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    The Origins of Freemasonry As from theVicenza Colloquia in 1546

    The Freemason Temple in Washington D.C. a megalomaniacal Design

    1 The common view about the origins of Freemasonry

    The story goes that Freemasonry came into existence on June 24, 1717. On that day theMother or Grand Lodge of Freemasonry was inaugurated. Actually, it was a confirmationof something that had existed for a long time. According to the minutes, a fusion was de-cided between two forms: the guild of the itinerant masons, the cathedral builders of old,and the magical fellowship of Rosicrucians. That explains why in the world of Freema-

    sonry two distinct streams met each other under one roof: the operative one, originatingfrom the old stonemasons, and the speculative one who symbolically represented thetrade. In the beginning, when a fusion was not yet in sight, the Free Masons consisted ofstonemasons only. At a later stage honorary or adopted members were accepted who,

    because of their high standing and intellectual level, were seen as an enrichement of theguild. As from the middle of the seventeenth century the adopted members were quicklygaining the ascendency and some time later the operatives had become extinct.

    The philosophical baggage of the adopted members did not appear out of the blue. Prepa-rations were long, that speaks for itself. How exactly is a topic of discussion and I hope toset things straight in this article. Of course, I have chosen for a structural approach. Howotherwise could I be understood? But that does not mean that all people involved were

    conscious of their place and function in the great and secular work. There is a blueprint.There is a plan that stirs the masses. Afterwards, the plan can be analysed, but it is not

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    something that is spelled out like a commander does for his generals. In the same way, theEndlsung (Final Solution) of the extermination camps has not been explicitly formu-lated beforehand. The idea rose simultaneously in the minds of the Nazi bonzes. Here wetouch the field of meta-history, which implies that an inexplicable component always re-mains, an enigma that withdraws itself from direct observation.

    2 Not just a private chat

    After the foundation of the Grand Lodge or Mother Lodge, the organization swiftly spreadout to the continent and then continued its course towards the United States and Canada.

    Nowadays it has become a worldwide organization. It branched off into multiple parts,official and unofficial, but those branches nevertheless kept their bonds with the super-visory agent by means of a system explained in The Varnish of Democracy. In Francealone there are nowadays at least nine official branches (obediences), like La GrandeLoge fminine de Memphis-Misram (the Grand Feminin Lodge of Misraim-Memphis),which Lodge is only accessible to women. In its brochure is written that each form of

    patronizing is excluded. Yet there is no mention of the fact that this patronizing takes

    place via prominent members who receive their instructions from elsewhere and on high,which are brought on the table as spontaneous discussion points, with a view to form theopinions. Opposing views are encouraged provided that the main topic is respected. In thisway the multifarious body of Freemasonry manages to attain the desired uniformity. Takenote, it is the direction of the discussions that matters and not their substance, which fol-lows the parade like a rattling trailer. Up to the highest level these discussions attest to aterrible banality. Pseudo philosophy, pseudo mysticism and loose talk define the quality ofmost group discussions. Jean Marqus-Rivire, once an eminent member, writes in his in-troduction about the spiritual treason of Freemasonry that its archives only show indeci-siveness, cowardice and opportunism. The power of Freemasonry, so he tells, is based ona chain of treason and the non-existant secret. And with stinging mockery: She hasnothing to hide because she owns nothing.But that hatred against Christianity and the

    established power? (1)To which I answer: That is no secret because such a thing cannotbe owned, but it owns you. It is this overriding power that withdraws Freemasonry fromthe ever present coarseness and gives it that surprising continuity throughout the ages.

    How Political Correctness came into being

    The technique to steer the public opinion by means of group discussions was adop-ted from the practice in the Lodges and this was taken full advantage off by theCommunists. Its modern version is represented by the Jrgen Habermas System.Habermas was born in 1929 and is one of those sociologists and philosophers whohas had a major impact on our present way of thinking. A follower of the neo-Mar-

    xist school, also called the Frankfurt School, his ideas about Communicative Actionhave entered the educational scene, the media, the churches and politics. His ap-proach gave the instrument to introduce Cultural Marxism to the general society.In the Habermas-system, opinions and convictions are exchanged between partici-pants and discussed through argumentation which in theory happens withoutany authority claims, coercion, fear or censorship. The only admissible coercionwould be the better argument. A highly valued part of the system is the group dis-cussion. For dozens of years it was used in schools and church communities, andthen, at the turn of the century, it entered the scientific community. The HabermasSystem is a cunning stroke for there is not much inventiveness going on in suchgroup discussions; conformism sets the tone. The discussion leader advances ready-made themes. Out of fear to digress from the group, everyone yields to the commonopinion, which bears on the sociological phenomenon of Political Correctness.

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    In high tones the obediences will deny anykind of patronizing. (2)No important in-stitution think of a large political party orleading news agency, in fact also obedi-ences will concede that there exists apower behind the power that compro-mises the heralded independence. Most ob-servers will be unsuspecting, some willconjecture that something is badly wrong,

    but only a few will see behind the scenes.Be aware, not always the ones at the visi-

    ble top will be steering things. The greatideas, which shape decisions, can also beinstilled by silent persuaders that feed thedialectic process, defined by Marx as the-sis versus antithesis onwards to synthesis.In accordance with this principle, left and

    right, socialism and liberalism, are organi-zed contradictions only the wanted con-tradictions are being allowed. They all work to the common goal that Freemasonry has setin mind, which explains the odd fact that the great developments, like the immigration

    policy and abortion, were supported by all the large political parties or otherwise got theirhalfhearted opposition. Time and again we see one political space and this across national

    borders, while this should not always have been the case. That the press plays an inde-pendent role in the social fabric of our society is a fanciful myth. It is and remains thesame dish, though often served differently and under a different name. It is an orchestrated

    psychological game that kneads the minds. We can safely say that there is a party standingabove the parties. Far from democratic. A disgrace. A develish plot! Do not imagine thatthe Magistrature and the university system are impervious to it.

    It is a public secret that many members of these two groups are Freemason. On the web-site of one of the important Belgian obediences, Le Droit Humain (The Human Right),it is said in no uncertain terms: The Masonic approach does not cease at the TempleGate. The promotion of the Freemasonic ideas outside the Temple is a personal com-

    mitment () which requires a certain discretion about the origin of those ideas. Such isnot by free choice, because terrifying rituals convey the message to the Masonic Brotherthat he has to fear consequences if he goes against the dictates of the Lodge. The Postulantis greeted with words of freedom and cheerfulness, but the rituals he has to go through,speak a different language. For instance, he is brought blindfolded into the Temple, darke-ned as with a haunted house, and he is being pricked with the point of a sharp object; andwhen finally the blindfold is taken off, he distinguishes the contours of a lifeless body be-

    ing threatened by Lodge Brothers. A Freemason is supposed to promote the views of hisassociation in his professional life, but at the same time he has to keep silent about theirorigin! As concerns the Magistrature, the expert Andries Van Den Abeele says in TheChildren of Hiram (1991) :

    Is it acceptable to see that Magistrates, of whom we might expect a much greaterdiscretion and independence than all other citizens, are part of an association that notonly lets prevail the secret of its membership, but at the same time forges a verystrong fraternal bond by means of ceremonies and wordings of oath that cannot fail tohave an impact? (p. 107)

    The great secret might be an artful fabrication, yet Freemasonry is not devoid of secrecy.

    The hugger-muggery about its members list is a thorny question. Freemasonry recruits itsmembers from people who hold imporant positions in society or have the potential to suc-

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    ceed in life. Its members come from conflicting political parties and from a variety of na-tionwide and international institutes that pretend to promote an unbiased approach, as por-trayed by blindfolded Lady Justice. That goes a long way to explain why our democracyhas been utterly corrupted. If the political factions are not real, but just a thin varnish, anillusion, and the impartiality of the supervisory bodies a fraud, where is the democracy?Yes, where is the Constitutional State? On the one hand democray is based on politicalfactions. On the other hand it needs impartial supervision to guarantee that the systemworks as it was meant to be. This theme is touched on by the Belgian reporter Jan Puype.This is what he has to say about the secret members list of organized Freemasonry:

    When do you finally abolish the interdict to publish the members list? As long asthis rule prevails, your club, as to me, is not a private chat, but a secretive gatheringthat comes up with devious schemes. Our society is in dire need of transparency.Here the wearer knows where the shoe pinches, the more so because you oftenrecrute from men who serve the Common Good, who earn their living at the dispenseof the taxpayer. Just think of all those magistrates, politicians, professors, teachersand other officials. Put off the mask for all to see! () I am sure that thoseallegations by the evil outside world will fade away once that happens. () As long

    as this does not happen () the myth of the Masonic plot continues. (3)

    3 The Venetian College

    We have now arrived at our real subject.We may safely say that, as a counter-weight to Christianity, Freemasonry inspirit and works, has always existed. Inthis article, we restrict ourselves to a re-cognizable form that can be traced to the

    present constellation. The early begin-

    nings start with a certain Paolo Ricci,born around the year 1500 in Palermo,better known as Camillo Renato after hehad left the Church. He is known also asLisia Fileno or Fileno Lunardi. He wasone of the most extreme church refor-mers of his time. He followed the anti-trinitarian philosophy, which in one wayor another denies the divinity of Christ.He was also an Anabaptist. A Sicilian lodge is named after him. It gives the devil his due.A reformer sounds rather innocent, but and this is not well known he was also analchemist and the mentor of Leo Sozini (1525-62), otherwise known as Llius Socinus,

    who in 1546 instituted the sect of the Brothers of the Cross of the Rose. (4)In that yearthe infamous alchemistic convent took place, commonly known as the Vicenza Collo-quia or the College of Venice. We may assume it was Camillo Renato who came up withthe idea.

