Freemasonry, Detailing The Ritual Ceremony of The
Freemasonry, Detailing The Ritual Ceremony of The
Freemasonry, Detailing The Ritual Ceremony of The
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in
the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Creek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
The brethren now fall, each on his right knee, and they cross their hands and hold
them up so that the thumb of the right hand touches the left temple, and the left
thumb the right temple...9
In ancient India, the X symbol was equated with the vajra (jewel-phallus). Probably,
this is yet another reason why the Masonic Lodge adopted this symbol for many of
their ritual activities. Masonry is, in fact, a deviant sex cult.
In her interesting encyclopedia called The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and
Sacred Objects, Barbara Walker calls the symbol the "Cross Saltire" which means
literally "tumbling cross" or a cross performing a somersault. In
this sense, it is decidedly anti-Christ in nature.
The Church of Scientology, New Age in its beliefs, has as its
logo a traditional cross (vertical) integrated with an X, or Cross
Saltire. This is understandable since Scientology is unquestionably
non-Christian.
X as Sign of Death
of New York in part describes the ritual and scene prescribed for funerals as follows:
The funeral honors are given by extending the hands toward the grave with the
palms up, the brethren repeating in unison:
'To the grave we consign the mortal remains of our deceased brother.'
The arms are then crossed over the breast, the left above the right, the fingers
touching the shoulders...10
You'll find among the photos and illustrations in this section one of horror
novelist Stephen King seeming to emulate exactly this funeral procedure of crossing
the arms (X), the fingers touching the opposite shoulder. Is King, the master of death
literature, in fact taking on the image of death, the grim reaper? Does King believe
that this publicly displayed ritual act by him confers on the famous novelist the "raw
spiritual energy" mentioned by Masonic authority Jim Tresner, 33?
From what source do the Masons draw for this funeral symbolism of the X? In my
book, Dark Majesty, I explain the Egyptian connection:
In ancient Egypt, the mark of "X" and the symbol of cross-bones in the symbol of
an X was very prominent in religious contexts. You can find the X on the walls of a
number of ancient Egyptians temples and pyramids...It is the sign of Osiris, the
great sun god...
The ancient pharaohs, when they were buried, had the legs crossed in the form of
"X" as a sign of devotion to Osiris.''
Today, as in ancient Egypt, Osiris the sun god is worshipped; now the homage
and veneration comes from the Masons and their fellow Illuminists. These confused
and perverted men mistakenly believe they are illumined (enlightened) by their solar
deity, the Great Architect, Jahbuhlun, or Lucifer.
They have even arranged for Osiris' watchful eye, the all-seeing eye, to be
pictured on each and every U.S.A. one dollar bill. It is the eye in the capstone
surrounded by the rays of the sun announcing to the whole world the coming of a
New Age, a New World Order (Novus Ordo Seclorum).
What a grand surprise these wicked men have in store for them when Jesus
Christ, Lord of Lords, returns. II Thessalonians 2 says that the opposers of Christthe
leaders of Illuminati and their hordes of rapt followers shall be utterly destroyed by
the brightness of His coming. Until that great and momentous day, the pitiful men of
the Illuminati shall continue to wallow with each other in the mire and muck. They
will continue communicating the sign of X, the sign of their silly, fanciful god, all the
while cursing the darkness rather than lighting a candle. Men blinded for all eternity
by their rejection of the True Light.
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The arm patch on the military uniform of Pakistan's President, General Pervez
Musharraf, tells a number of tales. Against a black, circle background we find the
familiar crescent moon and star of Islam (actually, pagan origin, being
representative of Diana, the witchcraft "star" and "moon" goddess) as well as the
two crossed swords (in the pagan era, a sign of Mars, god of war). It is doubtful
Musharraf has any idea of the actual meaning of these symbols.
Ehud Barak, a Freemason chosen Prime Minister of Israel in 1999, with his wife, Nava. This is a very
staged "X." Also significant is Nava's earring, which has the emblem of the Masonic double-headed
eagle. (Photo: Time magazine, May 31, 1999, p. 64)
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Larry Summers, Secretary of the Treasury in the second term of the Bill Clinton Administration,
signals to his associates in the Illuminati elite the strength of their Order. We see first his crossed "X"
hand position, the left hand path dominant. Then there is the pillar of strength of Jaquin and Boa/
origins, and finally the black and white checkered "tresrleboard" upon which he stands, the science of
polar opposites, the Hegelian dialectic, the high Masonic principle of equilibrium. Summers is
currently President of Harvard University.
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Donald E. Graham, chairman and CEO of The Washington Post, in a staged setting in the newsroom.
(Vanity Fair)
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Sometimes, a person wears what they are! These photos of South Africa's political leader Nelson
Mandela (left) and Disney Corp. CEO Michael Eisner (above) paint a story by reference to the design
on each man's neckties. Look close-up and the "X" and other llluminist symbols are clearly seen.
(Vanity Fair, November 1997)
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Noted Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi who specializes in buildings and structures housing
museums.
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Fortune magazine (December 20, 1999) had this rather unusual photograph
picturing two CompUSA e-commerce subsidiary managers, Michael Laskoff (left) and
Stephen Polly. The caption and article gave no clue as to why the two men are
crossing their legs ("X") nor was there an explanation for the bizarre staging of what
should have been your usual, stock business photo.
Symbols galore adorn feminist Gloria Steinem's apartment decor in New York. She's wearing a
black outfit with belt with a huge, round sun emblem and, naturally, her handsign is "X." Now
70-years-old, Ms. Steinem, like so many other "chosen ones," is not at all what she seems. A
former Playboy Club bunny, Steinem was covertly working for the CIA. She "founded" the radical
agenda MS magazine reportedly with Illuminist funding and traveled widely in India. Her elitist
role: Foster the anti-Christian, culture-destroying Feminist Movement.
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Famous horror film actor Boris Karloff, Stephen King, whose novels on horror and terror
in the classic cinema, The Mummy, lays invariably go to the top of the bestseller's list. The
in the mummy's crypt and symbolically caption of this photo, published in Newsweek (August
crosses his arms ("X") just as was done 28, 2000, p. 45) reads, "It's good to be King."
in Egyptian ritual in the days of the
Pharaohs.
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These ancient Egyptian figures demonstrate how prevalent was Osiris' sacred sign, "X."
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The mummy of Ramescs the Great (1279-1213 B.C.) was found in this cedarwood sarcophagus. This
pharaoh is thought by Egyptologists to be the ruler who enslaved the Israelites and forced them to
build cities.
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Painting from the Tomb of Rameses I, Valley of the Kings, West Thebes, in Egypt.
