Mormon/Masonic/Satanic Similarities
Posted by: Andee / Category: Church, God, Mormon, Religion, TempleI take no credit for the huge amount of study it took to put this together... for the complete list of the similarities of these ceremonies click here.
No, I am not saying that Mormons are worshiping Satan.
I am just saying that these things should make you think... even if you take the Satanism out of it and just look at the Masonic similarities!!
| ORIGIN: Satan, exact time frame unknown. First mentioned in the 11th century. Baal worship mentioned in Old Testament. | ORIGIN: Unknown, exactly. First mentioned in records in 680 A.D. | ORIGIN: Joseph Smith. Temple ceremonies started in May, 1842. |
| Use of a ritual, or ceremony as follows: | Use of a ritual, or ceremony as follows: | Use of a ritual, or ceremony as follows: |
| Require the removal of shoes before or during the ceremony. (4) | Require the removal of shoes before or during the ceremony. (3, 4) | |
| Reduced to nude, then covered with a black "shield." (1) | Reduced to nude, then redressed and prepared for ceremony. | Reduced to nude, then covered with a white "shield." (3, 4) |
| Ceremony of washing and anointing of the body performed (2) | Ceremony of washing and anointing the candidate. (5) | Ceremony of washing and anointing of the body performed. (3,4) |
| Use of a secret name necessary. (3) | Use of a new name: "I also present you with a new name; it is caution." (6) | Patron is given a "new name which you should always remember, and which you must keep sacred and never reveal."(3,4) |
| Claim to have the Melchizedek Priesthood. | Claim to have the Melchizedek Priesthood.(7) | Claim to have the Melchizedek Priesthood.(3) |
| Use of an altar. | Use of an altar.(8) | Use of an altar.(3,4) |
| Use of an apron in ceremony (green) worn by Pontiff(4) | Use of an apron in ceremony (white) worn by lodge members and candidate. | Use of an apron in ceremony (green) worn by each "patron" in the session.(3,4) |
| Use of a sash in ceremony.(22) | Use of a sash in ceremony.(22) | |
| Use of specific hand clasps or "grips" during ceremony. | Use of specific hand clasps or "grips" during ceremony. | Use of specific hand clasps or "grips" during ceremony.(3-4) |
| Secret oaths associated with each hand clasp or grip. | Secret oaths associated with each hand clasp or grip.(9) | Secret oaths associated with each hand clasp or grip.(3-4) |
| Death is the penalty for revealing the signs or tokens (hand clasps or grips). | Death is the penalty for revealing the signs or tokens. | Death is the penalty for revealing the signs or tokens (hand clasps or grips). |
| Candidate progresses from one degree to another, each one higher. | Candidate progresses from one degree to another, each one higher. | Candidate progresses from one degree to another, each one higher.(3-4) |
| Use of prayer circle in the ceremony. | Use of prayer circle in the ceremony. | |
| Ultimate goal: to progress to godhood. | Ultimate goal: to become gods and goddesses.(3-4) | |
| Practice communication with the dead. | Temple ceremony is mainly doing work for the dead. (They believe they can communicate with the dead.) (5) |
Hmmm....
