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We have a unique nation, a republic, like no others.

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And so this must be unique.

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This will be our nation's capital.

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Clearly a lot of the designers and architects of Washington, D.C. were masons, starting

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with George Washington himself, who was a guiding force.

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I do not believe that there are any secret plans or designs related to Freemason.

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Well, it was definitely designed according to Masonic principles.

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The streets are laid out that way.

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The buildings are laid out that way.

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Conspiracists are always looking under their bed for evidence that there is some vast conspiracy.

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Masons may very well say that they really aren't influential as far as Washington,

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D.C. is concerned, and yet the cornerstone was laid by masons.

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You see the inverted five-pointed star, which is the Goat of Mendes, built into the streets

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of Washington, D.C.

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No, there are no satanic plans in the street plans of Washington, D.C.

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There is a pentagram to the north of the White House.

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But the streets don't actually connect to form a pentagram.

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This is geometry.

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It happens.

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No one could have that happen accidentally.

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The anti-masons want to show that there is some demonic conspiracy.

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It's bail worship.

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That's what you're involved in.

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That is what Masonry is based upon, the power of the dragon.

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And a word hogwash.

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When you want to talk about symbols and what they mean, you really have to look at who's

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authored these symbols.

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With symbols, there are always multiple levels.

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Symbols reveal and they conceal.

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And that's why they're used and that's why they're so important.

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They reveal to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

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If I would have told you this 15 years ago, I might have gotten shot.

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When they're shooting at you, you know they're serious.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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I'm not going to lie.

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No, no I can't.

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I'm sorry.

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The President's house needs to turn 180 degrees.

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It's just as impossible.

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180 degrees?

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Absolutely.

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There's absolutely no way we can compromise.

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Throw the entire thing out.

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I have to leave.

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Dude, at this area here.

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I beg your pardon.

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This is not going to work.

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This is not going to work.

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You are absolutely right.

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You are absolutely right.

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You have had enough.

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Good bye.

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From its beginning, the design for Washington, D.C. has been a source of conflict and heated

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debate.

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George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, a temperamental French architect, a famous African American,

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and a mysterious surveyor, what set in motion a project that would span the next 150 years,

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with no end of controversy in sight.

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But beyond debates at an internal level, the very layout of the city is continually

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under suspicion.

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Arcane symbols and mythological designs, both inside and outside government buildings,

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have caused many to wonder if the city somehow represents a hidden agenda.

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This becomes increasingly important as America's current place on the world stage ignites

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firestorms of controversy.

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As the United States is the most powerful nation on earth, many have wondered, what

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is America up to?

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Would the purpose of operations currently carried out by the U.S. government somehow

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be reflected in the design of its capital city?

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At the center of controversy are secret societies.

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Many of America's leaders have belonged to them right from the nation's beginning.

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Our current president, George W. Bush, has admitted to his membership in the mysterious

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Skull and Bone Society.

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You were both in Skull and Bones, the secret society.

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It's so secret we can't talk about it.

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What does that mean for America?

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The conspiracy theorists are going to go watch.

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Sure they are, I haven't seen the web.

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Number 322?

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I don't even believe it.

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Skull and Bones has to be the most powerful, one of the darkest of all secret societies

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that exists on this planet.

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It is about greed and it is about power.

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The idea for Skull and Bones is said to have come out of Germany in the early part of

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the 19th century.

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The society was founded at Yale University by William Huntington Russell, along with

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Attorney General and Secretary of War, Alfonso Taft, whose son, William Howard Taft, would

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go on to become America's 27th president.

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Some believe the society's foundation demonstrates a clear link with what may be the oldest

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society of all, Freemasonry.

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The society is shown here in 1993, reenacting the laying of the cornerstone for the United

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States Capitol on the 200th anniversary of the event.

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Know all of you who hear me, we proclaim ourselves free and lawful masons, true to the laws

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of our country, professing to revere God and to confer benefits upon mankind.

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This is the ceremony in which Senator Strom Thurmond, himself a 33rd degree Mason, took part.

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Senator Thurmond, we would like you to join in this.

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Since the William Morgan incident in 1826, when Americans uncovered a secret cabal working

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inside the government, the presence of Masonry in places of power has always sparked debate.

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But their influence in American government is undeniable.

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This is the same Bible upon which Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter, and George Washington

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were inaugurated presidents.

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Of America's 43 presidents, at least 15 are confirmed masons, though some say the number

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is even greater.

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In addition to the Capitol, the Freemasons have laid the cornerstone for every major

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building in Washington, D.C.

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The cornerstones of the President's House, known to us as the White House, the Washington

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Monument, the Smithsonian, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, incidentally by past Grandmaster

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Benjamin Franklin, and Constitution Hall stand out among many others as outstanding

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examples of cornerstones which have been laid Masonically.

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The cornerstone of the United States Capitol, however, stands out above all buildings erected

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in the free world as the seat of government for our people.

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This bronze plaque, located inside the U.S. Capitol, marks the spot where the original

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cornerstone was laid by George Washington, the first American President and a Freemason.

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George Washington is probably the most famous Mason in the world.

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The George Washington Masonic Memorial is entirely dedicated to the idea of Washington

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as a Freemason.

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Now, we do know that Washington participated in the laying of the cornerstone of the United

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States Capitol as a Masonic ceremony and he wore his regalia as a Master Mason.

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And he laid the cornerstone and performed the ceremony of laying the cornerstone.

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Washington's participation in the event was recorded by the newspaper of the time, the

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Colombian Mirror, which can still be obtained through the Library of Congress.

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Laying the cornerstones of buildings which serve mankind is one of the world's most

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ancient customs.

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The cornerstone laying ceremony predates Freemasonry, although its early symbolic purposes as a

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sacrifice to appease the gods or demons or whatever in prehistorical times.

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Of course, there's no application to why Freemasons do it.

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The corn, wine, and oil that we use for this are also ancient symbols.

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Corn is the symbol of plenty.

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Wine the symbol of refreshment.

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And oil the symbol of joy and gladness.

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While Masonry maintains these symbols as a representation of blessing, there are some

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who believe they hold a more hidden meaning.

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With symbols, there are always multiple levels, up to seven different levels of interpretation

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with every particular symbol.

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Corn is an important symbol in Masonry and is one found repeatedly in Washington, D.C.

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But what sort of hidden meaning could apply to corn?

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In Hebrew, the word for corn is Dagan, which became the name of a Babylonian god.

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Some believe the same god was adopted by the Phoenicians under the name Dagon.

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While Dagon was often worshipped as the fish god, he was also the god of corn.

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His son was known as Baal, who was often called the son of Dagan or the son of corn.

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Now, corn, of course, if we're talking about pre-New World times, would be any grain or wheat.

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To complicate matters further, in the Old Testament, we find the children of Israel

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offering corn and wine and oil to Yahweh, the god of the Bible.

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Yet at some point, God's anger was kindled against them for turning the sacrifice into idolatry.

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In the book of Hosea, God says of Israel,

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she did not know that I gave her the corn and wine and oil, which they prepared for Baal.

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Notice again this Phoenician version of Baal, as a bearded man with strong features.

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Could Baal have been the model for the bearded male images that appear throughout Washington, D.C.?

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Take note of this image with ears of corn carved into the hair.

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According to legend, Baal was once slain by the god of death and taken into the underworld.

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But at some point, he was resurrected, or as it is known, he was resurrected.

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Or as it is sometimes called, awakened.

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At Haines Point in Washington, D.C., is found this mysterious statue

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of a bearded giant rising up out of the ground.

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Or perhaps, out from his grave.

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The statue is called the Awakening.

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According to the Masonic Encyclopedia, another symbol for resurrection is the Egyptian obelisk,

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which is the shape of the Washington Monument.

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The word obelisk is sometimes translated Baal's Shaft, or the Shaft of Baal.

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As a result, critics of Masonry argue that Baal, not Yahweh,

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is the real god to whom Masons perform their ceremony.

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It's not until you get to the Royal Arch degree that all of a sudden you realize who God is,

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or what the name of God is, or what the name of God is, or what the name of God is,

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it's hidden for a long time.

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In fact, you're told that there's this hidden word you're supposed to search for.

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It's not until you finally get to that degree that you realize that his name is revealed.

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It's believed that, at the higher levels, the Masons secretly worship Baal under a hidden and unusual name.

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As you go higher up in the masonry, you learn the secret name of God,

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which is a secret in the lost word that is written on the statue.

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The secret name of God, which is a secret in the lost word that the Masons in the Blue Lodge seek,

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they already know it. It's a jubilant. It's a combination of Jehovah, Baal, and Osiris.

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It's a deity that is not the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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But nowhere in that Scottish Rite degree, and I have to stress that this is an additional degree,

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this is not a part of regular craft, Freemasonry, nowhere in that additional degree

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is there ever any suggestion that jubilant is the name of a god.

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What it is, is an amalgam of three different words, which in ancient languages was the word for god.

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Coyle's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, he admits on page 516 that Jebilon is basically a composite of three different names of different gods.

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Je meaning Jehovah, or the Syriac name of God as he says, and then Baal, or he says Bel, B-E-L, or Ba'al,

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he spells it B-A-A-L, how the Bible spells Baal, or Ba'al, it's pronounced in Hebrew, which is the Canaanite god.

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And then he gives on for the Egyptian god, referencing Manny Mason's reference Osiris.

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And it's interesting because when you look at what he's said there, he's admitting that the Masonic name for god includes Baal or Baal.

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It's not intended to represent a god. Its only use in the ritual is as a password to gain entry to the lodge.

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It's a demonic god, it's Baal worship, that's what you're involved in.

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It is the word for god in three ancient languages, three ancient civilizations, and that's all it is.

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The Mason is actually worshipping Ba'al, Jebilon, Je-Ba'al-on, and Osiris, and just using the name of Jehovah,

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which is also wrong because god warns not to use his name in vain.

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Freemasonry is often attacked and accused of being a religion, simply because it promotes a belief in god.

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But nowhere in the teachings of Freemasonry does it promote any specific attributes of god.

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See, belief in god is faith. Belief about god is religion.

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From a biblical Christian standpoint, and as a Christian, I have to really take issue with this,

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because there are many scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, that condemn idolatry and worshipping other gods.

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In Freemasonry, to make it easy for men of all faiths to meet together, we use the expression great architect of the universe.

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Now that's not a name, that's a description. Much the same as grand geometrician, is a description of an attribute of god.

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Grand geometrician, or great architect, refers to his attribute as the great creator.

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But men of all faiths can accept that description of their god.

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God warns about a mixture, or a synergism, or a synchronistic view of mixing different gods with his name.

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And that's something he's very clear about that we're not to do.

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In fact, it's interesting, Baal, or Baal, is depicted in the New Testament by the Jews, as well as Jesus.

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He's called the ruler of demons. It's another name for Satan.

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Most scholars agree that Baal became synonymous with the devil.

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Yet Masonry insists its view of god is without definition.

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For the Mason, the corn, wine, and oil ceremony might as easily be dedicated to Baal as to any other god.

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Nevertheless, the conflict between Masonry and its critics goes on.

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Freemasonry is rationalist and humanist. It is not superstitious, and it is not involved in the occult.

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A lot of Masons don't have a clue as to the fact that the Masonic god is basically Satan.

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I think that's supremely arrogant of anyone who's not a Mason to believe they know more about Freemasonry than a Mason does.

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May corn, wine, and oil, and all the necessaries of life, abound among the people of the world.

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And may this building be continued and preserved to the latest ages.

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What do these things really signify?

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Could it be an occult ceremony, representing some sort of demonic conspiracy, as some suggest?

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Or is it merely a harmless practice to honor an ancient tradition?

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To investigate these things, we first review the beliefs of the secret societies that came to America.

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It is clear that the arcane symbolism in Washington, D.C. begins with them.

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When you want to talk about symbols and what they mean, you really have to look at who's authored these symbols, what was their intentions?

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Well, I think it's obvious that anybody who has the eyes to see can see that Washington, D.C., and indeed many other state capitals, are festooned with occult symbols.

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Because these symbols come from the esoteric realm, it is important to define them according to the thinking of occult philosophers.

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Symbols reveal and they conceal, and that's why they're used and that's why they're so important.

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They reveal to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, and they conceal from those who do not have the eyes to see or ears to hear.

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In the book, Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, we find this quote from Masonic author, Charles G. Berger, who says that symbols came to have two meanings, the esoteric and the exoteric.

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The esoteric meaning was the true or original meaning, understood only by a few and closely guarded by them.

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The exoteric meaning was the invented or modified explanation, intended for the many.

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This practice dates back to Ancient Egypt and is explained by Dr. Robert Hieronymus, a member of a secret society called Co-Masonry, an author of the book, Founding Fathers, Secret Societies.

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As with all secret societies, you have levels and if you're on the lower levels, you don't even know their upper levels.

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You don't even, they don't even tell you. You bump into it by accident or someone comes along.

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Now in Scottish Rite, that's something different, you know, because they know that there's a...

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But before then, basically secret societies, let's just go to Ancient Egypt.

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To the ancient Egyptians, the priest would tell the serfs, the guys that tilled the land, they would say, the son is God.

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Okay? And so they accepted that very low level interpretation, all physical.

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That's not what the priest believed. What the priest believed, there was a second level.

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The priest believed that, nope, the physical son is not the supreme being.

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It's the spirit which flows through the physical son that is the supreme deity.

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However, there was another level and the priest didn't even know it.

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It's those that were involved and elevated to...

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If I would have told you this 15 years ago, I might have gotten shot.

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But this is now, I'm so glad now that this is easy to talk about.

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The third level, which was a better, a higher level of understanding, said, nope, it's not, that's not the son.

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The son is not the supreme deity.

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Nope, yes, spiritual energies come through the son. That's not what we're talking about.

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What we're talking about is the star Sirius.

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The dog star.

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The dog star, because the dog star was everything to the ancient Egyptians.

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The star of Sirius

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Sirius is said to have been the most important star in the ancient world.

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It was considered the brightest star in the heavens, many times brighter than the sun.

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The great pyramid was built to synchronize with Sirius, so that the light of the star would shine into the Queen's chamber.

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Supposedly, to cast a beam upon an initiate during a ritual.

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Sirius is considered to be the dog star, it's considered to be the most evil star in the Egyptian pantheon.

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The reason for this is because in ancient Egypt, they depended on the Nile.

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And during the time when Sirius is in its ascendancy, which is in late July and early August,

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was the time of drought, was the time when the Nile was at its most weak in terms of being able to be used for crops.

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And so the Egyptians thought this was a time of blasted, blight, drought, and evil.

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It seems strange then that Sirius should be related to the founding of America.

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According to Masonic author David Overson, the Declaration of Independence was signed

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when the sun was in alignment with Sirius in July of 1776.

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It is however appropriate that Sirius should be related to the most Egyptian-styled icon in America's capital city, the Washington Monument.

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Overson writes that in 1848, when the cornerstone of the Washington Monument was laid, the sun would have passed over Sirius.

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He goes on to say that in the course of the ceremonial, the star Sirius would have been seen on the eastern horizon.

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It would have been rising over the Capitol building to the east of the monument.

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The monument itself was originally designed by Freemason architect Robert Mills.

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Mills was trained by two fellow Masons, James Hoban, who designed the White House, and Benjamin Latrobe, who designed the U.S. Capitol.

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Mills' original design seemed to combine the whole pantheon of pagan mysteries, an Egyptian-style obelisk, surrounded by a Roman colonnade, with Greco-Roman looking statues all around it.

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According to the original plan, the monument should have been built directly south of the White House. But as with every plan, things change.

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When they went to build it, and when they calculated what the weight of the monument was going to be, they determined that that precise spot, that the foundations and the bedrock at that precise location would not safely support the weight of the monument.

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As a result, the monument was shifted slightly to the east. While it is not in a perfect alignment with the White House, it would end up in a perfect north-south alignment with the Masonic House of the Temple, which was built some years later.

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The construction for the Washington Monument began on July 4, 1848, with the laying of the monument's cornerstone by Freemasonic President James K. Polk.

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The project itself would take over 30 years to complete, during which time funding for the project would be scarce, the American Civil War would take place, and many ideas about the monument would develop.

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When the aluminum capstone was finally set on December 6, 1884, the end result would be a much simpler and more Egyptian figure than was first envisioned.

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The shift in design was the influence of George Perkins Marsh, the man considered the father of the modern environmentalist movement.

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In 1876, Marsh was the U.S. Minister to Italy. While there, he spent years studying the many obelisks which had been brought from Egypt.

