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