    The purpose of this convent was to mobilize the powers against Catholicism. It was a ter-rifying year, when during the so-called Schmalkaldic War, the Lutherans received beatingupon beating. A plan of action was called for! They swore to subvert and finally destroythe Roman Church, which was basically an attack on Christianity itself. For Renato andSozini the Reformation Movement started at the right time. They did not espouse itscause, but it served their goals. Leos nephew, Faustus Socinus (in short Fausto), wouldtake over the reins.The inscription on Faustos grave read: Tota jacet Babylon destruxittecta Lutherus, muros Calvinus, sed fundamenta Socinus, or: Luther tore down theentire roof of Babylon (the Roman Catholic Church), Calvin demolished its walls, but

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    Socinus robbed it of its foundation stone. That foundation stone is Christ. The CatholicChurch confesses, in unison with the churches of the Reformation, that its foundation isChrist and this the epitaph points at. (Nowadays the epitaph has changed.) That is what itis all about! They swore to destroy the Roman Church by means of false doctrines andsecretive means. To that end they had to set up an organization whose members wouldconceal they belonged to it. To the outside world they would say that they supported theUnitarian thought, which is an allusion to the denial of the Holy Trinity, but the philo-sophy of the inner circle also embraced the magnum opus (great work) of the unificationof all the Christian sects in alliance with all the pagan cults, mystery religions, esotericcults and gnostic sytems. In his criticism of the Ebionites, Epiphanius of Salamis (420)

    befittingly says: They want to have just the Christians title but most certainly nt theirbehaviour, opinion and knowledge, and the consensus as to faith of the Gospels and

    Apostles!The birth of the alma mater of religions, known today as Freemasonry, can beaccredited to that ill-fated meeting in Venice, that served as the crowning of a movementthat existed for a very long time. Soon after hearing of the conspiracy, the Republic ofVenice seized upon Gulio Ghirlanda di Trvise and Francisco di Ruego and they werestrangled, which are the names also of two Italian Lodges who venerate these persons as

    great martyrs. The other participants of the convent managed to escape.

    4 A new political lan

    Freemasonry does not like to be reminded of its certificate of birth. Their link with thetragic meeting of Venice must be obscured to prevent their true objectives being known.Honestly, who likes to be reminded of his failures? Amongst themselves, the Freemasonsascribe the beginning of their movement to the year 1597 when Satan in person anointedFausto as the Ros Crucis Magister Imperator a ridiculous title. Thomas Vaughan,who was the fourth successor to Fausto, is rightly seen as the founder of Freemasonry inits modern form. The eights successor was Reverend Jean Dsaguliers, who was born intoa Huguenot family. He is known to have organized the inauguration of the Mother Lodge

    in 1717. Yet it was Vaughans idea to infiltrate the Guild of the mason craftsmen or cathe-dral builders with a view to transform them. As from the 1640s, he proceeded to the syste-matic infiltration of the Guilds, which already had accepted a number of Rosicrucians.Vaughan was the one who in that period and aided by his worthy brother Elias Ashmole,designed the first rituals for accepted Masons. Because they did not practice the craft,Vaughan suggested new rituals that in some way were compatible to those of the crafts-men. He designed those rituals over a four-year period as from 1646. The execrable le-gend of Hiram Abiff became part of it. It determines the protocol of elevation to the thirdMasonic degree, in that time the highest degree. This legend was taken from a JewishTargum in a compilation by Jonathan ben Uziel, a member of the Sanhedrin that convictedour Lord and Saviour. Ashmole had Christian parents, not Jewish as is often stated.Though Ashmole discovered the legend, Vaughan composed the ritual. In 1649, the thirdor Master degree was the final level in a system borrowed from Rosicrucianism. (5)In alater stage, Freemasonry decided to institute additional degrees.

    An eternal war against God

    At a certain point during the Hiram ceremonial the coffin is opened and then theMaster of Ceremony shouts with a loud voice: Mac Benac!MACBENAC stands forMovebor Adversus Christum Bellum Eternum Nam Antichristus Consurrexit, or Iwill promote an eternal war against Christ, because here the Antichrist has risen.HIRAM means Hic Iacet Rex Adventurus Mundi: In this coffin sleeps the futureking of this world. Commonly those who practice the ceremonial have no idea ofthe real background, but it contains, even to the casual observer, sufficient elementsto turn away from it.

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    5 The Convent of Seven

    Vaughan complied with his plan of action to the instructions given by the Convent ofSeven that took place in the Schwertfegerstrasse in Magdeburg, town that in 1547 happe-ned to be the bastion of last resort during the Schmalkaldic War; from then on the tide tur-ned. During the meeting, the perfect initiates, among whom the Moravian Brother Come-

    nius, decided that their movement, known hitherto as the Socinians or Brothers of theCross of the Rose, would make its public appearance in 1717. It was also decided tochange their name into Rosicrucians, and they dreamt up an absurd legend of ChristianRosenkreuz, the so-called founder of the movement. This legend was published in 1615

    by Johann Valentin Andre, the 3 rdsuccessor to Fausto, in a book called Fama Fraterni-tatis Ros Crucis. The story tells that the light of Rosenkreuz was going to shine after120 years. Added to 1597, the year of Faustos Exaltation, this brings us to 1717 whenFreemasonry was inaugurated. There is still another meaning attached to it. This legen-dary figure, said to have been born in 1378, would have died at the age of 106, which

    brings us to 1604, the year of Faustos death (1378 + 106 + 120). 1617 was choosen forthe gathering because together with the day of the reunion, October 31st, it commemoratedthe event when Luther nailed his 95 theses to the chapel at Wittenberg, which was exactlyhundred years earlier, an act seen as the birth certificate of the great and universal refor-mation movement. Understandably, Lutherans do not like to admit this connection, whichis not of their choosing. For the Socinians, however, Luther was the initiator of the des-truction of the Church of Christ on earth, even thoug considered a dilettante whose workthey were called to bring to an end. In the meantime Luther has been cast aside. NowMohammed is the order of the day. Dont be fooled. Why would not the Christians behated if their Master underwent te same fate?

    6 Amsterdam becomes the head office of the Rosicrucians

    In 1654 Thomas Vaughan took the leadership of the Rosicrucian movement. The sands of

    time were running out in England with Royalist uprisings taking place in 1655. Life wasstarting to become difficult for Vaughans protector Cromwell, who was a Roscrucian aswell. The following year, Vaughan moved the head office from London to Amsterdam,which he deemed more appropriate for taking care of the Socinians / Rosicrucians on therun. It should be mentioned that William III had become Child of State under Raads-

    pensionaris Johan De Witt, his father having died before he was born in 1650. In a secretagreement, called the Act of Seclusion, De Witt promised Cromwell in 1654 that theHouse of Orange would be dispensed of for-ever, a promise that 13 years later was pas-sed by law in the Dutch States, in what was to

    be called the Everlasting Edict. De Witt wasthe protector of the So- cinians, and it is in

    that vein that Spinozas anonymous publica-tion from 1670 can be explained, the Trac-tatus Theologico Politi- cus, that was issuedunder the auspices of De Witt. It was atfirst well-received, but caused a storm of protests later on. (6)In it Spinoza propagatedtypical Socinian ideas by means of which he put forth his most systematic critique ofJudaism and organized religion in general. He rejected the belief that there were suchthings as prophecy and the supernatural. He argued that God acts solely by the physicallaws of his own nature, which means that God and nature are the same. Deus sive Na-tura writes Spinoza. Besides, he categorically rejected that God could have any purposein mind. In consideration of these facts it is no more than logical that Vaughan chooseAmsterdam to be the new seat of the movement. At the start of the Glorious Revolution,in 1689, when William III became king of England, the seat moved back to London again.

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    7 The Polish connection

    Many of those people who found refuge in Amsterdam, came from Poland. In that hospi-table country, for a long time a bastion of Socinianism, the sect was regarded with evergreater suspicion. Whats more, the great war between Sweden and Poland loomed, to beknown as The Swedish Deluge. (7)Because of it a quarter of the Polish population died!

    In utter distress, king Casimire took a solemn vow at the military camp of Warsaw to ex-pel the Socinians from Poland, who were regarded as the cause of the mischief that hadbefallen the country. The Senate passed it by law on July 20, 1658. Some time later Casi-mire abdicated and became a regular monk in a monastery in France. For this reason theSocinians scattered all over Europe with a strong preference for Holland, though a numberof them also fled to other regions like North America and Canada. They are still knownthere as the Unitarians, who today have but a vague resemblance to the original concept.

