Freemasonry – Cult, Occult or Ponzi Scheme?

Published on July 28, 2025

Has Freemasonry lost its way?
Post 2020, I traversed the intriguing realm of dark occultism to see if it wielded any influence over the largely hidden inhabitants of the world’s self appointed ruling club. Freemasonry crossed my path so frequently and left me with such a mixed bag of beliefs, opinions and allegations, that I decided to read and review a book called The Key to Solomon’s Key: Is This The Lost Symbol of Masonry? written by master mason Lon Milo DuQuette.
I have since learned so much more about this age old ‘science of symbolism’ from scholars, authors and personal testimonials – the good, the bad, the rot and the downright horrific. For example, generational cult survivors have publicly shared what vampiric, illuminati freemasons forced them to do and witness when they were children but this is not the place to reiterate their words.
In my view, genuine cult survivors need to be heard and assisted by appropriately qualified and compassionate people in an international Truth and Restorative Justice Commission, in the spirit of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his fine ilk. There are thousands of deeply traumatized and silenced cult survivors in our midst. Some say millions.
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Notable Freemasonry Quotes

‘Freemasonry was founded as a speculative science on an operative art. It therefore took the working tools of the profession which it spiritualizes, and made them the symbols for the communication of instruction in the mysteries of the Order.’ ~ Masonic Holy Bible

‘Through the improvement and strengthening of the character of the individual man, Freemasonry seeks to improve the community. Thus it impresses upon its members the principles of personal righteousness and personal responsibility, enlightens them as to those things which make for human welfare and inspires them with that feeling of charity or good will toward all mankind…’ ~ The Lost Keys of Freemasonry by Manly P Hall (1901-1990)

‘There is no authorized interpretation of Freemasonry. The newly initiated brother does not find waiting for him a ready-made Masonic creed, or a ready-made explanation of the ritual – he must think Masonry out for himself… Its value for us is like gold hidden away in the mountain – the miner must dig for it.’ ~ Symbolical Masonry by Henry L Haywood (1886-1956)

‘Masonry is an anti-Christian religion, and when Christians, especially Christian leaders join it, we should become alarmed. We cannot expect unsaved men to know better. Their eyes are darkened by sin. They are what I was when I became a Mason—pagans… They should know better, but they either don’t want to know the truth about their Lodge, or are too busy to look beneath the surface of Freemasonry to see if all the pious platitudes are true.’ ~ Masonry Beyond the Light by William Shnoebelen

‘An honest, ethical person who joins the Freemasons will only be allowed access to the 'Boy Scouts' level of the group. Such a person may believe they are advancing through the ranks, but the true purpose of the Freemasons is never revealed to them. Such a person unknowingly provides 'cover' or 'flak' for the Freemasons. They form an outer group of naive fools who do not realize they are participating in a great crime. This naive group of people creates an illusion of normalcy and a layer of protection for the inner-circle of Freemasons. It is often these Freemason cult-members who will most-convincingly protest any critique of the Freemasons. They are not aware of the true purpose of the group and so serve its interests blindly.’ ~ School of Fools by Phoenix Kaspian (formerly Chris Stevens)

Cover of The King James Master Reference Edition Masonic Bible – originally compiled by Jewish masters for the management of goyim Masons. Some people challenge certain narratives in this Bible version. (Internet Archive)

Late 18th Century fringe freemasonry network

The closest I have come to narrowing down the origins of freemasonry’s secret, pedophilic, sacrificial core has been through well versed esoteric scholars such as exiled Black Nobility member Leo Zagami, a prolific investigative journalist and author of an extensive Confessions of an Illuminati book series.

Zagami’s July 25 article explored the power structures within a widely condemned Jewish Sabbatian cult founded by mystic and ordained rabbi Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676). In 1755, Sabbatian follower Jacob Frank began to develop into a megalomaniac, deeply convinced that he was the true successor of Sabbatai Zevi. His movement would gradually become known as Sabbatian Frankism, a new branch of the messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi. This ‘heresy’ was immediately condemned by religious authorities of Jewish communities but would become the most influential Jewish sect in the world. Prominent Sabbatian Frankist family names include Epstein, Maxwell and Elkann.

On the topic of Sabbatian beliefs, Zagami writes:

“…Violating Jewish moral and religious laws ( i.e. through pedophilia, ritualized orgies, or incestuous acts) was necessary to achieve spiritual liberation and hasten messianic redemption. This was based on the idea of descending into the “abyss” of sin to redeem divine sparks.

They married into the black nobility, helped to build the Illuminati, established a new, fringe Masonic network that spread like a virus across western Europe during the late part of the 18th century, they inspired the birth of the Theosophical Society with Max Théon, and the Jesuits became their main allies.” (Confessions of an Illuminati Volume 12: History, Secret Societies, and the Politics of the Jesuit New World Order and their Luciferian Court.)

Article Link: John Paul II, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the Secret Sabbatian Cult that Even Trump Has to Protect to Survive

How ironic that the Nazis looted the French masonic lodged in WW2

These days, one of the most powerful freemason lodges is located in Germany. Well worth watching.

