The global power of freemasonry - Gnostic Liberation Front

The freemasons wore a yellow and red hat-cordon. It was im-
mediately evident who belonged to the order. Duke Carl, Frederic's
brother and masonic grand master, sent out a directive 1798 sugges-
ting a special dress code for freemasons from the eighth degree and
upwards. The letter states that "this uniform, which the king has
given his consent to, shall consist of a French frock-coat of dark blue
cloth buttoned with a row of gilded buttons with an embossed cross,
with a scarlet lining, a folding collar and lapels of the same colour
with braiding or white piping, a white waistcoat, straw-yellow
breeches, tall riding boots with spurs, a three-corner hat decorated
with a red and white cockade and stamen of white feathers, a white
leather baldric and a gilded sword" (Harry Lenhammar, "Med murslev
och svard" / "With Trowel and Sword", Delsbo, 1985, p. 81).
The intention was that the freemason would be seen as a knight of
charity.
On 9 March 1803, the police began to follow the activities of all
secret societies. But this surveillance did not extend to freemasonry,
which was under the protection of the king. In 1818, the new king
Charles XIV became the supreme patron of Swedish freemasonry. This
information comes from the masonic register of 1826.
There were ten degrees in the Swedish system, and two more
degrees, which were regarded as secret. Not long ago, the register
also began to list those who had attained the eleventh degree. The
11th degree is called Most Enlightened Brother, Knight Commander
of the Red Cross.
The three first degrees are called the St. John's degrees or the blue
freemasonry. The minimum age is 21 years.
The St. Andrew's (Scottish red degrees) encompass the fourth to
sixth degrees, and finally there are the chapter degrees from the
seventh to eleventh (the eleventh is called the honorary degree, but
there is also a secret twelfth degree). The former Minister of Defence
Anders Bjorck is a freemason of the 10th degree.
According to the secret 37-page book containing the foundation
regulations and ritual descriptions of Svenska Frimurare Orden (the
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