, is derived from a legend that says King Solomon
had a signet ring with this symbol on it. The ring gave him the power
to command demons, genies or talk to animals. Those who practice
alchemy, believe that the triangle pointing upward is the symbol for
fire, and the triangle pointing downward, is the symbol for water. If
you combine the two opposites, you get the symbol for transmutation.
When they are combined they also create the symbols for earth and
air. So, the combination symbolises a perfect unity of all four
elements. It may have been associated with architectural elements on
their temples, which would have been fashioned after Solomon's
Temple. In the 17th century, in Vienna the boundary separating the
Jewish part of the city was marked by a stone with the pentagram on
one side and a cross on the other. Since the 18th century, it has
been used to mark the graves of Jews. Most likely, Jews began using
the Star of David, due to the practice of Kabbala. The fact remains
that there is no Biblical reason for using it.
"In both the
Scottish Rite and the York Rite one symbol that is always featured is
the Seal of Solomon, or the six pointed star--also called the Star of
David. This symbol is composed of two interlaced triantles, and some
have suggested that this is also what the square and compasses make
when they are interlaced. What is significant from an alchemical
standpoint is that i ancient alchemical symbolism, fire was
represented by an upward triangle, air by an upward triangle with a
line through it, water with a downward triangle, and earth with a
downward triangle with a line through it. If you combine all of these
together into one composite symbol, the end result is the Seal of
Solomon. This symbol then, from an alchemical standpoint, represented
the combination ofall the elements into one whole, and by extension
represented the Philosopher's Stone itself. Perhaps not surprisingly
to Masonic historians is the fact that first place this symbol showed
up on monuments in Europe was not at Jewish temples, as would be
assumed, but rather in temples designed and built by the Knights
Templar...
However it must
be added that both Rites delve into the significance of the Knights
Templar which are pivotal in alchemical history. There are two
prevailing schools of thought as to where
Freemasonry came
from: one is that it came directly from the Knights Templar after
their suppression in 1307, and the other is that it came from the
cathedral builders of the Middle Ages. However, we now know that it
was the Knights Templar who provided the initial imputes for the
cathedrals, as they created over 1,000 gothic style churches,
cathedrals, and chapels in their short 200 years of public existence.
These cathedrals, like Notre Dame of Paris, are completely covered
with symbols showing the entire alchemical process. In fact, the
front facade of Notre Dame of Paris has several images all along it
which don't depict the Bible at all, but rather every stage in
alchemy. Figures like the elusive St. Dennis is featured with his
head cut off--symbolizing the caput mortum stage. St. Denis was
actually the initiate Dionysus the Aeropagite--who was initiated in
the Pythagorian alchemical schools which re-enacted the initiation
rites of Dionysus--who was Osiris in Egypt."
(Hogan, Timothy, The Alchemical Keys to
Masonic Ritual, pg. 35)
There is Bible scripture that may tell
when Hebrews actually started using stars for symbols. At the time
they were worshipping Moloch. Amos 5:26 "But ye have borne the
tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your
god, which ye made to yourselves." Acts 7:37-43 This is that
Moses...to whom our fathers wold not obey, but thrust him from them,
and in their hears turned back again into Egypt... And they made a
calf in those days, and offered sacrifices unto the idol, and
rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Then God turned, and gave
them up to worship the HOST OF HEAVEN: as it is written in the book
of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to Me slain
beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god
Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you
away beyond Babylon. This shows that Chiun and Remphan are the same
god.
The six pointed star was the Egyptian
hieroglyph for for Amsu, which was the name of Horus after he died
and was resurrected. “The god of time was Chium in Egypt, or
Saturn...and Chium is the same as Cain.” (Blavatsky,Helena, The
Secret Doctrine, 1893)
“Chiun is sometimes called Kaiwan, or
spelled Khiun, and means star. The star of Saturn was a god...
Sakkuth and Kaiwan or Chiun are objects of idolatrous worship and are
Assyrian gods. In Akkadian texts both names mean the planet or star,
Saturn.” (Graham, The Six-Pointed Star, pp. 28-29)
All you really need to know about which
way Masons at the higher levels lean in their religious beliefs, is
stated by Albert Pike.
