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Il Segretario della Universal Unity Giampaolo Gugliemi , Fratello
Massone della Gran loggia d'Italia degli ALAM (Palazzo
Vitelleschi), con il Fratello Leo Lyon Zagami nella sede U.U.
di Sanremo.
L'ULTIMA FOLLIA E' IL DECIMO
PROTOCOLLO DELL' ILLUSTRE FRATELLO EZIO GIUNCHIGLIA DEDICATO
ALL'IDEALE TRADITO DALLA LOGGIA P2 : LA CREATIVITA
ARMONICA
ILLUMINATI DIPLOMA - PATENT
issued on the 3rd of March 2002 by the Orient of Polaris,
in the valley of Oslo in the Oratory of Enoq by the satanic
illuminati of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and
Misraim, and their secret Grand Master Dott.Nicholaj Frisvold .
Freemason Brother Nicholaj is officialy a Doctor in
psycology who used to work in one of the biggest mental
hospitals in Oslo.
But in the spare time my friends he was
secretely calling is patients Zombies quile he was
practicing African black Magick Voodoo and other
diabolical arts for his Satanic Masters in the USA.
This dangerous agent of the Devil calling himself Tau
Orpee Luchifero , is currentely living in Brazil in :
Rua dos Cravos, 454 Jd.Dos Pinheiros
Atibaia SP Cep:12945-570
Phone: 55 (011) 4411-5143
Cell 55 *011( 9960-4479
These days you can even be excomunicated by a satanist and a
black magician working for the Zionist,the Vatican and the New World
Order WHAT NEXT???
This is what happens in the so called world of the western
illuminati,
a jewish trap with an Egyptian touch...
Leo Lyon Zagami now thanks God Khaled Saifullah Khan
Freemasons worldwide are trapped by an invisible network of black
magicians and satanist secretely linked to high degree Freemasonry
by the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Misraim (also known
as the Rite of the illuminati) and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite. Dangerous and often corrupt forms of esoteric Freemasonry,
secretely created by Jews and corrupt European Aristocrats , serving
the Zionist plot and the New World Order of Dajal untill the end of
times.
Khaled Saifullah Khan
THE
ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE
OF
MEMPHIS-MISRAM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IF p. 3
Proclamation: p. 5
Freemasonry and its General Principles: p. 6
Freemasonry: A School of Initiation: p. 7
The Name of the Rite: p. 13
History of the Rite of Memphis -Misram: p. 14
Recent Develop ments: p. 19
The Different French Obediences: p. 21
A Brief Overview: p. 22
Some Statements For Your anding: p. 23 Better Underst
A List of Grand Masters (France & Other Jurisdictions): p. 26
Memphis-Misram: A Rite for the Future: p. 27
To Seek Admission: p. 28
WHO CRIES? p. 29
Contact Information p. 31
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IF p. 3
Proclamation: p. 5
Freemasonry and its General Principles: p. 6
Freemasonry: A School of Initiation: p. 7
The Name of the Rite: p. 13
History of the Rite of Memphis -Misram: p. 14
Recent Develop ments: p. 19
The Different French Obediences: p. 21
A Brief Overview: p. 22
Some Statements For Your Better Understanding: p. 23
A List of Grand Masters (France & Other Jurisdictions): p. 26
Memphis-Misram: A Rite for the Future: p. 27
To Seek Admission: p. 28
WHO CRIES? p. 29
Contact Information p. 31
IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But making allowance for their doubt too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, dont deal in lies,
Or being hated, do not give way to hating,
And yet dont look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you dream--and not make your dreams your master,
If you can think --and not make your thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
and treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth youve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and buildem up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch and toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: Hold on!
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that is in it,
And--which is more--youll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling --
IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But making allowance for their doubt too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, dont deal in lies,
Or being hated, do not give way to hating,
And yet dont look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you dream--and not make your dreams your master,
If you can think --and not make your thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
and treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth youve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and buildem up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch and toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: Hold on!
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that is in it,
And--which is more--youll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling --
TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE
UNIVERSE
OR
THE SUBLIME ARCHITECT OF ALL WORLDS
INTERNATIONAL ORDER
OF
THE ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE
OF MEMPHIS -MISRAM
PROCLAMATION OR PREAMBLE
Man, thou hast two ears to hear the same sound, two eyes to perceive the same
object, two hands to execute the same deed. In the same way, Masonic
Science, the science above all others, is both Esoteric and Exoteric.
The Esoteric constitutes the Thought; the Exoteric, the structure. The Exoteric
can be learned, taught and given. The Esoteric can not be taught, nor
learned,
nor given: it comes from on high.
ESOTERIC
All light, science or doctrine emanates from the International Sovereign
Sanctuary, where reposes the Venerable Ark of our Tradition. No Mason, what
ever be his masonic degree, grade or dignity, can enter therein, unless called
within.
EXOTERIC
The International Sovereign Sanctuary of THE ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE
RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAM, International Coordination, considering that
the first duty an organized body is to maintain unity in the legislation that
governs each of its parts, has decided so as to maintained this unity in its
Temples, to publish these Great International Constitutions.
To those that will have the task to see that they are executed, it says: be just.To
those that will have to comply, It says: Peace on the earth to men of
goodwill.
To all, It repeats: incline your head to that Sovereign and Mysterious Power that
the human reason is unable to define or to deny and that Freemasonry proclaims
under the name of: GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE OR
SUBLIME ARCHITECT OF . ALL WORLDS
TO THE GLORY OF THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE
UNIVERSE
OR
THE SUBLIME ARCHITECT OF ALL WORLDS
INTERNATIONAL ORDER
OF
THE ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE
OF MEMPHIS -MISRAM
PROCLAMATION OR PREAMBLE
Man, thou hast two ears to hear the same sound, two eyes to perceive the same
object, two hands to execute the same deed. In the same way , Masonic
Science, the science above all others, is both Esoteric and Exoteric.
The Esoteric constitutes the Thought; the Exoteric, the structure. The Exoteric
can be learned, taught and given. The Esoteric can not be taught, nor
learned,
nor given: it comes from on high.
ESOTERIC
All light, science or doctrine emanates from the International Sovereign
Sanctuary, where reposes the Venerable Ark of our Tradition. No Mason, what
ever be his masonic degree, grade or dignity, can enter therein, unless called
within.
EXOTERIC
The International Sovereign Sanctuary of THE ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE
RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAM, International Coordination, considering that
the first duty an organized body is to maintain unity in the legislation that
governs each of its parts, has decided so as to maintained this unity in its
Temples, to publish these Great International Constitutions.
To those that will have the task to see that they are executed, it says: be just. To
those that will have to comply, It says: Peace on the earth to men of
goodwill.
To all, It repeats: incline your head to that Sovereign and Mysterious Power that
the human reason is unable to define or to deny and that Freemasonry proclaims
under the name of: GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE OR
SUBLIME ARCHITECT OF ALL WORLDS.
FREEMASONRY: A SCHOOL OF INITIATION FREEMASONRY AND ITS GENERAL PRINCIPLES
HISTORY AND ORIGINS
1. The Freemasonry of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis -
Misram, a humanitarian, philosophical, initiatic and spiritual
institution, has
for its essential basis the belief in a Supreme Power expressed and invoked
It is interesting and useful to know the institutional affiliations of
under the name of
which Freemasonry is the outcome or continuation.
THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE
All historians and commentators agree that modern Freemasonry
or
has its immediate origins in the master Mason builders of the great
THE SUBLIME ARCHITECT OF ALL WORLDS
European Gothic Cathedrals of the Middle Ages. These builders were
themselves closely tied to the Knights Templar and to the Templar building 2. It imposes no limits on the free search for
TRUTH, and guarantees this
liberty to all who follow the path.
associations, heirs to the Central European monastic associations and the
Byzantine Colleges which, in their turn, had their origins in the Roman
3. It requires the tolerance of all members .
Collegia. Via this chain, Freemasonry can be said to date back to the sixth
century B. C.
4. Freemasonry reminds all its members to respect the laws of the Country
in which they live and considers the obligation to work within the Craft im
This uninterrupted chain leads us back to the important Initiatic
perative.
Schools of Egypt in which certain adherents had attained the highest degree
5. Masonry is a association of independent men and women, free and of
of initiation. Moses, Pythagoras and Plato are believed t o be among these
good morals, listening to the voice of their own conscience, which compels
high initiates.
them to put into practice an ideal of peace, love and fraternity.
Each Collegia had a communal home where the artisans met on
6. Masonry has for its aim the moral and spiritual perfection of humanity and
certain days, united in a feeling of pious solidarity, to share meals.
for its means the propagation of a true philanthropy, by the use of symbolic
Undoubtedly the religious aspect was presided over by a master of the and esoteric forms, which can be revealed and explained only by the Initia
tion.
college. Members of the college transmitted, and jealously guarded, the
secrets of building construction, and their high reputation as builders made
7. Its object is the application of the Royal Art - fashioning the initiated by
them sought after by the nobility.
subtracting all domination and making them free and sovereign masters of
themselves, thinking independently, unfettered by the tyranny of reigning
After the fall of Rome, there were numerous upheavals in the
prejudices, having shaken the yoke of their passions and becoming fully con
social order and what was left of the Collegia integrated with the Monastic scious of their responsibilities.
orders, which were then multiplying in the Christian world. The thick walls
8. Masonry, foreign to all sectarian influence, imposes on all its members
of these institutions offered a secure refuge to maintain the torch for the
the respect of the opinions of others, in order to constitute a permanent center
arts and sciences and allowed the builders to escape fro m constraint and
of fraternal union where reigns a perfect harmony of thought.
move about freely . So they constructed the churches and convents of the
era (6th and 7th Centuries A.D.). Little by little, the growing peace of
9. The International Order of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis -
material security and the immigration of artisans enabled the brotherhoods
Misram admits women in absolute equality with men (identical Rituals and
of Master builders to regroup.
identical grades); and charters mens and womens lodges, but also charters
mixed gender lodges.
(excerpts from the Grand Constitutions)
FREEMASONRY AND ITS GENERAL PRINCIPLES FREEMASONRY: A SCHOOL OF INITIATION
HISTORY AND ORIGINS
1. - The Freemasonry of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis
Misram, a humanitarian, philosophical, initiatic and spiritual institution, has
for its essential basis the belief in a Supreme Power expressed and invoked
It is interesting and useful to know the institutional affiliations of
under the name of
which Freemasonry is the outcome or continuation.
THE GRAND ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE
All historians and commentators agree that modern Freemasonry
or
has its immediate origins in the master Mason builders of the great
THE SUBLIME ARCHITECT OF ALL WORLDS
European Gothic Cathedrals of the Middle Ages. These builders were
2. It imposes no limits on the free search for TRUTH, and guarantees this themselves closely tied to the Knights Templar and to the Templarbuilding
liberty to all who follow the path.
associations, heirs to the Central European monastic associations and the
Byzantine Colleges which, in their turn, had their origins in the Roman
3. . It requires the tolerance of all members
Collegia. Via this chain, Freemasonry can be said to date back to the sixth
century B. C.
