PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
ONLINE CHAT ROOM LAUNCH: 25 DECEMBER 2009
NEWS UPDATE
THIS MESSAGE SERVES AS AN APPEAL TO THE BROTHERHOOD FOR SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN PREPARATION FOR 2012.
WE REPRESENT ONE OF THE OLDEST SECULAR FRATERNITIES IN EXISTENCE, DEDICATED TO THE CULTIVATION OF MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES. FOUNDED UPON SIX ENDURING PRINCIPLES—BROTHERLY LOVE, RELIEF, TRUTH, PEACE, UNITY, AND JUSTICE—THE FRATERNITY SEEKS TO UNITE MEN OF GOODWILL, IRRESPECTIVE OF ORIGIN, BELIEF, OR BACKGROUND. ITS PURPOSE IS TO ENCOURAGE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY, FOSTERING INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE WIDER WORLD.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE IDEALS IS EVIDENT WHEN EXAMINING THE MAJOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES. MANY INFLUENTIAL FIGURES WITHIN MOVEMENTS FOR REFORM AND PROGRESS WERE EITHER FREEMASONS THEMSELVES OR WERE STRONGLY SHAPED BY MASONIC PHILOSOPHY AND VALUES.
THE ILLUMINATI CAME TO BE REGARDED AS AN ORGANIZATION WITH SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUALS PERCEIVED AS HOLDING ACCESS TO THE MECHANISMS OF POWER. OVER TIME, THIS REPUTATION GAVE RISE TO SPECULATION AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES SUGGESTING COORDINATED EFFORTS—ACROSS POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES—TO ESTABLISH A SO-CALLED NEW WORLD ORDER.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP TODAY?
MEMBERSHIP OFFERS:
COMPANIONSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP
A STRONG SENSE OF PURPOSE AND PERSONAL GROWTH
PARTICIPATION IN A GLOBAL FRATERNITY THAT TRANSCENDS CLASS, RACE, CREED, AND COLOUR
FEW ORGANIZATIONS CAN GENUINELY CLAIM TO UNITE INDIVIDUALS OF ALL RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS WITHIN A SINGLE, SHARED FRAMEWORK OF VALUES.