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It was he who realized that the height of a traditional Egyptian obelisk was approximately ten times the base, causing the plan for the Washington Monument to be reduced from 600 feet to 555 feet.

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As for the colonnade and statues planned by Mills, Marsh wrote, Throw out all the gingerbread of the Mills design, and keep only the obelisk.

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While a true obelisk is fashioned from a single block of stone, the Washington Monument is made up of many stones.

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The hope of the Washington Monument Society was that the structure would reflect the idea of, out of many, one.

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Meanwhile, the Pyramidion at the top is made up of 13 levels, just like that of the Pyramid on the Great Sea.

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But mysteries abound with the monument, not the least of which is the presence of a 12-foot obelisk beneath a manhole just a few hundred feet away from the Washington Monument.

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It appears to be a miniature replica of the Great Sea, but it's not the only one.

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Yet like the pyramid on the U.S. dollar, this obelisk is missing a capstone.

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Meanwhile, Masonic author David Overson is convinced that the Freemasons who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 18

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and who laid the cornerstone for the Washington Monument on that same date would have been familiar with the rising of the Egyptian dog star Sirius, as it is an important symbol in Freemasonry.

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Interesting thing about all of Freemasonry is that symbolism is ultimately very important.

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They don't put a lodge in the east because it's a nice place and it looks good.

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They put it in the east, the masters have put it in the east because it's the rising sun, you're catching the energies of the light.

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As Dr. Hieronymus revealed earlier, the real light shining in the east for the Egyptians was not merely the sun, but the light of the dog star Sirius, which some believe holds a more sinister implication.

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This dog star also has relations to the idea of modern day ceremonial magic and modern day Masonry.

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This was especially true for 20th century occultist and Freemason Alastor Crowley, who openly practiced ceremonial magic and was a member of a secret order called the Order of the Silver Star.

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The Silver Star was a reference to Sirius.

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Masons teach that at the center of every Masonic lodge there's a five-pointed star right underneath the altar upon which the candidate is obligated.

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But the thing is, what they don't tell you is that five-pointed star represents Sirius, which is regarded as a satanic symbol.

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There is perhaps no symbol that evokes occult suspicion like the figure of the pentagram, which from ancient times was associated with the dog star Sirius.

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Masonic philosopher Albert Pike wrote that Sirius still glitters in our lodges as the blazing star.

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The blazing star is an ancient Gnostic term for Sirius and is shown here is symbolized in Freemasonry by the five-pointed star or pentagram.

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According to Pike, this symbol in Masonry dates back to the pent-alpha of the Greek philosopher Pythagoras.

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The pent-alpha gets its name for the five alphas or Greek letter A's which make up its composition.

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Typically in Freemasonry you see the five-pointed star with the nose point down.

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Now there's even a division in Masonry which considers this the evil side of Freemasonry as opposed to the non-evil side.

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For example, Freemasonic lodges in New York do not use the nose side down star.

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They turn it around so the nose is pointing up and they consider that a good variety of Freemasonry.

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Here is an upright Masonic star, which is another type of the blazing star mentioned earlier.

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Some believe this representation of Sirius may be the origin of the five-pointed stars which adorn the American flag,

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as well as the stars that adorn the Statue of Freedom on top of the U.S. Capitol.

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Incredibly, these same five-pointed stars were carved by Freemasons into the ceiling of Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland more than 500 years ago.

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Because Sirius is said to have arisen in the East, it also became known as the Eastern Star.

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To the Egyptians, Sirius was identified with the dog god Anubis, which is where the name Dog Star comes from.

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Anubis was said to have guarded the gates of death and was the protector of mysteries.

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Meanwhile, the Romans recognized Sirius as Janitor Lethaeus, or the Keeper of Hell.

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These dark associations may be the reason for the sometimes grim view of Sirius and the five-pointed star that represents it.

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But Sirius was also associated with the Egyptian goddess Isis, and here, as we connect the dots, a more complete picture begins to emerge.

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For the Egyptians, the rising of Sirius in the East preceded the annual flooding of the Nile River, which for them was the first of its kind.

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For the Egyptians, the rising of Sirius in the East preceded the annual flooding of the Nile River, which for them was a magical event.

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It was also the time that the goddess Isis would appear and give birth to Horus, the divine child of the Egyptian Trinity.

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The all-seeing eye is also called the Eye of Horus, and in Freemasonry, Horus symbolizes the Masonic concept of a Christ.

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This is further represented by the hieroglyph used to denote Sirius.

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Notice the three symbols, an obelisk, a star, and a half circle.

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According to Egyptologists, the half circle is used to denote what is called the benben, or the capstone used to top the pyramids.

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Throughout all history, it has been said that the capstone to the Great Pyramid of Egypt has been missing,

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which is why the all-seeing Eye of Horus floats in its place above the pyramid on the back of the dollar bill.

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According to occult philosophers, the light which illuminates the Eye comes not from the sun, but from the dog star Sirius,

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as is demonstrated by this illustration of the blazing star of Masonry, centered by an all-seeing eye.

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As Robert Balville writes, in many esoteric traditions, the return of the capstone of the Great Pyramid will signal the return of the Great Initiate,

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which according to many prophecies signifies the return of the Christ.

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Albert Pike describes the Masonic Trinity as expressed through Sirius, and the symbols that are seen in most all Masonic halls.

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Notice this image, with the sun on one side and the moon on the other, while the all-seeing eye sits in between with light blazing behind it.

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Pike writes that the sun and moon represent the two grand principles, the male and the female, both shed their light upon their offspring, the blazing star or Horus.

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These philosophies have been known and practiced by secret societies for many centuries.

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As the evidence will show, designing cities as a reflection of occult tradition was not a new concept to the founding fathers, among whom the influence of Freemasonry seems undeniable.

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In fact, the 110th Congress of the United States on January 5, 2007 passed House Resolution No. 33 to honor the Freemasons for their contribution throughout America's history.

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The No. 33 is well known as the honorary degree of Scottish Rite Masonry.

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The House Resolution read in part that the founding fathers of this great nation and signers of the Constitution, most of whom were Freemasons.

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The Masons felt in the United States that they were forming a Masonic Republic.

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The concept of a Republic dates back to the Greek philosopher Plato.

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Plato's Republic, that's a utopian theme, and that whole thing runs through our philosophy and thinking among the humanists to this day.

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They still think they would like to introduce Plato's Republic.

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Think about it, every socialist country that has gone socialist have always called themselves a Republic for that very reason.

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It was Plato who likewise set down the earliest known record of ancient Atlantis.

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Centuries later, Sir Francis Bacon would set down the New Atlantis, a tale which some believe was meant to be a blueprint for the New World, one based upon the teachings of ancient philosophers.

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Bacon didn't invent this New Atlantis concept, he was merely the inheritor of it.

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He was probably the most articulate proponent of it ever in history, but it preceded him.

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Bacon believed that the American continent was in fact the site of ancient Atlantis, a concept held by teachers of esoteric wisdom even today.

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The New Atlantis really was just America anyway.

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The East Coast of America, if you take a look at the maps by other clairvoyants who have studied Atlantis, indicates that the East Coast of America was the West Coast of Atlantis.

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This country, America, is the remnant of the ancient Atlantis.

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And so it is very susceptible to much of the history of Atlantis, the energies of Atlantis, and some of the actions, for instance the religion of Atlantis.

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According to esoterics, the religion of Atlantis was in fact the mystery school teachings that were embraced by the ancient philosophers.

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Yet it might be said that none have been as prolific on this subject as 20th century Atlantis.

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It was Hall that many Freemasons are said to have called Masonry's greatest philosopher.

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But it is not the case that the ancient philosophers of the 20th century, who wrote such books as The Secret Destiny of America, and America's Assignment with Destiny,

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were the most prolific philosophers of the 20th century.

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It was Hall that many Freemasons are said to have called Masonry's greatest philosopher.

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In 1934, Hall founded the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, California,

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an organization dedicated to exploring the wisdom of all the world's traditions.

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It began in 1934, and I think in this building, the library that was finished in 1936.

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This is one of the leading wisdom libraries in all of North America, if not the most comprehensive itself.

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The Philosophical Research Library has been highly regarded by esoteric students from all over the world.

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It is composed of books and artifacts collected by Manley Hall throughout his lifetime.

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Among those who revered the library was President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Freemason and student of esoteric tradition.

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And Mr. Roosevelt himself, you know, back in 1942, after the Pearl Harbor invasion,

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sent some of his people here to, to microfiche the works in this library, because he looked upon it as a national treasure.

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He wanted to preserve it.

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When Hall died in 1990, his role as President of the Society was succeeded by Dr. Obadiah Harris.

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Manley Hall, who was a young Canadian philosopher, sage type, envisioned re-establishing what he called

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the little Alexandria Library, which was, as you know, destroyed.

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He was very fortunate in that as he was giving a talk, he still in his early twenties,

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a baroness, oil baroness from Ventura who owned most of the oil wells in Ventura County,

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told him that she was going to take over the library.

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A baroness, oil baroness from Ventura who owned most of the oil wells in Ventura County,

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told him that she was going to take care of him for the rest of his life,

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that no matter what he needed to let her know, she would see that he got it.

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And she wasn't really joking because I've looked at the records back in the early thirties,

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when most of the country was in depression.

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I don't know if California was really in one, but most of the world, the country was.

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She was giving him $50,000 and $100,000 at a time to go around and search out this wisdom literature

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in manuscript form and in book form.

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This proves interesting because much of Hall's highly financed research

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was dedicated to investigating the founding and purpose of America.

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Through his research, Hall became convinced that America had a secret destiny

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that was known by the arcane societies of the ancient world.

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Was it this information that compelled FDR to preserve Hall's literature?

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Like Hall, FDR also believed that America had a rendezvous with destiny.

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Hall's connections to the White House and FDR are mysterious, but do not end with the library.

415
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Hall was also involved with a mysterious Russian mystic named Nicholas Rorick.

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Rorick was a Rosicrucian and member of the Theosophical Society.

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He was said to be a kind of spiritual mentor to Henry Wallace,

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a 32nd degree mason who would become a priest in the church.

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It was Rorick's influence that inspired Wallace and ultimately FDR

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to place the Great Seal of the United States on the back of the dollar bill

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with the words Novus Ordo Seclorum, the new order of the ages.

422
00:42:34,940 --> 00:42:38,940
Dr. Harris, will you tell us about this statue here?

423
00:42:39,940 --> 00:42:42,940
Oh, well, this would be a very interesting statue.

424
00:42:42,940 --> 00:42:44,940
This is Nicholas Rorick.

425
00:42:45,940 --> 00:42:49,940
Today, a statuette of Nicholas Rorick can be found at the PRS Library.

426
00:42:50,940 --> 00:42:53,940
Well, actually, he lived in the 20th century.

427
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What impact could the beliefs of men like Rorick and Manly P. Hall

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have had on the highest levels of America's government?

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00:43:03,940 --> 00:43:07,940
They jumped a few decades, and they were able to do it.

430
00:43:07,940 --> 00:43:10,940
They jumped a few decades from the New Deal,

431
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because the Novus Ordo Seclorum can be translated to the New Deal in English

432
00:43:17,940 --> 00:43:21,940
as easily and readily as to the New Order or the New World Order.

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00:43:23,940 --> 00:43:27,940
I truly believe FDR believed that he was creating a New World Order

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out of the Depression, and that he had with him and had a new order.

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And that he had with him and had, you know,

436
00:43:38,940 --> 00:43:43,940
encircled himself by people who would facilitate that dream.

437
00:43:44,940 --> 00:43:50,940
These visions of New World Order or New World, the world of democracy,

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that's a part of the very soul that gave birth to this country.

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As the United States was born, the design for its capital city

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would begin under the leadership of President George Washington,

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who was himself a master mason.

442
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150 years later, the fulfillment of its major construction

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00:44:14,940 --> 00:44:17,940
with such buildings as the Jefferson Memorial, the National Archives,

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and the Pentagon would be completed under the leadership

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00:44:22,940 --> 00:44:25,940
of another Masonic president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

446
00:44:26,940 --> 00:44:31,940
But was the city erected to represent the country's concept of liberty?

447
00:44:32,940 --> 00:44:36,940
Or to reflect an ancient belief in America's destiny?

448
00:44:38,940 --> 00:44:44,940
According to Hall, Freemasonry plays a pivotal role in bringing forth this ancient plan.

449
00:44:45,940 --> 00:44:48,940
Manley P. Hall was a Freemason, wasn't he?

450
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Right, he was a 33rd degree Mason.

451
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He was really important as far as trying to figure out

452
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what the goals of Freemasonry are in this age.

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He gives you hints, just incredibly important hints,

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at what they're all about at the root level,

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what it is they're really striving for, what is their core inner doctrine,

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which they really don't like much revealing to the rest of the world.

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According to Hall, one of the chief secrets of Masonry handed down through the centuries

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was the concept of democracy,

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which was said to be a threat to the kings and monarchs of the ancient world,

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00:45:29,940 --> 00:45:31,940
who ruled by divine right.

461
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Yes, it had to be secret because the idea of democracy was worse than heresy.

462
00:45:39,940 --> 00:45:40,940
It was treason.

463
00:45:41,940 --> 00:45:44,940
Nevertheless, these societies were determined to bring forth their great plan,

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no matter what the cost.

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In his book, The Secret Destiny of America,

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00:45:50,940 --> 00:45:55,940
Manley P. Hall wrote that world democracy was the secret dream

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00:45:56,940 --> 00:45:57,940
of the great classical philosophers,

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saying that the brilliant plan of the ancients has survived to our time,

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and it will continue to function until the great work is accomplished.

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00:46:08,940 --> 00:46:13,940
Many researchers believe this great work is the secret behind the wars and rumors of war

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00:46:14,940 --> 00:46:16,940
America has been involved in through the 20th century,

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00:46:17,940 --> 00:46:18,940
right up to the present day.

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00:46:18,940 --> 00:46:22,940
Could this plan of the ancients to establish a world democracy

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00:46:23,940 --> 00:46:26,940
be the real hidden agenda of secret societies?

475
00:46:27,940 --> 00:46:34,940
And was this ancient plan echoed in the 2005 inaugural address given by President Bush?

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When our founders declared a new order of the ages,

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00:46:40,940 --> 00:46:45,940
they were acting on an ancient hope that is meant to be fulfilled.

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00:46:45,940 --> 00:46:49,940
The occult is working at the highest levels of our society,

479
00:46:50,940 --> 00:46:53,940
using the military and financial power of the United States

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00:46:54,940 --> 00:46:56,940
to bring about this one world state.

481
00:46:57,940 --> 00:46:58,940
The President has spoken openly about it,

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00:46:59,940 --> 00:47:03,940
how the purpose of the United States is to bring democracy to the nations of the world.

483
00:47:04,940 --> 00:47:08,940
Where did this become the function of our nation to bring democracy to the world?

484
00:47:09,940 --> 00:47:11,940
You only need to read the writings of Manley P. Hall,

485
00:47:11,940 --> 00:47:17,940
where he tells you that for 3,000 years secret societies have been working to bring democracy to the world.

486
00:47:18,940 --> 00:47:23,940
You read President Bush's speech before the Association on Democracy,

487
00:47:24,940 --> 00:47:25,940
the National Association on Democracy,

488
00:47:26,940 --> 00:47:30,940
he tells you for 2,500 years people have been working to bring democracy to the world.

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Yet the ancient philosophers recognized that a true democracy could only be achieved by a society of perfected men.

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A perfected man would be comfortable in a true democracy,

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and probably a true democracy cannot emerge until there is enough of such human beings in the world

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that can take over the government of man.

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It will be that kind of leadership.

494
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It will be like Plato's vision of the philosopher king,

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00:48:03,940 --> 00:48:07,940
the man who has wisdom and the man who has power.

496
00:48:08,940 --> 00:48:16,940
Democracy has the occult promise of a fair world to live in.

497
00:48:21,940 --> 00:48:29,940
Now you mentioned the occult promise. How would you define a term like that for an audience who's...

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00:48:30,940 --> 00:48:36,940
Well, I'd probably define that term by saying that that promise is...

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00:48:37,940 --> 00:48:38,940
Can you explain the word occult?

500
00:48:39,940 --> 00:48:48,940
Well, it's obscure. It's hidden, not visible to the normal eye.

501
00:48:50,940 --> 00:48:54,940
So an occult promise is something that is inherent,

502
00:48:54,940 --> 00:48:59,940
but only visible to those who have that inner vision.