The figure at right (Luriferian angel?) has wings crossed in "X" fashion. This is said
to be a secret, coded alphabet used by the clandestine Templars Order. (From Secret
Societies, by Arkon Daraul)
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These ancient Egyptian figures demonstrate how prevalent was Osiris' sacred sign, "X."
A real Egyptian
mummy, arms
crossed in honor
of Osiris, divine
Father.
Rosicrucian and other mystical orders emphasize the process of alchemy, mystical
union that brings about cleansing and renewal. The goal of Illuminati alchemy is
to realize a New World Order through destruction ("cleansing"). Thus, Ordo Ab
Chao, order out of chaos. In this drawing from Mylius's Philosophia Reformata
(1622) the alchemical process is "Bath," the union of Sol (Sun) and Luna (Moon).
The "X" is the intersection of the two opposites.
Kali, merciless goddess of death and destruction, metes out justice and balancing of karma to her
victims. Observe the satanic sign of Kali's left hand and her spinning on her finger of a sun sign. Her
color is blue, same color as the Blue Lodge of Freemasonry (first three degrees). The rose and the
lotus are her flowers, also the same flowers represented throughout the occult world by many other
individuals and groups.
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The papacy often uses the "X," as is demonstrated in the Dagon fish-hat of Pope John Paul II on
the cover of The Pope Speaks journal.
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The X symbol on the robe worn by Pope John Paul II is telling, as is the silver metal torch with its
black flame. Silver is the metallic element of the ancient goddess, which the Pope would recognize in
the form of Mary, Mother of Jesus. The X, of course, represents the Father deity. Not the Father God
of the Old and New Testament, but of Babylon and Egypt.
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Cover of a popular witchcraft publication in the U.S.A., Circle Network News (copyright 1994).
Cernunnos, horned antler god of the forest, is at top with his arms folded ("X"). The sun, sacred to
wiccans is at center.
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In this photo of the staff of Yale University's Yale Literary Magazine (1941), the
five young men in front are all giving a similar hand over hand ("X") signal. The
photo is significant because one of the students pictured (second from right,
back row) is James Jesus Angleton, perverted Mason who was long-term Deputy
Director of the CIA and was guilty of murder, rape, torture, treason, and
numerous other counts of evildoing. It is also at Yale where the Order of Skull
and Bones and other elitist groups initiate their recruits.
Logo of Garrett-
Evangelical Theological
Seminary, a liberal
institution in Illinois.
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The Japanese army occupying the Philippines in World War II issued their own local currency. This 10
peso bill was found by American soldiers on the body of a dead Japanese soldier. The "X" is
apparently the Roman numeral for "ten."
Albert Pike, former Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, in his book, Morals
and Dogma, considered by many Masons to be their "bible" and guide for daily living, has
this illustration of an "X," in the form of a crossed gavel and a measuring stick, or rule.
Pike explains the illustration by suggesting that Force (the brute power of the people)
must be regulated by the elite: "The blind Force of the people is a Force that must be
economized, and also managed... It must be regulated by Intellect."
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In his classic Masonic textbook, Morals and Dogma, Scottish Rite legend Albert Pike suggests
that "This hieroglyphic picture, copied from an ancient Egyptian monument, may enlighten you
as to the Lion's grip and the Master's gavel," two standards of the ritual ceremony for the
Master degree. In the picture, the candidate, lying on the floor, is about to be "raised" by the
powerful grip of the Lion's paw. The lion is carrying in his right hand the Ankh, symbol of
reincarnation, or regeneration. The "X" on the man's chest tells us this is Osiris, the Sun God
who was slain but arose from the dead, being pieced back together by his beautiful Queen, Isis.
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Beginning on page 801 of Albert Pike's classic textbook, Morals and Dogma, we find an explanation
of the 29th degree, Grand Scottish Knight of St. Andrew.
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And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is
fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a
cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
- Revelation 18:2
The Royal Secret...the Secret of the Universal Equilibrium... shall at length make
real the Holy Empire of true Masonic Brotherhood.
- Albert Pike, 33
Morals and Dogma
Two heads are better than one, except when they're on the body of only one eagle.
Texe Marrs
C a n the body of one bird have two heads? Is such a notion insane? I
believe so. Insanity can be described as a demented man's firm belief
that two totally contradictory and opposite things are nevertheless one
and the same. If a man simultaneously embraces two competing, mutually exclusive
ideas or philosophies, he can properly be deemed "out of his mind," or insane. If, for
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example, he is convinced that an apple is a bird or that the color black is actually
white, then he is insane.
But the Illuminati do not agree. Their whole insane doctrine is based on the
supposition that black is white, that good is evil, that two plus two equals five. They
are men of insane minds. And they have developed an equally insane "scientific"
system, designed to reprogram and recreate social material and spiritual reality to fit
their perverted, upside down theology.
Their scientific system, actually a form of witchcraft, is based on alchemy and magic.
Its process is one of Universal Motion, designed to purposely foment diabolical chaos
so that order may come out of two dynamic competing forces, Ordo Ah Chao. Their
objective is the Great Work, the changing of man created in God's image into the
image of a serpent-being void of morality and void of righteous, just values. In other
words, the Great Work is designed to create and produce a race of soul-less satanic
creatures.
To effect their Great Work, to transform and transmutate the world and humanity
into the "new soul-less creature," heaven and earth must be destroyed, crushed, and
thoroughly converted into a new paradigm. In essence, heaven and earth are to
become hell. The will of Satan shall be done on Earth as it is in hell. This is the exalted,
"Royal Secret." It is the Illuminati's core doctrine, their cardinal teaching, that out of
bloody, universal chaos will ultimately come equilibrium and the Holy Empire of the
Illuminati, to be ruled by their cabalistic Messiah, or Kingactually the Antichrist.
Pike revealed this ultimate objective to subordinate Illuminists on page 861 of his
celebrated textbook, Morals and Dogma:
The Royal Secret, of which you are a Prince, if you are a true adept...is that which
the Sohar (an occultic and cabalistic text) terms The Mystery of the Balance. It is the
Secret of the Universal Equilibrium...Such, my Brother, is the True Word of a
Master Mason; such is the true Royal Secret, which makes possible, and shall at
length make real, the Holy Empire of true Masonic Brotherhood.1
Ezekiel 28 tells us that, as first created by God, Lucifer was a beautiful creature, one
of the most lovely in Heaven. His body was not of flesh but was made up of actual
gems and jewels. Even more fantastic, musical instruments were incorporated into
his being. A beauty to behold.