Nazis vs Freemasons – Looting of the Lodges

A little known story full of geopolitical drama and esoteric issues…

’Paris, June 14, 1940 – German troops parade on the Champs Elysees. The same day, special units loot the headquarters of French Masonic Obedience. By order of Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi Party theorist obsessed with the Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory, they collect tons of archives and precious books and ship them to Berlin. The aim is threefold: identifying all French Freemasons, highlighting the anti-fascist political networks and finding a hypothetical esoteric secret held by freemasons.

Why did the Nazis, the day they invaded Paris, make the looting of archives in the two main Masonic lodges one of their main priorities? Why, later on, did the powerful KGB decide, by order of the Kremlin, to steal this unusual loot from the Germans? To investigate and elucidate the facts, Emmy-award winner Jean-Pierre Devillers interviews two journalists and a group of freemasons and historians, and also follows the work of American expert Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. This film brings to light a little known story full of geopolitical drama and esoteric issues.’

Premiered January 17, 2024 – Runtime 51 mins

Brief history of (non Sabbatian) Freemasonry

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the origins of Freemasonry are still the subject of intense speculation, and while there are multiple theories, the Scotland thesis is now considered by most to be the true origin of modern Freemasonry.

Freemasonry can be traced back to the stonemasons' guilds of the Middle Ages and their magnificent workmanship. They are thought to have established handshakes, passwords, and other secret symbols to protect their trade secrets and prove their credentials.

According to the Massachusetts Freemasons, the oldest document that makes reference to Masons is the Regius Poem, printed about 1390, which was a copy of an earlier work. During the late 1700s it was one of the organizations most responsible for spreading the ideals of the enlightenment.

The House of the Temple in Washington DC is believed to have many rooms that house over 210,000 volumes of books about masonry but still isn’t large enough to hold all of the masonic books that have been written.

House of the Temple, Washington DC (Flickr)

Most freemasonry websites carry the same goodly, godly messages, such as the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). Founded in 1717, this is believed to be the world’s oldest Freemason lodge and described by some as ‘the epicenter of Freemasonry worldwide.’ The UGLE website states:

For Freemasons, there are four important values that help define their path through life: Integrity, Friendship, Respect and Service. In today’s world filled with uncertainty, these principles ring as true now as they have at any point in the organisation’s history.

Should you wish to research the masonic realm in depth, type ‘Freemasonry’ into a search field and choose from 162,000 results. ‘Books about Freemasonry’ yields 2,080, 000 results.

What is 33rd Degree Freemasonry?

According to the Esoteric Freemasons website, the 33 Degree Freemasons are a select group of Master Masons who have achieved the highest degree within the Scottish Rite Masonic Order. This exclusive society was established in 1801 by the Supreme Council of France which was then part of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and is the heart of Freemasonry’s teachings.

The Valley of Dayton Scottish Rite website states that the 33rd Degree is conferred upon those members of the 32nd Degree who have been outstanding in their contributions to Freemasonry, the Scottish Rite, or who have shown in their communities the leadership which marks them as men who exemplify in their daily lives the true meaning of the Brotherhood of man under the Fatherhood of God.

It cannot be sought by application, but must be such a man as described above who has been nominated by the Deputy of his state. He must not be less than 33 years of age, and may be elected at an Annual Meeting of the Supreme Council, a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Thirty-third and Last Degree, Honorary Member of the Supreme Council.

Does Freemasonry have a future?

While Freemasonry generally sounds like a tightknit, holier than though brotherhood, various articles about emerging masonic membership crises, particularly in Australia and the United Kingdom beg to differ.

A 2018 issue of the Australian Freemason magazine published an insightful article titled In Whom Do You Put Your Trust? by RW (Right Worshipful) Bro Robert Searle. He lamented the drop in membership numbers and called for all masons to stand up and be counted for the sake of future generations: ‘We must ensure, as individual masons, and as a Craft, that we are not among the last few generations of members.’

Has Freemasonry really been reduced to ‘odd old grandpas’ and ‘odd silly rituals’?

Bro Searle isn't alone in his concerns about the future of Freemasonry. The Evangelical Truth – Secret Societies Exposed website published an article titled English Freemasonry Membership Collapsing. This was big news in the secret society world:

"English Freemasonry’s membership is disintegrating before our very eyes. It is currently losing on average about 100 lodges a year due to waning interest in the Institution… It is seen by most outsiders as a sinister, out-of-date, self-serving, elitist and occultic organization full of eccentric old men who enjoy strange secret ritual ceremonies… It has become identified with odd old grandpas, who refer to themselves by the most ridiculous of office titles, and are obsessed with the most absurd of silly rituals.

Gregory Stewart [Masonic Traveler] lamented recently: “Masonry is going to change, not because it wanted to, but mostly because it will run out of the fuel that sustains it—namely people and money.” He continued: “Freemasonry isn’t dying a natural death. Freemasonry is slowly strangling itself in the grip of suicidal inaction over the fear of its own history under the glare of modernity.”

