By Mary Fairchild Willow Creek/Politics
(Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike; click on to enlarge and read)
As Masonry expands, all religious dogmas will cease to be, all individual creeds and doctrines will be done away with, and what remains will be ‘The One Eternal Religion.’ Joseph Ford Newton
- Freemasonry and the Masonic Lodge
- The Barbaric Red Fez
- Masonry, Witchcraft, and Universal Serpent Worship
There are about 15,300 Masonic Lodges in the United States. As the Mason makes his way through three levels, called degrees, he may choose to stay in the original Blue Lodge or advance through more degrees in either the Scottish Rite or the York Rite. The Shrine is a separate body who achieve the highest degrees and enter “The Ancient Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.” In the allegory of Masonry it is believed that everyone outside of Masonry is in the darkness and Masons have the true light to bring to the world.
In “The Builders” by Joseph Ford Newton, the goal of Masonry is to bring about a universal league of mankind and to form mankind into a great redemptive brotherhood. Newton states, “As Masonry expands, all religious dogmas will cease to be, all individual creeds and doctrines will be done away with, and what remains will be “The One Eternal Religion.”
Dr. Albert Pike, a Masonic scholar, wrote “Morals and Dogma” as the supreme authority of Masonic doctrine. He exposes Masonry’s intentional deception, “Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine that he understands them. The true explanation is reserved for the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry. It is well enough for the mass of those called Masons to imagine that all is contained in the Blue Degrees.” (1, p. 79)
Pike explains it is just like all religions, including mysteries, hermeticism, and alchemy which conceal its secrets and purposely misleads. Although it appears like a fraternal organization it is a religion. A religion that has plans of consuming all other religions into one universal religion of brotherhood of good works and claims its first Masonic teacher was Buddha. It is a phallic nature religion of sun worship. Everything in nature is part of God and part of the infinite though of God. Most Masonic ritual is concerned with uncovering the lost word for which is the name of God which is eventually revealed during the ritual of The Knights of the East and West Degree as the password “Jubulum” and the sacred word “Abaddon.” Revelation 9:11 reveals the true Masonic deity; the Hebrew “Abaddon” is the Greek “Apollyon” who is king of the Abyss–hell.
Freemasonry is based on Egyptian paganism and the worship of nature which is based on the worship of the male regenerative power, female regenerative power and the product. Paganism is essentially a nature religion and its rituals were intentionally designed around the phases of the moon, the seasons, and the vernal equinox, etc. Rituals were developed to encourage abundant crops. Usually by seeking the blessing of he sun the giver of warmth and the counterbalance of the moon–the timepiece for planting and harvesting. From this duality of worship, the sun and moon, active and passive, male and female, Paganism developed fertility rites based upon the sex act, and the reproductive organs themselves.
The white apron the Masons are required to wear is actually a covering of what they ultimately believe is the Masonic deity–the generating principle of life. The symbol of the square and compass that has a “G” in the center is actually “the generating principle of life.” The square represents the female and the compass coming down upon her represents the male that impregnates her and this generating principle–the male is what brings immortality to life. When they talk about immortality, they are talking about re-creating life through the sexual act. This is what the apron is covering and why a woman can never be a Mason.
Another Egyptian pagan symbol is the obelisk. The obelisk is a tall pillar in stone tapered and square in section with a pyramid on top and it is considered a resurrection symbol–actually a phallic symbol, it stood tall and erect to procreate and one was resurrected through one’s offspring. Where Freemasons are buried, it is an obelisk that is used as a grave marker. Both McDonald, the first prime minister of Canada, and George Washington, the first president of America, have obelisks as grave stones. (4)
Very few Masons know the whole story of Freemasonry since very few will go past the 3rd degree of the blue lodge and they never will unless they venture into the higher levels of the Scottish Rite or the York Rite. What makes some believe that it is a Christian organization is the fact that often members of the same church hold prominent positions in the lodge and the fact that these members, in their rituals, used quotations from Scripture. The three degrees in the blue lodge are veiled in a veneer of Christianity.
Albert Pike says, “It (Masonry) reverences all the great reformers. It sees in Moses, the lawgiver of the Jews, in Confucius, and Zoroaster, in Jesus of Nazareth, and in the Arabian Iconoclast, great teachers of morality, and eminent reformers, if no more… (Morals and Dogma, p. 525.)
