Hey,
I was just wondering why Freemasons are considered "evil" in Nigeria? or any other fraternity for that matter? By Fraternity I dont mean the gangs AKA "Cults" that populate Nigerian universities.

The people are amazed at their knowledge,they think it's supernatural,meanwhile it is just common sense which they equally have but not using.

I have never seen a lacking freemason in nigeria,my dad was,i know them,name the big discipline  boys,men with knowledge, morals and humane characters.Enlightenment.

Seek ye shall find.

redsun:

The people are amazed at their knowledge,they think it's supernatural,meanwhile it is just common sense which they equally have but not using.

I have never seen a lacking freemason in nigeria,my dad was,i know them,name the big discipline boys,men with knowledge, morals and humane characters.Enlightenment.

Seek ye shall find.

When I was younger, I used to hear the Pastors when they were praying, bring up freemasons, the grail message and so on to be "rebuked". I read into the Freemason history though and I see that they are more or less a fraternity of brothers with different religious backgrounds and of course like all secret societies have their different rituals. I mean I fail to see adequate grounds for prayer against them ya know? Even though right now I'm more of an agnostic, Id like to look into them when I complete uni. Ive also seen Opus Dei and the Knights of Columbus prayed against WTF? These are catholic fraternities.

Hello JayFK, was just passing by and read your post. Have you examined the Grail Message? I did examine the work and I know it has nothing to do we religions or sects. So I am wondering why you hinted on it under a thread referring to Freeemansonry.

Best wishes

redsun:

I have never seen a lacking freemason in nigeria,my dad was,i know them,name the big discipline  boys,men with knowledge, morals and humane characters.Enlightenment.

In nigeria perhaps, but throughout history there have been poor freemasons. Check out Mozart's letters. Mozart was a freemason and a great number of his letters were appeals to his fellow masons to yet again lend him more money.
I've also being to an open dinner of a masonic lodge. My school was masonic and there was a letter to the old boys inviting them to an open dinner of the Lodge. I went and met some people. I stayed in touch with one man in particular. I've seen this man go through all sorts of financial situations. I also happen to know that in london most black cab drivers and a hell of a lot of policemen are freemasons. These people are not particularly rich.

freemasons are very rich people,just like any organisation/fraternity or what have you,there are levels and you are only multiplied by what you bring into it,if for instance you came in with nothing,then more often than not you will prolly end up being modestly rich at best and if u came in being comfortable or on the verge of a contract or in need of specific networks then u ll hit it big,the whole idea behind the free masons and other frats is the networks and connections,if im building a house and a member of my lodge is a builder,ill consider him for the contract first thereby enriching each other simple,
the free masons might have started in the western world but it was brought to nigeria by the colonialists and the first recruits were mainly the leaders nigeria was handed over to at independence,its however prevalent mostly in the south west.

and in order to give an african face to it,they changed the name to ogboni confraternity and the headquarters is in either st pauls or st peters church(not sure which)on lagos island,the main heard of it consist of wealthy and connected ppl in the society example awolowo,doyin okupe off the top of my head, amongst several eminent nigerians including mostly judges and a lot of lawyers especially the old guard

lucabrasi:

and in order to give an african face to it,they changed the name to ogboni confraternity and the headquarters is in either st pauls or st peters church(not sure which)on lagos island,the main heard of it consist of wealthy and connected people in the society example awolowo,doyin okupe off the top of my head, amongst several eminent nigerians including mostly judges and a lot of lawyers especially the old guard

Where did you get this information from?? as far as i know the Ogboni confraternity is ancient yoruba society of egba extraction. it has nothing to do with the free masons or the colionialist.

its true and i got it from a book in my dads library in naij,the book is the origin of the yorubas and veered off into the ogboni frat and its inception and where the influence came from,.

e.g ijebu was originally a place where slaves were kept to be fed to the river godess,and in these days the oba when going into the inner sanctum for the annual ceremony he has to step on the blood of a male,so a male slave was slaughtered and the blood spilled on the ground for him to step over and when coming out the blood of a female slave e.t.c the name is pronounced ije-ibu meaning food for the ocean according to the book, my explanations might not be constructive but its been a while i read the book but it was quite detailed and it

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Abeg someone whos dad is a mason should come and explain more abeg. how come they are all stacking figures, and die weird deaths?? _{those i know sha}

i dont know about the free masons but the ogboni frat who die weird deaths are mainly the spiritual side who are into the fetish and diabolical side,the reformed ogboni frat is according to them a kinda socio cultural cum african frat with a christian/anglican grounding and most of the stuffs they do are mainly ceremonial,however my guess is that most of the reformed side will have ties to the spiritual side albeit on the dl,

The Freemason Society has an otward appearance of philanthropy,community service,help to their fellow brothers , godliness, fanciful regalia etc.But as one ascends the hierarchy,God is replaced by The Great Architect of the Universe(GAOTU) who in reality inone other than Lucifer.The higher adepts know this,but the 'jjc's' don't.Google Manly P.Hall and Alaistar Crowley for more in formation.

Freemasonry is an evil secret society as far as I am concerned. I advise people not to join their lodges. After all there are many good open societies you can join which share some or all the same objectives

Ahoy,

guess you doing well my bro.read what u said abt the freemasonry.i really dey intresting to know more about them.if ur father is one of them .i will like to get his contact may be he can introduce me in.
thnx

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With due respect to those their dads were freemasons and those praising them to high heavens for enlightment and all manner of things, FREE MASON IS A SECRET OCCULTIC SOCIETY. It is one of the few groups in the world that both Christians, Muslims and Jews forbid their members from joining. A Catholic that openly join the masons is automatically excommuicated. Masons don't mention God by name, they refer to God as a supreme being. Ironically, modern reseach has proved that the masons worship satan as their supreme being! The 14th level master mason is believed to have seen devil face to face! Their membership book is called craft, short for witchcraft!
are they rich? what's the big deal of their so-called money? Are the richer than the Arab Princes in Dubai or Saudi or true Jews In Isreal OR Christ believers in USA?

Ahoy,

guess you doing well my bro.read what u said abt the freemasonry.i really dey intresting to know more about them.if ur father is one of them .i will like to get his contact may be he can introduce me in.
thnx

Well, quite frankly, putting aside religious sentiments and biases (which some will find quite difficult if not impossible to do) what really is it that makes you that labels freemasonry with such tags as "occultic", "cult", "evil" "demonic", "satanic", , bla bla bla? Can you adduce positive prove to back up your assertions or are you just trying to sound knowledgeable by blindly quoting others or just making blanket statements? Really, it is common knowledge that man naturally (and especially here in Africa), fears that which he cannot understand and except you personally set out in search of truth and knowledge, you'll continue to wallow in ignorance.

Thus said, I would like to categorically say that freemasonry is NOT in anyway evil, sinister or demonic or whatever you choose to tag it. Most people think of it and see it thus, basically because they don't understand it and do not try to look at it with some measure of objectivity. Though not yet one, I will someday and sometime soon become a mason and I will be proud of that fact.

To those who make claims about Freemasonry being Satanic or evil:
This is a fallacy handed down by the churches. Freemasonry promotes the right of every man to believe in his own god - be that god Christian, Islamic, Judaic or whatever. The churches don't like that. They think every man should worship their god and despise any group which promotes freedom of worship.

Look at the vast majority of Islamic countries and you will see that Freemasonry is banned. The authorities simply don't want people to think for themselves. Take a look at any dictatorship and you will see that the same thing occurs. Freemasonry only survives in countries where people are allowed to think for themselves.

FREE MASON IS A SECRET OCCULTIC SOCIETY. It is one of the few groups in the world that both Christians, Muslims and Jews forbid their members from joining. A Catholic that openly join the masons is automatically excommuicated. Masons don't mention God by name, they refer to God as a supreme being.

Freemasonry is neither secret nor occultic in the sense of the word that you have used it (I doubt if you know what occultic actually means though). Chirstians, Jews and Muslims are not forbidden from joining unless they live in a despotic country. The excommunication thing does not happen any more but is a throw-back to the days when the Catholic Church was the tyrannical dictator of peoples' lives. God is referred to as a Supreme Being because a Lodge may be made up of many faiths. There is no point calling him Allah when there are Christians present is there? By calling Him the Supreme Being, everyone understands that he is the god of their faith.

The 14th level master mason is believed to have seen devil face to face!

There is no such thing as a 14th level master mason. All master masons are holders of the 3rd degree.

freemasons are very rich people,just like any organisation/fraternity or what have you,there are levels and you are only multiplied by what you bring into it,if for instance you came in with nothing,then more often than not you will prolly end up being modestly rich at best

Simply not true. Freemasons come from all walks of life - from street sweepers to royal princes, from captains of industry to lavatory attendants. No freemason makes money from the fraternity. If he did so, he would be thrown out. To the contrary, Freemasonry costs the member money - he will pay fees to his Lodge and he will pay monies to charities - Freemasonry being one of the largest donators to charity in the world.