    How did the Socinians in earlier times arrive in Poland? Following the repressive measu-res by the Patriarch of Venice after the Vicenza Colloquia, the participants sought refugeelsewhere. Llius Socinus went to Zurich and at a later stage Faustus Socinus alias Faustowent to Lyons. At the time Fausto was too young to participate in the Colloquia. Althoughthe leaders of the Protestant movement were not unfavourably disposed towards the Soci-nians, disagreements developed. Italy, France and Switzerland were becoming hazardousterritory for the radical reformists. Even Protestant Germany proved no safe haven. Asearly as 1551, on one of his many travels, Llius Socinus visited Poland, which lookedlike a proper alternative. Queen Mother Bona Sforza (1494-1557), who originally camefrom Italy, supported the sect. Krakw, then the capital of the country, had an Italiancircle where the renaissance ideals were enthousiastically embraced, which created theright conditions for Socinus and his following. Six years later Llius visited Poland again.He was received with honours after having presented letters of introduction from Calvin.At his accession to the throne in 1573, King Henryc (Herni le Vallois) felt obliged to

    promise by solemn oath that he would support religious liberty by means of the so-called

    Henrycian Articles, formulated after the example of the previous Pax Dissidentium. Thismade Poland the most liberal country in the world. No wonder Fausto decided to take upresidence in Poland. We are now writing 1580.

    Fausto was, like his uncle, courtly in manners, with a profound culture, and he easilymade friends. He rarely expressed his deepest convictions and he was a good listener. Hismethod of inquiry was like that of his uncle Llius, who in the form of letters asked foropinions of prominent teachers rather than writing his own thoughts. Only afterwards hetook a position that slightly differed with his interlocutor. With this approach he gainedascendancy during the Polish Antitrinitarian Synods of 1584 and 1588. Towards the endof the 16thcentury he had acquired a leading position in that movement. Not long after-wards the Polish Brethren started to call themselves Socinians. That was a masterstroke

    designed to protect the inner circle, because the Polish Brethren, at least most of them,were kept in the dark as concerns the sinister aims of real Socinianism. In 1600 he was in-vited to Rakw where he attained a commanding position while providing the printing

    press with a stream of manuscripts. Until 1638, when the State ordered the abolishment ofthe facilities at Rakw together with its school and church, more than 500 titles appearedon this printing press, dubbed the Sarmatian Athens. They were dissiminated in Polish,Latin, Dutch and German. The treatises were praised by people like John Locke, John Stu-art Mill, and Isaac Newton.

    8 A harmful poison

    Holland was known for its tolerance. This remained its hallmark ever since, but not a tole-rance without bounds. In the very year Casimire vowed to chase away the Socinians, theDutch States General issued a prohibition against the printing of Socinian literature, with

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    the aim to restrain this harmful poi-son. The events that took place inPoland were in Europe the talk of thetown and more edicts followed, for theauthorities feared an influx of the So-cinians. As in those days governmentand religion were interwoven, Socinia-nism was recognized as a direct attackon the State. The edicts were not feltas an incontrovertible impediment byVaughan, who managed to take up res-idence in Amsterdam thanks to friendsin high places. He received important

    backing from the anti-orangist DeWitt, but also from the officially ap-

    pointed physician who had to take careof the Child of State (William III).

    This man was invited by Vaughan toenter his association under the guisethat who treats sickness, rules the em-

    peror. (8) This followed the Socinianprinciple to indirectly influence theaffairs of the state, for a personal phy-sician can easily become the confidentof his patient. This physician was Hel-vetius, the Latin form of Schweitzer.In the beginning of 1667 Vaughangave him a demonstration of the rea-lism of Magical Alchemy (a kind of

    witchcraft). In his turn, Helvetius succeeded to prevail upon Spinoza. Helvetius becamethe head of the Rosicrusian movement until 1709. That throws a completely different lighton the events involving William III during his life time! He died in 1702 as a consequenceof a fall from his horse. Richard Simon became the successor of Helvetius; after Simon itwas Dsaguliers, already mentioned. Spinoza and the French priest Simon are seen as thefathers of the Modern Biblical Criticism. Very remarkable. This happens to be the hobby-horse of Freemasonry. Modern Biblical Criticism is aimed at the desacralisation of theBible. Now everything falls into place.

    9 The realism of Magical Alchemy

    Realism in philosophy implies the acceptance of things which lie beyond the observableuniverse and therefore beyond normal consciousness. That something with its separateexistence goes beyond our powers of direct observation and, by manner of speaking, hidesitself within the order of creation, hence within nature itself. From that standpoint there isa kind of alchemy, popularly called Magical Alchemy, that goes beyond our human capa-

    bilities and rational knowing.Most practitioners did not consider themselves a magician,but as men who sought to harness the powers of nature. In their search for the philoso-phers stone (lapis philosophorum), the ordinary alchemist believed that the transmutationof metals, through which lead changes into gold, was within his power. After a long peri-od of vexing trials the alchemist provided he was considered a worthy candidate wasinvited to become a highest initiate. He was told that there are two kinds of operation, onethat could be exercised by human agents and one that needs an outside agent to do the

    work for him. The dabblers, not worthy of admission to the little cenacle, were seen toimitate and corrupt the admirable wisdom of the magi. In the long run, the many futile

    Johan de Witt, the Councillor Pensionary

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    attempts to practice alchemy were useful in gaining knowledge of science proper, thoughthe philosophers stone itself remained, as always, a mirage.

    The Dominican monk Albertus Magnus (1206-1280), one of the great thinkers of his time,goes to the heart of the matter. In his De Mineralibus he supports the idea that indeed atransmutation of some kind exists by means of natural processes which, however, is notaccessible in the human domain. His contemporary, the Franciscan brother Roger Bacon,also called Doctor Mirabilis or wonderful teacher, agrees. In his Scientia Experimentalishe proposes that experimentalism is an excellent tool against the fraudulent magic of theAnti-Christ. What he is trying to say is: yes, magic is possible, but forbidden.

    Alchemy did not originate in Europa. It took on a recongisable form through a gatheringof cultures and influences in the world town Alexandria, but it did not become part of themediaeval society here in the West. The art and science of alchemy was brought to theWest by the movement of Arab works translated into Latin, which started around themiddle of the 12thcentury. As from the 14thcentury alchemical works start to abound inspite of the fact that the authorities expressed their disapproval. The initiates knew very

    well that there also existed some form of science: the occult, a craft forbidden by that cur-sed institution of the Holy Roman Church. That magical alchemy was obtained throughthe adoration of Satan and his works was only known to the small circle of perfect ini-tiates. Nonetheless, the authorities in different countries had reason to suspect that alche-my was not an innocent pastime. Transmutation was considered a capital offence. Anyoneattempting to trade 100% pure gold risked being arrested, for they had no technical means,then, to purify gold to such an extent. For privately alloying of precious metals - oftenused for coins, the details of which were kept secret - the penalty was death. Alloying,therefore, offered no solution. Vaughan recounts how he was found to have made his gold

    by magical means, being betrayed by its extreme purity, and he had to leave it with thegold merchant in order to prevent further trouble. Nevertheless, through bribery the mo-vement must have succeeded in exchanging considerable volumes. That way the young

    movement obtained the necessary funds for its activities. When, at a later stage, they gotfunds via their bank holdings and industrial interests, there was no need for it anymore.

    The ordinances against Socinianism

    An example of an edict against Socianism is the proclamation of the States of Hol-land, which ends as follows: Thus, in order to restrain this harmful poison and inorder to prevent as much as possible that anybody shall be misled by this, we havejudged it our duty to declare the said books to be as we deemed aforesaid, and tocondemn them as blasphemous books, pernicious to the soul, full of unfounded anddangerous propositions and abominations, detrimental to the True Religion anddivine Worship. Therefore we herewith as yet prohibit each and everyone to print,

    to spread or to sell these or similar books on auctions or otherwise, under penalty ofthe Edicts of the Country and especially that of September 19 th1653 which has beenissued to this end. We order anyone whom it may concern, to comply with this[edict], and that this [edict] will be published and posted up everywhere where itshould be and is customary in similar matters. Given under the Seal of [the] Judici-ary stamped below on July 19th1674.