Jesus is reduced to being a great reformer. Masons do not need a Savior, they feel that they can save themselves through moral good deeds. The “All-seeing Eye” pervades the inmost recesses of the human heart, and will reward us according to our merits.”(Masonic Monitor 54:111)
The god of Freemasons, the architect of the universe, is also a trinity. Masons on a journey seeking to find the lost name of god. Part of their religion is that “the sacred name of god has been lost.” Worship is to a three-headed god made up of Jehovah, Baal, and Osiris.
All of Freemasonry’s rituals are a mystical representation of the ancient mystery religions. The highest Masonic authorities recognize this. The true Mason is not creed bound. He realized with the divine illumination of his lodge that as a Mason, his religion must be universal; Christ, Buddha, or Mohammed, the name means little, for he recognizes only the light and not the bearer. He worships at every shrine; bows before every altar, whether in temple, mosque, pagoda, cathedral and his lodge is the divine expression of all broadness.” (Lost Keys of Freemasonry, p. 64)
In the Bible Jesus Christ says, “…broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat: because straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it.” Matthew 7:13, 14.
Masonry, the New Age Movement, and Mormonism involve an initiation into a higher state of consciousness (mysticism) to develop their own godhead. Temple rituals of the Mormon Church have directly lifted from the Masonic Blue Lodge degrees. Other portions of the Scottish rites, such as the order of the Holy Melchizedek priesthood (Mormon high priests), were also common. For the Mormon, all authority lies in the Mormon priesthood. Nearly every male Mormon, 12 years or older, belongs to the Aaronic priesthood, and if worthy these are ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood at age 18. Every Mormon goes to one of three levels of glory: the celestial kingdom which is reserved for the Melchizedek priesthood members who will become gods; the terrestrial kingdom, for those who failed the requirements of exaltation; and the telestial kingdom, for those who have no testimony of Christ.
Mormonism leaders have become powerful in most branches of American government. The exhibit great zeal and quote the Bible profusely. Mormons believe that Joseph Smith was the first prophet of the New Age Movement–but the first one was Satan in the garden. Brigham Young said the devil told the truth and the goal of every Mormon is to become a god just like the serpent said. Mormonism is based upon the belief that the lie of the serpent is the truth. (1)
Back in the 1500s there were many humanist thinkers who wanted to get rid of the corruption in the church of that day and form a new world order. They had read “Plato’s Republic” which became very popular at that time. The Greek philosopher, Plato, had been fed up with the corruption that was in the government of his day in the 5th century BC. Plato’s solution was the agenda of the humanists during the 1500s. He said, “If we could have a group of wise men who were well paid to rule there would be no corruption.” Although that was a nice thought, we have seen such governments today and they are totally corrupt due to the sinful nature of man. In order to move forward with their humanist agenda they first had to destroy the existing world order based upon the rules of God through the king and through the church. Because this would have been viewed as heresy, they had to go into a secret society like an early trade union. The first Freemasons were actually “craft masons” who had built cathedrals of the day. The humanist thinkers infiltrated the Masonic lodges and became what is called the “Speculative Masons.” Rather than craftsmen, they were the humanists, the idealists, and the academics. Today, there are still these two types of Masons.
Modern Masonry began in the year 1717 in England and then it began to migrate to America and Canada. In 1717 the rituals and theology were formalized and formed the Grand Lodge in England. All of the various lodges throughout the are had slightly different practices from the origins of the Speculative Masons which was Rosicrucianism. The Rosicrucians believed in the hermetic and Egyptian practices. Within Freemasonry we find Osiris and Isis mentioned quite frequently and these are the Egyptian pagan symbols and pagan gods. While progressing through the degrees in the higher levels men give worship to different gods and deities–Egyptian gods, Persian gods… and they go through a series of rituals that is covered up by symbols and allegories so as they go through it they don’t fully understand what they are doing. If they would read their authoritative book that explains the symbols it would be very obvious that they are involved in pagan idolatrous worship much of it based upon the Cabala which is the ancient Jewish book of the Occult.
Many Masons are judges and congressmen in America. They are some of the elite in society and hold very influential positions. Many, however, who are involved in the Masonic Lodge have no idea what they are entangled in. Most get involved by peer pressure and follow for business reasons or when a fraternal organization, friends or family invite them. Some are attracted to the secret, mystic rituals and symbolism.
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Today there are around five million Masons and about one million Shriners in America. Most have viewed Masonry as a fraternal organization not realizing it is designed for specific spiritual purposes. The ritual theology of Freemasonry is Egyptian Paganism. It is one of the oldest universal religions which emerges unchanged in geographically radically diverse cultures. Paganism is the worship of the moon goddess and the sun god whether they are called Isis or Osiris, Apollo and Diana, Sernonos and Aradia, or a host of other names. Paganism is the mystical religion that emerged in ancient Babylon thousands of years ago.
