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"The Blue [or lower] Degrees are but the outer court " of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the Initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them, but it is intended that he shall imagine he understands them. Their true explication is reserved for the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry. . . ." [emphasis added]
These are the very same techniques used by the Cult of Delphi with the understanding that the "true explication" of the "symbols" will only be understood by those supposedly worthy of them, i.e. "the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry."
How does one know if one is a Prince of Masonry? Those who are foolish enough to have complete faith in the magic of the occult will give an honest attempt to understand such symbols, however, the truth of the matter is those who are chosen for their "understanding" and thus moved closer to the inner "sanctum", are merely chosen for their usefulness as an instrument for "a higher will." While this person might be a pawn who plays the determining role in a checkmate, they remain, nevertheless, just a pawn.
Pike would also write in his Morals and Dogma:
"Men are but the automata of Providence, and [Providenae] uses the demagogue, the fanatic, and the knave . .. as its tools and instruments to effect that of which they do not dream, and which they imagine themselves commissioned to prevent --
Here it becomes clear that the majority of mankind are considered by the Rite as instruments of Providence, and that to do the will of such Providence justifies that the Rite treat mankind as such. I will address shortly what sort of providence they are speaking of.
Pike goes on to explain the Rite's main guide to the universe, as:
''Magic is the science of the ancient magi.. Magic unites in one and the same science, whatsoever Philosophy can possess that is most certain, and Religion of the Infallible and the Eternal. It perfectly " reconciles these two terms" faith and reason " those who accept [magic] as a rule may give their will a sovereign power that will make them the masters of all inferior beings and of all errant spirits; that is to say, will make them the Arbiters and Kings of the World"."
Again, we see the concept that only a select few will be chosen to be able to decipher and use magic, and that thereby justifies their dominion "that will make them masters of all inferior beings"[and] make them the Arbiters and Kings of the World."
Pike wrote the above quote to instruct "Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret"- gentlemen of the 32nd Degree.
At this point, it is clear that to truly hold this view of oneself, humankind and the "laws of the universe" means that one is in direct conflict with the idea of democracy towards a "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Lastly, I will share a quote from 1889 while Pike was in France, expressing his views of God and what is to be considered "the Good":
"The Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian Doctrine. If Lucifer were not God, would Adonay (the God of the Christians) whose deeds prove his cruelty, perfidy and hatred of man, barbarism and repulsion to science, would Adonay and his priests calumniate him?
'Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also God. For the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two Gods"the true and pure philosophical religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay; but Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of Darkness and Evil."
This quote, as per historian Anton Chaitkin, is available in French and English in the Albert Pike vertical file at the library of the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction at 1733 16th St. NW, Washington D.C.
In later years, the body of Albert Pike would be interred inside the Washington DC Temple's walls. A few feet away, they built a complete replication of the office and desk of their second most honored member, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
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