PART VI – THE INFLUENCE OF THE SECRET SOCIETIES
Last time we covered the history of the Secret Societies and how they manifested themselves up until the modern era. In the process we saw how they all descended from the Ancient Mystery Religions that originated in Babylon and from there spread across the Middle East and eventually the entire world. Since the founding of the original Bavarian Illuminati in 1776, Masonic and Illuminist influence has been at the center of revolutionary movements to change the world according to their own plan.
To encapsulate what we covered last time: The Ancient Mystery Religions begot the Kabbalists – who begot the Gnostics – who begot the Knights Templar – who gave birth to the Rosicrucian’s – with the Freemasons / Illuminati next in line and still existent and powerful today. Now as we’ve seen – or will in the near future see – various groups and movements came into being at the influence of the Masonic movement. These include Marxism, the cabal of international bankers, the World Council of Churches and other offshoots of the ecumenical movement (with the help of the Rockefellers), the Theosophists, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Mormons and on and on. These varied belief systems have all contributed to today’s New Age Movement with its panoply of ‘spiritual technology’ and transcendentalism. With a pedigree firmly established in 19th century spiritualism, it progressed through all its forms including the musings and hard-core Theosophy of Madame Blavatsky and Alice Bailey – who wrote books under the influence of demons. It even took allies from the earth worshiping Green – Mother Goddess environmental phenomenon of today.[i]
It was Karl Marx who adopted the same Satanic ideology in publishing his Communist Manifesto. Marx was a member of a Satanic cult in his youth, specifically the League of the Just, an offshoot of the Illuminati. He was joined by Engels, his partner and fellow worshiper of Lucifer in promoting the ideas in that fateful document, – most of which had been borrowed from Adam Weishaupt himself. Through his association with the Italian Masonic Illuminist Giuseppe Mazzini – Marx was used “to penetrate and subvert the growing Socialist Labour movement.”[viii] [ix] The Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin wrote of the direct relationship between the socialist movement and Satanism. “The Evil One is the satanic revolt against divine authority, revolt in which we see the fecund germ of all human emancipations, the revolution. Satan is the eternal rebel, the first freethinker…he emancipates [man] stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey.” Bakunin admitted that the mission of the revolutionary “is to destroy, not to edify.” Thus is this close dance between revolution and the occult. No less a historian and statesman than Winston Churchill recognized the conspiratorial nature of the revolutionary age, concluding correctly that their purpose was the very overthrow of civilization.[x] Masonic scholar Fr Donald Sanborn describes this motivating ethic born of Freemasonry as a “cult of liberty…not legitimate…the freedom of the devil…They desire not the liberty of the sons of God, but the ‘liberty’ which makes us slaves to sin.”[xi] As if to punctuate the connection, Satanic ceremonies are to this day practiced at Marx’s tomb.[xii]But let’s jump back from here a bit to those decades that followed the Revolution in France. Though suppressed and broken up by the Bavarian government, the ensuing period saw significant progress in the Illuminati plan to set up their dreamed-of New World Order. Masonic machinations did not stop with 18th century France. Evidence of their manipulations were found in the revolutionary movements that struck Europe in 1830 & 1848. And the Masonic New Age Magazine confirmed in 1941 that it was the Italian revolutionaries Cavour and Mazzini that “put Victor Emmanuel I on the throne” as the first king of an united Italy in 1861.[ii] Jump forward and we find evidence that the Philippine Insurrection of 1895 was “orchestrated by Freemasonry.”[iii] And as the 19th century marched onward there emerged a strange alliance between the occult and the radical socialist and Marxist tendencies of the age. Now this went beyond the occult worship of the higher degrees of masonry. As one writer describes it: “Throughout nineteenth century Europe we find numerous connections between Gnostics, mystics, occultists and radical socialists.” At the very least, these disparate groups [iv] were finding common cause. “Dissident Christian mystics, spiritualists, occultists and radical socialists often found themselves together at the forefront of political movements for social justice, worker’s rights, free love and the emancipation of women.” This was especially true in Russia, where the groundwork was being laid for the coming triumph of Bolshevism.[v] Now, Karl Marx himself had, it seems, direct connections to the occult. He renounced Christ at the age of 18, writing a play in which he sought to lure all mankind into the abyss. In a separate poem he wrote, “Thus heaven I’ve forfeited, I know it full well. My soul once true to God Is chosen for hell.” His partner, Fredrick Engels, also consorted with Satanists.[vi] It’s also reported that Marx took up a close relationship with Mazzini, the Italian revolutionary and head of Illuminized Freemasonry. As the movement developed it became the tool used to advance the purposes of the higher levels of Masonry.[vii]
