The Fall of 2020 Part 4

  

The Book of Daniel

 

For thousands of years, the Scriptures have existed for numerous functions. Some individuals use them for spiritual purposes. Some human beings value them as an integral part of Bronze Age, eloquent literature. To this very day, researchers, genealogists, and archaeologists investigate its words. In other words, we know that Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nineveh, Ur, Tyre, Damascus, Rome, Corinth, Antioch, and Elam are real places as mentioned in the Bible too. The book of Daniel was named after the Jewish prophet and scholar Daniel. Its words are very similar to the Book of Revelation (which was written by the apostle John) with its symbolism and predictions of the future. Many years ago, I understood a lot of its message. Today, I have discovered more about the book of Daniel. Daniel saw Jewish people oppressed by the Babylonian Empire. The First Temple of Hebrew people was destroyed by Babylonian forces. Later, many Jewish people were kidnapped and sent to Babylonia unjustly. These human beings still followed their belief in the Most High God. The Jewish Diaspora spread globally as predicted in the Bible. Nebuchadnezzar was involved in the destruction of Jerusalem by ca. 586 B.C. Jerusalem was conquered. The 12 tribes of Israel would be split up. Later, Nebuchadnezzar (or the King of Babylon) had a vision. The astrologers, scholars, etc. couldn't decipher his dream. Only Daniel, the scholar, did. Daniel said that he was the head of gold (in describing the vision of the armored man). The vision had the head of gold, the breast of silver, the thighs of brass, the legs of iron, and the feet of iron mixed with clay. The vision was about the future empires ruling Jerusalem until the coming of the Messiah. After thousands of years after Daniel's birth, isn't it obvious that we are in this generation of the fig tree. In our time of late 2020, we witness increased earthquakes, wars, fires (in parts of California), climate change, political including social tensions, and the growth of new teachings spreading. Therefore, researchers have documented the prophecies of Daniel as a historical document of great importance. In our time, mysteries are being revealed all of the time.

 

 

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

-John 1:1-4, 14

 

The Babylonian Captivity

 

One of the most important parts of religious history involve the Babylonian Captivity. In the beginning, the Bible says that Noah's son was Shem. Shem's descendant was Abraham (who left Ur to live in Israel). Abraham had a child named Isaac, and then Issac had a child of the patriarch Jacob. From Jacob, there were the 12 tribes of Israel: Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Gad, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Levi, Naphatali, Reuben, Simeon, and Zebulun. The Babylonian Captivity has a long history, and it relates to the Old Testament and the New Testament even. The Assyrian Captivity (done by Tiglath-Pileser III, Shalmaneser V including later by Sargon II) was in ca. 740 B.C. where many of the Northern Israeli tribes were were sent into Assyria from Israel. The Northern tribes have been called the Lost Tribes of Israel. The Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles cite information about the Assyrian Captivity. 1 Chronicles 5:26 and 2 Kings 15:29 described the Assyrian Captivity involving Northern Israeli tribes. The Babylonian Captivity (involving the Southern tribes of Levi, Judah, Benjamin, and possibly Simeon) was a very tragic time of Jewish history. It involved a lot of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah made captives in ancient Babylon, which was the city that was the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Before the Neo-Babylonian Empire grew into mighty heights, the Kingdom of Judah was a client state of the Assyrian Empire. Many Jewish religious leaders condemned some Jewish people worshiping pagan gods like the Assyrian gods (Jeremiah 7:29-30 showed Jeremiah angry at this situation). Then, the Assyrians were overthrown by Babylon (which was once an Assyrian province). Egypt feared this new Babylonian Empire. Sot, they seized lands of Assyrian territory up to the Euphrates river in Syria. Babylon counterattacked. During this time period, Josiah or the King of Judah was killed in a battle with the Egyptians at the Battle of Megiddo (609 B.C.). Egyptian Pharaoh Necho's army was defeated the Babylonians at Carchemish. There was first the Battle of Carchemish in ca. 605. B.C. This was when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon used his forces to invade Jerusalem and the rest of Israel. 

 

Later, King Jehoiakim paid tribute to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar took some of the young nobility of Judah to Babylon. The court of Jerusalem was divided in 2 parties. One group supported Egypt, and another group supported Babylon. Egypt defeated Nebuchadnezzar in a battle on 601 B.C., and Judah revolted against Babylon. This caused a three month siege of Jerusalem starting in late 598 B.C. Jehoiakim refused to pay tribute during Nebuchadnezzar's fourth year. This resulted into another siege in Nebuchadnezzar's 7th year. King Jehoiakim was killed, and King Jeconiah and his court plus many others were exiled to Babylonia. Jeconiah was Jehoiakim's son. Jerusalem fell on 2 Adar (March 16) 597 B.C. The Holy Temple of Solomon was looted. Even the prophet Ezekiel was sent to Babylon. Jeconiah's successor Zedekiah (who was Jehoiakim's uncle. He once ruled Judah for a time too) and others were exiled during Nebuchadnezzar's 18th year. During his 23rd year, more deportations happened. 

The deportations are dated to ca. 597 B.C. for the first one and the others are found at ca. 587/586 B.C. including 582/581 B.C. Jeremiah and others of the pro-Babylonian party issued warning, but Zedekiah revolted against Babylon. He had an alliance with Pharaoh Hophra. Nebuchadnezzar later returned defeated the Egyptians, and against besieged Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem was destroyed in 587 B.C. The city wall, Solomon's Temple, and the houses of the most important citizens were destroyed. Zedekiah and his sons were captured, and his sons were executed in front of Zedekiah. Zedekiah was blinded and taken to Babylon along with other people as cited in Jeremiah 52:10-11. Judah became a Babylonian province called Yehud. Babylon appointed the Juhadite Gedaliah as governor of Israel. Many Jewish people fled. Surviving member of the royal family assassinated Gedaliah and his Babylonian advisors. Many refugees came into Egypt. Jewish communities grew in Egypt and Babylon. The exile ended with the return of Zerubbabel the Prince (who is of the royal line of David) and Joshua the Priest (a descendant of the line of the former High Priests of the Temple). The construction of the Second Temple in Zion existed in the period of 521-516 B.C. We know that Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem, the capture of King Jeconiah, the appointment of Zedekiah in his palace, and the plundering of Jerusalem in 597 B.C. is corroborated by a passage in the Babylonian Chronicles. Jehoiachin's Rations Tables described King Jeconiah and ration orders for a captive King of Judah. Cuneiform tablets show fruits, taxes, and one exiled Judah family over four generation, all with Hebrew names. This time period saw a high level of biblical prophecy. Modern day Judaism as we know it developed greatly during this era of world history.

 

After the fall of Babylon to the Persian King Cyrus the Great in 539 B.C., exiled Judeans were allowed to go back to Judah. According to the book of Ezra, the construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem started in ca. 537 B.C. These events helped to shape the Jewish people and Judaism in general. Jerusalem was once destroyed, but it was rebuilt. The return of exile people back to Israel was gradual. The Iraqi Jewish people are descendants of the Jewish people who stayed in Babylonia. Ezra was the known scribe. The prophet Daniel lived during the Babylonian Captivity. His words described this time period very accurate. The prophet Daniel was a contemporary of Jeremiah (whose father was of the priesthood) and Ezekiel. The Talmud in Sanhedrin 93b even claims that Daniel was the direct descendant of King David. Daniel's name means God is my Judge. The dream of Nebuchadnezzar  (Daniel 2) was interpreted by Daniel.  The prophet Daniel said that the leader Nebuchadnezzar was the head of fine gold as mentioned in Daniel 2:32. Later, it is represented by the beat like a lion with eagle win'ts wings representing Babylon. Lion images are found in Babylon. Lions are symbols of the god Isthar and lions with wings plus dragons are the symbols of the god Marduk. The wings outline speed.

  

Breast of Silver

 

The breast and 2 arms are referred to as made up of silver as cited in Daniel 2:32. Daniel 5:28 said that this Kingdom was of the Medes and Persians. The Medo-Persian Empire lasted from 539 to 330 B.C. The bear is at times slow, but it has great strength. The Talmud refers to Persia as the bear. The King Darius defeated the Babylonian Empire. Many Hebrew people loved Cyrus, because he allowed Jewish people a lot of religious freedom, and he gave them the opportunity to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Josephus said that Astyages was the father of Darius the Mede in his book Antiquities of the Jews, Book 10, 11:4. By 547 B.C., Cyrus the Great conquered Lydia in Turkey. He later conquered Persia and Media, Babylonia, and other places to form the Achamemind Persian Empire. Cyrus is mentioned in Isaiah 44:28, 45:1-4. By 536 B.C., Cyrus issued a royal decree to allow Jewish people to return to Jerusalem to begin rebuilding the Temple. Cambyses was king was Cyrus died (on 530 B.C.) and he ruled for 7 years. The book of Ezra cited other decrees as it related to Jewish people. Daniel 10:14-21 mentioned the end of the Persian Empire and the start of the Greco-Macedonian empire. After the Babylonian Exile, Judaism had a transformation of the followers of the Law and the scribes plus the Sanhedrin who wanted to follow tradition (or interpretations of the Law). 

 

Thighs of Brass

 

Daniel 2:32 mentioned the belly and thighs of brass. Daniel 7:6 mentioned this image as a leopard with 4 wings, 4 heads, and 4 horns. Alexander the Great's soldiers used bronze on their shied with a piece of goat skin attached to it. Daniel 8:4-5, 21, 6-7 mentioned the rise of Greece. Alexander the Great was the son of King Philip II of Macedon, which is a city state of Greece. Alexander the Great's empire was from Greece to parts of India. He came into Babylon where he died of an illness. His empire would be divided by his 4 generals. The descendants of these 4 generals would rule Israel until the coming of the Roman Empire. The four generals ruled the regions of Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt. Cassander ruled Macedonia and Greece in the West. Lysimachus ruled Thrace, Turkey, Bithynia, etc. in the North.  In the East, Antiogonus ruled Babylonia, northern Syria, Persia, etc. In the South, Ptolemy ruled Egypt, Arabia Petrea, Israel, Phoenicia, and southern Syria. After Antigonus died, Seleucus I Nicator (or Ptolemy's chief general ruled Babylonia, Syria, and parts of India. Seleucus lived from 358 to 281 B.C. His son was Antiochus I (324-261 B.C.). His son was Antiochus II (261-246 B.C.). 

