The Deadly Deception; Freemasonry Exposed by One of Its Top Leaders 0910311528

This "tells all" autobiography of James Shaw, 33 degree Mason details the life of a young boy, expelled from h

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The Deadly Deception; Freemasonry Exposed by One of Its Top Leaders
 0910311528

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Table of contents :
Foreword
1 On my own
Work begins early
Living with physical abuse
The beatings come to an end
"You must go"
The seed is planted
2 In search of a future
Alone again
Bonnie enters my life
My first experience of fraternal orders
Mothers last goodbye
War comes
The masonic connection
Climbing Shaw hill
Footnotes
3 Brought to the light
Why all these pennies
First steps toward the light
Preparation for initiation
Into the holy place
Brought to the light
Kissing Jesus goodbye
I wanted a glass of water
The pennies explained
Footnotes
4 I'm going to florida
One cold night
A temporary standstill
So why leave?
Back into the craft
A fellow craft mason
Footnotes
5 Master Mason
Taking the master mason oath
But there was more
An unexpected disappointment
Living out the legend
Footnotes
6 Going higher
From candidate to instructor
Why leave at all?
Moving up through the chairs
Beyond the blue lodge
2 paths from which to choose
Into the scottish rite
Through the degrees
Anointed a priest and a prophet
7 Branching out
Suddenly a promotion
But uncle Irvin wasn't pleased
The raising of Mike and the hands-off policy
I become a degree master
Filling the void
A chaplain learns to pray
The Koran fez and fun becoming a shriner
Footnotes
8 A religion at last
"The lodge is a good enough Religion"
The ten commandments
A disturbing thought
I become worshipful master
An interesting testimony
A strange and interesting theory
I wanted to understand
The junior warden leaves the lodge
More questions without answers
A knight commander of the court of honor
A religious belief at last
A serious contradiction
We embrace reincarnation
A dual commitment
Footnote
9 The gathering storm
Disappointment in the shrine
You don't qualify
The all-star football game
Good news and bad news
A doctor with simple good news
A bold diagnosis
"He is a religious fanatic"
"Go back home and do whatever he tells you"
Increasing knowledge and growing discomfort
Searching the scriptures
The scriptures were so simple
The conflict comes into focus
One or the other was wrong
On a collision course with a choice
Seeking the counsel of others
The light breaks through
"Hey doc is this really true"
This time it was real
Something inside me changed
An operation, a prayer and a hurricane
10 Into the light
The highest masonic degree
I made it on my own
3 days at the mountain top
Arriving at the house of the temple
The temple itself
Interviewed by the supreme council
Becoming a sovereign grand inspector general
Wine in a human skull
Prominent men took part
Maundy Thursday
The words had meaning now
A black communion
Extinguishing the candle
The final parting
"It isn't right"
11 Walking in the light
A friend loveth at all times
Making it official
My last masonic funeral
"Jim, you had better go"
My last masonic prayer
"Alas, my brother"
"I will be glad to have you gone"
Once a mason, always a mason
Beginning a new life
Drinking in a new life
Learning to lead someone to the Lord
The winning of Mike
"I have led a very wicked life"
In moments it was done
Shunned by the brothers
Persecution on the job brings blessing
Uncle Irvins parting words
The past is prologue
So many men like me
At the end of a long night
Footnotes
Epilogue: In the years that followed
A personal word from Jim
APPENDIX A: Masonic doctrine versus Christian doctrine
1. JESUS CHRIST
2. THE BIBLE
3. GOD
4. REDEMPTION
5. SATAN
6. SPIRITUAL LIGHT AND DARKNESS
7. PRAYER
8. TRUTHFULNESS
9. SECRECY
10. BLOOD OATHS
11. SEEKING AND FINDING
12. EXCLUSIVENESS
APPEN B: Masonic symbolism
1. THE ULTIMATE DECEPTION
2. THE FOUNDATION OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM: PHALLIC WORSHIP
APPEN C: Masonic morality
1. UNDERLYING ATTITUDES AND ASSUMPTIONS
2. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF MASONIC MORALITY
a. FORNICATION AND ADULTERY
b. CHEATING, WRONGING, DEFRAUDING
c. LYING AND PERJURING
d. HELPING OTHERS
APPEN D: The Legend of Hiram Abiff
1. THE MASONIC TRADITION
2. THE BIBLE RECORD
3. THE EGYPTIAN CONNECTION
a. THE LEGEND OF ISIS AND OSIRIS
b. A BRIEF COMPARISON OF THE LEGENDS OF HIRAM ABIFF AND OSIRIS
c. CONCLUSIONS OF THE MASONIC AUTHORITIES
APPEN E: The 32nd degree lecture
THE LECTURE OF THE 32ND DEGREE
AND THAT’S IT!
A PRAYER FOR FREEDOM
Index
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