Son Of The Widow's Resurrection
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(Conspiracy Nation, 02/20/06)
-- In these days of bubbling-up Clash of Civilizations, America can be
strengthened by reconciliation between Free Masons and Christians. Both
can then lock arms and resist the infidels.
Reinvigorating the Eucharist is suggested at one web site.
Rationalistic tendencies have robbed the ceremony of its numinosity and
psychospiritual utility, writes Stephan A. Hoeller. We have lost touch
with the most valuable aspects of the mystico-magical heritage of the
West. The Eucharist has become a mere memorial meal, a sign rather than
a symbol.
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The
mind is the slayer of the real; numinous myth and transcendental
mystery cannot survive rationalism, whether in the form of Aristotelian
theology or in the shape of the modernism of Hans Küng and his
fellows. Dogma is the murder of mystery, even if it takes centuries for
the victim to die.
Imagine a time 1,000 years from now. People keep digging up ancient
Coca-Cola cans. "What are these cans?" they wonder. A phrase is
discovered: "Things go better with Coke." Then, a text hoary with age
is translated. It identifies a "Bush 41," a sort of Pharoah, who
battled the Coke. The Coke was from a far-away land. Re-enactments of
the ancient beliefs begin.
The Hyksos kings ruled Egypt between 1786 and 1567 B.C. This roughly
coincides with the Second Intermediate Period, between the Middle and
the New Kingdoms.
To the east, scattered nomadic tribes called by the Egyptians the
Habiru suffered famine. "And there
came a famine in the country. And Abram went down into Egypt, to
sojourn there; for the famine was very grievous in the land."
(Genesis: 12: 10)
"Water-hungry Asiatics," write Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas,
were allowed to immigrate into Egypt. These were the Hyksos, from what
is now Syria and Israel. They were not Jews, per se. "The scattered nomadic
tribes which the Egyptians called the Habiru (Hebrew) were a range of
Semitic Asiatics who spoke the same language but were in no way an
identifiable race." (The
Hiram Key. ISBN: 1-931412-75-8)
Egypt had no immigration policy. These foreigners spread across the
land. "Slowly the spirit and vigour that had made Egypt great sapped
away... The Hyksos did not suddenly sail up the Nile and demand
surrender; the process was far more subtle than that." And thus arose
the Hyksos kings. (Knight & Lomas, op. cit.)
In Egypt's version of the Coca-Cola tale, the sky goddess Nut had
five children. The eldest was Osiris. His sister, Isis, became his
consort. She bore a son, Horus. Before the birth of Horus, Set had
murdered his brother Osiris. Horus avenged his father's death, but lost
an eye in doing so.
The Hyksos people chose Set as their chief god, a sneer at the
Egyptians. Toward the end of their rule, a power struggle occurred
between the true king, Seqenenre Tao II, and the Hyksos king Apepi,
also known as Apophis. Abram (Abraham) of the wandering Habiru had had
a son, Isaac. Isaac had two sons, Jacob and Esau. Jacob had twelve
sons, among whom was Joseph. Joseph served as vizier to Apophis, the
Hyksos king. When the Hyksos were overthrown, revenge was exacted
against the Habiru. They were enslaved.
In the power struggle between Seqenenre Tao II and Apophis, Apophis
had sent spies into the Temple of Osiris. When two high priests of
Osiris refused to divulge secrets to the conspirators, the priests were
murdered. Then, the secret agents of Apophis waited for Seqenenre Tao
II himself. One by one they approached the true king, demanding he
reveal all. The king refused, and was murdered. And this event has ever since been
re-enacted during Masonic initiation ceremonies. Like the future
3000 A.D. Coca-Cola Cult, however, the Masonic re-enacters have no true
idea what the ceremony means.
"Hiram Abif," translated by
Knight and Lomas, means "the king that was lost." Knowledge of proper
annointing died with Seqenenre Tao II and the two priests of Osiris on
that long-ago day.
The assassinated king, Seqenenre Tao II, was hurriedly buried by the
killers. His remains were soon thereafter discovered and the body was resurrected
and given a proper burial. "The whole story of Seqenenre and his
killers is the story of Egypt undergoing reincarnation and it is the
story of Hiram Abif." (Knight & Lomas, op. cit.) Hiram Abif, called
"Son of the Widow" by Free
Masons, alludes to Horus, born after the death of Osiris, his father.
He is "the king that was lost," Seqenenre Tao II.
Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter: Pioneer Of Reconciliation
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The Reverend Hiram Abiff Hunter (seated, second from left)
sought to reconcile differences between the Free Masons and the
Christians. Himself a Free Mason, Rev. Hunter was a Presbyterian
Minister as well. Thus he was perfectly situated betwixt the beliefs.
Prominent in the Grand Lodges of Indiana and Kentucky, Hunter
dared to preach Masonic sermons at his church. At the end of the church
service, Hunter typically requested the Christians present to rise if
they believed what he preached was good Christian doctrine. He'd then
request Masons who were present to rise if they believed what he
preached was good Masonic doctrine. Hunter thereby "brought
Masons to Christ, and disarmed Christians who were prejudiced against
the order."
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More of this reconciliation is urgently needed now, as we are
threatened by our cartoon-enraged foe. Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter had
pleaded, in his time, that "man's religion could not have too much of
God's spirit in it." Like Stephan A. Hoeller (see above), Hunter
argued, "There is a life, there is a power in religion." Unfortunately,
"the influence of that spirit must often succumb to the haughty
predilections of human pride, and men must get religion without feeling
it, or, feeling it, every emotion must be smothered..." Notably, the
cartoon-enraged foe has no such inhibitions as to his emotions. Without
the essential numinousity, America runs on diminished energy. This
numinousity can be regained by a marriage between Free Masonry and
Christianity. Then, together, we will better withstand the foe.
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