Depends- are we talking actual illuminati, or modern conspiracy illuminati?

I don’t know that I’ve ever heard anybody give any information to make that distinction. But I’d certainly like to hear it.

There’s the rub, now, isn’t it? I think Bob Wilson’s claim goes “everyone is their own free mason,” i.e., own Grand Architect, makes a lot of sense…
But then you run into the fact that the Freemasons was a quasi-political-spiritual organization; for my purposes here, by “Freemason” I mean both the masons specifically and all that Theosophic nonsense. If we confined the “illuminati” to the benign Sufis and Zen masters, we’d be alright–I think this is what Wilson meant in Prometheus Rising.

But then you read Cosmic Trigger–which I think is more important to understanding Wilson than Prometheus Rising–and suddenly, you see that he suspects the Sufi-style illumination is tied to the Sirius current, which is a keystone to the Freemasons and all those politically-oriented Theosophists. It’s a morass.

“Black,” btw, refers to the color of the earth. This is in contrast to a white magician/gnostic, who HAS risen to a higher qualitative level. Think Gandalf in “Lord of the Rings.”

Gnosis is Greek for knowledge. The Jews taught that Works was the way to earn God’s grace. The Christians taught that Faith was the key to salvation. The Gnostics were people who said: No, Knowledge is The Way. That’s why The Authorities tried to stamp them out.

This is why E. Pagels titled her book on Gnosticism “Beyond Belief”. Belief is Evil. The Archons want us all to have belief not knowledge; they even seem to prefer that we have different beliefs, so we’ll fight each other, rather than unite to throw off their domination (the domination of The Lie).

Trying to find the right beliefs is a program of the Matrix. Finding out what the truth is no matter what it turns out to actually be is The Way to re-member who you really are ( aka “Gnosticism”).

They would pound it in a mortar, mix it with honey and [pepper], and eat it.

Ha! That’s the setup for one of the greatest one-liners of all time, from Foucalt’s Pendulum.

“That’s absolutely disgusting. Honey and pepper?!”

http://www.halexandria.org/dward269.htm

Coitus interruptus was normal practice. Semen was collected and offered to the body of Christ before being consumed. The Gnostics also, apparently consumed women’s menstrual blood.

the power of the soul was found in semen and menses. But allowing semen to beget children in this world would play into the hands of the evil archon. So if by accident a woman fell pregnant, the sect would abort the fetus. They would pound it in a mortar, mix it with honey and spices, and eat it.” In effect, “the material world was ruled by an evil ‘archon’ or intermediate deity. The bodily flesh belonged to this archon, and would not be raised up

Allegedly, Jesus “was the first teacher of these practices. He took Mary (probably Mary Magdalene) to a mountain, took a woman out of his side and had sex with her, then drank his own sperm saying: ‘Thus we ought to do, that we may live’” The sect even claimed that when Jesus at the Last Supper spoke of eating his flesh and drinking his blood, he was referring to this practice.”

As a Freemason and Gnostic, the Illuminati can reach me by posting a comment on my blog, with the text “I really like your blog. Great comment. Try Viagra.” And a web link. Said weblink should include instructions for getting in contact with them.

I have *never* felt like I’ve been able to get a straight answer on what Freemasonry is all about. If it’s benign, why is it secretive? If it’s totally ineffectual, then why does it persist over time? There must be some benefit to being a Mason, otherwise people wouldn’t continue to do it.

I can think of two possible reasons for the connection:

The Freemasons being associated with “gnosis” in a general sense, i.e., their claim to “secret” knowledge.

Their association with certain “gnostic” historical artifacts.