In a famous quote, Winston Churchill was addressing “Zionism versus Bolshevism” in an article for the Illustrated Sunday Herald in 1920. The Communists had just taken control of Russia through bloody revolution. He wrote: “This movement among the Jews is not new. From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, and down to Trotsky (Russia), Bela Kun (Hungary), Rosa Luxembourg (Germany), and Emma Goldman (United States)… this worldwide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilisation and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence, and impossible equality, has been steadily growing. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th century; and now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads and have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous empire.” [xiii] But while recognizing the nature of the beast, – the interconnectedness between Weishaupt, Marx and Trotsky, – Churchill saw its origins and impetus in “a movement of the Jews.”[xiv] Weishaupt was a Catholic professor of theology, it is true, – but beginning in the late 18th century the Illuminati came under the controlling influence of a family steeped in Cabalistic Jewish traditions called the Rothschilds.[xv] According to John Todd, an Illuminati defector and former Witch High Priest, the Rothschilds head ‘a vast, highly-organized and powerful occult conspiracy’. They “lead the Illuminati and in every country they have a family.” Todd describes what’s happening now as “thousands of different conspiracies operating in parallel.”[xvi]
By the time of the First World War, many of the pieces to pursue world revolution had been put in place. Even the incident that set off that great conflict – the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand reeks of Masonic involvement. The murder of the Austrian Archduke was planned and carried out by the Black Hand Society, an offshoot of Freemasonry. The chief assassin, Gavrilo Princep, testified that he believed that Ferdinand had been condemned to death by the Masons. There were other Masonic connections among both the assassins and their planners. Then there is the sordid story of the sinking of the Lusitania. History reveals a trail of contrived circumstances that led the US into the war. It was the studied inaction of British Naval Intelligence – and likely First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, in particular that exposed a passenger liner, carrying tons of ammunition to the Brits – to German submarines without proper escort. (Despite efforts to cover up the whole matter, Lord Mersey, the man who led the post-sinking investigation, said of the affair: “The Lusitania case was a damned dirty business.”)[xvii] [xviii]
Now the Illuminati / Freemasonry would again be behind yet another revolution. If you recall your history, the Russian Revolution came in two parts. In the first part, Alexander Kerensky became the de facto leader of a socialist-liberal coalition, much less radical than the Bolsheviks of Lenin and Trotsky. The Masons claim a clear hand in this operation. It was a magazine called the New Age, – a product of Scottish Rite Freemasonry that proudly announced: “The first Revolution in March 1917 is said to have been inspired and operated from these lodges and all the members of Kerenski’s government belonged to them.”[xix] Then Wall Street got in, financing the chaos that would create Soviet Russia. In fact they got the whole thing started by shipping the revolutionaries themselves to Russia to begin the revolution. Jacob Schiff and Max Warburg – international bankers connected to the Illuminati provided the funds. [Interestingly, the Warburgs are an international banking family that had branches in both Germany and the United States. Warburg brothers served on both sides of the table at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.] President Wilson and the German Government that we were fighting, both had a hand in making the revolution happen. Here are the words of Larry Abram from his book, Call It Conspiracy. “Lenin was sent across Europe-at-war on the famous ‘sealed train.’ With him Lenin took some $5 to $6 million in gold. The whole thing was arranged by the German high command and Max Warburg, through another very wealthy and lifelong socialist by the name of Alexander Helphand, alias ‘Parvus.’ When Trotsky left New York, [he did so] with an American passport with his entourage of 275 revolutionaries.”[xx] Besides the Schiffs and the Warburgs, serious money was funneled to the Communists by Morgan and Rockefeller interests.[xxi] Thus we – America – participated in the creation of our own nemesis. But after the fact, far from repenting for their poor choices, the moneyed elite continued that support through decades of funding the Soviet Empire. This was not the contradiction that it would seem. Somehow it served their purposes. Thus we see unfolding that strange, yet persistent alliance between the occult (Masonry etc) – and the elite moneyed interests – marshalling the forces behind great world events.
