31-12-2015, 10:33 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:Why do you think it has found such fertile ground in the US which was supposed to be a new country and a rejection of old England?
The Anglo American Establishment by Carroll Quigley really shows how close the elite of both nations were and the values they shared.
I also remember reading a book, literally decades back now, about the British commanders during the US War of Independence were Worshipful Masters of field lodges and who conspired with their fellow American Freemasons (also commanders) not to win the war.
Was it true? I've no idea -- yet it is known that George III the King of the United Kingdom was not a Freemason (even though all his sons later were). But it is interesting that the Masonic Oath does set out how Masons must protect fellow Masons no matter what the cost, including murder and treachery.
PS, we should never forget that Freemasonry is an occult study - not just occult as in eclipsed from view, but in the true sense of that meaning. And this will always be attractive to all men who seek to fully understand the deeper meanings of religion "for the masses" and spirituality. My few cents worth anyway.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14