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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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