I also happen to know that in london most black cab drivers and a hell of a lot of policemen are freemasons.

I don't know about cab-drivers (although that wouldn't suprise me), but in London the vast majority of police officers are not freemasons. Something like less than 5% of the judiciary are members. That's a lower figure than for almost any other profession. The fallacy that most police officers are freemasons is spread by those who want it to be seen as some sort of organisation working secretly for the authorities.

Google Manly P.Hall and Alaistar Crowley for more in formation.

Manley Hall wrote his works before becoming a freemason so can hardly be considered an authority on the subject. Alistair "The Great Beast" Crowley never was a freemason. He tried to join but was refused entrance.

they changed the name to ogboni confraternity and the headquarters is in either st pauls or st peters

Ogboni confraternity has nothing to do with Freemasonry. What you may find though (and this happens a lot) is that other fraternities take Freemasonry ritual and adapt it for themselves. There are hundreds of fraternities out there that style themselves as either masonic or psuedo-masonic but have absolutely nothing to do with recognised Freemasonry.

Anything in Nigeria that is not "Christianly" or "Islamic" is grossly frowned upon.

Well I have to agree with the last few posts on this topic.There isn't anything Devilish or Satanic about Freemasonry.Its a known fact that people fear what they don't know.The Church and other forms of organized religion isn't helping matters too.I know most of them lie about Freemasonry.Most don't even know what the Fraternity is all about yet they repeat all the crap they hear without even analyzing what the heard or read.

Bastage summed it all up nicely.There is nothing evil about masonry.I know because I am one and proud of it.Ignorance is the greatest setback we as Africans face.