4. Freemasonry reminds all its members to respect the laws of the Country
in which they live and considers the obligation to work within the Craft im-
This uninterrupted chain leads us back to the important Initiatic
perative.
Schools of Egypt in which certain adherents had attained the highest degree
5. Masonry is a association of independent men and women, free and of
of initiation. Moses, Pythagoras and Plato are believed to be among these
good morals, listening to the voice of their own conscience, which compels
high initiates.
them to put into practice an ideal of peace, love and fraternity.
Each Collegia had a communal home where the artisans met on
6. Masonry has for its aim the moral and spiritual perfection of humanity and
certain days, united in a feeling of pious solidarity, to share meals.
for its means the propagation of a true philanthropy, by the use of symbolic
and esoteric forms, which can be revealed and explained only by the Initia- Undoubtedly the religious aspect was presided over by a master of the
tion.
college. Members of the college transmitted, and jealously guarded, the
secrets of building construction, and their high reputation as builders made
7. Its object is the application of the Royal Art - fashioning the initiated by
them sought after by the nobility.
subtracting all domination and making them free and sovereign masters of
themselves, thinking independently, unfettered by the tyranny of reigning
After the fall of Rome, there were numerous upheavals in the
prejudices, having shaken the yoke of their passions and becoming fully con-
scious of their responsibilities. social order and what was left of the Collegia integrated with the Monastic
orders , which were then multiplying in the Christian world. The thick walls
8. Masonry, foreign to all sectarian influence, imposes on all its members
of these institutions offered a secure refuge to maintain the torch for the
the respect of the opinions of others, in order to constitute a permanent center
arts and sciences and allowed the builders to escape fro m constraint and
of fraternal union where reigns a perfect harmony of thought.
move about freely . So they constructed the churches and convents of the
era (6th and 7th Centuries A.D.). Little by little, the growing peace of
9. - The International Order of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis
material security and the immigration of artisans enabled the brotherhoods
Misram admits women in absolute equality with men (identical Rituals and
of Master builders to regroup.
identical grades); and charters mens and womens lodges, but also charters
mixed gender lodges.
(excerpts from the Grand Constitutions)
All authentic Initiatic steps aim at awakening the adherent. The The Masonic bond with the Order of the Temple, both initiatory
best possible instruction cannot give Knowledge because the awakening
and as holders of the principal traditions, is undeniable. Upon the
cannot be provoked except by a systematic introspection which must be
dissolution of the Knights Templar at the hands of the Inquisition, several
supported by the knowledge of deep seated psychic mechanisms.
of its members took refuge in European countries where the Order still
The object of initiation is to guide the individual towards this
existed or in the Lodges of the Masonic builders. Those who had found
Knowledge by an interior illumination, projection and understanding of the
refuge in Scotland consequently founded Scottish Freemasonry.
human *I* at whose center is the transcendent Light. The initiatic method is
To the ancient builders, all of life's acts were intermingled with
an essentially intuitive path and that is why Freemasonry uses symbols to
religious meaning. The work had a sacred character because it
provoke this enlightenment as these symbols speak the language of the
symbolized the creation of beings and things by the Divine. So the build
unconscious.
ers worked on the sites, in Lodges, where only the people of the
Initiation by itself does not bestow the Light but it puts the subtle
profession were admitted and the secrets of construction were t ransmitted
bodies in harmony and opens the interior organs of perception, leading one
from Master to student. The products of their endeavors, the imposing
to the path of knowledge and a reintegration with a higher state. It provides
cathedrals , were and are still the true Esoteric Books of Wisdom where the
one access to the Divine within. It is the search for the Lost Word.
Masters of that age wrote down the inherited knowledge of the mysteries
of Antiquity, hidden in the symbols of the buildings themselves and the
This step implies three conditions:
sculpture adorning them.
The ancient builders, however, were not just architects or stone-
1) The quality of the inherent possibilities of the individual's own nature
cutters. During the construction of these monuments, the members met to
which is the Prima Materia on which the work must be carried out.
work upon metaphysical research and philosophical teachings. The end of
the great operative period of construction marked the beginning of that
2) The imparting of the spiritual influx that allows one to be part of a
which we now call speculative where the philosophical aspect of the
traditional organization that encourages the development of one's potential.
initiatory work has continued to the present time.
3) The inner work which leads one to pass through the initiatic hierarchy in
FREEMASONRY: AN INITIATORY SOCIETY
order to guide oneself towards deliverance or the highest identity.
Modern Freemasonry aims to build the interior Temple that is
The initiation transmitted throughout Freemasonry is a kind of
the core self of every individual. To do this, symbols are put at the
spiritual alchemy, having as its goal a real transformation of the individual,
disposition of the adherent, to allow each, by their own study, to create
the necessary relationship for their own spiritual growth.
a personal blossoming, and a personal realization.
Freemasonry is an authentic initiatory society because it
transmits a true initiation and conveys through its rituals and symbols, the
THE MASONIC LODGE
teaching of the ancient mystery schools of which it is the trustee and heir.
Initiation confers a particular spiritual influence, actualized by
When Freemasons meet, their labor is carried out in a particular
the rites, whose effectiveness greatly surpasses the interpretation that is
framework, accompanied by precise ritual in which each word and each
given and which finds its vastness in the legitimacy of its affiliation.
gesture possesses a teaching that leads one to perceive and understand. The
Masonic Lodge is the harmonious reflection of the Cosmos, governed by
The Masonic bond with the Order of the Temple, both initiatory All authentic Initiatic steps aim at awakening the adherent. The
best possible instruction cannot give Knowledge because the awakening
and as holders of the principal traditions, is undeniable. Upon the
cannot be provoked except by a systematic introspection which must be
dissolution of the Knights Templar at the hands of the Inquisition, several
supported by the knowledge of deep seated psychic mechanisms.
of its members took refuge in European countries where the Order still
The object of initiation is to guide the individual towards this
existed or in the Lodges of the Masonic builders. Those who had found
Knowledge by an interior illumination , projection and understanding of the
refuge in Scotland consequently founded Scottish Freemasonry.
human *I* at whose center is the transcendent Light. The initiatic method is
To the ancient builders, all of life's acts were intermingled with
an essentially intuitive path and that is why Freemasonry uses symbols to
religious meaning. The work had a sacred character because it
provoke this enlightenment as these symbols speak the language of the
symbolized the creation of beings and things by the Divine. So the build-
unconscious.
ers worked on the sites, in Lodges, where only the people of the
Initiation by itself does not bestow the Light but it puts the subtle
profession were admitted and the secrets of construction were t ransmitted
bodies in harmony and opens the interior organs of perception, leading one
from Master to student. The products of their endeavors, the imposing
to the path of knowledge and a reintegration with a higher state. It provides
cathedrals , were and are still the true Esoteric Books of Wisdom where the
one access to the Divine within. It is the search for the Lost Word.
Masters of that age wrote down the inherited knowledge of the mysteries
of Antiquity, hidden in the symbols of the buildings themselves and the
This step implies three conditions:
sculpture adorning them.
The ancient builders, however, were not just architects or stone-
1) The quality of the inherent possibilities of the individual's own nature
cutters. During the construction of these monuments, the members met to
which is the Prima Materia on which the work must be carried out.
work upon metaphysical research and philosophical teachings. The end of
the great operative period of construction marked the beginning of that
2) The imparting of the spiritual influx that allows one to be part of a
which we now call speculative where the philosophical aspect of the
traditional organization that encourages the development of one's potential.
initiatory work has continued to the present time.
3) The inner work which leads one to pass through the initiatic hierarchy in
FREEMASONRY: AN INITIATORY SOCIETY
order to guide oneself towards deliverance or the highest identity.
Modern Freemasonry aims to build the interior Temple that is
The initiation transmitted throughout Freemasonry is a kind of
the core self of every individual. To do this, symbols are put at the
disposition of the adherent, to allow each, by their own study, to create spiritual alchemy, having as its goal a real transformation of the individual,
the necessary relationship for their own spiritual growth.
a personal blossoming, and a personal realization.
Freemasonry is an authentic initiatory society because it
transmits a true initiation and conveys through its rituals and symbols, the
THE MASONIC LODGE
teaching of the ancient mystery schools of which it is the trustee and heir.
Initiation confers a particular spiritual influence, actualized by
When Freemasons meet, t heir labor is carried out in a particular
the rites, whose effectiveness greatly surpasses the interpretation that is
framework, accompanied by precise ritual in which each word and each
given and which finds its vastness in the legitimacy of its affiliation.
gesture possesses a teaching that leads one to perceive and understand. The
Masonic Lodge is the harmonious reflection of the Cosmos, governed by
the is spiritualistic. In a general way one can say that liberal, second the great Laws of the Universe, and presented at a level more easily
humanistic Freemasonry is concerned almost exclusively with the great accessible to the human being: it appears as a reflection of our own psychic
sociological questions and work toward the progress of humanity. Spirit u- faculities and the Mason ought to try and establish this harmony within . In-
alistic or traditional Freemasonry is directed toward the glory of the Great dispensable keys are available to each person to help open the doors to the
Architect of the Universe. The spiritualistic masonries trace their origins interior.
to England and are characterized by the practice of rituals work exclu-
sively. MASONRY: A SCHOOL AND A TECHNIQUE
The other, liberal, tradition - to which Memphis -Misram
belongs and which is French in its origin s - directs its work to study and The wo rd school implies a system of learning and that is what the
symbolic research, strongly influenced by esotericism and the Sacred Freemason partakes of from the time of one's request for admission into the
Sciences (astrology, kabbala, mythology etc...), as well as psychology Order until one's full personal blossoming.
and philosophy.
Freemasonry is a school of freedom where the thoughts and
These diverse tendencies may seem to be in opposition to one conscience of each member may be freely expressed. The Freemason seeks
another but in reality h ave a common vocation, that of being a beacon for to avoid instability and psychomental disorders that characterize the
humanity, to bring to human beings a profound understanding of the web ordinary person because the ultimate goal of the Order is personal
of their destinies and to unite them beyond all that usually divides the reintegration into the State of Original Perfection. By the teachings, each
profane world. The aim is to form free beings and little by little, to person must discover this by themselves; even though it is an integral part
modify their egotistical and impulsive behaviors in order that these of the development in the Masonic search for Truth. No one can take the
conscious personalities might open up to the world around them. place of the individual in discovering the Truth.
