Freemasonry A society The Freemasonic Order with its historical continuity bares a many fold lore to its claim of legitimacy. Firstly, there is the Ancient Account and Claim of Antiquity and Secondly, is the Modern Account and Claim for its Structural Validation. Of the two, the Ancient Historical accounts’ stemming from the claim to antiquity is far more intriguing then the contemporary one. The Modern Crafts literature of rituals and monitors contains the blueprints of the ancient charges for the duly initiate brother to ponder upon a time propelling experience that transforms his very being into a divine essence by the awakening of the “nous” (mind). This awakening process is a delicate one for the exposure of the hidden wisdom indeed is a byproduct of the ancient wisdom found within the temples of antiquity. Upon the renewal of the “self” and the coming into being bares the cyclic mystic path the initiate is place. This is summed up by the ancient phrase for “Man to Know Thy Self” which was atop of the ancient temples portal gateways. This indicates that for those who wish to enter these repositories of higher learning, must at lease know his purpose and reason for being at that point place and time before entry into the grand gateway. Within the confines of the ancient temples, the “Gods” were born. Meaning, to the uninitiated profane, the matters of the intangible contained little to no value and the concept of the divine bore no significance or relevance. Thus, the initiate learned and contained qualities that connected him to nature and its wonders. The formulization of the “myth” and knowledge of its true meaning was privileged to the few but believed by the many with awe and wonder literally. The mythos brought forth the symbolic language, the symbolic brought forth the ritual, and the ritual validated its unified participation that manufactures truth in reality. Remember, one of the powers of the Gods was to create reality. As mentioned, the Gods were born within these temples, so when the 1 temples fell, so did the Gods. The importance of this is the transformation of spirit and the salvation of man’s soul who became disciplined with “righteousness of action towards his fellow man.” The civilizations of Ancient Africa, Asia, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia were far the oldest of antiquity and are considered the “East,” the “Fertile Crescent. The barbaric civilizations of Europe styled the “West,” over through with conquest the “East.” The Civilizations of Greece and Rome lifeline was for one thousand years in existence whereas, the civilizations of Africa and Asia remain the remotest spanning from pre-historical ages. Records of Africa and Asia ancient civilizations to this modern day are unearthed by the winds of truth blowing away the sands of time revealing a glimpse of an ancient bygone age. The search of the “Lost Word” is the quest of the learned, this “Lost Word” is the key to the language of the Gods who dwelled in the ancient temples before the destruction period when the barbaric hordes assaulted the great sanctuaries leaving only a broken column in its mist. The Modern Freemasonic Ancient Historical Claim follows this western track record and perspective as to what the ancients attempted reveal while manufacturing its own form of historical presidencies. It must be stated that the winners write “his-story” while the losers yield to the oppressions inflicted. The “West” won and the spoils of conquest were exploited to the maximum. Freemasonry prides itself with the tolerance of all spiritual and religious perspectives which points to the beginnings starting with the “Supreme Being” as the Godhead. The respect of man’s personal relations to his higher truth and his conduct towards humankind is a reflection of his “heart consciousness,” hence the initial question, Where were you first made a MASON? The lost keys to unlock the doorways to this ancient treasure chest of knowledge and wisdom, is now today cast into the “Speculative Masonry” aspect of the craft with uncertainty. To “Know” is no longer the thirst of the day and is definitely not favorable. 2 The sacred rituals of the esoteric sciences are practiced with hollowness and to the least in fragmentations of no effect. Operatively, what constitutes the “Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences applied to the erection of temples, shrines, monuments and palaces can be found present in all ancient civilizations, so there’s a common cord which man bares to mankind, this knowledge is studied within Freemasonry and brings forth the understanding of “Friendship, Morality, and Brotherly Love” the tenets of Freemasonry Worldwide. The Judeo-Christian and Islamic Doctrines bares the “Western” preservations of the ancient “Eastern Mystery Temples.” Thus, they are deemed the “Three Western Religions.” Freemasonry is in fact cloaked with the garments of these Western Religious Doctrines but the thread and color patterns are that of the Eastern Mystery Temples. Freemasons are the custodians to the wisdom of the ancient priesthoods. This wisdom bares the soul of all humanity and is protected with sworn oaths and obligations by meanings with extreme value. The mysteries contained within the Ancient Sacred Doctrines are potent with the conscious thought patterns of our ancestors and should be held with reverence and honor. The dramas, epics, allegories, and legends reflecting the glyphs on the ancient temple walls conveyed the higher lesson plans for the initiate. Indeed, a Mason is a priest by the divine rite of degree work and the claim to the ancient historical lore is validated esoterically in order to “Make a Good Man Better.” The absolute truth cannot be contained by one pathway or direction of belief, the enlightened mind comes to “know and to understand” this by the way of the symbolic many fold meanings. Is not a boulder a rock? Is a rock not a stone? What of a pebble? This brings Freemasonry to the openness in study within the truths of all Mankind. The sworn secrecy with obligations, points out the quest to filter