Masonic Hoax 1 Introduction What is Masonic Secrecy
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Masonic Hoax 1
Introduction • • • What is Masonic Secrecy? Information vacuum Misrepresentation of facts Anti-Masons Conspiracy theories 2
Anti-Masonry • • • Anti-Masonry defined 1698 anti-Masonry in London William Morgan The Anti-Masonic Party Bolsheviks, Franco, Mussolinin, Hitler, radical Islam. 3
Knights Templar • Facts – Beginnings – Growth – Death • The Myth 4
The Illuminati • An old, short lived, secret society. • Modeled on Masonry’s principle of secrecy. • Resulted in outlawing membership in unauthorized groups. • Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons enlarged the legend and connected it to Masonry. 5
The Morgan Affair • • • Background Character Eavesdropper Kidnapping Trials Results 6
Albert Pike • • Life Education Military & Masonic career Morals & Dogma 7
The Taxil Hoax • Background • The Hoax • The Confessions 8
Riding the GOAT • Comic relief? • God of All Things • Great Architect of the Universe 9
Masonry on the Map • Masonry and Washington D. C. • Other cities with S&C – The palace of Vauban in Paris – The Piazza Del Popolo in Rome – Versailes, France – Sandusdky Ohio 10
Verticals, Horizontals, and Diagonals G 11
The One Dollar Bill • Star of David making the word “MASON” • The Facts MASON 12
The Statue of Liberty, a Masonic Idea • • Conception Claims of Masonic secrecy Construction Cornerstone Ceremony 13
The Helocaust • • • Hitler outlaws Masonry Anti-Masonic Exposition “Mistaken teachings of the equality of man” Estimated deaths Forget-me-not 14
Hollywood & Books vs. Fact • Misinformation vs. factual writing 15
In Conclusion • Our Intentions • Masonry’s basis in fact • Encountering the uniformed or anti-Mason 16
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