Freemasonry is not a religion and each Freemason is free to
This method is perhaps what most distinguishes Freemasonry from
practice the religion of their own choice in an atmosphere of complete other initiatory societies because it does not impose any ready-made ethics,
tolerance for this choice. teach any particular belief o r contain any global truth. It refuses the comfort
The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis -Misram is a M a- of the truth of others. Neither does it impose any restrictions on the search
sonic Rite that, if not secret, is discreet in the world . A recent decision to for Truth, rather it enhances one's possibilities by creating a place outside of
appear more visible for a certain time allows us to make known the first the daily routine where rituals and symbols encourage inner reflection. In
step to those who might be interested in joining or affiliating with our this way, Masons have the freedom to present works touching on the
Order. highest philosophical, moral and metaphysical issues and to discuss them in
an atmosphere of openness and nobility and great tolerance, the very basis
CONCLUSION of all spiritual development. To know how to find the meaning of the
Sacred is a certain key to advancement toward complete fulfillment.
To the general public, Freemasonry may appear complex and
confusing. It is not a secret society, however, but a society with secrets.
MODERN MASONRY
Above all, Freemasons share the knowledge and serenity of those who
want to be and are masters of themselves and their destiny. Modern Masonry is divided into two main approaches: liberal and
traditional. The first has a philosophical or h umanistic approach, whereas
the great Laws of the Universe, and presented at a level more easily the second is spiritualistic. In a general way one can say that liberal,
accessible to the human being: it appears as a f our own psychic reflection o humanistic Freemasonry is concerned almost exclusively with the great
faculities and the Mason ought to try and establish this harmony within . In- sociological questions and work toward the progress of humanity. Spirit u
dispensable keys are available to each person to help open the doors to the alistic or traditional Freemasonry is directed toward the glory of the Great
interior. Architect of the Universe. The spiritualistic masonries trace their origins
to England and are characterized by the practice of rituals work exclu
MASONRY: A SCHOOL AND A TECHNIQUE sively.
The other, liberal, tradition - to which Memphis -Misram
The wo rd school implies a system of learning and that is what the belongs and which is French in its origin s - directs its work to study and
Freemason partakes of from the time of one's request for admission into the symbolic research, strongly influenced by esotericism and the Sacred
Order until one's full personal blossoming. Sciences (astrology, kabbala, mythology etc...), as well as psychology
Freemasonry is a school of freedom where the thoughts and and philosophy.
conscience of each member may be freely expressed. The Freemason seeks These diverse tendencies may seem to be in opposition to one
to avoid instability and psychomental disorders that characterize the another but in reality h ave a common vocation, that of being a beacon for
ordinary person because the ultimate goal of the Order is personal humanity, to bring to human beings a profound understanding of the web
reintegration into the State of Original Perfection. By the teachings, each of their destinies and to unite them beyond all that usually divides the
person must discover this by themselves; even though it is an integral part profane world. The aim is to form free beings and little by little, to
of the development in the Masonic search for Truth. No one can take the modify their egotistical and impulsive behaviors in order that these
place of the individual in discovering the Truth. conscious personalities might open up to the world around them.
This method is perhaps what most distinguishes Freemasonry from
Freemasonry is not a religion and each Freemason is free to
other initiatory societies because it does not impose any ready-made ethics, practice the religion of their own choice in an atmosphere of complete
teach any particular belief o r contain any global truth. It refuses the comfort tolerance for this choice.
of the truth of others. Neither does it impose any restrictions on the search The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis -Misram is a M a-
for Truth, rather it enhances one's possibilities by creating a place outside of sonic Rite that, if not secret, is discreet in the world . A recent decision to
the daily routine where rituals and symbols encourage inner reflection. In appear more visible for a certain time allows us to make known the first
this way, Masons have the freedom to present works touching on the step to those who might be interested in joining or affiliating with our
highest philosophical, moral and metaphysical issues and to discuss them in Order.
an atmosphere of openness and nobility and great tolerance, the very basis
of all spiritual development. To know how to find the meaning of the CONCLUSION
Sacred is a certain key to advancement toward complete fulfillment.
To the general public, Freemasonry may appear complex and
MODERN MASONRY confusing. It is not a secret society, however, but a society with secrets.
Above all, Freemasons share the knowledge and serenity of those who
Modern Masonry is divided into two main approaches: liberal and want to be and are masters of themselves and their destiny.
traditional. The first has a philosophical or h umanistic approach, whereas
THE NAME OF THE RITE:
Rite: it is the set of rules and ceremonies practiced in our Tradition.
The Rite is an initiatic way in itself.
Ancient: Originally in our Rite, we find the Rite of Misram (Venice,
Italy - 1788) and the Rite of Memphis (Montauban, France - 1815). It was our
Grand Master Giuseppe GARIBALDI, founder of the modern Italian state,
who prepared and achieved t he fusion of the two Rites in 1881.
Primitive: the current Rite of Memphis -Misram descends directly
from the Primitive Rite of Paris in 1721, and from the Primitive Rite of Phila-
delphes in Narbonne in 1779.
Memphis: Is a city of ancient Egypt situated at the point of the delta
of the Nile. It is there that the Rite was created by Initiates in contact with this
ancient civilization.
Misram: this Hebrew word is the plural of Egyptian. It appears in
documents associated with the Sociniens, a group in Venice. Their constitu-
tional patent was given by Cagliostro.
Sovereign Sanctuary: specific to the Rite of Memphis -Misram. This
term stands for the government of the Rite.
THE NAME OF THE RITE:
Rite: it is the set of rules and ceremonies practiced in our Tradition.
The Rite is an initiatic way in itself.
Ancient: Originally in our Rite, we find the Rite of Misram (Venice,
Italy - 1788) and the Rite of Memphis (Montauban, France - 1815). It was our
Grand Master Giuseppe GARIBALDI, founder of the modern Italian state,
who prepared and achieved t he fusion of the two Rites in 1881.
Primitive: the current Rite of Memphis -Misram descends directly
from the Primitive Rite of Paris in 1721, and from the Primitive Rite of Phila
delphes in Narbonne in 1779.
Memphis: Is a city of ancient Egypt situated at the point of the delta
of the Nile. It is there that the Rite was created by Initiates in contact with this
ancient civilization.
Misram: this Hebrew word is the plural of Egyptian. It appears in
documents associated with the Sociniens, a group in Venice. Their constitu
tional patent was given by Cagliostro.
Sovereign Sanctuary: specific to the Rite of Memphis -Misram. This
term stands for the government of the Rite.
THE RITE OF MISRAIM HISTORY OF THE RITE
OF
The first mention of the Rite was in Venice in 1788. A group of MEMPHIS -MISRAIM
Socinians (an anti-trinitary Protestant sect) asked a patent of constitution
from Cagliostro who was then in Trieste (he came to Venice and stayed for Historically, this Masonic Obedience, that celebrated its bi
six weeks). They did not want to participate in his Magical-Kabbalistic centennial in 1988, origin ated when the two rites of Memphis and
rituals, so they chose to work at the Templar Rite. So Cagliostro conferred Misram were merged in 1881 by Garibaldi, who became its first Grand
their only Masonic Light. He had the first three Degrees of English Master. The Rite of Misra m had been founded in Venice in 1788. Its
Freemasonry and the higher Degrees from Germany, which was greatly filiation came through Cagliostro who had entrusted it with the lower
influenced by the Templar tradition. The name of Misra m is the plural form (first) Degrees of The Grand Lodge of England and the higher Degrees
of Egyptian, which is the only reminder of t his Egyptian Rite which gave of German Templar Masonry. The Rite of Memphis was constituted in
their obediential personality. It spread rapidly to Milan, Genoa, Naples, and Montauban in 1815 by Freemasons who had taken part in the Mission to
appeared in France with Michel Bedarride who had received the Grand Egypt with Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799. To these two rites were added
Mastery (ultimate powers) in 1810, in Naples, from B.. . DeLasalle. From
initiatic Degrees which came from esoteric obediences of the 18t h
1810 to 1 813, the three Bedarride brothers successfully developed the Rite in Century: The Primitive Rite, The Rite of Philadelphes, etc...
France, almost under the protection of The Scottish Rite. Indeed, it had
illustrious Masons at its helm: the Count of Muraire, Sovereign Grand
During the 19th Century, the Carbonaris recruited members in
Commander of The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; the Duke Decazeo, Misram and Memphis. They had numerous Lodges in France, and some
the Duke of Saxe -Weimar, the Duke of Leicester, the Lieutenant General of their dignitaries were very influential persons, such as the Duke
Baron Teste, etc... Decazeo and the Count Muraire, who were both Grand Commander of
the Scottish Rite.
During the White Terror, Misram quickly became the Masonic
Obedience which transmitted the required Third Degree to the Carbonari, In France, the Obedience is the meeting place of Masons who
and this group then had 22 Lodges in Paris, 6 in Lyon, 6 in Metz, 5 in share an attraction for esoterics, hermeticism, symbolism, etc. There are
Toulouse, 3 in Bordeaux, 3 in Geneva, 3 in Lausanne, and 1 in Courtray. The about 90 Lodges in France, not counting the higher Degree workshops . In
police of the restauration obtained its dissolution because it was fiercely these Works hops are a few hundred members among whom we find
anticlerical and anti-royalist. After being clandestine for 18 years, it was Masons from all Obediences who are most qualified in the field of
restored in 1838 and dissolved once more in 1841. Again brought out of the esoterics. Some are even at the helm of other, more secret organizations.
undergro und in 1848, Misram evolved towards its merger with the Rite of
Memphis in 1881, which was the realization of Garibaldi. The Rite of Memphis -Misra m perpetuates the tradition of
attachment to the principles of tolerance and freedom of thought which
THE RITE OF MEMPHIS made it the refuge and recruitment ground of the Carbonaris during the
Reign of the White Terror in the 19th Century.
Most of the members who accompanied Bonaparte on the Mission
in Egypt were Masons belonging to the old initiatic Rites: Philaletes, African
Brothers, the Primitive Rite, and all were Masons of the Grand Orient of
France. Having discovered in Cairo a Gnostic-Hermetic survival, and in
Lebanon the Druse-Masonry that Gerard de Nerval had also met, and which
dated back to the operative Masonry which had accompanied their
protectors, the Templars, the Brothers of the Mission in Egypt decided to
renounce the Masonic affiliation which had come from the Grand Lodge of
England and to start again with a new Rite that would owe nothing to
England, who was then the number one enemy. And thus was born the Rite
of Memphis in 1815, in Montauban, under the direction of Samuel Harris
and Marconis de Negre.
