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Chapter 9 - Masonic and Anti-Masonic Literature 811<br />

presented, starting at the erection <strong>of</strong> the tower <strong>of</strong> Babel. As shown in Section 4.2,<br />

some legends <strong>of</strong> the operative stonemasons mention the tower <strong>of</strong> Babel instead<br />

<strong>of</strong> King Solomon's temple, but it has nothing to do with <strong>Freemasonry</strong>. In the<br />

comic, Masonry is said to descend from the Babylonians, having been<br />

transmitted from thence through the enslaved Hebrews to the Egyptians. This<br />

statement is similarly confused as the concepts <strong>of</strong> early Masonic "historians"<br />

who saw the roots <strong>of</strong> <strong>Freemasonry</strong> at the creation <strong>of</strong> the world, at the Flood, in<br />

ancient Egypt, etc. In fact, the "Cabal <strong>of</strong> Looming Doom" is a melting-pot <strong>of</strong><br />

alleged Masonic conspiracies, many <strong>of</strong> which are still prevalent among the<br />

population.<br />

<strong>The</strong> "Cabal <strong>of</strong> Looming Doom" from <strong>The</strong> Big Book <strong>of</strong> Conspiracies

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