"In Egypt they had a symbol of very great significance, called the Arrow of Ra, which includes both the square of the R.W.M. and his gavel of office. (Plate VIII) (page 260). In our plate the different parts are separate, but sometimes they are joined together, and then one gets the effect of an arrow, whence it is named the Arrow of Ra, the Sun-God, who was also called Horus of the Double Horizon, the Son of Osiris and Isis, and yet a reincarnation of Osiris, God in evolution. The lower portion of the drawing refers to His descent into matter, the inverted square signifying descent, and the angle beneath symbolizing the cavern of matter into which He went down. The upper square then indicates that He ascended or rose again. The symbol in the centre -- that of the double axe -- is that of the Most High God; so the complete glyph is thus a kind of symbolic creed, which for those who drew it affirmed their faith in the descent of the Deity into matter and His final triumphant ascension from it: "descended He; ascended He". If we were to interpret it along lines of Christian symbology we might call it the emblem of the crucified and triumphant Christ; but it is also a token of the whole method of evolution. This device appears in many places. It is to be seen in the museum of the Louvre in Paris, engraved upon a Chaldaean intaglio made of green jasper. It is also to be found on the walls of some very old churches in Devonshire and Cornwall in England, where it must have been engraved by the wandering Freemasons who built those churches, for the orthodox Christians could have known nothing of it."
" ... yet in the actual exercise of soul archetecture, Initiation succeeds Initiation upon increasingly higher levels of the ladder as the individual becomes correspondingly ripe for them, able to bear their strain and assimilate their revelations."
--The Masonic Initiation p87.
"The fraternity itself exists in order to keep fixed in a man a certain set of influence and in order to bring about certain changes in the world, etc.; its secrecy is a means to that end and helps to make such a purpose possible."
--The Great Teachings of Masonry Chapter 33
"The Masonic Lodge is not a mere social organization but is composed of all who have bonded themselves together to learn and apply the principles of mysticism and the occult.
--The Lost Keys of Masonry, by Manly P. Hall (33rd degree)
"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!"
--Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, by Albert Pike (19th Degree of Grand Pontiff) p. 321
Albert Pike, most revered Freemason
Albert Pike (December 29, 1809 - April 2, 1891) was an attorney, Confederate officer, writer, and Freemason. Pike is the only Confederate military officer or figure to be honored with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C.
He first joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1840 then had in
the interim joined a Masonic Lodge and become extremely active in the
affairs of the organization, being elected Sovereign Grand Commander of
the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction in 1859. He remained Sovereign
Grand Commander for the remainder of his life (a total of thirty-two
years), devoting a large amount of his time to developing the rituals of
the order. Notably, he published a book called Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in 1871, of which there were several subsequent editions.
Albert Pike has often been named as influential in the early Ku Klux Klan,
being named in 1905 as "the chief judicial officer" of the Klan by a
sympathetic historian of the early Klan, Walter Fleming. He was cited as
the leader of the Arkansas Ku Klux Klan. However this has been a
controversial subject with Masonic authors saying that it "is impossible
to either substantiate or disprove" involvement in the Klan.
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"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 mystery 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.
--The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, by Manly P. Hall (33rd Degree)
"I hereby promise the Great Spirit Lucifer, Prince of Demons, that each year I will bring unto him a human soul to do with as as it may please him, and in return Lucifer promises to bestow upon me the treasures of the earth and fulfil my every desire for the length of my natural life. If I fail to bring him each year the offering specified above, then my own soul shall be forfeit to him. Signed..... [ Invocant signs pact with his own blood ]"
The Secret Teachings of All Ages, page CIV, Manly Hall (33rd)
"For example, Jesse Shephard, a philosophical mystic, who astounded witnesses with his musical performances, sang simultaneously bass and baritone and gave speeches in Arabic, French, Latin, Greek and Chaldean when in trance. Charles Linton, a clerk with little education whose automatic writing was spectacular and who wrote a monumental book of 100,000 words in four months in a handwriting different from his own..."
--Emergence of the Mystical, by Henry C. Clausen (33rd) and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Freemasons
"In Freemasonry is concealed the mystery of creation, the answer to problems of existence and the path the student must tread in order to join those who are really the living powers behind the thrones of modern national and international affairs. The Master Mason, if he be truly a Master, is in communication with the unseen powers that move the destinies of life.
--The Lost Keys of Freemasonry by Manly P. Hall (33rd degree)
Why should you care about Freemasonry?
Freemasons control just about everything. They are your priests and
bishops, judges and court executives, your presidents, prime ministers
and congressmen, your local business and banking executives, teachers,
publishers and leaders in the news and entertainment business.
Aside from promoting the culture of dissent, they look after one
another. They have special handshakes and phrases like "the widow's son"
that they use to let others know of their membership. A Mason is bound
by an oath to help another Mason in distress, or to decide favorably in a
business deal or legal action. They effectively control much of
humanity's financial, moral, legal and information system. What's left
of our so-called freedoms?
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