HISTORY OF THE RITE THE RITE OF MISRAIM
OF
MEMPHIS -MISRAIM The first mention of the Rite was in Venice in 1788. A group of
Socinians (an anti-trinitary Protestant sect) asked a patent of constitution
Historically, this Masonic Obedience, that celebrated its bi- from Cagliostro who was then in Trieste (he came to Venice and stayed for
centennial in 1988, origin ated when the two rites of Memphis and six weeks). They did not want to participate in his Magical-Kabbalistic
Misram were merged in 1881 by Garibaldi, who became its first Grand rituals, so they chose to work at the Templar Rite. So Cagliostro conferred
Master. The Rite of Misra m had been founded in Venice in 1788. Its their only Masonic Light. He had the first three Degrees of English
filiation came through Cagliostro who had entrusted it with the lower Freemasonry and the higher Degrees from Germany, which was greatly
(first) Degrees of The Grand Lodge of England and the higher Degrees influenced by the Templar tradition. The name of Misra m is the plural form
of German Templar Masonry. The Rite of Memphis was constituted in of Egyptian, which is the only reminder of t his Egyptian Rite which gave
Montauban in 1815 by Freemasons who had taken part in the Mission to their obediential personality. It spread rapidly to Milan, Genoa, Naples, and
Egypt with Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799. To these two rites were added appeared in France with Michel Bedarride who had received the Grand
Mastery (ultimate powers) in 1810, in Naples, from B... DeLasalle. From
initiatic Degrees which came from esoteric obediences of the 18t h
Century: The Primitive Rite, The Rite of Philadelphes, etc... 1810 to 1 813, the three Bedarride brothers successfully developed the Rite in
France, almost under the protection of The Scottish Rite. Indeed, it had
illustrious Masons at its helm: the Count of Muraire, Sovereign Grand
During the 19th Century, the Carbonaris recruited members in
Misram and Memphis. They had numerous Lodges in France, and some Commander of The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite; the Duke Decazeo,
of their dignitaries were very influential persons, such as the Duke the Duke of Saxe -Weimar, the Duke of Leicester, the Lieutenant General
Decazeo and the Count Muraire, who were both Grand Commander of Baron Teste, etc...
the Scottish Rite.
During the White Terror, Misram quickly became the Masonic
In France, the Obedience is the meeting place of Masons who Obedience which transmitted the required Third Degree to the Carbonari,
share an attraction for esoterics, hermeticism, symbolism, etc. There are
and this group then had 22 Lodges in Paris, 6 in Lyon, 6 in Metz, 5 in
about 90 Lodges in France, not counting the higher Degree workshops. In Toulouse, 3 in Bordeaux, 3 in Geneva, 3 in Lausanne, and 1 in Courtray. The
these Works hops are a few hundred members among whom we find police of the restauration obtained its dissolution because it was fiercely
Masons from all Obediences who are most qualified in the field of anticlerical and anti-royalist. After being clandestine for 18 years, it was
esoterics. Some are even at the helm of other, more secret organizations. restored in 1838 and dissolved once more in 1841. Again brought out of the
undergro und in 1848, Misram evolved towards its merger with the Rite of
The Rite of Memphis -Misra m perpetuates the tradition of Memphis in 1881, which was the realization of Garibaldi.
attachment to the principles of tolerance and freedom of thought which
made it the refuge and recruitment ground of the Carbonaris during the THE RITE OF MEMPHIS
Reign of the White Terror in the 19th Century.
Most of the members who accompanied Bonaparte on the Mission
in Egypt were Masons belonging to the old initiatic Rites: Philaletes, African
Brothers, the Primitive Rite, and all were Masons of the Grand Orient of
France. Having discovered in Cairo a Gnostic-Hermetic survival, and in
Lebanon the Druse-Masonry that Gerard de Nerval had also met, and which
dated back to the operative Masonry which had accompanied their
protectors, the Templars, the Brothers of the Mission in Egypt decided to
renounce the Masonic affiliation which had come from the Grand Lodge of
England and to start again with a new Rite that would owe nothing to
England, who was then the number one enemy. And thus was born the Rite
of Memphis in 1815, in Montauban, under the direction of Samuel Harris
and Marconis de Negre.
The Memphis -Misram higher Degree Workshops must work: the As the Rite of Misra m regrouped the Jacobites who were
4th Degree (Secret Master), the 9th Degree (Master Elect of Nine), the 13th nostalgic of the Republic and the Carbonari, the Rite of Memphis
Degree (Royal Arch), the 14th Degree (Grand Elect of the Sacred Vault), very q uickly regrouped the semi -retired of the ex-great army and the
the 18th degree (Knight Rose-Cro ix), the 28th Degree (Knight of the Sun), Bonapartists faithful to the Eagle. The two Rites, moreover, had the
the 30th Degree (Knight Kadosh), the 32nd Degree (Prince of the Royal same Grand Master in 1816, a prelude to the future merger. But the
Secret), and the 33rd Degree (Sovereign Grand Inspector General). The Grand Orient was then monarchist in its majority, its seal was
66th Degree (Patriarch Grand Consecrator) is conferred only to certain comprised of the Fleur-de-Lis, and it succeeded in obtaining the
Brothers who could be called upon to act as Consecrator, and a certain dissolution of Memphis. But that did not last, however, and in 1826
particular preparation is required. Some have compared it to an Episcopal this Rite took up its work again inside the same Grand Orient.
Consecration. Dissolved in 1841, just like Misra m, Memphis also became
clandestine and returned from the underground only in 1848, with the
The 87th, 88th, 89th, and 90th Degrees comprise what is referred advent of the Republic. Dissolved again in 1850, reactivated in 1853,
to in textbooks as the Arcana Arcanorum. Those who are admitted to the Memphis join ed the Grand Orient in 1862 because it was obliged to
95th Degree become the protectors and conservators of the Rite as their do so by a decision of the Prince-President. With numerous Lodges
name, Patriarch Grand Conservator, indicates. It is among them that the abroad, it had illustrious people within its ranks, such as Louis Blanc,
International Grand Master chooses the members who serve on the and Garibaldi, who soon became the unifier of Memphis and
International Sovereign Sanctuary, supreme governing body of the Rite. Misram.
Additionally, the 66th, 90th, and 95 Degrees may be conferred on
Masons compense for their valor, their knowledge, and their fidelity; in re THE RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAIM
the 95th Degree confers upon them the right to sit on the Council of
Sages in their quality as Grand Conservator of the Rite. The Rites of Memphis and Misra m, until 1881, followed
parallel roads and even in concert in the same particular climate.
Other Degrees , such as the Royal Arch, are not mandatory and are Indeed, the Rites begin to regroup Masons of the Grand Orient of
left to the choice of the Brothers. Knighthood (Chivalry) is transmitted to France and of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite who were
certain Brothers with the 20th Degree (Knights Templar or Knight of the interested by the studies of the esoterics of Masonic symbolism:
Temple), descended directly from the Ancient Strict Templar Observance Gnosis, Kabbalah, even Hermetics and Occultism. Now, these two
and the Knights Beneficent of the Holy City of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz. Rites had inherited and were the depositors of the old initiatic
Obediences of the 18th Century: The Rite of Philalethes, The Rite of
The Lodges of Memphis -Misram work the Egyptian Rite. On their Philadelphia, The Hermetic Rite, The Primitive Rite, etc., and all this
altars, they add to the traditional interlacing of the Compass and Square, the represented, in Misra m: 90 Degrees; and in Memphis: 95 Degrees.
Rule, symbol of the Grand Architect of the Universe and of Divine Law. How to administer and use this ill -assorted ensemble? When
Garibaldi was appointed the first International Grand Master, ad
Since March 1990, the President of the National Council elect in- vitam (the Brothers abroad had not suffered the political
sures the administration of all the Blue Lodges of the Rite in France and in persecutions like in France), a kind of classification was made, which
the Associate Countries. was not hierarchical in the beginning but which quickly became such.
In fact, the 95 Degrees of the Rite of Memphis -Misra m should be
On the 10th of 1991, the French Obedience was admitted May, considered an ambulatory where rests old Masonic Degrees that are
into C.L.I.P.S.A.S. (Center of Liaison and Information of the Masonic Po w- not practiced anymore, or very little, and not as a scale of values.
ers, Signatories of the Call of Strasbourg), thus registering its action on the Furthermore, the agreements of 1863 with the Grand Orient of
sides of European and liberal Freemasonry. France, and of 1896 with the Grand Lodge of the Scottish Rite, which
was to become the the Grand Lodge o f France, speak only of the
The Rite of Memphis -Misram perpetuates its traditions of fidelity classical 33 Degrees (Rite of Perfection, followed by the Ancient and
to democratic principles and to the initiatic Sciences. Accepted Scottish Rite).
As the Rite of Misra m regrouped the Jacobites who were The Memphis -Misra m higher Degree Workshops must work: the
nostalgic of the Republic and the Carbonari, the Rite of Memphis 4th Degree (Secret Master), the 9th Degree (Master Elect of Nine), the 13th
very q uickly regrouped the semi -retired of the ex-great army and the Degree (Royal Arch), the 14th Degree (Grand Elect of the Sacred Vault),
Bonapartists faithful to the Eagle. The two Rites, moreover, had the the 18th degree (Knight Rose-Cro ix), the 28th Degree (Knight of the Sun),
same Grand Master in 1816, a prelude to the future merger. But the the 30th Degree (Knight Kadosh), the 32nd Degree (Prince of the Royal
Grand Orient was then monarchist in its majority, its seal was Secret), and the 33rd Degree (Sovereign Grand Inspector General). The
comprised of the Fleur-de-Lis, and it succeeded in obtaining the 66th Degree (Patriarch Grand Consecrator) is conferred only to certain
dissolution of Memphis. But that did not last, however, and in 1826 Brothers who could be called upon to act as Consecrator, and a certain
this Rite took up its work again inside the same Grand Orient. particular preparation is required. Some have compared it to an Episcopal
Dissolved in 1841, just like Misra m, Memphis also became Consecration.
clandestine and returned from the underground only in 1848, with the
advent of the Republic. Dissolved again in 1850, reactivated in 1853, The 87th, 88th, 89th, and 90th Degrees comprise what is referred
Memphis join ed the Grand Orient in 1862 because it was obliged to to in textbooks as the Arcana Arcanorum. Those who are admitted to the
do so by a decision of the Prince-President. With numerous Lodges 95th Degree become the protectors and conservators of the Rite as their
abroad, it had illustrious people within its ranks, such as Louis Blanc, name, Patriarch Grand Conservator, indicates. It is among them that the
and Garibaldi, who soon became the unifier of Memphis and International Grand Master chooses the members who serve on the
Misram. International Sovereign Sanctuary, supreme governing body of the Rite.
Additionally, the 66th, 90th, and 95 Degrees may be conferred on
THE RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAIM Masons in recompense for their valor, their knowledge, and their fidelity;
the 95th Degree confers upon them the right to sit on the Council of
The Rites of Memphis and Misra m, until 1881, followed Sages in their quality as Grand Conservator of the Rite.
parallel roads and even in concert in the same particular climate.
Indeed, the Rites begin to regroup Masons of the Grand Orient of Other Degrees , such as the Royal Arch, are not mandatory and are
France and of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite who were left to the choice of the Brothers. Knighthood (Chivalry) is transmitted to
interested by the studies of the esoterics of Masonic symbolism: certain Brothers with the 20th Degree (Knights Templar or Knight of the
Gnosis, Kabbalah, even Hermetics and Occultism. Now, these two Temple), descended directly from the Ancient Strict Templar Observance
Rites had inherited and were the depositors of the old initiatic and the Knights Beneficent of the Holy City of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz.