"That which we must say to the
crowd is: We worship a God, but it is the God one adores without
superstition. To you, Sovereign Grand Instructors General, we say
this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st, and
30th degrees: The Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates
of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian
doctrine. If Lucifer were not God, would Adonay (The God of the
Christians) whose deeds prove his cruelty, perfidy, and hatred of
man, barbarism and repulsion for science, would Adonay and his
priests, calumniate him ?Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately
Adonay (Jehovah) is also God. For the eternal Law is that there is no
light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without
black. For the Absolute can only exist as two Gods: darkness being
necessary to light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary
to the statue and the brake to the locomotive.In analogical and
universal dynamics one can only lean on that which will resist. Thus
the universe is balanced by two forces which maintain its equilibrium
: the force of attraction and that of repulsion. These two forces
exist in physics, philosophy and religion. And the scientific reality
of the divine dualism is demonstrated by the phenomena of polarity
and by the universal law of sympathies and antipathies. That is why
the intelligent disciples of Zoroaster, as well as after them, the
Gnostics, the Manicheans and the Templars have admitted, as the only
logical metaphysical conception, the system of the two divine
principles fighting eternally, and one cannot believe the one
inferior in power to the other. The doctrine of Satanism is a heresy;
and the true and pure philosophic Religion 'is the belief in
Lucifer,' the equal of Adonay; but Lucifer, God of Light and God of
Good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of Darkness
and Evil."
If you look at a pentagram, you can see
that it has a 'V' in it. This is the Roman symbol for the number
five. In the Cabala, the Hebrew meaning for 'V' is 'Nail.'(Pennick,
nigel, Magical Alphabets, 1992, pg. 229) Nail is one of the names
Satanists used for the Devil. This means that when you make the
'Peace Sign' you are giving a Satanic sign.
The Square and Compass
The square and compass are the most
recognized Masonic symbol. It usually has a "G" in the
center. The Masons say that the square reminds the mason to square
his actions by the square of virtue, and to circumscribe his passions
and desires with the symbolic compass, and to remember that geometry
was in the center of the Mason's trade, and God should be in the
center of the Mason's life.
That is unlikely, when you remember
that God is not who they worship. Is is also said to stand for
Geometry, Gnosis or Generative Principle. If you are Christian, then
you must believe that the Bible should be the measure of morality,
not a compass and square. The Bible is often subjugated in Masonic
rituals, by being placed under the compass and square. This is
because they do not believe that an oath taken on the Bible has as
much validity as one taken on all three. If you swear on the Bible,
Square and Compass, then it is binding.
Albert Pike said:
"The square is an instrument that
can be applied to level surfaces and rectilinear [that is 90-degree]
angles only. The earth anciently was supposed to be a level [that is
flat]. with occaisional inequalities of hills and valleys... The
compasses are used to describe circles, and [are used] in spherical
trigonometry in which the square cannot be used. They are therefore a
fit symbol of the sky, the heavens, which form as it were, the roof
of a half-sphere...
The compasses, which are a fit symbol
of the heavens, are also a fit symbol of all that is heavenly and
spiritual; the square, which is a fit symbol of the earth, is also a
fit symbol of all that is earthly and material, in nature and man."
So, he is saying that the compass is a
symbol of heaven and the square of earth. There is also another
hidden meaning. The "V" symbol was the ancient sybol for
the feminine, because the female pubic area is shaped like a "V'.
This is also associated with the Goddess Venus. An upside down form
of this, represented the male penis. The square and compass together
form this shape. This represents the Sacred Marriage. The Book
Breaking The Code of the Secret Societies, by Murl Vance, says that
an ancient plate was found with a human figure with two heads and two
hands, surrounded by the sun, moon, and five stars, which represent
seven planets. One head is male and the other female.The hand
attached to the male part holds a compass, and the hand attached to
the female part holds a square. Basically these represent the male
and female generative principles. In combination, they represent
transmutation.