But then the deceitful Lucifer rebelled, taking down with him one third of the
angels. He and they apparently became vile creatures, ugly and deformed, appearing
in grotesque forms appropriate to their mental and spiritual deformities.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down
to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will
ascend into heaven, 1 will exalt my throne above the stars of God...I will ascend above
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the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to
hell, to the sides of the pit. (Isaiah 14:12-15)
The Bible says that the angry and furious fallen Lucifer now walks to and fro in
the earth like a lion seeking whom he might devour. His aim is to ruin God's creation,
to bastardize and corrupt it, to change it into what he isa monumentally ugly and
warped creation, totally opposite of what God intended. Man and the world must be
ruined, destroyed, transformed into a barren, non-producing, hideously shaped
wasteland.
Men are to be made feminine; women masculine. Marriage is to be perverted. No
longer between man and woman, it shall be used also to join men with men and
women to women. Abortion the reckless slaughter of innocents is to be
applauded. Sex is to become rife with perversion. Children are given over to the
terrible passions of lustful pedophiles. Spiritual values are converted to material
desires. False gods are exalted. False Bibles are invented. Murder and assassination
become religious goals.
The Christian seeks as his life goal to become more and more like Jesus. But man
and the world are progressively becoming more like Satan and his dark angels
more corrupt and evil every day, in every way. Evolution, oddly, becomes fact,
except that man isn't evolving from apes, he is becoming an ape. He is transferred into
base animal, devoid of God's values, without the mind of Christ, but instead filled
with instincts and ambitions of pride, lust, murder, and envy.
As Above, So Below
This, then, is the end-goal of Illuminism: To destroy earth, debase civilization, end
pure spirituality, induce chaos on earth, and bring order according to Satan's
Illuminati script. Earth is to be hell and hell on earth: As Above, So Below.
This is the meaning of the double-headed Eagle; the androgynous joining of man
and woman; the mixing of the yin and yang; the checkerboard, black and white floors
of the Masonic Lodges; the mirror images of the Rosicrucians; the sulphurous tale of
Beauty and the Beast; the witches parable of the lovely lady vs. the crone on her
broom; the Druid/Satanic/Catholic alternating of black and white priest vestments;
the front and obverse (hidden) sides of the Great Seal of the United States; the
reversing of the cross and the reading of the Lord's Prayer backwards in satanic
worship, ad naseum.
All fields, all things, must be reversed. Negative must be transmuted into
positive. Bad will be good. Black shall be white. The ugly shall be adjudged beautiful
and the beautiful is to be spoiled, scarred, and made repugnant and revolting. God
shall be debased and Satan exalted.
Illuminism, therefore, is a system of dualism (thesis and antithesis) which
cyclically repeats as synthesis results. Then, the conflicting forces of the duality cycle
clash again, with synthesis being achieved once more. Always the synthesis, the
temporary solution or form, is unfrozen, the process of two competing forces re-
ignited, and the cycle is continued.
Chaos begets order, but chaos ensues again, followed by order, and so on. The
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Manly P. Hall, 33 o , the 20th Century's most revered Masonic scholar, titled this "The Double-
Headed Eagle, The Supreme Symbol," in his classic book, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.
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Here's how one Illuminist philosopher, satanic priest Anton LaVey, explained it:
There are not always 'two sides to every issue.' That statement is a ridiculous
slogan invoked by vested interests...
'Two sides of the same coin' is what most major issues are artfully constructed to
be. Subsequently, the populace lives by imperceptible Hobson's choices
masquerading as opposing opinions.
The two uppermost points of the inverted pentagram of Satan represent the
dualistic nature of all things, as all things are naturally perceived. Man has always
been motivated and controlled by whatever dualistic concept is in fashion, and
always will be. Like it or not, it's the way things really are. Shades of gray only
appear between established opposites.3
The Rosicrucian Orders and the Masonic Lodge incessantly teach this duality of
all things in their rituals and lectures. In the book, The Rose Cross and the Goddess,
Masonic advocate, Gareth Knight, speaks of this "dual polarity." In Masonic
symbolism, Knight observes, this duality is expressed by the square and compass. 4
One of the highest degree rituals in Scottish Rite Freemasonry is that which
honors the Emperors of the East and West. It is symbolized, among other things, by
the Masonic double-headed eagle. Two heads, one body. Again: duality.
Albert Pike, the former Sovereign Grand Commander whose writings are so honored
and venerated that Pike's body has been entombed in the Scottish Rite's international
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headquarters, The House of the Temple, in Washington, DC, taught that out of the
ongoing universal motion of the conflict of opposites, a potent and magical force could
be created or energized, so powerful that "a single man, who could possess himself
of it, and should know how to direct it, could revolutionize and change the face of
the world." In Morals and Dogma, he emphasizes:
This force was known to the ancients. It is a universal agent, whose Supreme law is
equilibrium...it was adored in the secret rites of the Sabbat or the Temple under the
hieroglyphic figure of Baphomet or the hermaphroditic goat of Mendes...
There is a Life-Principle of the world, a universal agent, wherein are two natures
and a double current...It is the body of the Holy Spirit, the Universal Agent, the
Serpent devouring his own tail...Force attracts force...5
The Jewish cabalists speak in mysterious, guarded terms of this same potent
Force. They say it is produced from the uniting of the two triangles, male and female,
in the sex act, releasing the generative energy of creation. The result symbolized is,
of course, the Jewish Star of David, known as the Seal, or symbol, of Solomon or
simply as the Six-Pointed Star. The cabalists say this Star represents the combined
energy of good and evil becoming one Force; it represents the "white Jehovah and the
black Jehovah." It is the epitome of the "As Above, So Below" doctrine. As LaVey put
it, it represents "THE THIRD WAY."
To the Illuminati, nothing is static, everything is deceit; the Force is dynamic,
ever-changing, the quicksand of light that diffuses and reappears only to disappear
again. Dark is Light and Light is Dark and no one can divine a difference. Satan is
therefore God and God is Satan, and the Serpent chases its own tail. Forever.
This is all insanity, of course, but to the Illuminist it is Reason. Thus, Francis Adams
Moore, in the Lucis Trust publication, The Beacon, wrote an article entitled '"The
Invisible Sun." In it, Moore speaks of "The Ageless Wisdom":
The Ageless Wisdom teaches that this darkness out of which visible Light came, is
actually the pure Light the Light that is so brilliant, radiant, and transcendent it
appears as darkness to the form world.6
In the beginning the Great Darkness, Diana, divided herself into two equal and
opposite forces, night and day. The night was ruled over by Diana herself as the
moon, the day by her alter ego and brother, Lucifer, the Sun.8
In Tlxe Wall Street Journal, former presidential speechwriter and now political
commentator Peggy Noonan reported on an interview she had with President
George W. Bush in the White House. 9 As she sat before him, a friendly Chief
Executive Bush brought up the topic of the eagle symbol so prominently displayed
in the Oval Office.