Obediences of the 18th Century: The Rite of Philalethes, The Rite of
Philadelphia, The Hermetic Rite, The Primitive Rite, etc., and all this The Lodges of Memphis -Misram work the Egyptian Rite. On their
represented, in Misra m: 90 Degrees; and in Memphis: 95 Degrees. altars, they add to the traditional interlacing of the Compass and Square, the
How to administer and use this ill -assorted ensemble? When Rule, symbol of the Grand Architect of the Universe and of Divine Law.
Garibaldi was appointed the first International Grand Master, ad
vitam (the Brothers abroad had not suffered the political Since March 1990, the President of the National Council elect in
persecutions like in France), a kind of classification was made, which sures the administration of all the Blue Lodges of the Rite in France and in
was not hierarchical in the beginning but which quickly became such. the Associate Countries.
In fact, the 95 Degrees of the Rite of Memphis -Misra m should be
considered an ambulatory where rests old Masonic Degrees that are On the 10th of May, 1991, the French Obedience was admitted
not practiced anymore, or very little, and not as a scale of values. into C.L.I.P.S.A.S. (Center of Liaison and Information of the Masonic Po w
Furthermore, the agreements of 1863 with the Grand Orient of ers, Signatories of the Call of Strasbourg), thus registering its action on the
France, and of 1896 with the Grand Lodge of the Scottish Rite, which sides of European and liberal Freemasonry.
was to become the the Grand Lodge o f France, speak only of the
classical 33 Degrees (Rite of Perfection, followed by the Ancient and The Rite of Memphis -Misram perpetuates its traditions of fidelity
Accepted Scottish Rite). to democratic principles and to the initiatic Sciences.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS The Rite remembers its dead with honor - the Grand Master Constant
CHEVILLON was assassinated by the Vichy militia in 1944, and Brother D E
LAIVE, the Grand Master of Belgium, was beheaded by the Nazis the previous
year.
The Rite of Memphis -Misram actually gathers a few thousand
members, mainly in Europe. It had, in the early part of the 20th Century,
several thousand members in South America, but the political situation in
the countries of that continent has been detrimental to all Masonry for many
years and only recently has begun to spring up again. The Rite has Lodges
in France, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Italy, Canada, the United States,
Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Haiti, Australia, certain countries of Af-
rica, Madagascar, etc. Since the first General Grand Master, Garibaldi, the
direction of the Rite has been assumed by various Grand Masters, among
them: Dr. Gerard Encausse (PAPUS), Charles Detre (alias Teder), Jean Bri-
caud, Constant Chevillion, Charles-Henri Dupont, Robert Ambelain,
Gerard Kloppel and George Claude Vieilledent, the latter since August,
19 98. In 1964, the Lodges in South America decided that the International
Grand Master should be from a French-speaking nation, and that the Rite's
general headquarters should be in Paris. However, as of the International
Sovereign Sanctuary meeting of August 14-18, 1998, held in New York, it
was agreed that the title of Grand Master ad vitam (for life) was archaic,
and that this should be eliminated. The President of the International Sover-
eign Sanctuary would assume the title of International Grand Master for a
set term of office, after which a new International Grand Master would be
elected from among the Grand Masters of the various National Sovereign
Sanctuaries throughout the world where the Rite of Memphis -Misram has
Lodges. The individual thus elected would hold the office for one term
only, and would not be permitted to succeed himself.
The Rite remembers its dead with honor - the Grand Master Constant RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
CHEVILLON was assassinated by the Vichy militia in 1944, and Brother DE-
LAIVE, the Grand Master of Belgium, was beheaded by the Nazis the previous
year.
The Rite of Memphis -Misram actually gathers a few thousand
members, mainly in Europe. It had, in the early part of the 20th Century,
several thousand members in South America, but the political situation in
the countries of that continent has been detrimental to all Masonry for many
years and only recently has begun to spring up again. The Rite has Lodges
in France, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Italy, Canada, the United States,
Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Haiti, Australia, certain countries of Af
rica, Madagascar, etc. Since the first General Grand Master, Garibaldi, the
direction of the Rite has been assumed by various Grand Masters, among
them: Dr. Gerard Encausse (PAPUS), Charles Detre (alias Teder), Jean Bri
caud, Constant Chevillion, Charles-Henri Dupont, Robert Ambelain,
Gerard Kloppel and George Claude Vieilledent, the latter since August,
199 8. In 1964, the Lodges in South America decided that the International
Grand Master should be from a French-speaking nation, and that the Rite's
general headquarters should be in Paris. However, as of the International
Sovereign Sanctuary meeting of August 14-18, 1998, held in New York, it
was agreed that the title of Grand Master ad vitam (for life) was archaic,
and that this should be eliminated. The President of the International Sover
eign Sanctuary would assume the title of International Grand Master for a
set term of office, after which a new International Grand Master would be
elected from among the Grand Masters of the various National Sovereign
Sanctuaries throughout the world where the Rite of Memphis -Misram has
Lodges. The individual thus elected would hold the office for one term
only, and would not be permitted to succeed himself.
THE DIFFERENT FRENCH OBEDIENCES :
- The GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE is a federation of Rites. It
was founded in 1773. Numerically t his Obedience is the most important.
- The GRAND LODGE OF FRANCE was founded in 1894. All its
Lodges work the same Rite.
- The GRAND LODGE FEMININE OF FRANCE worked, in the
beginning, with the Grand Lodge of France. It acquired its independence in
1901.
- The INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION "DROIT HUMAIN"
whose origin goes back to 1882, is an Obedience which gathers men and
women. This International Order is represented throughout the world.
Other more recent Obediences enrich universal Freemasonry by
their diversities, among these are, namely:
The GRAND LODGE TRADITIONAL And SYMBOLIC OPERA
The UNIVERSAL MIXED GRAND LODGE
The MIXED GRAND LODGE OF FRANCE
The ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAM
maintains privileged relations with these Obediences. They have been par-
ticularly developed in the course of the last few years.
THE DIFFERENT FRENCH OBEDIENCES :
- The GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE is a federation of Rites. It
was founded in 1773. Numerically t his Obedience is the most important.
- The GRAND LODGE OF FRANCE was founded in 1894. All its
Lodges work the same Rite.
- The GRAND LODGE FEMININE OF FRANCE worked, in the
beginning, with the Grand Lodge of France. It acquired its independence in
1901.
- The INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION "DROIT HUMAIN"
whose origin goes back to 1882, is an Obedience which gathers men and
women. This International Order is represented throughout the world.
Other more recent Obediences enrich universal Freemasonry by
their diversities, among these are, namely:
The GRAND LODGE TRADITIONAL And SYMBOLIC OPERA
The UNIVERSAL MIXED GRAND LODGE
The MIXED GRAND LODGE OF FRANCE
The ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RITE OF MEMPHIS-MISRAM
maintains privileged relations with these Obediences. They have been par
ticularly developed in the course of the last few years.
SOME STATEMENTS FOR YOUR BETTER UNDERSTANDING: A BRIEF OVERVIEW :
The Masonic Order is a carrier of promises. The Masonic Lodge is
a hope. In its fullness it prepares man, by way of Initiation, to assume his The Rite of Memphis -Misram is the oldest French Obedience after
evolution. the Grand Orient of France. Its origin goes back more than 200 years.
Freemasons are builders. From the necessity of the apprenticeship, This Rite is, at the present time in relations with most of the French
to the necessity of the trial. Freemasonry testifies that one could live his life
and foreign Obediences. Its strength, its vigor and its repute is founded more
in a healthy and fruitful activity and this by an altruism freed of its hin- on its specific features than on the number of its members.
drances.
An international Masonry, the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Mem
The Lodge invites each to go towards himself. The free man is the phis -Misram is present in the United States, Canada, South America, the
product of the work that he accomplishes. The Freemason therefore defeats Antilles, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australia, Europe, and elsewhere.
his passions and dies to himself in order to be born again to his state of Ini-
tiation. In France, the Rite gathers Masons who share an affinity for Sy m
bolism, Esotericism and Hermeticism.
The application to enter into the Masonic Order is a sign of a
search and of a commitment. This desire of going beyond oneself entails An Obedience defining itself as "Symbolic, Traditional and In i
another vision for the profane of his duties - in the first place, to a concept tiatic," Memphis -Misram constitutes in fact two branches: one exclusively
of the Divine, then to Humanity, and finally, towards himself. masculine, the other feminine.
This birth into a new existence, is the delivery in question of the In France, the Rite amounts to about a thousand members, among
being. This is the key to Initiation. them some esotericists of a very high level of which some are at the head of
more closed Organizations.
One doesn't enter into Freemasonry as one enters into religion, one
will have understood it! The Rite of Memphis -Misram perpetuates besides, the tradition of
attachment to the principles of tolerance and liberty of thought which made
The Masonic engagement constitutes nothing other than the search
it, in the 19th Century, under the White Terror, the refuge and nursery of the
for personal harmony, put into concrete form first through the Lodge to Carbonari.
which one becomes affiliated.
This awareness is acquired progressively, already by the exercise
of rituals, but also by a totality of work. The symbolic studies in particular,
allows to define the place that occupies Man among the other kingdoms
that is the mineral, the vegetable, the animal, in order to result in striving
for justification with the regard to the Univers e, that is to say who goes
"toward the United."
Otherwise, as it is established that Freemasonry has brought many
to Humanity, it is important to remember here that, victim of intolerance, it
has paid a heavy price for its contribution.
A BRIEF OVERVIEW : SOME STATEMENTS FOR YOUR BETTER UNDERSTANDING:
The Masonic Order is a carrier of promises. The Masonic Lodge is
The Rite of Memphis -Misram is the oldest French Obedience after
a hope. In its fullness it prepares man, by way of Initiation, to assume his
the Grand Orient of France. Its origin goes back more than 200 years. evolution.
This Rite is, at the present time in relations with most of the French Freemasons are builders. From the necessity of the apprenticeship,
and foreign Obediences. Its strength, its vigor and its repute is founded more
to the necessity of the trial. Freemasonry testifies that one could live his life
on its specific features than on the number of its members. in a healthy and fruitful activity and this by an altruism freed of its hin
drances.
An international Masonry, the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Mem-
phis -Misram is present in the United States, Canada, South America, the
The Lodge invites each to go towards himself. The free man is the
Antilles, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australia, Europe, and elsewhere. product of the work that he accomplishes. The Freemason therefore defeats
his passions and dies to himself in order to be born again to his state of Ini
In France, the Rite gathers Masons who share an affinity for Sym- tiation.
bolism, Esotericism and Hermeticism.
The application to enter into the Masonic Order is a sign of a
An Obedience defining itself as "Symbolic, Traditional and In i- search and of a commitment. This desire of going beyond oneself entails
tiatic," Memphis -Misram constitutes in fact two branches: one exclusively another vision for the profane of his duties - in the first place, to a concept
masculine, the other feminine. of the Divine, then to Humanity, and finally, towards himself.