His descendant was the great persecutor of Jewish people named Antiochus IV Epiphanes. He was the Hellenistic King of the Selecuid Empire. He wanted to force Orthodox Jewish people to reject Jewish culture and embrace Greek culture. The massive persecutions against Jewish people caused the Maccabean Revolt. This revolt is celebrated in the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The Maccabean revolt was about Jewish freedom fighters trying to make self determination against Seleucid imperialists. The revolt is cited in the Book of the Maccabees. There was a rumor that Antiochus was killed. So, High Priest Jason gathered about 1000 soldiers to free Jerusalem. Menelaus or the then High Priest was forced to flee Jerusalem. Antiochus came back from Egypt in 168 B.C. to kill many Jewish people and restore Menelaus. Many Jewish people were sold into slavery. Men, women, and children Jewish people were slaughtered. Antiochus supported the Hellenized Jewish people to grow his empire. He wanted Zeus to be worshiped and outlawed Jewish religious rites and traditions. He put a pig in the Temple and other evil actions. 

  

The Jewish Hasmonean family were leading Maccabees. Judas ben Mattathias was from the Hasmonean priestly line. His son was Judas had the surname of Maccabee (or the Hammer). By December 14, 164 B.C., they or the Maccabees won. They rededicated Jerusalem and the Temple. Judas was killed later in a battle in Syria. His brother Jonathan was in the other regions. Jonathan made treaty with Spartans and Romans. He was betrayed and killed by a Syrian general in 143 B.C. High Priest Simon had power. He died and his son John Hyranus was the High Priest form 134-101 B.C. The Hasmoneans and other people had a civil war. Roman general Pompey controlled Israel. The Edomite Herod the Great (who was ethnically of Arabic descent) ruled Israel after the Hasmonean ruler John Hyrancus came about. He came after the last Hasmonean King of Judea named Antigonus II Mattahias (Herod handed him over to the Romans for execution in 37 B.C.). From Herod's time (he executed Hyrcanus II), we see the rise of the Roman Empire in Israel. Herod was a puppet of the Roman Empire as the Roman Senate gave him the power to rule Judea. Herod ruled until the birth of Jesus Christ.

 

Legs of Iron

 

The prophet Daniel mentioned the legs of iron. Bible scholars are in consensus that this means the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire used iron on their shields to protect themselves from attacks. The 2 legs refers to the 2 section of the Roman Empire being the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire. From the time of Malachi to the Birth of Jesus Christ, the Middle East was in flux. In Christianity, Christians believed that the OT verses of Numbers 24:1719, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6-7, etc. refer to the Messiah as God and as Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was born during the time of the Roman Empire's domination of Israel. The Romans were sophisticated in their tyranny. They regulated religious services of the followers of Judaism. They used soldiers to occupy lands. They permitted slavery. People of many races from black people to white people lived in the Roman Empire's borders. Vicious persecutions of Christians existed during the early days of the Roman Empire. Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire. Later, the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine would have its capital on Constantinople. Daniel 2:33, 40 outlined this information about iron. The Roman Empire surpassed the power of the Babylonian and Greek Empires combines.  

 

The Roman Empire had weapons made of iron with bronze claws, they had an eagle as a symbol, and they conquered lands from Britain to Iran at its peak. Jewish people, during the Roman Empire, fought for their freedom. The First Jewish Revolt lasted from 66-70 A.D. After the revolt, the Second Temple was destroyed by the Roman Empire as predicted by Jesus Christ in the book of Matthew. The destruction of Jerusalem by Nero and Vespasian was in 2 phrases. The first phrase was on Passover on Nisan 14 and the second one was on the 9th of Av (July/August). On the day of the 9th of Av, over 1 million Jewish people were killed and thousands were captured. 97,000 people were made prisoners. The Western Wall or the Wailing Wall only remained of the Temple to this day. Jewish people made their final rebellion in the Bar Kohaba revolt in 132-136 A.D. 586,000 Jewish people were killed. Hadrian remained the city of Jerusalem Aelia Capitolina, and many Jewish people fled to Babylon plus other places. Babylon was the land of refuge. Jerusalem remained under Gentile rule until 1948. Jesus was so hard on the Pharisees, because they embraced Oral Tradition. On many times, Oral Tradition contradicted the words of the Torah. After the end of the Western Roman Empire by 476 A.D., things massively changed in the world. Nothing would be the same again.

 

 

Feet of Iron and Clay

 

The book of Daniel mentioned information of the 2 feet and 10 toes of iron and clay as found in Daniel 2:33, 40-4. It mentioned that there would be 10 kings. Daniel saw the dream as the statue declining in value from the top to the bottom (while its political power increased from top to bottom), and a stone destroying it. Biblical scholars believe that the stone is the Messiah Yeshua ben Yeshua (Jesus Christ). The mixture of clay and iron has many meanings. After the Roman Empire ended, governments were mixed among more democratic nations and more authoritarian nations. Also, this mixture describes the mixture of righteous people and evil people in future existence. The Roman Empire in the West ended by 476 A.D by Germanic invasions of Rome. The Byzantine Empire, based in Constantinople, ended by 1453 by Turkish Muslim invasions. Many scholars from the city of Constantinople fled Turkey to go into Italy and Greece. Their scholarship inspired the development of the Renaissance humanism of Europe. Some scholars believe that the 10 toes where the 10 Germanic tribes that conquered the Western Roman Empire being the Alemmani, the Anglo-Saxons, the Burgundians, the Franks, the Herulians, the Lombards, the Ostrogoths, the Suebi, the Visigoths, and the Vandals. The 10 toes refer mainly to a early fulfillment of prophecy while the 10 kings appear to be a future event. Ephesians 2:20 admitted that Jesus Christ is the chief corner stone. Daniel 2:44-45 predicted that the God of heaven will setup a kingdom that will never be destroyed and a stone will end the statue.

 

Spiritual Significance (the meanings of the Beasts found in Daniel 7)

 

In the Bible, it is filled with idioms or symbolism. Daniel 7 is a chapter of the Book of Daniel that outlined some of the greatest symbolism of the Bible. These images are beasts to represent the world kingdoms that would exist ruling Israeli lands under the Kingdom of God comes about on Earth. Daniel 7 described four beasts coming out of the sea. The first beast is a lion with the wings of an eagle, the second one is a bear, the third one is a winged leopard with four heads, and the fourth beast has ten horns (and a further one appeared which uprooted three of the ten). Daniel said that the Ancient of Days (what Christians called the Messiah Jesus Christ) takes his seat on the throne of heaven and sits in judgement in the midst of heavenly court. Later, the fourth and worst beast is put to death and the Kingdom of God rules forever and ever. The lion is in reference to Babylon. This kingdom was headed by Nebuchadnezzar. The plucked wings reflect the loss of power and the transformation to a human state. The bear is the Medo-Persian Empire. The Medo-Persians defeated the Babylonians to form their empire spreading from India to Central Asia. The leopard is in reference to Greek empire with the 4 heads representing the 4 generals ruling the empire after Alexander the Great died. The iron toothed beast is in reference to the Roman Empire (and a future Empire with 10 horns and the one horn is in reference to the Antichrist according to Christian prophetic researchers). In our generation, we in the time of what Daniel described as a world filled with iron and clay. That means that this generation has a mixture of democracies and authoritarian regimes ruling the world politically including economically.  

There is always that link between the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation. Revelation 17:10-12 mentioned that 5 kings have fallen, one is, and other is year to come. The first five kings or world power in the Middle East are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and ancient Rome (which is the 5th as the Book of Revelation was crated during the Roman Empire). The 7th kingdom is the future world empire with the 8th being the Antichrist. In our time, when you see compromising, people losing their faith, and these events coming about, there is nothing new about this. The New Age movement (which is funded by the corporate establishment for the corporate establishment) has been promoted by many elitists for decades. The New Age and occult movements want to promote what the pagans did in public view in order to diminish the influence of believers in the Most High God. Alice Bailey (a spokesperson of the Theosophical Society and member of Co-Masonry. Her husband is a Mason named Foster Bailey) said the following words: "...The Masonic Movement is the custodian of the Law, the holder of the Mysteries, and the seat of initiation. .a far more occult organization than can be realized...intended to be the training school for coming advanced occultists." Minimizing moral absolutes while deifying experiences is not the way to go. You have to use logic, reason, and moral principles in developing your life. Isn't it common to witness certain extremists bash every women, bash every man, bash believers in God, and harbor a hatred of free speech that doesn't confirm to what the establishment wants us to believe. That is why we should be courageous in our convictions to stand up for our rights and our free speech rights. Part of our free speech rights is to reject baptizing infants and not believing in venerating statues. The Gospel is clear in John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 

  

"For unto us A CHILD IS BORN, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, The Prince of Peace." 

--Isaiah 9:6

 

Other Biblical Prophecies

 

Biblical prophecies have been studied and researched for years and centuries. During our time, many biblical prophecies are coming into focus. One of the greatest prophecies from the Bible are from the words of the Lord Jesus Christ. When the apostles and the followers of Jesus asked Jesus Christ what was the signs of the end or the sign of his 2nd coming, Jesus answered the question. In Matthew 24:6, Jesus said that there would be wars and rumors of wars. Ever since the start of the 20th century, there has been an escalation of wars and global conflicts worldwide. World War II was the bloodiest war in human history, and it was so brutal that what we have today is a direct result of World War II. Matthew 24 was when Jesus said that nation will rise against nation and famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. As we know, we saw the growth of many diseases from HIV/AIDS to the coronavirus pandemic that has caused millions of people to suffer brutally. We have massive STDs, biological warfare, anthrax, etc. worldwide. Many earthquakes have grown in many places of the world.  

