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THIS IS AN APPEAL TO THE BROTHERHOOD FOR AID AND SUBSIDY IN PREPARATION FOR 2012.
THE ORDER IS AMONG THE OLDEST SECULAR FRATERNITIES KNOWN TO HISTORY, YET IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED WITH MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES. FOUNDED UPON SIX GREAT PRINCIPLES—BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF, TRUTH, PEACE, UNITY, AND JUSTICE—ITS PURPOSE IS TO BRING TOGETHER MEN OF GOODWILL, REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN OR DIFFERENCE, AND TO MAKE GOOD MEN BETTER SO THAT THEY MAY HELP SHAPE A BETTER WORLD.
THAT THESE IDEALS CAN BE REALIZED IS EVIDENT WHEN WE STUDY THE FORMATIVE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES. MANY LEADING FIGURES IN MOVEMENTS FOR REFORM, ENLIGHTENMENT, AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE WERE EITHER FREEMASONS OR MEN PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED BY MASONIC PHILOSOPHY AND SYMBOLIC THOUGHT.
OVER TIME, ASSOCIATED ORDERS, INCLUDING THOSE LATER REFERRED TO AS THE ILLUMINATI, ACQUIRED A REPUTATION FOR BEING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IN NATURE. THEIR MEMBERS WERE OFTEN PERCEIVED AS INDIVIDUALS WITH ACCESS TO THE MECHANISMS OF POWER AND THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION OF HISTORY.
FROM THIS EMERGED THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST’S NARRATIVE THAT THESE GROUPS, ACTING IN CONCERT WITH POLITICAL FORCES OF RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTRE, WERE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A NEW WORLD ORDER.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION TODAY?
COMPANIONSHIP, CONVIVIALITY, AND A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF PURPOSE IN LIFE, EXPERIENCED WITHIN A WORLDWIDE FRATERNITY THAT TRANSCENDS CLASS, RACE, CREED, AND COLOUR.
CAN YOU ENVISION ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION CAPABLE OF UNITING MEN OF ALL RELIGIONS AND BACKGROUNDS WITHIN A SINGLE STRUCTURE OF SHARED VALUES, DISCIPLINE, AND INTENT?
THIS WEBSITE PRESENTS MATERIAL, ARCHIVED DISCUSSION, AND ALLEGED PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE ATTRIBUTED TO SENIOR FIGURES CONNECTED TO THESE TRADITIONS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, POLITICAL REALIGNMENT, AND THE PROPOSED NEW WORLD ORDER AS IT WAS ENVISIONED FOR 2012.