Marrs - Codex Magica - Secret Signs, Mysterious Symbols, and Hidden Codes of the Illuminati (2005)

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What impudence! What arrogance!
Pike is letting us in on the deceit. Even if
a man is a Mason, he may not be
adjudged worthy of being promoted as
one of the "Adepts and Sages, or the
Elect." In that case, along with non-
Masons, he is purposely misled by "false
explanations and misinterpretations."
And according to Pike, he deserves to be
misled.
Secret Doctrine Withheld
Hoodwinked! Pity the poor,
foolish man who becomes a
Freemason! In the very first
degree ritual, that of Entered
Apprentice, a blindfold is put
over his eyes, and a cable-tow
is hung around his neck.
Symbolically, the dumb
candidate is "HOODWINKED."
Little does he know that his
superiors intentionally set out
to deceive the candidate and
they contrive their deceit
through all the ritual degrees
up to and including the 33rd.
George Steinmetz, yet another Masonic
author, notes, "There is a SECRET
DOCTRINE in Freemasonry! That secret doctrine is concealed, rather
than revealed by the very lectures which, we (Masons) are told, offer a rational
explanation of the ceremonies of initiation." 21
Oh my! So the poor Masons must sit and listen to a bunch of boring lectures, with
superiors rattling on and on about what are described as the "Mysteries," when,
really, it's all just malarkey because the true explanations —the SECRET
DOCTRINE —is concealed to all except the few favored "Adepts."
This is why, when I interview lower-level Masonic friends of mine who are more
than happy to privately confide to me all the "secrets" they have learned, I often find
that almost everything they think they know is pure junk. The hard facts—the really
useful info —is reserved for the Masonic muckety-mucks, though it may be
discovered with diligent investigation by others, too, no matter how much the
Masonic order vainly attempts to conceal and deny.
As Albert Pike relates, "What is most worth knowing in Masonry is never very
openly taught. The symbols are displayed, but they are mute. It is by hints only... that
the initiate is put upon the track of the hidden secret." 22
How does one finally discover the inner secrets of Freemasonry My own
experience provides the answer. It has taken me many years of meticulous research
and study of the Ancient Mystery Religions of Babylon, Sumeria, Greece, Rome,
China, etc. I have spent many nights reading old textbooks and treatises on medieval
and occult subjects; conducted intensive investigation of the rituals and symbols of
scores of secret societies and orders; and spent years examining the true teachings
and practices of New Ageism, witchcraft and Satanism. Moreover, without study of
the Holy Bible and constant referral back to it, much of the knowledge I have
acquired could not be properly understood.
Masonic expert Lynn F. Perkins alludes to the gigantic amount of extracurricular
research and work needed to uncover the greatest secrets of the Masonic Fraternity.
He writes:
The true wisdom is concealed and hidden, not only from those who do not join the
Masonic Order but also from those who "take" the degrees; and it will remain