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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clichd, il est film6 d partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 ^ I \ / '1 i i liUGIFERIflHISfl) OR SATfl»IS|tt IN ENGLISH FREEMASONRY AN ESSAY By L. Pouquet, O. M. 1. Part I. MONTREAL CADiEux & dp:rome 1603 Ri'K NoTRK Damk j* 1898 /^ \ Entered iiccordiiifr to Act of Parliament in the year one thonsaiul eight hundred and ninety-eight, by L. Kouquet, O M. I. in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. &^ r^ ) in English Fi^eema^onP^ INTRODUCTION Over 100 articles in English or in French, published the last two years, in the Press of Canada, of the United States, of England and France, are standing in record to prove that we never admitted LEO. TAXIL nor DR. HATAILLE nor their DIANA as authorities, though they supplied occasionally some useful JALONS — land marks — we only maintained that WHAT WAS SAUCE FOR THE CONTINENTAL MASONIC GOOSE. WAS SAUCE FOR THE ENGLISH MASONIC GANDER. Thirty-seven years of experience in English colonies and a special study, not of the Continental, but of the English Masonic Literature have showed us the English Freemasonry as the ALMA MATER of all the other Masonic sects, even in the matter of Luciferianism or Satanism. We publish here only a small part of the information we have gathered on the DEVIL-WORSHII' IN ENGLAND and in the English speaking countries; it is intended to be a counter- part of the DEVIL-WORSHII' IN FRANCE by A. E. Waite. Our object is to attract the attention of some English scholar better able than we are to do justice to a subject of some importance r.ovv-a-days. Any adverse criticism sent TO US, to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, will be gratefully received. We are exploring- a dark continent; we are aware of it; any ray of lii;"ht is we. come. The anti- Masons have left almost unexplored the lMi<;lish Masonic wilds; they gave the preference to those of "sunnv" I^'rancc; but our discoveries among the English are indeed very encouraging, as were those we made during tliiri\' years among the DEVIL- Wi^RSllll'ERS of liritish Columbia. As long as we live, we intent) to pursue our journev's of exphjration ihrough the dark- wilderness of Engli.-h Masonry; we will hi satisfied if we suc- ceed in placing safely some landmarks, to encourage and enable cleverer and younger men to make a proper and more complete survey of the Masonic dark recesses. After our own self introduction, let us introduce our var- ious Lucifers, Satans, or Devils so as to locate the proper ones in the English temples of the great Architect. There is no fear that we could dramatize thom by weird stories; five years passed in professing theology and natural philosophy, and thirty-seven in the wilds of Western Canada have surely chilled any dramatizing spirit. Our path will be the rough one of an explorer through unknown lands except to the nat- ives of these black deserts. These are wary when asked for information; still experience succeeds in drawing them out from their most conceited coyness. Let us come back to our "moutons": God, who alone existed from all eternity, omni- potent, and infinite in all his attributes and perfections, created the Universe without an)- pre-exi.^ting elements whether spiritual or material; according to the traditions of orthodox Hebrews and Christians, the angels — i)ure spirits — were created in the morning and man in the evening of the creation's period. The same traditions tell us that among the angels, stood one most remarkaole for his brightness, his brilliant qualities and faculties; he was consequently called LUCIFER, viz: LKiMTBEARER. This most brilliant and shin- ing angel attempted to set himself up in the place of the Most High, and was followed by legions of other angels; while the great majority, under the leadership of St Michael remained faithful to God, their creator and Sovereign Lord. Since then the name of LUCIFER has been applied not only to the apostate angel, but also to men. who, like the King of Babylon, have followed the example of the fallen angel, and attempted to set themselves or something else in the place of God Almighty. The followers of LUCIFER are naturally cal- .1 5 i led l.iJcll'KKl.ws, whether ihcir leader is the fallen aiT^el or null wlv) are his imitators in their rebellion aj^ainst God. U'e re.ul in Isaias. xiv., 12 to 13: — "Mow art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer vviio didst "rise in ihc niornin;^? Mow art thou fal'"n to the earth that "didst wound the nations? And thou said in th\' heart: "I will "ascend inti) Heaven; 1 will exalt ni)- throne above the stars "of (jod; I will sit in the mountain of the C"o\enant, in the "sides of the north; I will ascend above the height of the "clouds; I will be like the Most High!" Hut yet thou shall "be brought down to hell into the depth of the pit.' Now let us note some different s[)ecies of Luciferianisms The KIKST is to admit and worshi[) the real Lucifer or his Luciferian fallen angels, devils, or satans, or demons, known and worshipped as such; the Sl-:t:oNl) is