Personal Conclusions about Freemasonry

My research has led me to conclude that the majority of Freemasons appear to be either oblivious or dismissive of the deeper, darker occult elements associated with this age-old fraternity but would do well to remove their hoodwinks so they can consider the whole picture of their masonic world rather than remain limited by their conveniently compartmentalized view. Especially if they hold positions of authority and influence. Freemasonry reforms are also long overdue. And nobody should be obligated to join the Freemasons if they aspire to be a politician or intend to apply for certain positions that also require membership. This is the case in Australia, according to testimonials.

I am reminded of occult historian Paul Larsen who often wrote about the crimes and misdemeanors masonic royal knights and Jesuits (also known as ‘hollow men’), and the like. He claims that modern day Freemasonry is about constructing societal mind control programs through geometric vibrations, similar to the concept of cymatics. The programs are called ‘temples’ that house ‘idols’ like religious leaders, teachers, politicians, and entertainers. If you care to spend time learning about occult symbology and language, you will begin to see and understand their ‘secret communications’ across the mass media and internet realms. It’s entertaining, to say the least.

Lesser known sides of Freemasonry

The remainder of this article features notes from compelling interviews with Dr Selwyn Stevens, the son of a former Freemason, Dr William Schnoebelen, a former witch and 33° Scottish Rite and 97° Memphis-Misraïm Rite Freemason, and investigative journalist/artist/musician/designer/Aldenham School abuse survivor Phoenix Kaspian (formerly Chris Stevens).

Dr Selwyn Stevens

Quite frankly, God's not happy and he's going to make that very clear to them at some point.

Unmasking Freemasonry – Removing the Hoodwink

Dr Selwyn Stevens is the son of a Freemason who was an Eighteenth degree Knight Rose Croix and the chaplain of a lodge in New Zealand. He is a respected educator of Freemasonry, secret societies and ‘spiritual deceptions’ and founded Jubilee Resources in 1992. This ministry was commissioned to educate people and provide steps to freedom from these bondages.

Dr Stevens is also the author over 35 books including Unmasking Freemasonry – Removing the Hoodwink, which he wrote primarily to help the wives and families of Freemasons deal with generational health issues and curses that can affect family members through the oaths and rituals of the various masonic degrees.

Oaths include energetic connections with dark entities

Dr Stevens: ‘It is not exactly common knowledge that when Freemasons take their oaths, they make energetic connections with dark entities that 'attach' to the energetic signature/DNA of the host via the chakra portal which the oath relates to. This is how curse energy can be passed down through generations by fathers, grandfathers and other masonic ancestors further down the line.

For example, the First or Entered Apprentice Degree initiation decrees that if the initiate betrays their oath of silence upon entry to that degree, they risk having their throat slit. The throat chakra would therefore be obstructed by such an oath and potentially set up health problems associated with the throat, tongue, vocal cords, nasal passages, sinuses, bronchial tubes, allergies and asthma. Different organs in the body can also be affected depending on where associated rituals are performed on the body. ‘

Australia has more Freemasons per capital than anywhere else on earth

A Baptist pastor in Melbourne who worked as a counselor with his wife, initially challenged Dr Stevens about this concept and decided to circulate a questionnaire. They ended up seeing 16 people a day, five days a week for nearly six months and the pastor told Dr Stevens he was 100% right. Research has also shown that Australia per capita has more Freemasons than anywhere else on the planet so the response to the questionnaire shouldn’t surprise us.

Dr Stevens has seen many people healed of health issues both within their family and themselves through renouncing the masonic degrees. If you wish to free yourself from freemasonry’s entity attachments, Dr Selwyn’s book Unmasking Freemasonry – Removing the Hoodwink is a good starting point. A past Master who read his book allegedly resigned from his lodge immediately. The renouncement and prayer guidelines from his book are widely used by Christian ministries, including Aslan’s Place website which provides a comprehensive list of renouncements from the 1st to 33rd Degree.

If you are not comfortable about approaching a church for assistance with renouncements and entity removal, another option to consider is a highly skilled and experienced spirit interventionist. Practitioners with training in ancient shamanic healing arts are among the most effective. Entity attachments are more common than people realize and tend to gravitate toward people with a lower frequency due to depression, grief or other life challenge.

(There are women’s Masonry orders including the Order of the Eastern Star. Its symbol is believed to be a satanic pentagram which affects their children.)

Closing words of First or Entered Apprentice Degree initiation:

‘Finally, keep sacred and inviolable the mysteries of the order, as these are to distinguish you from the rest of the community, and mark your consequence among Masons. If, in the circle of your acquaintance, you find a person desirous of being initiated into Masonry, be particularly attentive not to recommend him, unless you are convinced he will conform to our rules, that the honor, glory, and reputation of the institution may be firmly established, and the world at large convinced of its good effects.’ (sacredtexts.com)

Freemasonry Overview

*(Freemasonry for Dummies – dummies.com)*

Why fear may hold many men in Freemasonry

During an interview entitled The effects of Freemasonry on wives and families on The Magna Carta Sisters channel, Dr Stevens revealed many important truths about Freemasonry. The following noteworthy passages have been selected from the transcript:

Dr Stevens: ‘The predominant reason business men join Freemasonry is to get ahead in business because they do special deals with each other. I would say there's an element of pride that they learn secrets that nobody else supposedly knows. Trouble is, so much of it has now been exposed, it's not secret anymore.

