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THE INNER FORUM OPENS — 25 DECEMBER 2009

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THIS IS AN APPEAL TO THE BROTHERHOOD FOR AID AND MATERIAL SUPPORT, OFFERED IN PREPARATION FOR THE WORK APPOINTED TO THE CYCLE CULMINATING IN 2012.

THE ORDER STANDS AMONG THE OLDEST OF SECULAR FRATERNITIES. THOUGH INDEPENDENT OF RELIGIOUS FORM, IT IS ANCHORED IN MORAL AND SPIRITUAL LAW. FROM ITS FOUNDATION ARISE SIX ENDURING PRINCIPLES: BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF, TRUTH, PEACE, UNITY, AND JUSTICE. THROUGH THESE, MEN OF GOODWILL—IRRESPECTIVE OF ORIGIN, BELIEF, OR DISTINCTION—ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER, REFINED, AND DIRECTED TOWARD THE IMPROVEMENT OF BOTH SELF AND SOCIETY.

THAT SUCH AIMS ARE ATTAINABLE IS REVEALED THROUGH STUDY OF THE FORMATIVE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL AWAKENINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES. MANY WHO GUIDED THESE MOVEMENTS WERE EITHER INITIATED BRETHREN OR MINDS SHAPED BY MASONIC AND INITIATORY PHILOSOPHY. THE VISIBLE RECORD MARKS THEIR ACTIONS; THE INVISIBLE RECORD PRESERVES THEIR INTENT.

FROM THIS INHERITANCE EMERGED THE REPUTATION OF THE ILLUMINATI AS AN ORDER CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL BALANCE AND POLITICAL STEWARDSHIP. POSSESSION OF KNOWLEDGE WAS MISTAKEN FOR DOMINATION, AND THUS AROSE THE FAMILIAR FANTASIES OF CONSPIRACY—CLAIMS THAT THE ILLUMINATI, ALIGNED WITH POWERS OF RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTRE, SOUGHT TO IMPOSE A SO-CALLED NEW WORLD ORDER.

SUCH NARRATIVES BELONG TO THE OUTER WORLD.

THE QUESTION OF THE PRESENT AGE

WHAT, THEN, ARE THE BENEFITS OF AFFILIATION TODAY?

COMPANIONSHIP AND FRATERNITY.
CONVIVIALITY AND SHARED LABOUR.
A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF PURPOSE WITHIN A WORLDWIDE BODY THAT TRANSCENDS CLASS, RACE, CREED, AND COLOUR.

FEW ORGANIZATIONS CAN SUSTAIN UNITY ACROSS ALL RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS WITHOUT DEMANDING UNIFORMITY.

THIS WEBSITE SETS FORTH PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INTENDED FOR THOSE CAPABLE OF DISCERNMENT. THESE WRITINGS CONCERN PREPARATIONS FOR A HARMONIZED GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AND A REORDERING OF GOVERNANCE ANTICIPATED BY MANY TRADITIONS AS THE PRESENT CYCLE DRAWS TO ITS CLOSE.

THE UNPREPARED WILL READ WORDS ALONE.
THE PREPARED WILL RECOGNIZE A SUMMONS.

PROCEED WITH CARE.