I read with utmost dismay the publication in Newswatch magazine of November 24, 2008 on the interview granted Mr. Chukka Ifejika and also the write up on Freemasons. I knew the picture with which he painted this Society was wrong and since then, I had been working on it till now of which I have decided to let the general public through this medium actually see the true face of Freemasonry and if I may still say, just the way it is and also the Catholic church’s position on it since Mr. Ifejika also claimed to be a Catholic though in my own view a member of the Vatican II catholic church since they, the masons and communist have taken over that one. I will prove that in my next write up with newswatch but still urge all to visit this site - www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com and see that there is a great distinction between the true Catholic Church and the Vatican II church claiming to be Catholic and judge for themselves.
He explained that “Freemasonry is a system of morality defined and explained through allegories by both words and signs hence it’s neither a religion nor a secret society and has nothing to do with the Devil because it does not admit agnostic or those who do not believe in God and that they tend to make a bad man a good man and a good man a better man” while claiming at the same time to be cathedral builders.
The fact is that Freemasonry has another purpose which is completely unknown to much of the general public and many of the masons.
Manly P. Hall, a 33rd degree mason in his book, “The Lost Key of The Freemasonry” said “Freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity, an outer organization concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect.” (NOTE: The Lost Key of Freemasonry by Manly P Hall is highly recommended in the leading list of what to buy for Masonic relatives)
It is important for the general public to know that in Freemasonry, deception is practiced in all ways particularly for the initiates of the first three degrees which are Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. All these are of the blue lodge. The blue lodges are those in which the first 3 degrees are conferred in freemasonry. Here, the initiate is told that nothing he is about to do is going to conflict with his religious belief. He is led phase by phase with a series of blood oat and never to reveal the secrets of freemasonry. And we all know that blood oats are used for diabolical and secret organizations.
In the 1st degree, “Apprentice” he swears with his hands on the bible. “I (name) in the presence of Almighty God, most solemnly promise and swear that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the arts, parts of points of the hidden mysteries of Freemasonry……binding myself under the penalty than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea (Duncan’s Ritual of Freemasonry pgs 34-35)
In the 2nd degree, “Fellow Craft”, he swears on the bible, in the presence of Almighty God, “Under the penalty than of having my breast open… and my heart and lungs thrown over my left shoulder…. So help me God”.
In the 3rd degree of “Master Mason”, he swears “under the penalty than that of having my body severed in two, my bowels taken from thence and burn to ashes… so help me God.
The first three degrees ware blue aprons which is the official color of Freemasonry and the only proper form to address the master of the lodge is “worshipful master”. Here, the initiates are purposely deceived in believing they know everything, while they don’t know anything about the true masonry.
In the words of Albert Pike in his book “Morals and Dogma” “The first three degrees are but the outer court of the temple. Part of the symbols are displaced there to the initiate but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine he understands them…, it is well enough for the mass of those called masons to imagine that all is contained in the blue degrees” (Morals and Dogma Pg 819). NOTE: Albert Pike is probably the most famous freemasons of all times. He was a mason who simultaneously accepted three different positions. He was the head of Washington DC Masonry; He was the head of American Masonry and was also the head of World Masonry. Albert Pike wrote the book Morals and Dogma published in 1871 and it is used in all Scottish rite initiations to explain the crafts philosophy. It has been called the most important book of freemasonry and also the bible of freemasonry. It is given to every 4th degree mason and it is also recommended in every issue of the Scottish rite journal. They are encouraged each month to read the book.
Now when a mason completes his first three degree, he becomes a Master Mason in the blue lodge. If he wishes, he then stops freemasonry or can continue with the York rite or Scottish rite. The York rite has an additional ten degrees. If he completes those extra ten degrees, he can become and call himself a Knights Templer Mason.
If he goes up with the Scottish rite, there is usually another 33 degrees and basically once he completes the blue degrees, he can buy the 4th to the 32nd degrees of the Scottish rite if he has enough money. However, in many of the individual degrees,4th, 5th, 6th, 7th etc, the whole initiation and the things that are said there are not known and fully undergone by all the masons even those in the 32nd degrees because it obviously takes a lot of time. But many masons do know the things that are said in the first three degrees of which we have already spoken of and the ones we’ll do now. The book “Duncan’s Ritual of Freemasonry” gives a word for word transcript of the first three degrees of the Masonic lodge of the blue lodge.
In the 1st degree, the initiate is asked the following questions: What do you desire? In the 1st degree, he answers “light”. In the 2nd degree, he answers “more light” and in the 3rd degree, he answers “further light”.
Albert Pike of whom we’ve already spoken of wrote in his book Morals and Dogma that “the mason is familiar with the doctrine that the Supreme Being is a centre of light.” Now what is this light that the mason is talking about? The answer can be found on page 321 of Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike which says “Lucifer the light bearer, Lucifer the son of the morning. Is it He who bears the light? Doubt it not!” and on page 324 of the same Morals and Dogma, he repeats the following: “A Devil, the fallen Lucifer or light bearer”. He identifies Lucifer as being the Devil and of course St. Paul says in Holy Scripture “And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an Angel of Light”. (2 Corinthians 11:14) The New Age also believes the same thing as the masons.
David Spangler, a leading New Ager wrote: “The light comes from Lucifer, he is the light bearer”. Many people and even masons themselves say Freemasonry is not a religion. It is without any doubt a religion – a naturalistic religion…. And still more, masonry teaches in the higher degrees that “it alone is the only one true religion of all mankind”, aiming to unite all religions of the world and will eventually unit the world in brotherhood, the same aim with that of the New Age movement…… “a new world order”.
Albert Pike on page 213 of his book Morals and Dogma wrote “Every Masonic lodge is a temple of Religion, and its teachings are instructions in Religion.” On July 14, 1889, Albert Pike issued Formal written instructions to the 23 supreme councils of the world: “To you Sovereign Grand Inspector Generals, we say this that you may repeat it to the brethren of 32nd, 31st and 30th degree. The Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian Doctrine. Yes, Lucifer is God, and the true and pure religion is the belief in Lucifer.
To further show that majority of the leaders of freemasonry believe that Lucifer is the light bearer, Manly P. Hull in his book “The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry” on page 48 said: “when a mason learns the key is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft, the seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands”.
Now, we can see that freemasons are not only worshipers of Lucifer but also antichrist to a certain extent that if a worshipful master of the Masonic lodge allows prayers to be made in Jesus’ name, his lodge can be closed and its charter revoked by the grand lodge of his state. The deception for the 1st three degrees is such that though they swear in the presence of almighty God while taking their oat during the initiation, but then the “God” of the first three degree is a “deistic” in the sense that he is a creator but cannot be known……. And this is why Albert Pike claims on Page 516 of Morals and Dogmas that “all specific conceptions of God are idolatrous except masonry’s”. For the 1st three degrees, the only approaching “acting God” is the worshipful master. Hence, a mason may believe in only one God, but freemasonry welcomes all masons Gods in the same Pantheon, as far as allegiance in the lodge is to the worshipful master, and any other God cannot even be mentioned just as we have proved earlier and above in their own statements.
Beloved reader, it is also worthy to know that freemasonry does have a definite link with witch craft.
An interview was carried out at different times and places with former masons and those who had involved themselves in witchcraft, all in America and Canada. Here is an interesting parallel on what they said when interviewed.
In blue lodge masonry, you have to be recommended by another mason. In witchcraft, you have to be screened and recommended by someone currently in witchcraft.
In blue lodge masonry, you are blindfolded and bound by a rope. In witchcraft, you are blindfolded, bound by a rope and lead to the edge of the magic circle.
In blue lodge masonry, a sharp object is put to your left breast; you take a blood oat not to reveal any of the secrets of the lodge. In witchcraft, a sword is put to your left breast and you take a blood oat not to reveal the secrets of witchcraft.
In blue lodge masonry, during the ritual, the blindfold is taken off the candidate and they tell you that you were in darkness and you are coming into light. In witchcraft, during the ritual, the candidate is challenged by someone at the edge of the magic circle who says: “who goes there?” And the answer is “one from the world of darkness”.
In blue lodge masonry, the masons end their prayers with “so mote it be” In witchcraft, they end their prayers with “so mote it be”.
The masons of the 1st three degrees participate in rituals with occult significance, whose symbolism is undisclosed to them. Masonry does links cults and religions from all ages of which spiritism and Satanism are not left out. Albert Pike is a highly regarded mason and Satanist. Hermes, the founder of Alchemy, Waite, another leading mason all practiced occultism and Satanism. Many of the rites of the craft are taking from the occult but hiding its significance to the first three degrees.
We’ll now look at the York rite of freemasonry. In the York rite, they claim that only Christians can join the York rite. We’ll take a look particularly at the holy Royal arch degree of the York rite.
According to another famous mason of the York rite, in the opening and closing of every chapter of a meeting, the high priest ask another Royal arch mason the question: “Are you a Royal Arch Mason?” and the other mason responds “I AM THAT I AM”. We know for sure that this refers to the time when Moses encountered God and God identified Himself as I AM THAT I AM and God says this is my name forever because in St. Johns Gospel too, he says I AM when he was answering the Jews regarding the question they asked him. (John 8:58)
In masonry, they say that the name of God has been lost and at a later degree of the royal arch degree, the 7th degree, they say that name that was lost is now found. The men form an arch with their arms and now say “God’s name is Jahbulah” which is the joining of Jehovah with the pagan gods Bel and Osias and they call it the grand magnificent word.
Now, back to the Scottish rite and we’ll start with the 17th degree. In this 17th degree, having completed the initiation after reviewing the password Jahbulah, and the sacred word “Abadon”, the senior one does conduct the candidate to an elevated canopy to the right position of the others. What’s fascinating about this 17th degree is the sacred word of the ritual “Abadon”. If we look at the scriptures in Rev 9:11, we see “A king, the angel of the bottomless pit whose name in Hebrew is Abadon”. So we can clearly see here that he is invoking a demon because the sacred word for the ritual of the 17th degree is a demon.
The 18th degree called the Rose Croix is anti-Christian. Here, the candidate has to pass a cross without Christ through Calvary, Ascension, and Hell, and the INRI of the cross means “the whole nature renewed by fire”.
The 19th is called the degree of Grand Pontiff. Here, another mason during this ritual anoints the candidates head with oil and says: “Be though a priest forever after the order of Melchisedech”
In the 20th degree, they say “No man has the right to dictate to another in matters of faith or belief; no one can say that he has possession of the truth”. This is totally anti-catholic.
In the 28th degree, they have a symbol as a serpent biting its tail and there is a picture within this serpent. This picture also has a reflection in water. Now, when one looks at the picture within the serpent and that which reflects in the water, you see that what appears to be a friendly person within the serpent is actually a demon when turned upside down to see that which is reflected in the water. And that is because Albert Pike says: “That which is above is as that which is below”.
In the 30th degree called the Knight of Kadosh which is the most anti – catholic, vengeance is actually the motive of this degree. The ritual goes like this: The grand master rises and says “Imitate me” and then stabs a skull crowned with a tiara (the popes cap) representing Pope Clement V, and then says “Down with imposture: Down with crime.” Later he stabs a skull cemented with a crown representing king Phillip of France and then says “Down with tyranny! Down with crime.” The master and the candidate then kneels before a skull adorned with a royal riff representing another great personality and then says “Everlasting glory to the immemorial martyr of virtue”. The initiates repeat both of these demonstrating their hatred for the Catholic Church and any form of monarchy. That’s precisely why the monarchy was destroyed in Europe.
For those who complete the 32nd degree, they normally have written on the top of their certificate “Ordo Abchao” meaning order of chaos.
The 33rd degrees also have this written on their jewel. For one to become a 33rd degree mason, he has to be chosen. One cannot seek to be a 33rd degree mason even if he is in the 32nd degree except he is chosen. Here the initiation is done by a former 33rd degree mason and they say the same thing found on pages 363 – 364 of the book “Occult theocracy”: “Neither law, property nor religion can be imposed on man as they annihilate him by depriving him of his most precious right. They are assassins on whom we have sworn to wreak vengeance. They are enemies against whom we have declared war to the dearth. Of these three enemies, it is on Religion that we must concentrate our most deadly attacks. Once Religion is dead, law and property will fall to our mercy. And we shall be able to regenerate society by founding on the corpses of the assassins of man, Masonic religion, Masonic law and Masonic property”.
For them, the 3 murderers of mankind are law, property and religion. The house of the temple in Washington DC which is where most of the freemasons get their 33rd degree has serpents designed all over the inside.
We now talk about the pentagon. The pentagon is a symbol found on the satanic bible. It is also a very important symbol in freemasonry. The Eastern Star, a freemasonry for women have it as their chief emblem. But what most people are unaware is that a pentagon is different from a star. The freemasons themselves tell us the difference. According to the book “History of Freemasonry and Concordant Orde” of 1891 written by a series of 32nd and 33rd degree masons, on page 49 it says “this star represents good when represented with one point upward. But when turned with one point down, it represents evil, all that is opposed to the good, pure and virtuous.” So the star with one point down is evil and the masons have it on top of their bible. The pentagon is also a major symbol in Satanism. The Eastern Star also has it as their chief emblem. The clothing line of the new word order does have a pentagon with the star pointing downward on their clothes. On their adverts, you sometimes see them wearing black and having the pentagon as a label on it with the writings in white color and the background red in color. This is because the royal arch masons have their colors as red, black and white. Also, the red, black and white are colors of the Nazis.
Besides the “Order of the Eastern Star” which is a Masonic sect for the females, we also have the “Order of Demolay” and the “Order of Builders” which are for the boys. For the girls, the “Order of the Jobs Daughters” and the “Order of Rainbow” plus the Shriners.
The Shriners are a special group of freemasons made up of 32nd and 33rd Degree Scottish rite masons and 13th degree or Knights Templar York Rite Masons. The Shriners claim to be a charitable organization yet the fact proves that only 1/3rd of the money raised by the Shriners goes out to charity. The Shriners also wear red hats called Fezes. There is an interesting story about the Fez because the Fezes comes from a place in Morocco called Fez. Now in the year 800AD, 50,000 Catholics were slaughtered by Moslems in Fez, Morocco. Now they say the blood ran so thick, that the Moslems dipped their hats in the blood, and their hats turned red. Now the Fez is a 1,200 year sign of the Moslems “victory” over Christians. It was first commercially sold in Morocco. The Shriners tells us why they wear the Fezes in a book in 1977 put up by the Subosh shrine temple. They say this in the book: “The Fez has been handed down through the ages as one of the most significant headdresses. The Fez derives its name from the place where it was first manufactured commercially. The Holy city of Fez, in Morocco” also during the initiation ceremony in the Shriners they say “seal their solemn oath in the name of Allah, the God of our fathers.” And later on in the rite, they quote “Islam is the one true faith” and you wonder why one who is a catholic can do this. They also have on their calendar, the order of “Quetzalcoatl”. This is a stone serpent which our Lady of Guadalupe i.e. the Virgin Mary came and crushed and converted about 8 million to the catholic faith by means of those apparitions.
Some Pontiffs have condemned freemasonry. E.g. Pope Leo XIII “Let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever, join the Masonic sect, if he values his catholic name and his eternal salvation” Pope Leo XIII, Dall’Alto (# 2), Oct. 15, 1890: “It is needless now to put the Masonic sects upon their trial. They are already judged; their ends, their means, their doctrines, and their action, are all known with indisputable certainty. Possessed by the spirit of Satan, whose instrument they are, they burn like him with a deadly and implacable hatred of Jesus Christ and of His work; and they endeavor by every means to overthrow and fetter it.” Under the old Code of Canon Law, any one who joins the Masons was automatically excommunicated. There are more than 200 documents issued by the Vatican that have condemned freemasonry. So even if they mention names of Catholic saints as patrons, people should not be deceived in thinking as though the Church does approve of masonry.
We have some Masonic anti – catholic speech. Although many masons says they are not anti- catholic although many of them do not know this but the high ranking ones are well familiar with this. Here are some of them. The masons used to call their official magazine the New Age magazine but when the New Age got a lot of bad publicity, they changed it to the Scottish rite journal because of the negative things said about the New Age magazine. In this magazine, it says “Catholism, not communism or socialism is masonry’s immediate worry.”
The French Grand Orient Masonic Lodge gave utterances to the following professions of faith in 1885:”We masons must aim for the complete destruction of Catholism” A chief in the Masonic Alta Vendita lodge proclaimed: “Let us conspire only against Rome”. In the stone inscription of the Masonic Grand Orient and Supreme Council of France, it says: “The fight taking place between Catholism and freemasonry is a fight to the very death, ceaseless and merciless.”
So most people say if you want to destroy the church, if you believe it is the true church of Jesus Christ, why not infiltrate it. And truly, they have infiltrated it. I will show this beyond reasonable doubt in my next write up. But before then, what we are to know is that the Catholic Church has taught through St. Athanasius that even if there is one true priest and few Catholics faithful to tradition, they are the ones who are the true church of Christ.
The masons also use a Masonic time table system “AL” in their calendar. They don’t use “AD.” AL means Annual Lucist meaning in the year of light or in the year of Lucifer. So 4000 BC would be 0AL and 2000AD would be 6000AL or 6000 years when Lucifer was cast from Heaven.
The masons also strongly believe in symbology and numerology and have a fascination with the number 33. Perhaps this is because they have major events happening on the 33rd degree latitude on the map. For example, where the first nuclear bomb was drop for testing in Mexico. The 33rd degree latitude also passes over both Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. These sites were places where the first two atomic bombs were dropped at the end of the 2nd world war. It is a known fact of history that the bomb didn’t have to be dropped because Japan was trying to surrender but they were still dropped. And these two cities where were the largest population of Catholic were concentrated. The man who dropped the bomb on this Catholic was a 33rd degree mason, Harry Truman. Truman was a 32nd degree mason when he dropped the bomb. On October 1945, he became a 33rd degree mason. He said: “Although I hold the highest civil honor in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a post Grand Master of the masons as the greatest honor that has ever come to me.” Also J. F Kennedy was assassinated on the 33rd degree latitude in November 22, 1963 in Texas. It will be amazing to know that the park where J F Kennedy was short was where the 1st Masonic lodge was built in Texas.
Modern Freemasonry was given its name by Joseph Levy on August 25, 1716 and approved on June 24, 1717 by the 1st official freemasonic lodge. They choose the word “Masonry” because it would act as a thick veil over the secret origin of their foundation. But what we know is that it came almost in 13000 from the Order of The Knights Templar movement though it actually came in the year 43 AD from a group actually called the Mysterious Force.
In the book “Origin of Freemasonry,” it says “The Mysterious Force was established in 43 AD. It started when a counselor to King Herod came to him and complained that the followers of Jesus had a mysterious force. He said they should establish their own mysterious force to combat this Christian mysterious force. The purpose behind this group would be to attack the teachings of Jesus and in order to preserve Judaism. (Mind you, Judaism is a religion that does not accept our Lord Jesus Christ. They are still waiting for the coming of the messiah.) King Herod said, “we will use the hammer, because it was used to nail Jesus’ hands and feet. Every session will be opened by striking the hammer 3 times.”(and you know judges have hammer to bring order in the court) king Herod said “we will make degrees. These will be thirty-three, symbolizing the age of the imposter”
In November 43AD, the 1st official session was held in the 1st temple of Jerusalem, which was a basement in the palace of King Herod. The meeting of the mysterious force was always held in the temple. In 1717, modern freemasonry changed the name of temple to the name lodge.
Now to prove that freemasonry is of a Jewish origin, we hear the following quote. Rabbi Isaac Weiss wrote in 1855 “masonry is a Jewish institution, whose history, degrees, assignments, signs and explanations are of Jewish nature from beginning to end”.
The Jewish historian, Bernard Lazare wrote “it is evident that there were only Jews and Cabalistic Jews in masonry’s origin” and finally, Theodore Hertzel, the founder of Zionism in 1897 in Switzerland: “Masonic lodges are established all over the world to help us achieve our independence. Those pigs, the non-jewish masons, will never understand the final objects of masonry.” To find out what the Jewish people believe in, we have to go to what they regard as their authority in religion.
The Jewish Encyclopedia vol 12: “For the majority of Jews, the Talmud is still the supreme authority in Religion.” So the Talmud is the written word i.e. oral tradition of the pharasis. The universal Jewish encyclopedia page 637: “the ultimate authority for orthodoxy is the Babylonian Talmud.” The Jews have embraced the Talmud for 20 centuries. Now, some of the things in the Talmud are: - (just to mention a few)
In the Talmud all the Christian churches are called the house of evil. It is permitted for Christians to be defrauded, to be deceived, all Christians including the best of them should be killed. These are just some of them and it’s unbelievable what they put in there in that book. Now the Jewish encyclopedia gives a person a definite view of perhaps 100s of revealing statements and subjects giving accurate summaries of what the Talmud actually teaches. Page 619 Jewish encyclopedia says Gentiles are not called men but barbarians. Page 172 says that Christ is in hell punished with boiling hot excrement. Also there is no criticism of communism. Infact they say it is an instrument in making socialism work out. Also, Jewish international bankers founded the Russian revolution. In Russia, before the 1980’s, 15 years of hard labour was considered as a light punishment for a gentile caught trying to escape. The communist movement and ideology played an important part in the Jewish life particularly in the 1920’s, 1980’s and during and after the world war II. In Israel, under its anti missionary Law 5738 passed on December 25, 1977 “if a Christian is caught giving a new testament to an Israeli, he may face a jail term of up to 5 years”. Some statements from their recent publications are: March 15, 1923, issue of Jewish world stated “fundamentally, Judaism is anti – Christian.” We read in the New York Jewish paper Freiheit January 10, 1937 “according to the Jewish religion, the Pope is the enemy of the Jewish people, by the very that he is the head of the Catholic Church. The jewish religion is opposed to Christianity and to the catholic church in particular.” This is just to show that there is a great link between Freemasonry, Judaism and Communism all going against the Catholic Church.
Finally, going back to where all these freemasonry is rooted, it is rooted in the Jewish Kabalah. The kabalah is the Hebrew word for “received tradition.” The Jewish Kabalah is a midevil Jewish book of occult philosophy and magic based on mystical interpretations of the Old Testament. The kabalah is important with magicians, sorcerers, witches, Satanists as well as Masonic philosophers. The book Morals and Dogma have 65 pages dealing with the Kabalah. Page 741 of Morals and Dogma says “Masonry is a search for light. That light search leads directly back to the kabalah.” Page 770 also has a picture of the kabalah. It also says “All Masonic organization’s secrets and symbols are borrowed from the kabalah.” We can clearly see that masonry is all rooted in the Jewish Kabalah.
So this is just to expose them the way they are and why it should not be joined by anyone since the Church’s position on it is totally clear. I still urge all to visit this site once again – www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com and truly see the true teaching of catholism