"The Philosopher's Stone itself
was always symbolized by a perfect cubic stone, which is a familiar
symbol in the symbolic lodge of Masonry, and this "stone"
is emphasized in the FC pass and MM word, as we pointed out. The
other symbol it was sometimes depicted as was a circle, square and
triangle interlaced. This represented the spiritual gold circle, the
four cornered square of the four elements, and the triangle of
sulphur, salt and mercury. In the center of every Masonic Lodge can
be found a circle, square, and triangle--represented by the
compasses, square, and three lesser lights. the 47th problem of
Euclid, as credited to Pythagoras, was also a significant symbol to
alchemists. this is because alchemists believed that it revealed the
correct proportions of salf, sulphur, and mercury that needed to go
into making the perfect elixir."(Hogan, Timothy, The Alchemical
Keys to Masonic Ritual, pg. 27)
The Obelisk
The obelisk is another symbol of
importance to Masons. It is believed to have represented a frozen ray
of the sun. Most of them were dedicated to the sun god Ra.There is a
book that says that "an institution similar to Freemasonry,
existed in Egypt before pyramids and obelisks; because the Masonic
tools, perpendicular, square, compass, plummet, etc., were require to
construct Egypt's architectural wonders, and must therefore have
antedated those wonders. Moreover, these implements must have been
used in building Babel, Nineveh, and Babel's Tower in the valley of
the Euphrates...As in Egypt, Pharoahs, princes, hierophants, and
magnates were masons, engineers, and architects, Freemasons of our
day may look with pride toward the cradel of civilization, of which
the coming obelisk will be a worthy representative in the New
World.... In the first century of our era Pliny wrote: 'Monarchs
entered into a kind of rivalry in forming elongated blocks of this
stone, known as obelisks, and consecrated them to the divinity of the
sun. The blocks had this form given to the divinity of the sun. The
blocks had this form given to them in resemblance to the rays of that
luminary, which are so called in the Egyptian language." The
Roman archeologist little dreamed that, nineteen centuries after he
penned these lines, modern savants would decipher from hieroglyphs
Sati, which is the name of an Egyptian goddess and means sun-beam.
"(Weisse, John Adam,The Obelisk and Freemasonry According to the
Discoveries of Belzoni and Commander Gorringe, 1880)
The rest of the book covers sybols
found on Egyptian monuments that were believed to represent different
degrees of Masonry.
The Masonic Pillars
The Masonic Pillars have been given
both a benign meaning and a more pagan one.
"Pillars are much employed as
masonic symbols. Sometimes a single pillar is represented, having a
capital adorned with leaves, and surmounted by a terrestrial globe;
sometimes two pillars stand together; and sometimes three. The pillar
is always a symbol of support and stability. It calls us to think of
our continual dependence on God for support in all our undertakings,
and for the stability of all our works.It reminds us that He upholds
the world by His power, and therefore it is fitly surmounted in
Masonic symbolism by the globe, either celestian or terrestrial; for
the world which God upholds is the cosmos, the whole universe. It
reminds us also how He led His people through the wilderness, going
before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by
night, and encourages us to put our trust in Him always for guidance
and protection. Moreover, it leads us to think of the promise to
those who trust in Him and serve Him, resolutely yet humbly
addressing themselves to the discharge of all their duties in this
world...It is believed that the two pillars of brass which Solomon
set up in the porch of the Temple were intended as symbols to remind
the Jews of these, and so of all the sufferings of their fathers in
the wilderness, of all the goodness of God towards them, and all the
great works which He wrought on their behalf. (Paton, Chalmers
Izett,Freemasonry: its symbolism, religious nature, and law of
perfection, 1873, Pg. 120)
"First of all, it is necessary to
know that Solomon's Temple follows the general structure of the
Egyptian, Phoenician, and Mesopotamian temples. Both pillars, often
mentioned in Freemasonry teachings, are the two colums of the
entrance named Jakin and Boaz. They have no architectural function
and were present on both sides of the entrance to the Jerusalem
Temple. You can find their description in the Bible,in the Book of
Kings, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. In Masonic temples, these pillars are
generally surmounted repectively by an Earth's globe and a celestial
globe. In some countries, their design is very close to the Bible's
text, but generally their design varies according to the general
style of the temples. There are very good examples of this in the
wonderful temples of New York and Philadelphia. In each of these, the
main architectural styles of the Western Tradition are represented,
from Egypt to the modern epoch. It is always difficult to limit the
analysis of a Hebrew word because this language can be the subject of
long and complex interpretations. However, the Hebrew names of these
pillars can cast some light on their meaning.
The pillar Jakin is derived from the
word Jehovah and the verb establish, and traditionally means "God
will establish His House."
The pillar Boaz is derived from the
prefix in and the word strength and traditionally means "in
strength." A little further study conncts these pillars to the
pillars of the Qabalistic Tree. The first one is associated with the
idea of mercy and the second one severity.