I think what holds them in there is just fear because of every degree that they go through. The ritual First Degree, they promise not to share the secrets of that degree and they go through a little ritual where they actually make a a sign of cutting their own throat from ear to ear to say, that can happen to me if I share the secrets in this degree. Second Degree is every heart ripped out. Third Degree is to cut your stomach out and we call that nowadays, a colostomy.’

They believe Lucifer and Jesus are two sides of the same being

‘When they bring the man in to go through the ritual, to begin with they put a blindfold on, a hoodwink and so spiritually, he's regarded as blind and the lodge is the source of light. That's why they're Luciferians because Lucifer is the light bringer and that's the connection that they often make. You'll see their black and white checkerboard floor – there's one in the foyer of the New Zealand Parliament, for example, and I think the British one… and that'll tell you plenty.

From my perspective as a Christian, I would say they just simply sold out to Satan but they don't recognize Satan. They think Satan's the bad guy and Lucifer's the good guy and they think Jesus, at the highest levels, they'll admit that Lucifer and Jesus are really the same, being two sides of the same being. Well, that's just nuts. That's crazy but that's what they believe. That's what they teach once you get past the 30th degree.

Walt Disney was a member of the Masonic Lodge. Bill Clinton was in DeMolay, George H. W. Bush was 33rd degree so was Carter the peanut farmer from Georgia. He said he was thrice born which means he was born again and born again because he was in the 33rd degree. So he's fully illuminated and he's 99 now… he's about to meet Jesus and Jesus will have to tell him, I'm sorry but what you did in the lodge was not what I want. (Carter died in December 2024.)’

This is a death cult – let’s call it what it really is

‘Virtually every country I know of has a law that says you're not allowed to keep human body parts unless you're a medical research facility registered for that purpose. It tells me it's a death cult fundamentally. There would be a skeleton there and part of the wording is: May death hug me if I ever spell out what goes on in the Lodge.

So this is a death cult. Let's call it what it really is. It's not the only one around but there's a few religious groups around that are just death cults and most of them are into what I'd call the spooky stuff. They're into spiritism in some form or another. We shouldn't be playing with body parts of people who have passed. We're supposed to treat them with respect and bury them or cremate them or whatever. ‘

Cases of Masonic ritual abuse

‘Rituals can involve what amounts to a blood covenant and having dealt with a lot of ritual abuse over the last 25 years or so, I've come across five people who have been participants against their will in what I could only describe as Masonic ritual abuse. The ritual abuse happened in a masonic lodge, usually in the star in the middle of the lodge room and quite frankly, any father or grandfather that takes their granddaughter and does sexual stuff or whatever there, is just perverted. And, quite frankly, God's not happy and he's going to make that very clear to them at some point. I've actually met five people who have been participants in it against their will, just doing it as kids. They were being initiated into something.’

Gloria Masters: I was born in a western suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. I would be put into a van and taken to Freemasons once a month. There would be other children. Satanic ritual abuse would take place. There were many men there, and I'm not saying every Freemason was a pedophile but I'm saying at certain levels throughout their hierarchy, they were.

‘That’s sick and anyone who does it needs to the full weight of the law against them. Trouble is, a lot of police are members of the Masonic lodges as well. I was very interested in the time when Tony Blair was Prime Minister of Britain. There was a case where one of the biggest known bank robbers in London was a member of a Masonic lodge. Five members of the lodge were also policemen and they wouldn't arrest them, even though they knew who he was because he was a large brother. So this leads to corruption as well.’

Note: I have listened to many cult survivor testimonies which contain extreme ritual abuse experiences at the hands of freemasons, including vampirism. They have also stated that their masonic abusers had a 'do as though wilt' approach to life, with many of them believing they were above the law.

Renouncement Prayer for the Eighteenth Degree

Dr Stevens’ father renounced Freemasonry before he died because a spiritual pastor explained the true nature of the spiritual realms to him. His renouncement prayer of release would have looked and sounded something like this:

Eighteenth Degree: Knight of the Pelican and the Eagle & Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Heredom, the secret words IGNE NATURA RENOVATUR INTEGRA, and the penalties of being forever deprived of the word, to be perpetually in darkness, my blood continually running from my body, to suffer without intermission the most cruel remorse for the soul, that the bitterest gall mixed with vinegar be my constant drink and the sharpest thorns be my pillow and death on the cross complete my punishment.

I renounce and reject the Pelican witchcraft spirit, as well as the occultic influence of the Rosicrucians and the Kabbala in this degree. I renounce the claim that the death of Jesus Christ was a “dire calamity,” and also the deliberate mockery and twisting of the Christian doctrine of the atonement. I renounce the blasphemy and rejection of the deity of Jesus Christ, and the mockery of the communion taken in this degree, including a biscuit, salt, and white wine.