Salve Peter Sancta
salvesancta@yahoo.com

Bastage:

To those who make claims about Freemasonry being Satanic or evil:
This is a fallacy handed down by the churches. Freemasonry promotes the right of every man to believe in his own god - be that god Christian, Islamic, Judaic or whatever. The churches don't like that. They think every man should worship their god and despise any group which promotes freedom of worship.

Look at the vast majority of Islamic countries and you will see that Freemasonry is banned. The authorities simply don't want people to think for themselves. Take a look at any dictatorship and you will see that the same thing occurs. Freemasonry only survives in countries where people are allowed to think for themselves.

Freemasonry is neither secret nor occultic in the sense of the word that you have used it (I doubt if you know what occultic actually means though). Chirstians, Jews and Muslims are not forbidden from joining unless they live in a despotic country. The excommunication thing does not happen any more but is a throw-back to the days when the Catholic Church was the tyrannical dictator of peoples' lives. God is referred to as a Supreme Being because a Lodge may be made up of many faiths. There is no point calling him Allah when there are Christians present is there? By calling Him the Supreme Being, everyone understands that he is the god of their faith.

There is no such thing as a 14th level master mason. All master masons are holders of the 3rd degree.

Simply not true. Freemasons come from all walks of life - from street sweepers to royal princes, from captains of industry to lavatory attendants. No freemason makes money from the fraternity. If he did so, he would be thrown out. To the contrary, Freemasonry costs the member money - he will pay fees to his Lodge and he will pay monies to charities - Freemasonry being one of the largest donators to charity in the world.