503
00:49:01,940 --> 00:49:11,940
So a fair world is a kind of occult promise at the heart of democracy.

504
00:49:13,940 --> 00:49:18,940
But is this occult promise part of America's Christian heritage?

505
00:49:18,940 --> 00:49:24,940
And if not, could this account for why the many symbols that adorn America's capital city

506
00:49:25,940 --> 00:49:29,940
come not from the Bible, but from the ancient mystery religion?

507
00:49:32,940 --> 00:49:36,940
And if America were really truly a Christian nation,

508
00:49:37,940 --> 00:49:41,940
what would all of these mythological characters be in our city?

509
00:49:42,940 --> 00:49:44,940
Certainly the Christian influence was very strong.

510
00:49:44,940 --> 00:49:47,940
From the Christian point of view, we were formed as a Christian nation.

511
00:49:48,940 --> 00:49:53,940
But from the occultist point of view, and those associated with astrology and the ancient mystery religions,

512
00:49:54,940 --> 00:49:58,940
America was of course to... and Washington, D.C. was to represent their position.

513
00:49:59,940 --> 00:50:03,940
So you've had the two forces in America ever since its formation.

514
00:50:06,940 --> 00:50:10,940
While it seems that most of America's leaders have upheld Christian ideals,

515
00:50:10,940 --> 00:50:14,940
their reason for doing so is often questioned.

516
00:50:15,940 --> 00:50:20,940
If they were Christians, why would they erect monuments to pagan gods and goddesses?

517
00:50:21,940 --> 00:50:24,940
And if they were pagans, why confess to Christian ideals?

518
00:50:26,940 --> 00:50:30,940
Manley Hall suggests the reason may have been one of self-preservation.

519
00:50:31,940 --> 00:50:36,940
He argues that because of the persecutions of organized religion in the old world,

520
00:50:36,940 --> 00:50:42,940
the secret societies employed even greater methods of secrecy to protect their occult philosophies,

521
00:50:43,940 --> 00:50:47,940
making themselves sound as though their beliefs had to do with Christianity,

522
00:50:48,940 --> 00:50:52,940
which was the dominant belief in Europe, and eventually America.

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00:50:55,940 --> 00:51:02,940
He says the pagan intellectuals reclothed their original ideas in a garment of Christian phraseology,

524
00:51:02,940 --> 00:51:09,940
but bestowed the keys of the symbolism only upon those duly initiated and bound to secrecy.

525
00:51:11,940 --> 00:51:16,940
It is for this reason that all secret societies have an initiation process,

526
00:51:17,940 --> 00:51:22,940
whereby members are bound by blood oaths not to reveal the secrets of the order.

527
00:51:24,940 --> 00:51:29,940
A chief factor that contributes to confusion about the beliefs of America's founders

528
00:51:29,940 --> 00:51:32,940
is the presence of Rosicrucianism.

529
00:51:33,940 --> 00:51:40,940
The Rosicrucians are a mystical arcane society that played a major role in the development of Freemasonry.

530
00:51:41,940 --> 00:51:46,940
The rose and cross which symbolize the society are also the source of its confusion.

531
00:51:47,940 --> 00:51:52,940
The rose is the symbol of secrecy and represents the pagan mystery religions,

532
00:51:53,940 --> 00:51:55,940
while the cross symbolizes Christianity.

533
00:51:55,940 --> 00:51:58,940
Rosicrucianism is when the two are combined.

534
00:52:00,940 --> 00:52:05,940
Because of this, one can begin to understand how a man like Charles Thompson

535
00:52:06,940 --> 00:52:10,940
could be famous for his English translation of the Old and New Testaments,

536
00:52:11,940 --> 00:52:15,940
and at the same time approve the design of the Great Seal for the United States

537
00:52:16,940 --> 00:52:19,940
with the all-seeing eye of Horus floating over an Egyptian pyramid.

538
00:52:19,940 --> 00:52:22,940
Thompson was closely associated with a man named Peter Miller,

539
00:52:23,940 --> 00:52:25,940
a well-known 18th century Rosicrucian,

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00:52:26,940 --> 00:52:29,940
and the leader of the Ephrata community in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

541
00:52:30,940 --> 00:52:35,940
The Ephrata Cloister is believed to have been the first esoteric settlement in the New World,

542
00:52:36,940 --> 00:52:38,940
with connections to some of the founding fathers,

543
00:52:39,940 --> 00:52:42,940
such as Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.

544
00:52:43,940 --> 00:52:46,940
The early Ephrata movement clearly held mystical beliefs,

545
00:52:46,940 --> 00:52:50,940
even driving stakes into doorways to ward off evil spirits.

546
00:52:51,940 --> 00:52:54,940
We now know for certain that they were Rosicrucians.

547
00:52:55,940 --> 00:53:01,940
Washington was close to these individuals, as well as Franklin and Jefferson.

548
00:53:02,940 --> 00:53:05,940
Benjamin Franklin even enlisted the aid of Peter Miller

549
00:53:06,940 --> 00:53:10,940
to translate the Declaration of Independence into a number of European languages,

550
00:53:11,940 --> 00:53:14,940
and to inform the world of American history.

551
00:53:14,940 --> 00:53:18,940
The printing for these translations was done at the Ephrata Cloister.

552
00:53:19,940 --> 00:53:23,940
Peter Miller would have been further connected to many of the founding fathers

553
00:53:24,940 --> 00:53:26,940
through the American Philosophical Society,

554
00:53:27,940 --> 00:53:30,940
founded originally by Benjamin Franklin in 1743.

555
00:53:31,940 --> 00:53:37,940
The Society's members included such prominent figures as Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton,

556
00:53:38,940 --> 00:53:41,940
Thomas Jefferson, the Marxist, and the Marxist.

557
00:53:41,940 --> 00:53:45,940
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette,

558
00:53:46,940 --> 00:53:50,940
George Washington, Charles Thompson, and of course, Peter Miller.

559
00:53:51,940 --> 00:53:56,940
Later members would also include such names as Charles Darwin and Thomas Edison.

560
00:53:57,940 --> 00:54:04,940
Franklin Society is thought to be directly related to the earlier concepts set forth by Sir Francis Bacon.

561
00:54:05,940 --> 00:54:08,940
According to Michael Howard in his book, The Occult Conspiracy,

562
00:54:08,940 --> 00:54:15,940
Franklin's American Philosophical Society was operated in the same tradition as the Royal Society in England,

563
00:54:16,940 --> 00:54:21,940
which was based on Sir Francis Bacon's Rosicrucian concept of the Invisible College.

564
00:54:23,940 --> 00:54:29,940
In the history of the Royal Society, they refer to the beginnings of the Royal Society,

565
00:54:30,940 --> 00:54:34,940
came from a group of people who called themselves the Invisible College.

566
00:54:34,940 --> 00:54:37,940
The Royal Society was brought in after Bacon's day.

567
00:54:38,940 --> 00:54:44,940
In fact, Bacon had been dead I think about 50 or 60 years, and the Royal Society was then brought in.

568
00:54:45,940 --> 00:54:50,940
How it happened I believe was, well in fact it's documented so solidly that you can buy,

569
00:54:51,940 --> 00:54:56,940
there's a book written by Thomas Spratt who was the first president of the Royal Society,

570
00:54:57,940 --> 00:55:00,940
so this goes back to the early 1700s, and he wrote a history on it.

571
00:55:00,940 --> 00:55:04,940
And he acknowledged there that Francis Bacon was the originator of the idea.

572
00:55:05,940 --> 00:55:12,940
The purpose of the Royal Society of London was to further Bacon's advancement of learning through scientific investigation.

573
00:55:13,940 --> 00:55:18,940
It is without question however that some of their work led to the metaphysical and the occult.

574
00:55:20,940 --> 00:55:26,940
And then we find that the Rosicrucians called themselves the Invisible Brotherhood,

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00:55:26,940 --> 00:55:32,940
and the College of Rosicrucians was therefore what was called by them the Invisible College.

576
00:55:33,940 --> 00:55:37,940
A Rosicrucian influence can be clearly seen in some of America's symbols.

577
00:55:38,940 --> 00:55:44,940
For example, this image of a pelican feeding her young appears in Manly Hall's secret teachings of all ages,

578
00:55:45,940 --> 00:55:48,940
and is very common to Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.

579
00:55:49,940 --> 00:55:52,940
Now notice the great seal for the state of Louisiana.

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00:55:52,940 --> 00:55:57,940
This particular replica is found inside the inner corridors of the U.S. Capitol.

581
00:55:59,940 --> 00:56:03,940
The Temple Church in London is a well-known night Templar church.

582
00:56:04,940 --> 00:56:09,940
Here we can see that the Golden Rosy Cross can be traced back to the mysterious nights.

583
00:56:11,940 --> 00:56:14,940
Now notice the art surrounding this shrine.

584
00:56:15,940 --> 00:56:19,940
How a series of squares are shown with red and golden roses in the midst.

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00:56:19,940 --> 00:56:22,940
The shrine opposite has a variation of the same design.

586
00:56:25,940 --> 00:56:30,940
Now consider this same pattern as it appears throughout the interior of the state capitol.

587
00:56:37,940 --> 00:56:39,940
Inside the old Supreme Court Room,

588
00:56:39,940 --> 00:56:42,940
and in various forms throughout the Library of Congress.

589
00:56:50,940 --> 00:56:54,940
Sir Francis Bacon became the chief of the Rosicrucians in England.

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00:56:55,940 --> 00:57:07,280
His famous saying, knowledge is power, is found in the

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00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:12,280
Library of Congress, while a statue of Bacon can be seen on the upper level.

592
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:19,280
Elsewhere in the main library is a Baconian passage from his collection of essays.

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00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:26,280
It reads, The inquiry, knowledge and belief of truth is the sovereign good of human nature.

594
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:31,280
This saying is found over a statue representing philosophy.

595
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:11,240
Could this be a symbol of the

596
00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:43,240
new world concept?

597
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:51,240
Bacon took his inspiration from the goddess, Pallas Athena, known for her helmet of invisibility.

598
00:57:52,240 --> 00:57:56,240
Pallas Athena images also turn up throughout Washington D.C.

599
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:09,240
The Virginia State Seal bears the image of Athena, with her foot upon a fallen king, whose crown is cast aside.

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00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:14,240
The word, six semper tyrannus, thus always to tyrants, written beneath.

601
00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:20,240
To the Romans, Athena was called Minerva.

602
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:26,240
This painting of Minerva can be found in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress.

603
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:31,240
At fifteen and a half feet high, it is the most imposing image in the room.

604
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:38,240
Notice she holds a spear that comes like a ray of light from the sun, with a traditional helmet of Athena at her feet.

605
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:44,240
This particular work was done by 19th century artist Elihu Wetter.

606
00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:52,240
Wetter was known as a symbolist painter, whose style was part of a movement that can be traced to France during the 19th century,

607
00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:57,240
and an art house called the Salon de la Rose Qua.

608
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:03,240
Yes, they were a group of Rosicrucian artists, known for promoting symbolic and often bizarre imagery.

609
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:13,240
Some of which, like the image of the satyr, seems to be repeated inside the Library of Congress.

610
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:23,240
It's not clear if Wetter himself was a Rosicrucian, but one of his chief informants,

611
00:59:23,240 --> 00:59:29,240
William Butler Yeats, was a prominent member of the Golden Dawn, a Rosicrucian secret society.

612
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:36,240
Yeats, along with Irish mystic William Blake, are said to be two of Wetter's leading inspirations.

613
00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:45,240
Wetter's own occult themes are filled with haunting esoteric imagery, like this work, which is called the Cup of Death.

614
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:24,040
In addition to Minerva, there are other works of art, such as the

615
00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:29,040
In addition to Minerva, there are other works of art, such as the Cup of Death.

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00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:24,820
The

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00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:58,040
Wetter was commissioned to do a series of paintings illustrating government,

618
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:00:03,040
which can be found at the east end of the Great Hall in the Library of Congress.

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01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:08,040
Now, let's look again at this image from the Salon de la Rose Qua.

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01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:14,040
It pictures Leonardo da Vinci on the right, dressed like Joseph of Arimathea,

621
01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:18,040
whom occultists believe was the original cup bearer for the Holy Grail.

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01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:23,040
Beside him is Dante Alighieri, dressed as a knight templar.

623
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:30,040
By now, most people are familiar with da Vinci's arcane background, thanks to Dan Brown's da Vinci Code.

624
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:36,040
Most are also familiar with Dante's Inferno, representing the many circles of Hell.

625
01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:41,040
But according to Michael Howard, Dante was no ordinary writer.

626
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:48,040
He was in fact a Rosicrucian Grand Master, who wove Rosicrucian philosophies into his writings.

627
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:56,040
Masonic philosopher Albert Pike wrote that it was Dante who first publicly expounded the symbol of the Rose Cross.

628
01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:04,040
Something partly seen in William Blake's sketch of Dante's Paradise, with a cross in the center.

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01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:09,040
But now, look at this drawing done by famed artist Gustav Dore.

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01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:13,040
The title of Dore's illustration is, quote,

631
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:20,040
This statue of Dante, holding a copy of his Divine Comedy, is found in Meridian Hill Park in Washington D.C.

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01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:29,040
This is the same park that is said to have marked the sacred 77th Meridian, upon which Washington D.C. was built.

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01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:40,380
The

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Inferno

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But one final Rosicrucian emblem in the Library of Congress is worth noting.

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High up in the ceiling, in between two faunish-looking figures with serpents for legs,

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Is what appears to be a traditional crucifixion.

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But behind the Christ-like figure on the cross is a black, double-headed phoenix.

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The words in Latin that encircle the image come from Psalm 178, a Psalm that is often employed in Rosicrucian writings.

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It reads, Under the shadow of thy wings, protect us.

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The question is, whose wings are providing the protection?

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The Rosicrucians

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The Rosicrucians, like the Freemasons, follow a particular philosophy known as Hermeticism,

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which is directly related to how and why Washington D.C. was built.

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The origin of this philosophy dates back to the deepest recesses of the ancient world,

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and to what has been one of the most dominant subjects in archaeological and metaphysical research

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through the 19th and 20th centuries, the lost empire of Atlantis.

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In Plato's Dialogue, the entire authority of the Atlantis Tale is based on the reputation of Solon, the Greek poet and lawgiver.

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Plato cited Solon as his source of information concerning the Atlantis story.

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And Solon said that he got his information about the Atlantis story from the priesthood of ancient Egypt

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during his time there, which was extensive.

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He is featured prominently in the Hall of the Lawgivers in the Capitol building,

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and he is also featured prominently on the pediment on the back of the Supreme Court building.

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The pediment above the east entrance of the Supreme Court building features Moses holding the two tablets of the Ten Commandments.

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To his right is Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher,

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while on his left is the Athenian lawgiver, Solon.

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Solon was one of the seven wise men of Greece.

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He seemed to be very realistic about what he knew, which we knew where he got what he knew entirely,

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but he passed it on to Plato.

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So in the old Atlantis that was in legend, at least, although it seems like that some of the great

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of the ancient Greek philosophers,

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Solon and Plato really believed it existed.

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Atlantis is significant to understanding the secret societies,

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as it is said that all the mysteries believed by them have their beginning in this ancient empire.

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Well, it's this concept that there is ancient, mysterious, magical knowledge,

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which we initiates only can provide to you, and goes back to the time of Atlantis.

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All knowledge, the power to heal, the power to destroy, godlike powers hidden within secret societies.

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The ancient mystery religion is said to have been carried in secret to preserve the teachings through the dark ages.

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It's believed the mysteries were adopted by the Knights Templar,

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who brought them back to Europe when they returned from the Crusades.

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The Templars came over to the Holy Land, and this is where the Templars got a lot of their kind of outre,

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heretical ideas that later on got them in a lot of trouble.

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In England, the mysteries were adopted by men like Dr. John Dee, and later by Sir Francis Bacon.

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When Bacon sent his secret societies to the New World, the mysteries came with them.

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In short, the ancient mysteries represent the pagan beliefs of Rome, Greece, Babylon, and Egypt.

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And before that, it's said to Enoch, who was the great initiate and king of Atlantis,

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and it's said all the teachings come from Enoch.

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Enoch is mentioned in the book of Genesis, where it says that Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

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The biblical Enoch was then adopted by the ancient occult philosophers,

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who transformed him into a synthesis of various pagan gods and wise men.

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According to Masonic historians, Enoch was later known as Hermes to the Greeks, and Mercury to the Romans.

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Among the Egyptians, he was called Toth, and the book of Toth is said to be a collection of his wisdom.

