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No treatise which deals with symbolism would be complete without a section devoted to the consideration of cryptograms. The use of ciphers has long been recognized as indispensable in military and diplomatic circles, but the modern world has overlooked the important rôle played by cryptography in literature and philosophy. If the art of deciphering cryptograms could be made popular, it would result in the discovery of much hitherto unsuspected wisdom possessed by both ancient and mediæval philosophers. It would prove that many apparently verbose and rambling authors were wordy for the sake of concealing words.

Ciphers are hidden in the most subtle manner: they may be concealed in the watermark of the paper upon which a book is printed; they may be bound into the covers of ancient books; they may be hidden under imperfect pagination; they may be extracted from the first letters of words or the first words of sentences; they may be artfully concealed in mathematical equations or in apparently unintelligible characters; they may be extracted from the jargon of clowns or revealed by heat as having been written in sympathetic ink; they may be word ciphers, letter ciphers, or apparently ambiguous statements whose meaning could be understood only by repeated careful readings; they may he discovered in the elaborately illuminated initial letters of early books or they may be revealed by a process of counting words or letters. If those interested in Freemasonic research would give serious consideration to this subject, they might find in books and manuscripts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the information necessary to bridge the gap in Masonic history that now exists between the Mysteries of the ancient world and the Craft Masonry of the last three centuries.

The arcana of the ancient Mysteries were never revealed to the profane except through the media of symbols. Symbolism fulfilled the dual office of concealing the sacred truths from the uninitiated and revealing them to those qualified to understand the symbols. Forms are the symbols of formless divine principles; symbolism is the language of Nature. With reverence the wise pierce the veil and with clearer vision contemplate the reality; but the ignorant, unable to distinguish between the false and the true, behold a universe of symbols. It may well be said of Nature--the Great Mother--that she is ever tracing strange characters upon the surface of things, but only to her eldest and wisest sons as a reward for their faith and devotion does she reveal the cryptic alphabet which is the key to the import of these tracings.

The temples of the ancient Mysteries evolved their own sacred languages, known only to their initiates and never spoken save in the sanctuary. The illumined priests considered it sacrilege to discuss the sacred truths of the higher worlds or the divine verities of eternal Nature in the same tongue as that used by the vulgar for wrangling and dissension. A sacred science must needs be couched in a sacred language. Secret alphabets also were invented, and whenever the secrets of the wise were committed to writing, characters meaningless to the uninformed were employed. Such forms of writing were called sacred or Hermetic alphabets. Some--such as the famous angelic writing--are still retained in the higher degrees of Masonry.
Secret alphabets were not entirely satisfactory, however, for although they rendered unintelligible the true nature of the writings, their very presence disclosed the fact of concealed information--which the priests also sought to conceal. Through patience or persecution, the keys to these alphabets were eventually acquired and the contents of the documents revealed to the unworthy. This necessitated employment of more subtle methods for concealing the divine truths. The result was the appearance of cryptic systems of writing designed to conceal the presence of both the message and the cryptogram. Having thus devised a method of transmitting their secrets to posterity, the illuminati encouraged the circulation of certain documents specially prepared through incorporating into them ciphers containing the deepest secrets of mysticism and philosophy. Thus mediæval philosophers disseminated their theories throughout Europe without evoking suspicion, since volumes containing these cryptograms could be subjected to the closest scrutiny without revealing the presence of the hidden message.

During the Middle Ages scores of writers--members of secret political or religious organizations--published books containing ciphers. Secret writing became a fad; every European court had its own diplomatic cipher, and the intelligentsia vied with one another in devising curious and complicated cryptograms. The literature of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries is permeated with ciphers, few of which have ever been decoded. Many of the magnificent scientific and philosophic intellects of this period dared not publish their findings, because of the religious intolerance of their day. In order to preserve the fruitage of their intellectual labors for mankind, these pioneers of progress concealed their discoveries in ciphers, trusting that future generations, more kindly than their own, would discover and appreciate their learning.

From Selenus' Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiæ.

One year after the publication of the first Great "Shakespearian" Folio, a remarkable volume on cryptogram, and ciphers was published. The title page of the work is reproduced above. The year of its publication (1624) was during the Rosicrucian controversy. The translation of the title page is as follows:

"The Cryptomenysis and Cryptography of Gustavus Selenus in nine books, to which is added a clear explanation of the System of Steganography of John Trithemius, Abbot of Spanheim and Herbipolis, a man of admirable genius. Interspersed with worthy inventions of the Author and others, 1624." The author of this volume was believed to be Augustus, Duke of Brunswick. The symbols and emblems ornamenting the title page, however, are conclusive evidence that the fine hand of the Rosicrucians was behind its publication. At the bottom of the picture is a nobleman (Bacon?) placing his hat on another man's head. In the oval at the top of the plate, it is possible that the lights are beacons, or a play upon the name Bacon. In the two side panels are striking and subtle "Shakespearian" allusions. On the left is a nobleman (possibly Bacon) handing a paper to another man of mean appearance who carries in his hand a spear. At the right, the man who previously carried the spear is shown in the costume of an actor, wearing spurs and blowing a horn. The allusion to the actor blowing his horn and the figure carrying the spear suggest much, especially as spear is the last syllable of the name "Shakespeare."

Many churchmen, it is interesting to note, used cryptograms, fearing excommunication or a worse fate should their scientific researches be suspected. Only recently an intricate cipher of Roger Bacon's has been unraveled, revealing the fact that this early scientist was well versed in the cellular theory. Lecturing before the American Philosophical Society, Dr. William Romaine Newbold, who translated the cipher manuscript of the friar, declared: "There are drawings which so accurately portray the actual appearance of certain objects that it is difficult to resist the inference that Bacon had seen them with the microscope. * * * These are spermatozoa, the body cells and the seminiferous tubes, the ova, with their nuclei distinctly indicated. There are nine large drawings, of which one at least bears considerable resemblance to a certain stage of development of a fertilized cell." (See Review of Reviews, July, 1921.) Had Roger Bacon failed to conceal this discovery under a complicated cipher, he would have been persecuted as a heretic and would probably have met the fate of other early liberal thinkers. In spite of the rapid progress made by science in the last two hundred and fifty years, it still remains ignorant concerning many of the original discoveries made by mediæval investigators. The only record of these important findings is that contained in the cryptograms of the volumes which they published. While many authors have written on the subject of cryptography, the books most valuable to students of philosophy and religion are: Polygraphia and Steganographia, by Trithemius, Abbot of Spanheim; Mercury, or The Secret and Swift Messenger, by John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester; Œdipus ægyptiacus and other works by Athanasius Kircher, Society of Jesus; and Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiæ, by Gustavus Selenus.

To illustrate the basic differences in their construction and use, the various forms of ciphers are here grouped under seven general headings:

1. The literal cipher. The most famous of all literal cryptograms is the famous biliteral cipher described by Sir Francis Bacon in his De Augmentis Scientiarum. Lord Bacon originated the system while still a young man residing in Paris. The biliteral cipher requires the use of two styles of type, one an ordinary face and the other specially cut. The differences between the two fonts are in many case so minute that it requires a powerful magnifying glass to detect them. Originally, the cipher messages were concealed only in the italicized words, sentences, or paragraphs, because the italic letters, being more ornate than the Roman letters, offered greater opportunity for concealing the slight but necessary variations. Sometimes the letters vary a trifle in size; at other times in thickness or in their ornamental flourishes. Later, Lord Bacon is believed to have had two Roman alphabets specially prepared in which the differences were so trivial that it is almost impossible for experts to distinguish them.

A careful inspection of the first four "Shakespeare" folios discloses the use throughout the volumes of several styles of type differing in minute but distinguishable details. It is possible that all the "Shakespeare" folios contain ciphers running through the text. These ciphers may have been added to the original plays, which are much longer in the folios than in the original quartos, full scenes having been added in some instances.
The biliteral cipher was not confined to the writings of Bacon and "Shakespeare," however, but appears in many books published during Lord Bacon's lifetime and for nearly a century after his b death. In referring to the biliteral cipher, Lord Bacon terms it omnia per omnia. The cipher may run through an entire book and be placed therein at the time of printing without the knowledge of the original author, for it does not necessitate the changing of either words or punctuation. It is possible that this cipher was inserted for political purposes into many documents and volumes published during the seventeenth century. It is well known that ciphers were used for the same reason as early as the Council of Nicæa.

The Baconian biliteral cipher is difficult to use today, owing to the present exact standardization of type and the fact that so few books are now hand set. Accompanying this chapter are facsimiles of Lord Bacon's biliteral alphabet as it appeared in the 1640 English translation of De Augmentis Scientiarum. There are four alphabets, two for the capital and two for the small letters. Consider carefully the differences between these four and note that each alphabet has the power of either the letter a or the letter b, and that when reading a word its letters are divisible into one of two groups: those which correspond to the letter a and those which correspond to the letter b. In order to employ the biliteral cipher, a document must contain five times as many letters as there are in the cipher message to be concealed, for it requires five letters to conceal one. The biliteral cipher somewhat resembles a telegraph code in which letters are changed into dots and dashes; according to the biliteral system, however, the dots and dashes are represented respectively by a's and b's. The word biliteral is derived from the fact that all letters of the alphabet may be reduced to either a or b. An example of biliteral writing is shown in one of the accompanying diagrams. In order to demonstrate the working of this cipher, the message concealed within the words "Wisdom and understanding are more to be desired than riches" will now be deciphered.

The first step is to discover [he letters of each alphabet and replace them by their equivalent a or b in accordance with the key given by Lord Bacon in his biliteral alphabet (q.v.). In the word wisdom, the W is from the b alphabet; therefore it is replaced by a b. The i is from the a alphabet; therefore an a is put in its place. The s is also from the a alphabet, but the d belongs to the b alphabet. The o and the m both belong to the a alphabet is replaced by a. By this process the word WISDOM become baabaa. Treating the remaining words of the sentence in a similar manner, AND becomes aba; UNDERSTANDING, aaabaaaaaabab; ARE, aba; MORE, abbb; TO, ab; BE, ab; DESIRED, abaabaa; THAN, aaba; RICHES, aaaaaa.
The next step is to run all the letters together; thus:

baabaaabaaaabaaaaaabababaabbbabababaabaaaabaaaaaaa. All the combinations used in the Baconian biliteral cipher consist of groups containing five letters each. Therefore the solid line of letters must be broken into groups of five in the following manner: baaba aabaa aabaa aaaab ababa abbba babab aabaa aabaa aaaaa. Each of these groups of five letters now represents one letter of the cipher, and the actual letter can now be determined by comparing the groups with the alphabetical table, The Key to the Biliteral Cipher, from De Augmentis Scientiarum (q.v.): baaba = T, aabaa = E, aabaa = E; aaaab = B; ababa = L; abbba = P; babab = X; aabaa = E, aabaa = E; aaaaa = A; but the last five letters of the word riches being set off by a period from the initial r, the last five a's do not count in the cipher. The letters thus extracted are now brought together in order, resulting in TEEBLPXEE.

At this point the inquirer might reasonably expect the letters to make intelligible words; but he will very likely be disappointed, for, as in the case above, the letters thus extracted are themselves a cryptogram, doubly involved to discourage those who might have a casual acquaintance with the biliteral system. The next step is to apply the nine letters to what is commonly called a wheel (or disc) cipher (q.v.), which consists of two alphabets, one revolving around the other in such a manner that numerous transpositions of letters are possible. In the accompanying cut the A of the inner alphabet s opposite the H of the outer alphabet, so that for cipher purposes these letters are interchangeable. The F and M, the P, and Y, the W and D, in fact all the letters, may be transposed as shown by the two circles. The nine letters extracted by the biliteral cipher may thus be exchanged for nine others by the wheel cipher. The nine letters are considered as being on the inner circle of the wheel and are exchanged for the nine letters on the outer circle which are opposite the inner letters. By this process the T becomes A; the two E's become two L's; the B becomes I, the L becomes S; the P becomes W; the X becomes E; and the two E's become two L's. The result is ALLISWELL, which, broken up into words, reads: "All is well."

AN EXAMPLE OF BILITERAL WRITING.

