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the names of the sun god of three religions: ‘Jah,’ the Syrian form of Jehovah; ‘Eel,’ which is
Baal; and ‘On,’ the Egyptian sun god. J. D. Buck (32nd degree) wrote in Mystic Masonry (1925):
“The only personal God Freemasonry accepts is humanity in toto ... Humanity therefore is the
only personal God that there is.” Their Masonic philosophy is that God is whatever you want
him to be and is referred to in general terms as the ‘deity’ and the ‘Great Architect of the
Universe,’ but in higher degrees, he is identified as a force of nature, usually the sun.
Mackey, in his Masonic Rituals said that the elimination of the name of Jesus, and references
to Him, in Bible verses used in rituals are “slight but necessary modifications.” Mackey also
wrote in his Lexicon of Freemasonry: “The religion then of Masonry is pure theism on which its
different members engraft their particular opinions, but they are not permitted to introduce them
into the lodge or to connect their truth or falsehood with the truth of Masonry ... A Christian
Mason is not permitted to introduce his own peculiar opinions with regard to Christ’s mediatorial
office into the Lodge.” No Masonic prayers in monitors, handbooks and guides, end in Jesus’
name, and if it is discovered that they do, the Grand Lodge of that state will revoke their charter.
Edmond Ronayne (a Master Mason), wrote on page 74 of the Masonic Handbook (later revised
to eliminate the passage): “When a brother reveals any of our great secrets ... or whenever a
minister prays in the name of Christ in any of our assemblies, you must always hold yourself in
readiness, if called upon, to cut his throat from ear to ear, pull out his tongue by the roots, and
bury his body at the bottom of some lake or pond.” According to Morris in The Freemason’s
Monitor (or Webb’s Monitor), which omits any reference to the name of Jesus: “Prayer ... should
be of a general character, containing nothing offensive to any class of conscientious brethren.”
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), author of The Power of Positive Thinking was a
33rd degree Mason and his name appeared in many Masonic publications. In March, 1991, he
was featured in the cover story of The Scottish Rite Journal (formerly known as the New Age
magazine), and is quoted as saying that “Masonry became an early and essential part of my
success.” On Sunday, February 24, 1991, Peale had told the congregation of Robert Schuller’s
Crystal Cathedral in California: “Jesus Christ, Buddha and Krishna are examples of great
philosophers who taught how to use mind power.” In May, 1991, at a Dallas, Texas seminar for
Christian writers, Dina Donahue, a contributing editor for Guidepost magazine (which Peale
founded), said that any submission to the publication can never refer to the deity of Jesus, and
claim that He is the only means by which salvation can be achieved. He can only be presented in
a historical context as a prophet and philosopher. She said that the reason for this was that
“Guidepost is an interfaith magazine, and Dr. Peale does not want to offend those who are not
Christians.”
In Les Sectes et Societies Secretes published in 1863, Le Couteulx de Canteleu wrote that the
goal of the Masonic Order “was, is and will always be the struggle against the Church and the
Christian religion...” Joseph Fort Newton wrote in The Builders: “Masonry ... is Religion, a
worship in which all good men may unite, that each may share the faith of all ... Where else,
except in a Masonic lodge, could men of many religions meet, each praying for all and all for
one.” Mackey wrote in his Textbook of Masonic Jurisprudence, that Masonry is “undoubtedly a
religious institution”; and also in his Manual of the Lodge, he emphatically states that “Masonry
is a religious institution.” Buck wrote in Mystic Masonry that Masonry is “a world wide religion
... Masonry is the universal religion only because and so long as it embraces all religions.”
High level Masons believe that Lucifer never fell to earth and that Lucifer is really God, and
refer to Jehovah by the name of ‘Adonay,’ saying that he is the god of evil because he forces
men to be subservient to his repressive dictates. Masonic books given to handpicked members of