through ignorance or bv irn'stakc, the belief in and worship of KVIL SPIRITS as evil, withort a conscious knowledj^c; of the fallen angels, or devils, such as the Redskin Indians have it and practise it; a THIRD is to fanc\' and worshif) any gcxl, demiurge, or fetich or many of them in the place of the true God; a KUUKTII would be to worship any I'AX, or KNSOlTl, or chaos, or an\'thing of that kiml and their emanations in the place of the true God ; a FIFTH is to enthrone in the place of the true God, the ele- ments and forces of the universe, being supposed to have ex- isted from ALL FTKRMTY and to worship them as the great architect, great geometrician, great artist, great overseer, great artificer, etc., of the universe. i Luciferiani^m or' ^atani^m in English Fi'eema^oni of Jews and Continental I'^recmasons, "must necessarily bring into England much of the poison of "the ('ontinental sects. What that poison is may be learned "from the statements of certain h^'cnch writers." It is most strange that iMiglish students should look for information from the Continental, especially the TVench. and not from the English Masonic literature, although this is rich- er than any other, not only in Masonic, but even in Lucifcr- ian lore. There are documents such as the Regius and other M. S, to show and prove it from VVickliff to the late Rever- end Woodford. .s A (luot.itinii L^ivcii by the tr.inslator of the STUF)V OX FKKH.MASONkV, h\- Hishop 1 )ii]);iiiI()Ui), will supply us with ONK of the keys for the cxphiinin^r of so surprising a literary phetiotTienoii. I le sa\s : — "Hard as it is for men to believe that it is so di.ibolical "abroad, it is harder still, it is sinipl\' impossible for them to "think it other than a mere "biendl\- societ\ " at honie when "thousands well known for their prineiples, for honor and "honest)- (jf purpose in their own circles, have willin;,d\', nay "^latll\-, placet! their names on the rolls of its various KnLjlish "Lodi;es. Kiij^lishmen, loyal and Protestant, could never "lend themselves or their names to support the ends for which "Freemasonry is said to exist ; yet many such are actuallv "Masons, and sworn members of that socict)- which is so "numerous and so wide spread abroail. That society then "cannot be the evil it is said to be, or else T'lecmasonr)- here "is not the same as elsewhere; this latter would ap|)ear to be "the general opinion ami to rest u[jon a basis of something "like fact; for the craft is too wary ttj overlcjok the English 'love for law and cider, too sharp to not recogni/c in this- "character an obstacle to its own final success, and too caut- "ious therefore tcj admit any but those who have been well "tried and sounded to a knowledge of its present actions and "future aims. Here as abroad, the multitude of the brotlier- "hood have little more itlea of the scope of Freemasonry than "the general public has: tiikv ark kept AT IT.AV IN TilK "ANTE-CIIAMllKRS, LIKE CIIILDRKN IN THE NURSERY, "WHILST REAL BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED IN THE INNER "CHAMI5EKS HV THE OLDER MEMl'.ERS OF THE FAMILY. ",VIen are slow to allow that they can be du[)ed and "it will be no easy matter to get those who have joined "it to relinquish their membership or to deter those "from joining it who are so inclined, on the strength of "what certainly is, to say the least of it, a well founded "suspicion 0!" dark dealing; but the question is not a matter "of mere judgment or prudence; it is one of morality and "conscience." The same translator had quoted from another writer the following pertinent remarks : — "It is thoroughly nnderstood among the secret heads and "chief agents of the body that such brethren (English gentlc- "men of noble birth and unblemished character) would not "remain a single day in union with such a Icafjjuc if they were "aware of its ultimate ilcsi^nis; so they have established for "their convenience spcci il de^M*ees of honor and offices of "lAcemin^r autho.ity, where they attract the uniniated by the "authoritN- of their hii;h character and exalted position with- "out enfe'eblint; TIIK SKCkKT ACTION of the craft, by dcmur- "rers of an over scrupulous moralitx-. The ^aeat universities "of this realm are wont to confer on distinguished j;enerals "ant! other celebrities, the honorary dc^^rec of Doctor of Civil "Law; but it is not commonly sui)i)osed that those who arc "selected for such a distinction have any deep knowledge of "this particular branch of jurisprudence." A writer in the St. Luke Mai^azinc said. — "We are quite wiliin<^ to admit that in England from the "present Grand Master down to the youngest man lately "initiated at Oxford, the proportion of dujjes is very large. 