In the above sentence note carefully the formation of the letters. Compare each letter with the two types of letters in the biliteral alphabet table reproduced from Lord Bacon's De Augmentis Scientiarum. A comparison of the "d" in "wisdom" with the "d" in "and" discloses a large loop at the top of the first, while the second shows practically no loop at all. Contrast the "i" in "wisdom" with the "i" in "understanding." In the former, the lines are curved and in the latter angular. A similar analysis of the two "r's" in "desired" reveals obvious differences. The "o" in "more" differs only from the "o" in "wisdom" in that it a tiny line continues from the top over towards the "r." The "a" in "than" is thinner and more angular than the "a" in "are," while the "r" in "riches" differs from that in "desired" in that the final upright stroke terminates in a ball instead of a sharp point. These minor differences disclose the presence of the two alphabets employed in writing the sentence.

THE KEY TO THE BILITERAL CIPHER.

From Bacon's De Augmentis Scientiarum.

After the document to be deciphered has been reduced to its "a" and "b" equivalents, it is then broken up into five-letter groups and the message read with the aid of the above table.

A MODERN WHEEL, OR DISC, CIPHER.

The above diagram shows a wheel cipher. The smaller, or inner, alphabet moves around so that any one of its letters may be brought opposite any me of he letters on the larger, or outer, alphabet. In some, cases the inner alphabet is written backwards, but in the present example, both alphabets read the same way.

THE BILITERAL ALPHABET.

From Bacon's De Augmentis Scientiarum.

This Plate is reproduced from Bacon's De Augmentis Scientiarum, and shows the two alphabets as designed by him for the purpose of his cipher. Each capital and small letter has two distinct forms which are designated "a" and "b". The biliteral system did not in every instance make use of two alphabets in which the differences were as perceptible as in the example here given, but the two alphabets were always used; sometimes variations are so minute that it requires a powerful magnifying glass to distinguish the difference between the "a" and "b" types of letters.

Of course, by moving the inner disc of the wheel cipher, many different combinations in addition to the one given above can be made of the letters, but this is the only one which will produce sense, and the cryptogrammatist must keep on experimenting until he discovers a logical and intelligible message. He may then feel reasonably sure that he has deciphered the system. Lord Bacon involved the biliteral cipher in many different ways. There are probably a score of different systems used in the "Shakespeare" folio alone, some so intricate that they may forever baffle all attempts at their decipherment. In those susceptible of solution, sometimes the a's and b's have to be exchanged; at other times the concealed message is written backwards; again only every other letter is counted; and so on.

By substituting the letters of the lower alphabet for their equivalents in the upper one, a meaningless conglomeration results, the hidden message being decoded by reversing the process. There is also a form of the literal cipher in which the actual cryptogram is written in the body of the document, but unimportant words are inserted between important ones according to a prearranged order. The literal cipher also includes what are called acrostic signatures--that is, words written down the column by the use of the first letter of each line and also more complicated acrostics in which the important letters are scattered through entire paragraphs or chapters. The two accompanying alchemical cryptograms illustrate another form of the literal cipher involving the first letter of each word. Every cryptogram based upon the arrangement or combination of the letters of the alphabet is called a literal cipher.

2. The pictorial cipher. Any picture or drawing with other than its obvious meaning may be considered a pictorial cryptogram. Instances of pictorial cipher are frequently found in Egyptian symbolism and early religious art. The diagrams of alchemists and Hermetic philosophers are invariably pictorial ciphers. In addition to the simple pictorial cipher, there is a more technical form in which words or letters are concealed by the number of stones in a wall, by the spread of birds' wings in flight, by ripples on the surface of water, or by the length and order of lines used in shading. Such cryptograms are not obvious, and must be decoded with the aid of an arbitrary measuring scale, the length of the lines determining the letter or word concealed. The shape and proportion of a building, the height of a tower, the number of bars in a window, the folds of a man's garments--even the proportions or attitude of the human body--were used to conceal definite figures or characters which could be exchanged for letters or words by a person acquainted with the code.

Initial letters of names were secreted in architectural arches and spans. A notable example of this practice is found on the title page of Montaigue's Essays, third edition, where an initial B is formed by two arches and an F by a broken arch. Pictorial cryptograms are sometimes accompanied by the key necessary for their decipherment. A figure may point toward the starting point of the cipher or carry in its hand some implement disclosing the system of measurement used. There are also frequent instances in which the cryptographer purposely distorted or improperly clothed some figure in his drawing by placing the hat on backwards, the sword on the wrong side, or the shield on the wrong arm, or by employing some similar artifice. The much-discussed fifth finger on the Pope's hand in Raphael's Sistine Madonna and the sixth toe on Joseph's foot in the same artist's Marriage of the Virgin are cunningly concealed cryptograms.

3. The acroamatic cipher. The religious and philosophical writings of all nations abound with acroamatic cryptograms, that is, parables and allegories. The acroamatic is unique in that the document containing it may be translated or reprinted without affecting the cryptogram. Parables and allegories have been used since remote antiquity to present moral truths in an attractive and understandable manner. The acroamatic cryptogram is a pictorial cipher drawn in words and its symbolism must be so interpreted. The Old and New Testaments of the Jews, the writings of Plato and Aristotle, Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, Virgil's æneid, The Metamorphosis of Apuleius, and æsop's Fables are outstanding examples of acroamatic cryptography in which are concealed the deepest and most sublime truths of ancient mystical philosophy.

The acroamatic cipher is the most subtle of all, for the parable or allegory is susceptible of several interpretations. Bible students for centuries have been confronted by this difficultly. They are satisfied with the moral interpretation of the parable and forget that each parable and allegory is capable of seven interpretations, of which the seventh--the highest--is complete and all-inclusive, whereas the other six (and lesser) interpretations are fragmentary, revealing but part of the mystery. The creation myths of the world are acroamatic cryptograms, and the deities of the various pantheons are only cryptic characters which, if properly understood, become the constituents of a divine alphabet. The initiated few comprehend the true nature of this alphabet, but the uninitiated many worship the letters of it as gods.

AN ALCHEMICAL CRYPTOGRAM.

From Brown's History of Chemistry.

James Campbell Brown reprints a curious cipher from Kircher. The capital letters of the seven words in the outer circle read clockwise, form the word SVLPHVR. From the words in the second circle, when read in a similar manner, is derived FIXVM. The capitals of the six words in the inner circle, when properly arranged, also read ESTSOL. The following cipher is thus extracted: "Sulphur Fixum Est Sol," which when translated is: "Fixed sulphur is gold."

AN ALCHEMICAL CRYPTOGRAM.

From Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer.

Beginning with the word VISITA and reading clockwise, the seven initial letters of the seven words inscribed in the outer circle read: VITRIOL. This is a very simple alchemical enigma, but is a reminder that those studying works on Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, alchemy, and Freemasonry should always be on the lookout for concealed meanings hidden either in Parables and allegories or in cryptic arrangements of numbers, letters, and words.

A CRYPTIC DEPICTION OF DIVINE AND NATURAL JUSTICE.

From Selenus' Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiæ.

The first circle portrays the divine antecedents of justice, the second the universal scope of justice, and the third the results of human application of justice. Hence, the first circle deals with divine principles, the second circle with mundane affairs, and the third circle with man. On the at the top of the picture sits Themis, the presiding spirit of law, and at her feet three other queens--Juno, Minerva, and Venus--their robes ornamented with geometric figures. The axis of law connects the throne, of divine justice above with the throne of human judgment at the bottom of the picture. Upon the latter throne is seated a queen with a scepter in her hand, before whom stands the winged goddess Nemesis--the angel of judgment.
The second Circle is divided into three parts by two sets of two horizontal lines. The upper and light section is called the Supreme Region and is the abode of the gods, the good spirits, and the heroes. The lower and dark section is the abode of lust, sin, and ignorance. Between these two extremes is the larger section in which are blended the powers and impulses of both the superior and the inferior regions.

In the third or inner circle is man, a tenfold creature, consisting of nine parts--three of spirit, three of intellect, and three of soul--enclosed within one constitution. According to Selenus, man's three spiritual qualities are thought, speech, and action; his three intellectual qualities are memory, intelligence, and will; and his three qualities of soul are understanding, courage, and desire. The third circle is further divided into three parts called ages: the Golden Age of spiritual truth in the upper right section, the Iron Age of spiritual darkness in the lower right section and the Bronze Age--a composite of the two occupying the entire left half of the inner circle and itself divided into three parts. The lowest division of the Bronze Age depicts ignorant man controlled by force, the central the partly awakened man controlled by jurisprudence, and the upper the spiritually illuminated man controlled by love. Both the second and third circles revolve upon the axis of law, but the divine source, of law--Heavenly Justice--is concealed by clouds. All of the symbols and figures ornamenting the plate are devoted to a detailed amplification of the principles here outlined.

4. The numerical cipher. Many cryptograms have been produced in which numbers in various sequences are substituted for letters, words, or even complete thoughts. The reading of numerical ciphers usually depends upon the possession of specially arranged tables of correspondences. The numerical cryptograms of the Old Testament are so complicated that only a few scholars versed in rabbinical lore have ever sought to unravel their mysteries. In his Œdipus ægyptiacus, Athanasius Kircher describes several Arabian Qabbalistic theorems, and a great part of the Pythagorean mystery was concealed in a secret method in vogue among Greek mystics of substituting letters for numbers.

The most simple numerical cipher is that in which the letters of the alphabet are exchanged for numbers in ordinary sequence. Thus A becomes 1, B 2, C 3, and so on, counting both I and J as 9 and both U and V as 20. The word yes by this system would be written 23-5-18. This cipher can be made more difficult by reversing the alphabet so that Z becomes 1, Y 2, X 3, and so on. By inserting a non-significant, or uncounted, number after each of the significant numbers the cipher is still more effectively concealed, thus: 23-16-5-9-18. The word yes is found by eliminating the second and fourth numbers. By adding 23, 5, and 18 together the sum 46 results. Therefore 46 is the numerical equivalent of the word yes. According to the simple numerical cipher, the sum 138 is equal to the words Note carefully. Therefore in a book using this method, line 138, page 138, or paragraph 138 may contain the concealed message. In addition to this simple numerical cipher there are scores of others so complicated that no one without the key can hope to solve them.

Authors sometimes based their cryptograms upon the numerical value of their own names; for example, Sir Francis Bacon repeatedly used the cryptic number 33--the numerical equivalent of his name. Numerical ciphers often involve the pagination of a book. Imperfect pagination, though generally attributed to carelessness, often conceals important secrets. The mispaginations found in the 1623 folio of "Shakespeare" and the consistent recurrence of similar errors in various volumes printed about the same period have occasioned considerable thought among scholars and cryptogrammatists. In Baconian cryptograms, all page numbers ending in 89 seem to have a special significance. The 89th page of the Comedies in the 1623 folio of "Shakespeare" shows an error of type in the pagination, the "9" being from a considerably smaller font than the "8." The 189th page is entirely missing, there being two pages numbered 187; and page 188 shows the second " 8 " scarcely more than half the size of the first one. Page 289 is correctly numbered and has no unusual features, but page 89 of the Histories is missing. Several volumes published by Bacon show similar errors, page 89 being often involved.

There are also numerical ciphers from which the cryptic message may be extracted by counting every tenth word, every twentieth word, or every fiftieth word. In some cases the count is irregular. The first important word may be found by counting 100, the second by counting 90, the third by counting 80, and so on until the count of 10 is reached. The count then returns to 100 and the process is repeated.

5. The musical cipher. John Wilkins, afterwards Bishop of Chester, in 1641 circulated an anonymous essay entitled Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger. In this little volume, which was largely derived from the more voluminous treatises of Trithemius and Selenus, the author sets forth a method whereby musicians can converse with each other by substituting musical notes for the letters of the alphabet. Two persons understanding the code could converse with each other by merely playing certain notes upon a piano or other instrument. Musical cryptograms can be involved to an inconceivable point; by certain systems it is possible to take an already existing musical theme and conceal in it a cryptogram without actually changing the composition in any way. The pennants upon the notes may conceal the cipher, or the actual sounds of the notes may be exchanged for syllables of similar sound. This latter method is effective but its scope is somewhat limited. Several musical compositions by Sir Francis Bacon are still in existence. An examination of them might reveal musical cryptograms, for it is quite certain that Lord Bacon was well acquainted with the manner of their construction.

