The global power of freemasonry - Gnostic Liberation Front

against a brother!" Another "skeleton" threatened: "As a dog dies, so
dies the traitor."
The Carbonari
The Illuminati and freemasons worked behind the scenes very
skilfully. In Italy the Illuminati started to infiltrate the Carbonari to
use the organization for their own purposes.
The Carbonari (charcoal burners) was a secret society that origi-
nated 1806 in Naples and consisted of freemasons, mafiosi and
military officers. The members had rituals that were similar to the
masonic ones, but had their origin in the carpenters' guilds. The
leader was called master and was assisted by the two cousins, Oak
and Elm. Their table was the chopping block and their seats were
bundles of twigs. They were wearing leather aprons and surrounded
themselves with magic attributes such as axes, branches, and oak
leaf garlands. They recognized each other by rubbing their right
eyebrow three times with the right hand. The password was to rub
their right ear lobe with the right hand. The members recognized
each other also by secret handshakes, different for each class.
Their meeting place was called 'hut' (baracca). The supreme lodge
Alta Vendita (the Marketplace) was founded in 1828 and its grand
master was Joseph Picilli.
The armed Carbonari movement was established in southern Italy
in 1807 and formed a veritable state within the state. The Carbonari,
whose tactical guiding star was conspiracy, participated in all insur-
rections in the Kingdom of Naples until 1835. Their slogan was: "It is
right to kill the kings of Italy!" The Austrian troops succeeded in
suppressing all their attempts to seize power. After 1840 the psycho-
pathic ideas of the Carbonari spread to the whole Apennine Penin-
sula.
The most important leaders were prominent freemasons and Illu-
minati such as Count Camilio di Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and
249