In France, the Rite amounts to about a thousand members, among This birth into a new existence, is the delivery in question of the
them some esotericists of a very high level of which some are at the head of being. This is the key to Initiation.
more closed Organizations.
One doesn't enter into Freemasonry as one enters into religion, one
The Rite of Memphis -Misram perpetuates besides, the tradition of will have understood it!
attachment to the principles of tolerance and liberty of thought which made
The Masonic engagement constitutes nothing other than the search
it, in the 19th Century, under the White Terror, the refuge and nursery of the
Carbonari. for personal harmony, put into concrete form first through the Lodge to
which one becomes affiliated.
This awareness is acquired progressively, already by the exercise
of rituals, but also by a totality of work. The symbolic studies in particular,
allows to define the place that occupies Man among the other kingdoms
that is the mineral, the vegetable, the animal, in order to result in striving
for justification with the regard to the Univers e, that is to say who goes
"toward the United."
Otherwise, as it is established that Freemasonry has brought many
to Humanity, it is important to remember here that, victim of intolerance, it
has paid a heavy price for its contribution.
Conscious of the limits of this century of science and technology yet The Lodge is, symbolically, a closed and sacred place. It is in this
powerful in its foundation inherited from the Temples of M emphis, the Rite place, in this Workshop, that the bonds and privileged relationships of Lib
invites each to pass from the rational Knowing of today, in the strict sense of erty, Equality, and Fraternity will be instituted between the Brothers .
the term, to inner Knowledge.
Masonic discipline is founded on a Tradition, it sets to work a hu
It invites its members to become part of a process, and a living inte- man and sacred experience, it constitutes a liberating Authority.
gration of the Symbolic, which is neither intellectual or morally judgmental.
This system is a renewed vision of the world at the dawn of the XXIst century. The degrees of instruction conferred by the Order of Memphis -
Misram are divided into three series which constitute:
If modern Freemasonry feels sometimes a hesitation to enroll in the
historic flow of the world, it is because after having lived as a journeyman - from the First to the Third Degree, SYMBOLIC Masonry,
from 1723 until today, it has collided with the limits of its immense desire to - from the Fourth to the Thirty-Third Degree, PHILOSOPHICAL
progress. Masonry,
- from the Thirty-Fourth to the Ninetieth Degree, HERMETIC or
Freemasonry continues its desire to arrive at universal fraternity ESOT ERIC Masonry. (The grades above the Ninetieth are Administrative in
through education, as well as through life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. nature, and are reserved for the members of the various Sovereign Sanctuar
ies).
However, despite its best efforts, we still see poverty, injustice, self-
is hness, and tyranny active in todays world. SYMBOLIC Masonry gives an explanation of symbolism and dis
poses the beginnings of philosophical research.
The "fight for profane Life" appears to have taken modern Masonry
out of the "fight for Spiritual Love." The possession of material goods does PHILOSOPHICAL Masonry teaches the philosophy of history, as
not - and cannot - satisfy the Soul and Mind. well as the ancient myths. Its object is to put the student on the track of origi
nal research of the causes and effects.
The Temple of Man and Humanity must be raised. The Rite of Mem-
phis -Misram invites all beings of good will, who are not satisfied with words HERMETIC and ESOTERIC Masonry is occupied with high phi
alone, and for whom enlightened acts constitute the only real contribution to losophy, studies the religious myths of the different ages of Humanity and
the good of Humanity, to this immense worksite, and partake. admits the most advanced philosophical and esoteric work.
The Ancient and Primitive Rite Memphis -Misram addresses itself to
sincere seekers, desirous of perfecting themselves by working on symbolism
and esotericism, notably anxious to search for the elements to answer the seri-
ous problems of our times.
The Lodge is, symbolically, a closed and sacred place. It is in this Conscious of the limits of this century of science and technology yet
place, in this Workshop, that the bonds and privileged relationships of Lib- powerful in its foundation inherited from the Temples of M emphis, the Rite
erty, Equality, and Fraternity will be instituted between the Brothers . invites each to pass from the rational Knowing of today, in the strict sense of
the term, to inner Knowledge.
Masonic discipline is founded on a Tradition, it sets to work a hu-
man and sacred experience, it constitutes a liberating Authority. It invites its members to become part of a process, and a living inte
gration of the Symbolic, which is neither intellectual or morally judgmental.
The degrees of instruction conferred by the Order of Memphis - This system is a renewed vision of the world at the dawn of the XXIst century.
Misram are divided into three series which constitute:
If modern Freemasonry feels sometimes a hesitation to enroll in the
- from the First to the Third Degree, SYMBOLIC Masonry, historic flow of the world, it is because after having lived as a journeyman
- from the Fourth to the Thirty-Third Degree, PHILOSOPHICAL from 1723 until today, it has collided with the limits of its immense desire to
Masonry, progress.
- from the Thirty-Fourth to the Ninetieth Degree, HERMETIC or
ESOT ERIC Masonry. (The grades above the Ninetieth are Administrative in Freemasonry continues its desire to arrive at universal fraternity
nature, and are reserved for the members of the various Sovereign Sanctuar- through education, as well as through life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
ies).
However, despite its best efforts, we still see poverty, injustice, self
SYMBOLIC Masonry gives an explanation of symbolism and dis- is hness, and tyranny active in todays world.
poses the beginnings of philosophical research.
The "fight for profane Life" appears to have taken modern Masonry
PHILOSOPHICAL Masonry teaches the philosophy of history, as out of the "fight for Spiritual Love." The possession of material goods does
well as the ancient myths. Its object is to put the student on the track of origi- not - and cannot - satisfy the Soul and Mind.
nal research of the causes and effects.
The Temple of Man and Humanity must be raised. The Rite of Mem
HERMETIC and ESOTERIC Masonry is occupied with high phi- phis -Misram invites all beings of good will, who are not satisfied with words
losophy, studies the religious myths of the different ages of Humanity and alone, and for whom enlightened acts constitute the only real contribution to
admits the most advanced philosophical and esoteric work. the good of Humanity, to this immense worksite, and partake.
The Ancient and Primitive Rite Memphis -Misram addresses itself to
sincere seekers, desirous of perfecting themselves by working on symbolism
and esotericism, notably anxious to search for the elements to answer the seri
ous problems of our times.
MEMPHIS -MISRAM, A RITE FOR THE FUTURE THE INTERNATIONAL GRAND-MASTERS:
1838 Jean Etienne MARCONIS France
The Freemasonry of tomorrow will be even more united in order to
1869 Marquis de BEAUREGARD Egypt
contribute to mans success in becoming enriched by his differences. 1874 Salvadtore A. ZOLA Egypt
1881 Joseph GARIBALDI* Italy
Today, Freemasonry gathers in the world about seven million men 1900 Ferdinand DELLI ODI Italy
and women. According to their sensitivity and their aspirations, they are
1902 John YARKER Great Britain
based on humanist and social or spiritual and esoteric foundations; these peo- 1913 Theodore REUSS Germany
ple are divided into different Obediences and practice various different Rites. 1936 Gurino TROILO Argentina
1946 Georges LAGREZE France
But, whatever their specificities, they meet in the first three levels,
1966 Robert AMBELAIN France
or Degrees, which constitutes a non-dogmatic center of individual perfection 1985 Grard KLOPPEL France
and the basis of Universal Masonry.
In 1990, the title of the International Presiding Officer was changed. And the
In the symbolic plan, which constitutes a method of perfection, the President of the International Sovereign Sanctuary now serves for a term of
Mason must trim the "Rough Ashlar," which means, symbolically, to remove three years.
little by little the being of his imperfections thus permitting himself to pro-
gress toward Knowledge. The Initiation orientates him on the path, it will be President of the International Sovereign Sanctuary:
the developer.
1998 Georges Claude VIEILLEDENT France
All Masonry is thus in essence, initiatic, and the Light given to the
profane is the same whatever the Obedience where it is diffused. It is only in The Sovereign Grand Masters of the USA:
the development of this Light that the different sensitivities will define them-
selves. 1998 Ronald Cappello
The principal specificities of the Order Memphis -Misram reside in Since 1998, the Sovereign Grand Master of the USA has the title of
the following principles: President of the National Council. He is elected by the National Council for a
period of three years.
- to vivify the Tradition transmitted by Ancient Egypt;
- to develop the spiritual value of the initiatic quest; No religious test shall ever be required of any petitioner for the
- to inspire an opening whereby in telligence of the heart and esoteric benefits of Masonry other than a steadfast belief in the existence and perfec
knowledge harmonize in our time; tion of a Supreme Being and no Lodge in this Rite shall receive any candi
- to practice a Rite that permits man to find the way to his own date without the acknowledgment of such belief. Lodges work with the tradi
interior realization. tional Square, Compass, and Sacred Book, to which they add the Ruler which
symbolizes the Great Architect of the Universe and the Divine Law.
*First International Grand Master
THE INTERNATIONAL GRAND-MASTERS: MEMPHIS -MISRAM, A RITE FOR THE FUTURE
1838 Jean Etienne MARCONIS France
1869 Marquis de BEAUREGARD Egypt The Freemasonry of tomorrow will be even more united in order to
1874 Salvadtore A. ZOLA Egypt contribute to mans success in becoming enriched by his differences.
1881 Joseph GARIBALDI* Italy
1900 Ferdinand DELLI ODI Italy Today, Freemasonry gathers in the world about seven million men
1902 John YARKER Great Britain and women. According to their sensitivity and their aspirations, they are
1913 Theodore REUSS Germany based on humanist and social or spiritual and esoteric foundations; these peo
1936 Gurino TROILO Argentina ple are divided into different Obediences and practice various different Rites.
1946 Georges LAGREZE France
1966 Robert AMBELAIN France But, whatever their specificities, they meet in the first three levels,
1985 Grard KLOPPEL France or Degrees, which constitutes a non-dogmatic center of individual perfection
and the basis of Univers al Masonry.
In 1990, the title of the International Presiding Officer was changed. And the
President of the International Sovereign Sanctuary now serves for a term of In the symbolic plan, which constitutes a method of perfection, the
three years. Mason must trim the "Rough Ashlar," which means, symbolically, to remove
little by little the being of his imperfections thus permitting himself to pro
President of the International Sovereign Sanctuary: gress toward Knowledge. The Initiation orientates him on the path, it will be
the developer.
1998 Georges Claude VIEILLEDENT France
All Masonry is thus in essence, initiatic, and the Light given to the
The Sovereign Grand Masters of the USA: profane is the same whatever the Obedience where it is diffused. It is only in
the development of this Light that the different sensitivities will define them-
1998 Ronald Cappello selves.
Since 1998, the Sovereign Grand Master of the USA has the title of The principal specificities of the Order Memphis -Misram reside in
President of the National Council. He is elected by the National Council for a the following principles:
period of three years.