One of the greatest prophecies of Jesus was in Matthew 24:24 when he said that false Christs and prophets will exist. From the false prophet Charles Taze Russell to the cult leader Jim Jones, we have witnessed an increase of cults, false Christs, and other false leaders in the world. The prophet Daniel wrote that during the end times, knowledge will increase rapidly. The Internet, TV, Netflix, I-Pads, cellphones, etc. shown knowledge rapidly grow. Nahum 2:4 predicted fast travel. The growth of selfishness, disobedience to parents, blasphemers, and boasters was predicted by the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 3:2. We can look at reality TV, some disturbing music, constant scandalous stories, and other situations to witness that. Jesus Christ talked about the parable of the fig tree in Matthew 24:32-34. Those, who know theology, know that the fig tree is symbol for Israel. Jesus said that when the fig tree blossoms, then that is the sign of the end times. Back then, Israel was not a nation as the Roman Empire conquered Israel . Israel was reborn on the date of May 14, 1948. The time of the gentiles was fulfilled by this time as cited in Luke 21:24. The  Mark of the Beast and Christians being beheaded for refusal to take the mark is found in Revelations 13:16-18 and Revelations 20:4. The massive persecution of Christians worldwide is another sign of the end times too. In many places of the world, Christians have their rights violated and some have been murdered for expressing their faith. 

  

"...CHRIST JESUS...being in the FORM OF GOD, thought it not robbery to be EQUAL WITH GOD: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."

--Philippians 2:5-8

 

Conclusion

  

During these days, it is certainly important to study prophecy. The prophet Daniel was a Jewish man who figured out the meaning of a dream from Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel didn't just outline the statue, but the beasts corresponding to the statue. The theme in Daniel's words is the empires that would control the land of Israel from the time of the Babylonian Captivity to the coming of the Messiah. For centuries, religious scholars have tried to find the meanings of the many passages of the book of Daniel. Also, it is clear that knowledge is ever increasing worldwide. We certainly have to be careful to respect the action of research while not believing in false doctrines. One major false doctrine is the belief that a mere human is divine or can become God (which is the essence of the New Age movement). The link among the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation is that both describes kings during the end time and the ultimate eternal Kingdom of God in prophetic terms. In life, tons of people rightfully realize that materialism, imperialism, sexism, racism, xenophobia, and economic exploitation are wrong. Soldarism and altruism make sense, because when the suffering prospers then we all will prosper.

  

 

The Mysteries of Life Part 4: Secret Societies

 

 

During this era of time, it is certainly right to present to the world the history of Secret Societies chronologically from the start of human history to the year of 2020. I did similar research a long time ago about this subject. Now, we live in a new generation with much more accurate information about how Secret societies function and the history of them. That is why it is important to get the facts right and to make sure that real facts are made available to the people. One common debate among Secret Societies are among Christian conservatives and the New Age crowd. Both groups accuse each other of being false. The big irony is that the New Age crowd claims to be so tolerant, but many of them are intolerant of Christians who disagree with occultism and paganism. 

 

The fact is that people have the free speech right to disagree with that agenda and dogmas of many secret societies like the Skulls and Bones and the O.T.O. Many people like Robert Hieronymus (who demonizes anyone who disagrees with Freemasonry and like-minded groups) omit that some of the strongest opposers of slavery in history were believers in God. Robert wants to promote the falsehood that conservative Christians (who research conspiracy issues) collectively view the Framers as worshipers of Satan which is ludicrous and hilarious. Although, many Framers were wicked slave owners and oppressors of black people. While I disagree with many conservative Christians on omitting the need to address and eliminate racial injustice, the need to end police brutality, the necessity to advance labor rights, and I disagree with them on other important issues (some, not all, conservative Christians are outright bigots and racists who support the overt racist Donald Trump. Loving your neighbor as yourself means the human race as all humans are created equal in the image of God), all of them aren't monolithic in their views. I do agree with conservative Christians on many issues like condemning adultery, exposing Scientology and other cults, disagreeing with the New Age movement, and believing in the existence of one God. 

 

Likewise, I don't agree with conservative Christians on every single issue as justice and human equality are meant for all regardless of one's background. Me personally, I don't agree with Freemasonry and witchcraft because of my personal reasons not because I want them to be oppressed. No one should experience oppression. What people from across the political spectrum do agree upon is that institutional racism, economic inequality (select families, world banks, and other entities have inordinate power in the world), corporate corruption, and imperialism are realities in the world that must end. Thousands of years ago, many secret societies had different functions. Many of these organizations were the keepers of the secrets of medicine, government, science, technology, and spirituality. They shared this knowledge to the next generation. These secret groups existed in Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and other places of the world. Numerous Secret Societies followed the Universal Religion that teaches that man can use steps or rituals to rise to achieve higher consciousness from lower consciousness (which is taught in the modern day New Age Movement). It is the belief that humans can be God or like a god. This doctrine relates to the mysteries and paganism. This is what they call the "ancient wisdom," which is why many dominant religious institutions persecuted secret society members. For the record, I don't agree with persecution against anyone. This pagan concept has been preserved for thousands of years. This is why by the 1800's, there was a hijacking of numerous secret society movements. Many corporations and elite groups copied the symbolism of ancient secret societies and made them their own (when the origin of these symbols go back thousands of years). Also, you have extremists who view any symbol as of the Devil. Of course, that is not true as symbols have multiple levels of meaning (symbols can conceal or reveal hidden information). The Framers and architects of Washington, D.C. used many pagan and Masonic imagery in art, architecture, etc. in order to send a clear measure about what they believed in. Many Framers like Thomas Jefferson weren't Christians, but believed that Jesus Christ was a great teacher of morality and ethics. Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of the living God and therefore God. New Agers believe that Christians are right that Jesus is God, but they believe that the human race is God too. I of course reject the idea of mere humans being gods or God. Jesus Christ was right to say that the Kingdom of God is within you. I do believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God.

The problem with the New Age crowd is that many of them blame Christianity collectively for the evils of the Inquisition, the Maafa, and the Salem witch trials when those acts of evil have nothing to do with the message of Jesus or true Christian doctrines. Murder, religious persecution, kidnapping people, controlling people against their wills, and coercion are evil. We know that Osama bin Laden is not representative of all Muslims. We certainly know that many Middle Eastern pagans were involved in the oppression of Hebrew people, and some Roman pagans were complicit in the murder of thousands of Christians during the first few centuries after the birth of Jesus Christ. Do I blame all pagans for these atrocities? No. Yet, I find it interesting that many New Agers don't talk about the massive persecutions that Bible believing Christians have gone through from Felix Manz to the early followers of Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church leadership hypocritically criticized Freemasonry for years (for accusing Masonry of promoting paganism and the occult. I of course disagree with Freemasonry for various reasons), but Roman Catholicism is filled with doctrines from the Mysteries and paganism like purgatory, the veneration of statues, and other doctrines. 

 

Therefore, sincere people have desired truth for the ages of time. The problem is that today America and other places of the world have been hijacked by international elitists, large corporations, and other geopolitical entities that desire centralized control, economic exploitation, imperialism, and corporate domination of our lives. That is the problem. Once you see the truth, you can live in the truth. Ancient religions found in Egypt, Etruscan lands, other places of Europe, Babylon, Mayan lands, etc. do have similarities with each other. The pagan concepts from the ancient world passed down into the Gnostics, those in the Renaissance, and other movements. While I don't believe that a human can be God or is God, I do believe in the greatness of human dignity, human curiosity, and human intellect. Our human greatness is not superior to God's divine power. The lie of many occultists is that every Secret Society is just good old wholesome fun. The reality is that many secret societies through the ages had human sacrifice, false doctrines, debauchery (as found in the Hell Fire Club), and rituals of a mock human sacrifice (like in the Bohemian Grove which will be exposed once again). The passing down of knowledge involving math, science, art, literature, technology, and other matters by the ancients was good. What was bad was the hijacking of legitimate wisdom by the elitists (made up of the super wealthy families controlling the majority of the wealth on Earth) and large corporate power bases in harming the lives of the common people. One example is that the nation of America is made up of righteous people and evil people. Secret Societies are very diverse. Yet, they are related heavily in human history. Now, here is the story of Secret Societies in a chronological order.

 

The Ancient World

 

In the beginning, the first humans on Earth were black African people. During the earliest times of human history, people have always worked in groups or secret organizations to not only promote knowledge of the world society, but many people want to investigate the mysteries of the Universe. Some human beings developed diverse groups to advance community development, survival, STEM field development, and the cultivation of vast resources.  The ingenuity of human creativity is found in the Lascaux cave paintings in France, the large Great Pyramids of ancient Egypt, and the highly structured buildings of the ancient city of the Nubian location of Meroe. Goddess worship was common place among the ancients. In fact Goddess worship and the deification of human beings represent a large party of the pagan ethos. The Neolithic Age transformed the whole world. This was a time of the creation of modern cities, the domestication of animals, and the cultivation of agriculture into another level. By this time, we saw complex, ancient civilizations flourish in ancient Egypt, Sumeria, the Harrapa-Daro culture in India, and the Yellow River culture of China. The land of ancient Egypt originated a lot of the modern day secret societies or occult teachings. That is why the gods of Egypt like Horus and Isis has been written about by Freemasons and occult scholars spanning a long time. The ancient Egyptian scientists and priests fully understood astronomy and used that knowledge to develop mathematics and other tools to grow their influence. The ancient Egyptian priests used the secrets of medicine, politics, spirituality, and other themes of life in order to control the people under the authority of the pharaoh. 

