TRAPPED IN A MASONIC WORLD

33. Jacob‟s Ladder Syndrome
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The one thing for sure that all political parties do have in common, - is the word party, as the word
‗gang‘ doesn‘t quite have the same public appeal to it. Whereas using the word ‗party‘, simply helps to
legitimise the gang, fraternity or group of people who all work on a pyramidal hierarchal system in one
form or another. The British are more reserved and prefer to play down their role and involvement in the
Masonic gang, as do many Europeans and Asians, - which in many parts of Asia and the middle-east,
Freemasonry is still frowned upon, banned in most countries and carrying the death penalty in places like
Iraq, [Saddam Hussein days], but despite all this, there‘s still hundreds of thousands of them from all over
these regions, as are there hundreds of thousands of Catholics, and again many more millions from all
other denominations of religion.
Though in America, fraternity is everything, - if you haven‘t already been fraternised out there, then
you aren‘t going anywhere far in life, almost every single member of the American government and their
associated bodies, the legal system, the military, the police, the fire-fighters, ambulance and other health
workers, teachers, scientists, academics and professors and a like etc., all started off as a plain old; ―Fraty,
Frat-boy or Soror-girl‖, all members of the ‗Alpha, Delta, Kappa‘ kinds of fraternity brigade. [I explain
more about this further on, as almost everyone in the US, Canada and other parts of the world know about
them and where they‘re well established, though us European‘s, are not as familiar with these Greek
society‘s].
A Greek-system of fraternities, with millions of alumni members around the globe, and who are first
enrolled and initiated whilst still at college or university, and that are the kinds of fraternities that also act
as recruitment boot-camp for such organisations like the Military, Opus Dei, the Jesuits and of course the
Freemasons.
Let‘s have a look at the significance of Jacob‘s ladder, and what influence it has on the world of
Freemasonry. The term Jacob‘s ladder applies to a kind of ladder found on some square rigged ships, that
sailors use to reach the upper part of the ships-mast and ‗crow‘s nest‘. From its biblical reference, Jacob‘s
ladder is a ladder to heaven, described in the Book of Genesis that the biblical Hebrew leader Jacob
envisions during his flight from his brother Esau.
In the Gospel of John 1:51 there is a clear reference to Jacob‘s dream [Genesis 28:12] and it points
towards Jesus Christ who is called with his title of Son of Man: ―And he said to him, - Truly, truly, I say to
you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man‖.
The theme of the ladder to heaven is often used by the Early Church Fathers: Saint Irenaeus in the 2nd
century describes the Christian Church as the ladder of ascent to God. The Ladder of Jacob is in the Old
Testament, is often considered to be part of the Apocalyptic reference shortly after the Destruction of the
Temple. Jacob is renamed ―Israel‖ by an angel [Genesis 32:28-29 and 35:10]. And oddly enough
Muslims believe Jacob was a Muslim, a ―Submitter to God‖, and who taught Islam to his twelve sons,
whom I can only presume they too are viewed as Muslims.
The Qur‘an describes Jacob as a faithful leader, a good-doer, holder of prayer and a man in service to
God. In Islam Jacob is revered as a prophet who was guided by God. And perhaps you can see why
Freemasonry bodes so well with both religions, where on the outside of the shell they seem to appear to be
a completely different nut, yet once cracked open, you‘ll see its very much same.
The Jewish Biblical philosopher Philo [d. ca. 50 CE] presents his allegorical interpretation of the ladder
in the first book of his De somniis. There he gives four interpretations: 1.The angels represent souls
descending to and ascending from bodies [some consider this to be Philo‘s clearest reference to
reincarnation]. 2. The ladder is the human soul and the angels are God‘s logoi, pulling the soul up in
distress and descending in compassion. 3. It depicts the ups and downs of the life of the "practiser" [of
virtue]. 4. The continually changing affairs of men.
Among the several interpretations of Jacob‘s ladder in the classic Torah commentaries: The place at
which Jacob stopped for the night was in reality Mount Moriah, the future home of the Temple in
Jerusalem. The ladder therefore signifies the ―bridge‖ between Heaven and earth, as prayers and sacrifices
offered in the Holy Temple soldered a connection between God and the Jewish people. Moreover, the
ladder alludes to the Giving of the Torah as another connection between heaven and earth.
In the world of Freemasonry, Jacob‘s ladder signifies the sequence of degrees the initiate can aspire to,
following on from their own oath swearing ceremonial rituals and pledging taking procedures that are
sworn and taken on each and every entry to the next level of degree, - when they‘re then rewarded
[normally paid by themselves] with the various symbolic tokens, gifts, memento‘s that each individual
item has a symbolic meaning and representation for something else as well as the degree itself.