6. The arbitrary cipher. The system of exchanging letters of the alphabet for hieroglyphic figures is too easily decoded to be popular. Albert: Pike describes an arbitrary cipher based upon the various parts of the Knights Templars' cross, each angle representing a letter. The many curious alphabets that have been devised are rendered worthless, however, by the table of recurrence. According to Edgar Allan Poe, a great cryptogrammatist, the most common letter of the English language is E, the other letters in their order of frequency are as follows: A, O, I, D, H, N, R, S, T, V, Y, C, F, Q L, M, W, B, K, P, Q, X, Z. Other authorities declare the table of frequency to be: E, T, A, O, N, I, R, S, H, D, L, C, W, U, M, F, Y, G, P, B, V, K, X, Q, J, Z. By merely counting the number of times each character appears in the message, the law of recurrence discloses the English letter for which the arbitrary character stands. Further help is also rendered by the fact that if the cryptogram be split up into words there are only three single letters which may form words: A, I, O. Thus any single character set off from the rest of the text must be one of these three letters. For details of this System see The Gold Bug, by Edgar Allan Poe.

To render more difficult the decoding of arbitrary ciphers, however, the characters are seldom broken up into words, and, further, the table of recurrence is partly nullified by assigning two or more different characters to each letter, thereby making it impossible to estimate accurately the frequency of recurrence. Therefore, the greater the number of arbitrary characters used to represent any single letter of the alphabet, the more difficult it is to decipher an arbitrary cryptogram. The secret alphabets of the ancients are comparatively easy to decode, the only requisites being a table of frequency, a knowledge of the language in which the cryptogram was originally written, a moderate amount of patience, and a little ingenuity.

7. The code cipher. The most modem form of cryptogram is the code system. Its most familiar form is the Morse code for use in telegraphic and wireless communication. This form of cipher may be complicated somewhat by embodying dots and dashes into a document in which periods and colons are dots, while commas and semicolons are dashes. There are also codes used by the business world which can be solved only by the use of a private code book. Because they furnish an economical and efficient method of transmitting confidential information, the use of such codes is far more prevalent than the average person has any suspicion.

In addition to the foregoing classifications there are a number of miscellaneous systems of secret writing, some employing mechanical devices, others colors. A few make use of sundry miscellaneous objects to represent words and even complete thoughts. But as these more elaborate devices were seldom employed by the ancients or by the mediæval philosophers and alchemists, they have no direct bearing upon religion and philosophy. The mystics of the Middle Ages, borrowing the terminology of the various arts and sciences, evolved a system of cryptography which concealed the secrets of the human soul under terms generally applied to chemistry, biology, astronomy, botany, and physiology. Ciphers of this nature can only be decoded by individuals versed in the deep philosophic principles upon which these mediæval mystics based their theories of life. Much information relating to the invisible nature of man is concealed under what seem to be chemical experiments or scientific speculations. Every student of symbolism and philosophy, therefore, should be reasonably well acquainted with the underlying principles of cryptography; in addition to serving him well in his researches, this art furnishes a fascinating method of developing the acuteness of the mental faculties. Discrimination and observation are indispensable to the seeker after knowledge, and no study is equal to cryptography as a means of stimulating these powers.

QABBALISTIC AND MAGIC ALPHABETS.

From Barrett's Magus.

Curious alphabets were invented by the early and mediæval philosophers to conceal their doctrines and tenets from the profane. Some of these alphabets are still used to a limited extent in the higher degrees of Freemasonry. Probably the most famous is the angelic writing, termed in the above plate "The Writing called Malachim." Its figures are supposedly derived from the constellations. Advanced students of occult philosophy will come upon many valuable documents in which these figures are used. Under each letter of the first alphabet above is its equivalent in English. Above each letter of the other three alphabets is its Hebrew letter equivalent.

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In the House of Representatives, June 9, 1755.

Voted, That his Excellency the Captain-General and Governour, be desired immediately to declare War against the Arasaguntacook Tribe of Indians; and all other the Tribes of Indians, Eastward and Northward of Piscataqua River, the Penobscott Tribe only excepted.

That his Excellency be desired to inform said Penobscott Tribe, that this Government is sincerely desirous to maintain Peace and Amity with them, and to take into their pay and Subsistence, all such of their Tribe as are ablebodied effective Men, capable of bearing Arms, and will act offensively with us, against those Tribes of Indians, who in the most audacious and perfidious Manner, have violated their solemn Treaties of Peace with us; and upon which, by all the Treaties now subsisting between us and the Penobscott Tribe, they are obliged to take up Arms as aforesaid; and that upon their so doing, this Government will, at their own Charge, take Care of, and Support their Invalids, Women and Children, if they will come amongst us, and put themselves under our Protection.

That for the Defence of the Eastern Frontiers, a marching Army be raised by Inlistment, consisting of 300 Men, exclusive of Officers; that they be constantly employ'd in Scouting, and that their Destination be as follows:

That Fifty Men be employ'd in Scouting from Lebanon to Saco-River: Sixty Men from Saco-River, to New-Boston, by the Way of Pearson and Hobbs Town, and New-Gloucester: Ninety Men from New Boston to Frankfort: One-Hundred Men from Frankfort to the Truck-House on St. George's River.

That the Pay for the Officers and Soldiers, be the same as is now Established for the Officers and Soldiers in the intended Expedition against Crown Point, and the Subsistence the same as was allowed to marching Forces during the last War: And a Bounty of three Dollars to be given to each Soldier that may inlist and find his own Gun.

That the following Bounty be granted and allowed to be paid out of the publick Treasury, over and above the Encouragement aforesaid.

For every Male Indian Prisoner above the Age of Twelve Years, that shall be taken and brought to Boston, Fifty Pounds.

For every Male Indian Scalp, brought in as evidence of their being killed, Forty Pounds.

For every Female Indian Prisoner, taken and brought in as aforesaid, and for every Male Indian Prisoner under the age of Twelve Years taken and brought in as aforesaid, Twenty-five Pounds.

For every Scalp of such Female or Male Indian under Twelve Years of Age, brought in as evidence of their being killed, as aforesaid, Twenty Pounds.

Freemasonry Across the Globe

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:46:56 +0000

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Corroborative Evidence supporting Autism-Mercur...

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:18:20 +0000

Autism, a member of the pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs), has been increasing dramatically since its description by Leo Kanner in 1943. First estimated to occur in 4 to 5 per 10,000 children, the incidence of autism is now 1 per 110 in the United States, and 1 per 64 in the United Kingdom, with similar incidences throughout the world. Searching information from 1943 to the present in PubMed and Ovid Medline databases, this review summarizes results that correlate the timing of changes in incidence with environmental changes. Autism could result from more than one cause, with different manifestations in different individuals that share common symptoms. Documented causes of autism include genetic mutations and/or deletions, viral infections, and encephalitis following vaccination. Therefore, autism is the result of genetic defects and/or inflammation of the brain. The inflammation could be caused by a defective placenta, immature blood-brain barrier, the immune response of the mother to infection while pregnant, a premature birth, encephalitis in the child after birth, or a toxic environment.
http://informahealth...91X.2010.545086

Lasting neuropathological changes in rat brain after intermittent neonatal administration of thimerosal.

Thimerosal, an organomercurial added as a preservative to some vaccines, is a suspected iatrogenic factor, possibly contributing to paediatric neurodevelopmental disorders including autism. We examined the effects of early postnatal administration of thimerosal (four i.m. injections, 12 or 240 μg THIM-Hg/kg, on postnatal days 7, 9, 11 and 15) on brain pathology in Wistar rats. Numerous neuropathological changes were observed in young adult rats which were treated postnatally with thimerosal. They included: ischaemic degeneration of neurons and "dark" neurons in the prefrontal and temporal cortex, the hippocampus and the cerebellum, pathological changes of the blood vessels in the temporal cortex, diminished synaptophysin reaction in the hippocampus, atrophy of astroglia in the hippocampus and cerebellum, and positive caspase-3 reaction in Bergmann astroglia. These findings document neurotoxic effects of thimerosal, at doses equivalent to those used in infant vaccines or higher, in developing rat brain, suggesting likely involvement of this mercurial in neurodevelopmental disorders.
http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/21225508

Integrating Experimental (In Vitro and In Vivo) Neurotoxicity Studies of Low-dose Thimerosal Relevant to Vaccines

There is a need to interpret neurotoxic studies to help deal with uncertainties surrounding pregnant mothers, newborns and young children who must receive repeated doses of Thimerosal-containing vaccines (TCVs). This review integrates information derived from emerging experimental studies (in vitro and in vivo) of low-dose Thimerosal (sodium ethyl mercury thiosalicylate). Major databases (PubMed and Web-of-science) were searched for in vitro and in vivo experimental studies that addressed the effects of low-dose Thimerosal (or ethylmercury) on neural tissues and animal behaviour. Information extracted from studies indicates that: (a) activity of low doses of Thimerosal against isolated human and animal brain cells was found in all studies and is consistent with Hg neurotoxicity; (b) the neurotoxic effect of ethylmercury has not been studied with co-occurring adjuvant-Al in TCVs; © animal studies have shown that exposure to Thimerosal-Hg can lead to accumulation of inorganic Hg in brain, and that (d) doses relevant to TCV exposure possess the potential to affect human neuro-development. Thimerosal at concentrations relevant for infants’ exposure (in vaccines) is toxic to cultured human-brain cells and to laboratory animals. The persisting use of TCV (in developing countries) is counterintuitive to global efforts to lower Hg exposure and to ban Hg in medical products; its continued use in TCV requires evaluation of a sufficiently nontoxic level of ethylmercury compatible with repeated exposure (co-occurring with adjuvant-Al) during early life.

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Tor is used to Spy on You

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:42:24 +0000

Below are texts used under fair use to educate the public.
http://www.onion-rou...ons/IH-1996.pdf
http://www.isoc.org/...ngs/F7/F7_1.HTM
http://www.onion-router.net/

From the creator's themselves:

"BINGO, we have a winner! The original *QUESTION* posed that led to the invention of Onion Routing was, "Can we build a system that allows for bi-directional communications over the Internet where the source and destination cannot be determined by a mid-point?" The *PURPOSE* was for DoD / Intelligence usage (open source intelligence gathering, covering of forward deployed assets, whatever). Not helping dissidents in repressive countries. Not assisting criminals in covering their electronic tracks. Not helping bit-torrent users avoid MPAA/RIAA prosecution. Not giving a 10 year old a way to bypass an anti-porn filter. Of course, we knew those would be other unavoidable uses for the technology, but that was immaterial to the problem at hand we were trying to solve (and if those uses were going to give us more cover traffic to better hide what we wanted to use the network for, all the better...I once told a flag officer that much to his chagrin). I should know, I was the recipient of that question from David, and Paul was brought into the mix a few days later after I had sketched out a basic (flawed) design for the original Onion Routing."

https://www.torproje...tml.en#military

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http://www.freehaven...4/usability.pdf

http://freehaven.net...ides-weis06.pdf

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Jewel v. NSA (Illegal Spying)

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:52:21 +0000

In Jewel v. NSA, EFF is suing the NSA and other government agencies on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records.

Jewel v. NSA is aimed at ending the NSA’s dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans and holding accountable the government officials who illegally authorized it. Evidence in the case includes undisputed documents provided by former AT&T telecommunications technician Mark Klein showing AT&T has routed copies of Internet traffic to a secret room in San Francisco controlled by the NSA. That same evidence is central to Hepting v. AT&T, a class-action lawsuit filed by EFF in 2006 to stop the telecom giant’s participation in the illegal surveillance program.

In addition to suing the government agencies involved in the domestic dragnet, Jewel v. NSA also targets the individuals responsible for creating, authorizing, and implementing the illegal program, including former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney’s former chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, and other individuals who ordered or participated in the warrantless domestic surveillance.