    10 Amazing works of deception

    I do not believe in transmutation, but I do believe in devilish tricks. Lucifer has this powerto deceive those who deserve it. Take my word, it is not easy to be deserving. One needs

    tenaciousness on the road to perdition. It is beyond a shadow of doubt that all the perfect

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    initiates were fully dedicated to being possessed by the Devil, and that they wanted to beand indeed were possessed. We should take to heart the admonition of the apostle Paul:

    Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put onthe whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against

    powers, against the world-rulers of this very darkness, against the spirits ofwickedness in the heavenly spheres. (Eph. 6:10-12)

    It seems incredible that Lucifer has been given the power to transmutate base metals intogold, but it is not unbiblical. The second letter to the Thessalonians reads (2:6-12):

    And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.For the Mystery of Lawlessness is already at work; only He, (the Church undefiled,salt of the earth), who now restrains, will do so until He is taken out of the way (bymeans of the doctrinal corruption, that is the Abomination of Desolation spoken of byDaniel the prophet). Then (Lucifers underling), the lawless one, will be revealed,whom the Lord will slay with the (creative) breath of His mouth (in the utterance also

    of oracles of truth), and destroy by the brightness of His coming. The coming of thelawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and livingwonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, since they didnot receive the love of the Truth that they might be saved. And for this reason Godwill send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may becondemned who did not believe the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

    11 A reorientation was called for

    As from the foundation of the Mother-Lodge in 1717, Freemasonry experienced a prodi-geal growth. In Europe, and at a later stage in North America, several departments cameinto existence in each large city. The growth was phenomenal and the departments did not

    always follow the first principles. The situation was getting worse that needed correc-tion. In the second half of the 18 thcentury a different organisational approach was calledfor, as new members were insufficiently aware of the great secret. In all countries sepa-rate core cells (inner circles) were be set up within the distinctive obediences and lodges.Freemasonry operates by means of concentric circles, in which each circle steers the outerone. An outer circle does not know the real objectives higher up, because the objectivesthat are told are not meant to inform but to mislead. The core cell is of course the smallestand it has been described as an organisation within an organisation.

    We should be aware that this special approach only partially explains the effectiveness ofthe mystery of iniquity.(2 Th. 2:7) It is a Spiritual battle that hides behind the visibleorganisation form. It is like a fraternity bonded together by mutual understanding and em-

    pathy, of people who have a tendency to be common minded. Perhaps they do not knoweach other and are separated in space and time, but if they met it would be as if they hadknown each other, the same as brothers do. When considering exalted words with, as itwere, a willpower to raise high in the conscious and motivated mind, I come to think ofthe expression from George Steiner who typifies the word as force and medium of crea-tion.And how remarkable when he says further on: We must come to grasp what Niet-

    zsche meant when he proclaimed that the lie - and not the truth - is divine.(9)A domi-nion of insinuation and lie with a tremendous mobility and thus a huge capacity to invent

    plans, emerging in many minds simultaneously and spontaneously, seemingly withoutconnection. This falsehood is also capable of attacking individuals or peoples from ama-zingly disparate angles as if a plan has been forged in secret. Surely in secret, but not ne-

    cessarily known by its participants. Therefore, those on the lookout for conspiracies easilytend to overstate their level of organization and sophistication. Certain hidden forms of

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    organization do, of course, exist, if not by hiding their plans, and Freemasonry is one ofthem. They wrongly assume that by revealing them, the great conspiracy will be brokenas if it concerns an eccentric movement that no common citizen really wants. On the sur-face they may be right. Yet the ingrained mobility of the worldly affairs is beyond theirscope. It is dark movement and change in every aspect - inside, outside, everywhere, withfor the marionettes puppeteer a premeditated outcome.

    William Guy Carr, a Naval Officer from Canada, has discussed the orientation of Free-masonry in his book, posthumously published in 1966: Satan, Prince of This World. (10)William Carr defines the ongoing battle in the following terms:

    Satanism is the manual of action which on this earth puts the Luciferianconspiracy into effect. The Old Testament, trimmed down to its greatest simplicity, isno more than the history of Satanism (and Gods plan through the people of Israel toexorcise it). It tells us how Satanism has been directed since the Fall of our first

    parents up to the Advent of Christ who came to set us free from the bonds ofSatanism that tied the human race more securely from generation to generation. TheHoly Scripture refers to Satan 67 times and to Christ only 63. But what concerns us

    particularly is the fact that the Holy Scripture tells us, and demonstrates it too, thatSatan is Prince of this World (though on its way to perdition). (John 12:31; 14:30;16:2) Because Satan is the opponent of God and His human creatures, he must, asPrince of this World, be related to the World Revolutionary Movement. (p. 36)

    12 Adam Weishaupt put the continuing conspiracy into effect

    Important work to adjust Freemasonry up to the requirements of the time was done byAdam Weishaupt (1748-1830), the so-called father of the Order of the Illuminati. He wasa Jesuit who turned his life, dedicated to God, into the contrary. Already at the age of 28,he was appointed as Professor of Canon Law in Ingoldstadt, a town situated somewhere in

    between Neurenberg and Munich. (11)William Carr says about him in his book: My studies and research satisfied me that Weishaupt only revised andmodernized the Protocols of the Luciferian Conspiracy in order to enable theSynagogue of Satan to take full advantage of the progress being made in appliedscience, and the rapidly changing social, political, economic, and religiousconditions. He didnt originate Illuminism! Illuminati simply means Holders of theLight just as the word protocols means: Original written draft of a plan designed toachieve a definite stated purpose. I repeat: Illuminism (or Enlightenment) hasexisted since that Cain defected from God. (p. 42)

    The conspiracy, headed by Weishaupt, has been described in great detail by ProfessorJohn Robison in Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments ofEurope, a book that became an immediate bestseller. From the introduction of Robisons

    book, I take the following that was included by its publisher in the reprint of 1967:

    The two prime source books for our knowledge of Adam Weishaupts Illuminaticonspiracy are Professor John Robisons Proofs of a Conspiracy, first publishedin1798, and the Abb Augustin Barruels impressive four-volume study MemoirsIllustrating the History of Jacobinism, published in 1799, some months after the first

    publication of Robisons book. Both men one a Professor of Natural Philosophy(theoretical and applied physics) at Edinburgh University, the other a Frenchclergyman writing in different countries and in different languages, without the oneknowing the other, basically covered the same subject matter and came to the verysame conclusions.

    () While Barruels work is the more extensive, better documented, and perhapsmore painstakingly accurate, Professor Robisons book is the more literate,

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    sophisticated and reflective. Its documentation is extensive, but its intellectual scopeis its chief delight, for Robison, in this work, is more than merely a historian; he is a

    philosopher, moralist, social commentator, wise observer of human foibles, scientist,critic, and stylist.

    Augustin Barruels basic idea was that of a conspiracy with the aim of overthrowingChristianity, or more to the point, any and all forms of political and social organisations

    based on conformity with the moral teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. In the ex-cellent introduction to his book (12), Christian Lagrave explains:

    At first the English public opinion was favorably disposed towards the (French)Revolution, for the whole establishment was enamoured by the Masonic andOrangistic ideas, but when the spectacle of the Jacobin atrocities pervaded, theenthousiasm waned. Reflections on the Revolution in France, written by EdmundBurke, who was a member of the House of Commons, defended in very clear termsand with excellent arguments an anti-revolutionary point of view. Because of its largedistribution, the book made a substantial contribution to informing the English

    Nation of the true facts of what happened. It was first published in 1790 and got

    eleven editions in less than a year. The work was of prime importance because eachnew edition, until 1792, included the latest developments. It was much in demand,was reviewed a number of times and it appeared in five languages.

    Burke received Barruel. Lord Clifford enabled him to continue his work andBarruel, who had few contacts with the French immigrants, was in close contact withConservative English circles like the Anti-Jacobin Review and the British Critic.

    Robison wanted to warn Britain and other kingdoms that the forces, which toppled theFrench monarchy, were still active all over the continent. He traces the story of the 1776founding of the Illuminati by Weishaupt and the suppression of the order by the royal andchurch authorities of Bavaria in 1785, but to no avail. The Illuminati went underground allover Europe and reformed existing Masonic lodges or set up their own as a cover for theiractivities. In Paris, Louis Philippe the Duke of Orlans (1747-1793), nicknamed Philippegalit (Philippe Equality), secretely headed the Illuminist front through the FreemasonicGrand Orient Lodge, whose member he was, by application of his immense wealth. Hescandalously conspired against the ruling House of Bourbon in the hope of getting ascen-dancy to the throne. Robison maintained, and rightly so, that a number of continental lod-ges were hotbeds of revolutionary plotting. The assertion, nowadays, that the English andScottish lodges were generally apolitical and worked actively to keep out Illuminita is justnot true and is again one of those nasty lies.

    William Carr delves into the plan of action (pp. 50-52):

    The most prominent Satanists, or Luciferians, who worked with Weishaupt, were

    the famous German author Zwack, Baron Knigge, Baron Bassus from Sandersdorf,the Marquis Constanza, and Nicolai. In order to hide their identity and real purpose,Weishaupt and his lieutenants used code names. Weishaupt was Spartacus; Zwackwas Cato; Baron Knigge was Philo; Bassus was Hannibal; The Marquis Constanzawas Diomedes; and Nicolai the greatest scoffer of ALL religions that teach belief ina God other than Lucifer became Lucian.

    Cities, in which Grand Orient Lodges were established to be the secretrevolutionary headquarters of those who directed the conspiracy, also received codenames. Thus Munich became Athens; Vienna became Rome; etc. It was an accident,or an act of God, which exposed these secrets. Zwack had put Weishaupts notes intoorderly manuscript form ready for publication for the information of revolutionary

    leaders throughout the world. Copies of this Luciferian Bible were placed in thehands of carefully selected trustees to ensure that some would survive if governmentauthorities seized copies. One copy was entrusted to the care of Professor John

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    Robison of Edinburgh University. In 1784, another was sent from Frankfort on Mainto the Count of Mirabeau in Paris. He had been selected by Weishaupt to foment theFrench Revolution, scheduled to break out in 1789.