“Masonic Ties: The Masons intend to take over the world through the dialectic process. “Ordo Ab Chao”(?) means “order out of chaos.” Robert Schuller has ties with Norman Vincent Peale who was a well-known 33rd degree Mason—there is a statue of him at Schuller’s leadership college in Orange County. The late Vincent Peale has been very much instrumental in Schuller’s ministry.” Manipulating the Church to Globalism
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The Barbaric Red Fez
The red fez is an example of the double meaning behind most of Freemasonry’s facade. The fez is actually both barbaric and anti-Christian. In the early eighth century, Muslim hordes overran the Moroccan city of Fez shouting, ‘There is no god but Allah and Mohammad is his prophet.’ There they butchered the Christian community all in the name of Allah–whom every Shriner must bow in worship with hands tied behind his back proclaiming him the god of his fathers in the Shrine initiation at the altar of obligation. As the streets ran literally red with blood in Fez, the Muslims dipped their caps in it as their testimony to Allah. There are over six million Masons worldwide today and fezzes are worn by Shriners. Many are ignorant Christians alongside the Islamic sword and crescent encrusted with jewels. Taqiyya and the American Mosque
Masonry, Witchcraft, and Universal Serpent Worship
Witchcraft and Freemasonry have a lot in common. In white witchcraft they dismiss the concept of Lucifer whereas with Freemasonry Lucifer is called god. The sovereign pontiff of universal Freemasonry, Albert Pike, claims, “Yes, Lucifer is God and unfortunately Adonay (Hebrew God of the Bible) is also god… the true and pure philosophical religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adanay. … but Lucifer, God of light and god of good is struggling for humanity against Adanay, the god of darkness and evil.” The Theosophical Society (C. Peter Wagner’s Apostolic Churches; Willow Creek Community)
33rd degree Mason, Manly P. Hall says, “When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamic 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 (this) energy. (Lost Keys of Freemasonry, p. 48.)
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“May the Force be with you,” Oprah writes in her magazine “O.”
Masonry is not unique, it is the way of the shaman–witch doctors or medicine men. Anthropologists now call all of this “shamanism.” Shamanism comes from a tribe in Siberia–it is what they call their witch doctors and medicine men. Shamanism is identical everywhere in the world. It involves the idea, “may the force be with you.”
It is the lie of the serpent that God is not personal (a personal God will hassle you with morals–a force won’t do that.), you can manipulate the force and you can become god and you will have powers. These powers are supposedly innate in nature. Shamanism is a nature religion. All of the secret rituals are passed down in families and you have to be initiated into this thing to get this force.
God as you conceive him to be–the Universal Religion of Mankind
- Freemasonry: nature religion, sun worship, anti-Christian religion of works to get to the celestial lodge in the sky presided over by god as you perceive him to be.
- Alcoholics Anonymous: believe in a force higher than yourself.
- Mother Theresa said, “I am trying to draw you closer to god–you must accept whatever god is in your mind. If you are Hindu, I’ll help you become a better Hindu. If you’re a Muslim, I’ll help you become a better Muslim.”
- The Pope: In 1986, Pope John Paul II gathered in Assisi, Italy, with 160 leaders of the world’s 12 major religions. This included snake worshippers, fire worshippers, Zoroastrians, Spiritists, animists, North American Witch Doctors, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, etc. As they gathered to pray for peace the Pope said, “We are all praying to the same god and our prayers are creating a spiritual energy that is bringing about a new climate for peace.” (9)
References/Related
- Nancy Ortberg Speaks at Willow Creek: Bill Hybels’ Women Unveil Deep Ecumenism
- Globalism and Willow Creek Church (Bono avoids taxes, Gergen, Carter, Blair)
- Manipulating the Church to Globalism (Dr. Robert Klenck)
- The Theosophical Society (C. Peter Wagner’s Apostolic Churches; Willow Creek Community)
- The Human Potential Movement (Manly P. Hall, Vincent Peale, Robert Schuller, Bill Hybels…)
- Taqiyya and the American Mosque
- Carlson, Ron, “Fast Facts on False Teachings.” Harvest House Publishers, 1994.
- Jeremiah Films, “Freemasonry: From Darkness to Light?”, 1991.
- Hunt, Dave, “Freemasonry.” Video, http://www.bereancall.org