The New World Order by A.Ralph Epperson

Author:A.Ralph Epperson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: education and non-commercial

CHAPTER 25 THE 33RD DEGREE

One of the reasons why this degree is so important is because it appears that it possesses the knowledge of the final secret of the Masons. In fact, the candidate receiving the 32nd Degree is told that "he still has not reached the light." 4%

One of the symbols explaining this truth to the 33rd degree Mason is the symbol of this degree: the Phoenix bird. The dictionary defines the Phoenix bird as an Egyptian myth, a beautiful, lone bird which lived in the Arabian desert for 500 years and then consumed itself in fire, rising renewed from the ashes to start another long life.

The Phoenix bird is dramatically depicted on the cover of Albert Pike's book entitled MORALS AND DOGMA. It shows up as well on the covers of pamphlets circulated by the 33rd degree Masons. It is an object of jewelry worn around the neck by 33rd degree Masons. The Masons know what the symbol means. Manly P. Hall tells his readers that:

"the Phoenix [bird] is the symbol of the Reborn in Wisdom." 4 "

And that:

sun ....

"the phoenix [bird]

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was regarded as sacred to the

So the Phoenix bird is a symbol of the sun, and of the rebirth of man into a new religion: the religion where wisdom and reason become god.

Others in their writings have indicated that they also understand the symbology of the Phoenix. Fred Gittings, in his book entitled SECRET SYMBOLISM IN OCCULT ART, wrote this:

"the phoenix bird will live for a period of five

hundred years, at the end of which it builds itself a

nest of precious spices. The nest completed, the

phoenix sings a doleful song and then flaps its wings to set the nest on fire.

The bird is soon burned to ashes, and from this

mass of carbon there miraculously springs to life a new phoenix.

CHAPTER 25 THE 33RD DEGREE

we may see in it [this myth] certain ideas which must have appealed to them [the occultists.]

From the ashes of burned material forms there could spring forth new life." ... the phoenix ... is linked with the Sun ...." 4 "

The phoenix bird symbolizes a rebirth, not only of an individual inside the Masonic religion but also of a new civilization arising out of the ashes of the ruined one. According to this symbol, the world has been destroyed by the religious teachings of God, and as soon as these beliefs are eliminated from the world, a new civilization will be built upon a new religion. That religion will be constructed on a belief in the unrestricted use of man's reason.

This appears to be the true meaning of the Phoenix bird utilized as a symbol by the 33rd degree Masons.

But it appears that there is one more secret of the Masonic Order and it is taught to the initiates of the 33rd degree. This explanation of the final secret is one that is not available to any of the other 32 degrees. It appears that this secret is only hinted at in these other degrees, but is actually described to at least some of the initiates of the 33rd degree.

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