    () As the Illuminatis courier rode through Ratisbon (the German Regensburg),on his way to Paris to deliver Mirabeau his copy of Weishaupts revised plans, the

    courier was killed by a stroke of lightning. This event occurred in 1784. The policeturned the documents found on the body over to Bavarian government authorities.Examination revealed them to be the Protocols of The Order and Sect of theIlluminati. () The Bavarian government had got hold of the Protocols of theLuciferian conspiracy, as revised by Adam Weishaupt between 1770 and 1776. Afterstudying the documents they discovered how Weishaupt intended to put his plansinto effect. The documents further disclosed that the Lodges of the Grand Orientwere to be used as the secret headquarters of those who directed the conspiracy,which aimed to destroy all remaining governments and religions throughout theworld. They also revealed that the Illuminati intended to infiltrate into all other secretsocieties, but particularly into the Continental or Blue Freemasonry, for the purposeof contacting wealthy and influential people over whom they wished to obtain control

    so they could be used to further the Illuminatis plans to bring about a One WorldGovernment.The Elector of Bavaria ordered the police to raid the homes and meeting places of

    Weishaupt and his close associates. These raids added a wealth of additionalevidence to what had already been obtained from the documents found on the bodyof the courier. The Bavarian government was very thorough. By 1786 they hadexamined all available evidence. They published the information in a book entitledOriginal Writings of the Order and Sect of the Illuminati. Zwacks manuscript,containing Weishaupts version of the age old Luciferian conspiracy, was entitledEinige Originalschriften (Some Original Writings). Copies of the conspiracy weresent by the Bavarian government to ALL heads of Church and state in Europe.

    () Before Weishaupt was banished in 1786, his two thousand well educated,carefully selected, brilliant-minded, wealthy and well bred Illuminati had establishedone or more Lodges of the Grand Orient in Munich, Ingolstadt, Frankfort, Echstadt,Hannover, Brunswick, Calbe, Magdeburgh, Cassel, Osnabrck, Weimar, Saxony,Heidelbergh, Mannheim, Strasbourg, Spire, Worms, Dsseldorff, Cologne, Bonn,Livonia, Courtland, Franendahl, Alsace, Wienne, Deuxponts, Hesse, Cousel,Buchenwerter, Treves, Montpellier, Aix-la-Chapelle, Stuttgart, Bourscheid,Karlsruhe, Hahrenberg, Anspach, Neuweid, Metz, Rome, Naples, Ancona, Turin,Florence, Warsaw, and Dresden. There were Lodges in Upper Saxony, Westphalia,Switzerland, France, Scotland, Holland, and by no means least, in America.

    Final Warning: A History of the New World Order by David Allen Rivera, first pu-

    blished in 1984, tells on account of this question in chapter 12, Order of the Illuminati : The leaders of the Order who appeared before the governments Court of Inquirytestified that the organization was dedicated to the overthrow of Church and State.However, these revelations and the publication of their documents did little to alertthe public because of their unbelievable claims. New measures were taken bygovernment officials. The leaders of the Order were arrested and formallyinterrogated and then forced to renounce the Illuminati. The Elector of Bavaria

    banished Weishaupt. He moved to Regensburg in Switzerland, where he reorganizedhis Illuminati. Two Italians, the Marquis Constanza, and the Marquis Savioli joinedWeishaupt in Switzerland. This explains why the Italian Guiseppe Mazzini wasselected to direct the World Revolutionary programme in 1834 and was succeeded byanother Italian, Adriano Lemmi, in 1872 when Mazzini died. The final blow againstthe Illuminati came on August 16, 1787, when the Grand Duke of Dalberg issued the

    proclamation that anyone found guilty of recruiting members were to be executed,

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    while those who were recruited, would have their property confiscated and then bedeported. Zwack, who was banished, sought sanctuary in the Court of Zweibrcken,where he was later appointed to an official position in the principality of Salm-Kyrburg. In that position he contributed to the Illuminati movement in Holland andwas later summoned by Dalberg as the government tried to deal with the problem offugitives who might attempt to reorganize the Order. Subsequently, Zwack fled toEngland. On November 15, 1790, another Edict was announced against theorganization: anyone found to be an active member was to be put to death. Thefollowing year a list of 91 names of alleged members was compiled. They werehunted down and banished. This harassment didnt end until 1799 when Dalbergdied. The apparent demise of the Order was taken into stride by its highest members,who continued to operate underground. Weishaupt wrote: The great care of the

    Illuminati after the publication of their secret writings was to persuade the whole of

    Germany that their Order no longer existed, that their adepts had all renounced, not

    only their mysteries, but as members of some secret society.

    Well, we know differently. We know that there exists a unbroken conspirational line star-

    ting from the Vicenza Colloquia in 1546, when a number of Satanists met, that runs untilthe establishment of the Freemasonic Mother- or Grand Lodge in 1717, a line thatcontinues to exist til today. Satan cares for his movement and will not allow the humanforces, dedicated to his service, to be defeated until the prophecized moment arriveswhen Christ will throw him in the abyss. Yet, in spite of his scheming, humans are at faultand humanity bears a collective guilt, because our inclination is towards evil and we haverefused the take the Evangelical Message at heart. The devil comes into play to hastenwhat would have happened anyway. So, who is to blame? Certainly not God, who allowsit to happen.

    Hubert Luns

    [In part published in Profetisch Perspectief, spring 2007 Nr. 54]

    The origins of Freemasonry as from the Vicenza Colloquia until the establishment of theGrand Loge are discussed in more detail in the Internet Series of the Ascent of Manand Science, beginning Chapter 7.

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    Notes

    The conspiracy against Christianity

    (1) The hatred against Christ as the divine person engaged the wicked will for the annihi-lation of Christianity. Of course the struggle has always existed but, as concerns Freema-sonry, it can be traced back to the Vicenza Colloquia of 1546. In the classical work of 1799

    by Father Augustin Barruel (Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism), that dealswith the causes of the French Revolution which was prepared in the secret of the Lodges it is written at the beginning of chapter 1:

    About the middle of this century in which we live at present (the 18thcentury),there appeared three men leagued in the most inveterate hatred against Christianity.These were Voltaire, D'Alembert, and Frederick II, King of Prussia. Voltaire hatedreligion because he was jealous of its Author, and of all those whom it had renderedillustrious; D'Alembert because his cold heart was incapable of affection; Frederickbecause he had never seen it but through the medium of its enemies.

    To these three a fourth must be added, named Diderot; hating religion because hedoated on nature; enthusiastically wedded to the chaos of his own ideas, he choserather to build his system on chimeras and form mysteries of his own, than to submitto the God of the Gospel.

    Numerous were the adepts afterwards drawn into this conspiracy, generallystupid admirers or secondary agents. Voltaire the chief, DAlembert the most subtleagent, Frederick the protector and often the adviser, Diderot the forlorn hope.

    The first, Mary Francis Arouet de Voltaire, () sought an asylum in England; hethere found men whom he mistook for philosophers, because they were all impious,just like himself; in seeking their company, their sophisms stirred up his hatredagainst Jesus Christ. If we may believe Condorcet, from then on he swore theoverthrow of religion, and he kept word: from then on it did not tire him to repeatover and over again thattwelve men were sufficient to establish Christianity, and Iwill prove that one may suffice to overthrow it.

    As if the Lodges do not cooperate!

    (2) In France, we are talking 2007, La Grande Loge Nationale Franaise is officially theonly one recognized by the Great United Lodge of England. This French Lodge statesthat it keeps no contact whatsoever with the other French obediences and that it forbidsits members to visit the lodges of other obediences. This smoke curtain tries to obfuscatethe manipulative power of Freemasonry, because what applies to the common member,does not apply to the elite.

    (3) De Elite van Belgi by Jan Puype Van Halewyck, Leuven # 2004 (pp. 276-77).

    Emblem of Luther Martin Luther

    The Socinian Emblem

    (4) The Brothers of the Cross of the Rose greeted each other with ave frater, that wasanswered by ros crucis, the rose being a symbol of hermeneutical or secret knowing andthe cross of the religion that had to be crushed. The perfect initiates, who knew the Alche-

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    mistic secret of changing lead into gold, answered instead aure crucis (gold cross). TheSocinians carried a gold crucifix with, in its centre, a rose, which had quite a number ofmeanings attached to it. Luther too used such a symbol consisting of a crucifix with in itscentre a rose. This was published for the first time in 1520 together with one of his ser-mons. It could be that in the forties Camillo Renato, who was in touch with the reformersof his time, borrowed it from Luther in a slightly different design and gave it a different

    meaning.

    Why the original Rosicrucians do not exist any more

    (5) After the successful infiltration and transformation of the Masonic Guilds by theRosicrucian Movement, it lost its raison dtre. It ceased to exist after Johan Wolffs deathin 1780, its last head. The groups that emerged later, calling themselves Rosicrucian, arenot Socinian. These kind of things complicates the study of our subject, but that is an in-tentional set-up.