The pharaoh to the ancient Egyptians was a godlike figure who controlled Lower and Upper Egypt in a monarchical, theocratic society. The Egyptian gods of Thoth, Set, Ra, Ptah, and Hathor were were worshiped in their largest cities like Memphis, Thebes, On, Luxor, Abydos, Elephantine, Waset, etc. When the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx were built, it wasn't just created for artistic purposes. They were formed to align with astronomical patterns, to promote the power of pharaoh, and to show the vast nature of the Egyptian empire. Similar structures existed in the rest of Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and in the Near East (with the ziggurats). By the end of the Neolithic Age and the Bronze Age, societies transformed in allowing more people to embrace monotheism. The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton believed in monotheism or the worship of the sun. He viewed the sun as the symbol of the Supreme Creator. He formed his religious set of Aten. His son or Tutankhamen so hated this monotheistic movement that he restored the old pantheon of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. Ancient Egypt at its peak was so influential, that ancient Greece was heavily influenced by Egypt in many ways. Also, we saw the ancient Hebrews flourish doing this time. They worshiped God as Yah or Elohim. Many Hebrews were oppressed in Egypt and left to form Israel. Later, they developed Solomon's Temple to celebrate Judaism. The ancient Greek Dionysian Artificers worshiped Greek gods plus goddesses in the city states of Greece. Polytheism existed in Mexico, Peru, and other parts of the Americas. Priest-kings worships patriarchal gods too not just Goddesses. Rome developed by the 700's A.D. in the mist od Etruscan plus Latin cultures. Around this time, sub-Saharan Africa had cultures like Nok in Nigeria. 

 

 

By the 500's B.C., we saw the Iron Age. Celtic culture like the Hallstatt culture dominated Europe in Spain, France, the British,Isles, Switzerland, and parts of Germany. This age (from the 500's to 100's B.C.) saw new religious and philosophies created globally. We know of the Hebrew prophet Daniel making exciting predictions of the future that scholars today study his words thousands of years after his passing. Buddha lived his life in India to develop the religious doctrines about Buddhism (that deals with how life exists and the philosophies surrounding life). Lao Tze and Confucius established their views on philosophy, government, and family development in China. Plato was a prominent figure of ancient Greece who envisioned an Utopian system of philosopher kings. Zoroaster developed his spiritual teachings about good, evil, and other parts of spirituality. The Olmec and Mayan cultures of the Americas had language, culture, and advanced mathematical systems. The Eluesian mystery cults were formed in ancient Greece. The Greek philosopher Pythagoras lived in the 500's B.C. His political and religious teachings (from mysticism, numerology, and the transmigration of souls) were well known in Magna Graecia and influenced the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and, through them, Western philosophy. According to Billington's book called, "Fire in the Minds of Men," he or Pythagoras , "allegedly founded a religious philosophical brotherhood to transform society." 

 

The Hebrew people had the Essence sect in Israel. By ca. 270 B.C., the Nine Unknown was a rumored secret society (it could be real or not)  created by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka around 270 BC to preserve and develop knowledge that would be dangerous to humanity if it fell into the wrong hands. The Nine Unknown is a 1923 novel by Talbot Mundy mentioning this group. The rumored nine unknown men were entrusted with guarding nine books of secret knowledge. The birth of Jesus Christ changed human history forever. Jesus was born In Israel at a time when the Roman Empire dominated the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe. Jesus was a rabbi who challenged the religious establishment found in the Sadducees and Pharisees in order to promote a more personal relationship with God the Father. Jesus Christ was a revolutionary for saying that I am my Father are one and the Kingdom of God is within you. Jesus Christ healed someone on the Sabbath, prevented a woman from being stoned to death, and brought light into the world. Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the long waited Messiah from the books of the Old Testament like from the book of Isaiah. Christians worldwide accept the article of faith that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and rose into Heaven at the right hand of God the Father. The apostles and early Christians spread the gospel quickly form Israel to Greece, Rome, Africa, and as far as Spain within a span of less than 200 years after time of the first Pentecost. Many apostles were murdered. Early Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire. At the same time of the rise of Christianity, the sects of the Druids, followers of Mithraism, and Zoroastrianism were strong in the ancient world. During the ages of the ancient Roman Empire, there was the Collegium. This was an associations where ancient Romans united for civic or religious purposes. Collegia could function as guilds, social clubs, or burial societies; in practice, in ancient Rome, they sometimes became organized bodies of local businessmen and even criminals, who ran the mercantile/criminal activities in a given urban region, or rione. The organization of a collegium was often modeled on that of civic governing bodies, the Senate of Rome being the epitome. The meeting hall was often known as the curia, the same term as that applied to that of the Roman Senate. The Roman Emperor Aurelian imposed state control over collegia in the late 3rd Century AD. There were four great religious colleges (quattuor amplissima collegia) of Roman priests, in descending order of importance: Pontifices (also known as College of Pontifices), headed by the Pontifex Maximus, Augures, Quindecimviri sacris faciundis, and Septemviri epulonum.

  

 

Christianity appealed to many people during the early years, because it appealed to the poor and the oppressed of the Roman Empire. The concept of all believers being one in Christ Jesus was powerful. The elites of the world wanted to centralize the teachings of Christ and place the ultimate headquarters of the Church in Rome. This is a false doctrine, because even the early church leader Cyprian said that there is no bishop of bishops. Also, even in the New Testament, mentions that bishops can be married. Before the 300's A.D., there were no Popes, no centralized church authority governing the whole church, and no embrace of purgatory. Even Peter had a wife. The movement that wanted Rome to be the center of Christianity evolved into the Roman Catholic Church. The Council of Nicea on 325 A.D. was a situation where many Christians followed the modern day views of the Trinity. It is important to note that the concept of the Trinity existed long before 325 A.D. Early Christians like Theophilis of Antioch mentioned the Trinity in ca. 180 A.D. in his work of Chapter XV - On the First Day, to Autolycus 2:15. Christians and pagans disagreed with the view of the Trinity. The Roman Emperor Constantine wanted the merging of church and state. Numerous unapproved Christian churches were persecuted by the later periods of the Western Roman Empire. By 476 A.D., the Western Roman Empire ended. With that end, we saw the development of the Middle Ages. The Roman Empire ended because of economic issues, lax leadership, Germanic invasions, and a breakdown of infrastructure.  

 

The Middle Ages (476 A.D. - 1500 A.D.) 

 

The Middle Ages has long histories of secret societies and secret organizations. As the early Middle Ages existed, the Roman Catholic Church increased its power. While pagans from the Roman Empire persecuted the Christians unjustly, we saw how the Roman Catholic Church in many cases via the Inquisition, wars, etc. persecuted the pagans unjustly. Paganism is the worship of nature as divine. For the record, I don't believe in paganism, but even I don't believe in mistreating pagans. You have to allow people to agree or disagree with you peacefully. In 632 A.D., Muhammad formed Islam at Saudi Arabia. They believed that the name of God is Allah and Muhammad is his prophet. Secret Sufi sects were formed in the 700's. A.D. or the start of Islam's Golden Age. The medieval period saw new religions, the spreading of information globally, and the rise of new kingdoms  or empires from Africa to Asia. Other secret orders that developed during the Middle Ages were the Rosicrucians, the Cathars, the Assassins, and the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar was created in 1118 A.D. They were originally a group of religious Catholic leaders who protected pilgrims (who were going into Israel for religious purposes). Later, they gained so much wealth that they established an extensive banking system in Europe. The Knights Templars were part of the Crusades. The Crusades were about invasions, which were organized by the Catholic Popes, that dealt with Catholics who invaded the Middle East in order for them to conquer lands in the Middle East including Jerusalem, etc. They or the Templars won many battles and lost some. This time saw families or bloodlines like the Merovingians dominate European Royalty. The Knights Templar later was accused of devil worship, blasphemy against God, heresy, and doing certain sexual acts. To this day, historians debate whether Knights Templar members did these things or not. One thing is true.

The last official Grand Master of the Templar Jacques de Molay was burnt at the stake and the Knights Templar was gone from the public scene in 1314 A.D. We see the Order of St. John and the Order of the Garter created by Edward III in 1348. The Knights of Malta would form too. Views of the Kabbalah and Hermeticism increased. The Medici family published the Corpus Hermeticum in 1460 in Italy. By the 1400’s, the Inquisition reached its prime with suspected witches being murdered. The Inquisition was organized by the Roman Catholic Church as a way for them to root out what they described as "heresy." The Inquisition was wrong since it violated the freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, the freedom of association, the freedom of conscience, and it involved murder. Many secret orders went underground for fear of the Inquisition. That is why many occultists and pagans to this day have an antipathy to Catholicism. I don't agree with all of the doctrines of Roman Catholicism obviously, but I don't hate Catholic people.

 Likewise, I have the right to disagree with many Catholic beliefs as I don't believe in calling the Pope the Vicar of Christ. I don't subscribe to transubstantiation, I don't believe in calling Mary an Ever Virgin, I don't believe in venerating statues, and I do believe that priests have the right to get married if they desire to. While popes are not married, Peter was married: " And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever." (Matthew 8;14). The church is on the foundation of Jesus Christ not Peter: "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." (1 Corinthians 3:11). 

I do believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived on the Earth, died on the cross, and resurrected from the dead days later along with him ascending into Heaven. I do believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I do believe that the Lord Jesus Christ (I believe in Jesus Christ's divinity) is the Son of the living God. 

 

 

The Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Age (1500 A.D. - 1800 A.D.)

 

The Jesuit Order was created in 1540 by Ignatius Loyola as a means to counteract and end the Protestant Reformation. That is why it was created in the first place. It is what it is. He was the first Superior General at Paris in 1541. His Spiritual Exercises are a set of meditations, prayers, and other mental exercises for the Jesuit Order. Loyola's real name is Inigo Lopez de Onaz y Loyola (1491-1556). He was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian. Documents prove that. Loyola was a soldier and claimed that a spiritual vision caused him to form the Jesuit Order. It was quickly promoted by the Catholic Church and today, the Jesuits have worldwide influence in universities, political movements, social movements, etc. internationally. Many Jesuits back then and today are doctors, scientists, political leaders, one Pope, and missionaries (doing religious work in the Americas to as far as China). For a long time, no Jesuit leader at the top could be of Jewish descent. The early time of the Jesuits was near the time of the existence of the Council of Trent which repudiated the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation. The Council of Trent promoted the false doctrines of transubstantiation, the forced celibacy of priests, the veneration of relics, the existence of purgatory, the invocation of the saints, and the view of the Pope being the earthy head of all of the church. The 1582 Douay Bible has been supported by the Jesuit Order. The Gunpowder Plot was a product of Jesuit intrigue against King James of the United Kingdom.  The book of Codeword Barbelon by P.D. Stuart has some of the greatest information on mentioning Jesuit intrigue. The Jesuit Order was temporarily suppressed on July 21, 1773 by Pope Clement XIV. In the final analysis, I don't believe in Roman Catholicism. I pledge allegiance to Almighty God not to the Pope.