In April, the Obama administration moved to dismiss Jewel, claiming that litigation over the wiretapping program would require the government to disclose privileged "state secrets,” and that they were immune from suit. These are essentially the same or worse arguments than those made by the Bush administration when it first set out to dismiss EFF’s case against the AT&T back in 2006. On July 15, 2009, the court heard arguments on the government's motion to dismiss Jewel.

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The U.S. government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in a massive program of illegal dragnet surveillance of domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001.

News reports in December 2005 first revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans’ phone calls and Internet communications. Those news reports, plus a USA Today story in May 2006 and the statements of several members of Congress, revealed that the NSA is also receiving wholesale copies of their telephone and other communications records. All of these surveillance activities are in violation of the privacy safeguards established by Congress and the U.S. Constitution.

The evidence also shows that the government did not act alone. EFF has obtained whistleblower evidence [PDF] from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with the illegal surveillance. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails, web browsing, and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers, and provides those copies to the NSA. This copying includes both domestic and international Internet activities of AT&T customers. As one expert observed, “this isn’t a wiretap, it’s a country-tap.”

EFF is fighting these illegal activities on multiple fronts. In Hepting v. AT&T, EFF filed the first case against a telecom for violating its customers' privacy. In addition, EFF is representing victims of the illegal surveillance program in Jewel v. NSA, a lawsuit filed in September 2008 against the government seeking to stop the warrantless wiretapping and hold the government officials behind the program accountable.

EFF is not alone in this fight. There are multiple cases challenging various parts of the illegal surveillance against both the telecoms and the government. This page collects information on EFF's cases as well as cases brought by individuals, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and of Illinois, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and others.

Genetically Modified Humans and their Cognitive...

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:13:14 +0000

The understanding of the title of this article implies the understanding of esoteric history.

Moral of the story: Expect people to shut their reasoning down when confronted with dissonant information.

"Research on political judgment and decision-making has converged with decades of research in clinical and social psychology suggesting the ubiquity of emotion-biased motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is a form of implicit emotion regulation in which the brain converges on judgments that minimize negative and maximize positive affect states associated with threat to or attainment of motives. To what extent motivated reasoning engages neural circuits involved in ‘‘cold’’ reasoning and conscious emotion regulation (e.g., suppression) is, however, unknown. We used functional neuroimaging to study the neural responses of 30 committed partisans during the U.S. Presidential election of 2004.

We presented subjects with reasoning tasks involving judgments about information threatening to their own candidate, the opposing candidate, or neutral control targets. Motivated reasoning was associated with activations of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, insular cortex, and lateral orbital cortex. As predicted, motivated reasoning was not associated with neural activity in regions previously linked to cold reasoning tasks and conscious (explicit) emotion regulation. The findings provide the first neuroimaging evidence for phenomena variously described as motivated reasoning, implicit emotion regulation, and psychological defense. They suggest that motivated reasoning is qualitatively distinct from reasoning when people do not have a strong emotional stake in the conclusions reached." (From PMID: 17069484)

Brief Conclusions:

"Consistent with prior studies of partisan biases and motivated reasoning, when confronted with information about their candidate that would logically lead them to an emotionally aversive conclusion, partisans arrived at an alternative conclusion. This process was not associated with differential activation of the DLPFC, as in studies of ‘‘cold’’ reasoning and explicit emotion regulation (suppression). Rather, it was associated with activations in the lateral and medial orbital PFC, ACC, insula, and the posterior cingulate and contiguous precuneus and parietal cortex. Neural information processing related to motivated reasoning appears to be qualitatively different from reasoning in the absence
of a strong emotional stake in the conclusions reached."

Ventromedial Cortex
The ventromedial prefrontal cortex is a part of the prefrontal cortex in the mammalian brain. The ventral medial prefrontal is located in the frontal lobe and is implicated in the processing of risk, fear, and in decision making. As of yet, functional differences between the orbitofrontal and ventromedial areas of the pre-frontal cortex are not clearly established, although the areas of the ventromedial cortex superior to the orbitofrontal cortex are much less associated with social functions and more with pure emotion regulation. Research in developmental neuroscience also suggested that neural networks in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex are rapidly developing during adolescence and young adulthood supporting emotion regulation through the amygdala being associated with a decrease in cortisol levels.

Anterior Cingulate Cortex
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is the frontal part of the cingulate cortex, that resembles a "collar" form around the corpus callosum, the fibrous bundle that relays neural signals between the right and left cerebral hemispheres of the brain. It includes both the ventral and dorsal areas of the cingulate cortex, and appears to play a role in a wide variety of autonomic functions, such as regulating blood pressure and heart rate, as well as rational cognitive functions, such as reward anticipation, decision-making, empathy and emotion.

The anterior cingulate cortex can be divided anatomically based on cognitive (dorsal), and emotional (ventral) components. The dorsal part of the ACC is connected with the prefrontal cortex and parietal cortex as well as the motor system and the frontal eye fields making it a central station for processing top-down and bottom-up stimuli and assigning appropriate control to other areas in the brain. By contrast, the ventral part of the ACC is connected with amygdala, nucleus accumbens, hypothalamus, and anterior insula, and is involved in assessing the salience of emotion and motivational information. The ACC seems to be especially involved when effort is needed to carry out a task such as in early learning and problem-solving.

Posterior Cingulate Cortex

The posterior cingulate cortex is the backmost part of the cingulate cortex, lying behind the anterior cingulate cortex. This is the upper part of the "limbic lobe". The cingulate cortex is made up of an area around the midline of the brain. Surrounding areas include the retrosplenial cortex and the precuneus. The posterior cingulate forms a central node in the "default mode" network of the brain. Along with the precuneus, it has been implicated as a neural substrate for human awareness in numerous studies of both the anesthesized and vegetative (coma) state. The posterior cingulate may also be involved in the capacity to understand what other people believe.

Insular Cortex
In each hemisphere of the mammalian brain the insular cortex (often called insula, insulary cortex or insular lobe) is a portion of the cerebral cortex folded deep within the lateral sulcus between the temporal lobe and the frontal lobe. The cortical area overlying it towards the lateral surface of the brain is the operculum (meaning "lid"). The opercula are formed from parts of the enclosing frontal, temporal and parietal lobes. It is believed to be involved in consciousness.

The insular cortex is divided into two parts: the larger anterior insula and the smaller posterior insula in which more than a dozen field areas have been identified. The insulae play a role in diverse functions usually linked to emotion or the regulation of the body's homeostasis. These functions include perception, motor control, self-awareness, cognitive functioning, and interpersonal experience. Related to these it is involved in psychopathology.

Article
Neural bases of motivated reasoning: an FMRI study of emotional constraints on partisan political judgment in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election.

Born Rich & The One Percent Documentaries

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:37:41 +0000

This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy®-nominated 2003 HBO documentary Born Rich, here sets his sights on exploring the political, moral and emotional rationale that enables a tiny percentage of Americans - the one percent - to control nearly half the wealth of the entire United States. The film Includes interviews with Nicole Buffett, Bill Gates Sr., Adnan Khashoggi, Milton Friedman, Robert Reich, Ralph Nader and other luminaries. See Source

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Court Documents: Jordan Maxwell / Russell Pine

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:36:35 +0000

Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Jordan Maxwell, also known as Russell Pine, individually and doing business as BBCOA aka BBC of America aka Better Books and Cassettes of America; and Vic Varjabedian aka Victor Varjabedian aka Varouj Varjabedian, individually,Defendants, Civ. No. 03 0128 NM (CWx) (Central District of California, Western Division)

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FTC Targets Sellers Who Deceptively Marketed International Driver's Permits over the Internet and via Spam

Six Complaints Filed Against Firms that Sold Fake Documents
The fortunes of several marketers who used the Internet and spam to sell purportedly authentic international driver's permits (IDPs) have taken a decided turn for the worse, with the Federal Trade Commission today announcing six federal district court complaints to stop their allegedly deceptive behavior. The Commission's actions, taken as part of the "Operation License for Trouble" law enforcement sweep, targeted sellers who, under the guise of "international law," pitched their worthless documents to immigrants and other consumers who were seeking an alternative to a government-issued driver's license or identification document. According to the FTC, authentic IDPs, which are available in the U.S. from only two authorized agencies, American Automobile Association (AAA) and American Automobile Touring Alliance (AATA), have a very limited use and purpose.

"The defendants deceptively marketed bogus documents," said J. Howard Beales III, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "They misled people with limited English proficiency and those whose licenses have been revoked about the value and the purpose of the IDP. And they charged them exorbitant fees. We're pleased that the FTC can put this scam in park." He noted that while the permits being deceptively marketed on the Internet typically sold for between $65 and $375, the real IDPs offered by AAA and the AATA are just $10 apiece.

Legitimate IDPs, which are issued pursuant to the United Nations Road Traffic Convention of 1949, assist a person with a valid driver's license to drive in foreign countries that have also signed the Convention. Notably, an IDP is not a substitute for a government-issued driver's license; rather it is simply a booklet that translates that government-issued driver's license into a number of different languages. Therefore, IDPs merely serve as a translation document for a government-issued driver's license, and they have no value independent of such government-issued licenses. IDPs do not protect their holders from traffic enforcement or from "points," and cannot be used in place of suspended or revoked license, or as identification in lieu of a government-issued document.

"The FTC's action helps alert consumers to these scams, while letting bogus marketers know this conduct won't be tolerated," said Sandra Hughes, vice president of AAA Travel. "These scams lead innocent travelers to spend hundreds of dollars for false documents. Even worse, they encourage unlicensed drivers to return to our highways, endangering all of us."

The Commission's Complaints
The FTC filed complaints in federal district court against the following defendants:

1) Yad Abraham (Abraham), also known as (a.k.a.) Tim Thorn and Timothy Thorn, individually and doing business as (d.b.a.) Sharpthorn Internet Solutions and Internex, LLC; 2) Jaguar Business Concepts, LP d.b.a. Libertymall.com, Cheyenne Investment Alliance, LLC (Cheyenne), and Jacqueline Demer, individually and as member/manager of Cheyenne; 3) Jordan Maxwell, a.k.a. Russell Pine, individually and doing business as BBCOA, a.k.a. BBC of America, a.k.a. Better Book and Cassette of America, and Vic Varjabedian, a.k.a. Victor Varjabedian, a.k.a. Varouj Varjabedian, individually; 4) William Scott Dion, individually and d.b.a. PT Resource Center and PTRC, a.k.a. Don Glessner; 5) Carlton Press, Inc., Carlton Press, Ltd., and Kim Fleming Bo Weiss; and 6) one or more parties d.b.a. the Institute for International Licensing (IIL), Aladdin Financial Management, University Systems, and Wheelie International Limited.

In each complaint, the Commission alleges that, in violation of the FTC Act, the defendants falsely claim that their IDPs are a legitimate alternative to a state-issued driver's license, and misrepresent that: 1) their IDPs authorize consumers to drive legally in the United States; 2) their IDPs allow consumers to avoid points or traffic violations, as well as sanctions for driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license; and 3) their IDPs can be used in the United States as an identification document in the same ways that a person uses a government-issued photo identification document. The allegations against each defendant are presented below.

Abraham. According to the FTC, the defendants conducted a nationwide scheme to sell worthless IDPs through the drivelegal.com Web site. The defendants contended that the documents met all the conditions of the U.N. Convention and that they could be used to avoid many types of driving sanctions, such as points. The defendants further claimed the IDP would allow users to obtain auto insurance and rent cars - neither of which was true. Their IDP costs $350, plus shipping and handling.

Libertymall.com. Using the Libertymall.com Web site, the defendants sold supposedly authentic IDPs, claiming they were developed in compliance with the U.N. Convention. Claiming that their documents would enable visitors to become "permanent tourists," the defendants charged consumers $65 per IDP, which the FTC alleges was simply a laminated card. Each card was signed by a purported "Agent" of the so-called International Travel Association.

BBCOA. The FTC alleges that this defendants' IDPs, which they sold over the BBCOA Web site at a cost of $85 each, were nothing more than a laminated card and an IDP booklet that closely resembled a real IDP - except that they contained a seal of the so-called International Travel Association. In addition to selling supposedly authentic IDPs, the defendants also marketed credit repair services and "debt termination programs," and the FTC's complaint contains additional allegations regarding these activities.