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Enough cannot be said about the esoteric version of Enoch.

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When Dr. John Dee made contact with angelic beings,

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they supposedly communicated a system of magic to him, based on the book of Enoch.

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Today, this system is widely practiced, and is known as Enochian magic.

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Yet it is Enoch's identity as Hermes, who is known as the great magician of the world.

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Yet it is Enoch's identity as Hermes, that seems most prevalent in the mysteries.

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And hence the term Hermetic.

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And supposedly there was this great, awesome teacher of occult lore,

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who was known as Hermes Trismegistus, which means thrice greatest Hermes.

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And he produced this book, that's called the Divine Poimander.

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The Divine Poimander, and this is kind of like, if you will, a Bible of ancient occult lore.

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It was Hermes who was said to be the first to discover the zodiac,

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and invented the art of communicating knowledge to the world.

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More importantly, Hermes taught men the craft of building cities.

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In the Divine Poimander is revealed the Hermetic Maxim, as above so below.

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As pictured by this tarot card of a magician, with one hand up and the other hand down.

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As above, so below, but after a different manner.

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And what that means is, is that in esoteric thought, in everything that is above, is reflected down below.

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So for example, a human being is a certain shape and form,

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but the universe itself is a giant version of the human body.

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And that everything that is down here has a supernal, macrocosmic, if you will, origin.

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And that's one of the essential concepts in the occult.

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As above, so below, is repeatedly symbolized in esoteric art, and a variety of symbols.

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The most basic of which is a triangle pointing upward or above.

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This is accompanied by a second triangle pointing downward, below.

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When combined, they form a hexagram, commonly recognized as the Star of David,

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one of the most dominant symbols in the occult.

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Removing the base of the triangles, one can see the outline for the square and compass of Freemasonry.

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This next image shows what Manley Hall called the God of Reflections.

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He is called the Ancient One, perched over a pool of water that reflects his image.

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Notice also how the placement of his arms and the crown upon his head,

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form two triangles like a Star of David,

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while on his chest is a Maltese cross positioned upward and then reflected again down below.

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Esoterics believe this same principle of reflection can be found in nature,

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with bodies of water providing a mirror as a picture of the Hermetic Maxim.

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With this in mind, consider the placement of the reflecting pools in our nation's capital,

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before the Washington Monument,

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the U.S. Capitol,

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the Lincoln Memorial,

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and the Supreme Court.

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As above, so below is the philosophy that guided ancient cultures into building their cities and sacred monuments in alignment with the stars.

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While mystical sites like Stonehenge, the Pyramids, and Easter Island are all examples of this practice,

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modern researchers believe that with them is the design for Washington, D.C.

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As above, so below, all those individuals that were involved in any type of architecture to the ancients,

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that philosophy, that dictum, especially in Freemasonry, was as above, so below.

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What you have in the heavens should reflect at a certain period of time,

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and that is what we see in the ancient

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should reflect at a certain period of time,

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that which is on the earth. So Washington, D.C., in my opinion,

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has some very strong, powerful spiritual energies because of the lining up of these buildings to various stars.

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These spiritual energies are referred to by Masonic author, David Overson.

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He writes that in the years following the American Revolution,

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the Masonic fraternities held ceremonial layings for government buildings.

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Such buildings were aligned with the stars and with the spiritual beings who ruled the stars.

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The debates over the design for Washington, D.C., usually begin with the designers themselves.

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Were these the sort of men to employ esoteric philosophy into the building of America's capital city?

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There's a distinction we have to make between the street plan of Washington, D.C., and the architecture that adorns it.

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We know the names of the four major people that laid out the street plan,

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the variations that happen in those street plans,

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and then there are any number of architects that worked on the various buildings that went up over the years.

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Nevertheless, at every major level, the influence of Freemasonry is said to have played a pivotal role.

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So much so that many researchers claim to see a Masonic square and compass in the street design itself.

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Clearly, a lot of the designers and architects of Washington, D.C., were Masons,

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starting with George Washington himself, who was a high-ranking Mason,

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and who was a leading force and a guiding force for both the location of the city and the layout of the city.

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Washington's authority as the father of a new nation would set the course for America's capital city, beginning with its designer.

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George Washington was still president during the time that the plan for the city was conceived.

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Washington had commissioned Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant to work out the initial design of the city.

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The city was designed to be a city of the same size as the city of Washington.

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The city was designed to be a city of the same size as the city of Washington.

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Washington had commissioned Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant to work out the initial street design.

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L'Enfant had come from France with the Marquis de Lafayette,

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and served with Washington during the Revolutionary War as one of his officers.

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He was known as a temperamental Frenchman, sometimes difficult, if not impossible, to work with.

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He, as I understand it, felt very strongly about the plan that he developed for the street layout of the city.

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So much so that when minor changes were suggested, he became irate.

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Oh, absolutely not! No changes! No changes!

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But nonetheless, if you look at his original plan, which is of course available, you can see maps, his map, and it is very similar to the current layout of the city.

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L'Enfant insisted his original design be followed to the letter, something that would later lead to his dismissal from the project.

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Yet even so, one Masonic author writes that the early architects responsible for individual buildings did attempt, with considerable success, to honor L'Enfant's master plan.

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He goes on to call it an arcane schema, to be established with the aid of interested Masons.

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Yet in the planning stages, L'Enfant was particularly at odds with Thomas Jefferson.

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These guys had a terrible... they just did not get along.

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Jefferson, of course, was a very important part of the designing of Washington, D.C.

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Jefferson himself, along with Benjamin Franklin, was said to be deeply involved in astronomy.

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Jefferson spent five years as the American ambassador to France. When he returned, he brought with him the influence of European architecture.

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Along with Washington, Jefferson and L'Enfant was Andrew Ellicott, the surveyor for the city, and Benjamin Banneker, his assistant.

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Banneker has been called the man who loved the stars. He was a freeborn African American who published a famous almanac on astronomy.

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His influence on the design of Washington, D.C. has been greatly disputed.

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Some believe that when Pierre L'Enfant was fired from the project, he took his designs with him.

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Good day, sir. L'Enfant.

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And that Benjamin Banneker was able to recreate the plan from his photographic memory later on.

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Others argue that copies of L'Enfant's design were still available, and that the unfinished elements were then added by the surveyor, Andrew Ellicott.

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A little-known figure who some believe was a Freemason.

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While mysteries abound about the specifics, one thing all of the designers and surveyors seem to have in common was an interest in the esoteric elements that would compose Washington, D.C.

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Ultimately, when the final design was presented, George Washington chose to call it the L'Enfant Plan.

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Perhaps the most influential researcher into the L'Enfant Plan and the mysterious arcane elements of Washington, D.C. has been David Overson, who wrote the book, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital.

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In his book, Overson argues that the real mystery of Washington, D.C. is to be found in Federal Triangle.

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What Overson felt was that that Federal Triangle was basically reflected from the stars.

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Overson's research, more than any other, confirms the idea that Washington, D.C. was built according to Hermetic principles, as above, so below.

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It was laid out to reflect what was going on in the stars, where you had a right-angled triangle surrounding the constellation of the stars.

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The right-angled triangle surrounding Virgo is partly reflected in the layout of Federal Triangle and symbolizes the Pythagorean Theorem.

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The theorem simply states that the base of a right triangle squared and the perpendicular side of a right triangle squared are equal to the third side, known as the hypotenuse.

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This theorem is said to be of unique and mysterious importance in Freemasonry.

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It's interesting that in the third degree of Masonry, the Master Mason candidate is given several lectures, and one of the lectures he is told to meditate upon the 47th problem of Euclid,

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which is also the 47th theorem of Pythagoras.

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It's also known as the Pythagorean Theorem, which is the sum of the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides in a right triangle.

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And of course, everybody goes, huh?

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You know, what's the problem?

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But it sounds really impressive.

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And of course, it's never explained.

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You have to go and look it up.

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You have to take the initiative and go into a Masonic Library or a Scottish Rite Library.

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Fortunately, there was a huge one in Milwaukee where I lived.

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And then you learn what they're being told.

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What they're being told is that, again, symbols have different levels of meaning.

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And for example, the upright part of a right triangle symbolizes Baal.

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The horizontal part of the right triangle symbolizes the female, who is of course prostrate and passive.

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And the hypotenuse, which connects the two, symbolizes the female, who is of course prostrate and passive.

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And the hypotenuse, which connects the two, symbolizes the female, who is of course prostrate and passive.

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And the hypotenuse, which connects the two, that symbolizes the divine child that Baal and the goddess create.

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Baal and Asharte, Isis and Osiris, pick the name, they're all the same thing.

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They're trying to evoke the Trinity, the pagan Trinity, of Baal, or Osiris, and Isis, and Horus.

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The squared elements of this Pythagorean Trinity resemble the letter Y.

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In his book, David Overson suggests that Washington DC was intentionally placed at the split of the Potomac and Eastern Rivers to symbolize this Pythagorean Y.

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It was George Washington who outlined the 10 square mile parameter for the city, according to the cardinal directions.

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But Overson's principal theory is that in L'Enfant's original plan, the White House, Washington Monument and Capitol building were designed in a right triangle, according to a star pattern above.

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Where three stars surround the constellation Virgo, forming a stellar triangle.

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According to Overson, the federal triangle actually exists within this greater triangle, but with the same purpose.

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This hermetic symbolism, above and below, is intended to draw upon the spiritual energies associated with Virgo.

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But for what purpose? Could it be that as Isis brings forth Horus, so the energies of the Virgin are intended to bring forth the Divine Child?

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Overson refers to Pennsylvania Avenue as the spiritual center of Washington DC, partly because of the fact that the Virgin is the only spiritual center in Washington DC.

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The reason is that the Virgin is the only spiritual center in Washington DC, partly because it forms a direct line between the Capitol building and the White House.

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But also because Pennsylvania Avenue is the hypotenuse of the federal triangle and symbolizes the divine offspring of the pagan trinity.

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The Divine Child is supposed to be the, for lack of a better word, the New Age Messiah.

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He's supposed to be the product of the coming together of the cosmic feminine forces and the cosmic masculine forces to produce a synergy.

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This synergy of the masculine and feminine is said to be a key understanding of all occult doctrine.

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These are the positive and negative, like the black and white imagery of yin and yang.

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Sir Francis Bacon held to these ideas through the gods Apollo and Athena.

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Bacon took his mystical views from the teachings of Kabbalah.

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You know in Kabbalah it's taught that a man and a woman is a complete vessel, and that's the only way for the holy light to be held entirely.

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This concept of completion is further defined by the esoteric concept of alchemy.

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In Arabic the term for chemistry is alchemy.

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The term for chemistry is alchemia.

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In the European languages that becomes alchemy, but it's an Arabic term that simply means the chemistry, al-the-chemia, chemistry.

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Alchemy is like divine chemistry.

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You could use that as a term.

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It's about transformation.

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It's about transformation of the lower self to the higher self.

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Some use the symbolic expression of lead to gold.

833
01:25:11,300 --> 01:25:18,300
This divine chemistry is sometimes called the chemical marriage, a wedding.

834
01:25:18,300 --> 01:25:26,300
In the 17th century the Rosicrucian order put forth a document called the chemical wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz.

835
01:25:26,300 --> 01:25:39,300
A Rosicrucian website explains the purpose of the tale, saying that alchemy is based on the view that man as a result of the loss of his original Adamic state is divided within himself.

836
01:25:39,300 --> 01:25:47,300
He regains his integral nature only when the two powers are again reconciled with one another.

837
01:25:47,300 --> 01:26:00,300
And so just as there was an Adam and Eve, there's a husband and a wife, there's a man and a woman, because it's two different qualities, positive and negative, and together they make the whole.

838
01:26:00,300 --> 01:26:15,300
Throughout Washington, D.C., the alchemic and Pythagorean principle of the male and female seems to be repeated again and again.

839
01:26:30,300 --> 01:26:48,300
Notice here the James Buchanan monument, with a male figure to one side and a female to the other, while President Buchanan, who also happened to be a Freemason, is placed in between them, where the perfected man would be.

840
01:27:00,300 --> 01:27:28,300
But perhaps the clearest single representation is the Boy Scout Memorial, found on 15th Street between E Street and Constitution Avenue.

841
01:27:28,300 --> 01:27:38,300
The Boy Scouts of America were founded by a Freemason named Daniel Carter Beard.

842
01:27:39,300 --> 01:28:03,300
And so it seems only fitting that the Boy Scout Memorial would be a kind of American Trinity, where the Boy Scout himself stands in the place of the Divine Offspring.

843
01:28:03,300 --> 01:28:11,300
Yet esoterics argue that this Divine Offspring cannot come forth without help from above.

844
01:28:12,300 --> 01:28:31,300
Primary sources indicate, as Jefferson and other of those who were involved with architecture, that you lined up the heavens with whatever you were creating, have it built at a certain time, and that would pull the spiritual energies and powers into that location.

845
01:28:31,300 --> 01:28:42,300
The idea of receiving help from heavenly powers was the ancient practice of alchemists, Rosicrucians, and those in pursuit of secret knowledge.

846
01:28:45,300 --> 01:28:53,300
But on Pennsylvania Avenue, the General Gordon Meade statue seems to clearly capture this idea.

847
01:28:54,300 --> 01:29:05,300
Meade was the Union General who defeated Robert E. Lee at the famous Battle of Gettysburg, sometimes called the bloodiest and most decisive battle of the Civil War.

848
01:29:06,300 --> 01:29:12,300
One that ultimately decided that the American states would remain united.

849
01:29:12,300 --> 01:29:21,300
Notice the General standing in the forward position, with a golden standard of victory above his head.

850
01:29:22,300 --> 01:29:32,300
While behind him are a series of mythical, God and Goddess looking figures, as if they might be powers and principalities from the heavenlies.

851
01:29:32,300 --> 01:29:41,300
In total, the statue seems to represent the idea that Meade was empowered by heavenly forces to accomplish what he did.

852
01:29:45,300 --> 01:29:52,300
But exactly what forces are these? And what power do they represent?

853
01:29:52,300 --> 01:30:12,300
A free Masonic website features General Meade's walking stick, with an image of the general carved upon it, the name and dates of the Gettysburg battle, along with the skull and crossbones, while just above it is a Masonic square and compass.

854
01:30:12,300 --> 01:30:21,300
Consider also the golden standard that floats like a halo above the General's head, reminiscent of countless images of Christ through the Middle Ages.

855
01:30:22,300 --> 01:30:29,300
The theme of a Christ-like figure, empowered by heavenly beings, has many levels in Washington, D.C.

856
01:30:29,300 --> 01:30:39,300
And seems to be the perfect companion to the Virgin symbolism which appears throughout the city, not the least of which is the Goddess Freedom that sits atop the U.S. Capitol.

857
01:30:40,300 --> 01:30:45,300
A replica of freedom is found inside the Capitol itself.

858
01:30:46,300 --> 01:30:57,520
The Virgin is said to symbolize the

859
01:30:57,520 --> 01:31:12,520
And hence becomes the alchemical companion to the perfected man, who also brings forth the Divine Child.

860
01:31:13,520 --> 01:31:20,520
In front of the Supreme Court building are found a male figure to one side and a female to the other.

861
01:31:20,520 --> 01:31:28,520
But centered in the tympanum above is not a man, but a woman, said to be the Goddess Liberty enthroned.

862
01:31:29,520 --> 01:31:33,520
But exactly what liberty does she represent?

863
01:31:37,520 --> 01:31:43,520
David Overson's book is subtitled The Masons and the Building of Washington, D.C.

864
01:31:44,520 --> 01:31:48,520
Could all of this arcane symbolism have been the intentional working of Freemasons?

865
01:31:48,520 --> 01:31:52,520
David Overson seems to think so.

866
01:31:53,520 --> 01:32:02,520
The author declined to be interviewed on camera, but did grant us a phone interview, where he told us he felt his lengthy book was merely scratching the surface.

867
01:32:03,520 --> 01:32:12,520
We also learned from the Masonic headquarters in Washington, D.C. that since the book's publication, David Overson has become a Freemason.

868
01:32:13,520 --> 01:32:20,520
But while many Masons are proud to say that America's capital is full of Masonic symbolism, not all of them agree.

869
01:32:21,520 --> 01:32:32,520
From my studies of the design of Washington, D.C. and its history, I do not believe that there are any secret plans or designs related to Freemasonry.

870
01:32:33,520 --> 01:32:42,520
Dr. S. Brent Morris is an honorary 33rd Degree Mason and the managing editor for the Scottish Right Journal, Masonry's premier publication.