    Spinoza and Simon, the fathers of Modern Biblical Criticism

    (6) In the long run Tractatus Theologico Politicus proved of decisive influence for thedirection of biblical evaluation that tries to destroy the divine authority of Holy Scripture,a form in vogue today and known as Modern Biblical Criticism. Spinozas contemporary

    was the priest Richard Simon, who outlived him by 35 years. They were both Socinians. Infact, Simon was fond to call himself a Spinozist. He defended the Tractatus and pouredscorn on everyone who criticized it. Simons epoch making book Histoire critique duNouveau Testament was written in the vein of the Tractatus and was to be published oneyear after Spinozas death, in 1678. By a decree of the Royal Council of France the wholeedition of 1,300 books was seized and destroyed, but one copy survived and was soon re-printed in Amsterdam.

    Louis De Geer, a great historical figure

    (7) Baron Louis De Geer (1652) from Amsterdam is honoured in Sweden as a great his-torical figure. He participated in the Convent of Seven and helped to prepare the war be-tween Sweden and Poland from his position as industrial magnate and confident of AxelOxenstiern (1654). His house in Amsterdam, called with the heads, situated at the Kei-

    zersgracht 123, still exists. The six heads on the outer faade are an eulogy to paganism,and represent Apollo, Ceres, Mars, Minerva, Bacchus and Diana.

    Louis de Geer The House with the Heads

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    Who Treats Sickness, Rules the Emperor: The Felix Kersten Affair

    (8) See Appendix 1.

    (9) A Reader by George Steiner Penguin Books, England # 1984 (pp. 17, 402).

    No infiltration but adjustment

    (10) William Carr defends the principle that Freemasonry was at its foundation in 1717 arespectable organisation and that only later it has been infiltrated by evil minded persons.On page 50 of his book, he says: Very few historians seem to realize that early in the1700s () the so-called Internationalists had infiltrated into America. The works ofthose historians who do mention this fact have been suppressed. There is documentaryevidence which proves these subversives were active as early as 1746.Because I clearlyshow in my articles that Freemasonry was corrupt as from its beginnings, we should notspeak of infiltration but of an adjustment.

    It is possible to download Carrs book here: Satan, Prince of This World. Ex-cerpts from the book are given in Appendix 2. The book is also available in French at Edi-tions Saint-Remi (www.saint-remi.fr) under Satan, Prince de ce Monde.

    Adam Weishaupt despised the Jesuit Order

    (11) Adam Weishaupt tried to involve the Jesuits, but he failed. William Carr says onpages 42 and 59 of his book:

    My studies have convinced me that Illuminism (Enlightenment), under the namePerfectionism, was practiced within the Jesuit Order long before Weishaupt defectedfrom God and became a Luciferian. () As the Jesuit Order was the greatest teachingorder during the 17thand 18thcenturies, the Synagogue of Satan, quite naturally,infiltrated its agentur into the order, just as they infiltrate into every (important) levelof society. Their agentur hid their true identity. They were clever enough not to beopenly critical of the curriculum of the Jesuits. They simply advised those who set upthe curriculum not to teach too much about the existence of the Luciferian conspiracyor tell the students how and why it is directed. () Regarding this aspect of theconspiracy, which we call The conspiracy of silence, I wish to remind that even the

    Popes have blamed the rapid development of Satanism upon the manner in which(many) priests have neglected to inform their parishioners on this all importantmatter. () While Weishaupt remained unsuspected, he was happy as a Jesuit. Hewore a cloak that hid perfectly his diabolical activities. But when the Jesuits weredisbanded by papal Bull in 1773 , he showed his true colours and directed theIlluminatis hatred against all members of the Jesuit Order. This hatred has beencontinued by Illuminists against the Jesuits ever since.

    Jesuit missions in Latin America were very controversial in Europe, especially in Spain and Por-tugal, where they were seen as interfering with the proper colonial enterprises of the royal govern-ments. It is partly because the Jesuits, such as Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, protected the natives,whom Spanish and Portuguese colonizers wanted to enslave, that the Society of Jesus was suppres-sed in 1773.

    (12)A reprint of Abb Barruels book appeared in 2005 at Editions de Chir (86190 Chi-r-en-Montreuil, France): Mmoires pour servir lHistoire du Jacobinisme, (revus etcorrigs par lauteur en 1818). It is important to depart from the revised version becausethe writer had still insufficiently checked the names and dates at its first edition.

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    .APPENDIX1.

    The Felix Kersten AffairThe decisions by the Convent of Seven are found in Themis Aurea (1618) by Count Mi-

    chael Maier of Rindsbourg, who was the physician of the Archduke and Emperor Ro-

    dolph II, and he became the second successor to Fausto. In chapter IV he makes an inte-

    resting remark: Whoever shall travel, must profess Medicine and cure gratis without any

    reward () for a physician, in treating sickness, governs the Emperor.

    It is a well known fact that a physician can influence a patient put under his care. Based onthis the personal physician of Nazi chief Himmler has invented a marvellous story, statingthat due to his influence on Himmler the Dutch population had not been deported. A

    bizarre thing. In an interview in 1995, Lou de Jong, the director of Dutch Institute for War

    Documentation (the RIOD), says the following: One of the most remarkable historical events set to right by De Jong is the affairsurrounding Felix Kersten, that mysterious layer-on of hands who in the 1920s drewPrince Hendrik and Queen Wilhelmina to himself and became the personal surgeonof SS chief Heinrich Himmler, who called him my only friend, my Buddha.Afterthe war, Kersten was able to rehabilitate himself completely thanks to his story that itwas only because of his whisperings in Himmlers ears that the entire Dutch

    population was not deported to Poland by way of punishment, as the Nazi top haddecided.

    For his programme of self-rehabilitation Kersten was able to enlist the services of such

    people as journalist Joop den Uyl and De Jongs predecessor as director of the RIOD,N.W. Posthumus. Den Uyl (who was to become prime minister in 1973), translated hismemoirs and wrote an inspiring introduction to them. Posthumus even went as far as to

    propose Kersten for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1950 Kersten received from Prince Bern-hard the decorations belonging to the rank of Grand Officer in the Order of Oranje Nas-sau, and at his death in 1960 the collective Dutch Press was of the opinion that in Dr.

    Felix Kersten the Netherlands has lost a great friend of our country.

    Some years later, however, it turned out that Kersten had been playing a double game allthe time. A collection of Kerstens letters dated after the war and written to all kinds of

    prominent Nazis came into the possession of Amsterdam collector Freek van Rijsinge andsince then have been made public. The letters show that Kersten was still singing loud the

    praises of anti-Semitism, had corresponded with the notorious SS ObergruppenfhrerGottlob Berger and such types as Leo Hausleiter, one time members of the virulent anti-Jewish Thule Society. Kersten used his excellent relations with the Dutch court to mediatein favour of condemned war criminals such as Christiansen and the infamous Dutch campdoctor Nieuwenhuysen.

    In 1972 it was De Jong who took the initiative to expose the myth surrounding Kersten.With his article entitled Heeft Felix Kersten het Nederlandse volk gered? (Did FelixKersten save the people of the Netherlands?), he was the first to untangle the web of liesaround the layer-on of hands. It stated among other things:

    What you can, in any case, say about Kersten is that he mainly thought of himself.

    For this reason he went to Sweden in 1943 in an attempt to get into peoples goodbooks with his so-called action to save the Dutch population. Nonsense! It would

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    have been possible at the time to see through it if people had taken the trouble tocompare carefully the two reports he himself wrote about the saving of the Dutch

    people. The committee investigating the affair had the two reports on the table butfailed to make the comparison. Actually an incomprehensible failure, that eventuallyled to the decision to grant Kersten a high Dutch honour. Unfortunately he wasalready dead when I started my investigation. Kersten tricked the Dutch people. Theonly consolation is that after I had published my findings, nobody stood up to saythat Kersten was still good. It was generally accepted that he was mainly a dreamer.

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    The affair surrounding Felix Kersten brings to mind the Greet Hofmans affair, who had a

    grip on the Dutch Royal Family, which in the end almost caused a government crisis. This

    shows that there is also a hypnotic influence at play with this kind of phycisians. The illness

    disappears, but always returns which stimulates a strong dependence between the patient

    and the paranormally gifted confidant. Felix Kersten was a layer-on of hands and probablyalso Helvetius.

    Helvetius, Kersten, Hofmans, the House of Orange: the same pattern

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    See also the articles: The Greet Hofmans Affair

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    9) Gods plan teaches that all human beings should love and be charitable towards theirneighbours. The word neighbour, as used by Christ, means a person who wont do an-other harm, but rather will go out of his way to do a good turn, even though the recipient

    be a stranger. The Luciferian doctrine says that in order to impose absolute power bySatanic despotism, those who are selected to rule must first prove they are utterly devoidof human sentiment. According to the pronouncement of Albert Pike (the leader of theU.S. Masonic movement from 1859 until his death in 1891), this ridding themselves ofhuman emotions must be carried out by men selected to rule to the extent that they donteven feel love, or sympathy, or any sentimental feeling whatsoever, towards members ofthe opposite sex. Pike ruled that women initiated into Lodges of Adoption should be madecommon property. He said members of the Palladian Rite should use them frequently andwithout passion, but solely to gratify their sexual urges without allowing any love or senti-ment which lead so many human hearts astray entering into their sexual relation-ships. Thus, he says, men shall enchain women while obtaining absolute control oftheir own human weaknesses.So we see that everything that God considers Good, Lu-cifer says is Evil. Everything God considers strength of character, Luciferians considerweakness of character.