the pure of heart and of mind from the undisciplined in morality. A “Brute Stone to be made more perfect in order to be fit with nicety in the temple not made by hands forever in the Heavens”. The ancient allegorical myth of Freemasonry can only claim the mystical content within its intent. The tangible historical evidence of the modern claim is overshadowed by the ancient allegorical lore. 3 The pride, honor, and nobility of the ancient priest, chiefs, kings, military commanders, knights, and dignitaries are reenacted personages expressed within the lodge and chapters without the monarchal or tyrannical destructive powers to be inflicted upon the populace. Thus preserving mans heightened aspired historical importance of rule, order and sacredness. The allegory of “King Solomon and Hiram Abiff” carries a treasure chest of the ancient mystical claim. The human experience and plight for the soul salvation is expressed within this epic drama play conducted by its ritual. To the wise, the messages and lessons given, far out weigh the historical quest of tangible proof, but the importance of the historical evidence should carry the greater weight in value for the quest of “pure truth” to the knower who seeks it, but the believer cares not of the evidence due to the mystic lore of the “living truth” one can equate to. There lay no evidence of archeological proof as to King David or Solomon existing, even greater the many personages within the Biblical Stories. The human experience in relations bares a connectedness with principles of the absolute truths expressed in the tales like bedside stories within the Biblical lore. As to Hiram Abiff and his sudden death causing the temple to fail its completeness, contradicts the Biblical Text that states that the temple of Solomon was complete with its dedication to Jehovah once the Levitical Priest placed the Ark of the Covenant therein the Sanctum Sanctorum. The Freemasonic allegories intent is to not claim the “pure truth of the historical” it has to claim the historical truth of what Solomon’s Temple represented in its many folds. King Solomon’s temple represents the composite of all temples from the ancient world as to the sciences employed. The Great Temples of Saqqara, Karnak, Luxor and Dendera of Egypt, The Temples of Marduk in Niveneh (Babylon), The Temples of Mithras in Persia and the Hellenistic Temples of Greece. This is the reason for the “Three Pillars of Wisdom, Strength and Beauty are the triad post representing the stations of the Blue Lodge. “ Wisdom” is that of Africa, “Strength” that of Europe and “Beauty” to be of Asia. Remember, the three ruffians sought for refuge in the southern lands of Africa (Ethiopia). As to Way? In order to solve their dilemma being the passion of murder, even the wisest “Solomon” could not impart the 4 “wisdom” they were seeking for their repentance. Thus, Solomon being the Solar King who’s wisdom shined like unto the Sun granted by Jehovah bore not the answers, it was within the lands of the beginnings where the God’s placed the first “Holy Ground”, that of Ethiopia. As to Mount Moriah (the Temple Mound) in the Hebrew plight, is a calculated locale chosen for the Israelite divine justification and covenant. As to the first temple and the second temple of Solomon, Masonicaly expresses the microcosmic and the macrocosmic man, from the material plain to the spiritual plain, from the square to the compasses and from the compasses to the quadrant, “as above so shall below.” Of this the Square is the forth part of a circle as to the quadrant both being 90 degree’s. The difference is that the square is angled or with the assistance of an “angel” giving a degree of focus. The quadrant is that of an arc applying to the gradation of the great circumference of the Solar Orb, meaning that the enlightened initiate has acquired the “Spiritual living path of the “Osiris, Krishna, Buddha and the Christ” the level to “Crown the Martyr” who becomes the sacrifice for humanity. All four Crowned Pathways” bore the Solar and Lunar orb or Halo surrounding their heads when depicted. The Adepts who eventually became the “Magi, Sages, or Guardians of the Sacred Wisdom” is crowned as a priest king but dies as a martyr with a profound message to humanity. The “Hiram” is the “Hero who is the Ram” or the “Heru and the Ra” of the Ancient Egyptian original scheme. Hiram is the Hero (Savior) and the Sacrificial Lamb of the Christ. Thus, the portraying of Hiram to become the Royal Arch Mason (R.A.M.) bares the Mystery of the Astrological Mythos upon the passing through the 12 Houses of the Zodiac beginning with Solomon’s decree to send 15 craftsmen in search of the missing Hiram with the return of 12 (Zodiac Signs) spanning the cosmic cardinal points in their search, coming up empty handed in the presents of Solomon (the Sun), it was realized that the three was missing but yet, the post in the center where the Cardinal Points meet was indeed the Acacia Tree (Tree of Everlasting Life) or the Pole Star representing the point in the circle of the Zodiac Band. As for the Hebrew Tents of Meeting or Tabernacle, reflected the Original Egyptian Astrological Blueprint found within the Egyptian Temples. Remember, Moses and Aaron setup the first Tents of Meeting which 5 was based upon what they learned in Egypt, Aaron was not only a skilled craftsman, he was a High Priest as well. The Bible states that the Hebrews left Egypt carrying the vessels of gold and silver. The gold is the urn of spiritual knowledge and the silver represents the intellectual wisdom contained within the doctrines of the soul salvation process. This Egyptian Blueprint of the above and below was handed down in the Hebrew Traditions and became the foundations of Solomon’s Temple. The ascension of the spirit from out of its earthly grave, into the Astroplain of the “Starry Decked Heavens” the death of the mortal man to rise up and become his own self savior and king as a “Light Bearer” in the greater light of eternal truth is the due course of the Priesthood or Brotherhoods. Within the Chapters or Higher Houses