871
01:32:43,520 --> 01:32:48,520
His office is located inside the Masonic House of the Temple in Washington, D.C.

872
01:32:49,520 --> 01:32:57,520
Norman Vincent Keough, Harry Truman, Bob Dole, Gene Autry, John Philip Sousa, John Glenn.

873
01:32:58,520 --> 01:33:07,520
We know that he wore this medal. We're not sure that he wore it at the cornerstone. There is the apron that he wore. That apron is still in existence.

874
01:33:08,520 --> 01:33:12,520
So there he is laying the cornerstone.

875
01:33:13,520 --> 01:33:25,520
While Dr. Morris is proud of Masonry's long heritage of prominent members, he disagrees with Overson's notions of Masonic symbolism in stellar alignments and signs of the zodiac.

876
01:33:26,520 --> 01:33:34,520
Freemasonry uses the zodiac in only the most superficial way. They use it as an emblem to refer to the heavens.

877
01:33:35,520 --> 01:33:41,520
You can go to the National Academy of Sciences and you can see star maps representing the heavens.

878
01:33:42,520 --> 01:33:47,520
You can see in their mosaic floor, you can see designs of the gods and goddesses.

879
01:33:48,520 --> 01:33:53,520
And certainly if anyone in Washington is not influenced by astrology, it would be the National Academy of Sciences.

880
01:33:53,520 --> 01:33:58,520
Freemasonry uses the zodiac as a symbol for the sky, as a symbol for the heavens.

881
01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:07,520
We talk about the seven liberal arts and sciences, grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.

882
01:34:08,520 --> 01:34:12,520
And the zodiac is often used to represent the science of astronomy.

883
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:18,520
But there is no special Masonic importance assigned to the zodiac.

884
01:34:18,520 --> 01:34:22,520
No Masonic importance at all assigned to astrology.

885
01:34:23,520 --> 01:34:27,520
I don't put much stock in Overson's theories.

886
01:34:30,520 --> 01:34:42,520
Dr. Morris is a prominent Masonic apologist. He's appeared several times on the History Channel and has written a number of books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry.

887
01:34:43,520 --> 01:34:52,520
I wrote my book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry, because there is a growing interest in the Masonic fraternity.

888
01:34:53,520 --> 01:35:01,520
A great deal of this is caused by Dan Brown's recent book, The Da Vinci Code, and the anticipation that his next book is going to be about Freemasonry.

889
01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:17,520
Because of this growing public interest, I thought it was important to put a book, simple to read, that was factual and that addressed many of the accusations, the claims, the rumors about Freemasonry.

890
01:35:18,520 --> 01:35:28,520
Dr. Morris has even lectured at Cannonberry Tower in London, the former home of Sir Francis Bacon, who is considered the first Grand Master of modern Masonry.

891
01:35:29,520 --> 01:35:35,520
Morris is highly respected by his brother Masons for his diligent defense of the craft.

892
01:35:36,520 --> 01:35:42,520
There are many theories out there about the influence of Freemasons on the United States.

893
01:35:43,520 --> 01:35:53,520
You can find websites that claim that all the signers of the Declaration, or 50 of the signers of the Declaration, were Masons, and that all, or most of the signers of the Constitution, were Masons,

894
01:35:53,520 --> 01:36:01,520
and that the Great Seal of the United States is a secret Masonic emblem, and that the street plan of Washington, D.C. has Masonic emblems.

895
01:36:02,520 --> 01:36:06,520
And there are two groups of people that promote these ideas.

896
01:36:07,520 --> 01:36:19,520
The first group of people are the anti-Masons, the people that hate the Masons, that want to show that there is some evil, powerful, possibly demonic conspiracy that is guiding the United States.

897
01:36:19,520 --> 01:36:24,520
And the other group of people are the over-eager Freemasons that want to promote the theory.

898
01:36:25,520 --> 01:36:34,520
Yet those who oppose Masonry are careful to point out that some of the over-eager Freemasons have been among the most powerful men in America's history.

899
01:36:36,520 --> 01:36:43,520
Ed Decker is one of the leading Masonic critics and author of the book, The Dark Side of Freemasonry.

900
01:36:44,520 --> 01:36:48,520
Decker warns people about what he feels are the dangers of Masonry.

901
01:36:51,520 --> 01:36:57,520
Well, my background in Masonry comes from my family. We've been a Masonic family for as long as I can go back to.

902
01:36:58,520 --> 01:37:05,520
I've traced it back to over 200 years of Masonic involvement, every male member of my family, as well as the women and the kids.

903
01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:12,520
And it went down from my grandfather, my great-grandfather, my great-great-grandfather, to my dad.

904
01:37:14,520 --> 01:37:20,520
Decker even claims to have been threatened by Masons when exposing their secrets in the past.

905
01:37:21,520 --> 01:37:28,520
I've been shot at, beat up, accosted, spit on, you name it, but when they're shooting at you, you know they're serious.

906
01:37:29,520 --> 01:37:34,520
My life has been threatened, been shot at a number of times. Praise God I'm alive from that too.

907
01:37:35,520 --> 01:37:46,520
Decker believes that Freemasons use clever tactics and word games to cover up their influence in America's history, and to hide the truth about their secret rituals.

908
01:37:47,520 --> 01:37:59,520
I was on a radio show in California one time years back, and I was talking about the 30th degree of the Scottish Rite where they drink wine out of a human skull, the top of a human skull.

909
01:37:59,520 --> 01:38:11,520
And they talk about that the bread you eat in this Masonic communion is the actual bodies of Zoroaster and Confucius and Jesus and all the great teachers and Buddha and so forth.

910
01:38:12,520 --> 01:38:22,520
And that the blood you drink is the actual blood of the combination of all these great leaders and great teachers of mankind and the great Masons.

911
01:38:22,520 --> 01:38:32,520
It's a form of Masonic transubstantiation. And I was talking about this. When you go to a ritual and they have you drinking wine out of a skull, you've got a problem.

912
01:38:33,520 --> 01:38:42,520
And I got a phone call that came in and the caller said, I'm a Mason, I've been a Mason for 60 years and you're a liar, we don't drink it out of a human skull.

913
01:38:42,520 --> 01:38:48,520
And I said, you're a liar, you do drink it out of a human skull, don't tell me so, I know, I've been there, I've seen it.

914
01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:58,520
And he said, well, we drink it out of a plastic skull, not out of a real skull. I said, oh man, you know, it was a word game with him.

915
01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:10,520
The question has arisen for many. If some of the leading and most powerful men in America's history have been able to find the truth about the secret rituals of the Masons,

916
01:39:10,520 --> 01:39:15,520
what will the consequences ultimately be for America's destiny?

917
01:39:18,520 --> 01:39:27,520
A destiny planned by secret societies, said to be written like so many riddles in the stones of Washington, D.C.

918
01:39:40,520 --> 01:39:45,520
A growing number of Masons reject the suggestion of a Masonic agenda in Washington, D.C.

919
01:39:46,520 --> 01:39:52,520
Among them is Trevor McEwen, the grand historian for the Masonic Lodge of British Columbia.

920
01:39:53,520 --> 01:40:05,280
If you study architecture, you'll note that architects will occasionally play, will play little interest in the

921
01:40:05,280 --> 01:40:13,280
where, say, in the freeze work around the top of a building, there'll be medallions, they're supposed to be old Roman coins.

922
01:40:14,280 --> 01:40:20,280
So what they might do is rather than put a Roman emperor as the face, they'll put their brother-in-law's face there.

923
01:40:21,280 --> 01:40:29,280
No one can really see it, but it's there. They'll put their children or their pet dog or cross-fishing rods because they're going to be there.

924
01:40:29,280 --> 01:40:34,280
They'll put little symbols or little ideas hidden in the building just simply because it's their signature work.

925
01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:38,280
And they're allowed to do that. No one will really notice.

926
01:40:39,280 --> 01:40:46,280
So I'm suggesting that if an architect who happened to be a Freemason stuck a Masonic symbol somewhere,

927
01:40:47,280 --> 01:40:51,280
he did that simply as part of his signature, as an expression of his own life.

928
01:40:51,280 --> 01:40:57,280
Not because some Masonic authority told him to, or because it has any Masonic impact or purpose.

929
01:40:58,280 --> 01:41:00,280
Well, they can dodge and move around all they want to.

930
01:41:01,280 --> 01:41:09,280
When you talk to a Mason who says, well, those symbols are just kind of fun things, or they're just accidental, they're not Masonic, that's nonsense.

931
01:41:10,280 --> 01:41:12,280
They put their brother-in-law's face there, and they're going to be there.

932
01:41:12,280 --> 01:41:20,280
When you talk to a Mason who says, well, those symbols are just kind of fun things, or they're just accidental, they're not Masonic, that's nonsense.

933
01:41:21,280 --> 01:41:22,280
They're put there by Masons for Masonic purpose.

934
01:41:23,280 --> 01:41:24,280
The Masons write about it.

935
01:41:25,280 --> 01:41:28,280
They may say that to you at the church when you're talking to them at their church.

936
01:41:29,280 --> 01:41:31,280
They may say it to you in the living room when you're talking to the Mason in the living room.

937
01:41:32,280 --> 01:41:33,280
But the Masons write about it.

938
01:41:34,280 --> 01:41:38,280
You know, in their magazines, they do articles about them.

939
01:41:38,280 --> 01:41:43,280
And you go on the web and go onto the Masonic websites and they brag about it.

940
01:41:44,280 --> 01:41:45,280
They point to it.

941
01:41:46,280 --> 01:41:52,280
One such Mason is Michael Bajant, the world famous author of the book, Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

942
01:41:53,280 --> 01:41:57,280
Bajant is on the board of trustees at Cannonberry Tower in London.

943
01:41:58,280 --> 01:42:07,280
He is also the editor of the magazine, Freemasonry Today, a publication that openly refers to Washington, D.C., as the Masonic Spirit.

944
01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:14,280
He is also the editor of the magazine, Freemasonry Today, a publication that openly refers to Washington, D.C., as the Masonic Spirit.

945
01:42:15,280 --> 01:42:18,280
He is also the editor of the magazine, Freemasonry Today, a publication that openly refers to Washington, D.C., as the Masonic Spirit.

946
01:42:19,280 --> 01:42:22,280
He is also the editor of the magazine, Freemasonry Today, a publication that openly refers to Washington, D.C., as the Masonic Spirit.

947
01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:28,280
He is also the editor of the magazine, Freemasonry Today, a publication that openly refers to Washington, D.C., as the Masonic Spirit.

948
01:42:29,280 --> 01:42:32,280
He is also the editor of the magazine, Freemasonry Today, a publication that openly refers to Washington, D.C., as the Masonic Spirit.

949
01:42:33,280 --> 01:42:36,280
He is also the editor of the magazine, Freemasonry Today, a publication that openly refers to Washington, D.C., as the Masonic Spirit.

950
01:42:36,280 --> 01:42:40,280
Jefferson, in particular, is commonly placed in the lists of Masonic presidents, including this collection from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

951
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:45,280
Jefferson, in particular, is commonly placed in the lists of Masonic presidents, including this collection from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

952
01:42:46,280 --> 01:42:50,280
Needless to say, Truman himself was a proud Mason.

953
01:42:51,280 --> 01:42:55,280
Some believe that modern Masonry denies the membership of Jefferson and Lionfond to distance itself from the idea of a Masonic conspiracy in America's history.

954
01:42:56,280 --> 01:43:01,280
Some believe that modern Masonry denies the membership of Jefferson and Lionfond to distance itself from the idea of a Masonic conspiracy in America's history.

955
01:43:02,280 --> 01:43:05,280
I can find you on the internet, oh, there were some Masonic editions of the Bible that list Masonic presidents, and Jefferson is listed.

956
01:43:06,280 --> 01:43:10,280
I can find you on the internet, oh, there were some Masonic editions of the Bible that list Masonic presidents, and Jefferson is listed.

957
01:43:11,280 --> 01:43:14,280
And so they say, aha, we know that Jefferson is a Mason, and you're trying to hide it because he was this awful deist, and you don't want to have an atheistic, non-Christian deist as one of your members.

958
01:43:15,280 --> 01:43:19,280
And so they say, aha, we know that Jefferson is a Mason, and you're trying to hide it because he was this awful deist, and you don't want to have an atheistic, non-Christian deist as one of your members.

959
01:43:20,280 --> 01:43:24,280
The answer is no. The people that wrote the supplementary pages for that edition of the Bible made a mistake.

960
01:43:25,280 --> 01:43:28,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

961
01:43:28,280 --> 01:43:29,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

962
01:43:30,280 --> 01:43:31,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

963
01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:33,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

964
01:43:34,280 --> 01:43:35,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

965
01:43:36,280 --> 01:43:37,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

966
01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:39,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

967
01:43:40,280 --> 01:43:41,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

968
01:43:42,280 --> 01:43:43,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

969
01:43:44,280 --> 01:43:45,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

970
01:43:46,280 --> 01:43:47,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

971
01:43:48,280 --> 01:43:49,280
The only way to prove anyone is wrong is to believe that Jefferson is a Mason.

972
01:43:49,280 --> 01:43:50,280
Jefferson and Launfonte would have certainly been in familiar company.

973
01:43:51,280 --> 01:43:52,280
Jefferson and Launfonte would have certainly been in familiar company.

974
01:43:53,280 --> 01:43:54,280
Jefferson and Launfonte would have certainly been in familiar company.

975
01:43:55,280 --> 01:43:56,280
Jefferson and Launfonte would have certainly been in familiar company.

976
01:43:57,280 --> 01:43:58,280
Jefferson and Launfonte would have certainly been in familiar company.

977
01:43:59,280 --> 01:44:00,280
Jefferson and Launfonte would have certainly been in familiar company.

978
01:44:01,280 --> 01:44:02,280
It's possible for Pierre Launfonte as well as Thomas Jefferson to have belonged to a French Masonic Lodge or possibly another Masonic Lodge on the continent of Europe.

979
01:44:03,280 --> 01:44:04,280
It's possible for Pierre Launfonte as well as Thomas Jefferson to have belonged to a French Masonic Lodge or possibly another Masonic Lodge on the continent of Europe.

980
01:44:05,280 --> 01:44:06,280
It's possible for Pierre Launfonte as well as Thomas Jefferson to have belonged to a French Masonic Lodge or possibly another Masonic Lodge on the continent of Europe.

981
01:44:06,280 --> 01:44:07,280
Jefferson was Ambassador to France, Launfonte was himself a Frenchman.

982
01:44:08,280 --> 01:44:09,280
Jefferson was Ambassador to France, Launfonte was himself a Frenchman.

983
01:44:10,280 --> 01:44:11,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

984
01:44:12,280 --> 01:44:13,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

985
01:44:14,280 --> 01:44:15,280
Perhaps the records were lost during the French Revolution or at some other time.

986
01:44:16,280 --> 01:44:17,280
Perhaps the records were lost during the French Revolution or at some other time.

987
01:44:18,280 --> 01:44:19,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

988
01:44:20,280 --> 01:44:21,280
Perhaps the records were lost during the French Revolution or at some other time.

989
01:44:22,280 --> 01:44:23,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

990
01:44:24,280 --> 01:44:25,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

991
01:44:26,280 --> 01:44:27,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

992
01:44:28,280 --> 01:44:29,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

993
01:44:30,280 --> 01:44:31,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

994
01:44:32,280 --> 01:44:33,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

995
01:44:34,280 --> 01:44:35,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

996
01:44:36,280 --> 01:44:37,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

997
01:44:38,280 --> 01:44:39,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

998
01:44:40,280 --> 01:44:41,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

999
01:44:42,280 --> 01:44:43,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1000
01:44:44,280 --> 01:44:45,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1001
01:44:46,280 --> 01:44:47,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1002
01:44:48,280 --> 01:44:49,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1003
01:44:50,280 --> 01:44:51,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1004
01:44:52,280 --> 01:44:53,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1005
01:44:54,280 --> 01:44:55,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1006
01:44:56,280 --> 01:44:57,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1007
01:44:58,280 --> 01:44:59,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1008
01:45:00,280 --> 01:45:01,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1009
01:45:02,280 --> 01:45:03,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1010
01:45:04,280 --> 01:45:05,280
Perhaps they belonged to a French Lodge.

1011
01:45:06,280 --> 01:45:10,280
He's talking about how the builders and the founders of this nation were Freemasons.

1012
01:45:11,280 --> 01:45:15,280
So of course that's going to ring sympathetic bells with any other Freemason.

