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As you read <strong>on</strong> you will find out who this "Supreme Being" is, but this "Supreme Being" is not the<br />
ONLY god Mas<strong>on</strong>s worship! Although many Mas<strong>on</strong>s may be UNAWARE of the POLYTHEISM in<br />
Mas<strong>on</strong>ry, MANY gods and goddesses are worshipped through the SYMBOLISM AND RITUALS of<br />
Mas<strong>on</strong>ry. One poem, written by a Mas<strong>on</strong>, J.S.M. Ward, sums up some of the MYTHOLOGY that is<br />
PREVALENT in Mas<strong>on</strong>ry.<br />
Bacchus died and rose again,<br />
On the Golden Syrian Plain;<br />
Osiris rose from out his grave;<br />
And thereby mankind did save;<br />
Ad<strong>on</strong>is likewise shed his blood<br />
By the yellow Syrian flood,<br />
Zoroaster brought to birth<br />
Mithra from his cave of earth<br />
And we to-day in Christian Lands<br />
We with them can join hands.<br />
Bacchus, Osiris, Ad<strong>on</strong>is, and Mithra are all GODS that are worshipped by OCCULTISTS and<br />
MASONS! Of course, these are just a FEW of the GODS that are actually worshipped through<br />
different Mas<strong>on</strong>ic cerem<strong>on</strong>ies. It doesn't matter to the Mas<strong>on</strong> that God proclaims: "Thou shalt<br />
worship the Lord thy God and Him ONLY shalt thou serve." (Matthew 4:10)<br />
Osiris is the Egyptian god of the dead as well as the SUN-GOD but he is also known by many other<br />
names. In Thrace and Greece he is known as DIONYSUS, the god of pleasures and of partying and<br />
wine. Festivals held in his h<strong>on</strong>our often resulted in HUMAN SACRIFICES AND ORGIASTIC<br />
(sexual) rites.<br />
Pages 20-21<br />
The 25 th degree of the Scottish Rite is called "Knight of the Brazen Serpent". Again Waite describes<br />
this degree and reveals to us that the twelve signs of the Zodiac are illustrated and a Tau Cross,<br />
encompassed by a SERPENT, is in the EAST. The Master retires to call up<strong>on</strong> God and then<br />
... returns bearing a SYMBOL OF SALVATION, being a Brazen SERPENT<br />
entwined about the Tau Cross.... It is given thereafter to the Candidate, as a symbol of<br />
faith, repentance and mercy.<br />
Again we can see the c<strong>on</strong>flict between the degrees of Mas<strong>on</strong>ry and the Bible. The Bible warns against<br />
astrology, yet the Lodge is set up in such a way as to corresp<strong>on</strong>d with the twelve signs of the Zodiac,<br />
which is astrology. We also notice that the symbol of salvati<strong>on</strong> is the "Brazen SERPENT!" Once<br />
again Christ is set aside for ANOTHER symbol of salvati<strong>on</strong>. The Bible specifies that the SERPENT<br />
represents SATAN, but Mas<strong>on</strong>ry uses the SERPENT as a SYMBOL OF SALVATION!<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Freemas<strong>on</strong>ry</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Trial</strong> -–Part Three 7