It is obvious that these pillars were
inherited from the obelisks of the Egyptian tradition, which were in
front of the entrance of the temple. These pairs of stone columns
also stood at the entrance of many oriental sanctuaries such as
Khorsabad, Tyre, and Hieropolis. Today in Freemasonry, they are
generally located inside the temple and function as useful symbolic
elements for meditation and teaching purposes. However, you can
sometimes find these pillars on the outside, as in front of the
Masonic Hall in Montreal, Canada. (Biasi, Jean-Louis, Secrets and
Practices of the Freemasons, 2011, pg.42)
"Such free-standing pillars were a
feature of the Phoenician and other Temples of Western Asia. The
names Jachin and Boaz are not now translated with the same assurance
as formerly. Various meanings have been assigned and one of the more
suggestive explanations is that they refer to Baal and Jachun, the
latter being the Phoenician verbal form of the same signification--He
will be--as the Hebrew Jahweh, both words having been used as
synonyms for Deity...To a Phoenician Temple architect such as Hiram
abiff, Hachin and Boaz would appear as natural additions to such a
religious structure..."(Mackey, Albert G., Haywood, H.L.
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, 2003. pg. 781)
Robert Hewitt Brown in his Stellar
Theology and Masonic Astronomy, says that Boaz, is derived from "bo"
motion, haste; and "az" fire, i.e. the sun, the great
moving fire. He also says that Jachin, clearly refers to the moon. He
says that the connection of the globes on the pillars was at one time
fully acknowledged to be connected to the moon and sun, and they were
sometimes depicted with a sun and moon over them.
"This correlation is particularly
emphasized in the alchemical writing known as the "Emerald
Tablet of Hermes", in which it says of the Philosopher's Stone
that, "it's father is the sun, it's mother is the moon"
Some have even seen the name "Hiram" as a Hebrew version of
the name "Hermes"--who is credited with writing the
alchemical text itself. (Whhen you take the letters that spell
"Hiram" in Hebrew and emphasize a different set of
vowels--since Hebrew has no vowels, then it can be pronounced
"Herme"--which is the Greek Hermes). Coincidently, the word
"Herme" in Greek also means "pillar", and atop
the Masonic pillars are the two globes. In Hermes' Emerald Tablet he
says, "as above so, below' as below, so above" in order to
produce the Philosopher's Stone. On the Masonic pillars are
emphasized the "above" and "below" that Hermes
speaks of. The Greek Hermes was thr Roman Mercury--who was the
messenger with a rod that had two snakes winding up it. this is why
in some Masonic jurisdictions, the Junior and Senior Deacons have
Mercury or Hermes on top of their rods. In other jurisdictions, the
sun and moon are featured, which come directly from Hermes' Emerald
Tablet. Again, from a qabbalistic standpoint, in the early alchemical
diagrams of the qabbalistic tree (Jacob's Ladder), the middle pillar
featured the sun, moon, and mercury--which would be the sun, moon,
and Hiran--or sun, moon, and Master of the Lodge, represented by the
burning tapers.(Hogan, Timothy, The Alchemical Keys to Masonic
Ritual, pg. 26)
In addition to all of these
interpretations, there is also Rosslyn Chapel. There are fourteen
pillars delineating the choir of Rosslyn Chapel. Three of them are
different; The Master Mason's Pillar, The Journeyman's Pillar and the
Apprentice's Pillar.
On top of the Master Mason's pillar, in
the Choir, is head of the murdered apprentice. It originally had a
beard and moustache. This would indicate that the head is not that of
the apprentice but the master mason, because apprentices were not
allowed to have beards and moustaches in the Middle Ages.
The Apprentice Pillar has eight dragons
or serpents at it's base that are intertwined with foliage in four
double spirals coming from their mouths. There is a legend as
previously mentioned that says the Master killed the Apprentice,
which is similar to the story of Hiram Abiff.These pillars are then
said to represent Jachin and Boaz.
The Journeyman's Pillar is linked to
the story of Isis and Osiris. Osiris was locked in a sarcophagus by
his brother Seth and set adrift on the Nile. Isis later found the
coffin where it had washed ashore and a tree had grown around it in
Lebanon. Seth found out that she had found Osiris' body and he cut it
into pieces and scattered them. But before he had done this, Isis had
become impregnated from Osiris' body. One interpretation would be
that the Apprentice Pillar was a tree turned into a pillar, and that
the Journeyman was in fact a journey-woman searching for Osiris.
