LUCIFER PRAISED AS THE LIGHT-BEARER OF FREEMASONRY
"Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!"
[Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry]
Masons from the first initiation which is the first degree are urged to mightily "seek the Light!" The average Mason is continually saying that he is "seeking the Light," and will spend his entire life "moving toward the Light."
People who haven’t studied this subject would assume that this "Light" is the revelation of the
God of the Bible. This statement is continuously held up to try to convince us that Masonry is Christian. In the above quote,
Albert Pike is saying that
Lucifer is the One who bears the Light of Freemasonry.
The sentence immediately preceding confirms not only that Lucifer is the Light-bearer, but that Masons of previous degrees have been led to believe that the opposite was true.
The wording of this sentence is difficult to understand unless you have special knowledge.
Doc Marquis was asked for his explanation, lets look at what he had to say:
"The Apocalypse is, to those who receive the nineteenth Degree, the Apotheosis of that Sublime Faith which aspires to God Alone, and despises all the pomps and works of Lucifer."
[Ibid.]
It seems to contradict the sentence first quoted above, It appears to contradict the quote above where
Pike identifies Lucifer as the Masonic Light-bearer. However when you understand the esoteric explanation from Doc Marquis, your understanding clears up completely.
The Apocalypse is identified first by Pike as being the Book of Revelation written by the Apostle John.
Pike then states that similar books from other religions are just as ’inspired’ as Revelation, mentioning
Plato,
Philo, the
Sephar Yezirah, and the
Sohar. Pike says all three of these books -- Apocalypse [Revelation], the Sephar Yezirah, and the Sohar, are all identically "inspired." And since the last two books are of non-Christian faiths,
Albert Pike is saying that
the contents of Revelation are no big deal.
Pike then says that these three books "are the completest embodiment of Occultism." [Ibid.] Now, we understand that Pike views the
God of the Apocalypse as being the opposite but equal to Satan just as typical Occultists believe and teach!
Secondly,
Doc Marquis provides the esoteric, occultic, explanation.
Pike is also saying in this sentence that, in the previous 18 degrees, Masons believed that God was the Light-bearer, but now, in this 19th Degree, Pike is giving them new revelation. This insight completely squares with stated Masonic policy of deliberately misleading Masons in the lower degrees until they were really ready for the "truth."
This is the truth - Masonry worships Lucifer.
Source:
The Worship of Lucifer, SATAN