(aslansplace.com)

Notable comments in response to Dr Selwyn Stevens’ interview

‘I just went through deliverance. And got freed from over 50 demons/curses that had been brought on by my masonic grandpa. My eyes have been opened and I'm now on a mission to expose the darkness!'

'My Poppop loved me very much. Many high titles, on many University Boards, President of this and that. At time had biggest law firm in Philly, Brigadier General, quite a few organizations and prestigious law fraternities, and a Knight of Malta… and could go on with the resume. I loved him, still do. I think he was brainwashed from a young age. I'm having trouble shaking demons.'

Dr. William (Bill) Schnoebelen – Freemasonry’s Darkest Secrets

‘We've talked to dozens of people over the years in ministry who came to us who were sodomized as children… who were literally taken to the Masonic Lodge after hours, laid on that very same altar that the Holy King James Bible laid on, and they were gang raped by a bunch of old men that were all high level masons, until they were practically dead.’ Dr William Schnoebelen

Selling your soul is like a multi level ponzi scheme

I discovered ex 33rd and 97th Degree Freemason Dr. William (Bill) Schnoebelen in March 2025 via his Almost False Podcast interview – Freemasonry’s Darkest Secrets. His compelling, rollercoaster journey to enlightenment began in the 1960s when he aspired to becoming a priest. A Loras College priest told him that if he wanted to be like Christ, he had to study the occult, so he went to a bookstore and found Diary of a Witch by Sibyl Leek (1917-1982) and became a witch. Then he was introduced to the Satanic Bible, by Anton LaVey (1930-1997) and joined the Church of Satan.

Shnoebelen eventually became a warlock and sold his soul to the devil, which he likened to a multi level ponzi scheme because you have to recruit seven people to join the satanic cult. Then, a 33rd degree Freemason told him that if he really wanted to understand Luciferian energy, he needed to join the Freemasonic Order, so he joined a masonic lodge and eventually became a Master Mason while he was still a Satanist and a witch. And he was still his 20s!

He would later be brought into the 97th degree of the Rite of Memphis-Misraïm (Egyptian Freemasonry), a major nexus of Satanism in Chicago that most masons don’t even know about. The son of Papus, a prominent 19th century high level occultist and ceremonial magician, flew over all the way from Paris to initiate him.

Anton LaVey: ‘There is no real Satan.’

Of particular interest was his revelation about Anton LaVey's contention that magic is really about Satan but Satan is like an archetype. Dr Schnoebelen: He said there is no real Satan, but it's like an energy, an egregore, an archetype that you can draw upon. And it kind of made sense to me. And again, the devil was gradually pulling me in. Like the whole thing about the camel getting its nose into the tent; before you know it, the camel's in there.

Refreshingly honest, philosophical and unafraid of sharing what he is not supposed to talk about, Dr Schnoebelen is now a Christian evangelist, author, and lecturer who helps men free themselves from masonic oaths and rituals through deliverance, and also helps them recover from the trauma of childhood sodomy.

Noteworthy interview transcript excerpts about Freemasonry:

What is the 33rd Degree Royal Secret?

Dr Schnoebelen: ‘I would go up to these guys that have been in the Scottish Rite forever… older men that were in their 60s, and I'd say, okay, I'm now a Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret (33rd degree)… so what's the Royal Secret? And they go, I don't know.

Now, whether they were just feigning ignorance, I don’t know, because at this time I was like in my late 20s… But I eventually learned, after getting into the Rite of Memphis-Misraïm, and again, this is something that probably only one in a thousand Masons in America understands, is that the Royal Secret is that you can live forever by sexually vampirizing children. Literally. And that's what these people believe.’

Masonry is an an antichrist religion

‘Masonry is a religion. It has all the qualities… It's an antichrist religion. And the problem is… if you drill down into this deep enough and read the books that are written by people like Albert Pike (1809-1891), like Albert Mackey (1807-1881)… or Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942), these are three prominent scholars of 19th century, early 20th century masonry, and all of them were occultists.

Arthur Edward Waite wrote a book on black magic and pacts, how to sell your soul to the devil. And in my book (Masonry Beyond the Light) I document how almost every single leading occult person of the late 19th and early 20th century was a Freemason. They just go together like, you know, love and marriage.’

The Blue Lodge – Foundational Degrees

‘The basic thing is what's called the Blue Lodge and that consists of three degrees: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. A lot of masons never go any further than that. I did, but basically, it's like an initiatory process. The requirements were… at that time (1975), you had to be a man, free born, of good report and well recommended.

So they ask you if you believe in God, and I said, yes, I did, and they didn't ask which God I believed in… I didn't tell them that the God I believed in had horns. So anyhow, there's this whole process. You do a lot of memory work… you memorize all of these ritual things. You have a mento who's an older Mason and the guy that I had was a very kind guy, an executive in the power company… and he helped me memorize all this stuff.’