| Sun | Sun (9) | Sun |
| Moon | Moon (9) | Moon |
| Stars/Pentagrams | Stars/Pentagrams (9) | Stars/Pentagrams |
| Compass | Compass | Compass |
| Square | Square | Square |
| All Seeing Eye | All Seeing Eye | All Seeing Eye |
| 24" gauge | 24" gauge | 24" gauge |
*scratching head*
| Sun = Lucifer, Light Bearer, Baal. | Sun = Great god, the point within a circle, all seeing eye, the male or the active part, the master in the lodge, Phallus. | Sun = Celestial Kingdom. |
| Moon = Queen of Heaven. | Moon = female, the passive part, the productive part, the producer. The earth. | Moon = Terrestrial Kingdom. |
| Star = Sirius, Set. | Star = Telestial Kingdom. | |
| Pentagram = Satan's symbol. Very important symbol in Satanism. Upright - symbol of goddess. Inverted* = symbol of goatshead. Inverted Pentagram, especially evil. | Pentagram = symbol of evil, Satan, Mendez, Lucifer, and Lilith. Called the Goatshead Star, or the Goat of Mendez Star, when inverted.(11) | Pentagram used extensively in early Mormon architecture. Still used in modern Mormon architecture.(6) |
| Compass = female. Symbol of witch's circle drawn with compass. | Compass = male, the active part, or the generative part. "Circumscribing our passions, and keeping our desires within due bounds."(12) | Compass - "signifying that desires, appetites, and passions are to be kept within the bounds the Lord has established, and that all truth can be circumscribed into one great whole."(4) This mark is sewn into all Mormon temple garments. |
| 24" gauge = represents the Tree of Life. Also the measure by which all things are measured.(5) | 24" gauge = divides the day into three 8-hour periods: 8 for labor, 8 for rest and refreshment, 8 for service to fellows. (14) | 24" gauge = this symbol is not referred to in the ceremony, but there is a navel and knee mark sewn into all Mormon temple garments, having the following meaning: The navel mark "...is placed over the navel as a reminder of the constant need for nourishment to body and spirit." "The knee mark is placed on the right leg of the garment over the knee, and indicates that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ."(4) (Also, the term, "Tree of Life," is understood and is very important in Mormonism.) |
| All Seeing Eye = Eye or Horus. (Hero Parr Kraat, associated with Satan's child, in Egyptian.) | All Seeing Eye = symbol of the Egyptian god "Osiris" (15) and the ever presence of their god. | All Seeing Eye = symbolizes the ever presence of their god. Used in Mormon architecture.(8) |
| Lucifer = Light Bearer, Great Initiator. | Lucifer = Bearer of light.(15A) | Lucifer = gives instructions in the temple ceremony. Adam and Eve acknowledge that it was "better" to follow Lucifer's council than God's.(4) |
| Light = each candidate is seeking light and more light. Light illumination of special Luciferin initiation, radical opening at pineal gland. The third eye. | Light = each Mason seeks light, more light, and further light.(16) | Light = "Adam, having been true and faithful in all things, desires further light and knowledge by conversing with the Lord through the Veil."(3,4) |
| Phallus* = male and god. *male penis | Phallus = male. "The" point within a circle. The column, the broken column. Outwardly expressed in the obelisk, such as the Washington Monument.(17) | Phallus = the cross-less steeples of the Mormon temples and chapels have been alluded to be comparable to the Masonic obelisks. |
| Good is Evil/Evil is Good | Satan created and governs the visible world.(15A) "Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also god... 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."(23) | Good is Evil/Evil is Good (Lucifer speaking): "...I want you to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil that your eyes may be opened, for that is the way Father gained his knowledge." Adam and Eve, after partaking of the forbidden fruit, acknowledge that is "better" that they disobey Father. Since they say that "it is better" that they disobeyed [did evil], the evil deed becomes "good" [or better].(4). |
| Jesus = the son of Lucifer. | Jesus - the name "Jesus" is not used in the ceremony. Mormons teach and believe that Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer. | |
| Holy Bible -not used. They have their own Satanic Bible. | Jesus - is not recognized. | Holy Bible - is used upon the altar, along with the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. They also have an "inspired" Bible version by Joseph Smith, but it is not used in the temple ceremony. |
| Satanic ceremony has ten tokens: 1-10. | Masonic ceremony has three tokens in the Blue Lodge, seven more in the York Rite, and 29 more in the Scottish Rite. | Mormon temple ceremony has four tokens. |
| First token = Entered Apprentice. Token given with the thumb on top of the first knuckle of each person. | First token of the Aaronic Priesthood. Token given with the thumb on top of the first knuckle of each person. | |