of the Scottish rite and Templar, the enactment of this Astrological Blueprint is repeated structurally. The Encampment and the Knight Court of Honor reflects the same. The Modern Historical Accounted Claim, promotes the European “Western Tradition” as a form of progressiveness in this modern age. The question the enlightened should ask is, If the foundations of Modern Freemasonry is based upon the gloomy vaults of the coming out of the Dark Ages when Europe bathed in its ignorance, should it be a substantial global path to follow with its ideals? The answer may be within the due course of the sand contained in the “Hour Glass” one of the nine emblems of a Master Mason. The development of the Scottish and York Rite from what the French and Scottish Knights Templar brought forth were at first obscure rituals with very little comprehensive formats to follow. It was not until Albert Pike gained the right to review and bring light to the dilemma and revise the rituals making structural sense of the mystical sacred doctrines. As to the illusion of prejudice, there is only one “Race,” that is the “Human Race.” To fall into the prejudices of separatism by the term “Races” becomes a cancer to the spirit of “Pure Truth.” One of the many habits of Man is to judge Mankind with arrogance and a sense of superiority on any level. Freemasonry with its Claims, Tenets, Edits, Declarations, Constitutions, Charges, Monitors and Rituals bares in the confines of its archives the well preserved human experience which circumscribes the cultural boundaries 6 spanning time itself, even though the so-called founding fathers of America signing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution with the Bill of Rights owned African Slaves were Masons, Masonry can not be blamed for the ills of man with his un-civil habits towards mankind. We are all under the Canopy of the “Grand Architect of the Universe” with his forever-Watchful “ALLSEEING EYE.” Many civilizations have rose and fell due to the ignorance of Man and his Kind. The casting out of Paradise expressed in the Biblical Book of Genesis, reflects the understanding of Man before he became a “kind” who lived in a state of divine grace with the Gods. Remember, Ye’ Have Eaten of the Fruit from the “Tree of Knowledge,” ye’ Eye’s have been Opened, Ye’ Shall Know Good and Evil, Ye’ have Become Like Us Gods! Africa was the place of the Geological Eden. The One continent of Panacea eventually separated its continental plates and the “Seven Continents” were born. Africa was the heart main land of Panacea, the place where Man dwelled with the Gods on Earth. Man was in spirit with divinity of that eon long so far away, a state of being that we can only imagine. The assault of the Europeans was a major setback to our spiritual evolution and still is to this day as we follow their manipulative “Western Religious Doctrines.” Remember, when we were building Pyramids, Temples, Shrines to reflect the “Heavenly Kingdom” on Earth, the Europeans were carrying out SAVAGE WAR! With themselves as the descendants of the Neanderthal Generations were defeated by the Barbaric Savage Tribes who eventually became the Goths, Vandals, Norse, and Cyrres (Greeks), Etc. A conquering and bloodthirsty demon fueled the Roman Empire were its pleasures were expresses within the Coliseum. The early Greeks to set up the first marble Ionic Pillars were the Black African Egyptian Priest to whom the Greeks worshipped as Gods. The Great one named “Imhotep” was worshipped as “Asclepius” to whom Hippocrates, the so-called “Father of Medicine” announces his oath. The Egyptian principalities of Heru and Ra became the He-Ra-cules, the Greek “Hercules.” The State of Divine Grace we once dwelled in was an actuality and not an Ideology. Liberty, Peace, Justice, and Equality were the unwritten and understood law governed by the natural world (The Gods and Goddesses by orders of the Supreme Godhead). 7 As mentioned, when the temples fell, so did the Gods and the end was set forth when the “Darkness came down from the North.” Since then, the new respected not the old and the Phoenix Bird that once flew high in the “East’, fell into the flames in hope to rise again. By the way, the original phoenix bird of Egypt rose not to be the PHEONIX OF THE ROSE CROIX OR THE DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE UNITING THE EASTERN WISDOM TO WESTERN DOMINANCE. I urge Brothers to read and understand the works and life of Albert Pike and Manley P. Hall. Pike laid down the ritual work for the Scottish rite Degrees that are summed up philosophically in his Morals and Dogma as well as Hutchens “Bridge to light.” Everyone bares their “Religious” perspective by the checks and balances of the Bible to verify as to what to believe in. The Biblical Book Ecclesiastics final chapter: the “Conclusion of Matter” states of the many books will be written, and for “Man to Fear God” and “Obey the Commandments.” If God is “Love” Why fear him if you study his nature in the many ways expressed by all cultures. Remember, the Bible is a collection of books composed by Man and his reflections on divinity, not the other way around. Therefore, this is the charge against Man who came to know himself which caused the “Lost of Paradise.” The Power of Self Knowledge is empowering, even Hitler and his “Brown Shirts and SS” were Shriners! Believe it, there are pictures of them wearing the Red, Black and Green Fezzes with the SS and Shriner Emblems studying the Islamic Text of the Al’Quran! They were seeking what the African Moors contained. I Urge for Brothers to Learn of the true story of The York and Scottish rite and the Shriners aside from the legends and myths. Connect the dots and you will eventually see the origins from whence it All Came! 8 German SS-men wearing the Moorish Fez with Tassel The German SS Fez and the Honors given by a High Potentate Further proof and evidence of this is expressed in the Indiana Jones movie, “The Last Crusade” with actors Harrison Ford and Sean Conary. Notice what the Islamic Brotherhood was wearing upon their heads and the