The Scottish Rite is much more creepy than the York Rite

‘In America, after Blue Lodge, masonry forks off in two directions. You can either go to the Scottish Rite or the York Rite. The York Rite has 7 degrees. The Scottish Rite has 29 degrees. In the Scottish Rite, you have these 29 degrees and some of them are really creepy – I mean, seriously creepy… I think it's the 19th degree, where they actually try to call up the devil. And finally at the top, the 32nd degree, which is the Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, and that's as high as most people go.

If you're some really important person, either in industry, or in politics, or in entertainment, you might be offered to become a 33rd degree Mason, which is the highest degree in American masonry… So that's the structure of it, and there's nuances in the York Rite that are very creepy, but the Scottish Rite is much more creepy… If you're a 10th degree Knights Templar, you can become a 33rd degree Mason, even if you never went through the Scottish Rite.’

Unless you really understand the occult, it's boring

‘Most Freemasons don't read the books. They join the lodge for whatever reason. It might be for business… Up until I think the early 90s, lawyers and doctors were not allowed to advertise. They couldn't put an ad in the telephone book. It was like an ethics thing. So the only way that lawyers and doctors could kind of build up business, was by masonry. They joined the Masonic Lodge, they sent referrals to one another, you know, a good old boys network. So, that's why a lot of people joined the Lodge. Many other people joined it because they had an uncle or a father or a brother who was in it.

And, honestly, unless you really understand the occult, it's boring. Imagine the most boring church service you've ever been at. Having spent five years in the Mormon church, I can relate to that.’

Many men report being drawn into wickedness and perversion

Dr Schnoebelen: ‘Guys were sitting there snoring during the Masonic rituals when I was there… because it's like watching paint dry and they go every week. When I was involved in this, I was like the youngest guy in the lodge by 20 years. All these guys were like 50, 60, 70 years old… and basically they were there because they were buddies, and afterwards they play poker and eat sandwiches or something.

But what none of these men understand, I don't think, is that deep down inside there's this very dark, evil energy, which is very sexualized. We document in the book, how many men that have come to us over the years for deliverance, they were in masonry and they began to be drawn into wickedness, into perversion, and even into pedophilia…

It's dark, dangerous stuff because it opens up unholy desires within the men and then because of the way the spiritual world works, that in turn percolates down into their family and it affects the wife who may or may not be involved. There's a women's Order of Masonry called the Order of the Eastern Star, whose symbol is a satanic pentagram, by the way, so it affects your children.

So, many men that were masons, at first it didn't appear a problem. But when their children started hitting puberty, they just started to go, in various ways, nuts, because of this trickle down influence of the Masonic Lodge.’

I didn't think going to hell was a bad thing at that time

‘I swore an oath to Satan, my allegiance to him, that I would serve him for seven years and he would give me everything I wanted, you know, wine, women, song, power, occult power, whatever. And at the end of those seven years, he could kill me and take me to hell. By that time, I had been told that Satanists believe that hell is like one, long, orgy of drugs, sex, and rock and roll, so to speak. So I didn't think going to hell was a bad thing at that time.

I had to sign my name in blood in this black book. And… this sounds funny, but I was supposed to go out and find seven people to sell their souls to the devil under me, so to speak, sort of like multi-level marketing, but for the devil, and I did. I got seven – and I feel so bad about this… I've contacted as many of these people as I could find to try and talk them out of it and, you know, repent and all that.

And still, I didn't have the things I needed. My life was not good. Even though I was supposed to be this high level warlock, satanic priest, blah, blah, blah. I was working at a nothing job… I was a security guard in a warehouse, barely getting by.’

Dr Schnoebelen was also advised by a Grand Druid to join the Mormon church if he ever felt as though he was in ‘deep spiritual trouble’, because it was a church that had been started by witches, for witches, where they could ‘hang out in and pretend to be nice’.

‘They believe literally that God, the father who they believe to be a man in a body, invisibly walks around this celestial room. They believe he has hundreds of goddess wives and that he is constantly impregnating these wives who give birth to spirit children who come down, and they believe that every child that is born on earth is first fathered in heaven with Heavenly Father and one of his goddess wives.

Essentially, the details of Mormonism and Freemasonry are different, but the structure is very, very similar, and you can see where Joseph Smith took it from, especially since he was a Freemason, so that's super interesting.’

Saved by a comic book that helped to renounce the devil’s covenant

Our intrepid spiritual seeker was eventually ‘saved’ in 1984 when he turned to comic books that were gifted to him five years earlier: Spellbound and Angel of Light were about the dangers of the occult, and how Lucifer is the god behind all false religions. At the back of each book was information about how to become a Christian:

Dr Schnoebelen: ‘I got down at the foot of my bed, I knelt, I took off my magic Mormon underwear, because I didn't want any static on the line when I talked to God, and I prayed the prayers in the back of that comic book and I got born again. And that was the beginning of my journey as a true Christian.

When I got saved, that wiped out that stupid (seven year) covenant (with the devil). It took the power of the devil off of me, because I became a child of God. And of course, I renounced that covenant. I know there's different ways that people do deliverance… one of the things that we encourage people to do, and I was encouraged to do, was renounce all of my Masonic Oaths. I renounced all the oaths and covenants I took in the Mormon Church. I renounced the baptismal vows of the Catholic Church, and I renounced that oath that I took to the devil in that park in Glen Ellyn. And nailed it all to the cross.’