The President noted the carved American eagle on the front of his antique desk, the
one used by Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Bill Clinton. The head of the
eagle, he notes, is turned toward the arrows it holds in its talon. But look here, he
says, at the American eagle in the presidential seal on the rug: The head is turned
away and toward the olive branches he holds in his other talon. "Harry Truman
changed it," he says. "He wanted America looking toward peace."10
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To the Illuminati, the eagle is a symbol of overriding importance and, in its double-
headed form, the eagle represents the Illuminati's principal Luciferian doctrine of As
Above, So Below. It also represents the Great Work of the Initiation of the World.
How prophetic, then, is the Bible verse found in Isaiah 46:11 which reveals that in
the last days, a "ravenous bird from the East" shall be called forth by God to wreak
havoc and destruction on rebellious mankind and the fallen world.
So when you see the duality principle ("As Above, So Below") represented in the
photos and illustrations in this section, remember: You're observing the great secret
in operation, the perennial teaching of the Hidden God, the God of the Mysteries, the
God who it is said possesses the key to the
invisible world (hell), the God of the Arch, the
God of cunning, lies and deceit, the two-faced
Deity, the Masonic double-headed eagle. In
other words, bluntly stated, you are viewing Satan
in disguise.
Two golden phoenix serpents face each other inside the Temple Room of the Scottish Rite
headquarters, The House of The Temple, in Washington, D.C. located exactly 13 blocks from the
White House. While the focal point is the black stone altar with its three sun medallions, the two
serpents provide the most grotesque sight. On the rug we read, "The Goal of Initiation," and, indeed,
it is reportedly before this imposing black stone altar that the candidate for the 33rd degree kneels
and drinks wine from a human skull.
This article in Newsweek (July 27, 1998, p. 31) speaks for itself. Under orders from Bolshevik
Communist butcher Vladimir Lenin, the Russian Oar and his entire family were slaughtered. In the
center of this photo, above the windows you will see the golden, double-headed eagle.
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Mirror Image: In 2002, two snipers terrified Washington, D.C. suburbs with deadly and accurate
shooting of innocent citizens. Police Chief Charles Moose, of Montgomery County, Maryland, led
some 1,000 investigators in a 22-day manhunt. The press and media made Chief Moose into a
celebrity and hero, though clearly his police skills were not just inadequate, they had proven to be
vastly incompetent and bungling. Moose turns out to be a puppet of the Jewish ADL and a "Chosen
One" of the Illuminati. This photo in Time (January 6, 2001) unmasks Chief Moose as a stooge of
the elite. It illustrates perfectly the Satanic doctrine, "As Above, So Below." We see Chief Moose, a
black man, shrouded in darkness, his hands giving a Masonic symbol (explained elsewhere in
Codex Magica). They rest on a mirror surface in which the shadow image of the Chief is seen.
Viewed either as is or upside down, we observe the secret sign of the diamond (two triangles
abutted together), indicating the portal of hell, high sign of the conspiracy. It doesn't get much
more revealing than this. Yet, it is doubtful that even a fraction of the readers of Time who saw this
photo had any idea of its esoteric nature.
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In this advertisement in Spain's Hola magazine (April 13, 2000), a coin bearing the image of King
Juan Carlos was offered. Juan Carlos is heir to the Bourbon Dynasty. One of his titles is "King of
Jerusalem." The emblem of the double-headed eagle is on the reverse side of the coin.
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In 1917, after the dynasty of Czar Nicholas II fell, the Moscow government of Freemason Alexander
Kerensky issued new currency, including this 250 ruble banknote. At its center is the double-headed
eagle superimposed on the swastika (sun deity). The swastika is arranged as a diamond. Soon
afterwards, the government of Kerensky gave way to the Bolshevik coup of Lenin and Trotsky.
Kerensky fled to Paris, France, where he joined the Grand Orient Lodge. Lenin and Trotsky, also
Masons and satanists, decided these symbols on the ruble banknotes were far too obvious and feared
that the Russian people would discover the Jewish Masonic roots of the Revolution. Therefore, they
ordered the removal of the symbols and created as a replacement for them the familiar hammer and
sickle emblems as the U.S.S.R.'s official seal.
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A company called Azure Green puts out a catalog offering "Egyptian Deity Wall
Plaques," including this one, a depiction of the combined gods of Egypt, Horns and
Set. Two entities represented by one body. Once again, we discover the principle of
integration, or synthesis. Horns is the son of the Sun God and is said to be one
with his Father, Osiris. The god Set is the dialectical opposite, or mirror of Horns
and Osiris, but rather than the Sun and its light, he represents the darkness of the
underworld. Set is god of the dead, Horus-Osiris, god of the living.
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A friend of the author sent him this photograph he took while visiting Russia recently. It is the fence
and gate outside a sprawling and luxurious old mansion estate.
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For Comrade Mikhail Gorbachev, there is only one deity that should be recognized-the god below, in
the abyss. Here we see Gorby smiling broadly while finding his "mark" for a history photo made with
Bush and Reagan overlooking the New York City harbor. Gorby seems to merely be clowning around,
but his membership in the Grand Orient Lodge in Paris, France and his favorable status by the
llluminati's Inner Circle inform us otherwise. His hands tell a story understood by the wise. (Photo
and article, December 8, 1988)
Commemorative Silver Coin bearing images of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laksmi
struck in honor of the historic occasion of the first Hindu Diwali ritual ever
conducted in the White House. It happened under President George W. Bush, in 2003.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) meets with the CEO of Lukoil, Russia's biggest oil company.
On the desk between the two men are desk accessories bearing the emblem of the double-headed
eagle. (Photo: Agence France-Presse)
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky, flamboyant Russian politician, holds in his hand the double-headed eagle
insignia of the czarist regime, recently revived in the Gorbachev-Yeltsin-Putin era. Zhirinovsky gained
worldwide notoriety in the 1990s for bashing Jews and for his extreme anti-Semitic views. However,
he quieted down and muted his animosity toward the Jews after it came out that Zhirinovsky is
himself a Jew! The setting up of such fake fronts by the Illuminati is a common tactic. It is all part of
the Hegelian dialectical process (Thesis+antithesis=synthesis): i.e. create the problem, then come up
with the pre-planned "solution" favored by
the elite. (Photo and article: The European,
April 17, 1994)
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world...
-Revelation 12:9
The Great Serpent of the Garden of Eden and the Lord God are identical.
Helena Blavatsky
The Secret Doctrine
The symbols on the Great Seal at first glance seem to be incompatible with the
history, political organization, and religious heritage of our great nation. An
Egyptian pyramid? What has that to do with America? Strange Latin inscriptions? A
bizarre all-seeing eye radiated by the sun's rays? Odd, indeed.
