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Masonic Hoax

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Introduction

• What is Masonic Secrecy?• Information vacuum• Misrepresentation of facts• Anti-Masons• Conspiracy theories

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Anti-Masonry

• Anti-Masonry defined• 1698 anti-Masonry in London• William Morgan• The Anti-Masonic Party• Bolsheviks, Franco, Mussolinin, Hitler, radical

Islam.

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Knights Templar

• Facts– Beginnings– Growth– Death

• The Myth

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The Illuminati

• An old, short lived, secret society.• Modeled on Masonry’s principle of secrecy.• Resulted in outlawing membership in

unauthorized groups.• Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons enlarged the

legend and connected it to Masonry.

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The Morgan Affair

• Background• Character• Eavesdropper• Kidnapping• Trials• Results

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Albert Pike

• Life• Education• Military & Masonic career• Morals & Dogma

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The Taxil Hoax

• Background• The Hoax• The Confessions

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Riding the GOAT

• Comic relief?• God of All Things• Great Architect of the Universe

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Masonry on the Map

• Masonry and Washington D.C.• Other cities with S&C– The palace of Vauban in Paris– The Piazza Del Popolo in Rome– Versailes, France– Sandusdky Ohio

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Verticals, Horizontals, and Diagonals

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The One Dollar Bill

• Star of David making the word “MASON”• The Facts

M A S O N

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The Statue of Liberty, a Masonic Idea

• Conception• Claims of Masonic secrecy• Construction• Cornerstone Ceremony

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The Helocaust

• Hitler outlaws Masonry• Anti-Masonic Exposition• “Mistaken teachings of the equality of man”• Estimated deaths• Forget-me-not

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Hollywood & Books vs. Fact

• Misinformation vs. factual writing

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In Conclusion

• Our Intentions• Masonry’s basis in fact• Encountering the uniformed or anti-Mason

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