Note: I was relieved to read this because when I initially began to learn about what happens when people sell their soul to the devil, I wondered if the devil ever considered issuing refunds to worshipers who wanted out. Now I know.

Notable Cult Quote

‘Cult is a term which, as we value exactness, we can ill do without, seeing how completely religion has lost its original signification.’ Fitzedward Hall (1825-1901) – Modern English, 1873.

Hall was an Orientalist, philologist (study of language in oral and written historical sources), the first American to edit a Sanskrit text and an early collaborator in the Oxford England Dictionary project.

Aldenham School Allegedly Manufactured Freemasons

Some of the most powerful accounts of Masonic occultism and abuse that I have ever read, are penned by artist, architect and award winning journalist and Aldenham School survivor Phoenix Kaspian, formerly Chris Stevens.

"It has taken me years to undo the damage done by Aldenham, a school that makes most prisons seem comparatively luxurious. It is only now, with the jailing of one of my teachers for the rape of a student, and the discovery of concrete evidence against at least two other teachers, that I am able to write this account. I hope it will be sufficient to shut Aldenham down forever." Phoenix Kaspian, School of Fools

Kaspian’s undercover-investigation exposed the drug-dealers who founded the elitist Aldenham School, and the routine rape of students by teachers and how the school ‘manufactures’ Freemasons. Scores of masonic child sex abuse survivors have corroborated Phoenix Kaspian's investigative report after he published it in January 2024. His father was also tortured at Aldenham and he hopes his report will be ‘sufficient to shut Aldenham down forever.’

Kaspian’s articles can be read on the Voice Of Liberated Children™(VOLC) platform where survivors of childhood-trauma can heal and learn. It is entirely funded by a group of private investors, and lawyers, who understand that humanity cannot progress further until the trauma of the past is fully resolved.

I witnessed the torture of children on school grounds

Writes Kaspian in The Feeding Grounds: ‘The emerging truth is that Aldenham School was built for the precise purpose of abusing children. As a child, I witnessed, and experienced first-hand, the torture of children across the school grounds. There is, however, an epicenter of ritual-abuse at Aldenham, and this is the school's 'library' building.

Rituals in the 'library' frequently took place in the early hours of the morning and involved many adult 'spectators' who would crowd both floors of the library building to watch children being raped and abused. Many pedophiles would watch the abuse from the balcony, looking down. The abuse of children by adults was videotaped to gain 'kompromat' (blackmail material). This is used to control members of these pedophile rings.’

Architectural details in the Aldenham 'library' evidence Freemasonic occultism

Kaspian is greatly indebted to the work of numerous people who have deconstructed the architectural 'code' in the Aldenham School library. In the picture below of the upper-floor railings in the Aldenham 'library' you can see Freemasonic symbols woven throughout the metalwork. There are also exactly 33 panes of glass in the upper-section of the rear window in the library. This is a key Freemasonic motif and widely known to even the most casual initiate.

Image: The Feeding Grounds by Phoenix Kaspian

Aldenham school abuses children to turn them into Freemasons

Writes Kaspian in The Feeding Grounds: ‘For those who are prepared to accept it: Aldenham School abuses children to turn them into Freemasons. It is well-known that the Freemasons are an elaborate pedophile ring, and numerous survivors have given recorded testimony regarding this gang's operations… The next generation of the British Establishment was being trained-up at the school.

The objective at Aldenham School is not simply to rape children, but also to create new 'soldiers' in the Monarchy's army. To create new 'puppets' to place throughout society. The school manufactures Freemasons.

Politicians, for example, don't have an unfortunate problem with child-rape among their ranks. Instead, many politicians are presented as electoral candidates specifically because they rape children… The Crown does not want us to have leaders who ask why Jeffrey Epstein's client list remains forever hidden from the public.

Because of the school's intimate-ties to British royalty, few survivors make it far enough to lodge a complaint, let alone convince the police to take action. In short: Adult survivors risk their lives in speaking out against child-torture camps like Aldenham.’

Chrysler building architecture celebrates a ‘secret society’

Lastly, Phoenix Kaspian has also written a compelling account of the Chrysler building’s architecture, describing it as is ‘a cipher; a codex; an 'encrypted' message to so-called high-ranking Freemasons. It celebrates a 'secret society' that advances neo-Aztec mythologies of hierarchy, domination and sacrifice.’

In the lobby (pictured below), the untrained eye would just see two random columns, a ceiling pattern, and some art-deco lights but an initiated Freemason would see that the lobby depicts primary Freemasonic imagery. Kaspian states that the building is brimming with occult iconography, designed merely to beguile and bewilder the Freemasonic initiate as they are slowly brainwashed into believing some great mystery will eventually be revealed to them.

Diamond-shapes are commonplace in Freemasonic temples, and various esoteric explanations are given to initiates for this motif. Kaspian defines the Freemasons 'logo' as meaning 'divide and rule' which refers both to what Freemasons do to our culture and what the high-ranking Freemasons do to the 'lower' ranking ones, and to children.

