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Template:Freemasonry2 Masonic conspiracy theories are a subset of conspiracy theories involving Freemasonry. In broadest terms, these theories claim that Freemasonry exerts control over politics at all levels. Perhaps the best-known example is the New World Order theory, but there are others. These mainly involve aspects and agencies of the United States government, but actual events (such as the Propaganda Due scandal in Italy) are used to lend credence to claims.

Another set of theories have to do with Freemasonry and religion, particularly that in contrast to mainstream religions like Christianity and Islam, Freemasonry deals with the "occult", here used to denote a particular range of the occult dealing with Satanic beliefs, but also incorporating numerology and Masonic symbolism. This theory has its beginnings with the Taxil hoax.

There are Masonic conspiracy theories dealing with every aspect of society. However, the very nature of conspiracy theory relies on circumstantial evidence. For this reason, all of these theories have groups that support them and others that do not.

Conspiracy theories involving Freemasonry

Some of the conspiracy theories involving Freemasonry are:

• Masons have secretly plotted to create a society based on religious tolerance for the benefit of Jews.

• That Freemasonry is a Jewish front for world domination, or is at least controlled by Jews for this goal. An example of this is the notorious (and widely noted as fraudulent) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Hitler outlawed Freemasonry partially for this reason. The covenant of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas claims that Freemasonry is a "secret society" founded as part of a Zionist plot to control the world.

• That Freemasonry is the Illuminati or New World Order, and secretly controls all aspects of society and government.

• That The United States was founded by Freemasons who have interwoven Masonic symbols into American society, particularly in national seals, streets in Washington DC, architecture, and the Dollar Bill.

• That Freemasonry has political influence over branches of the US government including the National Security Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United States Congress.

• That various figures in popular culture are Freemasons, including movie producers such as James Cameron.

• That Jack the Ripper was a Freemason whose murders resembled Masonic initiation rituals.

• That the September 11 attacks were astrological in nature, as part of a hidden war between Masonry (as descendants of the Knights Templar) and Islam.

• That the Freemasons were involved in the JFK assassination. Some conspiracy theorists say that Freemasons had JFK killed.

• That Freemasons intertwine various symbols and numerology into modern culture, such as corporate logos.

• That most Freemasons are unaware of hidden or secretive ruling bodies that govern their organization, conduct occult ritual, or control various positions of power. This is an example of a secret society within a secret society.

• That the KKK, Skull and Bones, and other organizations are intimately tied to Freemasonry.

• That the owl is a hidden Masonic symbol found in the layout of the US Capitol building and the US dollar bill.

• That Freemasonry is occult in nature and worships their own particular god, such as GAOTU the "Great Architect of the Universe", or Jahbulon, an amalgam of the gods Jehovah, Baal, and Osiris.

• That Freemasons worship Lucifer or Satan, often attributed to quotes by Albert Pike.

• That Freemasons were behind faked Apollo moon landings

• That Freemasons hold meetings with influential politicians and businessmen at Bohemian Grove. The worshiped statue of an owl is an alleged masonic symbol.

See also

• Anti-Masonry
• Judaeo-Masonic conspiracy theory

Notes and references

1. Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf: Volume One - A Reckoning. Chapter XI: Nation and Race. 1924 (trans. 1943). - "Finally, the Jewish influence on economic affairs grows with terrifying speed through the stock exchange. He becomes the owner, or at least the controller, of the national labor force. To strengthen his political position he tries to tear down the racial and civil barriers which for a time continue to restrain him at every step. To this end he fights with all the tenacity innate in him for religious tolerance-and in Freemasonry, which has succumbed to him completely, he has an excellent instrument with which to fight for his aims and put them across. The governing circles and the higher strata of the political and economic bourgeoisie are brought into his nets by the strings of Freemasonry, and never need to suspect what is happening."
2. Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf Volume Two - The National Socialist Movement. "Chapter XIII: German Alliance Policy after the War", 1924, trans. 1943. - "The fight which Fascist Italy waged against Jewry's three principal weapons, the profound reasons for which may not have been consciously understood (though I do not believe this myself) furnishes the best proof that the poison fangs of that Power which transcends all State boundaries are being drawn, even though in an indirect way. The prohibition of Freemasonry and secret societies, the suppression of the supernational Press and the definite abolition of Marxism, together with the steadily increasing consolidation of the Fascist concept of the State – all this will enable the Italian Government, in the course of some years, to advance more and more the interests of the Italian people without paying any attention to the hissing of the Jewish world-hydra. "
3. 'The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS)-Palestine', articles seventeen, twenty-two and twenty-eight, 18 Aug 1988.
4. Freemasons and New World Order at Freedomdomain.com.
5. "George Washington"
6. "Masonic Symbols in Washington"
7. "Why the NSA tried to recruit me" by James Casbolt in St Ives, UK – October 31 2006
8. "The Road to Heart Mountain? Rumors, FEMA and the Future"
9. "Freemasons"
10. United States Presidents and The Illuminati / Masonic Power Structure
11. United States Presidents and The Illuminati / Masonic Power Structure Pt.4
12. "James Cameron Conspiracy"
13. Jack the Ripper, Masonic conspiracy
14. "Who's the Enemy: -- The End of Days Begun?" "What is not commonly known is that the roots of modern Freemasonry extend far beyond the mid-eighteenth Century, all the way back to ancient Egypt, and more importantly; through a Middle Ages movement commonly known as the "Knight's Templar. It is, we now suspect, the remnants of this Templar/Masonic/American axis that were the true target of these attacks -- in other words, September 11th was a direct thrust at the heart of the American Revolutionary Experiment … in the critical year of 2001."
15. James Shelby Downard, and Michael A. Hoffman II. "King-Kill/33°: Masonic Symbolism in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy", 1987. Website excerpt, 1998. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
16. "Corporate Logos"
17. "Freemasonry -Conspiracy Within"
18. Freedomdomain.com
19. Trosch - Masonry exposed
20. United States Presidents and The Illuminati / Masonic Power Structure.
21. G.A.O.T.U.
22. "Freemasonry is a Non-Christian Occult Religion"
23. "Islamic Party of Britain: What then is Freemasonry?"
24. "Satanic Voices: UNMASKING JEHOVAH JAH-BUL-ON"
25. "(Masonic) Name of Deity"
26. Robinson, John. A Pilgrim's Path: Freemasonry and the Religious Right. M. Evans, 1993. ISBN:087131732X
27. Freemasonry The worship of Lucifer, SATAN Part 1 of 5
28. DO FREEMASONS WORSHIP SATAN/LUCIFER ?
29. The Masonic Fairy Tale Known As The Leo Taxil Confession
30. Freemasonry: Midwife to an Occult Empire
31. "NASA Masonic Conspiracy - Apollo Missions Masonic Symbols"
32. "Bohemian Grove Exposed!"
33. "Freemasons, Illuminati and Associates"

External links

• Conspiracy of Hate – A Christian Perspective on the un-Christian Tactics of the anti-Masons, A.W.Harper, 1995.

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• Freemasonry
• Anti-Masonry