I don't know about cab-drivers (although that wouldn't suprise me), but in London the vast majority of police officers are not freemasons. Something like less than 5% of the judiciary are members. That's a lower figure than for almost any other profession. The fallacy that most police officers are freemasons is spread by those who want it to be seen as some sort of organisation working secretly for the authorities.

Manley Hall wrote his works before becoming a freemason so can hardly be considered an authority on the subject. Alistair "The Great Beast" Crowley never was a freemason. He tried to join but was refused entrance.

Ogboni confraternity has nothing to do with Freemasonry. What you may find though (and this happens a lot) is that other fraternities take Freemasonry ritual and adapt it for themselves. There are hundreds of fraternities out there that style themselves as either masonic or psuedo-masonic but have absolutely nothing to do with recognised Freemasonry.

no matter how you dress up the devil he always does evil and nasty things. freemason is evil, wicked and twisted. one of the many cults that dont allow justice and peace to reign in nigeria.

sancta:

I read with utmost dismay the publication in Newswatch magazine of November 24, 2008 on the interview granted Mr. Chukka Ifejika and also the write up on Freemasons. I knew the picture with which he painted this Society was wrong and since then, I had been working on it till now of which I have decided to let the general public through this medium actually see the true face of Freemasonry and if I may still say, just the way it is and also the Catholic church’s position on it since Mr. Ifejika also claimed to be a Catholic though in my own view a member of the Vatican II catholic church since they, the masons and communist have taken over that one. I will prove that in my next write up with newswatch but still urge all to visit this site - www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com and see that there is a great distinction between the true Catholic Church and the Vatican II church claiming to be Catholic and judge for themselves.
He explained that “Freemasonry is a system of morality defined and explained through allegories by both words and signs hence it’s neither a religion nor a secret society and has nothing to do with the Devil because it does not admit agnostic or those who do not believe in God and that they tend to make a bad man a good man and a good man a better man” while claiming at the same time to be cathedral builders.
The fact is that Freemasonry has another purpose which is completely unknown to much of the general public and many of the masons.
Manly P. Hall, a 33rd degree mason in his book, “The Lost Key of The Freemasonry” said “Freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity, an outer organization concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect.” (NOTE: The Lost Key of Freemasonry by Manly P Hall is highly recommended in the leading list of what to buy for Masonic relatives)
It is important for the general public to know that in Freemasonry, deception is practiced in all ways particularly for the initiates of the first three degrees which are Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. All these are of the blue lodge. The blue lodges are those in which the first 3 degrees are conferred in freemasonry. Here, the initiate is told that nothing he is about to do is going to conflict with his religious belief. He is led phase by phase with a series of blood oat and never to reveal the secrets of freemasonry. And we all know that blood oats are used for diabolical and secret organizations.
In the 1st degree, “Apprentice” he swears with his hands on the bible. “I (name) in the presence of Almighty God, most solemnly promise and swear that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any of the arts, parts of points of the hidden mysteries of Freemasonry……binding myself under the penalty than that of having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea (Duncan’s Ritual of Freemasonry pgs 34-35)
In the 2nd degree, “Fellow Craft”, he swears on the bible, in the presence of Almighty God, “Under the penalty than of having my breast open… and my heart and lungs thrown over my left shoulder…. So help me God”.
In the 3rd degree of “Master Mason”, he swears “under the penalty than that of having my body severed in two, my bowels taken from thence and burn to ashes… so help me God.
The first three degrees ware blue aprons which is the official color of Freemasonry and the only proper form to address the master of the lodge is “worshipful master”. Here, the initiates are purposely deceived in believing they know everything, while they don’t know anything about the true masonry.
In the words of Albert Pike in his book “Morals and Dogma” “The first three degrees are but the outer court of the temple. Part of the symbols are displaced there to the initiate but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine he understands them…, it is well enough for the mass of those called masons to imagine that all is contained in the blue degrees” (Morals and Dogma Pg 819). NOTE: Albert Pike is probably the most famous freemasons of all times. He was a mason who simultaneously accepted three different positions. He was the head of Washington DC Masonry; He was the head of American Masonry and was also the head of World Masonry. Albert Pike wrote the book Morals and Dogma published in 1871 and it is used in all Scottish rite initiations to explain the crafts philosophy. It has been called the most important book of freemasonry and also the bible of freemasonry. It is given to every 4th degree mason and it is also recommended in every issue of the Scottish rite journal. They are encouraged each month to read the book.
Now when a mason completes his first three degree, he becomes a Master Mason in the blue lodge. If he wishes, he then stops freemasonry or can continue with the York rite or Scottish rite. The York rite has an additional ten degrees. If he completes those extra ten degrees, he can become and call himself a Knights Templer Mason.
If he goes up with the Scottish rite, there is usually another 33 degrees and basically once he completes the blue degrees, he can buy the 4th to the 32nd degrees of the Scottish rite if he has enough money. However, in many of the individual degrees,4th, 5th, 6th, 7th etc, the whole initiation and the things that are said there are not known and fully undergone by all the masons even those in the 32nd degrees because it obviously takes a lot of time. But many masons do know the things that are said in the first three degrees of which we have already spoken of and the ones we’ll do now. The book “Duncan’s Ritual of Freemasonry” gives a word for word transcript of the first three degrees of the Masonic lodge of the blue lodge.
In the 1st degree, the initiate is asked the following questions: What do you desire? In the 1st degree, he answers “light”. In the 2nd degree, he answers “more light” and in the 3rd degree, he answers “further light”.
Albert Pike of whom we’ve already spoken of wrote in his book Morals and Dogma that “the mason is familiar with the doctrine that the Supreme Being is a centre of light.” Now what is this light that the mason is talking about? The answer can be found on page 321 of Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike which says “Lucifer the light bearer, Lucifer the son of the morning. Is it He who bears the light? Doubt it not!” and on page 324 of the same Morals and Dogma, he repeats the following: “A Devil, the fallen Lucifer or light bearer”. He identifies Lucifer as being the Devil and of course St. Paul says in Holy Scripture “And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an Angel of Light”. (2 Corinthians 11:14) The New Age also believes the same thing as the masons.
David Spangler, a leading New Ager wrote: “The light comes from Lucifer, he is the light bearer”. Many people and even masons themselves say Freemasonry is not a religion. It is without any doubt a religion – a naturalistic religion…. And still more, masonry teaches in the higher degrees that “it alone is the only one true religion of all mankind”, aiming to unite all religions of the world and will eventually unit the world in brotherhood, the same aim with that of the New Age movement…… “a new world order”.
Albert Pike on page 213 of his book Morals and Dogma wrote “Every Masonic lodge is a temple of Religion, and its teachings are instructions in Religion.” On July 14, 1889, Albert Pike issued Formal written instructions to the 23 supreme councils of the world: “To you Sovereign Grand Inspector Generals, we say this that you may repeat it to the brethren of 32nd, 31st and 30th degree. The Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian Doctrine. Yes, Lucifer is God, and the true and pure religion is the belief in Lucifer.
To further show that majority of the leaders of freemasonry believe that Lucifer is the light bearer, Manly P. Hull in his book “The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry” on page 48 said: “when a mason learns the key is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his craft, the seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands”.
Now, we can see that freemasons are not only worshipers of Lucifer but also antichrist to a certain extent that if a worshipful master of the Masonic lodge allows prayers to be made in Jesus’ name, his lodge can be closed and its charter revoked by the grand lodge of his state. The deception for the 1st three degrees is such that though they swear in the presence of almighty God while taking their oat during the initiation, but then the “God” of the first three degree is a “deistic” in the sense that he is a creator but cannot be known……. And this is why Albert Pike claims on Page 516 of Morals and Dogmas that “all specific conceptions of God are idolatrous except masonry’s”. For the 1st three degrees, the only approaching “acting God” is the worshipful master. Hence, a mason may believe in only one God, but freemasonry welcomes all masons Gods in the same Pantheon, as far as allegiance in the lodge is to the worshipful master, and any other God cannot even be mentioned just as we have proved earlier and above in their own statements.
Beloved reader, it is also worthy to know that freemasonry does have a definite link with witch craft.
An interview was carried out at different times and places with former masons and those who had involved themselves in witchcraft, all in America and Canada. Here is an interesting parallel on what they said when interviewed.
In blue lodge masonry, you have to be recommended by another mason. In witchcraft, you have to be screened and recommended by someone currently in witchcraft.
In blue lodge masonry, you are blindfolded and bound by a rope. In witchcraft, you are blindfolded, bound by a rope and lead to the edge of the magic circle.
In blue lodge masonry, a sharp object is put to your left breast; you take a blood oat not to reveal any of the secrets of the lodge. In witchcraft, a sword is put to your left breast and you take a blood oat not to reveal the secrets of witchcraft.
In blue lodge masonry, during the ritual, the blindfold is taken off the candidate and they tell you that you were in darkness and you are coming into light. In witchcraft, during the ritual, the candidate is challenged by someone at the edge of the magic circle who says: “who goes there?” And the answer is “one from the world of darkness”.
In blue lodge masonry, the masons end their prayers with “so mote it be” In witchcraft, they end their prayers with “so mote it be”.
The masons of the 1st three degrees participate in rituals with occult significance, whose symbolism is undisclosed to them. Masonry does links cults and religions from all ages of which spiritism and Satanism are not left out. Albert Pike is a highly regarded mason and Satanist. Hermes, the founder of Alchemy, Waite, another leading mason all practiced occultism and Satanism. Many of the rites of the craft are taking from the occult but hiding its significance to the first three degrees.
We’ll now look at the York rite of freemasonry. In the York rite, they claim that only Christians can join the York rite. We’ll take a look particularly at the holy Royal arch degree of the York rite.
According to another famous mason of the York rite, in the opening and closing of every chapter of a meeting, the high priest ask another Royal arch mason the question: “Are you a Royal Arch Mason?” and the other mason responds “I AM THAT I AM”. We know for sure that this refers to the time when Moses encountered God and God identified Himself as I AM THAT I AM and God says this is my name forever because in St. Johns Gospel too, he says I AM when he was answering the Jews regarding the question they asked him. (John 8:58)
In masonry, they say that the name of God has been lost and at a later degree of the royal arch degree, the 7th degree, they say that name that was lost is now found. The men form an arch with their arms and now say “God’s name is Jahbulah” which is the joining of Jehovah with the pagan gods Bel and Osias and they call it the grand magnificent word.
Now, back to the Scottish rite and we’ll start with the 17th degree. In this 17th degree, having completed the initiation after reviewing the password Jahbulah, and the sacred word “Abadon”, the senior one does conduct the candidate to an elevated canopy to the right position of the others. What’s fascinating about this 17th degree is the sacred word of the ritual “Abadon”. If we look at the scriptures in Rev 9:11, we see “A king, the angel of the bottomless pit whose name in Hebrew is Abadon”. So we can clearly see here that he is invoking a demon because the sacred word for the ritual of the 17th degree is a demon.
The 18th degree called the Rose Croix is anti-Christian. Here, the candidate has to pass a cross without Christ through Calvary, Ascension, and Hell, and the INRI of the cross means “the whole nature renewed by fire”.
The 19th is called the degree of Grand Pontiff. Here, another mason during this ritual anoints the candidates head with oil and says: “Be though a priest forever after the order of Melchisedech”
In the 20th degree, they say “No man has the right to dictate to another in matters of faith or belief; no one can say that he has possession of the truth”. This is totally anti-catholic.
In the 28th degree, they have a symbol as a serpent biting its tail and there is a picture within this serpent. This picture also has a reflection in water. Now, when one looks at the picture within the serpent and that which reflects in the water, you see that what appears to be a friendly person within the serpent is actually a demon when turned upside down to see that which is reflected in the water. And that is because Albert Pike says: “That which is above is as that which is below”.