German Nazi quest for the “Templar Holy Grail.” Entertaining as the movie may be, the Masonic history and legends flashes across the screen to those who “Know.” Hitler sought out for the sacred relics of the ancients and the “power” they possessed over man. Once again, remember, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and the Nazi obsession to acquire it. There is much to be revealed for those who are ready for it. The Moorish Paradigm is a Great Historical Albatross hanging around The Western Freemasonic neck. The true story of America’s foundations, are rooted in relations to the “Cherry Tree” George Washington lied about. The chopping down of the “Cherry Tree” 9 reflects the expelling of the Moorish Power and presents as being the real “Tree or Pillar” to this Masonic Nation. The Cherries were the Red Fezzes worn by the Moors. Visit the Grotto Room in the “House of the Temple” and witness the “Fez” of Benjamin Bey Banneker, the Great Architect, and Surveyor of Washington D.C. and its Capital. Brother Ben Bey Banneker was appointed by George Washington to be put on the team to deal with the D.C. Federal Project. At the time, Masons worked with Masons, and yes Benjamin Banneker was born a Freeman who mother was born of an African Slave named Banna Ka, hence “Banneker.” Banneker in 1791 wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson Stating, “One Universal Father…afforded us All the same sensations and endowed us all with the same Faculties.” Brother Benjamin Bey Banneker. Banneker containing Holistic remedies for diseases, Astronomical information as to Solar-Lunar Eclipses and Moon Phases, invented the Farmers Almanac. Banneker invented the first pocket watch that was made of wood that lasted for forty years. Brother Banneker took assessment and made his Masonry become practical. Brother Banneker was a Moor for the Moors carry the “EL, Bey, and Ben” within their names. The EL and Bey means “divine” stemming from “Elohim” and the “Ben” means the “Son of the Hebrew” or the Israelite Tribe (Benjamin). Thus, I end this exposure and will pickup on the many points of light shown. Now we shall enter the Quarries of the ancient past and come to understand the foundations of the V.S.L. the rule and guide of our faith and practice. Until then, “Walk in Light.” 10 Bro. Benjamin Bey Banneker’s Blueprint for the city of Washington D.C. The Surveyed layout is based on Astrological Alignments and Masonic Symbolism aiding to the success in topography and landscaping. The swampland of Washington caused the European surveyors to give up in their efforts. Benjamin Bey Banneker made the Federal Project a Success. The name “Washington” derived from the “Washetua Tribe” of indigenous inhabitants (Indians) of the region before the Europeans committed genocide on them. 11 (A Work in Progress) “In the Beginning” Quarry Work [E.A.] Within the study of Ancient Craft Masonry, the origins of such begun with the Ancient Priesthoods who have lost the keys to their gateways during the 1st through the 4th century of the Christian Era. Christianity under the Roman Emperors Constantine, Theodosius and Justinian issued out edits to have the Priesthoods and their temples seize their operations so the dawn of the New Roman State Religion would prevail its political and military might over the nations conquered. Prior to this, the Mystery Schools of Divine Learning grew to become more and more perverted with obscure rituals stimulating the imaginations of the elitist minds, (Emperors Caligula, Tiberius, etc.). The cardinal sins along with the unimaginable became the order of the day. However, all was prophesized and written on the walls by the Sages and Adepts of ages long ago, the warnings were ignored but to the few who looked up into the “Starry Decked Heavens” to read the signs. The Priest who became the Bishops was forced to yield to their Emperor’s will with swords to their throats and lions ready “licking his chops.” The most of what they could do is attempted to preserve the sacred text they carried for so long from generation to generation. This Sacred Text if misunderstood by the authorities would employ destruction on the priest and the doctrines. What came of this is the rush of compiling the ancient text without really knowing its complexity or substance. The various council meetings at Nicea 332 A.D. and Jamnia 90 A.D. played a great fulcrum point in Human History. The Judeo-Christian Doctrines were born from the ashes of so-called “Pagan Worship” during these council meetings. What of this to bare with the Quarries where the Entered Apprentices who labored for six days a week receiving only a Hebrew Shekel as a wage during the construction of King Solomon is Temple? 12 We must start at the beginning as to the true history of the BIBLE and were did its contents come from. The Quarries are really in the Holy of Holies in the ancient temples, “Let There Be Light”! We must dig into the darkened and forgotten past in order to be brought into the light of truth. As a fact, the New Testament was composed before the Old Testament! The legends of “Joshua Crystos,” the Messiah for the Piscean Age (Jesus the Christ) was in circulation long before the “Torah” of Rabbinical Judaism was established. The Apocrypha reveals that the plight of the Hebrews came into existence during the Maccebian Period. Nevertheless, at the Council of Jamnia, Greek Rabbinical Historians composed the Torah and the other philosophical translated writings transferred from the ancient legends of other nations. It was Flavius Josephus and Philo Judeus who are the key authors of “Judaism.” Josephus composed the “Antiquity of the Jews” the only source of the Jewish Historical Account and Judeus factored in the Levitical Mystic Sciences and Hebrew Mystical Language of the 22 Fire Letters of J.H.V.H borrowed from the Egyptian Hermetic Tradition. The two authorized the Five Biblical Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy to Moses but within the Exodus story Moses writes nothing, he only receives the “Tablets of the Law.” The Grand Rabbi Simeon Ben Jochai composed a good wealth of the esoteric to Judaism while writing if his Galilean cave and the Masoretes polished off the structure of Rabbinic Judaism. The Cabbala arose among the European Jews during the period of the Crusades, Do your research! Philo Judeus was a philosopher of the Hellenistic School of Judaism in Egypt. He lived contemporaneously with the dates of Christ and the Apostles. Judaism’s Torah was written after the New Testament FACT! Not the other way around as believed. When asked, “Who wrote the BIBLE”? The fanatical believers say that GOD wrote it, the average worshipper might state that the “Inspired Men of God” wrote it. Those who researched the truth as to who, states that it was “Man-U-Factored”, meaning that man has factored his ego and pride for use and manipulation in search of power over the flesh from the masses who “believe”. 