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for brotherly love, there‘s still that pecking order.] These moral lessons are communicated in performance
of allegorical ritual.
A candidate progresses through degrees gaining knowledge and understanding of himself, his
relationship with others and his relationship with the Supreme Being [as per his own interpretation]. While
the philosophical aspects of Freemasonry tend to be discussed in Lodges of Instruction or Research, and
sometimes informal groups, Freemasons, and others, frequently publish – to varying degrees of
competence – studies that are available to the public.
Any Mason may speculate on the symbols and purpose of Freemasonry, and indeed all masons are
required to some extent to speculate on Masonic meaning as a condition of advancing through the degrees.
There is no one accepted meaning and no one person speaks for the whole of Freemasonry. Some lodges
make use of Tracing-Boards. These are painted or printed illustrations depicting the various symbolic
emblems of Freemasonry. They can be used as teaching aids during the lectures that follow each of the
three Degrees, when an experienced member explains the various concepts of Freemasonry to new
members. They can also be used by experienced members as self-reminders of the concepts they learned
[4] [5] [6]
as they went through their initiations.
[1] "Masonic Landmarks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia." Insert Name of Site in Italics. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2011
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[2] "Masonic Lodge Room | CanadianMason.ca." Insert Name of Site in Italics. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2011
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[3] "Lodge Officers | CanadianMason.ca." Insert Name of Site in Italics. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2011 .
[4] "Victoria Lodge – Masonic Lodge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada ..." Insert Name of Site in Italics. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2011
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[5] "Ritual, symbolism, and morality | CanadianMason.ca." Insert Name of Site in Italics. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2011
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[6] "Tracing board - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Insert Name of Site in Italics. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2011
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65. Anti-Freemasonry & Hoax‟s
Anti-Freemasonry has been defined as ―Opposition to Freemasonry‖. However, there is no uniformed
anti-Masonic movement as such, but it was good hear that in 2004, Rhodri Morgan, the First Minister of
the Welsh Assembly, said that he blocked Gerard Elias‘s appointment to counsel general because of links
to hunting and Freemasonry, it‘s only a shame there wasn‘t more politicians like him. Anti-Masonry
consists of widely differing criticisms from diverse [and often incompatible], groups and individuals
including myself who are hostile to Freemasonry in some form or another. [1]
As I‘ve said before I‘m not so much against the concept of Freemasonry nor what‘s it meant to
represent, I‘m against the way it‘s structured, it‘s secrecy and that MP‘s, judges, or members of the
judiciary, military and police etc., can hold these public service positions and allowed to be a Freemason at
the same time, and now not even having to declare they are so. Critics have included religious groups,
political groups, and conspiracy theorists, and there have been many disclosures and exposés dating as far
back as the eighteenth century. These often lack context, may be outdated for various reasons, or could be
outright hoaxes on the part of the author, as is alleged in the case of the Taxil hoax, if of course it ever was
hoax, in which I‘ve already mentioned earlier, - alongside the Morgan Case. But here‘s what I didn‘t
mention before: The Taxil hoax [2] is an alleged 1890‘s hoax of exposure by Léo Taxil intended to mock
not only Freemasonry, but also the Roman Catholic Church‘s opposition to it.
I say alleged, because as I already have pointed out, I believe the Taxil hoax could easily have been a
‗red-herring‘ created by the Freemasons or by those within the Catholic Church, i.e. the Jesuits whom
taught and brought up Taxil since a 5 year old child. It‘s been claimed he was probably rejected from
becoming a Freemason, and because of this upbringing is what made Taxil grow to hate the Freemason,
Jesuits and Catholic Church, and what prompted him to write and create the hoax in the first place.
Though knowing he was in the care of the Jesuit‘s since a child, it is much more likely he was well
indoctrinated and a very subordinate child, as well as adult and particularly to that of the Jesuit Order.
Taxil was meant to have been the author of some other anti-religious books, though they were all under so
called pseudonyms, so no one knows for certain he wrote them, and plus as I‘ve said before, the
Freemasons have basically dominated the publishing world since the printing-press was invented by the
German Johannes Gutenberg, - the mechanical systems involved were first assembled in the Holy Roman
Empire around 1440, and when Gutehburg first started knocking out copies of the Holy Bible.