In the 30th degree called the Knight of Kadosh which is the most anti – catholic, vengeance is actually the motive of this degree. The ritual goes like this: The grand master rises and says “Imitate me” and then stabs a skull crowned with a tiara (the popes cap) representing Pope Clement V, and then says “Down with imposture: Down with crime.” Later he stabs a skull cemented with a crown representing king Phillip of France and then says “Down with tyranny! Down with crime.” The master and the candidate then kneels before a skull adorned with a royal riff representing another great personality and then says “Everlasting glory to the immemorial martyr of virtue”. The initiates repeat both of these demonstrating their hatred for the Catholic Church and any form of monarchy. That’s precisely why the monarchy was destroyed in Europe.
For those who complete the 32nd degree, they normally have written on the top of their certificate “Ordo Abchao” meaning order of chaos.
The 33rd degrees also have this written on their jewel. For one to become a 33rd degree mason, he has to be chosen. One cannot seek to be a 33rd degree mason even if he is in the 32nd degree except he is chosen. Here the initiation is done by a former 33rd degree mason and they say the same thing found on pages 363 – 364 of the book “Occult theocracy”: “Neither law, property nor religion can be imposed on man as they annihilate him by depriving him of his most precious right. They are assassins on whom we have sworn to wreak vengeance. They are enemies against whom we have declared war to the dearth. Of these three enemies, it is on Religion that we must concentrate our most deadly attacks. Once Religion is dead, law and property will fall to our mercy. And we shall be able to regenerate society by founding on the corpses of the assassins of man, Masonic religion, Masonic law and Masonic property”.
For them, the 3 murderers of mankind are law, property and religion. The house of the temple in Washington DC which is where most of the freemasons get their 33rd degree has serpents designed all over the inside.
We now talk about the pentagon. The pentagon is a symbol found on the satanic bible. It is also a very important symbol in freemasonry. The Eastern Star, a freemasonry for women have it as their chief emblem. But what most people are unaware is that a pentagon is different from a star. The freemasons themselves tell us the difference. According to the book “History of Freemasonry and Concordant Orde” of 1891 written by a series of 32nd and 33rd degree masons, on page 49 it says “this star represents good when represented with one point upward. But when turned with one point down, it represents evil, all that is opposed to the good, pure and virtuous.” So the star with one point down is evil and the masons have it on top of their bible. The pentagon is also a major symbol in Satanism. The Eastern Star also has it as their chief emblem. The clothing line of the new word order does have a pentagon with the star pointing downward on their clothes. On their adverts, you sometimes see them wearing black and having the pentagon as a label on it with the writings in white color and the background red in color. This is because the royal arch masons have their colors as red, black and white. Also, the red, black and white are colors of the Nazis.
Besides the “Order of the Eastern Star” which is a Masonic sect for the females, we also have the “Order of Demolay” and the “Order of Builders” which are for the boys. For the girls, the “Order of the Jobs Daughters” and the “Order of Rainbow” plus the Shriners.
The Shriners are a special group of freemasons made up of 32nd and 33rd Degree Scottish rite masons and 13th degree or Knights Templar York Rite Masons. The Shriners claim to be a charitable organization yet the fact proves that only 1/3rd of the money raised by the Shriners goes out to charity. The Shriners also wear red hats called Fezes. There is an interesting story about the Fez because the Fezes comes from a place in Morocco called Fez. Now in the year 800AD, 50,000 Catholics were slaughtered by Moslems in Fez, Morocco. Now they say the blood ran so thick, that the Moslems dipped their hats in the blood, and their hats turned red. Now the Fez is a 1,200 year sign of the Moslems “victory” over Christians. It was first commercially sold in Morocco. The Shriners tells us why they wear the Fezes in a book in 1977 put up by the Subosh shrine temple. They say this in the book: “The Fez has been handed down through the ages as one of the most significant headdresses. The Fez derives its name from the place where it was first manufactured commercially. The Holy city of Fez, in Morocco” also during the initiation ceremony in the Shriners they say “seal their solemn oath in the name of Allah, the God of our fathers.” And later on in the rite, they quote “Islam is the one true faith” and you wonder why one who is a catholic can do this. They also have on their calendar, the order of “Quetzalcoatl”. This is a stone serpent which our Lady of Guadalupe i.e. the Virgin Mary came and crushed and converted about 8 million to the catholic faith by means of those apparitions.
Some Pontiffs have condemned freemasonry. E.g. Pope Leo XIII “Let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever, join the Masonic sect, if he values his catholic name and his eternal salvation” Pope Leo XIII, Dall’Alto (# 2), Oct. 15, 1890: “It is needless now to put the Masonic sects upon their trial. They are already judged; their ends, their means, their doctrines, and their action, are all known with indisputable certainty. Possessed by the spirit of Satan, whose instrument they are, they burn like him with a deadly and implacable hatred of Jesus Christ and of His work; and they endeavor by every means to overthrow and fetter it.” Under the old Code of Canon Law, any one who joins the Masons was automatically excommunicated. There are more than 200 documents issued by the Vatican that have condemned freemasonry. So even if they mention names of Catholic saints as patrons, people should not be deceived in thinking as though the Church does approve of masonry.
We have some Masonic anti – catholic speech. Although many masons says they are not anti- catholic although many of them do not know this but the high ranking ones are well familiar with this. Here are some of them. The masons used to call their official magazine the New Age magazine but when the New Age got a lot of bad publicity, they changed it to the Scottish rite journal because of the negative things said about the New Age magazine. In this magazine, it says “Catholism, not communism or socialism is masonry’s immediate worry.”
The French Grand Orient Masonic Lodge gave utterances to the following professions of faith in 1885:”We masons must aim for the complete destruction of Catholism” A chief in the Masonic Alta Vendita lodge proclaimed: “Let us conspire only against Rome”. In the stone inscription of the Masonic Grand Orient and Supreme Council of France, it says: “The fight taking place between Catholism and freemasonry is a fight to the very death, ceaseless and merciless.”
So most people say if you want to destroy the church, if you believe it is the true church of Jesus Christ, why not infiltrate it. And truly, they have infiltrated it. I will show this beyond reasonable doubt in my next write up. But before then, what we are to know is that the Catholic Church has taught through St. Athanasius that even if there is one true priest and few Catholics faithful to tradition, they are the ones who are the true church of Christ.
The masons also use a Masonic time table system “AL” in their calendar. They don’t use “AD.” AL means Annual Lucist meaning in the year of light or in the year of Lucifer. So 4000 BC would be 0AL and 2000AD would be 6000AL or 6000 years when Lucifer was cast from Heaven.
The masons also strongly believe in symbology and numerology and have a fascination with the number 33. Perhaps this is because they have major events happening on the 33rd degree latitude on the map. For example, where the first nuclear bomb was drop for testing in Mexico. The 33rd degree latitude also passes over both Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. These sites were places where the first two atomic bombs were dropped at the end of the 2nd world war. It is a known fact of history that the bomb didn’t have to be dropped because Japan was trying to surrender but they were still dropped. And these two cities where were the largest population of Catholic were concentrated. The man who dropped the bomb on this Catholic was a 33rd degree mason, Harry Truman. Truman was a 32nd degree mason when he dropped the bomb. On October 1945, he became a 33rd degree mason. He said: “Although I hold the highest civil honor in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a post Grand Master of the masons as the greatest honor that has ever come to me.” Also J. F Kennedy was assassinated on the 33rd degree latitude in November 22, 1963 in Texas. It will be amazing to know that the park where J F Kennedy was short was where the 1st Masonic lodge was built in Texas.
Modern Freemasonry was given its name by Joseph Levy on August 25, 1716 and approved on June 24, 1717 by the 1st official freemasonic lodge. They choose the word “Masonry” because it would act as a thick veil over the secret origin of their foundation. But what we know is that it came almost in 13000 from the Order of The Knights Templar movement though it actually came in the year 43 AD from a group actually called the Mysterious Force.
In the book “Origin of Freemasonry,” it says “The Mysterious Force was established in 43 AD. It started when a counselor to King Herod came to him and complained that the followers of Jesus had a mysterious force. He said they should establish their own mysterious force to combat this Christian mysterious force. The purpose behind this group would be to attack the teachings of Jesus and in order to preserve Judaism. (Mind you, Judaism is a religion that does not accept our Lord Jesus Christ. They are still waiting for the coming of the messiah.) King Herod said, “we will use the hammer, because it was used to nail Jesus’ hands and feet. Every session will be opened by striking the hammer 3 times.”(and you know judges have hammer to bring order in the court) king Herod said “we will make degrees. These will be thirty-three, symbolizing the age of the imposter”
In November 43AD, the 1st official session was held in the 1st temple of Jerusalem, which was a basement in the palace of King Herod. The meeting of the mysterious force was always held in the temple. In 1717, modern freemasonry changed the name of temple to the name lodge.
Now to prove that freemasonry is of a Jewish origin, we hear the following quote. Rabbi Isaac Weiss wrote in 1855 “masonry is a Jewish institution, whose history, degrees, assignments, signs and explanations are of Jewish nature from beginning to end”.
The Jewish historian, Bernard Lazare wrote “it is evident that there were only Jews and Cabalistic Jews in masonry’s origin” and finally, Theodore Hertzel, the founder of Zionism in 1897 in Switzerland: “Masonic lodges are established all over the world to help us achieve our independence. Those pigs, the non-jewish masons, will never understand the final objects of masonry.” To find out what the Jewish people believe in, we have to go to what they regard as their authority in religion.
The Jewish Encyclopedia vol 12: “For the majority of Jews, the Talmud is still the supreme authority in Religion.” So the Talmud is the written word i.e. oral tradition of the pharasis. The universal Jewish encyclopedia page 637: “the ultimate authority for orthodoxy is the Babylonian Talmud.” The Jews have embraced the Talmud for 20 centuries. Now, some of the things in the Talmud are: - (just to mention a few)
In the Talmud all the Christian churches are called the house of evil. It is permitted for Christians to be defrauded, to be deceived, all Christians including the best of them should be killed. These are just some of them and it’s unbelievable what they put in there in that book. Now the Jewish encyclopedia gives a person a definite view of perhaps 100s of revealing statements and subjects giving accurate summaries of what the Talmud actually teaches. Page 619 Jewish encyclopedia says Gentiles are not called men but barbarians. Page 172 says that Christ is in hell punished with boiling hot excrement. Also there is no criticism of communism. Infact they say it is an instrument in making socialism work out. Also, Jewish international bankers founded the Russian revolution. In Russia, before the 1980’s, 15 years of hard labour was considered as a light punishment for a gentile caught trying to escape. The communist movement and ideology played an important part in the Jewish life particularly in the 1920’s, 1980’s and during and after the world war II. In Israel, under its anti missionary Law 5738 passed on December 25, 1977 “if a Christian is caught giving a new testament to an Israeli, he may face a jail term of up to 5 years”. Some statements from their recent publications are: March 15, 1923, issue of Jewish world stated “fundamentally, Judaism is anti – Christian.” We read in the New York Jewish paper Freiheit January 10, 1937 “according to the Jewish religion, the Pope is the enemy of the Jewish people, by the very that he is the head of the Catholic Church. The jewish religion is opposed to Christianity and to the catholic church in particular.” This is just to show that there is a great link between Freemasonry, Judaism and Communism all going against the Catholic Church.
Finally, going back to where all these freemasonry is rooted, it is rooted in the Jewish Kabalah. The kabalah is the Hebrew word for “received tradition.” The Jewish Kabalah is a midevil Jewish book of occult philosophy and magic based on mystical interpretations of the Old Testament. The kabalah is important with magicians, sorcerers, witches, Satanists as well as Masonic philosophers. The book Morals and Dogma have 65 pages dealing with the Kabalah. Page 741 of Morals and Dogma says “Masonry is a search for light. That light search leads directly back to the kabalah.” Page 770 also has a picture of the kabalah. It also says “All Masonic organization’s secrets and symbols are borrowed from the kabalah.” We can clearly see that masonry is all rooted in the Jewish Kabalah.
So this is just to expose them the way they are and why it should not be joined by anyone since the Church’s position on it is totally clear. I still urge all to visit this site once again – www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com and truly see the true teaching of catholism