    11) Gods plan for civilized society is based on the principle that two human beings ofopposite sex shall establish a home and raise a family. Luciferians say that the destructionof the home and family is absolutely essential to the success of their conspiracy.

    13) Gods intends to elevate the dignity of Man to achieve an ever greater degree of spiri-tual perfection. The Scriptures tell us that we can qualify for the highest vacant seats inHeaven. Luciferianism is insistent that every human being be reduced to its lowest pos-sible level. It was to further this diabolical plot that Cromwells Levellers, or agitators for

    political reform, drove in the thin edge of the wedge. Today it has advanced to the stagewhere women have demanded the right to adopt the same immoral codes as men; theright to smoke, to do everything that does not elevate them above the filth, the dirt, andslime of decadent human nature. God sets up chastity as a virtue; Lucifer says we must be

    promiscuous to demonstrate our godship. Christ proved by His devotion and love andrespect for His earthly mother Mary, that God intended motherhood to be the greatest ofall vocations. Christs relationship to His earthly mother, and Marys love and devotion toher Son, should tell us that, despite the Fall of Eve, He still wants woman to be a being of

    beauty, charm and grace, full of love, charity, and affection. He wants women to be realmothers, not just human incubators who accidentally conceive due to human error. Luci-ferianism is determined to drag womanhood down into the gutter, and to the level of thenatural state of the lower beasts of creation (or even worse).

    14) God provided everything we require for our use and benefit. He ordered that we useALL things in moderation. The Luciferian ideology says, but doesnt intend, that manshall be a law unto himself and do as he pleases.

    15) Gods plan of creation placed everything He created in perfect balance. Those who aredeveloping the Luciferian conspiracy to its ultimate objective are doing their level best to

    put Gods creation out of balance, and the human race (yes, the whole earth) pays thepenalty for the sins of presumption committed by Luciferians.

    From page 36: I have, as most Christians, repeated the Lords Prayer daily since the days Icould talk. () As a result of studying the words (of this prayer) in their relation to Sata-nism and the World Revolutionary Movement, I reached the conclusion that the wordswould have had a better relationship if the English translation had been And let us not beled into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One [Satan]. I was pleased to discover,long afterwards, that in early Christianity both the Greek and Roman fathers, (as also

    expressed in) their liturgies, were strongly in favour of the masculine rather than theneutral use of the words A malo.() I found in the New Testament, and in the texts ofthe Desert Fathers, that Satan, and those (who are members) of the Synagogue of Satan,

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    exercise a general direction or superintendence over ALL evil, temporal and spiritual,which is being committed or experienced in this world.

    From pages 43-44:Adam Weishaupt was brought under the influence of the newly formed House of

    Rothschild. He was retained to revise and modernize the age old Luciferian Protocols. Hispride was given further inflation when he was asked to, or it was suggested, that he orga-nize the Illuminati to put the revised version of the continuing Luciferian conspiracy intoeffect. () He finished his task in 1776.

    Comment: The number 1776 adds up to 21 (1+7+7+6) and is composed of 1600 + 160 + 16= 3 x (1+6) or 3x7. The occult message of it is that 1776 is the beginning year in which Manis placed above God through exceeding sinfulness, for 1 stands for beginning, 6 for Man, 7for becoming a god through exercise of the 7 Capital Sins. The number 21 (3x7) stands forthe most extreme sinfulness to be concocted in the mind. This is why 1776 is printed onthe American one dollar bills on the basis of the great pyramid, which is also the year of

    the American Declaration of Independence. On top of this pyramid rests the all-seeing eyeof the order of the Illuminati. Luciferianism reacts with the diffusion of the seven capitalvices which stand in opposition to the seven theologal and cardinal virtues, by which Manwould become free, free from God and therefore would come above God. To faith itopposes pride; to hope, lust; to charity, avarice; to prudence, anger; to fortitude, sloth; tojustice, envy; to temperance, gluttony.

    William Carr continues (pp. 51-53):History proves that the warnings sent by the Bavarian government to ALL heads of

    Church and state were ignored, because Weishaupts Illuminati had already been placed inkey positions behind the scenes of government, both secular and religious, as experts

    and advisers. They denounced the evidence as a forgery. They claimed it was part of ahuge practical joke being perpetrated by those who wished to ridicule the heads of Churchand state. But the French Revolution broke out on schedule, and history proves that since1776 the conspiracy has developed EXACTLY as Weishaupt intended. Today (1959), it isin its semi-final stage.

    () With devilish cunning Weishaupt and his fellow conspirators made those inauthority believe that the Order of the Illuminati had died a natural death in 1786 (in thatyear the Bavarian government published everything). The truth is that the plot has neverended to bring what remains of the human race (after the great war being planned) under atotalitarian dictatorship. It blossomed forth under new names and disguises in all parts ofthe world. () Weishaupt himself tells us he planned well in advance of the year 1786how to take care of the risk of a possible discovery and exposure.

    Those who defect from God [Adonay] first become Satanists. Then, usually, afterlong years of testing and trial, a Satanist might be selected for the initiation into the Luci-ferian Priesthood. From these are selected the High Priests and the Universal SovereignPontiff of the Luciferian Creed. Weishaupt [Spartacus] aspired to become the SovereignPontiff. In a letter to Cato alias Zwack, dated February 6, 1778, he said:

    The allegory on which I am to found the Mysteries of the Higher Orders is thefire-worship of the Magi [worship of Lucifer]. We must have some worship and noneis so opposite the: Let there be light.This is my motto, and this is my fundamental

    principle.

    In March the same year, Weishaupt again wrote to his friend Cato [Zwack]:

    I have gone through the whole cycle of human inquiry. I have exorcised spirits.(Note A)I raised ghosts, discovered treasures, interrogated the Cabale (Note B), I have

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    never transmuted metals (lead into gold). I would have executed much greater thingshad not the government [his superiors in the Luciferian conspiracy] always opposedmy exertions and placed others in situations which suited my talents.

    Note A on I [Weishaupt] have exorcised spirits:

    The word exorcise means to expel a devil or devils from a person who has been possessed.The Scriptures tell us how Christ cast out devils. But Satanists first invite a devil to enterinto, and possess, their medium and through it speak to those who seek knowledge or ad-vice from Satan and/or Lucifer. After the medium served its purpose, the High Priests ofthe Synagogue of Satan then exorcises the devil from that persons body, and he or shebecomes (momentarily) normal again. This practice caused the Synagogue of Satan, whichwished to discredit Christ, to accuse Him of casting out devils in the name, and throughthe powers of Beelzebub the Prince of Devils and not by the power of God. (Luke 11:14-15)

    Note B on the Cabale:

    The Cabale [often spelled differently], as referred to by Weishaupt, means The SpiritualPowers headed by Lucifer in the celestial world.

    Weishaupt was literally as proud as Lucifer. He was determined to become the SovereignPontiff of the Luciferian Creed. He was determined to be placed higher than any other

    person in this or the celestial world, excepting only his beloved Lucifer. This statement isproved by a letter he wrote Cato [Zwack] in 1778. He told his friend:

    By this plan we shall direct all mankind. In this manner, and by the simplestmeans, we shall set all in motion and in flames. The occupations must be so allottedand contrived, that we may, in secret, influence all political transactions. () I have

    considered everything, and so prepared it, that if the Order should this day go to ruin,I shall in a year reestablish it more brilliant than ever.

    Since 1786 (when the Bavarian documentation was published) many, so-called autho-rities, have tried to convince the heads of Church and state in America and elsewhere thatIlluminism was as dead as the Dodo bird. These Luciferians produce what they claim isdocumentary evidence to prove what they say is the TRUTH (that the movement wouldhave disappeared), but they are careful to conceal the evidence, which could prove thatAlbert Pike reorganized the Palladian Rite between 1859 and 1889 to take over the direc-tion of the Luciferian conspiracy from the Illuminati. They carefully conceal the evidenceshowing that (at the time) Illuminism began to stink in the nostrils of honest Americans.() Such it is nowadays that few Americans know that Pike established (within Freema-

    sonry) 26 councils [or triangles] of the New and Reformed Palladian Rite in large citiesthroughout the world to direct the Luciferian conspiracy, exactly as Weishaupt intended.

