Chapter 10 - Becoming a God
What does the New Age religion offer to its believers? As was covered in the last chapter, it is simply the promise of personally becoming a god!
But there is another bait. It is unlimited knowledge of the entire universe!
Fred Gittings wrote this in his book entitled, SECRET SYMBOLISM IN OCCULT ART: "... it is claimed that, after Lucifer fell from Heaven, he brought with him the power of thinking as a gift for mankind." 210
Manly P. Hall added these comments about this belief system: "In the secret teachings it is written that mind is the Savior-God." 211
"... where reason reigns supreme, inconsistency cannot exist. Wisdom... lifts man to the condition of Godhead." 212
"Even in man's present state of imperfection it is dawning upon his realization that he can never be truly happy until he is perfect, and that of all of the faculties contributing to his self-perfection none is equal in importance to the rational intellect.
... only the illumined mind can, and must, lead the soul into the perfect light of unity." 213
"Philosophy is indeed a mystical ladder up which men climb from ignorance to reason." 214
"... the philosopher soon becomes fabulously wealthy in that most priceless of all possessions: reason." 215
But the Masons are not the only ones preaching the need for man's reason to solve all of man's problems.
The Humanist Religion (this will be examined more carefully in a later chapter) that is currently becoming America's major religious view of mankind, also has a plank in its platform about the total dependence on man's reason. Their fourth plank in their 1933 HUMANIST MANIFESTO reads: "Fourth: Reason and intelligence are the most effective instruments that humankind possesses." 216 And the members of the Illuminati share the similar views of both the Masons and the Humanists. Professor Weishaupt wrote these two statements: "This is the great object held out by this Association:
and the means of attaining it is Illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason." 217
"When at last Reason becomes the religion of men, then will the problem be solved." 218
Perhaps the position that reason is man's last hope for a perfect world can be summed up with these comments from members of the Masonic Lodge.
Harold J. Bolen wrote this in the New Age Magazine, the official magazine of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry: "Freemasonry believes it is more holy to live by reason than to live by faith, for reason is a bridge of understanding while faith is only a bridge of hope.
Reason challenges our minds, while faith might give comfort without achievement." 219
Mr. Hall then added this confirming statement: "The secret doctrine that flows through Freemasonic symbols has its source in three ancient and exalted orders, one of which is the Dionysial artificers [Dionysus was identified by the Romans with Bacchus, the "god" that Albert Pike and Albert Mackey have identified with the sun-god Osiris.]
The Dionysians also first likened man to a rough ashlar which, trued into a finished block through the instrument of reason, could be fitted into the structure of that living and eternal Temple built without the sound of hammer, the voice of workmen, or any tool of contention." 220
Albert Pike added additional comments to the record, the first of which claimed that Masonry had its own Ten Commandments.
The first of those commandments was: "1. God is the Eternal, Omnipotent, Immutable Wisdom." 221
Wisdom is defined as the power of judging rightly based upon knowledge and man gets wisdom through the use of his reason. In fact, Mr. Pike went so far as to deify man's mind.
He wrote: "Reason is The Absolute, it is in IT we must believe... 222
"Masonry propagates no creed except its own most simple and Sublime One; that universal religion, taught by Nature and by Reason." 223
"The structure itself will be overthrown, when, in the vivid language of a living writer, 'Human reason leaps into the throne of God and waves her torch over the ruins of the Universe.'" 224
Masonry has deified reason, the ability of man to make his own decisions in all of his affairs without concern of the moral absolutes imparted by the God of the Bible. No one would be impudent enough to suggest that man not use his mind at all. What these New Agers, Masons, Humanists, and members of the Illuminati are saying is that they wish to use the mind exclusively. That means, for those who believe that there is no God, man can have "the knowledge of good and evil," and make up his own moral code as he goes along. For those who believe in a God, He is to have no say in the future determination of what is right or wrong. Therefore man should have the right to decide for himself in all moral, religious, political and economic decisions, whether or not there is a God.
But the truth of life is that the existing God gave man moral laws to follow, primarily in the Old Testament. These are called "moral absolutes," and spell out just what is right and wrong. According to these individuals and organizations, man has the right to ignore these teachings, and to decide for himself what is right and wrong.
This new "morality" is not new. It is as old as man himself.
The Bible teaches that man decided to eat the "fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil," and that is what these organizations have done.
Where these decisions of men's "reason" leads mankind will he discussed later in this material.
But it is possible to know what the God of the Bible thinks about these decisions.
Proverbs 1:7 of the Old Testament Bible teaches: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
The Bible says that there is a true wisdom, and that it springs from the mind of God. The Humanists, New Agers, Communists and the Masons say that wisdom springs solely from the mind of man, and that man's mind teaches that he can become a god himself, having the ability to decide for himself in all things.
And Proverbs 3:5 directs man to: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
But some men "reason" that they are too wise for that.
And mankind has had to pay for their impudence.