Salve Peter Sancta
salvesancta@yahoo.com

how can someone read all this?

JJYOU:

no matter how you dress up the devil he always does evil and nasty things. freemason is evil, wicked and twisted. one of the many cults that dont allow justice and peace to reign in nigeria.
how can someone read all this?

As I said in my last post ignorance is the bane of the crap taking Nigeria backwards.What proof do you have that Freemasonry is evil,wicked and twisted? I want hard facts not some nonesense that cant be verified or something said by someone that wants cheap publicity, Facts please or keep quiet.

The thing is a lot of crap have been said about this noble Fraternity that people just swallow what they are fed , hook,line and sinker.

I want to know how they've denied justice and peace to reign in Nigeria.

JJYOU over to you.

sancta:

I read with utmost dismay the publication in Newswatch magazine of November 24, 2008 on the interview granted Mr. Chukka Ifejika and also the write up on Freemasons. I knew the picture with which he painted this Society was wrong and since then, I had been working on it till now of which I have decided to let the general public through this medium actually see the true face of Freemasonry and if I may still say, just the way it is and also the Catholic church’s position on it since Mr. Ifejika also claimed to be a Catholic though in my own view a member of the Vatican II catholic church since they, the masons and communist have taken over that one. I will prove that in my next write up with newswatch but still urge all to visit this site - www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com and see that there is a great distinction between the true Catholic Church and the Vatican II church claiming to be Catholic and judge for themselves.
He explained that “Freemasonry is a system of morality defined and explained through allegories by both words and signs hence it’s neither a religion nor a secret society and has nothing to do with the Devil because it does not admit agnostic or those who do not believe in God and that they tend to make a bad man a good man and a good man a better man” while claiming at the same time to be cathedral builders.
The fact is that Freemasonry has another purpose which is completely unknown to much of the general public and many of the masons.
Manly P. Hall, a 33rd degree mason in his book, “The Lost Key of The Freemasonry” said “Freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity, an outer organization concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect.” (NOTE: The Lost Key of Freemasonry by Manly P Hall is highly recommended in the leading list of what to buy for Masonic relatives)
Salve Peter Sancta
salvesancta@yahoo.com

If you had bothered to do your research you would find out most of what you used for reference have been long discredited.Manly P.Hall wrote that book before he became a Mason. You just go about C & P what you read from mostly Christian sites that spew the same crap that's been dis proven.