Henry Agrippa wrote on occultism too. His whole name was Heinrich Corneilius Agrippa von Nettesheim. He was a polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer. There is debate on whether he rejected magic later in his life or not. Secret societies and occult groups are influenced by Agrippa's literature to this very day. You have the Reformation started by Martin Luther. We see the occultist Dr. John Dee promoting the British Empire. Dr. John Dee worked for Queen Elizabeth I. Dr. John Dee claimed that spirits inspired him in his quest for "knowledge." He deemed these spirits as "angels." Johann Valenti Andrea and Sir Francis Bacon developed their doctrines. Sir Francis Bacon (which will mentioned in further detail in a future work about the secret history of America's true history in this series) was a leading figure in the English Renaissance. Bacon lived from 1561 to 1626 as the 1st Viscount of St. Alban. He was a philosopher and statesman. He helped to develop the modern scientific method and helped to inspire the modern day scientific revolution. Bacon believed in reason to deduce truth. He believed in empiricism or what can be proven is what can be seen and tested by human means. Debates exist whether Sir Francis Bacon was a Rosicrucian or not. What is true that he hanged with intellectual circles in England to develop literature, scientific discovery, and investigate the mysteries of life.

 

One of the most famous false Messiahs in history was Sabbatai Zevi. He lived form 1626 to 1676. He was a Sephardi ordained rabbi from Smyrna and a Kabbalist. He lived around the Ottoman Empire claiming to be the Jewish Messiah. Later, he founded the Sabbatean movement whose followers would be Donmeh or converts. Sabbatai was captured by Ottoman authorities and had to choose either death or convert to Islam. He converted to Islam. Some his followers or the Donmeh converted to Islam too. After he was caught singing Psalms with Jewish people, he was placed until isolation until his passing. Nathan of Gaza once supported him. The Sabbateans are written about by Barry Chamish and other scholars. Rabbis who opposed the Sabbateans are Rabbi Joseph Escapa and Rabbi Aaron Lapapa. Sabbateans wanted to abolish many of the ritual observances of the Jewish religion. Another false messiah was Jacob Joseph Frank (1726-1791) who lived in Poland. He claimed to be the reincarnation of Sabbatai Zevi. Frank and his followers were excommunicated in Poland. Frank believed that he was part of a trinity. His movement was called Frankism which merged views of Christianity and Judaism. Sabbateans believed in self inflict pain and didn't follow rules of modesty. 

Some Frankists were involved in the French Revolution like Moses Dobruska or the son of Frank's Sabbatian cousin in Ofenbach Shendl Dobruska.   By the 1600’s, the roots of modern day Freemasonry would form. Freemasonry started from the old guilds of Europe during the Middle Ages. These were the builders of the cathedrals or other specialized buildings. Later, these builders used philosophical views mixed with their building skills to form modern day Freemasonry. By ca. 1646, the first English mason guild accepted non-stonemasons into their meetings. The Order of Pietists was created in Pennsylvania by 1694. The Masonic Grand Lodge of England was created in 1717 in London. From 1717, modern Freemasonry would spread globally. Freemasonry accepts anyone as long as the person believes in one God (it can be any god not just the Judaeo-Christian God), is an adult, and they call God the acronym of G.A.O.T.U. or the Great Architect of the Universe.

I don’t agree with following Freemasonry because of these reasons: (1) they swear oaths invoking death even if they are not to be taken literally. I will never swear any oath. (2) they embrace the Kabbalah and ritualized occultism. (3) Masonry calls leaders Worshipful Master. (4) I don’t agree with their dogmas or rituals at all.  I don't believe in being blindfolded, walking around in a Temple, having a sharp object touching your chest, or saying "so mote it be." (5) Freemasonry falsely claims that one was in darkness and then brought into the light by their organization when a man or a woman can embrace the true Light of God without Freemasonry. According to Freemason W. L. Wilmhurst's "The Meaning of Masonry" in 1980, he admitted that evolution was from the ancient mysteries. Plus, he wrote that evolution is a way that man can be a god-like being in his quotation, "...The evolution of man into superman was always the purpose of the ancient mysteries...Man who has sprung from the Earth and developed through the lower kingdoms of nature...has yet to complete his evolution... by becoming a god-like being." (W. L. Wilmhurst, The Meaning of Masonry, Bell Publishing 1980, pgs. 47, 94). 

 

Masonry spread into France in 1721. Many early Americans were Masons like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. George Washington was a 3rd degree Freemason. Freemasons, who were part of the Continental Army or the Virginia Militia, were Hugh Mercer, George Weedon, and Thomas Posey. The Boston Tea Party was supported by many Freemasons (like those from the St. Andrew's Lodge of Boston), and the Green Dragon Tavern was a group crucial in supporting the Patriots of the Revolutionary War. Other famous Freemasons of that time period were Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and John Hancock. 

Sir Francis Dashwood formed his occult, pagan Hell Fire Club by the 1700’s. It is one of the bizarre groups of that time period. The first official Hellfire Club was founded in London in 1718, by Philip, Duke of Wharton and a handful of other high society friends. After Wharton's Club was disbanded, Wharton became a Freemason, and in 1722 he became the Grand Master of England. The most notorious club associated with the name was established in England by Sir Francis Dashwood, and met irregularly from around 1749 to around 1760, and possibly up until 1766. In its later years, the Hellfire was closely associated with Brooks's, established in 1764. Other clubs using the name "Hellfire Club" were set up throughout the 18th century. Most of these clubs were set up in Ireland after Wharton's had been dissolved. Sir Francis Dashwood and the Earl of Sandwich are alleged to have been members of a Hellfire Club that met at the George and Vulture Inn throughout the 1730s. Dashwood founded the Order of the Knights of St Francis in 1746, originally meeting at the George & Vulture. The club motto was Fais ce que tu voudras (Do what thou wilt), a philosophy of life associated with François Rabelais' fictional abbey at Thélème and later used by Aleister Crowley. According to Horace Walpole, the members' "practice was rigorously pagan: “Bacchus and Venus were the deities to whom they almost publicly sacrificed; and the nymphs and the hogsheads that were laid in against the festivals of this new church, sufficiently informed the neighborhood of the complexion of those hermits." Dashwood's garden at West Wycombe contained numerous statues and shrines to different gods; Daphne and Flora, Priapus and the previously mentioned Venus and Dionysus. Also, Sir Francis' Hell Fire Club had meetings 2 times a month. There were mock rituals, drinking, and other activities. Benjamin Franklin is known to have occasionally attended the club's meetings during 1758 as a non-member during his time in England.

In 1781, Dashwood's nephew Joseph Alderson (an undergraduate at Brasenose College, Oxford) founded the Phoenix Society (later known as the Phoenix Common Room), but it was only in 1786 that the small gathering of friends asserted themselves as a recognized institution. The Phoenix was established in honor of Sir Francis, who died in 1781, as a symbolic rising from the ashes of Dashwood's earlier institution. To this day, the dining society abides by many of its predecessor's tenets.

It is no secret that many American Presidents are related to each other or to European royals. One example is how Barack Obama and George W. Bush share one common ancestor. Barack Obama and George W. Bush are 10th cousins, once removed, and linked by Samuel Hinkley of Cape Cod, who died in 1662. Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, founded in 1845, mentioned that Barack Obama can call six US presidents his cousins: both Bushes, Ford, Johnson, Truman and James Madison. I do believe in religious freedom and the separation of church and state. Religious freedom doesn't mean that we believe in any religion under the sun. Religious freedom means that people have the right to peacefully believe in what they want without coercion, without persecution, and without murder. The separation of church and state historically has been opposed by many Roman Catholic elites and some Protestant elites (like pro-Calvinist authorities murdering Servetus. Back then, too many Protestants accepted the false doctrine of infant baptism. The Anabaptist martyr Felix Manz [or Mans, Mentz] (1498-1527) rejected infant baptism and he was murdered because of his views. I do believe in believer's baptism and I reject baptizing infants) centuries ago. That is why both groups persecuted Baptists and Anabaptists who accepted the legitimate principle of the separation of church and state.