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark is another alchemical symbol
that the Masons use.
"One of the remaining symbols of
alchemy that is also significant to Masons was the Ark of Noah. To
the alchemists, the myth associated with Noah related to the
alchemical process itself. In the myth, the world is obsesses with
material senses, representing earth; the a flood comes representing
water and the digestion stage; after which Noah lets a dove go into
the air, representing the air itself and distillation; and finally
Noah lands on Mount Ararat and makes a burnt offering to God,
representing fire and calcination. Not surprisingly, the word
"Ararat" in Sanskrit means "Illumined one". Many
Sanskrit words crossed over into the Bible, but few readers of the
Bible would recognize them. Another example is the word
"Nazorean"--which is usually interpreted by Biblical
readers as "watcher". However, in
Sanskrit, the "Nazor" was the
name of the third eye said to be opened at illumination. A "Nazorean"
is then one whose third eye would be open, which may, in fact allude
to the "eye of Deity" featured in the MM degree. Obviously
this also alludes to Jesus the Nazorean--which is usually incorrectly
interpreted as "Jesus of Nazareth" from the Greek. This
third eye related to the pineal gland, situated right above and
between the two eyes, which is in charge of regulating the glands of
the autonomic nervous system. It also looks like a small pine
cone--which is where it gets its name from.
Finally, as was shown in the alchemical
process, the entire workd went through nine stages composed of the
substance turning black, red and white three times. Therefore it went
through three times three changes, which should be significant to
some Masons in relating to the Grand Honors of Masonry....
Both the Scottish and York Rites of
Freemasonry continue with further instruction on the alchemical
process. For example, the Scottish Rite brother who achieves the 32nd
degree in the southern jurisdiction receives a black hat--symbolic of
the black stage of the work. If he receives the honor of receiving
the KCCH, then he receives a red hat--alluding to the red phase of
the alchemical work. If he then receives the high honor of receiving
the 33rd degree, he will obtain a white hat--representing the last
alchemical stage in the process. The association with black, red and
white in alchemy and the Scottish Rite degrees is mentioned in the
degrees themselves, and many of the degrees--like the 27th degree
(Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept), go into great detail about
alchemy itself."
(Hogan, Timothy, The Alchemical Keys to
Masonic Ritual, pg. 27)
The Peace Sign, Tubal Cain and
Vulcan
The Peace Sign supposedly came into
popular use by Communists and leftist peace protestors in about 1958
and was 'designed' by Gerald Holtram.
But it's origins go back much further.
The Roman Emperor, Nero, crucified Peter upside down, and this symbol
called the Teutonic cross, resembled the event, and became a popular
anti-Christian symbol. It is also called the Neronic cross.
The peace symbol (also called the
"broken cross," "crow's foot," "witch's
foot," "Nero Cross," "sign of the 'broken Jew,'"
and the "symbol of the 'anti-Christ''') is actually a cross with
the arms broken. It also signifies the "gesture of despair,"
and the "death of man.''
The Nazis were heavily into mysticism.
In Germany, this cross is called a 'todersrune' or death rune. It is
believed that Germanic tribes used it in pagan rituals, particularly
condemnations. Hitler ordered all death notices to have this symbol
on them. It was also the official inscription to be placed on the
grave markers of the SS. (Liungman, Carl G. Symbols--Encyclopedia of
Westers Signs and Ideograms, 2004, pg. 209)
Anton LaVey, who founded the Church of
Satan, had this sign behind his altars.(Nichols, Larry A, Mather,
George, Schmidt, Alvin J., Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects,
and World Religions, 2010)
The symbol's origin in history proves
it to be the visual mystic character for 'Aum' (the split 'Y'). This
is the sacred word to the Hindu. Chanting 'Aum' is supposed to help
awaken 'the serpent power of Brahma' at the base of the human spine.
Occultist Albert Pike also identifies this symbol as mystical in his
book on Freemasonry Morals and Dogma.
If you turn it around so that the arms
point upward, it is a Pythagorian emblem for the course of life, one
arm or branch leads to good and the other to evil. It is also easy to
see that if you look at the center as a phallic image and the v shape
as representing the feminine, together it is a symbol of fertility.