13 The “Birth” into Masonry echo is the initiatory process of the ancient priesthoods long before the concepts of Judaism and Christianity came into existence. Remember, the Apron given to you was explained as a general and not specifically as to its origins. To assume the “Fig Leaf” of Adam was the first in the Garden is to subscribe to the Myth and fall into the belief of speculated truth of a blind nature. Who was there to see and record Adam tying his Apron and the scar located on his left ribcage? Although naturally man bares one less rib bone on his left side then woman explains nothing as to the place were woman was extracted from man. To entertain this, is it not the woman who bares the “Womb” for giving birth? In addition, do we all have an umbilical cord being the connection we have with our parents? The physiological explanations of the ancients were highly symbolic, and those of lesser minds would take the “Myth” of Adam and Eve Literally. The literal believer will fight to death for the single parents of our human paradigm. This “Adam” is the “Kadam” to the Hebrew that literally means “People” not a singular person. Thus explains the “Wife from Nod” that Cain came to know after the death of Abel. The Myth of Genesis bore three creation stories merged into one with contradictions. The first was for the Priestly (P), the second was for the Jehovah (J), and the third was for Levicitical (the Cabbalist). I shall explain the difference between the three later in time. “Let There Be Light,” this sums up the “Solar Awakening” reflecting the Sun Worshipping of the ancients. The Sun was the physical manifestation of the Creator God in the ancient world thus why Solomon and his kingdom was to reflect the Suns Kingdom in the Heavens on Earth. Remember the Two Hollowed Brass Spheres atop the capitals on the porch and what Tubal Cain fashioned with reasons of preservation of the knowledge of “above and below” before the Deluge (Flood) of Noah’s time. The “Light” from the “Let There Be Light” is the awakened mind of thy Creator after the spirit animated his consciousness. Actually it is not the Sun’s light to be explained for the Sun was created on the second day, so how did the first day come into being without the Sun giving the light for the first day? 14 It is obvious, the story of the cosmic creation was pulled from two ancient sources, the Alumna Elish form the Mesopotamian Temple ruins of Marduk in ancient Niveneh “structurally,” and the Four Mystery Schools of ancient Kamet (Egypt) “Metaphysically.” I will not go into the complexities of these ancient doctrines, that is for another time but I ask the question where did Moses receive his education being “RAISED” IN THE ROYAL HOUSE OF PHARAOH? Becoming almost a Vizier (vice president) like unto Joseph, he was initiated into the various Priesthoods of Egypt learning to “Know the Wisdom of the Ancient Egyptians” as the Book of Exodus mentions. To attribute Moses as being the author of the “Hebrew Torah,” the seeker of the pure truth must come to know the origins of the deeper sciences underneath Genesis and the other books of the Bible lay in the breast of “Kemet” (Egypt). Ever ask, why did the Hebrew Prophets seek out African Woman to marry or to bring forth offspring? Solomon is not exempt of this when he sought for Queen Mekada (Queen of Sheba) of Ethiopia/Yemen and begot Menelik. The answer to this is to gain entrance into the Great Temples of Learning and to be part of the African Kemetian Society. The relevance of this brings us to the Great Masonic Cabalistic Mythos. As to this I shall deal with in a separate chapter, the contents bares to much “Light” for those who are still in the frozen state of consciousness or not yet Sovereign Inspector Generals of the 33 Degree. Let us examine the so-called blood lineage of the three “races” as the Bible describes. Starting with Noah’s three sons Ham, Shem and Japheth are considered to be the begetters of the Black, Asiatic and European socalled Races. I always ask, what of the Chinese, Native Indigenous Indians of the Americas, the Aborigines of Australia, the Okinawan, the Olmecs and Mayan, the Japanese, the various tribes of peoples who’s civilized society existed beyond the Biblical confines of North-East Africa, Asia, Asia Minor and Europe? 15 The answer is that the ancient world was a limited local according to the Europeans who feared to venture across the Atlantic Ocean and the Persian Gulf. Remember, books of the Bible was devised and revised by the unscientific minds of Europeans who thought that the world was flat during King James Council of Bishops in 1610 A.D. The ancients looked up into the map of the stars and navigated the nautical trade winds and ocean currents throughout the entire Earth, in the tombs of the Pharaoh’s are the maps of all of the continents and the 10 Planets thought to only be five then seven by the Europeans. Copernicus, Bacchus, and Galileo should be ashamed of themselves. Now let us get back to the Biblical lineage and the importance thereof. Civilization was not yet established before the deluge “Flood of Noah,” and during that time, there were only Villages, Nomads, and Bedouins who traveled the terrain trails