CUL:THE F.A.T.A.L. Flaw (Masonry)  by William J. Schnoebelen

   "Then he brought me to the entrance to the north gate of the house
of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, mourning for Tammuz."
Ezekiel 8:14

   Since 1868, thousands of decent Christian women have innocently
taken part in pagan devotions around an altar to the gods of
witchcraft. They have been deceived into bowing the knee to gods so
vile and ancient that even the pagan priests of Egypt blotted them out
from their history. Women who would be in shame at the mention of the
rites of satanism have been led to Satan's altar by people they
trusted. Often their own husbands, who were given stewardship over them
by Jesus Christ have violated that trust by leading them into paths of
idolatry.

   Alarming accusations, you may say. Yet the fact of the matter is
that the altar of idolatry is nestled like an asp right in the bosom of
the Christian church--The Order of the Eastern Star. Much has been
written, and rightly so, on the spiritual dangers of Freemasonry. Yet
the "Star," is equally perilous.

   SPIRITUAL "ADOPTION" The Star is known as "Adoptive" Masonry. This
is because mothers, daughters, wives and sisters of Freemasons may be
spiritually "adopted" into the Masonic order. Hence, they come under
its spiritual authority. Now since Lucifer is the acknowledged god of
the Masonic lodge, what does this "adoption" mean for the woman who
joins the Star? She is submitting herself to the spiritual headship of
Lucifer! Even a Christian s surrendering herself, however innocently,
to the gods of Masonry--and this will give Satan an entry point into
her life, regardless of how devout she is.

   When anyone, man or woman, becomes a Christian, they are adopted
into the family of God (Rom.8:15-17). Yet when they kneel at a Masonic
altar and take those oaths, they are entering Satan's dominion, whether
they know it or not. This opens the door to all manner of problems. We
have dealt with women who entered the Star and then found their
thoughts troubled by strange dreams and demonic activity. As soon as
they repented of their involvement in the Star and renounced their
oaths in the name of Jesus, the demonic oppression ceased.

   There is a reason why we are counselled by Paul to avoid all
spiritual contact with idolatry because of what it can bring to our
very door: "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness? What harmony between Christ and
Belial?...Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the
Lord."--2 Cor.6:14-15,17.

   HOOFPRINTS ARE EVERYWHERE! We need not look far into the Star to
find evidence of Satan's presence. His hoofprints are everywhere! To
begin with the most obvious element, we look at the "signet" of the
Order, which is an inverted five-pointed star-- called a pentagram in
witchcraft. The fact that is that this inverted pentagram is so deeply
and unmistakably associated with satanism that many "white" witches
fear to use it for fear of the demon spirits they attract. This star is
used in black magick to draw down the kingdom of Satan into
manifestation on earth! (MAN, MYTH AND MAGIC, vol.16, p.2159)

   This inverted star can be drawn with the goat's-head inside. It then
becomes the very badge of the Satanist, the infamous Goat of Mendes!
This goat's name is Baphomet, and is the blasphemous god of the 12th
Century Knights Templar (the spiritual ancestors of today's Freemasons).

   Her s sinister star, enthroned as the very altar and centerpiece of
the Chapter room! Not only is the star inverted, but the colorful
attributes of the 5 points are even the correct colors for the four
magical elements, air (blue), earth (yellow), water (green) and fire
(red); plus the fifth point, the bottom, represents "akasha," the
spiritual power of the "astral plane" which is the fusion of all the
other "rays" of the star into union: white.

   It is evident that the person who designed the Easter signet had
more than a passing acquaintance with ceremonial magick. That, in
itself should make Christians nervous. The Bible forbids any
involvement with sorcery: "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices
his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery,
interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or who is a medium or
spiritist or who consults the dead.-- Deut.18:10-11(see also
Rev.21:6-8) Worship of stars is especially condemned: The houses in
Jerusalem and those of t s of Judah will be defiled like this place,
Topheth--all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all
the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.--Jer.
19:13 He (King Manassah) built altars to all the starry hosts. He
sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination,
and consulted mediums and spiritists.--2 Kings 21:5-6 (See also 2 Kings
17:16, 21:3, 23:4-5, 2 Chron. 33:5)

   Please note the grievous sins associated with star-worship.
"Tophet," mentioned in Jer.19 is a place where during the days of
deepest sin in Israel, parents sacrificed their children to the god
Molech! It is a "place of burning" which later on came to be known as
Gehenna, the word often used by Jesus for hell! (EERDMANS' CONCISE
BIBLE HANDBOOK, p.203). Manassah sacrificed his own son in the fire!