- to vivify the Tradition transmitted by Ancient Egypt;
No religious test shall ever be required of any petitioner for the - to develop the spiritual value of the initiatic quest;
benefits of Masonry other than a steadfast belief in the existence and perfec- - to inspire an opening whereby in telligence of the heart and esoteric
tion of a Supreme Being and no Lodge in this Rite shall receive any candi- knowledge harmonize in our time;
date without the acknowledgment of such belief. Lodges work with the tradi- - to practice a Rite that permits man to find the way to his own
tional Square, Compass, and Sacred Book, to which they add the Ruler which interior realization.
symbolizes the Great Architect of the Universe and the Divine Law.
*First International Grand Master
--- Vittorio Vanni wrote:
>
> Caro Leo,
> non me ne frega nulla della piscina e non ci penso
> nemmeno a riposarmi.
> Ho investito tutti i miei risparmi in kalasnikof e
> passo i miei scarsi
> ritagli di tempo a lubrificarli.
> Nel 2012 avrò solo 70 anni e l'artrosi al dito
> indice della mano destra mi
> sar risparmiata.
>
>
> Sto armando inoltre una nave corsara per ripulire il
> Mediterraneo dagli
> imbecilli. Il suo vessilo è sopra riprodotto e non
> sar mai ammainato perché
> la madre degli imbecilli è sempre incinta.
> A noi, Fratelli della costa!
> Victor, dit Lascomune.
>
Vittorio Vanni è un notissimo saggista e pubblicista con 3 libri
al suo attivo (saggi di storia della Massoneria e di filosofia
esoterologica o metafisica come lui l’ama chiamare),
numerosissime presentazioni e prefazioni a saggi di argomento filosofico
ed esoteriologico, centinaia di articoli pubblicati su numerosissime
riviste in Italia e all’estero; storico delle religioni ed
esperto indiscusso di simbolismo, direttore e curatore , insieme a
Ovidio La pera, da ormai qualche anno, della collana martinista della
Casa Editrice Chiari di Firenze, fa infine parte del Comitato di
Redazione di Hiram, rivista ufficiale del Grande Oriente d’Italia
ed è componente effettivo ormai da molti anni del Comitato di
Revisione dei rituali del Grande Oriente d’Italia, il più
antico e riconosciuto Ordine Iniziatico Massonico italiano.
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
THE MERCIFUL, THE COMPASSIONATE
And from Him do we seek help
The First Letter
In His Name, be He glorified!
And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise.
[This consists of the brief answers to four questions]
FIRST QUESTION
Is Hazrat Khidr alive? If he is alive, why do some important religious
scholars not accept this?
T h e A n s w e r : He is alive, but there are five degrees of life. He
is at the second degree. It is because of this that some religious
scholars have been doubtful about it.
The First Level of Life is that of our life, which is very restricted.
The Second Level of Life is that of the lives of Khidr and Ilyas (May
Allah grant them peace), which is free to an extent. That is to say,
they can be present in numerous places at the same time. They are not
permanently restricted by the requirements of humanity like us. They can
eat and drink like us when they want to, but are not compelled to like
us. The saints are those who uncover and witness the realities of
creation, and the reports of their adventures with Khidr are unanimous
and elucidate and prove this level of life. There is even one degree of
sainthood which is called ‘the degree of Khidr.’ A saint
who reaches this degree receives instruction from Khidr and meets with
him. But sometimes the one at that degree is mistakenly thought to be
Khidr himself.
The Third Level of Life is that of Idris and Jesus (May Allah grant them
peace) which, being removed from the requirements of humanity, enters an
angelic life and acquires a luminous fineness. Quite simply, Idris and
Jesus are present in the heavens with their earthly bodies, which have
the subtlety of bodies from the World of Similitudes and the luminosity
of star-like bodies. The Hadith the meaning of which is, “At the
end of time, Jesus (Upon whom be peace) will come and will act in
accordance with the Shari’a of Muhammed (PBUH),” indicates
that at the end of time the religion of Christianity will be purified
and divest itself of superstition in the face of the current of unbelief
and atheism born of Naturalist philosophy, and will be transformed into
Islam. At this point, just as the collective personality of Christianity
will kill the fearsome collective personality of irreligion with the
sword of heavenly Revelation, so too, representing the collective
personality of Christianity, Jesus (Upon whom be peace) will kill the
Dajjal, who represents the collective personality of irreligion, that is,
he will kill atheistic thought.
The Fourth Level of Life is that of the martyrs. According to the Qur’an,
the martyrs have a level of life higher than that of the other dead in
their graves. Since the martyrs sacrificed their worldly lives in the
way of truth, in His perfect munificence, Almighty Allah bestows on them
in the Intermediate Realm a life resembling earthly life, but without
the sorrow and hardship. They do not know themselves to be dead,
thinking only that they have gone to a better world. They enjoy
themselves in perfect happiness and do not suffer the pains of
separation that accompany death. For sure the spirits of the dead are
immortal, but they know themselves to be dead. The happiness and
pleasure they experience in the Intermediate World are not equal to that
of the martyrs. Like if two men in their dreams enter a beautiful palace
resembling Paradise; one knows that he is dreaming and the pleasure and
enjoyment he receives are deficient. He thinks: “If I wake up, all
this enjoyment will disappear.” While the other man does not know
he is dreaming, and he experiences true happiness and pleasure.
The way the martyrs and other dead benefit from life in the Intermediate
Realm is thus different. It has been established by innumerable
incidents and narrations and it is certain that the martyrs manifest
life in that way and think that they are alive. Indeed, this level of
life has been illuminated and proved on repeated occasions by many
occurrences like Hamza (May Allah be pleased with him) - the lord of the
martyrs - protecting those that have recourse to him and performing and
making performed matters in this world. I myself, even, had a nephew and
student called Ubeyd. He was killed at my side and in my place and
became a martyr. Then, when I was being held as a prisoner-of-war at a
place three months’ distance away, I entered his grave in a true
dream, which was in the form of a dwelling-place under the earth,
although I did not know where he was buried. I saw him living the level
of life of martyrs. He evidently thought that I was dead, and said that
he had wept much for me. He thought that he was alive, but having
retreated from the Russian invasion, had made himself a good home under
the ground. Thus, through a number of conditions and indications, this
unimportant dream afforded the conviction as certain as witnessing it
concerning the above-mentioned truth.
The Fifth Level of Life is that of the life of the spirits of the dead
in their graves. Yes, death is a change of residence, the liberation of
the spirit, a discharge from duties; it is not annihilation,
non-existence, and a going to nothingness. Many evidences like
innumerable occurrences of the spirits of the saints assuming forms and
appearing to those who uncover the realities, and the other dead having
relations with us while awake or sleeping and their telling us of things
that are conformable with reality, - evidences like these illuminate and
prove this level of life. In fact, the Twenty-Ninth Word about the
immortality of man’s spirit demonstrates this level of life with
incontrovertible proofs.
SECOND QUESTION
Verses like the following in the All-Wise Qur’an, the Criterion
of Truth and Falsehood,
Who creates death and life that He may try you, which of you is the best
in conduct,
make it understood that “like life, death too is created, and it
too is bounty.” Whereas apparently death is dissolution,
non-existence, decay, the extinction of life, the annihilator of
pleasures; how can it be created and a bounty?
T h e A n s w e r : As was stated at the end of the answer to the First
Question, death is a discharge from the duties of life; it is a rest, a
change of residence, a change of existence; it is an invitation to an
eternal life, a beginning, the introduction to an immortal life. Just as
life comes into the world is through a creation and a determining, so
too departure from the world is through a creation and determining,
through a wise and purposeful direction. For the death of plant life,
the simplest level of life, shows that it is a more orderly work of art
than life. For although the death of fruits, seeds, and grains appear to
occur through decaying, rotting, and dissolution, their death is in fact
a kneading which comprises an exceedingly well-ordered chemical reaction
and well-balanced combining of elements and wise formation of particles;
this unseen, well-ordered and wise death appears through the life of the
new shoots. That is to say, the death of the seed is the start of life
of the shoot; indeed, since it is like life itself, this death is
created and well-ordered as much as is life.
Moreover, since the death of the fruits of living beings and animals in
the human stomach is the beginning of their rising to the level of human
life, it may be said “such a death is more orderly and created
than their own life.”
Thus, if the death of plant life, the lowest level of life, is thus
created, wise, and ordered, so also must be the death that befalls human
life, the most elevated level of life. And like a seed sown in the
ground becomes a tree in the world of the air, so too a man who is laid
in the earth will surely produce the shoots of an everlasting life in
the Intermediate Realm.
As for the aspects of death that are bounties, we shall point out tour
of them.
The First: It is a great bounty because it is a being freed from the
duties and obligations of life, which have become burdensome, and
because it is a door through which to join and be united with the
ninety-nine out of a hundred of one’s friends who are already in
the Intermediate Realm.
The Second: It is a release from the narrow, irksome, turbulent, and
agitated prison of this world, and, manifesting an expansive, joyful,
troublefree immortal life, it is to enter the sphere of mercy of the
Eternally Beloved One.
The Third: There are numerous factors like old age which make the
conditions of life arduous and show death to be a bounty far superior to
life. For example, if together with your very elderly parents who cause
you much distress were now in front of you your grandfather's
grandfathers in all their pitiful state, you would understand what a
calamity is life, and what a bounty, death. Also for example, it is
understood how difficult are the lives in the conditions of winter of
the beautiful flying insects, the lovers of the beautiful flowers, ...
and what mercy are their deaths.
The Fourth: Just as sleep is a comfort, a mercy, a rest, particularly
for those afflicted by disaster and the wounded and the sick, so too is
death, the elder brother of sleep, a pure bounty and mercy for those
struck by disaster and suffering tribulations which drive them to
suicide. However, as is proved decisively in many of the Words, for the
people of misguidance, like life, death too is pure torment, pure
affliction, but it is outside the discussion here.
THIRD QUESTION
Where is Hell?
T h e A n s w e r:
Say: the knowledge is with Allah alone * None knows the Unseen save
Allah.
According to some narrations, Hell is beneath the earth. As we have
explained in other places, in its annual orbit, the globe of the earth
traces a circle around an area that in the future will the place of the
Great Gathering and Last Judgement. It means Hell is beneath the area of
its orbit. It is invisible and unperceptible because it consists of
veiled and lightless fire. In the vast distance travelled by the earth
are many creatures that are invisible because they are without light.
Like the moon loses its existence when its light withdraws, we are also
unable to see numerous lightless globes and creatures which are in front
of our eyes.
There are two Hells, the Lesser and the Greater. In the future, the
Lesser will be transformed into the Greater and is like its seed; in the
future it will become one of its habitations. The Lesser Hell is under
the earth, that is, at the earth’s centre. It is the inside and
centre of the globe. It is known in geology that in digging downwards,
the heat for the most part increases one degree every thirty-three
metres. That means that since half the diametre of the earth is around
six thousand kilometres, the fire at the centre is at a temperature of
around two hundred thousand degrees, that is, two hundred times hotter
than fire at the circumference; this is in agreement with what is
related by Hadiths. This Lesser Hell performs many of the functions of
the Greater Hell in this world and Intermediate Realm, and this is
indicated in Hadiths. Just as in the World of the Hereafter, the earth
will pour its inhabitants into the arena of the resurrection within its
annual orbit, so too at the Divine command will it hand over the Lesser
Hell within it to the Greater Hell.