of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Of the three brothers, Ham and his four sons brought forth civilization to the Biblical Ancient World. The sons of Ham were Mizraim, Punt, Cush, and Canaan. Mizraim the Egyptians, Punt that of the Ethiopians, Cush that of the Afro-Asiatic and Canaan that of the Phoenicians and Persians. The Egyptians called themselves “Kamites/ Kemites,” and they were the first to build edifices in relations to the heavens (the Step Pyramid of Saqqara being the oldest stone structure). The Cushiest migrated to the Mesopotamian region and settled establishing city-states. Cush son Nimrod the “Builder,” is charged for erecting the first cities in the Old Testament with their temples of dedication. The early cities of Shinar (Sumer), Ereck, Ur (Chaldea), Lagesh and Niveneh were erected by Nimrod. Nimrod is credited for building the Ziggurat of the Tower of Babel to later to be called the “Great City of Babylon.” It must be noted that the Ziggurat Tower of Babel bares some similar structural elements as the legend explains to the Step Pyramid of Saqqara in Kemet (Egypt). The Step Pyramid still stands to test the sands of time to this day, but what of the Ziggurat Towers in Mesopotamia? The Kemetians (Egyptians) built with ‘stone” not mud bricks as of the Ancient Mesopotamians. We all know the story of the Tower of Babel and how mans tongue was divided into 70 different 16 dialects causing confusion for the craft working on the edifice. The principle reason as to why the divisions of tongues reflects the change and attempts of Man trying to reach his higher state of self divinity loosing sight of the “Creator” so the Tower of Babel fell, and the Gods fell with it. The equivalent story on the Islamic Branch is in the story of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and the 365 idols placed within the Kabba falling to the ground when Mohammed (PBUH) walked in the edifice. Each idol represented a God which was worshipped for every day of the year, so when Mohammed (PBUH) came into the idols presence, they all fell to the spirit of Allah through the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Therefore, of Nimrod, the city-states in Ancient Mesopotamia were born according to the Biblical Account. The truth of Archeology brings forth the proof that this was well after the established city-states of the Nile Valley that dates to the remotest in antiquity. The Western Academic Historical Account supports the Biblical claim as to Mesopotamia to be the first to bare civilization’s fruit but it must be noted that the Western Academic Standard is composed of the European Historical Perspective. The factorial truth is that remnants of what constitutes “civilization” were first established along the Nile Valley spanning from Ethiopia to the Delta in Africa. It must be noted that the major Hebrew Prophets of the Old Testament sought out Kemet (Egypt) as a haven to their intellectual and spiritual growth. From Abraham to Joshua Crystos (Jesus the Christ), they all bore relations with Kemet. The so-called Holy Family sought refuge in Kemet (Egypt) escaping from the decree set forth by King Herod. The New Testament story picks up when Jesus seeks out his priestly brother John the Baptist. Remember, they where former Pharisees, Sadducees and Essences who rejected the temple priesthood hypocrisies. Therefore, from the time Jesus was seven years of age to the age of 28, he spent it in Egypt learning the Sacred Sciences. He learned the metaphor behind the Resurrection, Restoring Sight, and Speech, the mastery over the element of water, the deciphering of the ancient cryptic codes (Glyphs), and the self-sacrificing pathway of the Magi (Magician) from his Kemetian Masters to whom he rejected and sought a higher purpose. 17 Remember, the early Rabbi’s of the synagogues despised him for his “Knowledge” surpassed their so-called wisdom, thus he was a prime candidate to become an “Initiate into the Greater Mysteries.” If you observe all of the revelations and visions received, you can reflect as to where of Kemetian Culture they extracted their personages and legends thereof. In order to have a “civilization” one must be “civilized.” Ancient Mesopotamia was a region of “Warfare.” The city-states were suffering from a continuous plight of war amongst the tribes and various bandit hordes. The Mesopotamian Mythos of the Creation Cosmic Order Stories reflected the natural world of violence and climate change within their social structure and their mode of civilization. What makes this necessary is the record of accomplishment as to where and how Ancient Masonry formulated itself with its origins. The Mystery of the Biblical Lore, leads to the House of Myth and not fact, it just explains romantically the due course of Man’s conscious evolution towards the divine and how it is reflected through his craftworks. Nonetheless, the Biblical Account remains believed in, but to the learned, who knows realizes that it exposes the contradictions in stories and facts when challenged by the proof of evidence. We are still in the “Quarries”; Let us use our Twenty-Four Inch Gauge with the quest of time. The Nile River was the lifeline of Ancient Kemet. With the Nile’s predictable cycles to bring forth the fluctuation with the seasonal changes, the Nile River Valley maintained a static society. The activities of the celestial heavenly bodies and the terrestrial environment were in unison with each other. This was the existence of the Ancient Climate in the Nile Valley unlike Mesopotamia, as mentioned suffered chaotic outcomes throughout its historical regions. The time factor as to the twenty-four hour day derived from Kemet, even the minutes were calculated by a deity representing a gradational point of reference. The 12 months with 10-day weeks were of their calculations as well. In Mesopotamia, the contribution of the Babylonian Seven-Day Week was given to the Book of Genesis reflecting the “Seven Tablets of Creation” found in the ruins of the temple of Marduk, Niveneh. I urge, look up the Assyrian King named Asurabanipal I and his excavations in Niveneh, and read the “Epic of Gilgamesh.” 