PT Resource Center. Operating since at least 1995, PTRC's Web site contained statements very similar to those found on the LibertyMall.com and BBCOA Web sites. In addition to providing a supposedly real IDP for $65, the defendants went as far as informing consumers exactly what to say if stopped by the police and stressing that "Your IDP . . . [is] perfectly valid if used in a lawful manner. Following these tips will greatly increase your success rate, and minimize contact with 'Big Brother.'"

Carlton Press. Operating since at least October 2000, the defendants used two Web sites to pitch their supposedly real IDPs for $147 each. The booklets they offered were exactly the same as those sold by BBCOA and PTRC.

Institute for International Licensing (IIL). These defendants also sold their permits over two Web sites, pitching them as a way for consumers with poor driving records or revoked or suspended driver's licenses to get around the system. Consumers wishing to buy a permit from their Web site were asked to mail in certain personal information, while those responding to spam messages were instructed to call a recorded line. Either way, the result was the same - consumers were sent two IDPs, along with a rubber stamp bearing the company's logo and instructions for using the document.

In each matter, the Commission is seeking either temporary and permanent injunctive relief, as well as other relief as deemed appropriate by the court, to prevent current and future violations of the FTC Act.

Consumer Education
Consumers seeking more information about how to avoid potentially deceptive ads for IDPs are encouraged to read the new FTC consumer alert: "Ads for International Driver's Licenses or Permits Could be a Dead End." This publication, which is available on the Commission's Web, site also cautions consumers that it is against the law for U.S. citizens and residents to use an international driver's permit in place of their state-issued driver's license.

The Commission vote authorizing staff to file each of the six complaints was 5-0. The complaints were filed in the following courts: 1) Yad Abraham, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on January 8, 2003; 2) Liberty Mall.com, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division on January 13, 2003; 3) BBCOA, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division on January 7, 2003; 4) PT Resource Center, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on January 8, 2003; 5) Carlton Press, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on January 10, 2003; and 6) IIL, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on January 7, 2003.

The FTC would like to thank the Offices of the Attorney General of the states of Illinois and Missouri, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the AAA, the AATA, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Northeast Region of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts for their support and assistance in bringing these cases. The Office of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom and the Consumer Ombudsman's Office of Denmark also provided assistance.

NOTE: The Commission files a complaint when it has "reason to believe" that the law has or is being violated, and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. A complaint is not a finding or ruling that the defendants have actually violated the law. The cases will be decided by the courts in which they were filed.

Copies of the complaints are available from the FTC's Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC's Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint, or to get free information on any of 150 consumer topics, call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357), or use the complaint form at http://www.ftc.gov. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft, and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

(FTC File No. P024203)

(Civ. Nos.: EDCV 03-0030 VAP SGLX (C.D. Cal), Yad Abraham; MJGO 3 Cv 108 (D. Md.) Libertymall.com; 03-40005-NMG (D. Mass.), PTRC; 03-CV-0226-RLC (S.D.N.Y.), Carlton Press, LTD; 1:03-CV-00021-RMC (D.D.C.), IIL; 03 CV 0128 (C.D. Cal.) BBCOA)

Mystery Religions & Interconnected Secret S...

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:34:49 +0000

The following lecture encompasses a fragment of the great truths. Prepare to undertake a mind’s journey to the depths of the unknown where the familiar meets the unfamiliar. Let the light inside of you be the guide.

The whole world’s a stage, and every player is on it whether they know it or not and whether they like it or not. From religion, education, to money, this system has allegorized its ways into the psyche of humanity for clandestine motives.

The Aryan religion developed in Persia was very similar to other groups of Indo-Europeans. They believed in numerous gods and did not make any visual representations of their gods relative to that done by other religions.

Hinduism had its roots in Aryanism, to which the ideas of the Brahman sprang. Worship occurred around the fire (this paved the way for Zoroastrian – Pagan worship), while Hindus tended their worship in temples. The word Hinduism means dwellers, particularly those within the Indus River. A vast majority of Hindus today live in India, while smaller portions can be found in Sri Lanka, Southern Africa, European Areas, and the United States.

The creed of Hinduism is a mere derivation of Magism, as is true for many Asiatic philosophies. Over 250,000 gods were created by Brahminism. Thus serving true of the constant mental degradation of their war-shippers due to the perceived terror of supernatural beings.

Of course, this is just the exoteric study of Brahminism. The true initiates were re-veiled a different story of their creed. The Brahmins believed that the majority of people were not fit to understand their true philosophies, which is the reason for the concealment --- a theme which is far too commonly executed.
In the Mahanirvana Tanra, translated by Arthur Avalon, it states:

“THE Indian Tantras, which are numerous, constitute the Scripture (Shastra) of the Kaliyuga, and as such are the voluminous source of present and practical orthodox “Hinduism.” The Tantra Shastra is, in fact, and whatever be its historical origin, a development of the Vaidika Karmakanda, promulgated to meet the needs of that age. Shiva says: “For the benefit of men of the Kali age, men bereft of energy and dependent for existence on the food they eat, the Kaula doctrine, O auspicious one! Is given” (Chap. IX., verse 12). To the Tantra we must therefore look if we would understand aright both ritual, yoga, and sadhana of all kinds, as also the general principles of which these practices are but the objective expression.”
This is just another example that every religion was created to guide the select groups of the masses. This entire system is like the Brave New World where you have members of different ranks doing their job, from the highest class to the lowest class.

Albert Pike, grand commander of the Scottish rite of freemasonry, confederate military officer of the civil war, on page 105 of morals and dogma states this too:

“Masonry, like all the Religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism and Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve to be misled;
p. 105
to conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from it. Truth is not for those who are unworthy or unable to receive it, or would pervert it. So God Himself incapacitates many men, by color-blindness, to distinguish colors, and leads the masses away from the highest Truth, giving them the power to attain only so much of it as it is profitable to them to know. Every age has had a religion suited to its capacity.”

So there you have it, straight from the horse’s mouth. This fact permeates not just secret societies but all religions, including science, for science is the modern dualistic religion, coupled with the New Age.
Albert Pike states again,

“MASONRY is a succession of allegories, the mere vehicles of great lessons in morality and philosophy. You will more fully appreciate its spirit, its object, its purposes, as you advance in the different Degrees, which you will find to constitute a great, complete, and harmonious system.

If you have been disappointed in the first three Degrees, as you have received them, and if it has seemed to you that the performance has not come up to the promise, that the lessons of morality are not new, and the scientific instruction is but rudimentary, and the symbols are imperfectly explained, remember that the ceremonies and lessons of those Degrees have been for ages more and more accommodating themselves, by curtailment and sinking into commonplace, to the often limited memory and capacity of the Master and Instructor, and to the intellect and needs of the Pupil and Initiate; that they have come to us from an age when symbols were used, not to reveal but to conceal; when the commonest learning was confined to a select few, and the simplest principles of morality seemed newly discovered truths; and that these antique and simple Degrees now stand like the broken columns of a roofless Druidic temple, in their rude and mutilated greatness; in many parts, also, corrupted by time, and disfigured by modern additions and absurd interpretations. They are but the entrance to the great Masonic Temple, the triple columns of the portico”

Freemasonry is full of high sciences veiled in lore and allegories, purposefully intended for the profane as they call it to abuse, misuse, and be skeptical of the truth. This only makes man be further away from truth than otherwise.

Once more, said by Albert Pike, page 129, “The air is one vast library, on whose pages is forever written all that man has ever said or even whispered. There, in their mutable, but unerring characters, mixed with the earliest, as well as the latest signs of mortality, stand forever recorded, vows unredeemed, promises unfulfilled; perpetuating, in the movements of each particle, all in unison, the testimony of man’s changeful will. God reads that book, though we cannot.”

What your mind just witnessed was their High Sciences from the Holy of Holies. These individuals knew and have practiced the reactions of the human psyche against all forms of subversions and attacks. By reading the tale of Etidorhpa, which is Aphrodite backwards, you can become more acquainted to their high sciences.

From the book Etidorhpa, by John Uri Lloyd 1897, page 315, “I turned, and in the direction indicated, saw, in amazement, floating in the distant space a snow- and ice-clad vessel in full sail. She was headed diagonally from us, and was moving rapidly across the field of vision. Every spar and sail was clearly defined, and on her deck, and in the rigging I beheld sailors clad in winter garments pursuing their various duties.

As I gazed, enraptured, she disappeared in the distance.
“A phantom vessel,” I murmured.

“No,” he replied; “the abstraction of a vessel sailing on the ocean above us. Every object on earth is the second to an imprint in another place. There is an apparent reproduction of matter in so-called vacancy, and on unseen pages a recording of all events. As that ship sailed over the ocean above us, she disturbed a current of energy, and it left its impress as an outline on a certain zone beneath, which is parallel with that upon which we now chance to stand.”

“I can not comprehend,” I muttered.

“No,” he answered; “to you it seems miraculous, as to all men an unexplained phenomenon approaches the supernatural. All that is is natural. Have men not been told in sacred writings that their every movement is being recorded in the Book of Life, and do they not often doubt because they can not grasp the problem? May not the greatest scientist be the most apt skeptic?”

“Yes,” I replied.

“You have just seen,” he said, “the record of an act on earth, and in detail it is being printed elsewhere in the Book of Eternity. If you should return to earth’s surface you could not by stating these facts convince even the persons on that same ship, of your sanity. You could not make them believe that hundreds of miles beneath, both their vessel and its crew had been reproduced in fac simile, could you?”

No.”

“Were you to return to earth you could not convince men that you had existed without breath, with a heart dead within you. If you should try to impress on mankind the facts that you have learned in this journey, what would be the result?”

p. 315

“I would probably be considered mentally deranged; this I have before admitted.””

There is a whole world not revealed to you. The media originated from the Persians and peoples of the Mediterranean. The code can be seen during the reign of Cyrus the Great of the Golden Age, where the area of present day Iran then known as Medes existed. Medes was one of the focal points of Zoroastrian thinking, as can be overstood from their pictographs.

The Assyrians, Babylonians, Kassites, Arabs, Persians, and Parthians transferred their power of Voice to the area of Susa, where it was then symbolically and now literally, transferred to the United States. Susa is a masonic pictographic cipher for U S A.

In the History of the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, Lydians and Carthaginians by Edward Farr published in 1850, it states, “After the deluge, it appears from the sacred writings, that the children of Noah congregated in their first emigration upon the banks of the Euphrates in the land of shinar, and in that part of the land which has been defined under the term Babylonia. While there, they consulted together, to build a very lofty tower.” Go to, said they, “let us BUILD us a city and a TOWER, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth,” Gen. xi 4. (Remember now the root words of GENESIS are gene, which means to generate, hence genie, and Isis, the female regenerative principle, the feminine builder. Of genie, it now should make sense why it granted 3 (trinity) wishes. It was a religious creator). The plan was put into execution; the tower was reaching towards heaven, when the work was stopped by the Almighty. He confounded the language of the builders and by this new dispensation, scattered them abroad upon the face of the earth. Ver 5-9.”

In the masonic bibs, which are their symbolic aprons and bib-les, the word God or Creator really refers to the group of the deepest control structures that have engineered and controlled humanity for ages. The word builders is a code for Cain-Abel, those whom are Able to be Honorable to the Great Work, and Build, as Masons intend to do, the bricks of society. (See Another Brick in the Wall)

Going back to Hinduism, one main distinct feature amongst other religions was that Hinduism held the first belief of the transmigration of the soul, which in their code means reincarnation. (Taking a reign over the nation). This belief was a code for the transmigration of DNA which is part of their Higher Esoteric Sciences. The caduceus is an ancient symbol, surpassing the antiquities of thousands of years, used by her-mes, Thoth, and mercury, to represent the generative principle, the phallic sign, and especially, DNA.