'Dupes are useful; they supply money and respectability, but "they are no more Freemasons than the writer." In 1S76, at Aylesbury, Lord Beaconsfiekl warned the English public that now-a days, the government have to deal not only with governments, emperors, kings and state minis- ters, but that they have also to take into account the secret societies, which at the last moment upset the best arrange- ments. Why could we not say with as much reason that cabinet leaders, "servatis servandis," have not only to deal with the opposition party, but even with the members of their own party who are secret sworn members of secret societies, and above all that of the I^^-ecmasons, the AL.MA MATER of the others. The UI'S and DOWNS of Christian education, even in England as in Canada, may be traced to a greater extent than people think of, to the set ret influence of the Masonic OCTOPUS. Its many mysterious arms may hold together the members of the government party as well as those of the op- position; Conservatives, Liberals, Radicals and TUTTI QUANTI, all banded together in an oath-bound secret combin- ation against Christian orthodox education or any other institution. Cardinal Manning, shortly after Lord Beaconsfield, gave also a warning to the English nation on the dangers accruing to England from the secret societies of which Freemasonry is the mother root. In October, 1877, at an important poli- 10 tical inoctiii^, lie im-h\-c(! (hat (lod nii_i;ht preserve his coiiiitry iVinn losing' its t;o\'erninent; not the i^oveniinent ot this or that party, but the jn>\eniiiit'iil of the l'ji>;nsh nation ii'nter- ed ill the supreme auihorit)- of .i s()\erei_L;iiity which eoiiiits a tliousand years ol existence. Is it not hi^h tinu" thai the IMasons in tiie h'n^Iish nur- series sliouM ventihite anil (lear up the olt repcat<\l accus- iitioii of their uiiconscious complicity in the anti-christi ni and paL;Mnish, and therefore revolutionary work and aims of the secret leaders who are saiil to \uivi\ and de\'isc in the iimer ro(Mns of the Craft? The)- are the rank and file ; it is upon their number, ami their pounds or dollars, and upon their inlluence that thecndlv knii;hts depend for the success of their warfare against orthotlox ('hristianit\' anil Christian ci\'ili/.,i- tion. If on the one hand the prop )rtion of i'^reeniasons to the population of the lui^lish countries is much larj^er than it is on the Continent; on the other hand the proportion of dupes is far L;reattM- in the luij^lish than in Continental lodtj^es Granting; 1 25,000 Masons in Mn^dand, and onl>' 25,000 in France; allowini;" half of the h^ench Masons to l)e anti-Christ- ian, and only one-lilth o( the luii^lish craftsmen to be as anti- Christian as the I'^ench, >'ou will ha\e one-half more anti- Christian Masons in I'ln^laiul than in h'rance. CHAPTER II- -KXOTEKICISM AND ESOTERICISM IN TIIE ENUr.ISIl MASONRY !^y ESOT1-;rU'ISM wc me.m the iloctrincs and practices which arc desit^ned for and understi/od by the si'ia:iALLV initiated ALONi: and are not communicated nor intclli,L;ible to the r.ICNERAL 1U)1)V of the followers, nor to the* general public. By EXOTERIC I.SM wc mean the doctrines and pract- ices, which may be im[)arted to the (;i':\ERAL \\o\)\ of fol- lowers, or sometimes to the general public, ami which are such as to be readil)- or full}' understood and coin[)rchendcd b)' the generality of men, in or outside of the craft. II Hro. \V. J. Uui^^haii, the foro..i,)st Masonic writer of the day, at least in Cireat Hrilaiii, is somewhat Scotch ami Knrj- lish, a mixture which fits him admirably fur his ROLK in the crai't. lie was ivielently lUJNDKOLDlNC a-.ul SMP-SIIOIUNG his \(>un:_; brothers of the nurseries, when he wrote: — The Masonic Kraternit)' is not, strictly s|)eakin^- a secret "society; for it has neither secret aim nor constitution. Kvory- "where its laws ma\' be jjoruscd by friends and ft)es ; for its "objects are KXCLUSIVKLV those which arc ami always have "been piiblishel to the workl. it is I'KIVATK rather than "SIX'KKT tor, unless it be our KSOTKRH" customs, which relate, "directl)' or imlirectl>', to our universal and special modes of "reco^Miition W'K llAVK NO SKCRKTS, and even as to those "neeilful ceremonies, all "^ood men and true" arc welcome to "participate in them on petitioning, for initiation, followed by "an approveil ballot." An\- secret society of Molly Ma^^uircs, of Nihilists, of D\'namiters coulil, as truly as that of the Freemasons, say: — "All L;(:)'>tl men and true are welcome to participate in our modes of recognition in petitioning- for initiation, followed by an approved ballot." No doubt the D)'namiters or Nihilists or Mollv Mai;uires would ballot IN as "t^ood and true men" fellows whom the majorit)' of h'reemasons would ballot OUT as most wicUed and danoeious; VUK VKRSA, Masons would ballot IN with self-congratulation, <;entlemen, whom the others would ballot OUT as t>-rants and blood-suckers of the po(U" liardworkiuij^ men. Uefore the ciul of our stud_\' we will show some bLny;lish brothers to have been balloted in the higher dc|j[rees of Masonic KNlCHTKRY* as adepts of ma-words given in "every barrack or garrison town at night fall. With the "exception of such pass-words I should ^ t inclined to deny "there are any secrets." Evidently Mr. Keegan Paul has never studied attentively the English Masonic literature. The following chapters with their passages quoted from English Masonic writers, will prove that there are in the Engli.'