FREEMASONS.
1. An elite brotherhood, the most popular clandestine organization in the world with membership that includes some of the most powerful men in America & the world, what secrets lie behind its Masonic walls? What secret ceremonies & rituals are performed in there?
2. What is the meaning of Mason symbols: the Eye of Providence, the Square & Compass?
Believed to be behind the world’s greatest International conspiracies for centuries, but more esoteric than the brotherhood itself, are its secrets. Secrets that remained untold for millennia.
3. Freemasonry was inspired by Ancient Egypt & heavily influenced by Rosicrucianism. With emphases on changing the world, influencing the most powerful figures of their time or era, its origins is shrouded in myths.
4. A widely known myth says the Masons have deep connections with the ancient writings of Greek explorer ‘Thrice,’ who explored Ancient Egypt at the time period of the biblical patriarch — Abraham. Thrice had his interest in the Egyptian god of writing; Thoth.
5. Thoth was himself scribe to the gods, credited with the invention of writing & Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Thoth & Imhotep had combined into one entity. Imhotep became Thoth incarnate. Imhotep was the priest & first non-Pharoah to ever become a god in Egyptian religion.
6. He was the greatest engineer & stone-builder ever. Imhotep is believed to be the grand master, the first of the Free Masons.
This makes plausible sense because Imhotep built the first pyramid, the ‘Step pyramid,’ in Sakkara necropolis, for the Third Dynasty Pharaoh, Djoser.
7. If Imhotep influenced the ideas behind the construction of King Solomon's Temple, then we can as well conclude that Solomon & his temple are imbedded in Masonic tradition, therefore, Imhotep & his pyramid are imbedded in Masonic tradition.
8. Solomon a resilient builder himself, enlisted stonemasons to build the Temple to honor God’s message to his father, David.
The Bible says the Temple was looted & destroyed in 586-587 BCE by Babylonians & King Nebuchadnezzar II. Its content the Ark of the Covenant, gone.
9. The architecture of Solomon’s Temple represents the path of development all Masons must journey through. The symbolism of King Solomon’s Temple & the ways it relates to Freemasonry today, cannot be overlooked.
10. Back to the priest & god, Imhotep, Freemasonry is not unaware of the light shed by archaeology on its past, revealing Imhotep’s use of his priestly position as mediator between God & man.
11. Thus, Thoth became the master of Masonic wisdom, its writings & symbols, Imhotep became the Father of ‘Operative Masonry,’ assisted in all his undertakings by the Great Architect of the Universe, God himself.
12. Thrice the explorer was heavily influenced by Masonry, which concerned itself with conjuring spirits from statues of Imhotep & Thoth for wisdom, science, & medicine.
13. Thrice ideas began to circulate among other stone builders in Italy & in Greece, but they were given to the Europeans not by Greeks but by a famous Arab scientist thousands of years later.
14. Jabir ibn Hayyan, known to the Europeans as Geber, the real “father of chemistry," was himself a follower of ancient Egyptian mysteries, particularly — Thrice.
Alchemists & stone builders translated the many works of this medieval Arab alchemist.
15. Europeans began to develop ideas around Imhotep who gave them chemistry & building techniques they had never seen.
They concluded that Thrice was a student of Imhotep, & began to make Imhotep the center of their new ancient fraternity, its grand master, the first Mason.
16. Mason God is a reinterpretation of Thoth & their prophet is Imhotep
Explorer Thrice is the European that connects Freemasons to the secret message of the world.
The message? “That kings are evil, useless & not gods. That a normal man was greater than any King or Pharaoh.”
17. A powerful idea in Europe at the time, where kings ruled with the right of God. Wave of Mason ideas gained popularity in the 17th century.
French & US Revolutions became a success because of Freemasonry ideas. Most of the founding fathers of France & America were Freemasons.
18. George Washington on the $1 bill, Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, & Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill, were all Freemasons.
They designed Washington D.C, the iconography of the US dollar were all designed with the symbols of the Freemasons.
19. All these were in honor of Imhotep, the single great (non-royal) builder.
The Catholic Church & the Nazis would crack down on the Masons. They were accused of a Jewish conspiracy to takeover the world. But the Freemasons really just believe in the power of men over kings.
20. Masons built the cathedrals in the Middle Ages all over Europe & America. With the decline of such cathedral buildings, the eye of the society shifted.
1717 would see the writing of its constitution & the formation of the first Grand Lodge in London.
21. While Freemasonry is not a Secret Society in essence, it’s got secret passwords & rituals that originates with the medieval guild.
Freemasonry is not a religion, but it’s members believe in a ‘supreme being,’ the grand architect of the universe.
22. Called the ‘Synagogue of Satan’ by the Vatican, who forbids membership & any crossover, the Catholic Church condemned the Masons in 1738 for its Masonic Temples & secret rituals.
But Freemasonry have grown to well over 2m members since it’s excommunication by the Vatican.
23. Membership is by invitation, by a member. Women & atheists were excluded alongside slaves.
Some of the famous Freemasons were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Winston Churchill. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henry Ford, actor John Wayne & the astronaut, Buzz Aldrin.
24. Although the “All-Seeing Eye,” or Eye of Providence, was not originally designed by the Masons, it’s been used by the group to represent the omniscience of God.
The most widely known symbol, the Square & Compasses, depicts a builder’s square joined by a compass.
25. ‘G’ in the middle is still a disputed subject. While some experts believe it represents geometry, critical to the first Freemasons, others believe it represents God, the “Grand Architect of the Universe.”
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26. I understand most writers love Freemasonry connection with the ‘Treasures’ of Templar Knights violently suppressed by Philip IV of France, with seal of approval from Pope Clement V (his pawn). But ancient Egypt predates the Crusades. So the myth of Imhotep is more plausible.
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