A New Age Aside
So it is the PTB, the moneyed interests – that drive the spirit of revolution on a global scale. The period known as the 60’s Revolution served its purposes in preparing the population for the unfolding chaos of even today’s events. As Catholic thinker, Fr Donald Sanborn would have it, this “cult of liberty” seems the driving ethic of that landmark decade and the explosion in Eastern, New Age and occult beliefs that accompanied it. There was clear Marxist influence in the political philosophy that grabbed much of that generation. This was a reflection bequeathed by the heady revolutionary days of the 18th century. America’s 60’s Generation looked not to the American Revolution but to the French for inspiration. The ‘liberty’ sought there, like its French patron, involved a systematic rejection of the Judeo-Christian God and Biblical values. In its place there arose a form of Humanism that glorified Man as the supreme value. It was self that was laid on the altar to be worshiped.[xxii] As Sanborn wrote: “The eighteenth century is the century of revolution, of freemasonry, of naturalism and rationalism. It is the century of the guillotine.”[xxiii] While on the spiritual front, it is important to realize that the Masonic / Illuminati alliance has purposefully fed into the New Age movement. The modern manifestation of the New Age was nourished by and grew greatly through the chaos of the 60’s. The revolutionary spirit of those days was both political and spiritual. By 1965, the counterculture was challenging and in many cases breaking down what was referred to as the Establishment. Under the influence of the Beatles and other popular rock groups, Eastern religions and even outright occultism began to take hold among the nation’s youth. It tainted much of a generation, bringing with it a breakdown of the moral order through a sexual revolution – whose effects are felt to this day. A rebellious generation had summoned up Forces it could neither understand nor control. For the most part, these were the dupes while the puppeteers pulled the strings. That influence is still felt today.
Instruments of Control
But while spiritual and political influence are important, they need to be exercised through power, ultimately expressed through yet another tool – money. To that end, the Illuminati / Masonic alliance with the Rothschilds and other family-owned and controlled international banking houses was essential. Let’s look at the House of Rothschild. They’re an interesting bunch. Founded in the 18th century by Mayer Amschel Rothschild, his sons went on to establish merchant banks in England, France, Austria, Prussia and Italy.[xxiv] It was the Rothschilds that bankrolled John D Rockefeller’s founding of Standard Oil, – as well as backing other American entrepreneurs such as Andrew Carnegie and Edward Harriman.[xxv] Of course there is nothing wrong with bankers financing businessmen. In this case however it established the beginning of a relationship that continues through history. So let’s consider the power of just these two families. The Rothschilds and their associates wield control of the “central banking” houses, which provide the working cash for national governments, – including the US. The Federal Reserve is a creation of these controlling banking families. Both JP Morgan Co. & Kunn, Loeb & Co., – American representatives of the Rothschild interests, were in on the founding of the Fed, – and purchased controlling interest in it when it came into being in 1913. Now officially, the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks run the Fed itself, – but these regional banks are dominated by the very same banking families, – and no outsider may buy in. So private families not only own, – but can to a large degree control the size of the Federal debt that is owed them. Now that’s power! For their part, the Rockefellers hold Exxon and the Chase Manhattan Bank.[xxvi] [xxvii] Not too shabby either.
Now what tied so many of these banker types together was an organization mentioned in these pages before called Skull and Bones. Just like the Illuminati of which it was a ‘parallel conspiracy’, Skull had its roots overseas in the Bavarian Illuminati. That Order managed to plant its influence throughout the world of finance. Rockefellers, Whitneys, Harrimans and Vanderbilts were all members as were Prescott Bush and both Presidents Bush. Some members had cross memberships in another occult society, the Knights Templar. Then there were connections to High Masonry and the ruling families of England. And of course a spider web of networks that led to the owning families of the Federal Reserve; the Rothschilds, Schiffs, Warburgs, Rockefellers and Gugenheims.[xxviii]