It is also said to be a representation
of the initiation into Satan or Pagan religions. The initiate goes
into a circle drawn on the ground and breaks the arms on a cross and
throws it down to renounce Christianity and God.
In the Bible, Tubal is listed as one of
the sons of Japeth, which means it represented a nation. Genesis 4:22
says that Tubal-cain was the "forger of all instruments of
bronze and iron" The nation of people known as Tubal were known
for metalurgy. One of the first things made by forging was weapons.
The other was plows. Josephus, the historian, is said to have written
that he achieved great things in the art of war.
Sanconiatho, was a Phoenician author,
who is supposed to have flourished before the Trojan war, probably,
as Sir William Drummond suggests, about the time when Gideon was
Judge of Israel, and who collected the different accounts and
traditions of the origin of the world which were extant at the period
in which he lived. He attempted to gather together all of the
different accounts of the beginning of the world. The Phoenician's
were at least in close contact and association with the Hebrews, and
many believe they are related, so he would have had access to the
Hebrew story of the origin of metalurgy. He called the man he wrote
about Chrysor. The Hebrew word for a smith is, choresor. Some of
Sanconiatho's work was added to Philo's history. Sanconiatho wrote
that Tubal Cain was the same as Hephaistos. Hephaistos' Roman
equivalent is Vulcan. It has been speculated that the prefix 'T' or
'Tu' is Phoenician, and that if you drop it you are left with Balcan.
And in the Phoenician language, the 'B' an 'V' are interchangeable,
which would give you Vulcan.
"Tubal Cain is the same as
Vulcan, a sun god, who was associated with fire, lightingbolts and
light." (Jackson, John, Chronological Antiquities, 1752, pg.
139)This is not unlike Lucifer's attributes. Did the people in
charge of writing for the television show, Star Trek, know about the
occult connotations, when they decided to make the Vulcan hand sign
appear to be a 'V'? Masons sometimes wear pins that resemble a cane
with two balls on it. This is a reminder that the password to the
Third Masonic Degree is Tubal Cain. It is actually as pun, 'a two
ball cane.' (Mackey, Albert G., Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, 1879,
pg.836)
What he is saying is that it is a
sexual pun. You can use your own imagination to figure out what the
parts represent.
"When the Mason learns that the
key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the
dynamo of living power, he has learned the mastery of his craft. The
seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands and before he may step
onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply
energy. He must follow in the footsteps of his forefather,
Tubal-Cain, who with the mighty strength of the war god hammered his
sword into a ploughshare.'' Manly
Palmer Hall
When you hold up your hand and make the
peace sign or when you look at the peace sign, it is shaped like a
'V'.
The letter 'V' is the Roman numeral for
five. Adam Weishaupt used it to symbolise the 'Law of Fives."
In Hebrew 'V'(Van) means 'nail'. It is
said that one of Satan's secret names is 'Nail." In the
Encyclopedia of Occultism, there are testimonies given by witches
that Satan told them to use nails to injure people.
Matthew
10:34
Jesus said:
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."
Jesus said:
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."
The 'V' sign
made with the hand meant 'Victory' to WWII soldiers, the origin of
that is believed to be that ancient solders would hold up their hand
this way and show it to an enemy who they had just hit with an arrow,
to indicte that this was the hand that the arrow had just flown from.
Albert Pike
Albert Pike was not just some renegade
Mason who was going against standard Masonic beliefs. He was Grand
Master of the Central Directory of Washington, Grand Commander of the
Supreme Council of Charleston and Sovereign Pontiff of Universal
Freemasonry.( Allsopp, Fred W., Albert Pike a Biography, 1992) But he
also authored books on other subjects. He wrote, Legenda Magistralia,
Ritual of the New and Reformed Palladium, Ritual of Elect Magus, and
the Book of Apadno. The last book is about Satanic. He was a member
of the Order of the Palladium, which was a Luciferian organization.
If you still think that the Masons are
harmless and entitled to their beliefs, no matter how bizarre, you
might consider that Albert Pike was planning for WWI and WWII long
before they occurred.
“The First World War must be brought
about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the
Czars in Russia and of making that country a fortress of atheistic
Communism.
The divergences caused by the “agentur”
(agents) of the Illuminati between the British and Germanic Empires
will be used to foment this war.
At the end of the war, Communism will
be built and used in order to destroy the other governments and in
order to weaken the religions.”