Truly weird, especially, is the fact that there are two sides to the Great Seal. The
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front side pictures a strong, war-ready eagle with a constellation of stars in a cloud
above its head. The reverse, the mystical side, is the one with the pyramid, Latin
inscriptions, all-seeing eye, etc. Why two sides? After all, a seal is like a rubber stamp.
It is used to authenticate documents to prove authenticity and affirm veracity and
genuineness. You don't need a reverse side on a "rubber stamp!"
In fact, both sides of the Great Seal, each with various images, have been around
since the days of the Continental Congress.
In 1776, just hours after the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted,
a committee composed of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams
met to design the Great Seal. They invited an artist, Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere, to
join them and a design was approved. But the Continental Congress failed to
approve it. So, in 1782, Congress called on William Barton, an authority on symbols
and heraldry, and Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress, to help sort out the
process. Finally, out came the current day, two-sided Great Seal.1
That, of course, is the official version of events. But some claim that a mysterious man
from Europe, but living in Philadelphia, named Haym Salomon, secretly assisted the
committee of Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams. Haym Salomon, a Jewish banker, just
happened to be the American representative for the Rothschilds of Europe. Salomon,
it is said, bribed a number of American politicians and was able to get about anything
he and his mentors wanted done. In the case of the Great Seal, the Rothschilds
wanted symbols to be pictured in the Great Seal of United States befitting the aims of
the Illuminati.
Though Jewish and Zionist in ambition, the Rothschilds were not worshippers of
the God of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. They were Sabbatian/Frankist
(Satanic) in theology. They sought (and still today seek) a Jewish Utopia or Kingdom
on planet Earth. This Kingdom would be the New Age successor to ancient Babylon
and Egypt. It would be a powerhouse nation that would, through magic and intellect,
conquer the world. America would be its proxy. America would be its alter ego.
America, then, must be fashioned into a cabalistic, Jewish state. All Hail the New
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Egypt, Empire of the Ages, child of the Sun God of the ancients! America, the New
Jerusalem, must unite with Old Jerusalem, and the Zionist Illuminati must reign!
Rothschild agent Haym Salomon had millions of dollars of largesse to spread
around in bribes. And so he did. A good portion of the money went to fund the
Continental Congress and its operations. Some went into the Treasury for the
Revolutionary War effort. Some went into politicians' pockets.
Rothschild eventually got the images he had demanded on the Great Seal, though
not without opposition. The design was bitterly opposed by the few who recognized
the Masonic and Illuminist elements.
As for Haym Salomon, few history textbooks mention him. But he is privily called
by Illuminati Jews "The Financier of the American Revolution." Only recently, scattered
bits of propaganda have begun to be floated about him. A few Jewish books speak of
his "grand accomplishments," offering a more cheery and less honest version of his
life and his activities as banker for the American Revolution. The ultimate goal of the
Illuminati is to eventually bring Haym Salomon out of the closet, so to speak.
Someday, his name will be in lights. He'll be immortalized in print, in movies, and
on TV as a great and noble hero, akin to a George Washington or Thomas Jefferson.
Statues will be built to honor him. One already has, in Philadelphia. Mark my words
and mark your calendar for the future and see if what I tell you isn't so.
Now, let us examine the symbols on America's Great Seal and see if we can make
sense of their true, esoteric meaning and purposes. Let us wipe away the gloss and
get down to the base surface to better understand. This is vital because of the future
of the United States and the destiny of all humanity is wrapped up, and is
revealed, in this collection of Illuminist symbols and marks.
Olam) of the whole earth. Of course, in order to build the New Deal of the Ages, they
must first tear down the old. Civilization as we know it today must be razed and
destroyed by dialectic chaos, so that the new order may be ushered in: Ordo Ab Chao
It is when this ambitious goal is achieved that, symbolically, the capstone will be
set in place atop the pyramid. Then he who lies within the living stones shall come
forth to rule. The Phoenix (Satan and his "son") shall rise from the flames of
destruction just as the legendary phoenix bird arose.
The Phoenix, however, is, in reality a cockatrice, a dragon-bird, a flying serpent.
The word "pyramid," incidentally, literally means "amidst the fire." And now you
know the true, occultic meaning of the word.
Simply put, Freemasons, under the direction of Haym Salomon, Ben Franklin, and
others, designed the Great Seal with its all-seeing eye in the capstone amidst the
radiant sun background. As followers of Egyptianism, it has long been assumed that
the eye is that of Osiris, the Egyptian sun god, and/or of his son, Horus. This is true,
but there is much more.
Osiris, of course, was worshipped as the Sun. Albert Pike, former Sovereign
Grand Commander, wrote: "The sun...is the All-Seeing Eye in our Lodges." 2 Pike
goes on to say that, "the Blazing Star (the pentagram deity) has been recognized as
an emblem of Omniscience, or the All-Seeing Eye, which to the Ancients was the
Sun." 3
The Illuminati and their subordinates, the Masons, honor the Deity of countless
names. Yes, one of those names is Osiris, with his son Horus. But the Illuminati Deity
is a concealed god who hides his true identity in a multitude of disguises and
subterfuges. He is called "The Sun," the "Central Sun," "Hiram Abiff," the one with
the "Ineffable Name," "Ein Soph," the "Great Architect of the Universe,"
"Abaddon," "Mahabone," and "Jahbuhlun." Ostensibly the Illuminati worship a
pantheon, a multiplicity of gods. But, not so. These are all fronts for the elite worship
of Lucifer. He is their true god, the God of Light. As Albert Pike stated in Morals and
Dogma, "Doubt it not."
Now, the Bible, in Isaiah 14 and Revelation 12:9, identifies Lucifer as "the great
dragon...that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole
world." So, by whatever name you call him, the god of the Illuminati and Masonry
is the Serpent. In fact, in A Bridge to Light, an official textbook of the Supreme Mother
Council, 33, the highest council of the Scottish Rite, Rex Hutchens, 33, reveals that
"the body of the Holy Spirit, the universal agent," is none other than "the Serpent
devouring his own tail." 4 That is, the Oroboros serpent.
Remember, in all their writings, the most revered of Masonic scholars Manly P.
Hall, Albert Mackey, Albert Pike, etc.claim that the Masonic rituals and teachings
come from the "mysteries" of ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, Persians and
others. Thus, we glean understanding when we read, in Earth's Earliest Ages, this
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statement by G. Pember: "There is little doubt that the culmination of the mysteries
was the worship of Satan himself."5
You'll also recall our discussion elsewhere in this book that the Illuminist and
Masonic theology is solidly based on the Jewish Cabala (Kaballah or Quaballah).