 

We have the Order of the Perfectibilists or the Bavarian Illuminati, which was created in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt (who was a former professor). The Illuminati wanted to use policies to eliminate monarchies and form a Utopian order where there would be no monarchies, no theocracies, no private property, and a total transformation of society. The 33rd Degree Freemason and Masonic historian S. Brent Morris admitted that the Bavarian Illumanti were made up of many Masons, and that they believed in enlightenment principles. One common logo of the Illuminati back then was the owl representing wisdom. Conspiracy Archive has done great work to detail the Bavarian Illuminati in amazing detail with sources too. Thomas Jefferson supported the vision of the Illuminati while George Washington disagreed with the Illuminati. The July 1782 Masonic International Congress at Wilehmsbad temporarily had an alliance among Freemasonry and the Bavarian Illuminati. Early Illuminati members include Mozart and Master Mason Geothe, the author of Faust. The Illuminati ended by 1785 with Adam Weishaupt (its founder) ironically converted to Roman Catholicism before he died during the early 1800's. Here are 10 famous members of the Bavarian Illuminati: 

1. Charles-Pierre-Paul, Marquis de Savalette de Langes (1745-1797)

2.  Gabriel Honoré Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791)

3. Alexandre-Louis Roëttiers de Montaleau (1748-1808)

4. Count Franz Joseph von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (b. 1748)

5. Johann Caspar [Jean Gaspard] Schweizer (1754-1811)

6. Friedrich Christian Carl Heinrich Münter (1761-1830)

7. Francesco Mario Pagano (1748-1799)

8. Ignaz Edler von Born (1742-1791)

9. Friedrich Ludwig Ulrich Schröder (1744-1816)

10. Mathias Metternich (1747-1825)

 

The French Revolution included many Freemasons and revolutionaries. Jefferson once again supported the French Revolution. The problem with the French Revolution wasn’t that it was against the French Monarchy. The French Monarchy back then was corrupt and filled with greed as it ought to end. King Louis XVI and Austrian Queen Marie Antionette ruled over France for a time. St. German and Caglistro were famous people of the era of the French Revolution too. The problem with the French Revolution was that it deteriorated into even innocent people being murdered by extremists like Robespierre and a brutal dictatorship forming in France. Other Freemasons in the French Revolution period were Mirabeau, Choderlos de Laclos, Rouget de l'Isle (who was the writer of the national anthem of La Marseillaise). The French Rights of Man was created on August 25, 1789. Jewish people were emancipated or given the right to vote in France in 1791, which is great news. 

  

Modern, Famous Secret Societies (1800 A.D. - Present) 

 

Secret societies continued to exist in the 19th century. The Jesuit Order was reconstituted during the 1800's. During the early 1801, the Rite Misraim and Egyptian Freemasonry were modernized. The Rite of Memphis was created in 1815 by ex-soldiers who had been involved in Napoleon's expedition. Napoleon has always been rumored to be a Mason, but his brother Joseph Bonaparte was named Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France. The Knight of Bath, the Knight of Garter, and the Freemason Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) was involved in the Waterloo defeat of Napoleon's military forces. The backlash of Freemasonry developed with the Anti-Masonic Party after the murder of William Morgan (who was a former Mason). The Second Great Awakening in America (by the early 1800's) had dedicated Christians who expressed overt disagreements with Freemasonry. Thousands of ex-Masons repented and turned their lives around. Afterwards, we saw Aleister Crowley promoting his radical libertarian views (he was a wicked man too). The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was created in 1888.

  

The Skulls and Bones was formed in 1832. It is found at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the oldest senior class society at Yale. It is one of the most famous secret societies in America with the logo of the skulls and crossbones along with the number 322 underneath it. The Skulls and Bones include corporate heads, Presidents, educators, and other members of the political establishment. The society's alumni organization, called the Russell Trust Association, owns the organizations' real estate and oversees the memberships. Members are known as Bonesmen. William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft co-found the Order of the Skulls and Bones. The first members included Russell, Taft, and 12 other members. The Russell Trust Association was created in 1856 by Russell and Skulls and Bones member Daniel Colt Gilman. The Tomb building is where initiation rituals take place for the Skulls and Bones. The Bonesmen also have meetings at Deer Island on the St. Lawrence River according to author Alexandra Robbins (who wrote about Yale secret societies). The 322 is reported as to mean the year of Greek orator's Demosthenes' death at 322 B.C. In 322 BC, the Lamian War ended with the death of Demosthenes and Athenians were made to dissolve their government and establish a plutocratic system in its stead, whereby only those possessing 2,000 drachmas or more could remain citizens. Documents in the Tomb have purportedly been found dated to "Anno-Demostheni." Bonesmen have nicknames too. Long Devil is given to the tallest member or Boaz can refer to a varsity football captain. Some are given names from literature. The banker Lewis Lapham passed on his nickname, "Sancho Panza", to the political adviser Tex McCrary. Averell Harriman was "Thor", Henry Luce was "Baal", McGeorge Bundy was "Odin", and George H. W. Bush was "Magog." Ironically, Alexandra Robbins made many revelations of the Skulls and Bones in the following words:

"...Dozens of skeletons and skulls, human and animal, dangle from the walls ... The gravestone of Elihu Yale ... was stolen years ago from its proper setting in Wrexham, Wales, and is displayed in a glass case, in a room with purple walls."

"At 6:30 on Thursdays and Sundays the Bonesmen gather in the Firefly Room for supper. The room is dim and intimate; light shines through the gaping eye holes of fixtures shaped like skulls. Bonesmen drink various refreshments from skull-shaped cups ..." [Ibid., p. 2]

"Eulogia! Eulogia! Eulogia!" the 'Bonesmen' shriek as the initiate is escorted into the inner temple before he is compelled to sign his name to an oath of secrecy. After this the initiate is brought before a picture of Judas Iscariot, whose name the group screams three times, and then he is led to the heart of the rite: the initiate is pushed to his knees before a human skull filled with blood placed at the foot of a human skeleton called Madame Pompadour. The crowd 'implores him to 'Drink it! Drink it! Drink it!' and he does. Then he is hurried to a man dressed as the Pope. 'But not before the D whips him in the face with his tail. The initiate bends to kiss the Pope's slippered toe on the skull." (Robbins, p.120.)

During the 2004 Presidential election, the 2 men from the Republican and Democratic Parties who ran for President were Bonesmen George W. Bush and John Kerry. Skull and Bones was founded in 1832 after a dispute among Yale debating societies Linonia, Brothers in Unity, and the Calliopean Society over that season’s Phi Beta Kappa awards. William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft co-founded “the Order of the Skull and Bones." ABC News in April 23, 2001 discovered much of the Skulls and Bones initiation ritual. These rituals take place in a building called "The Tomb." In the ceremony, a person dresses up like the Pope, one is dressed like Hiram Abiff (who is a Masonic representation of a Christ figure), and the other is Don Quixote. The first senior members included Russell, Taft, and 12 other members. So, the Skulls and Bones has imagery in glorification of death related imagery, its nicknames include false gods, and its members go on to be some of the leaders of the U.S. political establishment. 

 

Mormonism and Christian Science are groups influenced by Masonry as well. Mormonism teaches that the book of Mormon is equal to authority as the Bible, they teach continuous revelation, they believe that Jesus began his atonement in the garden of Gethsemane (and continued to his crucifixion), and that Jesus Christ appeared in the Western hemisphere after his death and resurrection. Mormonism was created in New York State by 1830 by 3rd degree Freemason Joseph Smith. That is why the 1st degree in Masonry is similar to the 1st degree of the Aaron Priesthood of Mormons. Joseph Smith believed that the angel Moroni sent him gold plates about the truth of God. He moved into the Midwest with allies like Hyrum Smith. Joseph Smith was murdered for his teaching in support of polygamy. Brigham Young was a later Mormon leader who led Mormons to Utah which remains a strong Mormon base of power to this day. During the American Civil War, Freemasons were among the Union and Confederate forces. Also, the pro-Confederate secret society of the Knights of the Golden Circle tried to use violence and slick tactics in defending the evil Confederates. The Union rightfully won the war in 1865, and that victory was achieved heavily by heroic black American Union soldiers. One of the most prominent Confederate generals during the U.S. Civil War was 33rd Degree Freemason Albert Pike, whose statue still is in Washington, D.C. After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Freemason Andrew Johnson was President. Johnson was one of the most racist Presidents in American history. The Knights of Columbus is an organization formed in March 29, 1982 by Michael J. McGivney in order to promote Catholic interests worldwide. They have various degrees in their fraternal service order. Their goal has also been about to lobby conservative political causes, fund Catholic education, and its Supreme Knight is Sir Carl A. Anderson. It was created at New Haven, Connecticut. The order is dedicated to the principles (Degrees) of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. The first ritual handbook, printed in 1885, contained only the first two Degrees teaching unity and charity. Assemblies may form color guards, which are often the most visible arm of the Knights, to attend important civic and church events.

 

By the late 19th century, the Bohemian Grove was in existence. The Bohemian Grove met in Northern California. There are parties, prostitutes, and many members are Republicans as well. The Cremation of Care ritual at the Grove wants to eliminate care from the souls of people. Also, the ritual burns a human effigy near an owl statue representing Wisdom. The owl is not Molech as some have said. In the occult, the owl has referred to a personification of wisdom like the goddess Athena. The goddess Diana is found as a statue near Diana circle. This is similar to pagan rituals and many hypocritical so-called conservative Christians enjoy these ceremonies (in a place filled with revelry). According to Peter Martin Philips (who attended a Grove meeting), the Cremation of Care ceremony has a high priest confronting the Dull Care. The motto of the Bohemian Grove is "Weaving spiders, come not here," which is taken from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Cremation of Care ceremony was created by Bohemian Grove member Joseph D. Redding. 

 

The owl emblem of Minvera in the occult world again represents wisdom. One symbol of Adam Weishaupt was the owl representing wisdom also. Additionally, the Brethren of Minvera was a degree in the Bavarian Illuminati. The Care according to Peter Martin Philips relates to Bacchus (a Roman false god which is better known as the Greek false god of Dionysus. Dionysus is the god of wine, sexual freedom, and ecstatic freedom). The Cremation of Care ceremony portrays the Grove members as being afraid of Care. The ritual wants to rid of Care. Care is posing as a mocking spirit in the Cremation of Care ritual. These actions go back to the Druids, Babylon, Greece, etc. Also, the Grove members have a fake human sacrifice in effigy (or a dummy) and do other things. In the Bohemian Grove, there is a priest wearing a mitre (which looks similar to the Pope’s mitre, and the Dagon fish gods of the Middle East). Dagon is the half man, half fish god that was believed by the ancient pagans to have brought humankind civilization. It was worshiped under many names of Enki, Ea, Dagon, and Oannes. This tells me that the Bohemian Grove high priests in the Cremation of Care ritual has influence from the Sumerian-Babylonian high priests not just having connections to the Papacy. Many people in the Bohemian Grove have sexual orgies, and numerous the members of the Bohemian Grove have sex with prostitutes from across the world. 