The wings of the caduceus symbolize the flight of life towards heaven via Jacob’s ladder and the discovery of the supposed double-helix of DNA by Watson and crick was actually originated from the Masonic High Sciences. It is already very obvious that the higher sciences were created by Freemasons, as can be noted by the influx of Rosicrucian scientists pervading the fields, especially by the establishment of the Royal Society, which is a Masonic foundation by nature. Members of the Rosicrucian order for the development of Science include and are not limited to: Johannes Kepler, famed German astronomer and proponent of the scientific revolution, Georg Joachim Rheticus (which I will add that Joachim is a code for twin towers of Joachin and Boaz), famed mathematician and cartographer, John Dee, famed mathematician, astronomer, consultant of Queen Elizabeth the 1, studier of Hermetic philosophy, and prophesier of the future powers and trading blocks, Tycho Brahe, advancer of astronomical knowledge, Robert Boyle, famous chemist current scientists of chemistry are supposedly indebted to, Rene Descartes, popularized philosopher, Francis Bacon, cryptographic writer of Shakespeare, and much more not named.

Isn’t it surprising that in the event of all this evidence, people still cannot understand their scientific world view is entirely rigged? Prior to the advent of science and even the royal society was the Invisible College which was the main precursor for the royal society. Existing in the United Kingdom, this Rosicrucian society headed the enlightenment of its time.

The advent of Buddhism by the supposed astrological figure, Buddha, introducing the preaching of equality, brought forth the denial of the Vedic system. As Pike, earlier quoted, of the structure of religions, the Hegelian dialectic of then neo-religious thought established antidotes to the problems of the system. Brahmanism was purposefully tyrannical, thus a new religion of Buddhism where equality (Socialism) being promoted was an impeding yearning that stopped societal progress and uplift.

Buddha is not a name but a title. It means Sage. The real name of this sage was Sakyamuni. He is not a person, even though speculation of a birth was read at the 6th century B.C., because he is simply a solar myth. Prior to the symbol of Buddha, Krishna was the solar symbol. The Swastika represents a windmill and this is exactly what is happening to symbolic religions. Solar cults are spreading to modern forms, such as Christianity and now the New Age, which proposes Light to be the new Creator.

The Swastika is a code for the Fylfot. Fylfot is a phonetic code for a difficult life, (backwards it pronounced tough life). It is the symbol of the original Cross (Crux), after the creation of the Crux Ansata, also known as the Ankh. The Fylfot, representing a windmill, has the option of pulling or pushing energy. In these cases, the energy (i.e. Symbol) of Krishna is transferred over to Buddha which is then transferred over to Christ, similar to how world powers transfer wealth from Africa to India to England to America to China, and eventually to Afghanistan. These nations play the puppet game of power transfer, symbolic of the hot potato (Scientific word: SOLanum tuberosum; sol is Latin for sun).

Gymnosophists, meaning the naked philosopher, were the Magi Masons (M.M) that had spread in Africa (Ethiopa and near the Nile). They spread their esoteric doctrines towards Asiatic theosophy and believed in the immortality of the soul. The immortality of the soul is a prominent dogma in most Masonic creeds and rites, usually symbolized by the emblem of the Acacia and Evergreen. Ammon, the name for Jupiter, was worshipped (war shipped) by both Ethiopians and Egyptians. Priest classes of Ethiopia and Egypt would congregate yearly to celebrate the Table of the Sun (Greek term) which consisted of sacrificial rituals. (See works of Paul LeValley for general knowledge on the gymnosophists)

The Buddhists shared a solar chant similar to Freemasons, that being Aum and Solomon respectively. Aum is the trinity form of Om, which means sun. Solomon is a derivation of three times great (Hermes Trismegistus), meaning sun sun sun, literally. Aum is the simplified triad of Solomon, representing Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Masons after the symbol of the Arch named this the Tri-Angle, as well as Jabulon. Om, is a derivation of Ohm, which is derived from the Persian syllable Hom. All mean sun, while Hom shares the property of the Yggdrasil.

Hom, being the regenerative symbol (Tree of life and Sol), it was parallel to the Lingam. The Lingam is the male principle, the phallus, which can be seen all over the world by means of their obelisks. You can find many of these phalluses in Rome, Egypt, France, Turkey, Ethiopia, and the United States. Its dual symbol is the Yoni, used amongst the Orientalists; it corresponded with the feminine principle.

The worship of the Phallic symbol was said to have begun in Egypt, which is partly true. The exoteric story is that it originated from the lost member of Osiris by Typhon, which was the exoteric symbolism of Day losing by Night. The bisexual ecclesiastic priests and ancients worshipped this symbol even though they were being conned. The Jews worshipped the Penis as well, which in Jude, Chapter 3 speaks of them serving Baal and the groves. The latter term is translated to Asherah which means Phallus. To perfect the circle in the religion of Baal, a dot, which is the phallus, needs to placed inside the yoni. You can see this symbol in the corporate logo of Target. More modern versions of this symbol can be seen in the Masonic emblem as well as the Communist sickle and hammer (derived from Norse mythology of the Mjollnir, which translated to ham-mer).

Before the emergence of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism was the first religion after the Primitive Religions which was after the last Deluge. Zoroastrianism was formerly labeled Magi from Magus, which is the root of words such as magic, image, and imagination which all resemble the formation or generation of some sort. Generation (e.g. Genesis) is synonymous to regeneration and that to generative principle.

Resurrection is another allegory of reincarnation, all symbolizing the sexual nature of religions.

The reign of Magism existed thousands of years prior to the Roman eras, Zoroaster conquering his reign more than four to five thousand years ago. Zoroaster, existing prior to the Proto-Elamite civilization (3000 B.C.), promulgated the duality of Good and Evil, in forms of Ahrimon and Oromazes. The former being the principle of evil and the latter being the principle of good.

The Christian ideology of Creator forming the world through the word was adopted by the Zoroastrian philosophy of creation by Oromazes, the Light-bearer, of which created the word through speech (logos).
Oromazes, also known as Ahura Mazda, is the literal origin of the corporate name: Mazda. Mazda translates to Female and Truth, or simply the Feminine Principle. Oromazes, Ahura Mazda, or Ormuzd is said to be born first from Time. The esoteric dogmas state Ormuzd performed the creating process after his image and likeness. He created six disciples who were the messengers of his truth that communicated with the profane, the commoners.

The six disciples are now coded as genies, when in antiquity referred to generation, due to the root word gen. The mythologies cabalistically put forth the creation of the world by Ormuzd under 6 periods which is the same order to be found in Genesis. (This is not a coincidence)

All of these points are interconnected and they equate to their major agenda, which is termed the Great Work. Saint (can be rearranged to Natsi) Augustine was from Hippo because as the phonetics suggest, he was a hypocrite. St. Augustine was a Christian theologian, quoted to have said in The Scottish Review, volume 7 of 1886 publication, “What is now called the Christian religion, existed among the ancients and was not absent from the beginning of the human race, until Christ came in the flesh; from which time the true religion, which existed already, began to be called Christian.”

The primitive religions Augustine referred to was of Egyptian origin, which them too, originated their teachings from an ancient source. The castes of priests amongst the Egyptian eras were the sole public controllers of that time. The pharaohs then were mainly disposable puppets put in front of the slaves for the great show (as Francis Bacon said, under the pseudonym of Will-I-Am Shake-the-Speare, life is a stage). Plato, a Grecian philosopher viewed as merely a child in the intellectual sense by the Egyptian priests, fancied the governmental system that was idealized, calling this city of God the Republic, hence Plato’s republic. Plato’s Republic is merely a guide to a Utopian system for the elites and no one else. The commoners will be sold the idea that a future utopia exists though, even if it is furthest from the truth.
You will find in your studies that those elect scholars, typically in antiquated books, spill the truth to the public. One example being is of how the priestly caste professed exoteric doctrines while they worshipped their own esoteric doctrines. The initiates that were administered by the priests during ceremonies were only slowly re-veiled their esoteric doctrines after great examination. Of course what this means is they had to make sure the initiate was a willing slave, capable of giving up dignity and morality in exchange for physical pleasure.

Osiris is neither a person nor a symbol of the sun in all respects. Osiris is a title as per se Sir and Lord. Osiris is derived from Iswara which is linked to Brahma, translating henceforth to Supreme Lord. Osiris is the title ascribed to the Grand Architect of the Universe by Freemasonry which is elucidated in public and private quarters. The 2009 film, Mr.Nobody reveals the Masonic reference to the Grand Architect of the Universe, of course being a symbolic icon of regeneration. If you have not seen the film Mr. Nobody, it is suggested you do so for symbolic studies.

Freemasonry and ancient Mysticism veil their ideologies under Naturalistic dualities. For example, Osiris is said to have been killed by Typhon which is another word for Python. It symbolizes Python of the mud raising vapors to blind Osiris. Apollo, which is equivalent to Osiris since both are the sun, shot his arrows at Typhon to cast the rays of Light to the people once more. Osiris, the sun, has his energy cut into 14 pieces, to which Isis attempts to relocate. This is symbolic of the average 14 to 15 days required for a full moon to appear after the next.

Isis is said to be a female yet that is only half the truth. Isis is a hermaphrodite. Her name is equated to Ashtaroth which translated means pillar, which is the symbol of a phallus. When Isis was looking for Osiris’ phallus, she was really looking for her own. The reason is simple. A true hermaphrodite can regenerate itself.

To the commoners, Isis is generally symbolized as the moon, which is the depiction of the feminine energy. In addition however, Isis is also Hathor, which in Egyptian is Iophis. This translates to Sophia, meaning Wise. Isis is depicted as having a Bull’s horns for the Bull was an ancient symbol of worship representing the penetration of the equinox.

As you are already aware, the Cross is the symbol of Fire and Light for Light is the symbol of Direction. The Egyptians used the symbol of the Cross in the form of the letter T. The Indian adepts were spiritually blessed by use of the Cross symbol. In all ancient cultures, the Cross represented a compass of the Universe for it pointed NEWS, hence where the word News is derived.

The death of Osiris by Typhon is symbolized in the third degree of Freemasonry, where Hiram Abiff takes symbolic position of Osiris. These Egyptian Mysteries are further elucidated in the Crata Repoa. The Crata Repoa was published in 1770 and translated to French in 1821. The book is believed to give account of the Higher Degrees of Egyptian Initiation. In Thebes, the priest experiencing initiation had to undergo seven degrees, Pastophoros, Neocoros, Melanophoros, Kistophoros, Balahate, Astronomos, and Propheta.

The first is of science, second of geometry, third of the Osirian death, fourth of the Egyptian laws, fifth of chemistry, sixth of math and astronomy, and seventh of the greatest secrets.

The priest was told the secrets of hieroglyphic writing and its true meaning, something which has even now been concealed to the public. In the second degree the initiate was led to two pillars of which stood a Griffin in the center. The pillars are symbols of east and west, while the Griffin symbolized the sun. Here he was taught of geometry and the secret to the Fall of Man which will begin in the near future. The third degree was the Gate of Death which represented the death of Osiris. In this degree, the priest needed to learn the Ammonite language in order to communicate to other initiates, for this was their secret language. As of today, the supposed scholars do not know much of this language for the evidence has been conspicuously lost. The latter degrees as a whole composed of symbolic rituals of regeneration, like many other facts of the Mysteries.

The Mystery religions have placed a war on women which is why much of the symbolism revolves around regeneration (This is of course just one reason). As said by Adam Weishapt, student of Ingoldstadt University and founder of the Illuminati claimed: "There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women. These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion, give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves; it will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint, and it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so, for they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration."

Secrets of the Temple - The Federal Reserve

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:33:15 +0000

This is a brief story of the Federal Reserve and how this not so federal system is just a small part of this giant control system. The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It works with its banking cartels and especially towards the congruence with the International Monetary Fund.

The story begins during November of the year 1910. Senator Nelson Aldrich accompanied by other people in positions of power were assigned to complete a special task, at a special location, at a special time. The details of these individuals will be given shortly. Traveling over one thousand miles by train in utmost secrecy, these men arrived at Brunswick, Georgia. From this departure, a ferry was used to take these giants to Jekyll Island. The name, Jekyll Island, was cleverly chosen ages before these men were even born --- it being an occult symbol of duality.

The individuals were as follows, Nelson Aldrich (senator, chairman of the National Monetary Commission, associated with J.P. Morgan, father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.), Abraham Andrew (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Congressman), Henry Davison (senior partner of the J.P. Morgan Company), Charles Norton (President of the First National Bank of New York), Benjamin Strong (head of J.P. Morgan’s Banker’s Trust Company, later head of the Federal Reserve System), and Paul Warburg (German born, partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Company, connected with Rothschild banks of England and France, works with brother, Max Warburg).