Indeed, almost all occult and magical belief systems are founded on the principles
and teachings of the Jewish Cabala. In her most famous book, The Secret Doctrine,
Helena Blavatsky praised Satan as the teacher of humanity. 6 He is to be thanked,
Blavatsky says, for setting men on the path to divinity and liberty. It is, she
emphasizes, the Cabala that "unveils the secret." To what secret is she referring?
Listen, as Blavatsky flatly states the core doctrine of the mysteries, of occultism, of
Illuminism:
The Great Serpent of the Garden of Eden and the Lord God are identical.7
Ah, we have here the reality of supreme evil in this core teaching. Paul knew of
this mystery teaching, he wrote of the "Mystery of Iniquity" and said of the ancient
religionists, that they "knew God, but glorified Him not as God," and changed the
Glory of God "into the likeness of creeping things" that is, serpents (Romans 1:23).
As Lord of Death, Osiris was sometimes identified with the Great Serpent of the
underworld, and sometimes was painted in the same serpentine form, bent around
so his toes touched his head.8
The serpent, or Satan, as we know from the scriptures, is god of the dead. Indeed,
God says, "all they that hate me love death" (Proverbs 8:36). He is Lord alright, but
only of death, of the underworld, and of planet earth for a season (II Thessalonians 2).
He is graphically pictured in the occult world as a serpent biting his own tail; how
appropriate: A devourer of himself! And that is what actually happens when a
person defies God and worships the Adversary. He or she is "biting his own tail"
tragically and pathetically devouring himself.
The Oroboros
The oroboros, or serpent biting its own tail, is pictured on the cover of Codex Magica.
This book unmasks the Illuminati worship of this detestable creature, a worship of
which virtually every person on earth is dangerously and hopelessly unaware. Since
the Illuminati, Masons, and fellow cabalists have amassed such tremendous political,
financial, social, and technological powers, is it not a frightening thing to realize that
these men are not only religious, their religion is Satanism, and their god is the Devil?
The destructive path, therefore, is the way of the Illuminati. As I have
demonstrated, these wicked agents of the Serpent are psychopaths and present a
clear and present threat and danger to our lives. But the gravest danger is that which
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confronts the souls of billions of unsaved, ignorant human beings. If they fall for the
Lie of the Serpent, they will suffer total destruction and suffer loss for eternity.
In Occult Geometry, A.S. Raleigh examines the symbol of the circle. He writes:
One form of the circle is a serpent with a tail in its mouth...It is the return to
Unity...The true circle symbolizes evolution, the Serpent Circle involution...the
power brings Unity out of diversity...The Serpent Circle is, therefore, ever the symbol of
the destructive.9
Later, in the photos and illustrations presented in this chapter, you will discover
the startling artwork on a Jewish New Year's postcard by Jewish artist Alain Roth
back in 1915. The design shows the Oroboros Serpent (Satan) encircling and
conquering the whole earth. Happy New Year?
As I have proven over and over by a preponderance of documentation, we cannot
separate the murderous goals and activities of the Illuminati from their religious
belief system. Their inspiration, their fanatical zealotry, comes from their teacher,
Satan, who has given them a thorough set of instructionsan Unholy Bible if you
will, in the Jewish Cabala. In this Unholy Bible, the Serpent plays the key role. He is
praised as the "Serpent of Wisdom." The destiny of the Illuminati and the whole
world is said to be in his hands.
We thank God that all who believe in Christ Jesus have no part of this destiny.
Jesus said He has chosen us out of the world. We are pilgrims, aliens on earth, spiritually
residing in heavenly places. The serpent has no power or control whatsoever over us,
and we solidly reject his many works, among which, regrettably, is the symbology of
the Great Seal of the United States.
Advertisement for a
cigarette brand. The
three most
prominent symbols:
(1) All-seeing eye;
(2) The sign of
eternityresembling
the figure 8 lying on
its side; (3)The
three dots, or
points, indicative of
the unholy trinity.
This bizarre advertisement for cable-TV's The Learning Channel. The tattoos on this man
are real. The all-seeing eye is in what Hindus call the "ajna center," in the midpoint of the
forehead just above the eyebrows.
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The Fox-TV network ran 67 episodes of the popular series, Millennium. The Oroboros
serpent was the focal point of advertising for the series though the occult meaning of
the symbol was never fully explained.
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In 1974, heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped by members of a group calling itself the Symbionese
Liberation Army (SLA). The group took this picture of Hearst, who inexplicably actively participated
in crimes with SLA gang members. Conspiracy researchers subsequently discovered that the SLA was a
secret revolutionary project funded by the FBI. (Photo and article: Newsweek, February 4, 2002)
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Blatant serpent wickedness is rampant in this advertisement for Crown Royal whiskey. We have
the regal scarlet crown, the diamond cuts on the glass, the evil snake shaped in the form of "S"
(Satan?), and the one word question, "Tempted?" The phrase below, "Enjoy our quality
responsibly" sounds like some kind of hellish joke. Crown Royal is manufactured by Seagram &
Sons, the world's largest distillery. Seagram is owned by the Bronfman bloodline dynasty of
Canada, the family of ardent ADL Jewish Zionists. Its senior is currently Edgar Bronfman, who
also just happens to be chairman of the World Jewish Congress.
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Singer/Entertainer Britney
Spears used this white python
serpent in one of her music
videos. Some in witchcraft
falsely believe the white snake is
the possessor of good magical
powers because of its "pure"
color. The satanist knows
otherwise. Dr. Michael Aquino,
High Priest of the Temple of Set,
once stated on The Oprah
Winfrey TV show that there is
no real difference in good vs.
evil magic. Magic is magic.
(Photo: The Tennessean.
December 19, 2001, p. 3D)
These two ancient Celtic coins from Bohemia (second and first centuries B.C.)
bear the marks of the dragon, or serpent. The first coin has the image of an
oroboros serpent/dragon torqued and prepared to bite its own tail. The second
coin bears the image of a coiled, horned serpent with ears. The coins signify the
adoration and homage paid the serpent as a religious icon of worship-status by
the Mystery Religions. The revival today of the ancient Mystery Religions is
accompanied also by modern-day advances in serpent worship.
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This is a Jewish New Year postcard, by artist Alain Roth in 1915. Amazingly
revealing, the postcard image confirms the documentation found in the long
controversial Protocols of the Learned Elders of lion. In the protocols the Jewish
Zionist conspiracy is described as a symbolic serpent encircling the world! As if to
emphasize that this is the correct understanding, the writing in Hebrew at the
bottom of this Jewish New Year postcard is the word "Leviathan." The identity of
Leviathan is revealed in Isaiah 27 as the serpent, or Satan. Have a Happy New Year,
indeed!