 

The Bohemian Grove is about 2,600 acres. I don't agree with Alex Jones on many issues. He's a sellout by supporting a racist and a vulgar xenophobe like Donald Trump. Alex Jones falsely equates liberalism, socialism, or any government intervention to help people as similar to Stalinist communism. There are other reasons why Alex Jones is a far right extremist. He once falsely said that the Sandy Hook school massacre was an orchestrated inside job. Many of the victims' families are trying to sue him too. His wife divorced him. Even some of his former co-workers accused him of racism, anti-Semitism, and sexual harassment. A Sister named Ashley Beckford said that Alex Jones inappropriately touched her, made a racist remark to her (she said that a senior manager Robert Dew called her a slur too), and made women uncomfortable in a bad work environment. A Jewish man named Rob Jacobson accused Alex Jones of harassing him and making anti-Semitic remarks about him. So, Alex Jones is a total fraud. It is obvious that Trump is linked to the crony capitalist establishment, he has war mongers in his administration (as Trump believes in the evil practice of waterboarding which the military industrial complex has enacted), and his administration's policies advances an anti-progressive agenda.

 

The Secret History of the British Royal Family include the following facts:  

1. Former King Edward VII met with Adolf Hitler. Edward was there with his wife, or the American Wallis Simpson. Both Edward VII and Wallis Simpson became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.  

2. Two of Prince Philip’s sisters married high level Nazi officers. 

3. Prince Philip is known for his radical population control advocacy (and he is known to have made racist remarks for years).  

4. The British Royals for centuries have been complicit in imperialism, colonialism, racism, corruption, wars, and other evils. Many of them have links to Freemasonry, the Knights of Malta, the Order of the Garter, and other powerful organizations. Many British Royals today are related to Germanic Royals. 

Alex Jones had footage of the Bohemian Grove after he secretly traveled in there. His video footage documents so much about the Grove that normal folks didn't know until after the year of 2000. Henry Edwards was one founding member of the Bohemian Grove, and it was formed in 1872 (it existed at first in San Francisco to gather men to talk about the arts and literature). The major camps are like the Hill Billies and Mandalay where some of the most powerful men politically go into. Mandalay included people like John McCone, Stephen Bechtel Sr., Henry Kissinger, Edgar Kaiser Sr., Frederic Brandi, Edmund Littlefield, George Schultz, Edgar Kaiser Jr., Steve Bechtel Jr., and Gerald Ford. The Club's patron saint is John of Nepomuk, who legend says suffered death at the hands of a Bohemian monarch rather than disclose the confessional secrets of the queen. A large wood carving of St. John in cleric robes with his index finger over his lips stands at the shore of the lake in the Grove, symbolizing the secrecy kept by the Grove's attendees throughout its long history. The Grove also restricted women from joining the group or even working there for decades in a discriminatory fashion. The Grove have CFR members, Pilgrim Society members, Trilateralists, Morgan banking interests, the Knights of Malta (SMOM), Le Cercle members, Atlantic Council of the U.S. members, CIA directors, 1001 Club members, RAND corporation members, etc.  British royals have visited the Grove like Prince Philip in 1962 and Queen Elizabeth back in 1983.

 

The Ordo Templi Orientis was formed later on too. Aleister Crowley was a leader in the OTO. In the 20th century, a secret society member Princep (who was part of the Black Hand) murdered a monarch and a Queen which started WWI. The Thule society influenced the Nazis.

 

Modern day sororities and sororities existed since the 1800’s and 1900’s as well. Many of these groups were influenced by Freemasonry in their rituals, clothing, and doctrines. For example, one source says the following words: "...Thus, the tenets of Freemasonry, thinly veiled, found their way into the initiation ritual of Sigma Nu and remain essentially unchanged today. Both Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma Chi also have Masonic roots as do many other fraternities. Consequently, in a sense, initiates of college fraternities are already 'friends and brothers.” (Gremillion, p. 167 - see book listing below).

 

 

The following source documents this Fraternity and Freemasonry relationship:

“…In their decision to expand the society, as well as in the development of their ritual, the Phi Beta Kappa leaders were acting at least partially under the influence of Masonry. A Masonic lodge had existed in Williamsburg as early as in the 1750s, and in 1733 it received a charter room the grand Lodge in England. In 1778, as citizens of an independent commonwealth, the Masons of Virginia set up their own grand lodge, with authority to charter other loges within the state. Eventually Masons in other states did the same. John Heath himself [the fifteen year old funder of Phi Beta Kappa] was not a Mason while a student at William and Mary, but Thomas Smith belonged to the Williamsburg lodge before joining Heath as one of the five Phi Beta Kappa founders. Smith served as the first clerk of the Phi Beta Kappa founders. Smith served as the first clerk of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and became its president on May 3, 1777. Nine other members of the society joined the Masonic lodge during the next year. At least a dozen of fifty men admitted to Phi Beta Kappa during these first four years were associated with both groups at one time or another…” (Richard Nelson Current, “Phi Beta Kappa in American Life: The First Two Hundred Years,” Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 1999, 10).

There are other links too. According to Dr. Elizabeth Fine’s new book entitled, “Soulstepping: Development and Transformation of African American Step Show,” the African American fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha had their first initiation in a Masonic Lodge Hall. Some members opened up some of the lockers and used lodge attire to enhance their rituals. Many African Americans centuries ago were prevented from joining mainline Freemasonry. So, they created other groups like the Prince Hall Freemasonry to do their rituals and so forth. Many Prince Hall Masons have links to the fraternities. Scottish Rite Freemasonry is known for its history of racism and exclusion. Sigma Nu is a fraternity, which was invented at Virginia Military Institute in 1868. Its ritual was written by James Hopkin, who was a Freemason. Many African American fraternities and sororities talk about the burning sands, which is an action done to cause people to finish rituals. This action was done greatly in Masonic Shrine initiation from the late 19th century.

  

Many of the most prominent people of society are members of them. Not to mention that the Boule itself is made up of African American sororities and fraternities too. The Boule has been talked about by many scholars and courageous people in YouTube for years. The Fraternities and Sororities of the Boule are Sigma Pi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Iota Phi Theta. When members of these groups consider them a Greek, they are serious. Many of them have the names of their group on the license plates. The Alpha Kappa Alpha has a ritual where they praise their group: “Hail Alpha Kappa Alpha dear, we greet thee here tonight, any may this noble sisterhood be always our delight. And may this noble sisterhood be always our delight. And may this noble sisterhood be always our delight.”(Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., rituals, 1997, Initiation Ritual, Initiation Hymn, page 39). On the crest of the AKA is the image of the Titan ancient Greek god. Titan in Greek mythology was cursed to hold up the world. It is no secret that the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority praises the false Greek god of Minerva: “Question: What is the ultimate goal, then? Answer: Wisdom! The college educated woman seeks to become wise rather than smart. That is why Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom, is our sorority mentor.” (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Grand Chapter, Membership Intake Program, 1990, pg. 106). Minerva is the mentor of Delta Sigma Theta. Another source from the Delta Sigma Theta organization documents them seeking the Eleusinian mysteries as inspiration:

“…We turned for guidance to one of the most ancient initiation rites, the Eleusinian mysteries. It is said that even Plato approved of them, believing that the Initiate generally led a better life as a result of the influence of his/her ritualistic experience. The objective of those rites was to ascend through the natural elements to a ‘new life’ (being carried forward through all the elements)…Deltas and Pyramids are all familiar with the four basic elements. The Eleusinian associated the elements with certain human forces: Earth…Water…Air…Fire, The goal is tranquility and spirituality. Here the aspirant rejects the negative and material values of the world and transcends to a more spiritual plane.” (Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The Official Ritual of Grand Chapter, 1996, page 38, member initiation). It is important to note the Eleusinian mysteries were annual initiation ceremonies for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece. This is disturbing for a group to include so many Christians and those claiming to be pro-black, but they embrace some Greek paganism and false gods as “mentors.” Such fraternities and sororities have ceremonies, formal opening, handshakes, mottoes, oaths, mizpah, etc.

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has a ritual where there is the oath of secrecy. Here is part of that ritual: “…The candidate shall be blindfolded (Teaching that out of Alpha Phi Alpha, men walk or stumble through business or through life, blindly missing much which should be seen, used and enjoyed)." (Ritual of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Order of Initiation, Section 2, page 3). The ritual is similar to Freemasonry where each new potential member is blindfolded. In Section 11 of the Alpha Phi Alpha initiation source of the Ritual of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, page 4, Order of Initiation, the candidate must kneel and eat the food (i.e. oysters or cold macaroni) prepared by the gods for the Alpha Phi Alpha men. They have an oath of secrecy too. The sphinx is on the crest of the Alpha Phi Alpha image.

Phi Beta Sigma was created by Leonard F. Morse, Abram Langston Taylor, and Charles I. Brown. Abram Langston Taylor was a 33rd Degree Freemason. Phi Beta Sigma also praise Zeus: “… where the greater gods were supposed to live under their ruler, Zeus. It was in these mountains that our founding Brothers became Greek…” (Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., New Membership Intake and Development Process, New Member Initiation Rituals, page 8). Kappa Alpha Psi praises the shrine of the god Apollo. Fraternities and sororities use candles to dedicate their group in their homes readily. Not to mention that numerous fraternities and sororities have hazing, tattoos on their bodies with the Greek letters, brandings, crossing the sands, eating onions, paddles, and other bizarre rituals. So, the Boule is known for infiltration, bizarre rituals, and deception. Another spiritual, religious person who has exposed the ancient Greek false gods being embraced by GLOs is a woman named Jadine Louissaint (she has a Youtube Channel showing the stories of courageous ex-members). 

 

Many of these Boule types have infiltrated even African studies departments (even some claiming to be conscious are members like Jabari Osaze admitting that he is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha) not just the military, politics, education, religion, and sports. Groups like Jack and Jill, the Links, etc. include many members of the black American upper class too. If you’re of black African descent (as I am), you can’t be Greek or African at the same time. You’re only African. Also, many of these groups promote false doctrines like astrology (as the stars don’t influence our genetics or our personalities. DNA does), magic, mysticism, and other things that praise Nature above the Creator (who created the Universe in the first place. Yes, true monotheism existed in the world thousands of years ago too). There is the group of the Eastern Star, which is a cousin to Freemasonry filled with women. The DeMolay group is filled with children, and many children from that order join Freemasonry later on. The Fraternal Order of Police has been influenced by Freemasonry and the Odd Fellows too. It is no secret that epidemic of police brutality is readily sugarcoated by the Fraternal Order of Police. 