| Second token = Sign of the Elder. Token given with the thumb on top of the first knuckle of each person. | Second token = Fellow Craft. Token given with the thumb between the first and second knuckle of each person. Called the "Pass Grip." | Second token of the Aaronic Priesthood. Token given with the thumb between the first and second knuckle of each person. |
| Eighth token = Sign of the Nail. The hand vertical, the fingers close together and the thumb extended, and the person giving the token placing the tip of the forefinger of his right hand in the center of the palm and the thumb opposite on the back of the hand of the one receiving it. The "Nail" means "Satan." | First token of the Melchizedek Priesthood, or the Sign of the Nail. (3, 4) "This token is received by bringing the right hand into this position: the hand vertical, the fingers close together and the thumb extended, and the person giving the token placing the tip of the forefinger of his right hand in the center of the palm, and the thumb opposite on the back of the hand of the one receiving it..." The name of this token is "The Son," meaning the Son of God. | |
| Fifth Degree token = Sign of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. This token is given by clasping the right hands, interlocking the little fingers, and placing the tip of the forefinger on the center of the wrist of each person. | Real Grip. Master Mason. Called the strong Grip of the Lion. This token is given by clasping the right hands, with first and second fingers on the top of the wrist, third an fourth fingers on bottom of the wrist. The Strong Grip of the Lions Paw of the Tribe of Judah. | Second token of the Melchizedek Priesthood, the Patriarchal Grip or sure Sign of the Nail. This token is given by clasping the right hands, interlocking the little fingers, and placing the tip of the forefinger on the center of the wrist of each person. |
| Uses the "Five Points of Fellowship." | Uses the "Five Points of Fellowship." | Uses the "Five Points of Fellowship." |
| "Five Points of Fellowship: as follows: foot to foot, knee to knee, arm to back, breast to breast, mouth to ear." | "Five Points of Fellowship: as follows: 1st - foot to foot, 2nd - knee to knee, 3rd - breast to breast, 4th - hand to back, 5th - cheek to cheek or mouth to ear." | "Five Points of Fellowship: as follows: inside of right foot by side of right foot, knee to knee, breast to breast, hand to back, and mouth to ear." |
| Uses three knocks. (18) | Uses three knocks at the Veil. (4) | |
| The Five Points of Fellowship are given at the end of the black (Satanic) mass as a benediction. During the giving of the Five Points of Fellowship, the candidate receives the whispered secret name of the god and goddess. To the man: "May you have health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength n the penis and in the sinews; and power in the priesthood be upon you and your posterity through all generations of time and throughout all eternity." To the woman: "May you have fertility in your womb, strength in your thighs, lust in your vagina and your innermost being; that you may please your Master and his priesthood throughout all generations of time, and throughout all eternity." (1,7) | "In this position(as explained above) alone are you permitted to give the word, Mahhah-bone..."(19) | "This is the name of the token: Health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength in the loins and in the sinews, power in the Priesthood be upon me and my posterity through all generations of time and throughout all eternity." (Both men and women recite the same.) (Compare italicized words in Satanic ceremony.) |
| Cross = Phallic symbol. | Cross = not used (20) | Cross = not used. |
| Cabala - is recognized. | Cabala - is recognized. (21) | Cabala - is not recognized. |
July 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Why do LDS ignore this information.
This is VITAL, people.
"By their fruits, they shall be known."
September 11, 2009 at 4:36 AM
February 12, 2010 at 4:28 PM
Windy Sydney
I was asked once by a conservative evangelical turned liberal protestant why so many Mormons who leave the Mormon church become atheists. My own suspicion is that once you see the curtain pulled back and discover the human elements involved in religion-making, there is no going back. It is not just the Jo Smith story that doesn't hold water, it is the whole ball of wax.
Have you ever run into any data that supports my anecdotal assumption that those who leave Mormonism become atheists? You appear to be a data point as do I.
thanks,
Alonzo
February 12, 2010 at 4:28 PM
Windy Sydney
I was asked once by a conservative evangelical turned liberal protestant why so many Mormons who leave the Mormon church become atheists. My own suspicion is that once you see the curtain pulled back and discover the human elements involved in religion-making, there is no going back. It is not just the Jo Smith story that doesn't hold water, it is the whole ball of wax.
Have you ever run into any data that supports my anecdotal assumption that those who leave Mormonism become atheists? You appear to be a data point as do I.
thanks,
Alonzo