From The Herder Dictionary of Symbols (Chiron Publications, Illinois), we have two
different representations of the alchemical/mystical concept of "trinity as unity." At
left is a Rosicrucian seal and at right is an illustration from Valentinius's Duodecim
Claves, 1678.
FOURTEEN
...binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my throat cut
across...
Oath of Freemasonry
Entered Apprentice
Degree (1)
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the
earth, neither by any other oath...
James 5:12
...binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my throat cut across,
my tongue torn out by its roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea,
at low-water mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours,
should I ever knowingly violate this my Entered Apprentice obligation.
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...binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my breast torn open,
my heart plucked out, and placed on the highest pinnacle of the temple there to be
devoured by the vultures of the air, should I ever knowingly violate the Fellow
Craft obligation.
...binding myself under no less penalty than that of having my body severed in
two, my bowels taken from thence and burned to ashes, the ashes scattered before
the four winds of heaven, that no more remembrance might be had of so vile and
wicked a wretch as I would be, should I ever, knowingly, violate this my Master
Mason's obligation.
That's not all. In the 4th degree, Mark Master of the York Rite, the candidate
performs a ritual which symbolizes having his "ear smitten off" if he reveals the
order's secrets. And for the 5th degree, Past Master, the hapless candidate agrees as
follows:
...binding myself under no less penalty than (in addition to all my former penalties)
to have my tongue split from tip to root, that I might thereafter be unable to
pronounce the word.
The sixth degree (Most Excellent Master) of the York Rite continues with the
horrific penalties:
...binding myself under no less penalty than to have my breast torn open, and my
heart and vitals taken from thence, and exposed to rot on the dunghill.
It's no wonder that our Lord Jesus Christ, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures,
commanded that His followers take no oaths (Matthew 5:34-37). Christ's brother,
James, put it this way: "But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by
heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath" (James 5:12). Let Masons and
other Illuminists who lie claiming to be "Christian" believers try to dance around and
vainly evade this commandment.
Richardson's Monitor of Freemasonry (pp. 142-143) provides these bloody reminders of the horrible
penalties that await the Mason or other elitist who divulges secrets of the Order. "Silence, Slaves" is
certainly the catchword for the submissive servants of Satan's earthly elite corps of leaders.
obey the orders and decrees of the Council of Princes of Jerusalem, under penalties
of all former degrees." 4
For the fifth degree (Past Master) the penal dueguard sign is the placement of the
thumb to one's mouth, again indicating the warning to keep silent.
A Softening of Penalties?
Freemasonry and many other secret societies have been under siege in recent years
as the author of Codex Magica and a number of other courageous men have boldly
come forward exposing the frightening, cold and bloody oaths taken by millions of
Masons around the globe. As a consequence, as I understand it, the leadership of the
Lodge and other groups has more recently begun to "soften the edges," so to speak
and to eliminate some of the more egregious and ghastly phrases and words used in
the rituals.
In June 2001, according to The Scottish Rite Journal, C. Fred Kleinknecht, Sovereign
Grand Commander, 33, the reigning potentate of Freemasonry, presented copies of
the Revised Standard Pike Ritual to his subordinate Sovereign Grand Commanders. 5
Kleinknecht explained to his lieutenants that this new guide provides "modified
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versions" of the seventh and twenty-seventh degrees which were originally created
by Albert Pike, their much revered nineteenth century "Illustrious Sovereign Grand
Master." 6 One can assume that to appease its critics, further editions of the ritual will
water down the most grievous of the penalties.
Other ways, however, will undoubtedly be found to motivate the membership to
keep the secrets, including banishment from elite status and possibly even the
periodic assassination of disciples who stray and who recklessly disregard the dictate
to retain secrecy.
Still it is of interest that the Masonic elite are embarrassed over being outed for
their hideous oaths. What's more, in the Mormon Church (LDS), the penalty portions
of the Masonic-oriented rituals celebrated in the Temple also have recently been
watered down somewhat.
It sure seems as though the big-wigs of the secret orders are running scared,
doesn't it? How they must despise Christians like Texe Marrs who are forcing these
changes on a reluctant and evil Illuminati corps.
The Masonic practice of signs warning of frightening penalties for breaking silence
most definitely is of pagan origins. In Greece, Rome, Babylon, and Egypt, those who
had loose lips often paid with their lives and fortunes, so sacred and guarded were
the secrets of the Mystery Religions.
The Egyptians and Romans even worshipped a god of silence, Harpocrates, a form
of the solar deity. Harpocrates was often pictured sitting on his mother's lap,
suckling at her breast. Later, the Catholic Church adopted similar images in the
veneration of Mary with child. Sometimes Harpocrates was pictured naked or with
horns on his head, symbols of power. He often sat on a Lotus flower. The Lotus is a
sexual symbol of the female vagina. 7
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In the active days of Benjamin Franklin and our nation's founders, their secret
society counterparts in Great Britain made use of the god Harpocrates. Sir Francis
Dashwood, instrumental in the British operation of the Illuminati, recruited nobility
for his Hell-Fire Club, a secret group based on magic, satanism, and sex. Numerous
harlotsand sometimes newly deflowered virginswere scandalously used by
Dashwood and his occultic, jolly men. On club premises, the members erected a
statue of Harpocrates, depicting him solemnly holding a finger to his mouth to
remind the frolicking members of the Hell-Fire Club that, "What happens here, stays
here."8
Rome also had the Mystery Goddess Angerona. Her statue showed Angerona as
a beautiful woman holding a finger to her mouth, "the emblem of secrecy and
mystery."9 Angerona watched over the sexual promiscuity goings-on at various
orgies connected with the festivals of the solstices and the changing of the seasons.
The Mystery Religions of the Romans and other peoples especially needed the
utmost secrecy because, during the higher initiations, the unspoken names of the
hidden or unknown god, or gods, was often revealed. As the Christians gained in
numbers and influence, they began to properly understand that these names were
actually synonyms for Satan, Lucifer, the Devil. Great effort was therefore taken by
pagans to obscure or prevent the unmasking of this satanic connection. 10
An interesting sidenote: As a child watching TV in the early days (1950s), one of
the most popular programs was a game show hosted by Jewish comedian Groucho
Marx. Groucho had a brother, Harpo Marx, who was also a comedian and starred in
numerous TV programs and in movies. Harpo always played the cherubic character
of a mute young boy, with blond hair in curls. In other words, Harpo was cast in the
image of Harpocrates, god of silence and secrecy, also known as Horus the child.
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When it's your neck up there on the chopping block, you don't want a dull blade.
