The Initiation of a Freemasonic Knight Templar.

This degree is supposedly for Christians. The description of the initiation is not taken from the source used previously.

The words include:-

Maher-shalal-hash-baz            - Pass word for the Knight Templars. Isaiah 8.1. This does not appear in the Douay Version. It refers to the name of a new born boy. In this instance it would appear that the King James Version has been used.

Jesus Emmanuel                     - Grand word for Knight Templar. Emmanuel appears in the same chapter and the preceding chapter as the above. The Douay notes at the beginning of the book translate Isaiah to mean Jesus is the Lord. Therefore the two names appear to have been united.

The novice takes part in a stroll around the hall, seven times, which represents a seven year crusade while wearing the costume of a Knight Templar. He is then given a skull and he walks around the hall once more to undergo a years penance.

He swears an oath to protect and maintain the holy Christian faith, under a penalty of loss of life, head chopped off and his skull to be sawn apart such that his brains are exposed to the scorching rays of the sun. He finishes this part by praying to Christ.

He then swears an oath requesting that the spirit which inhabited the skull should testify against him if he should ever wilfully violate his obligation as a knight. He then seals this oath by kissing the skull seven times.

In the Bible, the devil is the accuser of men. The Hebrew ‘Satan’ denotes an adversary and accuser. The initiate is specifically asking for something which is anti-Christian and which satisfies many biblical descriptions of the devil as the accuser of men. It negates and rejects the whole point of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ which is a means of redemption.

The only biblical mention of a dead human skull belonged to the famous witch Jezebel. She was flung from a high window, trampled by horses and eaten by dogs and all that was left of her was the skull, parts of the hands and feet.

The other significant mention of a skull is Golgotha, translated as the place of the skull, where Jesus Christ was crucified.

An idol is an image or object worshipped as a god. Look at any dictionary description of worship regarding the initiates actions and see if it applies. An idol is something which is perceived to contain ‘something’. The initiate requests the spirit which inhabited the skull to testify against him.

He swears an oath on his own head and employing the name of Christ, something that the New Testament specifically instructs a person not to do.

Put bluntly, the initiate runs around apparently committing idolatry with a symbol which is especially associated with the most famous biblical witch and is also associated with the location and the torture of Jesus Christ, completely ignoring the meaning of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and yet he believes he is sworn to protect Christianity?

The use of a skull is obviously reminiscent of the punishment of having the top of the skull lopped off and the third degree ‘baptism’ upon the skull and crossbones. Yet, more importantly, it is a universal symbol of death and danger and the initiate kisses it seven times.

Within Rosslyn is a depiction of a young man with the top of the skull lopped off. It is located at the usual position of the altar. Rosslyn is still stated to be used today by the Order of the Templars.

This initiation reminded me of at least one ritual in witch craft. The initiate lies naked on a white sheet sprinkled with salt. He/she lies with their head pointing due south and their arms and legs positioned according to a pentagram. The first sentence asks that god judge them there and then. Such a request rejects the whole meaning of Christianity.

The words of such a ceremony end with ‘So Mote It Be’.  All the Freemasonic prayers use this ending as opposed to ‘amen’. So mote it be may be considered as being imitative of amen. However this association with witchcraft is hardly surprising since the skull, which is kissed by the candidate, is also associated with the most famous biblical witch.

For the creators of such initiations it must seem incredibly delicious. An initiation deeper into an anti-Christian, anti-Judaic organisation under the pretence of upholding Christian principles. The initiates lack of religious knowledge being exploited such that they willingly perform acts which are in opposition to their faith.

This is what is later referred to as the purity of the Luciferian doctrine.