-h Masonry many secrets and esotericisms in the matter of DOCTRINES and PRACTICES on the most important subjects. The sober truth is that many Masons are initiated in ignorance and remain during all their Masonic life in the dark as to the various esotericisms in the teachings and doings of the craft. There is in the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of the Free and Accepted Masons, a multiplicity of various ^ecrets and esotericisms as amazing as unblushingly unfrater- nal, and the very reverse of brotherly. Lo ! A phenomenal garrison ! There is a batch — a very special one — of signs and pass-words for the simple soldiers, another for the cori)orals, another for the sergeants, and so forth for every military de- grees in the army. This can give but a faint idea of the multiplicity and the variety of esoteric special oaths, special most barbaric penalties, special signs, some of distress, some of the Good Shepherd, special pass-words, which flourish with a barbarous, wild luxuriancy in the dark recesses of English Masonry; the Craft's rituals, manuals, monitors, hand-books, guides, are st. aiding witnesses of our assertion; we have counted by the dozens the Masonic batches of secret '3 signs for universal or special rcco' man who belongs to "Freemasonry, must have present to his ineiriory, not the "oath he swore to his Country and to his h'lag. but the "obligations he contracted in the hands of his Worshiuful. "The laws of war, from which depend the success of the bat- "tle, and from which may depend the safety and existence of "the country; those laws so inexorable everywhere else cease "to be wfien two Mason;: face each other. The Masonic [)atriotism ! Its nrincij)le-; are worth}- of a Lucifer of some kind. I CHAPTER TV — THE ENGLISH CRAFT HAS SECRET ESOTERIC AIMS Bro. Hughan, notwithstanding, the crafty Masonry HAS SECRET AIMS WHICH ARE ESOTERIC not only for the PRO- FANE — non- Masons — but even for the brother Masons, whom we call EXOTERIC and who are unable to understand its ESOTERICISM or too honest to suspect that they are dupes; 17 I they do not try to read between the h'nes; they do not suspect other gentlemen to be double-faced, like the Masonic Eagle; unless their honesty is forced into suspicions, they remain dupes. In the English literature of the Craft, there is a super- abundance of proofs in favor of our thesis against the deceiv- ing assertion of the Masonic L.uminary hailing from Torquay (quoted, chap. i). Our space does not allow us to quote but a few taken from THK FREEMASON; Bro. Kenning published them, February 23rd — May 27, 1884. We willingly own that there is some tinge of English bluntness in the saying of Bro. Whytehead as veil as in those of Bro. the Rev. C. W. Arnold "It was once said to me by a brother well known in the "craft, and who has been a successful worker in the noble "causes of our charities: "If it were not for the charities, Free- "masonry would not be worth ten minutes of attention from "an intelligent man" "Now, brethren, I venture to say that "the brother who made that observation, with all his virtues "and in spite of all his good works, HAD NEVER MASTERED "the true objects of Freemasonry; he was entirely ignorant "of the "raison d'etre" of the Craft. In opposition to the "idea enunciated or propounded in his sentiments, I contend "that FREEMASONRY IS NOT a charitable society except in the . "very highest sense of the word and that if there is nothing "more in it than the maintenance of our three great and "splendid institutions* it is not only not worth ten minutes "of the attention of an intelligent man, but that we are a par- "cel of utter fools, wasting our time and a large part of our "means upon childish follies. I should be very sorry to think "that there was even a semblance of truth in the remark of "the brother I have quoted. We need not pay fees of many "guineas or deck ourselves in gold lace in order to secure the "privilege of subscribing our means for kindly and charitable "objects. Freemasonry in its speculative and present form "was constituted for the purpose of kindling and keeping "alive human and divine sympathies, to preserve a solid plat- "form whence the barriers of class jealousies .should be for the "time removed, to teach society that in the eye of the great "Architect, and under the hand of the King of Terrors, the "peasant is the peer of the prince and to keep before the view ♦Many poor, despised, brotherhoods and sisterhoods of the Catholic Church do far more important and extensive charitable works than the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of the Freemasons, i8 ''of the salt of the earth the advantage tc, be doriv- cd from the exercise of that chanty, which indeed docs in- CI UDh the iinnv^ of ahns. but in itself is far superior to such (ictail-the charity that never faileth. Our charities were "QUIT1-: AN AFTKK-TnOU(;nT." Iko. Rev. C. W. Arnold will lead the reader to the ..ate of doctrinal KSOTKKICISM. The aproned clei-yman says :- 'It is natural for us to ask the question" : "VVhat^ is it "which makes Freemasonry so attractive ?" "It C'ANNO'i" mk "CHARITV AL()NE, althou-h we Masons maintain such ma