The global power of freemasonry - Gnostic Liberation Front

freemasons use sky blue while the highest leaders wears a dark blue
mantle.
Many other symbols came into use - the skull (taken from the
Knights Templar), bones, the sword (also a symbol of the Knights
Templar, intended to magically annul the individual soul of the free-
mason), the dagger, the cup, the ark of the covenant, three candles,
the square rule, the stone block (the freemason's possibilities of
development), and a pyramid. The latter represents the freemason's
knowledge. The sword symbolized the avenging law (execution of
traitors). The skull and bones symbolized lost truth, the secret pass-
word that was lost when the mythical master builder Hiram Abiff was
murdered.
The freemasons have taken over another important symbol from
the Temple of Solomon: the two pillars Jachin and Boaz, which cor-
respond to Osiris and Isis (Nigel Pennick, "Sacred Geometry", San
Francisco, 1980, p. 62). These are represented by two upright lines in
the dollar sign. To the freemasons, the pillar symbolizes the uphol-
ding of their "truth" and "justice". These twin pillars represent
Strength and Establishment. Within the Sufi tradition, which the
freemasons took over, the pillar stands for 'man' (Idries Shah,
"Sufis", Moscow, 1999, p. 439).
Jacob's ladder and an intact column officially stand for strength
and wisdom. The broken pillar, which stands by the altar with the in-
scription 'adhuc stat' (still it stands) and represents the demise of
the Knights Templar, has a very special significance within masonry.
According to one of the rituals of the 33 degrees (Royal Arch), the
remains of Enoch's Pillar (in three parts) was brought back by the
Knights Templar who had found it under Mount Moriah in Jerusalem
(Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas, "The Second Messiah", London,
1998, pp. 282-286).
Enoch was the architect of the Great Pyramid. He was first intro-
duced to freemasonry as one of the founders of geometry and
masonry by the freemason James Anderson in his 1723 Constitutions.
Enoch lived 365 years, a sacred number in early history.
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