What does the New Age religion offer to its believers? As was covered in the last chapter, it is simply the promise of personally becoming a god!
But there is another bait. It is unlimited knowledge of the entire universe!
Fred Gittings wrote this in his book entitled, SECRET SYMBOLISM IN OCCULT ART: "... it is claimed that, after Lucifer fell from Heaven, he brought with him the power of thinking as a gift for mankind." 210
Manly P. Hall added these comments about this belief system: "In the secret teachings it is written that mind is the Savior-God." 211
"... where reason reigns supreme, inconsistency cannot exist. Wisdom... lifts man to the condition of Godhead." 212
"Even in man's present state of imperfection it is dawning upon his realization that he can never be truly happy until he is perfect, and that of all of the faculties contributing to his self-perfection none is equal in importance to the rational intellect.
... only the illumined mind can, and must, lead the soul into the perfect light of unity." 213
"Philosophy is indeed a mystical ladder up which men climb from ignorance to reason." 214
"... the philosopher soon becomes fabulously wealthy in that most priceless of all possessions: reason." 215
But the Masons are not the only ones preaching the need for man's reason to solve all of man's problems.
The Humanist Religion (this will be examined more carefully in a later chapter) that is currently becoming America's major religious view of mankind, also has a plank in its platform about the total dependence on man's reason. Their fourth plank in their 1933 HUMANIST MANIFESTO reads: "Fourth: Reason and intelligence are the most effective instruments that humankind possesses." 216 And the members of the Illuminati share the similar views of both the Masons and the Humanists. Professor Weishaupt wrote these two statements: "This is the great object held out by this Association:
and the means of attaining it is Illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason." 217
"When at last Reason becomes the religion of men, then will the problem be solved." 218
Perhaps the position that reason is man's last hope for a perfect world can be summed up with these comments from members of the Masonic Lodge.
Harold J. Bolen wrote this in the New Age Magazine, the official magazine of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry: "Freemasonry believes it is more holy to live by reason than to live by faith, for reason is a bridge of understanding while faith is only a bridge of hope.
Reason challenges our minds, while faith might give comfort without achievement." 219
Mr. Hall then added this confirming statement: "The secret doctrine that flows through Freemasonic symbols has its source in three ancient and exalted orders, one of which is the Dionysial artificers [Dionysus was identified by the Romans with Bacchus, the "god" that Albert Pike and Albert Mackey have identified with the sun-god Osiris.]
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The Dionysians also first likened man to a rough ashlar which, trued into a finished block through the instrument of reason, could be fitted into the structure of that living and eternal Temple built without the sound of hammer, the voice of workmen, or any tool of contention." 220
Albert Pike added additional comments to the record, the first of which claimed that Masonry had its own Ten Commandments.
The first of those commandments was: "1. God is the Eternal, Omnipotent, Immutable Wisdom." 221
Wisdom is defined as the power of judging rightly based upon knowledge and man gets wisdom through the use of his reason. In fact, Mr. Pike went so far as to deify man's mind.
He wrote: "Reason is The Absolute, it is in IT we must believe... 222
"Masonry propagates no creed except its own most simple and Sublime One; that universal religion, taught by Nature and by Reason." 223
"The structure itself will be overthrown, when, in the vivid language of a living writer, 'Human reason leaps into the throne of God and waves her torch over the ruins of the Universe.'" 224
Masonry has deified reason, the ability of man to make his own decisions in all of his affairs without concern of the moral absolutes imparted by the God of the Bible. No one would be impudent enough to suggest that man not use his mind at all. What these New Agers, Masons, Humanists, and members of the Illuminati are saying is that they wish to use the mind exclusively. That means, for those who believe that there is no God, man can have "the knowledge of good and evil," and make up his own moral code as he goes along. For those who believe in a God, He is to have no say in the future determination of what is right or wrong. Therefore man should have the right to decide for himself in all moral, religious, political and economic decisions, whether or not there is a God.
But the truth of life is that the existing God gave man moral laws to follow, primarily in the Old Testament. These are called "moral absolutes," and spell out just what is right and wrong. According to these individuals and organizations, man has the right to ignore these teachings, and to decide for himself what is right and wrong.
This new "morality" is not new. It is as old as man himself.
The Bible teaches that man decided to eat the "fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil," and that is what these organizations have done.
Where these decisions of men's "reason" leads mankind will he discussed later in this material.
But it is possible to know what the God of the Bible thinks about these decisions.
Proverbs 1:7 of the Old Testament Bible teaches: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
The Bible says that there is a true wisdom, and that it springs from the mind of God. The Humanists, New Agers, Communists and the Masons say that wisdom springs solely from the mind of man, and that man's mind teaches that he can become a god himself, having the ability to decide for himself in all things.
And Proverbs 3:5 directs man to: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."
But some men "reason" that they are too wise for that.
And mankind has had to pay for their impudence.
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