The power elites taken together have been exercising control in four distinct spheres; – the economy, the media, the universities and government. Both the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England are under the control of the ruling banking families. [The International Monetary Fund & the World Bank are also under their influence.] Both ‘Big Media’ and our educational / university system are dominated by One World types. In politics, influence is exercised by the CFR, the Council on Foreign Relations. The CFR outlook crosses party & philosophic lines. You will find internationalism preached by Democrat & Republican; – liberal & conservative. Examples: Nixon crony Henry Kissinger and Carter man Zbigniew Brzezinski.[xxix] In his book Between Two Ages, Brzesinski touted “global human consciousness…the emergence of trans-national elites [whose loyalties] cut across national boundaries… [and] are not confined by national traditions.”[xxx] It is those international loyalties that drive the members of the Powers-That-Be. They are committed to the Church of Man – secular humanism. At the highest levels it is but a thin veneer for the darkest depths of Satanism. They would have Man on the throne – the New Age Christ – and a New Order to go with him. They would fulfill the dream of Nimrod and those that were attempting to build the Tower of Babel, when in their selfishness and pride they said, “let us make a name for ourselves.” (Genesis 11:4) As then, so now; is the foolish rebellion of Man against God! The psalmist explains: “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.” (Psalm 2:1-4) (KJV)
[i] Gary Kah, Masonic Origins – Taken from Mr Kah’s book, En Route to Global Occupation, – Found at BibleBelievers.org,
Viewed on July 16, 2010
[ii] Dominic Tran (Editor), Documents Show Freemasons and Illuminati as Initiators of Wars and Revolutions, Viewed July 16, 2010
[iii] Paul A Fisher, Behind the Lodge Door, Tan Books & Publishers, 1988, pg 211-212
[iv] Karl Marx image taken from: Eleven+Theses+on+Feuerbach+By+Karl+Marx.jpg – criticaltheory-download-ebooks.blogspot.com
[v] Occult Roots of the Russian Revolution, NEW DAWN INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE, Viewed July 16, 2010
[vi] Marxism, Fascism, and the Occult, WALKING WITH GIANTS, WORDPRESS, August 24, 2009
[vii] Gary Kah, Masonic Origins – Taken from Mr Kah’s book, En Route to Global Occupation, 1996 – Found at BibleBelievers.org,
Viewed on July 16, 2010
[viii] Joseph Sobran, Marx & Satan, [A review of Where Christ Still Suffers by Richard Wurmbrand], National Review, August 15, 1986
[ix] Gary Kah, Masonic Origins – Taken from Mr Kah’s book, En Route to Global Occupation, – Found at BibleBelievers.org,
Viewed on July 16, 2010
[x] Ted Flynn, Hope of the Wicked, MaxKol Communications, Sterling VA, 2000, pgs 34-36
[xi] Quoting Fr Donald Sanborn, Masonry – Cult of Liberty, Catholic Restoration, 1995, pgs 32-47, as found in Ted Flynn,
Hope of the Wicked, MaxKol Communications, Sterling VA, 2000, pg 133
[xii] Ted Flynn, Hope of the Wicked, MaxKol Communications, Sterling VA, 2000, pg 39
[xiii] The Churchill you didn’t know, The Guardian (UK), November 28, 2002
[xiv] Winston Churchill writing an article in the Illustrated Sunday Herald, entitled Zionism versus Bolshevism, February 1920,
as quoted by Amy Iggulden, The Churchill you didn’t know, The Guardian (UK), November 28, 2002
[xv] Author David Livingstone, on BBS Radio, Rothschilds and the Grail Bloodline, August 25, 2005
[xvi] Henry Makow, Illuminati Defector: ‘Rothschilds Rule With Druid Witches’, Rense, October 31, 2007
[xvii] Ralph Raico, Rethinking Churchill – Part 2, Lew Rockwell, viewed July 19, 2010
[xviii] Chip Taylor, The Great Ship Series, July 10, 2010
[xix] Paul A Fisher, Behind the Lodge Door, Tan Books & Publishers, 1988, pg 218
[xx] Larry Abraham, Call It Conspiracy, Double A Publications, 1988, pg 76-77
[xxi] Dominic Tran (Editor), Documents Show Freemasons and Illuminati as Initiators of Wars and Revolutions, Viewed July 16, 2010
[xxii] Gavin Finley, The French Revolution Vs The American Revolution, End Time Pilgrim, viewed November 18, 2011
[xxiii] Fr Donald Sanborn, The Cult of Liberty, Catholic Restoration, 1996, pgs 35-36
[xxiv] Janet Moser, Israel Regathered, Heeding Bible Prophecy, watchpair.com
[xxv] William T Still, New World Order, Huntington House, 1990, pg 136, – as referenced by Moser
[xxvi] Richard Stone, Who Are The Illuminati, Truth Seeker,
[xxvii] Wayne N Krautkramer, The Federal Reserve, Gold Seek, September 15, 2004
[xxviii] Ted Flynn, Hope of the Wicked, MaxKol Communications, Sterling VA, 2000, pgs 61-62
[xxix] Richard Stone, Who Are The Illuminati, Truth Seeker
[xxx] Zbigniew Brzezinski from his book Between Two Ages, Penguin 1976 as quoted by Daniel Taylor,
Trends to a New World Order: Part I, Old Thinker News, January 3, 2008
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