Freemason Albert Pike and the Luciferian Quote

That which we must say to the world is that we worship a god, but it is the god that one adores
without superstition. To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General, we say this, that you may repeat it
to the brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: The masonic Religion should be, by all of us
initiates of the higher degrees, maintained in the Purity of the Luciferian doctrine. If Lucifer were
not God, would Adonay and his priests calumniate him?
Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also god. For the eternal law is that there is no light
without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as
two gods; darkness being necessary for light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the
statue, and the brake to the locomotive….
Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is a heresy, and the true and pure philosophical religion is the belief in
Lucifer, the equal of Adonay; but Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity
against Adonay, the God of Darkness and Evil.

..Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also god. For the eternal law is that there is no light
without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two
gods; darkness being necessary for light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the statue, and
the brake to the locomotive....[4]

— Abel Clarin de la Rive, Woman and Child in Universal Freemasonry

We worship a God, but it is the God that one worships without superstition. To you, sovereign Grand
Inspectors General, we say, so that you can repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees:
the Masonic religion must be, by all of us initiates of the high grades, maintained in the purity of the
Luciferian doctrine. If Lucifer were not God, Adonai, the God of the Christians, whose deeds prove his
cruelty, perfidy and hatred of man, his barbarism and repulsion of science, if Lucifer were not God, would
Adonai and his Priests not slander him? Yes, Lucifer is God.[6]

— Quoting, on p. 156, the fictitious Albert Pike quote, from the book, Is It True What They Say About
Freemasonry?, in the section, The Methods of Anti-Masons

The day has come when Fellow Craftsman must know and apply their knowledge. The lost key to their
grade is the mastery of emotion, which places the energy of the universe at their disposal. Man can only
expect to be entrusted with great power by providing his ability to use it constructively and selflessly.
When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of
living power, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands,
and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy. He must
follow in the footsteps of his father, Tubal-Cain.

— Manly P. Hall, The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, Ch. 4: The Fellow Craft

Manly Palmer Hall wrote about the above, in 1923, many years before joining Freemasonry, in 1954. It is
sourced from the writings of AC de la Rive.

Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble,
sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!" [Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry, p. 321, 19th Degree of Grand Pontiff.]

THE CHURCH OF ROME AND FREEMASONRY *

by Bro. Will Read

* Part of a paper published by:
ARS QUATUOR CORONATORUM
TRANSACTIONS OF QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE N° 2076
Volume 104 for the Year 1991
The volume is available at:
The Secretary, Q.C.C.C. Ltd., 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5BA UK

Bearing in mind all the documents and statements to which one has referred, and more particularly the
absence of mention of Freemasonry in the 1983 codification of canon law, it would appear that the present
position regarding a Catholic and membership of the Craft can be set out thus:

1. The Catholic Church now recognizes that there are two distinct divisions within Freemasonry:

Regular - those jurisdictions which require from their members a belief in a Supreme Being and which are
not inimical to the Church of Rome or to civil authority.
Irregular - those jurisdictions which require no profession of faith from their candidates, and which may also
be anti-Christian or anti-civil authority, or both.
It also recognizes that Freemasonry under the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland and Scotland is in the
regular category.

2. A Catholic may join regular Freemasonry but ought to consult his Bishop, through his parish priest,
not for permission to join but to ascertain the nature of the jurisdiction concerned.
3. A Catholic hitherto has been, or now is, a member of a regular lodge, need no longer consider
himself as excommunicate and therefore has no need of absolution.
4. A Catholic who has in the past abandoned his faith to become a regular freemason is urged to seek
reconciliation with his Church.
5. Nowhere, seemingly, has it been stated that a Catholic who has been, is or may become a regular
freemason is required to reveal in the confessional either his membership or what occurs in a
freemasonic lodge ( on the grounds, presumably, that as a regular mason his membership is not
sinful and therefore calls for neither confession nor absolution ).
6. Clerics, those bound by monastic vows and members of secular institutions are still
precluded from entering Freemasonry.
7.
8. TITLES OF DEGREES
1º - Apprentice
2º - Fellow-craft
3º - Master
4º - Secret Master
5º - Perfect Master
6º - Intimate Secretary
7º - Provost and Judge
8º - Intendant of the Building
9º - Elu of the Nine
10º - Elu of the Fifteen
11º - Elu of the Twelve
12º - Master Architect
13º - Royal Arch of Solomon
14º - Perfect Elu
15º - Knight of the East
16º - Prince of Jerusalem
17º - Knight of the East and West
18º - Knight Rose Croix
19º - Pontiff
20º - Master of the Symbolic Lodge
21º - Noachite or Prussian Knight
 22º - Knight of the Royal Axe or Prince of Libanus
23º - Chief of the Tabernacle
24º - Prince of the Tabernacle
25º - Knight of the Brazen Serpent
26º - Prince of Mercy
27º - Knight Commander of the Temple
28º - Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 1 )
28º - Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 2 )
28º - Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 3 )
28º - Knight of the Sun or Prince Adept ( Part 4 )
30º - Knight Kadosh
31º - Inspector Inquistor
32º - Master of the Royal Secret
9. THE CHURCH OF ROME AND FREEMASONRY
10. SO MOTE IT BE
11.