1013
01:45:16,280 --> 01:45:21,280
Among those whose sympathetic bells seem to have been rung is C. Fred Klein-Connect,

1014
01:45:22,280 --> 01:45:25,280
the former Sovereign Grand Commander of the ancient and accepted Scottish Rite,

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01:45:26,280 --> 01:45:31,280
an office believed by many to be the most powerful Masonic office in the United States.

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01:45:31,280 --> 01:45:34,280
Klein-Connect is pictured here, next to President Ronald Reagan,

1017
01:45:35,280 --> 01:45:39,280
when Reagan was made an honorary 33rd degree Mason.

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01:45:40,280 --> 01:45:46,280
This becomes significant when one considers that Klein-Connect wrote the foreword to David Overson's book.

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01:45:47,280 --> 01:45:50,280
He begins with the words, as above so below,

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01:45:51,280 --> 01:45:54,280
saying, these words, attributed to Hermes Trismegistus,

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01:45:55,280 --> 01:45:58,280
lie at the heart of the Western esoteric tradition.

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01:45:58,280 --> 01:46:02,280
He later refers to the work as a fascinating and well-researched book.

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01:46:03,280 --> 01:46:05,280
We asked Dr. Morris to comment.

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01:46:07,280 --> 01:46:11,280
Brother Klein-Connect was the one who hired me to work at the Supreme Council

1025
01:46:12,280 --> 01:46:14,280
as the managing editor of the Scottish Rite Journal.

1026
01:46:15,280 --> 01:46:16,280
I've known him for over 20 years.

1027
01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:20,280
I admire him as a Mason, as an administrator.

1028
01:46:21,280 --> 01:46:23,280
I'm quite impressed with what he's done.

1029
01:46:23,280 --> 01:46:26,280
I admire him as a Mason, as an administrator.

1030
01:46:27,280 --> 01:46:28,280
I'm quite impressed with what he's accomplished.

1031
01:46:29,280 --> 01:46:33,280
We don't happen to see eye to eye on that historical interpretation.

1032
01:46:34,280 --> 01:46:39,280
But again, I think the important thing is he emphasizes in his introduction,

1033
01:46:40,280 --> 01:46:44,280
or his foreword, that Overson may have found an explanation.

1034
01:46:45,280 --> 01:46:46,280
He doesn't say it is the explanation.

1035
01:46:47,280 --> 01:46:48,280
Certainly it's an intriguing explanation,

1036
01:46:49,280 --> 01:46:51,280
but I don't think that there is any historical basis to it.

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01:46:53,280 --> 01:46:56,280
Of David Overson's research, C. Fred Klein-Connect writes that

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01:46:57,280 --> 01:47:00,280
recent scholarship demonstrates the undeniable influence

1039
01:47:01,280 --> 01:47:05,280
of Freemasonry exerted on the American system of government.

1040
01:47:06,280 --> 01:47:10,280
While Klein-Connect is careful in his suggestion,

1041
01:47:11,280 --> 01:47:17,280
he goes on to relate Overson's work with that of 19th century Masonic icon Albert Pike.

1042
01:47:18,280 --> 01:47:22,280
Albert Pike is the founder of the Masonic Church.

1043
01:47:23,280 --> 01:47:25,280
He is the father, really the father of American Freemasonry.

1044
01:47:26,280 --> 01:47:28,280
I don't know of a greater authority on Scottish Rite Masonry than Albert Pike,

1045
01:47:29,280 --> 01:47:30,280
because he authored it.

1046
01:47:31,280 --> 01:47:33,280
He's the one who wrote Scottish Rite Masonry, the 32 Degrees.

1047
01:47:34,280 --> 01:47:36,280
Albert Pike, in his ritual research,

1048
01:47:37,280 --> 01:47:39,280
suggests that the ceiling of Masonic lodges

1049
01:47:40,280 --> 01:47:43,280
should be painted with symbolic constellations.

1050
01:47:44,280 --> 01:47:46,280
In the foreword to Overson's book,

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01:47:47,280 --> 01:47:50,280
Klein-Connect comments on Pike's suggestion for a ceiling design.

1052
01:47:50,280 --> 01:47:51,280
He says,

1053
01:47:52,280 --> 01:47:54,280
The astonishing thing is that Pike's ceiling design

1054
01:47:55,280 --> 01:48:00,280
reflects precisely the same mysteries observed by David Overson in this book.

1055
01:48:05,280 --> 01:48:09,280
Albert Pike was one of the most prominent 19th century Freemasons.

1056
01:48:10,280 --> 01:48:15,280
He joined the fraternity, I believe, in 1859, just before the Civil War.

1057
01:48:15,280 --> 01:48:18,280
He was a scholar of ancient languages,

1058
01:48:19,280 --> 01:48:22,280
was very familiar with what we would call comparative religion today,

1059
01:48:23,280 --> 01:48:27,280
and he was given the task by the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction

1060
01:48:28,280 --> 01:48:30,280
to rewrite their rituals.

1061
01:48:31,280 --> 01:48:33,280
And this he did just before the Civil War,

1062
01:48:34,280 --> 01:48:35,280
and then after the Civil War,

1063
01:48:36,280 --> 01:48:38,280
he was elected Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction,

1064
01:48:39,280 --> 01:48:42,280
and he served in that position until his death in, I think, 1891.

1065
01:48:43,280 --> 01:48:47,280
Pike held the office of Sovereign Grand Commander for the Southern Jurisdiction,

1066
01:48:48,280 --> 01:48:50,280
which is based in Washington, D.C.

1067
01:48:51,280 --> 01:48:55,280
This is the same office that would be later held by C. Fred Klein-Connect.

1068
01:48:57,280 --> 01:49:00,280
Albert Pike's great contribution to the Scottish Rite

1069
01:49:01,280 --> 01:49:02,280
is his book, Morals and Dogma,

1070
01:49:03,280 --> 01:49:06,280
of the ancient and accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

1071
01:49:07,280 --> 01:49:08,280
On the title page, it reads,

1072
01:49:08,280 --> 01:49:11,280
Pike's esoteric book for Scottish Rite use only,

1073
01:49:12,280 --> 01:49:15,280
to be returned upon withdrawal or death of recipient.

1074
01:49:16,280 --> 01:49:18,280
It's given to the new Masons after they've gone through a series of stuff,

1075
01:49:19,280 --> 01:49:21,280
then they're given a copy of Albert Pike's book.

1076
01:49:23,280 --> 01:49:26,280
Pike declared that the true definition of Freemasonry

1077
01:49:27,280 --> 01:49:29,280
is an advance toward the light.

1078
01:49:29,280 --> 01:49:32,280
The question then becomes, what is the light of Masonry?

1079
01:49:35,280 --> 01:49:38,280
Many believe the answer comes from Pike's own words.

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01:49:40,280 --> 01:49:42,280
In Morals and Dogma, Pike wrote,

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01:49:43,280 --> 01:49:45,280
Lucifer, strange and mysterious name,

1082
01:49:46,280 --> 01:49:48,280
to give to the spirit of darkness.

1083
01:49:49,280 --> 01:49:51,280
Is it he who bears the light?

1084
01:49:52,280 --> 01:49:53,280
Doubt it not.

1085
01:49:54,280 --> 01:49:55,280
The answer is,

1086
01:49:55,280 --> 01:49:57,280
is it he who bears the light?

1087
01:49:58,280 --> 01:49:59,280
Doubt it not.

1088
01:50:02,280 --> 01:50:04,280
Masons and their critics will likely agree

1089
01:50:05,280 --> 01:50:08,280
that these words, perhaps more than any other,

1090
01:50:09,280 --> 01:50:11,280
continue to haunt Pike's memory.

1091
01:50:14,280 --> 01:50:17,280
A statue of Albert Pike is located at 3rd and D streets

1092
01:50:18,280 --> 01:50:19,280
in downtown Washington D.C.

1093
01:50:20,280 --> 01:50:23,280
It was erected by Freemasons in 1901

1094
01:50:23,280 --> 01:50:25,280
through an act of Congress.

1095
01:50:27,280 --> 01:50:29,280
Pike is shown with a maiden beneath him,

1096
01:50:30,280 --> 01:50:32,280
bearing the standard of the Scottish Rite.

1097
01:50:33,280 --> 01:50:35,280
More than a century after his death,

1098
01:50:36,280 --> 01:50:39,280
Albert Pike continues as an important and controversial figure

1099
01:50:40,280 --> 01:50:41,280
in America's capital.

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01:50:42,280 --> 01:50:43,280
Not only does his statue remain,

1101
01:50:44,280 --> 01:50:47,280
but he is the central focus of one of Washington D.C.'s

1102
01:50:48,280 --> 01:50:51,280
most unique buildings, the Masonic House of the Temple.

1103
01:50:51,280 --> 01:50:53,280
The headquarters for the ancient and accepted

1104
01:50:54,280 --> 01:50:56,280
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

1105
01:50:57,280 --> 01:51:00,280
The building was designed by a 20th century architect,

1106
01:51:01,280 --> 01:51:03,280
John Russell Pope, who modeled it after the mausoleum

1107
01:51:04,280 --> 01:51:07,280
at Holoconarsus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

1108
01:51:08,280 --> 01:51:10,280
Pope himself was not a Freemason,

1109
01:51:11,280 --> 01:51:14,280
so he relied upon the esoteric knowledge of Elliot Woods,

1110
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:17,280
a 32nd degree Mason who was the architect

1111
01:51:18,280 --> 01:51:20,280
of the United States Capitol at the time.

1112
01:51:21,280 --> 01:51:24,280
The top of the temple is shaped like a step pyramid

1113
01:51:25,280 --> 01:51:27,280
that some believe parallels the truncated pyramid

1114
01:51:28,280 --> 01:51:29,280
on the back of the dollar bill.

1115
01:51:30,280 --> 01:51:33,280
If you count the courses of masonry on the pyramid,

1116
01:51:34,280 --> 01:51:36,280
you'll see it has 13 courses of masonry,

1117
01:51:37,280 --> 01:51:41,280
and that corresponds to the 13 steps on the pyramid

1118
01:51:42,280 --> 01:51:44,280
that is the roof of the house of the temple.

1119
01:51:45,280 --> 01:51:47,280
Not only is the number 13 present in the roof design,

1120
01:51:47,280 --> 01:51:50,280
but the house of the temple is said to be 13 blocks north

1121
01:51:51,280 --> 01:51:53,280
of the White House, leading some to believe

1122
01:51:54,280 --> 01:51:56,280
that a secret Masonic signature somehow ties masonry

1123
01:51:57,280 --> 01:51:59,280
with the seat of power in American government.

1124
01:52:00,280 --> 01:52:03,280
One of the interesting theories put forward

1125
01:52:04,280 --> 01:52:07,280
about the layout of Washington, D.C. is that the house

1126
01:52:08,280 --> 01:52:11,280
of the temple is exactly 13 blocks north of the White House.

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01:52:12,280 --> 01:52:14,280
The statement is usually said with a great deal of dread,

1128
01:52:14,280 --> 01:52:16,280
and I'm sure that if we had a soundtrack accompanying it,

1129
01:52:17,280 --> 01:52:20,280
there would be deep bass strings playing in the background

1130
01:52:21,280 --> 01:52:23,280
to emphasize that sense of dread.

1131
01:52:24,280 --> 01:52:27,280
Now, it turns out that there are some side streets

1132
01:52:28,280 --> 01:52:31,280
at a halfway marker, and if you count them,

1133
01:52:32,280 --> 01:52:35,280
and you don't count the streets that are in the circles,

1134
01:52:36,280 --> 01:52:38,280
well, by golly, you can come up with 13

1135
01:52:39,280 --> 01:52:41,280
if you kind of squint your eyes and look at it sideways.

1136
01:52:41,280 --> 01:52:45,280
Using a simple map, 13 individual cross streets can be identified

1137
01:52:46,280 --> 01:52:48,280
between the White House and the house of the temple,

1138
01:52:49,280 --> 01:52:51,280
located on the south side of S Street.

1139
01:52:52,280 --> 01:52:56,280
Dr. Morris's contention, however, is that if one counts

1140
01:52:57,280 --> 01:52:59,280
the two streets that cross Scott's Circle,

1141
01:53:00,280 --> 01:53:02,280
rather than only the street that runs between them,

1142
01:53:03,280 --> 01:53:05,280
it would not amount to 13 blocks.

1143
01:53:06,280 --> 01:53:09,280
Yet even prominent publications such as U.S. News and World Report

1144
01:53:09,280 --> 01:53:11,280
have recognized that the Masonic house of the temple

1145
01:53:12,280 --> 01:53:14,280
is about 13 blocks north of the White House.

1146
01:53:15,280 --> 01:53:18,280
But superstition about 13 seems ingrained in American culture.

1147
01:53:19,280 --> 01:53:22,280
Even our modern elevators specifically avoid the number.

1148
01:53:23,280 --> 01:53:26,280
It's said that President Franklin Roosevelt

1149
01:53:27,280 --> 01:53:31,280
would invite his secretary to dinner to keep from having 13 people at the table,

1150
01:53:32,280 --> 01:53:35,280
and would avoid going out on the 13th of each month.

1151
01:53:35,280 --> 01:53:38,280
Yet it would seem that FDR was not so troubled

1152
01:53:39,280 --> 01:53:42,280
about the appearance of 13 on the great seal of the dollar bill.

1153
01:53:43,280 --> 01:53:47,280
13 leaves in the olive branches, 13 bars and stripes in the shield,

1154
01:53:48,280 --> 01:53:53,280
13 feathers in the tail of the eagle, 13 arrows clutched in its talons,

1155
01:53:54,280 --> 01:53:58,280
13 letters in the phrase E Pluribus Unum on the ribbon,

1156
01:53:59,280 --> 01:54:03,000
13 stars in the

1157
01:54:03,000 --> 01:54:05,000
hexagram above the eagle's head,

1158
01:54:06,000 --> 01:54:08,000
the 13 levels to the pyramid,

1159
01:54:09,000 --> 01:54:11,000
and 13 letters in the phrase Anuet Coeptus,

1160
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:14,000
said to mean God has prospered.

1161
01:54:15,000 --> 01:54:20,000
When French architect Pierre L'Enfant laid out the design for Washington, D.C.,

1162
01:54:21,000 --> 01:54:27,000
David Ovesen tells us he planned for 13 approximate straight lines of avenues for the city.

1163
01:54:28,000 --> 01:54:31,260
But what about the

1164
01:54:31,260 --> 01:54:32,260
numbers?

1165
01:54:33,260 --> 01:54:35,260
But what does 13 mean in the occult?

1166
01:54:36,260 --> 01:54:41,260
First, let us consider how those who are involved with mysticism look at numbers.

1167
01:54:42,260 --> 01:54:44,260
William Wynne Westcott, a well-known Freemason,

1168
01:54:45,260 --> 01:54:48,260
and one of the co-founders of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn,

1169
01:54:49,260 --> 01:54:55,260
explains that the followers of Pythagoras referred every object, planet, man, idea, and essence

1170
01:54:56,260 --> 01:54:57,260
to some number or other.

1171
01:54:57,260 --> 01:55:00,260
The numerals of Pythagoras were hieroglyphic symbols,

1172
01:55:01,260 --> 01:55:05,260
by means whereof he explained all ideas concerning the nature of things.

1173
01:55:06,260 --> 01:55:11,260
He goes on to say that all systems of religious mysticism are based on numerals.

1174
01:55:13,260 --> 01:55:17,260
Some believe the phobia about 13 comes from the Last Supper,

1175
01:55:18,260 --> 01:55:21,260
where supposedly Judas Iscariot was the 13th person to arrive,

1176
01:55:22,260 --> 01:55:24,260
and then later betray Christ.

1177
01:55:24,260 --> 01:55:29,260
Kabbalists say 13 represents man's ability to go beyond the zodiac,

1178
01:55:30,260 --> 01:55:32,260
to ascend above the stars of heaven.

1179
01:55:34,260 --> 01:55:38,260
With this in mind, consider this phrase inside the Library of Congress,

1180
01:55:39,260 --> 01:55:42,260
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

1181
01:55:44,260 --> 01:55:47,260
For Kabbalists, the number 13 is not unlucky,

1182
01:55:48,260 --> 01:55:50,260
but refers to their concept of God.

1183
01:55:50,260 --> 01:55:53,260
The word Shekinah represents the manifestation of God's glory.

1184
01:55:54,260 --> 01:55:57,260
It is taught that the Shekinah glory of God,

1185
01:55:58,260 --> 01:56:01,260
shown in Solomon's temple when it was first dedicated.

