Curse of Cannan - The New Ensign
Curse of Cannan - The New Ensign
Curse of Cannan - The New Ensign
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was destroyed in fulfillment <strong>of</strong> the prophecy <strong>of</strong> Christ, and the Grand Orient and the Scottish<br />
Rite Lodges were the source <strong>of</strong> modern revolutionary activity. Pope Leo XIII denounced Masonry<br />
as Naturalism: "<strong>The</strong> ultimate aim <strong>of</strong> Freemasonry is to uproot completely the whole religious<br />
and political order <strong>of</strong> the world which has been brought into existence by Christianity, and to<br />
replace it with another in harmony with their way <strong>of</strong> thinking. This will mean that the foundation<br />
and laws <strong>of</strong> the new structure will be drawn from pure Naturalism."<br />
Abbe Lerudan had written in 1747 in Amsterdam: "<strong>The</strong> real secret <strong>of</strong> Freemasonry is disbelief<br />
in the Divinity <strong>of</strong> Christ and replaced with Naturalism or the doctrine <strong>of</strong> Rationalism which was<br />
preached by Socinus in Poland." Oliver Cromwell, the regicide <strong>of</strong> England, was a Socinian by<br />
belief; the made it possible for Freemasonry to formally organize in England. Napoleon, whose<br />
brother Joseph Bonaparte was Grand Master, was believed by the Masons to be too powerful;<br />
Bernudotte, a Mason, persuaded him to launch his disastrous campaign against Russia, which<br />
led to the destruction <strong>of</strong> his army.<br />
In Italy, Lord Sackville <strong>of</strong> England had founded the Grand Orient <strong>of</strong> Italy, which was directed<br />
by the highly secret Carbonari through the Alta Vendita, its operating arm. <strong>The</strong> instructions to<br />
the members contained this admonition, "Let each act <strong>of</strong> your life tend to discover the<br />
Philosopher's Stone. <strong>The</strong> alchemists <strong>of</strong> the Middle Ages lost their time and the Id <strong>of</strong> their dupes<br />
in the quest <strong>of</strong> this dream. That <strong>of</strong> the secret societies will be accomplished for the most simple<br />
<strong>of</strong> reasons, because it is based on the passions <strong>of</strong> man. Let us not be discouraged then by a check,<br />
a reserve,. or a defeat. Let us prepare our arms in the silence <strong>of</strong> the lodges, dress our batteries ....<br />
flatter all passions the most evil and the most generous, and all lead us to think our plans will<br />
succeed one day above even our most improvident calculations."<br />
Another instruction <strong>of</strong> the Alta Vendita read: "We do not cease to recommend to you, to affiliate<br />
persons <strong>of</strong> every class and every manner <strong>of</strong> association, no matter what kind, only provided that<br />
mystery and secrecy shall be the dominant characteristic. Under a pretext most futile, but never<br />
political or religious, created by yourselves, or better yet, cause to be created by others,<br />
associations having in common music, the fine arts for object. <strong>The</strong>n infiltrate the poison into<br />
those chosen arts; infiltrate it in little doses. A prince who has not a kingdom to expect, is a good<br />
fortune for us. <strong>The</strong>re are many <strong>of</strong> them in that plight. <strong>The</strong>se poor princes will serve our ends,<br />
while thinking to labour only for their own. <strong>The</strong>y form a magnificent signboard, and there are<br />
always fools enough to be found who are ready to compromise themselves in the service <strong>of</strong> a<br />
conspiracy, <strong>of</strong> which some prince or other seems to be the ringleader. <strong>The</strong>re is little morality<br />
even among the most moral <strong>of</strong> the world, and one goes fast in the way <strong>of</strong> that progress. A good<br />
hatred, thoroughly cold, thoroughly calculated, is <strong>of</strong> more worth than all these artificial fires and<br />
all these declarations on the platform. Presently, we shall have a printing establishment at Malta<br />
placed at our disposal. We shall then be able to act with impunity, with a sure stroke and under<br />
the British flag, to scatter from one end <strong>of</strong> Italy to the other, books, pamphlets, etc. which the<br />
Alta Vendita shall judge proper to put into circulation."<br />
Nesta Webster, in "World Revolution," page 14, discloses further threats' to potential betrayers:<br />
"If you are only a traitor and perjurer, learn that all our brothers are called upon to arm themselves<br />
against you. Do not hope to escape or find a place <strong>of</strong> safety. Wherever you are, shame, remorse,<br />
and the rage <strong>of</strong> your brothers will pursue you and torment you to the innermost recesses <strong>of</strong> your<br />
entrails." This was no idle threat; the Masons were known to poison whose whom they suspected<br />
<strong>of</strong> having betrayed them, so that they died slow and agonizing deaths, with terrible pains' “in the<br />
innermost recesses <strong>of</strong> their entrails."<br />
<strong>The</strong> manner <strong>of</strong> execution is <strong>of</strong>ten symbolic, intended to convey a warning to other Masons or to<br />
outsiders who might know more than is good for them. Such was the execution <strong>of</strong> Robert Calvi,<br />
a principal in the Banco Ambrosiano scandal. Calvi was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge<br />
in London, the place having been chosen to signify that he had fallen from grace. A warrant was<br />
recently issued by a judge in Milan for another principal in this case, Archbishop Paul C.<br />
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