18 You will find many parallels to the Genesis Story. In Kemet, the 24 inch rule was not the only a tool of measure, the “Royal Cubit” was used even more so for the divine edifices. The Royal Cubit contained 28” inches in reflections to the 28-day interval phases of the Moon. This rule of measure was the “sacred working tool” of the apprentice lay-priest. The two rules of measure in Ancient Kemet shown mastery over the Solar and Lunar influences upon the Earth, thus the knowledge of the “Darkness as well as the Light” was incorporated. As mentioned, the measuring tools were all operative and speculative within its meditative and practical study by the Kemetian Priest. Structure, Order and Stability was brought forth, so Ancient Kemet as the first “Land of Milk and Honey.” The “Codes of Hammuradi” of Mesopotamia come about in 1780 B.C.E. Kemet had already seen two “Golden Ages” or civilization great cycles. The Habits of Civilization coincides with the characteristic rising and fallings of the Zodiac Ages. The Codes of Hammurabi contains over 282 Civil Laws for civil and social order. Kemet bore the Maatian Creeds that were 147 dating back to pre-historical times. The Time factor of the Hebrew dating is preserved with the “Years of Number” certain fictional personages of the Torah play. Adam 900, Enoch 365, Methuselah 900 years only saves the importance of periods. “The Codes of Hammuradi, 1780 B.C.E. The Hammuradi Codes contains 282 Civil Laws were established before the reign of the mighty city of Babylon for that region. The king of the city Ur, Ur-Nannu in year 2050 B.C.E. produced a codex addition to the laws. 19 Ur-Nammu influenced the Civil and Social Laws of the city-states causing Mesopotamia to flourish and incorporate trade with other nations. Treaties were made with Kemet and the Pharaohs bore cultural relationship with the kings of Mesopotamia. The King UrNammu was an actual king who lived, his plight and contributions to his society is well noted. King Ur-Nammu is the actual Nimrod, hence, Nam-Mu, Nim Rud, “Nimrod”. Note; The stele depicts King Hammuradi receiving the Laws from the god “Shamesh” who bares flames emerging from his shoulders indicating that he is of fire. This imagery in concept was given to Moses who received the Tablets of Law from Jehovah as a “Burning Bush” on Mount Sinai in the Exodus Story. As mentioned, the formation of the Bible derived from the legends and stories from other nations compiled. Remember, we are in the Quarries of the “pure truth” unraveling it peel by peel. Therefore, the producing of the time factor came out of the Kemetian Ancient Order and not the Mesopotamian. True Origins of Freemasonry [Dispelling the Myth] The search for truth as to the origins of Freemasonry and all Freemasonry can be defined as being, should emerge from the Stone Craft edifices of the Stone and Bronze Ages, Operatively and Speculatively. One would think that what ever is the remotest actual stone ruin to be unearthed would mark the beginning point of tangible evidence as to work from in dating. Unfortunately, Western Academia follows the “Mythological tracks of the Biblical Lore as a guideline. Remember, the Bible fails to state the actual dates of its events, it uses references phrases like, the “time came to pass,” “of the years.” Etc. The time factor leaves the reader to speculate for the Bible is still a work in progress. “In the Beginning God Created the Heavens and the Earth” hints not to when the beginning was and even more so, the “End.” 20 The proof is in the tangible evidence to be studied and not the mythological insertion speculated on. The Mythological bares its importance, but the “pure truth” is that the undisputed first “stone edifice” to be erected in human history is the “Step Pyramid of Saqqara” located in Kemet, Africa. The Step Pyramid bore an elaborate network of temples, shrines, chapels, within its complex that was enclosed by a great wall. The Step Pyramid bares corridors cut out of solid stone spanning for three miles underneath its foundation. All of this was erected by the “Great Multi-Genius Imhotep”, the Grand Vizier to Pharaoh Djoser. The Craft of Stone Masonry should start with this edifice and complex. The quarries, the methods of importing materials to the complex site, the true reason of its conception and purpose, the skilled labor brought forth, the metaphysical functions explored and employed by its craftsman and priest, and the role the complex played upon the nation of people who dwelled during its activity. Aside from the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, there are the sunken edifices beneath the waves of the oceans worldwide pre-dating Kemet. The myths of Mu, Lemuria and Atlantis which capstones the antiquity of Kemet, should be considered as far as the reevaluating the History of Humanity upon the Earth. Modern Western Academia continues to close its eyes to the evidence brought forth by Archaeology for its agenda is to keep the “standard time frames and structure.” The claim to the “Atlantis Legend” bares root in ancient Kemet. Firstly, the mythological Atlantis was the Greek mythological underwater city of the Titan “Neptune,” so how is this name given if Greece historically was not in existence until the 2000 B.C.E. Plato who received it from his uncle named Solon the Kemetian Priest brought the actual story forth. Plato learning of the story ascribed it to the Greek psychological personage. The Kemetian sacred city of the Gods in the various regions of the Taut (Netherworld), are paralleled by the description of Plato’s Atlantis. The perceived belief that the Kemetians were castaways from the cataclysmic Deluge that destroyed Atlantis is far from what the Kemetians state of their origins. 