Some of the Mu’tazilite imams said that “Hell will be
created later” but this is mistaken and foolish, and arises from
Hell not having completely opened up at the present time and developed
into a form entirely appropriate to its inhabitants. In order to see
with our worldly eyes the dwelling places of the World of the Hereafter
within the veil of the Unseen and to demonstrate them, either the
universe has to be shrunk to the size of two provinces, or our eyes have
to he enlarged to the size of stars, so that we can see and specify
their places. The knowledge is with Allah, the dwelling-places of the
Hereafter are not visible to our worldly eyes, but as indicated by
certain narrations, the Hell of the Hereafter is connected with our
world. In a Hadith it is said of the intense heat of summer, “It
gives an inkling of Hell.” That is to say, that Greater Hell is
not visible to the tiny and dim eyes of the minds of this world. However,
we may look with the light of the Divine Name of All-Wise, as follows:
The Greater Hell beneath the earth's annual orbit has as though made the
Lesser Hell at the earth's centre its deputy and made it perform some of
its functions. The possessions of the All-Powerful One of Glory are
truly extensive; wherever Divine wisdom pointed out, He situated the
Greater Hell there. Yes, an All-Powerful One of Glory, an All-Wise One
of Perfection Who is owner of the command of ‘Be!’ and it
is has tied the moon to the earth before and eyes in perfect wisdom and
order, and with vast power and perfect order tied the earth to the sun,
and has made the sun. travel together with its planets with a speed
close to that of the annual rotation of the earth, and with the majesty
of His Dominicality, according to one possibility, made it travel
towards the sun of suns, and like a feet decked out with electric lights
has made the stars luminous witnesses to the sovereignty of His
Dominicality. It is not far from the perfect wisdom, tremendous power,
and sovereignty of Dominicality of one thus All-Glorious to make the
Greater Hell like the boiler of an electric light factory and with it
set fire to the stars of the heavens which look to the Hereafter, and
give them heat and power. That is, give light to the stars from Paradise,
the world of light, and send them fire and heat from Hell, and at the
same time, make part of that Hell a habitation and place of imprisonment
for those who are to be tormented. Furthermore, He is an All-Wise
Creator Who conceals a tree as large as a mountain in a seed the size of
a finger-nail. It is surely not far then from the power and wisdom of
such an All-Glorious One to conceal the Greater Hell in the seed of the
Lesser Hell in the heart of the globe of the earth.
I n S h o r t : Paradise and Hell are the two fruits of a branch of the
tree of creation which stretches out towards eternity. The fruits’
place is at the branch’s tip. And they are the two results of the
chain of the universe; and the places of the results are the two sides
of the chain. The base and heavy are on its lower side, the luminous and
elevated on its upper side. They are also the two stores of this flood
of events and the immaterial produce of the earth. And the place of a
store is according to the variety of the produce, the bad beneath, the
good above. They are also the two pools of the flood of beings which
flows in waves towards eternity. As for the pool's place, it is where
the flood stops and gathers. That is, the obscene and filthy below, the
good and the pure above. They are also the two places of manifestation,
the one of beneficence and mercy, the other of wrath and tremendousness.
Places of manifestation may he anywhere; the All-Merciful One of Beauty,
the All-Compelling One of Glory, establishes His places of manifestation
where He wishes.
As for the existence of Paradise and Hell, they have been proved most
decisively in the Tenth, Twenty-Eighth, and Twenty-Ninth Words. Here, we
only say this: the existence of the fruit is as definite and certain as
that of the branch; the result as the chain; the store as the produce;
the pool as the river; and the places of manifestation as definite and
certain as the existence of mercy and wrath.
FOURTH QUESTION
Like metaphorical love for objects of love can be transformed into true
love, can the metaphorical love that most people have for this world
also be transformed into true love ?
T h e A n s w e r : Yes, if a lover with metaphorical love for the
transitory face of the world sees the ugliness of the decline and
transience on that face and turns away from it. If he searches for an
immortal beloved and is successful in seeing the world’s other
two most beautiful faces that of mirror to the Divine Names and the
tillage of the Hereafter, his illicit metaphorical love then starts to
be transformed into true love. But on the one condition that he does not
confuse his own fleeting and unstable world which is bound to his life
with the outside world. If like the people of misguidance and
heedlessness he forgets himself, plunges into the outside world, and
supposing the general world to be his private world becomes the lover of
it, he will fall into the swamp of Nature and drown. Unless,
extraordinarily, a hand of favour saves him. Consider the following
comparison which will illuminate this truth.
For example, if on the four walls of this finely decorated room are four
full-length mirrors belonging to the four of us, then there would be
five rooms. One would be actual and general, and four, similitudes and
personal. Each of us would be able to change the shape, form, and colour
of his personal room by means of his mirror. Should we paint it red, it
would appear red, should we paint it green, it would appear green.
Likewise, we could give it numerous states by adjusting the mirror; we
could make it ugly, or beautiful, give it different forms. But we could
not easily adjust and change the outer and general room. While in
reality the general and personal rooms are the same, in practice they
are different. You can destroy your own room with one finger, but you
could not make one stone of the other stir.
Thus, this world is a decorated house. The life of each of us is a
full-length mirror. We each of us have a world from this world, but its
support, centre, and door is our life. Indeed, that personal world of
ours is a page. Our life is a pen; many things that are written with it
pass to the page of our actions. If we have loved our world, later we
have seen that since it is constructed on our life, we have perceived
and understood that it is fleeting, transitory, and unstable like our
life. Our love for it turns towards the beautiful impresses of the
Divine Names to which our personal world is the mirror and which it
represents. Moreover, if we are aware that that personal world of ours
is a temporary seed-bed of the Hereafter and Paradise, and if we direct
our feelings for it like intense desire, love, and greed, towards the
benefits of the Hereafter, which are its results, fruits, and shoots,
then that metaphorical love is transformed into true love. Otherwise,
manifesting the meaning of the verse,
Those who forget Allah; and he made them, forget their own souls.
Such are the. rebellious transgressors,
a person will forget himself, not think of life’s fleeting
nature, suppose his personal, unstable world to be constant like the
general world, and imagine himself to be undying; he will fix himself on
the world and embrace it with intense emotions; he will drown in it and
depart. Such love will be boundless torment and tribulation for him. For
an orphan-like compassion, a despairing softness of heart will be born
of that love. He will pity all living beings. Indeed, he will feel
sympathy for all beautiful creatures which suffer decline, and the pain
of separation, but he will be able to do nothing, he will suffer in
absolute despair.
However, the first man, who is saved from heedlessness, finds an
elevated antidote for the pain of that intense compassion. For in the
death and decline of all the living beings he pities, he sees the
mirrors of their spirits in which are depicted the perpetual
manifestations of the enduring Names of an Ever-Enduring One to be
immortal; his compassion is transformed into joy. He also sees behind
all beautiful creatures which are subject to death and transience, an
impress a making beautiful, an art, adornment, bestowal, and
illuminating which are permanent and which make perceived a transcendent
beauty, a sacred loveliness. He sees the death and transience to be
renewal for the purpose of increasing the beauty, refreshing the
pleasure, and exhibiting the art, and this augments his pleasure, his
ardour, his wonder.
The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!
Said Nursi
Che cosa ci fanno gli illuminati, i Massoni e l' Opus Dei a Bologna
in Villa Leona ?
Risposta : un pranzo di Natale!
What are the illuminati, the Freemasons and the Opus Dei doing at
Villa Leona in Bologna ?
Answer : a Christmas lunch!
Forse avrebbero dovuto invitare Lucifero ma lui e´ troppo
impegnato con le sue attivita´all'estero.
Maybe they should have invited also Lucifer but he was to busy with
is own business abbroad.
SVEGLIA CITTADINI GLI ILLUMINATI SONO I CONTROLLORI
DI TUTTI I MASSONI
WAKE UP CITIZENS THE
ILLUMINATI ARE THE CONTROLLERS OF ALL MASONS
In 1776, Adam Weishaupt, Professor of Catholic Church Canon Law at
the University of Ingolstodt, Bavaria (Germany), founded the Order of
Illuminati (Lucifer light bearers). Although trained as a Catholic
Priest, he believed in Satanism and humanism. Humanism taught that a
person could attain great power like unto God with help from demons. He
spent about five years writing on methods of world revolution under
orders and pay from the Rothschild Dynasty with the aim of establishing
One World Government. He called this government "The Novus Ordo
Seculorum" (New Age or New World Order), which is also the title of
his book published in May 1, 1776. This Latin phrase is printed on the
reverse side of the one-dollar bill together with the year 1776 in Roman
numeral at the bottom of the Masonic pyramid. On top of the pyramid is
the eye of Lucifer with the inscription "Annuit Coeptis" which
means he (Lucifer) has smiled on our undertakings. Most persons believe
that the date 1776 honors the Birth of the U.S.
No, it honors Weishaupt's One World for Satan.
In 1785, a member of the order named Lanze, who was carrying the secret
documents to the Grand Orient of the Illuminati in Paris (France), was
struck by lightning at Ratisbon. The documents on his body were seized
by the Bavarian government and now may be seen in the archives in Munich.
They reveal the Illuminati activities not only in the French revolution
but also the destruction of all Kings and religions, except Jewry. The
time table for the 1789 French Revolution was fulfilled exactly as
planned in the captured documents.
Although the Illuminati order was independent in the beginning, it was
grafted, at selected points, onto Freemasonry, like a fungus. Then on
July 16, 1782, at the Congress of Wilhelmsbad, Germany, the order was
given the reign of control over Freemasonry on a world-wide scale.
The oath of submission is taken by the candidate for the membership as
follows:
"...I bind myself to perpetual silence and unshaken loyalty and
submission to the Order, in the persons of my Superiors; here making a
faithful and complete surrender of my private judgement, my own will,
and every narrow-minded employment of my power and influence. I pledge
myself to account the good of the Order, as my own, and am ready to
serve it with my fortune, my honor, and my blood. Should I, through
omission, neglect, passion, or wickedness, behave contrary to this good
of the Order, I subject myself to what reproof or punishment my
Superiors shall enjoin. The friends and the enemies of my Order shall be
my friends and enemies; and with respect to both, I will conduct myself
as directed by the Order, and am ready, in every lawful way, to devote
myself to its increase and promotion, and therein to employ all my
ability. All this I promise, and protest, without secret reservation,
according to the intention of the Society which require from me this
engagement. This I do as I am, and as I hope to continue, a Man of Honor."
John Robison, Proofs of a Conspiracy, 1798, pp. 66-67
Leo Lyon Zagami
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