I cant verify the ritual you quoted but I can assure you its not anywhere near the Masonic ritual I know.People have to realize there are many self styled Masonic bodies.You have to know the real from the fake.(I bet you cant since you don't even know the real deal if its staring you in the face).

Most of the nonsense in your copied and pasted post have long been discredited.I don't even need anybody to tell me about Masonry as I am one, and have presided over almost all Masonic bodies(so don't start telling me I don't know cos I am at the bottom).

I wont even bother reading your next post cos I know it will be filled with inconsistencies designed to mislead the reading public.If this is the kind of research and "facts" you would post I would urge everyone to ignore his posts.

Oh and next time when quoting from books quote the whole sentence and not some fragments.This is the technique you and the people running those long discredited sites use.

@Kapten,
Since you are enlightened about this,please be patient enough to educate us.

Rather than say 'most of the things quoted have been discredited',site examples and debunk them,ok?

Are you saying:

1.There's no reference to Lucifer in Masonry?
2.The rites are not similar in anyway to what has been copied & pasted?
3.Manly P. Hall died a freemason?

@kapten

if i may ask how long have u been a mason and which lodge are u at.i had a very bad experience with them.i say no no to it.my rich dad was a mason,after his dealth was a nitemare and he was killed by them stupid mason wit their evil magic there in lagos.

Do Freemasons exist in Naija too?

Freemasons in 9jah?! uhmn! neva knew!

@ topic
Of course 'freemasonry' is evil!

How do they operate anyway?

I am going to try and reply to the few posts after my last one on this issue.I usually don't do research for others, but if its to keep the facts straight I will do so.The only thing I would ask is refrain from vague accusations that cant be backed up.Saying its evil without giving your reasons is,   

Jairzinho:

@Kapten,
Since you are enlightened about this,please be patient enough to educate us.

Rather than say 'most of the things quoted have been discredited',site examples and debunk them,ok?

Are you saying:

1.There's no reference to Lucifer in Masonry?
2.The rites are not similar in anyway to what has been copied & pasted?
3.Manly P. Hall died a freemason?

As far as I know there is no reference to Lucifer in any Masonic ritual I am familiar with. I belong to many masonic bodies and have presided over lots of them.In fact I can count on one hand the bodies I dont belong to or have presided over.Bear in mind nobody speaks for Masonry. In fact no Grand Lodge speaks for the whole body. Your Grand Lodge only speaks for itself.In other words what your Grand Lodge says is only binding to members of its own Grand Lodge.

2) Rites being similar or imitative is certainly not the same as the original.I wont go into the ritual as posted by the other OP, other than to say its not the same with ANY Masonic ritual I am familiar with.There are tons of rituals used in masonic lodges and they are not all the same.Also there are lots of fake rituals that are imitative of Masonry.I have seen instances of rituals quoted out of context.There is no way a none Mason would know if its true or false, because you dont know what the real deal looks like.I can tell you that ritual as posted isnt used in a any regular Masonic Lodge.

3) Manly P Hall died a Mason.The fact you must realize is the books quoted by anti Masons were written many years before he became a Freemason.He was also into many organizations and many of his writings were influenced by these.Does he speak for the Fraternity, certainly not.

links that might be of interest to you: http://masonicfax.net/manlyhall.htm

sucessful1:

@kapten

if i may ask how long have u been a mason and which lodge are u at.i had a very bad experience with them.i say no no to it.my rich dad was a mason,after his dealth was a nitemare and  he was killed by them stupid mason wit their evil magic there in lagos.

I have been a Mason for many years now. How many isn't really a concern for you.I dont need to tell you what Lodge I belong to as it would serve no purpose to you.Just know that I've been a Mason long enough to go through the chairs of most Masonic bodies I belong to, and they are quite a lot. Many of them with no presence in Nigeria.I've never seen anybody or thing sacrificed to any God or Juju.I am in a position to know as I have presided over these Masonic bodies.If you know how Masonry functions you would know nothing can be done in the Lodge or body if the presiding officer isnt present.NOTHING.So trying to input that things were done in my absence is not possible.Trust me on this.

I've visited lodges in all parts of Nigeria ( North,South,east and West) and never saw any of these rumor people believe to be fact.I have also visited lodges in all continents of the world and never withnessed any of these unfounded allegations.

Contrary to what many people believe Masonry doesnt make you rich.Infact there is no magic button to press and get money apart from hard work.I am not rich but comfortable within my own means and struggle like everyone else to pay my bills.

I know of many people that have joined the Fraternity and left disappointed cos there is no money spinning button.

Its not enough to say Masons killed your father.Masons would never do anything like that (at least the Freemasonry I belong to that is present in most civilized countries of the world.)There is no magic or evil in Masonry so I wonder how they would have used some evil means to kill your Father( I really doubt your STORY).

MrCrackles:

Do Freemasons exist in Naija too?

Yes Freemasons exists in Nigeria. In fact they've been in Nigeria since the 1800's. The same White man that brought Christianity also brought Freemasonry. Most of the Colonial Masters and traders were Freemasons.Also a good number of early Nigerian Nationalists were Freemasons.Freemasons are in almost every major city in Nigeria. There lodges are not hidden and in plain view.Membership list is also available for those that really need to see it.The harsh truth is most of the early big Churches in Nigeria were built and maintained by Freemasons.

Moyola:

Freemasons in 9jah?! uhmn! neva knew!

@ topic
Of course 'freemasonry' is evil!

How do they operate anyway?

Do you have any proof that they are evil or you are just repeating what others have been saying without hard evidence?If you dont know what they do or how they operate how can you say they are evil

To wrap up this long post from me I would post a couple of links that you can read. It would answer most of the questions raised here and answer them if you would only read with an open mind.

http://masonicfax.net/manlyhall.htm (explains the Manly P Hall connection)

http://masonicfax.net/christian.htm (answers questions about Masonry and Christianity)

http://masonicfax.net/cults.htm ( answers why Masonry isnt a cult)

http://masonicfax.net/pike.htm ( talks about Albert Pike, one of the authors quoted out of context my those opposed to Masonry)

http://masonicfax.net/funerals.htm ( explains what a Masonic funeral is all about)

http://masonicfax.net/lucifer.htm (tackles that antis views on Lucifer and Masonry.)

http://masonicfax.net/writ-ant.htm ( explores the tactis used by many anti masonic authors,most copying from already discredited sources)

http://masonicfax.net/masonry.htm ( explains what Masonry is all about)

http://masonicfax.net/secrecy.htm ( talks about the so called masonic secrecy)

http://masonicfax.net/luciferian.htm ( same points on Lucifer and Masonry)

http://masonicfax.net/Whatwedo.htm ( what Masons do)

I hope this answers most questions. If not I am prepared to answer more, as long as they are reasonable ones and not some hearsay. I don't respond to that.

Any genuine Masons knows Freemasons don't recruit.They don't force people to join.The fact that your father is / was a member doesn't make your membership automatic.You must ask.The maxim is "to be one ask one".There are no sacrifices to be made or given apart from your time to attend meetings and take part in Masonic activities.

The absolute requirements for becoming a Mason are:

    * Be a man, [NOTE: there are other branches of Masonry that accept both men and women, or women only];All regular Grand Lodges recognize Male only Freemasonry
    * At least 21 years old :
    * Have belief in a Supreme Being (of any faith. No particular religion or faith is required or excluded. All are welcome.)

Also:

    * you should be someone who does, or wants to learn to, enjoy the company of other men from all different social classes, faiths, backgrounds, races, countries, etc. Masonry is universal in its ideals.
    * if you are a family man, Masonry considers that your family obligations come FIRST, so you must be sure that:
          o you have the time to participate (usually two or three evenings/month at first for meetings and instruction, and then at least one evening per month for meetings from then on -- often more if you get involved in lodge activities.)
          o you can afford the initiation fees and the annual dues without hardship to yourself or your family.
    * you should be coming to Masonry "of your own free will and accord", to learn to improve yourself and to enjoy the company of other good people, not because someone keeps pestering you to join or because you think it will help you "get ahead" in business.

To join, all you have to do ask a Mason:

    * Preferably someone you know or at least who lives or works nearby:
          o You have to be able to meet him in person.
          o Contacting someone by e-mail may get you pointed to a lodge in your area, but you CANNOT get a recommendation from someone you have never met.

Note that I am talking about REGULAR Masonry world over ( the Grand Lodge).There are spurious and imitative bodies styling themselves to be Masonic.They are not the same thing.

I don't know about other similar organizations so I cant speak about them. Finally the views posted by myself are my own views and are mine alone. Nobody speaks for Masonry.

I always advise against secretive associations.

biina:

I always advise against secretive associations.

Depends on what you mean by secretive associations.All associations have secrets not available to none members.If Freemasonry was that secretive you wont even know it existed.Their meeting places are known .If Masons were breaking the laws of the countries they exist in they would all be thrown in jail.

Check this link :

http://masonicfax.net/secrecy.htm