Random thoughts from the book: “Solomon’s Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington, D.C.”
Growing up Seventh-Day Adentist, I’d heard more than a few bad things about the secret society known as the Freemasons. While one of my grandfathers was, himself, allegedly a Freemason and despite the fact that my mother refused to believe he was involved in anything “evil”, the general attitude among those in the Adventist church was that the Freemasons held religious beliefs that were certainly NOT “Christian” or inline with the teachings of the Bible. Of those who were more radical in their views of Freemasonry, they believed that the masons were flat out secret devil worshipers.
As a young Christian (before I left the church) I did a bit of study into the Freemasons and saw enough in my own studies to conclude that the two main objections of my Adventist “family” were true. One, the tenets of masonry are not really in line with traditional “Biblical” teaching. That is still my opinion today though that doesn’t mean the masons are wrong. And second, yes, some (if not most) masons view Lucifer as a “light bringer” and thus one of the good guys. This does not, however, mean that masons are “devil worshipers” or that they are necessarily wrong. I think they just have a bit of a gnostic view of the world and so do I. And no, that doesn’t make ME a devil worshiper either.
Anyway, one of the most fascinating books I ever started reading was a book titled something like “The Secret Architecture of our Nation’s Capital”. I didn’t read much past the first quarter of the book because it was frankly a little dry. What was fascinating about it however was that the book was quite scholarly with lots of cited references and even endorsements from the head of NASA and the Freemasons which acknowledged that not only was the book accurate, but that it perhaps is the best book ever written on the subject. The basic premise of that book was that our Founding Fathers established America as a sort of occult (hidden knowledge) mecca and that all over the U.S. Capital are evidence of their occult beliefs (often very UN-Christian despite those claiming the nation was founded as a “Christian” nation) and hints as to what was the true purpose of America.
In my life I have had maybe one real friend who would even consider this sort of information interesting. Most people I know scoff at the idea that there is some dark or occult (hidden) agenda that is kept from the masses. Most people I associate with are just not “into” conspiracy theories and have been conditioned to mock all such theories before even considering the possibility some of it might be true or ask “why”. In any case, when I saw the title of this book, “Solomon’s Builders: Freemasons, Founding Fathers and the Secrets of Washington, D.C.” I was immediately intrigued. Not only does it hint at covering the same topic of the hidden occult symbols around Washington, D.C. but it hints at looping in occult beliefs about King Solomon from the Bible which is a topic that has fascinated me for years.
Was it true, for example, that King Solomon (one of the greatest kings of Israel) was believed to have dabbled in occult magic and used special symbols or rings and amulets to summon and compel demons to help build a temple to the Most High God? That was the tradition I had heard after leaving Christianity, but is there any proof or evidence for this or is it merely wild speculation? And, if it were true, what insights might this tell us about angels, demons, and the goings on of the spiritual realms?