    () Professor John Robison was one of those entrusted with a copy of Zwacks ori-ginal manuscripts dealing with Weishaupts version of the age old Luciferian conspiracy.Robison was a 33rddegree member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. As such he visi-ted most Lodges in Europe, and took part in their rituals and initiations. He taught NaturalPhilosophy at Edinburgh University. He occupied the important position of Secretary ofthe Royal Society (which at the time was the most important scientific institute in theworld). Weishaupt had been particularly anxious to obtain Robisons cooperation so thatthe IDEA of a One World Government could be introduced into ALL educational institu-tions. This objective has since been achieved as any parent of children of school age mustadmit. Weishaupt ordered his Illuminists to wine and dine Robison, and introduce himinto the best European educational circles. He was flattered and hailed as one of the grea-test educationalists of his time. But all the wiles and guiles of the Devils servants didnt

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    deceive him. Robison recognized that behind the Illuminatis clever presentation that aOne World Government could solve all our political, social, economic, and religious pro-

    blems, the real intention of those AT THE VERY TOP of the Illuminati was to usurp thepower of a world government, not yet established, and then impose a totalitarian Lucife-rian dictatorship upon what remained of the human race.

    After the heads of Church and state had refused to heed the warnings given to them bythe Bavarian government, and the French Revolution broke out as scheduled in 1789, JohnRobison published all the knowledge he had obtained regarding the Illuminati, and thosewho controlled it AT THE TOP, in his book Proofs of a Conspiracy.

    From pages 43-46:

    Weishaupt wrote many books and pamphlets dealing with the Illuminati and The NewOrder, which was the deceptive name modernists gave to totalitarianism, which is onlyanother name for Luciferianism. In his Code of Illuminism he gives detailed instructionsto be followed by recruiters delegated to bring learned and wealthy and influential meninto the Illuminati. People often wonder WHY lawyers dominate in the field of politics.We will explain. Weishaupt told his recruiters that the success of the movement [conspi-racy] depended on their ability to bring about the conquest of professional people, lawy-ers in particular, for they have the ability as speakers and are astute and active. To quotehis own words, Weishaupt told those he instructed: These people [lawyers] are true de-mons, most difficult to handle; but their conquest is always good when it can be obtai-

    ned.He recommended as next on their list of conquest, teachers, university professors,and the superiors of seminaries whenever possible.Doesnt this explain the control theforces of evil now have obtained over our educational institutions, including our semina-ries? When students studying for the Ministry of the Christian religion can have theTRUTH withheld from them, and ordained ministers, who learn the TRUTH can be forced

    by their superiors to keep silent, the Devil has made tremendous strides in developing theLuciferian conspiracy towards its final goal.

    Weishaupt founded Lodges of the Grand Orient in the principal cities of Europe, to bethe headquarters of the Order of the Illuminati which served to put Weishaupts moder-nized version of the Luciferian conspiracy into effect. The Order was at first restricted toabout two thousand members. They were selected for their exceptional mental qualities,and because they had advanced to the top of their particular fields of human endeavour.They were bankers, such as the Rothschilds and their affiliated international financiers;they were scientists, such as Scheel; and educationists or encyclopedists such as Voltaire.Those who comprised the Synagogue of Satan all assumed nicknames to hide their trueidentity. The term nick-name was first used to indicate someone who took, assumed, orwas given another name to conceal the fact that he had become a worshipper of the Devilwho is often referred to as Old Nick. We dont want to elaborate this point. It is sufficientto say that those chosen to become adepts in Satanism became Illuminati; by their lives,

    words, and deeds, they proved to have defected from God.Some were avowed atheists. But also the others, and those were the majority, willing-

    ly accepted totalitarianism [the Luciferian ideology] as presented to them by Weishaupt,as their creed. Only a fool can be a convinced atheist. Only a fool can believe that the uni-verse, and all it includes, just happened like that. Even evolutionists with some intelli-gence admit that evolution could be part of Gods plan of creation under which creaturescan improve into a higher plane or deteriorate to a lower plane. The Illuminati have onething in common; they agree that those who in this world win succes due to superior intel-lect have acquired the RIGHT to rule others with less brains on the grounds that the goyim[the masses of the common people] just dont know what is good [best] for them. AsVoltaire stated so clearly in a letter to a fellow Illuminist, that in order to lead the mob out

    of their present oppression into a new subjection, those who direct the conspiracy mustorder their commanders to lie, not timidly, or for a while only, but like the very devil,boldly and always.Voltaire is also on record as having advised those Illuminists, with

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    which he was associated, that they should use high sounding phrases when addressing thegoyim, and make them lavish promises. He added, the opposite of what is said and pro-mised can be done afterwards () that is of no consequence.

    The goyim were encouraged to overthrow the established government and religions inorder to establish democracies. A democracy was defined [deceptively] as being the go-

    vernment and religion of the people, by the people, for the people. Thus the vast majorityunderstands the principle of democracy even today. In actual fact democracy means de-moniacal or mob-rule. Those who direct the Luciferian conspiracy, AT THE TOP, use themob to do the fighting and destroy the established order, and only afterwards they subju-gate the mob.

    As far as the High Priests of the Luciferian Creed are concerned, it doesnt matter ifAmericans and British allow the overthrow of the governments of other countries as longas it can be counted on that the regimes of those other countries will ultimately destroy thegovernments of Britain and the USA by wars and revolutions. According to the Luciferian

    principle, wars always lead to revolutions. That is why Communist leaders (Lenin en Trot-ski) honoured the Luciferian slogan: Revolution to end all wars. The Luciferian strategyis: wars to weaken governments; revolutions to complete their destruction. After every re-

    volution, revolutionary leaders tell their followers that it is necessary to establish a prole-tarian dictatorship in order to restore law and order and then, in due time, they tell, theSocialist Republic will come. That is another lie. The so-called proletarian dictatorship isALWAYS turned into an absolute dictatorship. When Lenin was asked: How long will itbe before your absolute dictatorship gives way to a Soviet [workers] government?, he re-

    plied: That is a question I cannot answer. Who knows how long it will be before the wor-kers, the goyim, learn enough to be able to govern themselves efficiently? Unfortunately

    the mob dont know what is best for themselves.Mob is Communist jargon; goyim Lu-ciferian. There is really no difference. All lesser beings are considered human cattle.

    () Satanism was encouraged in the lower degrees of the Grand Orient Lodges esta-blished under the guidance of Weishaupt, as it was in the lower degrees of the New and

    Reformed Palladian Rite as organized by Albert Pike nearly a hundred years later when hetook over the direction of the Luciferian conspiracy. Satanism was, and still is, celebratedat the Black Mass. This has often been referred to as the Witches Sunday. A Black Mass

    perpetuates Sataris (Satyr) initiation of Eve into the pleasures of sexual intercourse andinto the (revelation of the) secret of procreation. Adepts are instructed that Satan thusconferred the greatest benefaction possible upon the human race. () Satanism today isadvanced by a multi-million dollar business of pornographic literature and obscene pic-tures; the sales of this mind-destroying filth is increasing steadily year by year (this,William Carr wrote shortly after the Second World War).

    () Satanism is being promoted at parties, private or otherwise, given to delegates(and other important people) who are away from home while attending conventions inlarge cities. In some private homes Bacchanalia is practiced as it was in the days of pagan

    Rome. But the normal guests inveigled into attending the sexual fringes of Satanism arenot permitted to know that, AT THE TOP, directing all the many phases of this abomi-nable section of the conspiracy is the Synagogue of Satan. And even then, they are not

    permitted to even suspect that the Synagogue of Satan is itself controlled AT THE TOP bythe High Priests of the Luciferian Creed. At first those who proselytize for Satanism gettheir intended victims to witness sexual performances to satisfy their curiosity. Then theyget them to practice this Satanic aspect by convincing them there is nothing wrong in (thegod given) nature. So the victim sins because it feels good. Progress along these lines atfirst deadens and then kills the conscience. When properly hog-tied the victim is used toserve Satanisms diabolical purposes.

    () Members of the lower degrees of the Grand Orient and New Palladian Rite do

    not practice Satanism. Even those members who are selected to be initiated as adepts intoSatanism are not told the FULL secret, which is that Satanism is controlled AT THE TOP

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    by the High Priests of the Luciferian Creed. Only those initiated into the highest degreeare shown THE TRUE LIGHT of the PURE DOCTRINE of Lucifer and are then re-quired to worship him as their one and only god.

    Only a very few carefully selected candidates are allowed to know that it is the Luci-ferian totalitarian ideology, which at one time is to be imposed on what is left of the hu-

    man race after execution of the final cataclysm. (Whether that is still the case, that only afew know about the Satanic doctrine, now sixty years later, remains to be seen. A person,who studied the Satanistic routine in the USA during many years, estimated that in 2010about 20% of the members of Congress are Satanist. I believe this could be right and itmakes me shiver.)

    From pages 26 and 46:

    Dom Paul Benoit (1850-1915), recognized as an authority on this subject, and author ofLa Cit antichrtienne au XIXesicle and La Franc Maconnerie, says in the latter:

    The Reformed Palladian Rite has a fundamental practice and purpose, theadoration of Lucifer. () It is full of all the impieties and all the infamies of black

    magic. Having been established in the United States [by Pike], it has invaded Europeand each year it is making terrifying progress. All its ceremonial is full ofblasphemies against God and our Lord Jesus Christ. (Vol. 1, pp. 449-54)

    From pages 80-82:

    Then, in 1826, an incident happened. () The incident we refer to concerns CaptainWilliam Morgan, who was accused of breaking his Masonic oath. The Illuminist influencewithin Masonrys top executive insisted that Morgan be given the death. (