What does this system do?
Put simply, the Federal Reserve System has power, from legislative action, to generate money at will. It has the authority to summon any amount of money necessary, lend it to banks and governments with interest, for which these people upsell the money in forms of loans backed with high interests.

The Federal Reserve, Bank of England, European Central Bank and other groups have immense power --- more so than the typical person understands of power not only within its country of origin, but the entire world. One of the biggest rings of banking power is the Bank of International Settlements, founded in Basle, Switzerland during the year of 1930.

The sad fact, and hypocrisy, of the United States System (of slavery) is that the Congress cannot, by constitutional foundation, delegate its power to another group. Astonishingly, this was done, and power delegated to a privately owned corporation to control the public welfare of the world.

Woodrow Wilson, who signed the Federal Reserve Act into law, declared time afterward, “I unwittingly ruined my country.” John F. Kennedy, many years later issued Executive Order (E.O.) 11110. This order gave the president to issue currency, allowing US Treasury to print United States Notes, which were to replace Federal Reserve Notes. His intention was to abolish the Federal Reserve System. Months after this order was introduced, Kennedy was assassinated, much like many political puppets who suddenly feel the sting of morality the New World Order imposes.

For further review, read The US Federal Reserve Bank: Dirty Secrets of the Temple, and read the book, Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country. This system with its immense wealth and power employs paid propagandists to perform counter-intelligence operations. You can find such propagandists being dispelled by none other than G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island. It is necessary for you to view his video program for further information as well.

Facebook Privacy Invasions to Global Secret Soc...

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:32:37 +0000

Podcast titled "Facebook Privacy Invasions to Global Secret Societies" has been uploaded. It is available in MP3 format 64kbps (128kbps for premium subscribers) and also on youtube, as an animated motion picture. I highly recommend watching the videos as this information is highly relevant to you and important.

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In this show, you will continue to progress the learning process, continuing from small scaled news towards the bigger picture. The new world order conspiracies on the internet are low level diversion tactics, especially content you hear from Patriot news networks. Freemasonry and other occult societies have been in existence for ages. They are -part- of the hidden hand, but you need to continue listening to understand how exactly this is possible and to what extent.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15221095/
Google: ACXIOM and MERLIN INFORMATION
http://noosphere.princeton.edu
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http://en.wikipedia....wareness_Office
www.darpa.mil/

The New Atlantis

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:30:56 +0000

The New Atlantis is a Masonic tale (tail) of ancient knowledge renewed. The New Atlantis represents Atlantis --- the lost civilization, Antarctica --- allegory of their headquarters, and Earth --- being their Center Temple to which the focal point connects the entire uni-verse North East West South (N.E.W.S.).

Francis' reference to the Old World resonates with the ubiquitous accounts of ancient civilizations prior to the Deluge and Pike's note of the Primitive Religion.

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The Kybalion eBook

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:27:39 +0000

The Kybalion was first published in 1908 by the Yogi Publication Society and is now in the public domain, and can be found on the internet. The book purports to be based upon ancient Hermeticism, though many of its ideas are relatively modern concepts arising from the New Thought movement. The book itself early in reading makes the claim that it makes its appearance in one's life when the time is appropriate and includes variations of material found in the book of Proverbs.

Mental Transmutation
Mental Transmutation (also described as Mental Alchemy, the Art of Mental Chemistry, and the Art of Polarization) refers to the art of changing and transforming one's own mental states and conditions, as well as influencing those of others. It is also called a form of "Mystic Psychology" [1].

The seven Principles
The book devotes a chapter to each of its seven "Principles", or axioms:

Principle of Mentalism
The Principle of Mentalism embodies the truth that "All is Mind."

Principle of Correspondence
The Principle of Correspondence embodies the idea that there is always a correspondence between the laws of phenomena of the various "planes" of being and life.[2] As above, so below; as below, so above. This principle states that there is a harmony, agreement and correspondence between these planes, delineated as

The Great Physical Plane

The Great Mental Plane

The Great Spiritual Plane

Principle of Vibration
The Principle of Vibration embodies the idea that motion is manifest in everything in the Universe, that nothing rests, and everything moves, vibrates, and circles.[3] This principle explains that the differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, are the result of only different "vibrations".[4] The higher a person is on the scale, the higher the rate of vibration will be. Here, The All is purported to be at an infinite level of vibration, almost to the point of being at rest. There are said to be millions upon millions of varying degrees between the highest level, The All, and the objects of the lowest vibration.[5]

Mental Transmutation is described as the practical application of this principle. To change one's mental state is to change vibration. One may do this by an effort of Will, by means of deliberately "fixing the attention" upon a more desirable state.[6]

Principle of Polarity
The Principle of Polarity embodies the idea that everything is dual, everything has two poles, and everything has its opposite.[7] All manifested things have two sides, two aspects, or two poles.[8] Everything "is" and "isn't" at the same time, all truths are but half truths and every truth is half false, there are two sides to everything, opposites are identical in nature, yet different in degree, extremes meet, and all paradoxes may be reconciled.[9]

Principle of Rhythm
The Principle of Rhythm embodies the idea that in everything there is manifested a measured motion, a to and fro, a flow and inflow, a swing backward and forward, a pendulum-like movement.[10] This principle explains that there is rhythm between every pair of opposites, or poles, and is closely related to the Principle of Polarity.[11] It can be seen that this Principle enables transition from one pole to the other, and not necessarily poles of extreme opposites.

Principle of Cause and Effect
The Principle of Cause and Effect explains that there is a cause for every effect, and an effect for every cause.[12] It also states that there is no such thing as chance, that chance is merely a term indicating extant causes not recognized or perceived.[13] The Principle is clarified in the chapter Causation.

Principle of Gender
The Principle of Gender embodies the idea that gender is manifested in everything.[14] The authors state that this does not relate explicitly to the commonly understood notion of sex, but rather "... to beget; to procreate, to generate, to create, or to produce..." in general.[15] Gender is manifested as the Masculine and Feminine principles, and manifests itself on all planes.

Mental Gender is described as a Hermetic concept which relates to the masculine and feminine principles. It does not refer to the physical gender of someone, nor does it suggest that someone of a certain physical gender necessarily has the same mental gender. Ideally, one wants to have a balanced mental gender.[16]

The concept put forth in The Kybalion states that gender exists on all planes of existence (Physical, Mental, and Spiritual), and represents different aspects on different planes. It is also stated that everything and everyone contains these two elements or principles.[17]

The Masculine principle is always in the direction of giving out or expressing, and contents itself with the "Will" in its varied phases.[18]

The Feminine principle is always in the direction of receiving impressions, and has a much more varied field of operation than the Masculine. The Feminine conducts the work of generating new thoughts , concepts, and ideas, including the work of the imagination.[19]

It is said that there must be a balance in these two forces. Without the Feminine, the Masculine is apt to act without restraint, order, or reason, resulting in chaos. The Feminine alone, on the other hand, is apt to constantly reflect and fail to actually do anything, resulting in stagnation. With both the Masculine and Feminine working in conjunction, there is thoughtful action that breeds success. which point out that both the Feminine and the Masculine fulfil each other.[20]

Authorship
The "Three Initiates" who authored The Kybalion chose to remain anonymous. As a result, a great deal of speculation has been made about who actually wrote the book.

The most common proposal is that The Kybalion was authored by William Walker Atkinson, either alone or with others. Atkinson was known to use many pseudonyms, and to self-publish his works. He was also the owner of the "Yogi Publication Society of Chicago", the publisher of The Kybalion.

Also suggestive is the fact that, among his earliest published pseudonymous and anonymous works may have been a series entitled The Arcane Teachings, which bears many superficial similarities to The Kybalion — The Kybalion explores seven "Hermetic Principles" while The Arcane Teachings examines seven "Arcane Laws", The Kybalion claims to be an elucidation of an ancient, unpublished Hermetic text of the same name, while The Arcane Teachings claims to reveal the wisdom of an ancient, unpublished scroll of occult aphorisms, and both books describe three "Great Planes" of reality which are further subdivided into seven lesser planes. Both books also describe three of the lesser planes as "astral black keys" analogous to the black keys on a piano, and inhabited by elemental spirits. And, both books describe the process of "Mental Alchemy" in great detail, and in nearly complete agreement with each other. There are other similarities, and The Arcane Teachings might have been Atkinson's "first draft" of material which later became The Kybalion.

A common theory is that Atkinson co-wrote the book with Paul Foster Case and Michael Whitty. This theory is often held by members of Builders of the Adytum, the Mystery School later founded by Case, though the group doesn't publicly make this claim itself. In fact, this story appears to have originated with a B.O.T.A. splinter group, the Fraternity of Hidden Light.[21]

Along these lines, much has been made about the fact that Paul Foster Case was a Freemason, and that The Kybalion's publisher, the Yogi Publication Society, gave its address as "Masonic Temple, Chicago IL" in the book's frontispiece. However, Chicago's "Masonic Temple" was also the city's first skyscraper, housing dozens of stores and small businesses without any Masonic affiliations, and named for the Masonic Lodge which financed much of its construction and met in its top few floors.[22]

Other names speculatively mentioned as co-authors of The Kybalion include Harriet Case (Paul Foster Case's wife at the time), Ann Davies (who succeeded Paul Foster Case as head of the B.O.T.A.), Mabel Collins (a prominent Theosophical writer), Claude Bragdon (an architect, Theosophist, and writer on "mystic geometry"), and Claude Alexander (a well-known stage magician, mentalist, proponent of crystal gazing, and New Thought author). However, given Atkinson's prolific output under almost a dozen pseudonyms, it is debatable whether he would have needed or sought a co-author for the book.

Influences
The works of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer are referred to approvingly in The Kybalion as showing an understanding of Hermetic Principles; and Spencer himself is eulogised as a reincarnation of the 5th Century BCE Greek philosopher Heraclitus or Hermes; who is in turn described as being a reincarnation of a still more ancient, (un-named)Thoth?, Egyptian philosopher: No other writers are similarly referenced or endorsed within the text.

Derivative works
Doreen Virtue, Ph.D wrote a book called Divine Magic: The Seven Sacred Secrets of Manifestation (A New Interpretation of the Classic Hermetic Manual The Kybalion), in 2006, presenting a modern version of The Kybalion with companion "meditative" CD. In her view, one can learn to master one's moods, release negativity, manifest "higher levels of abundance", and attract new opportunities into one's life with the aid of the teachings of The Kybalion.

Another loosely derivative work has emerged from an esoteric organization by the name of Summum which, considering The Kybalion to be antiquated and incomplete, rewrote the text to incorporate a "grand principle", their Principle of Creation. Summum describes this as the foundation underlying the existence of The All, and the source from which the seven Principles emanate.

Languages
A few organizations consider The Kybalion an essential foundation of their beliefs, and have translated the original text into many languages. Ultimately, The Kybalion itself claims to have influenced all major religions and philosophies ancient and modern alike.[23]

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Society is a Lie – Wallstreet, Hitler, and Prop...

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:13:29 +0000

Why is society a lie, what reasons would prompt someone to say this, and is such a thing conceivable? These may not be the specific questions you are thinking right now, yet they most likely are on the minds of the masses if told the statement. Society is a lie because the perception(s) it creates is a fabrication from truth and nature.

This society is not a structure constructed independently by the cohesion of a group of people. This society is socially and genetically engineered; the former will be considered in this article. Almost every civilization that has risen (and or fallen) was a product of the guidance of a hidden hand, a control group.

This control group are not the bankers, masons, jesuits, or judeans. The deepest control group is the ancient, age-old ecclesiaste priesthood that has existed even during the time of the great flood. This control group is what calls the shots to this vast, compartmentalized control system, and there is proof this society is engineered, with absolute no regard for the common man or woman. Consider this, they have lied in the past, and they are most likely lying today. That means propaganda existed back then, and it exists now in order to alter your perceptions, keep you satisfied with the current state of affairs, and make sure you do not break out of the loop of your daily routine by not going to work or paying your taxes.

Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler (Mirror: A, B ) is a book by Antony Sutton which gives perfect examples of how these people do not have any regard for the common human, even to go so far as to wage war and commit genocide . Why don’t people do something about this? – Because they are not aware of it for they have been conditioned to get their world view from the MED(E)IA that is controlled by the same power structure, and conditioned to seek instant gratification in this Pavlovian and Skinnerian system. Below I will give a quote concerning Skinner.

Excerpt: When Rudyard Kipling wrote of “little tin gods on wheels,” he had in mind just such creatures as Dr. B. F. Skinner, chairman of the Psychology Department at Harvard University, who is a virtual god of these sophisticated people controllers. Dr. Skinner is not some obscure Dr. Frankenstein working in his basement with a hunch-back named Igor. Time magazine calls B.F. Skinner “the most influential of living American psychologists.” In a recent Johns Hopkins University poll, psychology faculties and graduate students around the nation named Skinner as the most respected social scientist in the world.

Operating on a $283,000 grant from the federal government’s National Institute of Mental Health, Professor Skinner has published a frightening book entitled Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Yes, that’s right – you paid for it. Time magazine of September 20, 1971 drives home the point of Skinner’s book as follows:

Its message is one that is familiar to followers of Skinner, but startling to the uninitiated: we can no longer afford freedom, and so it must be replaced with control over man, his conduct and his culture. This thesis, proposed not by a writer of science fiction but by a man of science, raises the specter of a 1984 Orwellian society that might really come to pass. . . .

Like the “Insiders” behind Orwell’s INGSOC, Skinner believes our society can no long[er] afford liberty. Time reports:

“My book,” says Skinner, “is an effort to demonstrate how things go bad when you make a fetish out of individual freedom and dignity. If you insist that individual rights are the ’sumum bonum,’ then the whole structure of society falls down. In fact, Skinner believes that Western culture may die and be replaced, perhaps, with the more disciplined culture of the Soviet Union or [Communist] China. ( Actually, what has really happened is the merger of these powers with the Western world, thus creating a modern socialist state)

Professor Skinner, the idol of America’s behavioral scientists, is preparing a society along lines described by Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four as those of Eurasia and Eastasia. In Walden Two, an earlier book, Skinner has his alter ego declare:

I’ve had only one idea in my life- a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible – the idea of having my own way. “Control” expresses it – the control of human behavior. In my early experimental days, it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a certain prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, “Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought!”

Skinner is the virtual prototype of what has been called “the humanitarian with a lash.” Like Big Brother, he believes that man has no free will, and since he has no free will, it is better for “the clever ones” to plan and run his life rather than leave it to the vagaries of the market place. And Dr. Skinner does not hesitate openly to advocate Human Behavior Modification by “mind management.” Even the pursuit of happiness is to be abolished. He states: “It is not difficult to demonstrate a connection between the unlimited right of the individual to pursue happiness and the catastrophes threatened by unchecked breeding.” Hitler said it in a slightly different way – he said it in German. – Continue reading this from p.8 of Say No to the New World Order by Gary Allen.

Professor Antony Sutton shows a good-depth review of some of the corruption that had transpired during the eras of the world wars. As he states, “This is the third and final volume of a trilogy describing the role of the American corporate socialists, otherwise known as the Wall Street financial elite or the Eastern Liberal Establishment, in three significant twentieth-century historical events: the 1917 Lenin-Trotsky Revolution in Russia, the 1933 election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States, and the 1933 seizure of power by Adolf Hitler in Germany,” noting the introduction of socialism into each trade bloc, “Each of these events introduced some variant of socialism into a major country — i.e., Bolshevik socialism in Russia, New Deal socialism in the United States, and National socialism in Germany.”

Antony Sutton succinctly points to the problem of censorship, “Contemporary academic histories, with perhaps the sole exception of Carroll Quigley’s “Tragedy And Hope”, ignore this evidence. On the other hand, it is understandable that universities and research organizations, dependent on financial aid from foundations that are controlled by this same New York financial elite, would hardly want to support and to publish research on these aspects of international politics. The bravest of trustees is unlikely to bite the hand that feeds his organization.”

The DuPonts have three allies in Germany that are aiding in the armament business. Their chief ally is the I. G. Farben Company, a part of the Government which gives 200,000 marks a year to one propaganda organization operating on American opinion. Standard Oil Company (New York sub-company) sent $2,000,000 here in December 1933 and has made $500,000 a year helping Germans make Ersatz gas for war purposes; but Standard Oil cannot take any of its earnings out of the country except in goods. They do little of this, report their earnings at home, but do not explain the facts.

The International Harvester Company president told me their business here rose 33% a year (arms manufacture, I believe), but they could take nothing out. Even our airplanes people have secret arrangement with Krupps. General Motor Company and Ford do enormous businesses [sic] here through their subsidiaries and take no profits out. I mention these facts because they complicate things and add to war dangers.” Source.

On the eve of World War II the German chemical complex of I.G. Farben was the largest chemical manufacturing enterprise in the world, with extraordinary political and economic power and influence within the Hitlerian Nazi state. I. G. has been aptly described as “a state within a state.”

The Farben cartel dated from 1925, when organizing genius Hermann Schmitz (with Wall Street financial assistance) created the super-giant chemical enterprise out of six already giant German chemical companies — Badische Anilin, Bayer, Agfa, Hoechst, Weiler-ter-Meer, and Griesheim-Elektron. These companies were merged to become Internationale Gesellschaft Farbenindustrie A.G. — or I.G. Farben for short. Twenty years later the same Hermann Schmitz was put on trial at Nuremburg for war crimes committed by the I. G. cartel. Other I. G. Farben directors were placed on trial but the American affiliates of I. G. Farben and the American directors of I. G. itself were quietly forgotten; the truth was buried in the archives. (Chapter 2)

Consequently, throughout the 1930s I.G. Farben did more than just comply with orders from the Nazi regime. Farben was an initiator and operator for the Nazi plans for world conquest. Farben acted as a research and intelligence organization for the German Army and voluntarily initiated Wehrmacht projects . In fact the Army only rarely had to approach Farben; it is estimated that about 40 to 50 percent of Farben projects for the Army were initiated by Farben itself. (Chapter 2)

Who were the prominent Wall Street establishment financiers who directed the activities of American I.G., the I.G. Farben affiliate in the United States promoting Nazi propaganda?

Source: “Moody’s Manual of Investments”; 1930, p. 2149.

“Somebody once said that sixty families have directed the destinies of the nation. It might well be said that if somebody would focus the spotlight on twenty-five persons who handle the nation’s finances, the world’s real warmakers would be brought into bold relief.” – Ford. He was most likely referring to Ferdinand Lundberg in his book, America’s 60 families.

A decade later, in August 1938 — after Hitler had achieved power with the aid of the cartels — Henry Ford received the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, a Nazi decoration for distinguished foreigners. The New York Times reported it was the first time the Grand Cross had been awarded in the United States and was to celebrate Henry Ford’s 75th birthday.

The decoration raised a storm of criticism within Zionist circles in the U.S. Ford backed off to the extent of publicly meeting with Rabbi Leo Franklin of Detroit to express his sympathy for the plight of German Jews:

“My acceptance of a medal from the German people [said Ford] does not, as some people seem to think, involve any sympathy on my part with naziism. Those who have known me for many years realize that anything that breeds hate is repulsive to me.”

The Nazi medal issue was picked up in a Cleveland speech by Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes. Ickes criticized both Henry Ford and Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh for accepting Nazi medals. The curious part of the Ickes speech, made at a Cleveland Zionist Society banquet, was his criticism of “wealthy Jews” and their acquisition and use of wealth:

“A mistake made by a non-Jewish millionaire reflects upon him alone, but a false step made by a Jewish man of wealth reflects upon his whole race. This is harsh and unjust, but it is a fact that must be faced.”

Perhaps Ickes was tangentially referring to the roles of the Warburgs in the I.G. Farben cartel: Warburgs were on the board of I.G. Farben in the U.S. and Germany. In 1938 the Warburgs were being ejected by the Nazis from Germany. Other German Jews, such as the Oppenheim bankers, made their peace with the Nazis and were granted “honorary Aryan status.”

An examination of the role of Standard Oil of New Jersey (which was and is controlled by the Rockefeller interests) was undertaken in Chapter Four. Standard Oil apparently did not finance Hitler’s accession to power in 1933 (that part of the “myth of Sidney Warburg” is not proven). On the other hand, payments were made up to 1944 by Standard Oil of New Jersey, to develop synthetic gasoline for war purposes on behalf of the Nazis and, through its wholly owned subsidiary, to Heinrich Himmler’s S.S. Circle of Friends for political purposes. Standard Oil’s role was technical aid to Nazi development of synthetic rubber and gasoline through a U.S. research company under the management control of Standard Oil. The Ethyl Gasoline Company, jointly owned by Standard Oil of New Jersey and General Motors, was instrumental in supplying vital ethyl lead to Nazi Germany — over the written protests of the U.S. War Department — with the clear knowledge that the ethyl lead was for Nazi military purposes.

In Chapter Five we demonstrated that International Telephone and Telegraph Company, one of the more notorious multi-nationals, worked both sides of World War II through Baron Kurt von Schroder, of the Schroder banking group. I.T.T. also held a 28-percent interest in Focke-Wolfe aircraft, which manufactured excellent German fighter planes. We also found that Texaco (Texas Oil Company) was involved in Nazi endeavors through German attorney Westrick, but dropped its chairman of the board Rieber when these endeavors were publicized.

Henry Ford was an early (1922) Hitler backer and Edsel Ford continued the family tradition in 1942 by encouraging French Ford to profit from arming the German Wehrmacht, Subsequently, these Ford-produced vehicles were used against American soldiers as they landed in France in 1944. For his early recognition of, and timely assistance to, the Nazis, Henry Ford received a Nazi medal in 1938. The records of French Ford suggest Ford Motor received kid glove treatment from the Nazis after 1940.

The provable threads of Hitler financing are drawn together in Chapter Seven and answer with precise names and figures the question, who financed Adolf Hitler? This chapter indicts Wall Street and, incidentally, no one else of consequence in the United States except the Ford family. The Ford family is not normally associated with Wall Street but is certainly a part of the “power elite.”

In earlier chapters we cited several Roosevelt associates, including Teagle of Standard Oil, the Warburg family, and Gerard Swope. In Chapter Eight the role of Putzi Hanfstaengl, another Roosevelt friend and a participant in the Reichstag fire, is traced. The composition of the Nazi inner circle during World War II, and the financial contributions of Standard Oil of New Jersey and I.T.T. subsidiaries, are traced in Chapter Nine. Documentary proof of these monetary contributions is presented. Kurt von Schroder is identified as the key intermediary in this S.S. “slush fund.”

Finally, in Chapter Ten we reviewed a book suppressed in 1934 and the “myth of ‘Sidney Warburg.’” The suppressed book accused the Rockefellers, the Warburgs, and the major oil companies of financing Hitler. While the name “Sidney Warburg” was no doubt an invention, the extraordinary fact remains that the argument in the suppressed “Sidney Warburg” book is remarkably close to the evidence presented now. It also remains a puzzle why James Paul Warburg, fifteen years later, would want to attempt, in a rather transparently slipshod manner, to refute the contents of the “Warburg” book — a book he claims not to have seen. It is perhaps even more of a puzzle why Warburg would choose Nazi von Papen’s “Memoirs” as the vehicle to present his refutation.

Finally, in Chapter Eleven we examined the roles of the Morgan and Chase Banks in World War II, specifically their collaboration with the Nazis in France while a major war was raging.

In other words, as in our two previous examinations of the links between New York international bankers and major historical events, we find a provable pattern of subsidy and political manipulation. (conclusion)

Further into the conclusions:

Quigley also demonstrates that the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Planning Association, and other groups are “semi-secret” policy-making bodies under the control of this power elite.

In the following tabular presentation we have listed five such revisionist books, including Quigley’s. Their essential theses and compatibility with the three volumes of the “Wall Street” series are summarized. It is surprising that in the three major historical events noted, Carroll Quigley is not at all consistent with the “Wall Street” series evidence. Quigley goes a long way to provide evidence for the existence of the power elite, but does not penetrate the operations of the elite.