The Universal Language of Freemasonry - ArchiMeD - Johannes ...

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Chapter 9 - Masonic and Anti-Masonic Literature
something that could be cured with Prozac for messages from The
Space Brothers. [...] The problem is the domino effect. Once you're
fairly sure of one conspiracy theory, it tends to tie into several
neighboring conspiracy theories. [...] Some of the classic conspiracy
theories [...] are just that: theories. Improbable and paranoid, they are
predicated on very few facts - like the one about the Masons creating (!)
the 'alien' Grays to help destroy the world for occult purposes. [...] Good
thing this is just a comic book! 1978
In contrast to the anti-Masonic comic analyzed in the previous paragraphs
which was created by a fanatic Christian, the following patches contain the
opinion of different fanatics. They suspect Masonic links in the fields of politics,
economy, science, and social life. Thus, some comics strips maintain that
Freemasonry is "chained" to the CIA, while others associate Masonry with
political murder and claim that Masons were involved in the cover-up of the JFK
case. 1979 Others see a Masonic conspiracy in the Whitechapel murders of 1888,
for which equally exists no historical proof. Nobody knows whether Jack the
Ripper was a Mason, just because he mutilated his victims in a fashion
resembling the symbolic (!!) oath of the Third Degree of Freemasonry, which
says that a Master Mason would rather have his "body severed in two," and "his
bowels taken from thence," 1980 than to violate his obligation. Then, there are
those who connect Freemasonry with the worship of a moon goddess, including
ritualistic sacrifice. In Masonry there is no moon goddess. Freemasonry has no
goddesses at all, and the only religious reference is the one to the Great Architect
of the Universe. Moreover, Masons do not sacrifice anybody in their rituals.
Such rites were invented by the charlatan Leo Taxil. 1981 The probably most
absurd conspiracy theories mix Freemasonry with UFOs and gene technology.
Some "facts" given in these comic strips are based on coincidences, e.g. on
the fact that members of the Warren commission investigating Kennedy's death
were high degree Masons; or that Washington, D.C. seems to be laid out in
occult patterns; or that Trinity Site (in New Mexico; first atomic test) is located
on the 33 rd degree of latitude. 1982 Other statements are evidently false. In "Cabal
of Looming Doom," a number of secret societies are lumped together, such as
the Rosicrucians, the Illuminati, the Hashishin assassins, the Priority [sic] of
Zion 1983 , Freemasonry, the CIA, and the P-2 lodge (an illegal former Masonic
lodge having assumed political functions; cf. Section 4.2). In fact, Freemasonry
is independent of them. Furthermore, a condensed "history" of Freemasonry is
1978
Quoted from the Introduction of The Big Book of Conspiracies by "Rev. Ivan Stang of the Church
of the Subgenius," p. 5-7.
1979
In the comic, the assassination of John F. Kennedy is conceived as a secret Masonic ritual
"known as 'The Killing of the King.' " There is no such ritual in Freemasonry.
1980
Cf. Duncan, p. 96.
1981
For information on Taxil, cf. Chapter 10. on folk-art, and Section 12. on anti-Masonry.
1982
For another city supposed to be laid out in a system of Masonic symbols, cf. illustration of
Sandusky earlier in Chapter 10.
1983
This is a spelling error and should be "Priory" of Zion.