“Masonry, like all the Religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism, and Alchemy, conceals it`s secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of it`s symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled, to conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from it.” Listen to the admission of Albert Pike, former Sovereign Grand Commander who was magnificently praised as a ‘Masonic Prometheus – a king among men by the divine right of merit’, by 33rd degree Freemason, occultist and historian Manly P. “I will always hail, ever conceal, and never reveal, any of the arts, parts, or points of the hidden mysteries of Ancient Free Masonry…” In the Blue Lodge (the first three degrees), the initiate takes an oath of obligation, pledging: The ruling elite use many symbols and signs to hide and obfuscate their magical work and alchemy. The rites, ceremonies, hand signs, and grips of the Illuminists are based on the science and art of symbolism.
To maintain their rotten and corrupt body of secrets, the Illuminati leaders and groups employ symbols. From Duncan’s Ritual And Monitor Of Freemasonry, published in 1866 by Malcom C.