The Freemasonic Ponzi Club

Writes Kaspian in The Feeding Grounds: ‘Most Freemasons think they are being given occult knowledge and power. In fact, they are being initiated into a giant ponzi scheme. It is important to be aware of a vital defense system operating within the Freemasonic cults: Initiates are, at the lowest 'degrees' divided into two groups. This division is not revealed to the initiate.

An honest, ethical person who joins the Freemasons will only be allowed access to the 'Boy Scouts' level of the group. Such a person may believe they are advancing through the ranks, but the true purpose of the Freemasons is never revealed to them. Such a person unknowingly provides 'cover' or 'flak' for the Freemasons. They form an outer group of naive fools who do not realize they are participating in a great crime. This naive group of people creates an illusion of normalcy and a layer of protection for the inner-circle of Freemasons. It is often these Freemason cult-members who will most-convincingly protest any critique of the Freemasons. They are not aware of the true purpose of the group and so serve its interests blindly.

Freemasons are divided against each other by 'degree', both formally and secretly. 'Higher' degree Freemasons are taught psychological tricks to divide non-Freemasons against each other. However, it is ultimately stupid that these Freemason-initiates assume that the 'Masters' who are teaching them to abuse and trick society are not tricking the Freemasonic initiates also. Hence, the Freemasons is primarily a cult for stupid people. Nevertheless, it is still extremely dangerous.

Why do Freemasonic temples invariably include a checkerboard floor? Although naieve initiates are given various esoteric explanations for this pattern being present, the real purpose is simple. Adults, and children, are abused on the floors of these Freemason temple rooms and, in basic accordance with Pavlovian associative-conditioning, pain and fear is traumatically associated with the visual-stimulus of the checkerboard pattern.

Just as Pavlov trained his dogs to salivate when a bell rang; the Freemasons 'train' children to enter states of traumatic-paralysis when they see a checkerboard pattern. This is one reason why many of us fear police vehicles: Some 'police' groups use Freemasonic symbol sets to terrorize the citizenry. The checkerboard pattern on the British police uniforms, for example, is derived directly from the Masonic ritual-symbol. This pattern, known as Sillitoe Tartan, was first introduced to the British police force in 1932 by a Freemason, Sir Percy Sillitoe, who was Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow Police.

Percy Sillitoe was was inducted into the Freemasons at the Scarsdale Freemasons Lodge in December 1923, nine years later he introduced the checkerboard to the police uniform; wrapped around the heads of 'police' officers. Sillitoe went on to be appointed as Director General of MI5; the 'spy' agency. Once a motif is subconsciously-associated with pain, the motif alone can be used to induce a panic-state. It is unknown how many children the Freemasons have abused, but it is substantial. Cremaster III is a movie which depicts a brutal re-enactment of various Freemasonic rituals (some involving children).

They are a boys-club gone wrong. A hideous mess of superstition and nonsense, underwritten by violence against children. The most difficult challenge in recognizing how symbols can be used to mark Freemason-territory is acknowledging just how much territory this cult has marked, and what this means for the welfare of children. The Freemasonic cult's game is simply, "I am more powerful than you". Without the grand architectural trappings that proclaim their 'superiority' the game loses its purpose. Its purpose was, of course, to shield the Freemason against a horrendous tidal-wave: their inner feelings of inferiority. This inferiority is felt by the Freemason, typically because these men were themselves abused as children by the same occult group that, as adults, they work for.’

Masonic influence on the design of cities and significant buildings

Occult literate people are aware that the layout of Australia’s capital city Canberra is a Freemasonic design (see pic below), as are most cities large and small. Some commentators are of the view that Canberra’s design keeps those living and working there in a bit of a ‘stupor’. As though a hypnosis/curse energy runs through the nation’s capital and parliament. It is also alleged that Australian politicians answer to specific masonic lodge masters. Not exactly good news for taxpayers who witness billions of dollars disappearing into thin air without trace or investigation.

Freemasons are also well versed in ley lines, and every significant structure is built over specific lines, such as Canberra’s parliament house. If you wish to learn more about ley lines and how to work with them for the benefit of your personal world and of all humankind, I recommend starting with this excellent Ley Love Down Master Class presented by Ben Hawkes and Rachel Vaughan.

Source: All That’s Interesting (April 2025)

In 1677, King Jan III Sobieski of Poland began construction on Wilanów Palace in Warsaw, complete with a vast network of underground tunnels used for cisterns, irrigation, and storage. But at the dawn of the 19th century, the palace came under the ownership of a nobleman named Stanisław Kostka Potocki — who allegedly repurposed those tunnels for secret Freemason meetings and rituals.

A powerful Freemason who held the title of Grand Master of the Grand National Orient of Poland, Potocki was said to have held clandestine ceremonies in these subterranean passages, which he allegedly also turned into catacombs to fill with the bodies of his fellow Masons. And while much of this remains shrouded in mystery to this day, archaeologists have begun excavating the tunnels in hopes of learning the full story.