Anonymous spectator in
crowd at guillotine
execution, Paris, France, 1789
Y o u ' v e no doubt heard the old saying "up to their necks in mischief,"
haven't you? Well, it is definitely applicable to the Illuminist elite and
their legion of secret society puppets.
Hanging over the fireplace in the famous Green Room at the White House in
Washington, D.C. is an acclaimed oil portrait of Benjamin Franklin, one of our
country's most celebrated "founding fathers." It depicts the famed statesman sitting
studiously, poring over an ancient document which he is holding with his right hand.
His left hand, meanwhile, is at his throat, set with the finger in a V-design, the thumb
pushing upward to his chin. Franklin's neck is a prominent focus of the painting.
Obviously, this is a sign Franklin is communicating.
I have observed this same fascinating sign being performed by many other
elitists, both ancient and modern. However, Old Ben certainly is the epitome of the
occult secret society patriarch. This man's feats as a Mason and Rosicrucian are
legendary. Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry acknowledges Franklin as "a devoted
Freemason occupying for many years places of official prominence and serving his
(Masonic) Brethren with conspicuous Masonic zeal and aptitude." 1
The same Encyclopedia spends a great amount of space listing Franklin's exploits
and positions held as a Freemason, not only in the United States, but in Great Britain
and in France. In 1779, he was elected Worshipful Master of the Lodge of the Nine
Sisters in Paris, and in 1782 he became head of a lodge of the Grand Orient de Paris.
Earlier, Benjamin Franklin had officiated at the Masonic funeral of one of his
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A number of dictionaries of symbols state that the hand placed on the neck signifies
sacrifice. N o w sacrifice can have at least two meaningsone, the continuing threat of
One of the signs for ritual of the Grand Master Elect Degree is a dagger under the chin. (Richardson's
Monitor of Freemasonry, p. 146)
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the penalties to be applied to punish those adepts and initiates who so impertinently
reveal the secrets of the Order; and two, the willingness of the individual performing
the sign to sacrifice himself for the good of the Order, or for the good of the cause or
Great Work of the Illuminati.
The neck, being the bridge to the head and brain (intellect) and the point at which the
jugular vein can be ruptured by a knife or stone thrust, does seem to be an
appropriate place to physically focus this sign. Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor
summarizes the "Penal" code of Freemasonry. That reference book says the various
penal signs are designed so that each "intimates that the stiff neck of the disobedient
shall be cut off from the head of the living..." 3
The ritual for the Grand Master Elect Degree, according to Richardson's Monitor of
Freemasonry, has the candidate either placing the point of a knife under the chin, or
alternatively clenching the fingers of the right hand, extending the thumb, placing it
on the abdomen, and moving it upwards to the chin, as if ripping the body open with
a knife.
In the York Rite, the Past Master, or Fifth Degree, the candidate places the thumb
of his right hand (fingers clinched) upon his lips. This, says Duncan's, "alludes to the
penalty of having his tongue split from tip to root." 4
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Benjamin Franklin,
Rosicrucian and Mason,
from an oil portrait
painted by David Martin
in 1766. This famous
painting today hangs
over the fireplace in the
Green Room at the
White House.
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Co-Mason, Russian mystic and Egyptian Hindu devotee, who
founded the occult group, Theosophy. Her classic occult text, The Secret Doctrine, inspired
Adolf Hitler and thousands of others.
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This unusual photo of "management guru" Peter Drucker in U.S. News & World Report (May 8, 2000,
p. 42) paints Drucker as a contemplative, god-like character who has "sacrificed" for the Illuminati
Order.
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The Scottish Rite Freemasons, on the cover of the September 2000 issue of their official journal,
recognized "Brother Michael A. Richards" as a "Renaissance Man, Not Kramer." Richards, a Jew, is
the well known comic actor who won raves for his role as "Kramer" in the long-running #1 hit TV
show, Seinfeld. Inside the Masonic Lodge magazine, it was noted that Richards holds the 32nd degree
of Freemasonry and has received the red cap. Richards says he is a keen student of Masonry and its
symbolism and has over 1,000 masonic books in his home in California. Observe Michael Richards'
clearly Masonic handsign, which presents the V and is the "due-guard" sign of initiation in the Order
of Knights Templar which relates to the penalty of the obligationthe oath agreeing that one's head
will be impaled on the highest spire in Christendom as a penalty for revealing secrets. The sign is also
similar to the sign for the "due-guard" of the Past Master, 5th degree in the Scottish Rite.
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U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) is highly exalted by the elite as this photo
demonstrates. The strategy of this photo, with the Senator standing between two swords
(symbols of authority) and two encircled sun signs (symbol of the Masonic and Illuminati
Deity of Light) shows great favoritism toward this lady, especially as this bio-sketch and
photo is in a major newsmagazine, Newsweek (June 26, 2000). The caption reads: "Staying
in the spotlight. If Pakistan can elect a woman leader, says Hutchinson, why can't the United
States?" Judging from this staged rite, the regal doors may be about ready to open wider for
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
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M a s o n r y ' s homage to the heart by the Sign of Hand on Heart can best
be understood by the fact that the leaders of the Masonic Lodge
themselves boast that the rituals of Freemasonry hearken back to
ancient Egyptian religion. The Egyptian Book of the Dead addressed prayers to "My
heart of my mother...My heart of transformations," meaning the source of rebirths.
The Mother Goddess of Egypt was worshipped by various names Isis, Hathor,
Rhea, etc. She was the one to whom the people "gave their hearts," meaning their
heart-felt devotion and allegiance. As the Goddess of sacrifices, it was deemed
necessary by her admirers that men should sacrifice their "energies" on her behalf.
The Goddess was said to take possession of men's hearts.
In the pyramids of Mexico, Central and South America, the gods were also gods of
sacrifice and, once again, the heart was the centerpiece of devotion. Bloodthirsty
followers, egged on by high priests, cut out the hearts of victims of tribal wars.
On the stone altars of the temples, the priests cut the heart out of the breast of
sacrificial victims while they were still alive! The hearts were eaten, just as they were
in ancient Egypt and as they are in a number of satanic cults in existence today.
Back to Egypt
Freemasonry today freely admits its connection to the religion and rituals of ancient
Egypt and proudly displays Egyptian idols (the Sphinx, etc.) in and around its lodge
facilities and at its international headquarters, the House of the Temple in
Washington, D.C.
Moreover, in the ritual ceremonies of the higher Masonic degrees, the Hindu
pantheon of deities is honored as the true "Holy Trinity."1 In the Hindu religion, the
whole universe is said to be centered in the heart. The Yogi, in meditation, is claimed
to be listening to the heartbeat of the universe, which is the great god Shiva's beating