@shawnberwick there are several interpretations of the masonic teachings at the deeper spiritual level. One of the more accredited ones trace back to their roots as the secret societies which, from the middle east, spread over Europe via Spain and France and started what is known as the Order of the Templars. These secret societies were initially informed by the cult of St John the Baptist, who was considered a much more influential preacher than Jesus the Nazarene (which BTW doesn't mean "from Nazareth", the Nazarenes were a sect).shawnberwick wrote: ↑April 24th, 2022, 8:08 amMy perspective on Masons and Luciferians come from 3 sources; Albert Pike, Stefan Flowers, and Michael Aquino. The first was a infamous freemason, and the latter 2 (were and are) infamous Left Hand Occultists who wrote books about it.
Masons and Left hand occultists do not consider Jesus and Lucifer to be the same entity, they are not used interchangeably, they are considered different entities and 2 equally valid paths to self-actualization (I do not agree with that assessment). They teach that we've been given the choice between the 'right hand' path (e.g. Jesus, Buddha) and the 'left hand path' (e.g. Lucifer/Set, Satan). What they believe is that Lucifer was the the first individual consciousness that emerged from a Pantheistic God. The first one to 'rebel', the bringing of 'light'.
Right Hand Vs Left Hand Path - According to Masons and Left Hand Occultists
They teach that the path of the Right Hand is through harmony with the patterns of nature and altruism - which Jesus taught.
They teach that the path of the Left Hand Path is the path of self-deification, through separating yourself psychically and ethically from others (i.e. like Lucifer 'rebelled' from their connection to God, you 'rebel' from your connection to others and nature. You are attempting to remove and psychic, ethical or philosophical limits. Which is why left hand occultists purposefully engage in murder, sexual abuse, energy vampirism, treating life as a zero-sum game, etc.
I believe (from research and intuition) that Christianity and aspects of the Gospels have been changed to benefit Luciferians and leaders, with Luciferian elements added to it (e.g. a mock cannibalistic ceremony of eating blood and flesh). However I believe that the path of Jesus, and taking Jesus to be a spiritual guide, is an extremely positive spiritual path. (Please note; I don't believe following the path of Jesus to be synonymous with following Christianity.)
Philosophical/Spiritual freedom
A key difference I believe between Luciferian paths and the paths of Jesus, and Buddha I believe is a deep respect for the philosophical/spiritual freedom of others. Whilst Luciferians believe it's OK to manipulate, pressure or force a person's motivations, values and beliefs to get what they want.
I remember Near Death Experiencer Howard Storm (who went ultra-Christian after his Near Death Experience, because his experience was based around Jesus) said that after his Experience he became obnoxious. Try to pressure people into agreeing with his perspective. He relayed an experience of one day sat down thinking how he can convince people to agree with him, then an entity appeared in his room and said "I know what you want, you want to control how people think right?" He said enthusiastically that he did want that. The entity then said it could help him do that, but then he got a cold shiver and called out to Jesus. The entity screamed angrily at him and vanished. He said after that he realized how dark the path is of wanting to control others minds (their motivations, thoughts and beliefs).
When it's said that Lucifer/Satan rules this world, I actually think it's partially due to the understanding that the majority of people seemingly seek to control each others minds through manipulation, pressure or force (e.g. shaming, belittling, lying, threatening, etc). I've learned this year the difference between debate and discussion, IMO debate is Luciferian (e.g. trying to pressure people into agreeing with you, even if it's for 'good'), whereas discussion is a mutual search truth, even if people walk away disagreeing. Very few people can do that though IME, and usually feel the need to demonize, bully, shame people who don't agree with them.
Over time, the order absorbed elements from other gnostic esoteric schools from the middle east and India and the cult of St John morphed into the cult of his head (St John was decapitated), and finally into the cult of the Baphomet, a goat-like head which identified the deity (or demon) presiding universal harmony, or order.
The roots of freemasonic spirituality is centred on free will. As you say, a Man's supreme power is that of exercising his choice between good and evil, light and darkness. At a higher gnostic level, there is the consciousness that light and darkness, good and evil, don't live in contrast, in opposition with each other, but represent the two sides of an overarching universal order. Mother nature teaches us this every day. Nothing in the nature of any living being, besides the human race, is inherently good or evil: a lion will kill a gazelle because he needs to feed himself and his offspring. Purer forms of evil and, in rare cases, purer forms of good are only manifested by us, the human race, by virtue of our free will.
From this frame of reference, to worship God or Lucifer may make no difference, so long we train our consciousness to understand the rules that govern our universe, which are beyond good and evil. If we try and put ourselves in this perspective, choices we might consider brutal and anti-human, like those professed by our elites, would start to make sense. Sustainability via massive population reduction, new paradigms of production and consumption, even population control, are all means to an end: restore a universal order with an "enlightened" elite on top and a much-culled residual population of hi-tech slaves at the bottom.
Despite what conspiracy theorists say, these elites have always been in control, they don't need more wealth or more authority to execute their plan. Their idea of a sustainable future for the rest of humanity is, simply, beyond good and evil. Mother Nature is a bountiful and strict Mother: we won't be allowed to abuse Her as we are doing now, for much longer, not without disastrous consequences. These elites know and are acting accordingly.