   My dear friends, if you lay out a satanic star and offer devotions
at it, the moral and spiritual consequences are ominous! You may say
that you have been in the Star for years and you are still a good,
upright member of your church and that you aren't making pagan
sacrifices of your children--but think!

   Are our children not being sacrificed every day through abortion?
Are not the generations reared under the influence of the Star the
first generations of mothers to lay their babies willingly upon the
altars of the abortion clinic by the millions? Are we not seeing the
dividends of this pagan worship in the corruption of the very ideals of
motherhood? Are we not wi g the moral destruction of whole generations
of children because of the mothers' participation in these "harmless
rituals"?

   Perhaps it is too much to blame the moral decay of our children on
the rites of the Eastern Star, but remember how all through the Bible,
the people of Israel kept falling into disaster because they allowed a
"little" idolatry to creep into their culture. Let's face it, if you
wish to corrupt a culture, corrupt its mothers--and the spiritual
leprosy of Masonry is doing j t!

   "HIS STAR IN THE EAST" At this point you may protest and say that
the Star is based on biblical stories and that the star of the altar is
intended to represent the "star in the east" mentioned in Mt.2:2 which
heralded the birth of Jesus. You may point out that the very motto of
the order is: "We have seen his star in the East and are come to
worship Him." This sounds very pious, but actually it is a cunning lie!

   First of all, the star of Bethlehem could not have been an "eastern
star," as most biblical expositors agree that the magi came from the
east, and that therefore a star over Judea would be in the western sky
to their viewpoint. Some scholars feel that the passage means that the
magi were "in the east" when the saw the star--others say that the term
"in the east" can also be translated alternately as "seen when it
rose," meaning that they saw the star as it rose.

   STRONG'S CONCORDANCE, in fact, gives the primary meaning of the
Greek word used, "Anatole" as a rising of light, "eastern" has only a
figurative meaning. VINE'S EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY concurs. The "Eastern
Star" cannot be the star of Bethlehem! Then whose star is it?

   In reality, the Eastern Star is a term among sorcerers for the star
Sirius. (See CITY OF REVELATION by John Michell, p.4) This fits
perfectly because in black magick, the inverted pentagram is the sign
of Sirius or Set. (See ALEISTER CROWLEY AND THE HIDDEN GOD by Kenneth
Grant, p.12). But who is Sirius, or Set?

   Sirius is the "Dog Star", the first star to rise in the east in the
latitudes of Egypt. It is sacred to Set, the satanic figure of Egyptian
religion. The Egyptians celebrated Sirius' ascendancy in the skies with
horrible, obscene rituals! In fact, the rites of Sirius or Set were so
debased that later rulers of Egypt defaced their temples and obelisks
and tried to drive them from the land (see Grant, pp.70-71).

   "THE F.A.T.A.L FLAW" When the ladies of the Star say, "We have seen
His Star in the East and are come to worship Him" who is "Him?" Is it
the Jesus of Calvary or is it some dog-headed, obscene god named Set?
What does the evidence tell us?

   The Biblical elements in the Star ceremony are suspect to say the
least-- based as they are upon dubious actions and mythical additions
to the Bible. Yet the occult elements in the Star's symbolism are
obvious for anyone to see! The Eastern Star is not the star which
heralds Jesus, but the star which heralds Set--the most ancient form of
Satan in human history!

   But you say that you don't believe in Set, and that you believe that
you are performing pious exercises. You say that you thought the Star
was a order which worships the true God. But my dear friends, every
person believes that the god they worship is the true God. The
important thing is that if you are a Christian, the Bible tells you to
"avoid even the appearance of evil."--1 Thess. 5:22 and to "keep
yourselves from idols."--1 Jn. 5:21. How can you keep yourself from
idols when every other week or so gather around the most ancient and
evil idol in human history?

   Is your presence in the Chapter really pleasing to the God who
thundered from Mt. Sinai and said, "I am the Lord your God...you shall
have no other gods before me." You can no longer protest innocence. You
know the evil origins of the symbols of the Star and you know that the
Lord Jesus forbade the taking of oaths of any kind (Mt.5:33-37). What
more do you need than the knowledge that you are breaking the commands
of the Gentle

   Whom you serve?

   That is the F.A.T.A.L. flaw of the Star. It's "cabalistic word" may
be "Fairest Among Thousands Altogether Lovely," but it is asking you to
choose between the star of evil and One Who is your beloved Bridegroom,
"...dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand."--S.o.S. 5:10
Flee the headship and authority of Satan, and return to the arms of Him
who should be your Head and your Lord, Jesus Christ!

   For more information, contact: Saints Alive in Jesus, Box 1076,
Issaquah, WA. 98027; (206)392-2077.