1186
01:56:02,260 --> 01:56:07,260
This picture shows a group of Freemasons reenacting this dedication ceremony.

1187
01:56:09,260 --> 01:56:13,260
But in the Library of Congress, we are faced with an interesting puzzle.

1188
01:56:15,260 --> 01:56:17,260
As we find these words painted on the wall,

1189
01:56:17,260 --> 01:56:19,260
the true Shekinah is man.

1190
01:56:22,260 --> 01:56:25,260
But what could all this have to do with the number 13?

1191
01:56:28,260 --> 01:56:31,260
Biblical scholar E.W. Bullinger writes that,

1192
01:56:32,260 --> 01:56:38,260
as to the significance of 13, all are aware that it has come down to us as a number of ill omen.

1193
01:56:39,260 --> 01:56:41,260
Many superstitions cluster around it.

1194
01:56:42,260 --> 01:56:46,260
Unfortunately, those who go backwards are not able to go back to the original.

1195
01:56:47,260 --> 01:56:50,260
And if we go backwards to find a reason, seldom go back far enough.

1196
01:56:51,260 --> 01:56:53,260
We must go back to the first occurrence of the number 13

1197
01:56:54,260 --> 01:56:56,260
in order to discover the key to its significance.

1198
01:56:57,260 --> 01:57:00,260
It occurs first in Genesis 14,4,

1199
01:57:01,260 --> 01:57:04,260
where we read that 12 years they served Kedolamer,

1200
01:57:05,260 --> 01:57:07,260
and the 13th year they rebelled.

1201
01:57:08,260 --> 01:57:12,260
Hence it stands in connection with rebellion, apostasy, and revolution.

1202
01:57:12,260 --> 01:57:18,260
It was when America was made up of 13 colonies that its rebellion against England occurred.

1203
01:57:19,260 --> 01:57:25,260
Was this just a coincidence, or the intentional working of the Freemasons who launched the Boston Tea Party?

1204
01:57:26,260 --> 01:57:30,260
An event commemorated here, on the ceiling of the Capitol building.

1205
01:57:32,260 --> 01:57:36,260
Nearby is an illustration, which had originally been designed by Benjamin Franklin.

1206
01:57:37,260 --> 01:57:39,260
Franklin himself was a master mason,

1207
01:57:39,260 --> 01:57:42,260
and the head of several lodges in America and Europe.

1208
01:57:43,260 --> 01:57:46,260
In his proposal for the Great Seal of the United States,

1209
01:57:47,260 --> 01:57:51,260
Franklin coined the phrase, Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

1210
01:57:52,260 --> 01:57:57,260
In this illustration, Franklin chose to represent the early colonies in the form of a serpent,

1211
01:57:58,260 --> 01:58:03,260
divided into 13 sections, with the words, Join or Die, in the midst.

1212
01:58:03,260 --> 01:58:11,260
The traditional belief is that all of that was based on the fact that there were originally 13 states in the Union,

1213
01:58:12,260 --> 01:58:15,260
and that the number 13, that's the conventional view,

1214
01:58:16,260 --> 01:58:21,260
is just simply because there were 13 states that the number 13 was emphasized.

1215
01:58:22,260 --> 01:58:26,260
Another 13 is found, about 13 blocks south of the Capitol,

1216
01:58:27,260 --> 01:58:30,260
and the number 13 is found in the middle of the Capitol.

1217
01:58:30,260 --> 01:58:35,260
Another 13 is found, about 13 blocks south of the Masonic House of the Temple.

1218
01:58:36,260 --> 01:58:41,260
The cornerstone of the White House was laid on October 13th, 1792.

1219
01:58:43,260 --> 01:58:47,260
The architect for the White House was an Irishman named James Hoban,

1220
01:58:48,260 --> 01:58:51,260
who took his design from Leinster House in Ireland.

1221
01:58:52,260 --> 01:58:56,260
Since 1922, Leinster House has been headquarters for the Irish Parliament,

1222
01:58:56,260 --> 01:59:01,260
but before that was known as the first Masonic Lodge in Ireland.

1223
01:59:03,260 --> 01:59:08,260
In 1307, the Knights Templar were betrayed in Europe by the Pope and the King of France.

1224
01:59:10,260 --> 01:59:17,260
By now, it is well known that they fled to Scotland for refuge, hiding themselves in Masonic lodges.

1225
01:59:17,260 --> 01:59:21,260
Yet according to 18th century Masonic author Baron Carl von Hunt,

1226
01:59:22,260 --> 01:59:26,260
certain Templar leaders made their way to Ireland before they reorganized

1227
01:59:27,260 --> 01:59:30,260
and formed their well-known power base in Scotland.

1228
01:59:33,260 --> 01:59:38,260
The Knights had a foothold in Ireland since about the 13th century through their banking operations,

1229
01:59:39,260 --> 01:59:44,260
and would have likely gone underground to protect themselves once they were captured.

1230
01:59:44,260 --> 01:59:47,260
What we do know is that centuries passed and in time,

1231
01:59:48,260 --> 01:59:51,260
Leinster House became the birthplace of Irish Freemasonry,

1232
01:59:52,260 --> 01:59:54,260
with obvious connections to the Knights Templar.

1233
01:59:55,260 --> 01:59:59,260
Leinster House was once called Killwinning Lodge No. 75,

1234
02:00:00,260 --> 02:00:03,260
or the High Knights Templar of Ireland.

1235
02:00:05,260 --> 02:00:08,260
James Hoban, the architect for the White House,

1236
02:00:09,260 --> 02:00:13,260
was the first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1237
02:00:14,260 --> 02:00:17,260
The first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1238
02:00:18,260 --> 02:00:21,260
The first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1239
02:00:22,260 --> 02:00:25,260
The first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1240
02:00:26,260 --> 02:00:29,260
The first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1241
02:00:30,260 --> 02:00:33,260
The first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1242
02:00:34,260 --> 02:00:37,260
The first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1243
02:00:38,260 --> 02:00:41,260
The first to be named the first of the Knights Templar in Ireland.

1244
02:00:41,260 --> 02:00:48,260
The year that October 13, 1792 was the 485th anniversary of Black Friday,

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Friday the 13th, when the Knights Templar were overthrown in Europe.

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The numbers 4, 8 and 5 equals 17, for the 17th year of America's independence.

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The first day of Columbus Day

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Meanwhile, the day before, on October 12, 1792,

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was the first celebration of Columbus Day in America,

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and supposedly commemorates how Christopher Columbus sailed for 33 days

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before he made his first landfall in the New World.

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A statue honoring Christopher Columbus is found outside Union Station in Washington, D.C.

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The Columbus monument declares that it was the faith and courage of Christopher Columbus

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that gave to mankind a new world.

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Yet for years, researchers have wondered why American historians

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have given such credit to Columbus when there were others who had reached the New World earlier.

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Columbus in 1492 only got as far as the Caribbean islands.

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Even the ceiling of the state capitol acknowledges the coming of the Vikings.

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Historians argue that Leif Erikson made it to the New World some 500 years before Columbus.

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You do have history, you just don't recognize it.

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Or could it be that the recognition is intended to represent something else?

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After all, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue,

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he did so with sails bearing a red cross on a white background,

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the symbol of the Knights Templar.

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These same ships are found painted on the interior ceiling of the U.S. Capitol.

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When they were arrested, the Templars were accused of devil worship,

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a charge that has been a point of controversy to this day.

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Many, many hundreds of Knights were captured, they were tortured,

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and that makes a lot of their confessions rather suspect.

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However, I think the old saying is, where there's smoke, there's fire.

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And it is interesting that in England, the Templar Knights were not tortured.

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They were interrogated, but they weren't tortured because that was against the law in England.

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And some things do emerge.

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One is that they do seem to have been required as part of their ordeal,

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their initiatic ordeal, if you will, to trample on the cross and spit on the cross.

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Also, they were alleged to have worshipped this god Baphomet,

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which is either described as a three-headed deity or as a skull or as a goat-headed being.

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And those things, I think, were probably true.

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While mysteries abound concerning the relationship of the Templars to masonry,

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the connection was clearly made by Albert Pike.

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In front of the Masonic house of the temple are two 17-ton sphinxes cut from single blocks of stone,

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one representing wisdom with its eyes half closed, as if in contemplation,

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while the other represents power with its eyes wide open.

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These two chief elements are said to represent Plato's ideal balance for the perfected man.

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The man who has wisdom and the man who has power.

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To the Scottish Rite, Albert Pike seems to represent such a man,

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as he is a central focus of the temple itself.

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A bust of Pike is featured at the top of a stone altar in the main hall.

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Next to it are Pike's own words,

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What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,

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What we have done for the world,

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What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,

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What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

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But exactly what immortal works Pike did for others and the world

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remains an issue of constant debate among critics of masonry.

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Albert Pike is a favorite whipping boy of conspiracists.

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Like the Templars who came before him,

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Pike's real beliefs are often questioned,

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and with him the beliefs of masonry.

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Albert Pike was a Luciferian,

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literally Luciferianism is the center core of free masonry.

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Pike's body is buried inside the temple itself,

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with his stained glass memoriam,

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next to a bust of his likeness.

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And they revere him so much that they actually dug him up and buried him,

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buried him in a wall underground.

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And you go to the house of the temple and there's an actual room dedicated to Albert Pike.

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The Albert Pike room is located in the lower level,

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and is filled with Pike's many books,

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a number of portraits and photographs,

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the pipes, memorabilia,

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and even the death mask of the man thought by many

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to be America's most important and notorious free mason.

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In his lifetime, Pike would have seen the completion of the US Capitol

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and the Washington Monument.

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He lived much of his life in Washington DC,

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and devoted himself to the promotion of free masonry.

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Indeed, some have argued that Pike's controversial form of masonry

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was the result of a radical struggle

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that occurred during the years just after the American Revolution.

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But how did this struggle come about,

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and what was its purpose?

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More importantly, could this influence have somehow impacted the design for Washington DC,

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and with it, the ultimate destiny of America?

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The answer to these questions may be found by examining a group

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that today has much to do with Washington DC,

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one that is thought by some to be the most mysterious

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and dangerous secret society in the world.

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General William Huntington Russell

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The Phrygian cap dates back to ancient Rome and was said to be worn by slaves who had obtained their freedom, and as such became a symbol of liberty.

1613
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The chief god worshipped at that time was Mithras, who is seen in many images and sculptures wearing this headpiece.

1614
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Like the gods Baal and the Egyptian Horus, Mithras was a dying god who was later resurrected.

1615
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In the pantheon of pagan gods, Mithras occupies the place of the Masonic Christ.

1616
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The Phrygian cap is also associated with the mythical figure of Ganymede, often portrayed as a handsome young man wearing this cap of liberty.

1617
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Because of his beauty, Ganymede was carried away by Zeus in the form of an eagle and made the cup bearer of the gods.

1618
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In time, Zeus gave him a place in the heavens, where he became the constellation Aquarius.

1619
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Throughout the 20th century, esoteric teachers have taught that mankind is entering into the age of Aquarius, also called the New Age.

1620
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In fact, Freemasonry's premier publication, the Scottish Rite Journal, was once called the New Age Magazine.

1621
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The Phrygian caps are also seen in this image of the ancient Magi, who followed the star at the birth of Christ.

1622
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Freemasonry teaches that this is where the eastern star gets its name.

1623
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The use of that is actually deceptive because if you think about it, the three wise men were in the east.

1624
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They were probably Persian, and they were looking west and saw the star in Bethlehem.

1625
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So what that passage means is, we have seen his star while we were in the east and looking west.

1626
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That only makes sense geographically.

1627
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Nevertheless, esoterics have long believed that the star looked upon by the Magi was in fact Sirius, the blazing star that brings light from the east.

1628
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It is about a much more ancient connection to the Magi, to, you know, we three kings of Orient, our bearing gifts who traveled so far, those Magi are Zoroastrian.

1629
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Yet not everyone accepts that the Magi were originally followers of Zoroaster.

1630
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Many Bible scholars believe the Magi were Persians, who were influenced by the writings of the Old Testament prophet, Daniel, who lived in that region during the time of Nebuchadnezzar the Great.

1631
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One of the titles given to Daniel was Rob Mag, or Chief of the Magi.

1632
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In his writings, Daniel was inspired by an angel who gave him a timeline in which to expect the Christ of Israel.

1633
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Many scholars believe the Magi were in fact following the prophecies of Daniel.

1634
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In contrast, Freemasons believe they were Zoroastrian mystics, guided by the star Sirius, and hence Sirius came to represent the Masonic concept of the Christ.

1635
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This image shows the prophet Zoroaster wearing a Phrygian cap.

1636
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Yet Zoroaster is most often portrayed with a beard, wearing a robe, belted at the waist, with an eastern head garment.

1637
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The name Zoroaster is said to mean, Radiant One, and is a reference to the light that shines above his head, said to be the light of Sirius.

1638
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The dog star Sirius is said to be at least one of the origins of the Masonic pentagram, which leads us by far to the most controversial element in the design for Washington D.C.

1639
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There is a pentagram that is produced by the angles of the streets and avenues to the north of the White House.

1640
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You see the Goat of Mindy's appearing, the ears, the entire Goat of Mindy's, and the inverted five pointed star, which is the Goat of Mindy's, built into the streets of Washington D.C.

1641
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No one could have that happen accidentally.

1642
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There are some sillier things, but not much. No, there are no satanic plans in the street plans of Washington D.C.

1643
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The presence of a pentagram in the street layout of Washington D.C. is said to represent the darkest influence of Masonry in America's capital, and is the driving force behind images such as this one, which suggests that all the other buildings and monuments are of satanic origin.

1644
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As many are aware, the presence of the pentagram is greatly disputed.

1645
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During the Middle Ages, the pentagram was a symbol of good luck and protection when used by those who practiced magic.

1646
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And one of the things they came upon was the idea that if there were such things as demons and spirits, then they should be able to summon them, either just to observe them, to prove that they existed, or to control them to whatever purpose they might want to.

1647
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These people were, I suggest, an early form of experimental scientists, as much as they were magicians. They were just trying to see what would happen.

1648
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And one of the things they decided to do is if they were going to call up a spirit or a demon in a specific place, they'd draw a circle, and then they would put pentagrams at the corners as a warding sign to protect them from whatever danger that demon might pose to them.

1649
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The inverted pentagram is seen as a highly satanic symbol.

1650
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Meanwhile, placing a goat's head in the center of it is most often blamed on 19th century French occultist, Eliphas Levi, who arbitrarily decided to say that the pentagram one point up was a positive good luck, good fortune symbol, and one point down was a negative evil symbol.

1651
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He provided no citations as to where he got that idea from, and there was nothing historically documented prior to him to suggest that anyone ever thought that was the case.

1652
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This is an important issue because Eliphas Levi was arguably the most influential occultist of the 19th and 20th centuries.

1653
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He was probably the most powerful sorcerer of the 19th century.

1654
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His writings inspired every major occult leader, including Madame H.P. Blavatsky, Alester Crowley, Manly P. Hall, and Albert Pike.

1655
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Yes indeed, Pike does quote Levi in his writings.

1656
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Levi's concept of the pentagram was most likely the influence of the 15th century German alchemist Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.

1657
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Agrippa is a well-known figure in occult circles, and is even mentioned in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, as well as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

1658
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Agrippa published his books on occult philosophy around 1509. Today his collection is called the Foundation Book of Western Occultism.

1659
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In this book, he features an inverted pentagram, and calls it the Pentagram of Pythagoras.

1660
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According to Pythagoras, the inverted pentagram symbolized the five chambers of Tartarus, one of the Greek words for hell.

1661
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But the Pythagoreans believed descending into this underworld led one to a path of higher wisdom,

1662
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hence the symbolism of Dante's Inferno, in which Dante descends into hell so that he can later enter into paradise.

1663
02:33:46,260 --> 02:33:54,260
The Pythagoreans also believed that from this five-chambered Tartarus came the world's demon, or evil spirit.

1664
02:33:55,260 --> 02:34:01,260
The German-based Illuminati, with their Pythagorean passion, would have certainly been familiar with this belief,

1665
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as would the rest of the revolutionary occultists in France, who could very well have influenced Pierre L'Enfant and Thomas Jefferson.

1666
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First, we must address the main issue raised by every researcher. Is there really a pentagram in the street layout of the city?

1667
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One segment of the pentagram is missing.