 

World War II was a time when Secret Societies were definitely involved in many historical events. Hitler had the contradiction of presecuting Freemasons, but many Nazis were involved in occult research like Himmler (he controlled the Waffen SS or the military branch of the SS). Also, the Knight of Malta was at the signing of the Reichskonkordat concordat in Rome on   July 20, 1933. It was a treaty between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. It was signed  by Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII, on behalf of Pope Pius XI and Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen on behalf of President Paul von Hindenburg and the German government. The Vatican wanted religious liberty rights of Catholics protected in Germany, but history has shown us that the Nazis persecuted both the Catholics and the Protestants including Jewish people alike. Many Catholics and Protestants fought on both sides of the Second World War. The Nazis were murderers and imperialism. They didn't care about morality or ethics.  Thomas Dodd worked with high level Freemason Robert H. Jackson. 33rd Degree Freemason Edward Carter was a 5th judge in the Nuremberg Tribunal. Jesuit priest Edmund Walsh had a big role in the Nuremberg trials by advising Robert Jackson. 

Walsh was a friend of 33rd Degree Freemason Douglas MacArthur and other elites. High level Jesuit Walsh wore an officer's uniform when he apprehended General Karl Haushofer in Bavaria for interrogation at Nuremberg. The Jesuit Edmund Walsh had chatted with Grigori Zinoviev, who was president of the Petrograd Soviet. This proves that high level Jesuits and high level Freemasons worked together for centuries on many endeavors. "Ratlines" were a system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II. These escape routes mainly led toward havens in Latin America, particularly Argentina though also in Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador and Bolivia, as well as the United States, Spain and Switzerland. There were two primary routes: the first went from Germany to Spain, then Argentina; the second from Germany to Rome to Genoa, then South America. The two routes developed independently but eventually came together. The ratlines were supported by clergy of the Catholic Church, and historian Michael Phayer claims this was supported by the Vatican. Mark Aarons and John Loftus wrote a book entitled, "Unholy Trinity" exposing the Ratlines. Nazi General and war criminal Reinhard Gehlen would work with the CIA. Gehlen also was given the highest honor of the Knights of Malta called the “Grand Cross of Merit” award. Knight of Malta J. Peter Grace would be a key figure in Operation Paperclip where Nazis war criminals were sent into America for technological reasons. 

 The P2 Lodge of the Propaganda Due is one of the most mysterious organizations of all time. It was a Masonic Lodge under the Grand Orient of Italy being founded in 1877. Its Masonic charter was withdrawn in 1976. Then, it was transformed into a clandestine, pseudo-Masonic, ultraight organization. It operated in contravention of Article 18 of the Constitution of Italy that banned secret associations. By this time, it was leaded by Licio Gelli. P2 was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries like the collapse of the Vatican affiliated Banco Ambrosiano, the murders of journalist Mino Pecorilli and banker Roberto Cali, and other corrupt bribery scandals. These actions of the P2 were brought to light via the investigations into the Michele Sindona's financial empire. The P2 acted as a state within a state. The lodge had many prominent journalists, members of parliament, industrialists, military leaders including Silvio Berlusconi (he would be the later Prime Minister of Italy), and the heads of 3 Italian intelligence services (of SISDE, SISMI, and CESIS). The police found a document called plan for Democratic Rebirth. It wanted the consolidation of the media, suppression of trade unions, and the rewriting of the Italian Constitution. The P2 Lodge was found in Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina. Raul Alberto Lastri was an Argentine member of the group. He was interim President in 1973 during the Dirty War. P2 member Emilio Massera was apart of the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla form 1976-1978, and P2 member Jose Lopez Rega was minister and founder of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, and General Guillermo Suarez Mason was a P2 member. Many early members were of the Piedmont nobility. It later was inactive except by 1966 when Licio Gelli formed a revitalization of the group. Benito Mussolini once banned Freemasonry, but it was reborn after World War II. After being disbanded by the Grand Orient of Italy, the P2 Lodge went underground. Many names of its members were found in March 1981 by the police. The P2 had links to the Mafia. Its names revealed high level military people and politicians. Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani was a P2 member too. He was forced to resigned. By January 1982, the P2 Lodge was banned by law. The P2 hated the Italian Communist Party and trade unions. To this day, the P2 Lodge has been condemned by people from across the political spectrum. 

By the 20th century, many Nazis murdered Freemasons and that was wrong. The reason is that murder is wrong, and people have the right to peacefully believe in what they want. I don't agree with Freemasonry, but Freemasons have the right to exist without persecution. Also, the rise of high level political groups would form like the Council on Foreign Relations, the Pilgrim Society, the Bilderberg Group (whose first meeting took place in 1954), and the Trilateral Commission. These groups are different in their origins, memberships, and meeting places. They are unified in wanting globalization, neoliberalism, corporate power expansion, and a more integrated world society. Many global elites want radical population control as said by the notorious racist Prince Philip. Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia unfortunately have grown not only in America, but in Europe (i.e. the UK, Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), plus worldwide. Anyone who is a racist or an anti-Semite is an agent of evil period. We have to advance goodness. 

 

 

The Era of 2020 and 2021

 

It is not a secret that the neoliberal moderates and the conservative establishment are funded by many large foundations, think tanks, and other organizations to promote their agendas. Many people think that Hollywood is a group of cutting edge people who are totally independent of the establishment. That is a lie. Hollywood not only have members who are experts in propaganda, technology, and mass manipulation. Many large foundations, the CIA, and the rest of the military industrial complex has influenced Hollywood movies plus other productions for decades. That is why many in Hollywood in 2020 have to think similar thoughts, act a certain way, and act in near group-think or be ostracized or even have no further roles to play.  At the the heart of the mainstream establishment is their promotion of neoliberalism and globalism. It is what it is. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative, Open Society Foundations, the Untied Nations, etc. have a huge influence not only in the liberal establishment plus in many nations in general. It doesn't matter if the people in Hollywood are more liberal like Martin Sheen, Tom Hanks, etc or more conservative like Jon Voight, James Woods, Mel Gibson, etc. Many of them play ball for the corporate establishment. The liberal establishment is right that sexism is wrong, racism is wrong, and xenophobia is wrong. Their problem is that they refuse to expose corporate foundations running many things in the world, and some of them even ignore overt imperialism done by the West. The top levels of Hollywood are facilitated by the CFR, the Sun Valley Meetings, and various foundations. One of the easiest to spot liberal establishment people is Gloria Steniem. 

A lot of people don't know that Steinem was a CIA agent and praised the CIA when the CIA is complicit in voter fraud, imperialism, and other evils in multiple continents. She is a person funded by Open Society Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.  Many of these people hate Trump. Trump is not a hero for his bigotry, authoritarianism, and corrupt policies. Yet, Trump is funded by many of the same people as Hollywood in their leadership are funded by. Trump is the result of centuries of injustice, as he isn't the origin of it. Donald Trump is the fruit of the sickness of racism and bigotry in general. Conservative celebrities are not immune from this elitism. For example, the libertarian Clint Eastwood supported Republicans for years and didn't like the film Snowden. Also, his name is appearing on the 2008 and 2018 Bohemian Grove membership list.  The far right conspiracy disinformation leader Alex Jones is a friend of Ron Paul. Ron Paul is an early protege of the Koch brothers. The Bilderberg steering committee leader Peter Thiel is an ally of Rand Paul. Libertarianism wants to abolish the income tax, end central government as we know it, etc. The problem with that philosophy is that it harbors no regulations of giant corporate monopolies. Also, libertarianism does nothing to eliminate poverty, because without taxes, roads could not be built. Many people are not voluntarily building anything without money to be made. 

The CATO Institute is founded by the Open Society, The Hewlett Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. Libertarianism is the complete opposite of liberalism without any socialist or progressive aspects. Ron Silver is a famous neo-con. Mel Gibson (whose father is a Holocaust denying, remote controlled planes on 9/11 promoting anti-Semite) funded the film of FahrenHYPE 9/11 which is against Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 documentary. Silver narrated the movie. Today, we know that Trump has pushed the Obama birther nonsense, and the Q movement is promoting the bogus Pizzagate affair (though child sex trafficking and child sex abuse are real. House member Dennis Hastert was caught abusing kids. Everyone knows about Marina Abramovic's bizarre art showing grotesque images with her "spirit cooking" sessions). The conservative establishment have links to groups like the CNP or the Council on National Policy. 

People like Steven Seagal admire Putin, but Putin is known for his authoritarian, oligarchical policies. Vladimir is a far right capitalist nationalist. When you study the truth, you see that controlled opposition via the CIA and other foundations may use a left face or a right face, but their goal of neoliberal globalization remains the same. Far right extremism is a continued threat in the world too. Witnesses have seen far right Proud Boys members in Portland break bones, maced people, threw smoke bombs, and even pulled out a gun. The police did nothing about it in Portland. We know that many white racist groups have infiltrated many police departments nationwide in America plus worldwide. The Proud Boys beat protesters in Portland. There is no question that Trump's extremism and bad policies are a threat to democracy in America. Voting Trump out of office was certainly a necessity. That is why I am precisely glad that Trump is out of office. The 2021 evil insurrection of the U.S. Capitol building by domestic terrorists shows us how we have to defeat racism, misinformation, and any form of bigotry once and for all. Now, we witness a new era of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris being President and Vice President.  After all of these years, I have kept my faith. I forever believe in Black Love, Black Power, and Black Unity including Black Liberation. I love the truth. I believe in justice for all. That is why we want independent, progressive thinking to be the order of the day. 

 

By Timothy