“The Second World War must be
fomented by taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists
and the political Zionists.
This war must be brought about so that
Nazism is destroyed and that the political Zionism be strong enough
to institute a sovereign state of Israel in Palestine. During the
Second World War, International Communism must become strong enough
in order to balance Christendom, which would be then restrained and
held in check until the time when we would need it for the final
social cataclysm.”
“The Third World War must be fomented
by taking advantage of the differences caused by the “agentur” of
the “Illuminati” between the political Zionists and the leaders
of Islamic World.
The war must be conducted in such a way
that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State
of Israel) mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations,
once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the
point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical
exhaustion We shall unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we
shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror
will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism,
origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil.
Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged
to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries,
will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude,
disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that
moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but
without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true
light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of
Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view.
This manifestation will result from the
general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of
Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same
time.”
Albert Pike – August 15, 1871, letter
to Giuseppe Mazzini. William Guy Carr, Pawns in the Game, p. xv.
Mazzini was a like minded individual.
“We must allow all the federations to continue just as they are,
with their systems, their central authorities and their diverse modes
of correspondence between high grades of the same rite, organized as
they are at the present, but we must create a super rite, which will
remain unknown, to which we will call those Masons of high degree
whom we shall select.
With regard to our brothers in Masonry,
these men must be pledges to the strictest secrecy. Through this
supreme rite, we will govern all Freemasonry which will become the
one international center, the more powerful because its direction
will be unknown. “
Giusseppe Mazzini – January 22, 1870.
Lady Queensborough, Occult Theocracy, pp. 208-209
Guisseppe Mazzini and Albert Pike
formed the New and Refomed Palladian Rite together, in 1870. Pike was
the President of the Supreme Dogmatic Directory, with the title,
Sovereign Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry. Mazzini was the head of
The Sovereign Exectutive Directory of High Masonry, with the title of
Sovereign Chief of Political Action As their titles imply, Pike was
given authority over dogma and Mazzini would make all of the
political decisions.
Palladianism is Luciferian and
Neo-Gnostic. It is dualist in that it teaches, that there isa God of
Light and Goodness struggling for humanity against the God of
Darkness and Evil. These gods are equal to one another, and contrary
to what you might believe, they teach that Lucifer is the God of
Light and Goodness. The Palladium is a statue of a male goat, with a
woman's breasts and large blackwings. It was believed to be in the
possession of the Templars, who called it Baphomet. Supposedly, a man
named, Isaac Long, bought it from the executioner after Jacobus
Burgundus Molenis (Jaques de Molay) was executed. He brought it to
Charleston in 1801. It is used in ceremonies at the Reformed
Palladian Rite lodges which are called 'triangles.' You can look it
up in New Catholic World, 1906 and in Arthur Edward Waite, New
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, 2003.
Those recruited and initiated into
Palladianism's lower degrees were those who were also from the
highest degrees of Scottish Rite Freemasonry.
The Pallium Rite combines the Grand
Lodges, Grand Orient, all 99 degrees of Memphiz-Mitzraim, and 33
degrees of the Scottish Rite. Therefore, high-level Freemasonry
contains the entire practice of Memphis-Mizraim. They are not
directly part of the power structure of the Masonic lodges, but they
control them by recruiting from those upper level Masons who are
member of the controlling bodies of Masonic lodges. In other words,
upper level Masons who hold offices in their lodges and regional
councils, are those who are recruited, and then take the teachings of
the Order of the Palladium back with them.
Occult means 'secret.'
Isaiah 48:16 "Come ye near unto
me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his
Spirit, hath sent me."
Christ said, "For whatever is
hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant
to be brought out into the open. If anyone has ears to hear, let him
hear" (Mark 4:22-23)
According to John18:20 Jesus did not
keep secret knowledge from us. "Jesus answered him, I spake
openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the
temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said
nothing."
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
Let no man deceive you by any means:
for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
How are So Many Misled
The Sun enters
each heavenly house or sign of the zodiac at the 30th degree and
leaves it at the 33rd degree. The ancients said that God's son began
his ministry at the age of 30 and died at the age of 33.
Freemasons are
not told the truth of who they are worshipping until they reach the
30th degree. The reason the 33rd degree is the highest degree is
because noone can rise higher than the sun.