21 The Kemetians state that they originate from the “Foothills of the Mountains of the Moon, the Place were the Neter (God) Hapi Dwells.” This location is at the source of the Nile River, Ethiopia. The Neter Hapi was the personification of the Nile River, which begins at the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Metaphysically, the Kemetians describe their origins to be the star systems of Auset (Sirius) being guided by Anpu the Jackal Dog Star. This star system is perseverant as one of the alignments the shafts of the Great Pyramid points to. The Dogon Tribe of Northwest Africa centers their mythology on the Sirius Star Systems and their High Priest is called the “Old Jackal.” What is fascinating about the Dogon is that they were aware of the two major and minor stars orbits not seen by the naked eye until the 17th century after the European Astronomers brought forth the optic telescope. What the Kemetians called the “Sheshem-Hor” (Followers of Heru/Horus) were the travelers from Sirius bringing galactic technology to the Earth. The Academic gesture is to take claim that the “SheshemHor” was surviving Atlantians who preserved the sciences of that socalled fallen civilization. All of this is speculation so the story is just a story until evidence is brought forth and accepted as proof. The great question is: If an ancient people state, their belief based upon their reality, who gives the modern the right to doubt the claim without understanding every nuance the belief entails? As to Mu and Lemuria, the continental land mass engulfed by the Pacific Ocean spanning the Polynesian Islands, there is proof beneath the waves. Just as there, does Archeologist discover proof in New Zealand of a Kemetian Temple in ruins and on the tip of Japan, the gigantic structure recently? Beneath the miles of ice thickness in Antarctica, there are remnants of lost civilizations known by modern scientist yet to be brought forth. Once again, why not push for the truth of all of this? It will upset the current global historical layout that Western Academia claim to establish. Within the free spirit of Masonic truth, the zeal to find the evidential truth should expand into the modern quest thereof. The Mythological stories of the ancients all points to the “Starry Decked Heavens as to the realm of the Gods. 22 The Astrological Folklore is the key to our rituals and purpose. Astronomy, being the seventh science of the “Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences” is actually the first and far most important. Geometry, though reared and prized by Freemasonry, extracts its shapes and measures from the Astrological Blueprint. Remember, “Thou Art in Heaven as it is on Earth.” The Sun and Moon composed the circumference of the circle, the orientations, and configurations of the star constellations, set forth the patterns of other geometrical shapes and forms. The natural world gave the ancients our first textbooks to learn from. The Operative and Speculative Craftworks of Freemasonry was perfected in the Nile Valley before the foreigners invaded the sacred land and perverted the sciences brought thenceforth. In the quarries of Kemet, the workers were given the wages of salt, fish, corn, garlic, and dates. The apprentices were well trained before they moved to the position to work into the quarries. The mastery of stone types, property, and densities was learned. The Sandstone, Limestone, Granite, Basalt, and other types of hard and soft stone was a science within itself. To measure, hew, cut, carve, and engrave using the proclaimed Copper tools with such precision takes a mastery and knowledge the enlightened could only possess. Is time to leave the quarries and head towards the temple site? We are still in the First Degree. 23 The Step Pyramid of Saqqara, Kemet Africa. The Grand Architect Imhotep the multi-genius erected the oldest stone edifice in human history. Quarries to the River Bank [Exodus] We are told in the Masonic Mythic Account that the materials supplied for King Solomon’s Temple came from various sources surrounding his kingdom in Israel. We learn of the quarries at Succoth and Zeredatha, the Tall Cedar Trees from Lebanon, the clay grounds, and the “Mines of Solomon” in Ethiopia. We also learn of the process and methods the materials were brought to the temple site, the boats, and the floats, the wheeled charts, and ramps used to pull and slide the stones from one checkpoint to the next. There were other methods employed but not mentioned for they would allude to the actual source from which the “Solomon Legend” derives its components. The methods mentioned bares immediate discrepancies, as to the Boats and Floats, what river in Israel could and would support such cargo and materials within the region of the temple site? The Jordan River is the only body of water to come miles near the temple site. So let us assume that the Jordan was used. The question to ask then, is what direction do the Jordan flow? 24 Ancient Israel like today is not an abundant natural resourceful locale, thus the imports from Africa, Asia Minor and Greece were needed to sustain the industrial growth and economy. Remember, Solomon was caused to issue out extreme taxes to the citizens of the kingdom due to foreign debt. King Solomon exploited the wealth of his kingdom and splurged the credit factor causing the collectors of other nations to create a dark cloud over Israel setting up its historical enemies to break the treaties of war and peace (the Assyrians and Babylonians). The details as to the methods and processes of constructing King Solomon’s Temple reveals the ancient methods used from antiquity. Once again, Solomon is called to be the “wisest” due to the incorporation of all the wisdom used by the ancients who pre-date Judaism. The Sea Port of Joppa, the City of Tyre, was actual functioning places in Archeological History. The Joppa Sea Port imported exports from Greece and other places from the Mediterranean Sea. The marble and other European stone types were brought in from over seas. The Persian and the Asian Indian Exotic Crafts brought to the Temple basically reflected the nations Solomon campaigned with, remember, of the region of Yemen in Saudi Arabia the Queen Mekada (Queen of Sheba) came to Solomon’s presents with offerings of 120 talents of gold and tons of spices and stones. Queen Makeda’s s 25 26