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To: alt.satanism From: Michael.Aquino@125-430.astaroth.sacbbx.com (Michael Aquino) Subject: Re:Date: 20 Nov 94 13:03:36 gle> Do the Free Masons have any satanic significance? I gle> noticed the upside down star as one of their symbols so I thought I gle> would let the experts tell me. Not intentionally or overtly. Somewhat "by default", particularly during the Renaissance & thereafter, as Freemasonry became a rallying-point for anti-Christianity in Europe - particularly anti-Catholicism. And of course Freemasonry incorporates a version of the Knights Templar, which order again clashed with the Catholic church and was accused of Satanism, though spuriously. The original Church of Satan had a "34* Freemasonry" ritual in its inventory - the Ceremony of the Stifling Air - which Anton LaVey later included in his _Satanic Rituals_. It was not taken directly from any Masonic ritual, but was most probably assembled by Anton from Raynouard's 1806 drama _Les Templiers_ and James Thompson's _The City of Dreadful Night_, together with opening sequence & 12th Enochian Key from the _Satanic Bible_.
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