1668
02:34:31,260 --> 02:34:39,260
I started to look carefully at the maps and draw my lines, and then I find out that, hey, it's not a real five-pointed star, it doesn't have legs.

1669
02:34:40,260 --> 02:34:46,260
And you can draw a pentagram over some of the major streets, but the streets don't actually connect to form a pentagram.

1670
02:34:47,260 --> 02:34:52,260
There's absolutely no doubt that a partial pentagram appears in the street designs of Washington.

1671
02:34:52,260 --> 02:34:56,260
You can look at a satellite photo of Washington, D.C., and see the pentagram.

1672
02:34:57,260 --> 02:35:01,260
It seems to be symmetric around 16th Street, which is the street that runs into the White House.

1673
02:35:02,260 --> 02:35:11,260
If you look at the earliest published maps of the District of Columbia, the design that was laid out by Pierre L'Enfant, you can see this partial pentagram.

1674
02:35:12,260 --> 02:35:18,260
But it is just that. A partial pentagram, Rhode Island Avenue, does not connect all the way through to Connecticut.

1675
02:35:18,260 --> 02:35:30,260
I've always wondered to myself, if we Masons are so all-fired, powerful, that we can have this satanic device put in the streets, how come we weren't smart enough or powerful enough to have it completed?

1676
02:35:31,260 --> 02:35:37,260
But as I understand the use of the pentagram, it's the fact that it is a complete symbol that gives it power and force.

1677
02:35:38,260 --> 02:35:42,260
I've never heard of anything being associated with an uncompleted pentagram.

1678
02:35:43,260 --> 02:35:52,260
Dr. Morris's assertion might seem complete, except for the fact that the unfinished or broken pentagram is a well-known symbol in the occult.

1679
02:35:53,260 --> 02:36:00,260
Manley P. Hall writes of the uses of the pentagram in his book, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.

1680
02:36:01,260 --> 02:36:04,260
He says, The pentagram is used extensively in black magic.

1681
02:36:05,260 --> 02:36:10,260
The star may be broken at one point by not permitting the converging lines to touch.

1682
02:36:10,260 --> 02:36:14,260
It may be inverted by having one point down and two up.

1683
02:36:15,260 --> 02:36:22,260
When used in black magic, the pentagram is called the sign of the cloven hoof, or the footprint of the devil.

1684
02:36:24,260 --> 02:36:28,260
Of course Hall wrote these things in the early part of the 20th century.

1685
02:36:29,260 --> 02:36:34,260
But is there a record of a partial pentagram found during the Revolutionary era?

1686
02:36:35,260 --> 02:36:45,260
The answer is yes. In fact, it is a record that shows up during the same time that the street design for Washington, D.C. was being laid out by Pierre Lanfont.

1687
02:36:46,260 --> 02:36:50,260
And is mentioned in the play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

1688
02:36:51,260 --> 02:37:03,260
Goethe published the first edition of Faust in 1790, in which he mentions a partial pentagram in the dialogue between Faust and Mephistopheles, the devil whom he has conjured.

1689
02:37:04,260 --> 02:37:11,260
Mephistopheles says, Let me go up, I cannot go away, a little hindrance bids me stay.

1690
02:37:12,260 --> 02:37:21,260
To which Faust replies, The pentagram? That's in your way? You son of hell, explain to me, if that stays you, how came you in today?

1691
02:37:22,260 --> 02:37:34,260
To which Mephistopheles says, Observe it closely, it is not well made, one angle on the outer side of it is just a little open, as you see.

1692
02:37:36,260 --> 02:37:50,260
While Goethe published his first edition of Faust in 1790, it was between 1791 and 1792 that Pierre Lanfont drew up the initial street design for Washington, D.C.

1693
02:37:51,260 --> 02:38:05,260
This might all be seen as a mere coincidence, if not for the fact that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was not only a master mason, but also a famous member of the Bavarian Illuminati.

1694
02:38:05,260 --> 02:38:18,260
The Builder Magazine, a masonic publication, in September 1923, said of Goethe that,

1695
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After he became a member, in 1780, he accomplished no great work, which did not ring in masonic accord. He completed nothing which did not lead back to a masonic origin.

1696
02:38:38,260 --> 02:38:52,260
Meanwhile, masonic author Michael Bajant writes that Goethe not only depicted a Faust figure, he was himself a Faust figure, an adjunct of his own personal Hermetic quest.

1697
02:38:52,260 --> 02:39:08,260
But could Goethe's ideas of Hermetic philosophy have influenced the design for Washington, D.C.? And how might an unfinished pentagram reflect the Hermetic principle of as above, so below?

1698
02:39:08,260 --> 02:39:16,260
Which brings us to what may be the most logical explanation for the unfinished pentagram in Washington, D.C.

1699
02:39:16,260 --> 02:39:26,260
And one that seems to fit perfectly with the rest of the design for the city, a city which David Ovesen calls a city of the stars.

1700
02:39:26,260 --> 02:39:49,260
I have seen it suggested that the unfinished nature of the pentagram in Washington, D.C. bears a resemblance to the unfinished pentagram design that is seen in the motion of Venus.

1701
02:39:49,260 --> 02:40:07,260
Of course, Venus has a lot of retrograde motion because it is between us and the sun. And in relation to the other stars, Venus, of course, moves around a lot, but it, in effect, draws against the backdrop a nearly complete pentagram.

1702
02:40:07,260 --> 02:40:20,260
The cycles of Venus rotating around the sun happen over an eight-year period, during which Venus hits five points in the heavens, which form the outline of a pentagram.

1703
02:40:20,260 --> 02:40:34,260
The female aspect of Venus is the celestial virgin, which David Ovesen argues was the chief inspiration for aligning Washington, D.C. with the stars.

1704
02:40:34,260 --> 02:40:46,260
It would support his theory that there was an intentional astronomical relationship in the layout of the city.

1705
02:40:46,260 --> 02:41:03,260
In fact, Ovesen mentions this motion of Venus relating it to the five-petaled flower, many of which appear throughout Washington, D.C., which represent the path of Venus as shown in this drawing from a well-known book on astronomy from the 18th century.

1706
02:41:03,260 --> 02:41:14,260
Now, what about the broken pentagram? Most astrologers plot the eight-year course of Venus in relation to the zodiac, and their diagrams look like this.

1707
02:41:14,260 --> 02:41:26,260
But according to theosophic author David Pratt, this is not entirely correct. He says that while Venus produces a five-pointed star, or pentagram, there is a slight irregularity.

1708
02:41:26,260 --> 02:41:39,260
For the pentagram is not completely closed, there being a difference of two days at the top, which could mean that the broken pentagram of Venus might look something like this.

1709
02:41:39,260 --> 02:42:02,260
But which conclusion seems most plausible? Is the pentagram merely an accident, or does it represent some arcane magical ceremony?

1710
02:42:02,260 --> 02:42:09,260
Or is it simply a reflection of Venus, according to the Hermetic principle, as above, so below?

1711
02:42:09,260 --> 02:42:15,260
With symbols, there are always multiple levels, up to seven different levels of interpretation.

1712
02:42:15,260 --> 02:42:29,260
One interpretation of the pentagram is given by the Thelemic order of the Golden Dawn, which says that the pentagram is itself a perfect geometric symbol of the perfected man.

1713
02:42:29,260 --> 02:42:33,260
Meanwhile, Eliphis Levi writes that,

1714
02:42:33,260 --> 02:42:41,260
The angels aspire to become men, for the perfect man, the man-god, is above even angels.

1715
02:42:41,260 --> 02:42:46,260
Which brings us to the National Archives building in Washington, D.C.

1716
02:42:46,260 --> 02:42:51,260
The building itself is surrounded by 72 massive columns.

1717
02:42:51,260 --> 02:42:57,260
The number 72 is said to represent the most arcane figure in numerology.

1718
02:42:57,260 --> 02:43:03,260
The reasons for this vary. The heart of man beats 72 times per minute.

1719
02:43:03,260 --> 02:43:08,260
The sun drops back against the zodiac every 72 years.

1720
02:43:08,260 --> 02:43:13,260
The pyramid on the dollar bill was designed with 72 stones.

1721
02:43:13,260 --> 02:43:18,260
7 plus 2 equals 9, which in the occult is the number of finality.

1722
02:43:18,260 --> 02:43:25,260
And 9 is considered a reverse 6, which is said to be the number of the perfect man.

1723
02:43:25,260 --> 02:43:39,260
And so it seems no accident that we should find six stars above the head of a figure sitting on a throne, overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue, the hypotenuse of Federal Triangle.

1724
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Beneath him on either side are the figures of a male and a female, with himself in between.

1725
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Manley Hall wrote about America's assignment with Destiny, while FDR spoke of her rendezvous with Destiny.

1726
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Is it any wonder then that according to the National Archives, the figure on a throne overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue is named Destiny?

1727
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Could this be a picture of the Masonic Christ? And how might he differ from the Christ of the Bible?

1728
02:44:31,260 --> 02:44:36,260
But even now the face of Christ is changing in the world.

1729
02:44:36,260 --> 02:44:46,260
In New York, at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, we find a mysterious image hovering above the altar, where a traditional crucifix would be.

1730
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There are no nails in his hands, and no crown of thorns upon his head.

1731
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Instead, we find a robed figure, belted at the waist, with a Zoroastrian looking cap upon his head, rays of light shining behind him.

1732
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Could this be the Christ of the New Age?

1733
02:45:08,260 --> 02:45:14,260
But even now there are those who believe such a figure is about to take his place on the world stage.

1734
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In 1982, an English painter named Benjamin Creme took out full page ads in newspapers around the world, declaring the Christ of the New Age.

1735
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For more than 20 years now, Creme has traveled the world, telling all nations that the Christ, whom he calls Maitreya, is about to appear.

1736
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Maitreya is standing by, ready to come into the world at any moment.

1737
02:45:46,260 --> 02:45:55,260
We caught up with Mr. Creme in August of 2006, as he had just come from speaking to an independent group at the United Nations.

1738
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He had this to say to America.

1739
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It's the duty of the American people to respond to Maitreya and to accept their destiny.

1740
02:46:05,260 --> 02:46:14,260
It was on May 14th, 1982, that Creme held a press conference to announce that the Christ, Maitreya, was ready to emerge.

1741
02:46:14,260 --> 02:46:21,260
May 14th, 1982, the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations, was convened.

1742
02:46:21,260 --> 02:46:51,260
It was on May 14th, 1982, that the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations General Assembly of the

1743
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Meanwhile, Krem says the solution is the Universal Christ, which he claims is awaited by all religions.

1744
02:46:59,260 --> 02:47:09,260
2600 years ago, Gautama Buddha made a prophecy. It's in one of the sutras.

1745
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At this time would come into the world another great teacher, a Buddha like himself by name Maitreya, who by dint of his extraordinary spiritual stature would galvanize and inspire humanity to create a brilliant golden civilization based as he put it on righteousness and truth.

1746
02:47:39,260 --> 02:48:03,260
Maitreya is the name of Maitreya Buddha. All the religions are awaiting him. The Muslims are awaiting a teacher, a prophet they call the Imam Mahdi. The Hindus are awaiting the return of Krishna or Kalki Apoortha. Buddhists are awaiting Maitreya Buddha.

1747
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He is in fact the world teacher for this age, the age of greatness, which is beginning now.

1748
02:48:11,260 --> 02:48:17,260
But how have Krem's teachings been received by Christians who are awaiting the return of Jesus Christ?

1749
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Jesus Christ teaches very clearly. I said I'm the way, the truth and life. No one comes to the Father but through me. If we want to try to bring everything together and say hey we all worship the same God, well then we're going to find ourselves offending the one true God.

1750
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Many of them believe that what I'm talking about is what they call the Antichrist. Some even think I'm the Antichrist. Many of them think if I'm not the Antichrist then I'm the leg man for the Antichrist.

1751
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Krem is very significant to the New Age movement because he's kind of like the John the Baptist of the New Age movement. He even as John the Baptist was the voice crying in the wilderness that the Messiah had come, that Jesus first coming, Krem believes that he's the one who's heralding his second coming.

1752
02:48:59,260 --> 02:49:08,260
However it's a New Age crisis, not the Jesus Christ of the Bible, and he comes in a way that the New Age Christ or the Antichrist is portrayed to come, not the way Jesus Christ is coming.

1753
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You don't know what the Antichrist is. The Antichrist is not a man. It's an energy. It's an energy, destructive energy, deliberately released to break down the old order. It's in Revelations of St. John.

1754
02:49:23,260 --> 02:49:42,260
The Beast 666, the number of a man, is the Antichrist, Nero. The Emperor Nero, it was released through the Emperor Nero to bring about the dissolution of the Roman dispensation to prepare the way for Christendom.

1755
02:49:42,260 --> 02:49:49,260
Oddly enough, Krem's teaching is very similar to a doctrine taught in the Christian community called Preterism.

1756
02:49:49,260 --> 02:49:52,260
Preterism comes from a Latin word that means past.

1757
02:49:52,260 --> 02:50:01,260
In a nutshell, Preterism teaches that the prophecies from the Book of Revelation were fulfilled by 70 A.D., a teaching many Christians reject.

1758
02:50:01,260 --> 02:50:06,260
It's really a recipe for apostasy to set up the church for the Antichrist.

1759
02:50:06,260 --> 02:50:13,260
While many prophecy teachers warn that the coming of an Antichrist is imminent, Benjamin Krem strongly disagrees.

1760
02:50:13,260 --> 02:50:23,260
It has been, it has gone, it's done its destructive work and made possible for the Christ himself to return to the world.

1761
02:50:23,260 --> 02:50:30,260
Could Benjamin Krem be right? Were all the prophecies concerning the Antichrist fulfilled in the past?

1762
02:50:30,260 --> 02:50:36,260
And does the world now stand ready to receive the Masonic Christ of the new Aquarian Age?

1763
02:50:37,260 --> 02:50:47,260
And what can this mean for America? Even now, some believe that America's true destiny is to establish the Kingdom of God on Earth.

1764
02:50:47,260 --> 02:50:49,260
Could they be right?

1765
02:50:49,260 --> 02:50:55,260
Is this the key to understanding the secret architecture of Washington, D.C.?

1766
02:50:55,260 --> 02:51:05,260
My trailer himself spoke to me.

1767
02:51:05,260 --> 02:51:13,260
He said, I myself am coming sooner than anyone thinks possible.

1768
02:51:13,260 --> 02:51:18,260
And he will face humanity with a choice.

1769
02:51:19,260 --> 02:51:27,260
Create justice in the world and build the most brilliant civilization this Earth has ever seen.

1770
02:51:27,260 --> 02:51:32,260
Or perish utterly.

1771
02:51:32,260 --> 02:51:34,260
That's the choice.

1772
02:51:48,260 --> 02:51:52,260
The world is yours.

1773
02:51:52,260 --> 02:51:56,260
The world is yours.

1774
02:51:56,260 --> 02:52:01,260
The world is yours.

1775
02:52:01,260 --> 02:52:05,260
The world is yours.

1776
02:52:05,260 --> 02:52:10,260
The world is yours.

1777
02:52:10,260 --> 02:52:14,260
The world is yours.

1778
02:52:14,260 --> 02:52:18,260
The world is yours.

1779
02:52:18,260 --> 02:52:22,260
The world is yours.

1780
02:52:22,260 --> 02:52:26,260
The world is yours.

1781
02:52:26,260 --> 02:52:30,260
The world is yours.

1782
02:52:30,260 --> 02:52:35,260
The world is yours.

1783
02:52:35,260 --> 02:52:39,260
The world is yours.

1784
02:52:40,260 --> 02:52:44,260
The world is yours.

1785
02:52:44,260 --> 02:52:48,260
The world is yours.

1786
02:53:09,260 --> 02:53:12,260
The world is yours.

1787
02:53:39,260 --> 02:53:42,260
The world is yours.

1788
02:53:42,260 --> 02:53:45,260
The world is yours.

1789
02:53:45,260 --> 02:53:48,260
The world is yours.

1790
02:53:48,260 --> 02:53:51,260
The world is yours.

1791
02:53:51,260 --> 02:53:54,260
The world is yours.

1792
02:53:54,260 --> 02:53:57,260
The world is yours.

1793
02:53:57,260 --> 02:54:00,260
The world is yours.

1794
02:54:00,260 --> 02:54:03,260
The world is yours.

1795
02:54:03,260 --> 02:54:06,260
The world is yours.

1796
02:54:06,260 --> 02:54:09,260
The world is yours.

1797
02:54:36,260 --> 02:54:38,260
Thank you.