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Russia
The issue of freemasonry and the occult in Russia requires a study all its own. Certainly, with
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, Enlightenment ideas – as well as Masonry itself – made
their way into Russia. If fact, while Catherine’s son Tsar Paul is often maligned and misunderstood
by western academics as an ineffectual, reactionary leader, he did a great deal to reverse the tide of
libertinism and westernization Catherine had embraced. During Paul’s reign, masonry was quite
active in opposing Paul’s rejection of many of Catherine’s “reforms”; in fact, it may have played an
important role in his assassination.[14] Over the course of the 19th century, numerous occult and
freemasonic ideas would infiltrate Russia, finding adherents and dabblers among the aristocracy and
revolutionary classes. While it falls outside the scope of this discussion to describe the history and
transmission of these ideas among various figures, the rise of revolutionary nihilism and an interest
in theosophy and other “luciferian” ideas is evident in the art and political movements of the 19th
century. Where these movements and ideas express themselves is in the Bolshevik putsch itself.
People seeing the ad would of course wonder what it meant and may
not even catch on that it is a code: exoterically, it is 2 “GOOD” and 4 “WORDS.” Esoterically, it
refers to the beer in question’s advertising slogan, “Too good for words.” The psychological effect
of the decoded or esoteric meaning would most likely stay with an individual who figured it out
much longer than a literal campaign involving pictures of the product. In a sense, one becomes an
initiate of the campaign: once one deciphers its meaning, every time one sees the add, one thinks of
the product.
Culturally speaking, the 1960s witnessed the appearance of just such a symbol – the peace sign.
Plastered all over shirts, albums, ads, design sheets, and other spaces as well, many took the peace
sign as simply an anti-war symbol and icon for the ideals of social justice. Most did not realize that
the so-called peace sign has an esoteric meaning as well: it is a Germanic “Todesrune” indicating an
inversion of life.[15] According to certain occult sources, it is also known as the “raven’s foot,”
supposedly used during certain occult rituals that involve a denial of Christ. In this connection, it
appears as an upside down broken Cross, indicating an inversion or rejection of God’s order on
Earth.
Why, then, would a symbol associated with an inversion of life be used to represent the peace
movement? Here, one can only speculate. If, however, we view the symbol as an esoteric code,
various possibilities suggest themselves. The political movements of the 1960s were, in many ways,
a means by which society was transformed. Grounded in nihilism and relativistic revolutionary
philosophy, the radical thought of the sixties sought to restructure and redefine the family, sexuality,
culture, morality, religion, and politics. After the killing of John F. Kennedy, chaos erupted. Not
unlike other revolutions that involved the “killing of the King,[16]” social and spiritual forces were
set loose that sought to destroy the “Old Order” – a more socially conservative society which held
public morality in place.
Understood in this light, we begin to see an alternative use and meaning behind the so-called
peace sign. Hiding behind a façade of peace, various forces could appropriate the language of social
justice and morality, thereby hiding their true intentions – the destruction or transformation of
American culture. So understood, the peace sign becomes a macabre jest, an esoteric signature that
communicates to initiates both the true purpose of the “movement” and its sponsors. In other words,
the peace sign is not about peace at all – it is, in short, a false advertising campaign by which various
forces sought the upheaval and transformation of society rather than its preservation.
Finally, after midnight on July 4, 1918, the entire family, with their doctor and two faithful servants,
was brought to the basement of the house of their confinement under the pretext of moving them
once again. There they were brutally and mercilessly murdered, the children as well as the adults,
under the cover of darkness — for "Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil"(John 3:19). The Tsar was shot as he stood forward to defend his family. Tsaritsa Alexandra was
able to make the sign of the Cross before she, too, fell. Amid screams, the children were shot,
clubbed and bayoneted, in an act of indescribable brutality. There is evidence that the murders were
ritualistic; strange symbols were found on the walls of the room where the crime took place. Thus
ended the life of the gentle, Christ-like Tsar, as a sacrifice for the Orthodox Faith and for the Russian
people, both of whom he so fervently loved and believed in..[31]
What, then, were these “strange symbols” and writings referred to? Two will occupy us here –
the altered fragment of a poem by the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine and a series of cabalistic
symbols scrawled on the wall.
Belsazar
The fate of King Belshazzar is well known from the Old Testament book of Daniel (Daniel,
Chapter 5). In the book of Daniel, Belshazzar was a proud, arrogant King who despised the people
of God, the people of Israel. In the course of a feast, strange writings appear on the his palace wall.
Daniel interprets them, indicating the extent to which Belshazzar has outraged and offended God.
For speaking the Truth, Daniel is bound and Belshazzar ignores God’s warning. Later that night,
Belshazzar is slain by the Chaldaens. Afterwards, his removal made possible the rebuilding of the
Temple of God in Zion by Zerubbabel. Now, keeping this in mind, let us take a look at the following
fragment from a Heine poem scrawled on the wall of the Ipatiev house:
Belsatzar ward in selbiger Nacht
Von seinen Knechten[32] umgebracht.
Before translating the couplet, let’s first take at a look at the lines as they actually appear in
Heine’s poem:
Belsazar ward aber in selbiger Nacht
Von seinen Knechten umgebracht.
Notice that the word “Belsazar” (the German spelling for “Belshazzar”) has been intentionally
altered to read “Belsatzar” – that is, to mnemonically include the world “Tzar.” This sort of punning
and word play are hallmarks of occult practices, intended to bring out Janus-like qualities to the
“seen” and “hidden” aspects of events and reality.[33] The actual translation of the couplet also
suggests further meanings. Translating the original, we get the following:
On the same night Belshazzar
Was killed by his own slaves.
This, of course, refers to the murder of the proud and arrogant King Belshazzar who opposed the
righteous Israelites. However, in the altered fragment written on the wall of the Ipatiev house –
obviously a reference to the writing that appeared on Belshazzar’s walls that Daniel interpreted – the
line takes on a different meaning: was the “Belsa-tzar”, that is, “Tzar” killed because he stood in the
way of the building of a different kind of Zionist Temple? Or, more importantly, if these forces were
active agents of anti-Christ, could he have been killed to make way for the “building” of the final
“abomination of desolation?”
Here, we must be careful not to fall into the trap of accusing the Jews themselves of conspiracy.
While international Zionism may have played a role in the financing of the Bolsheviks, the occult
conspiracy involves more than just any one ethnicity or nationality. While apostate, atheistic Jews
may have been instrumental in bringing the revolution to Russia, there is an historical and
ideological link between the occult, hermetic systems discussed earlier in this essay and their spread
throughout Europe via secret societies that infiltrated every country. The fact that the conspiracy
involved more than just any one ethnic group seems evident from the next set of “writings” to be
discussed – the esoteric, cabalistic inscriptions found in death chamber.
The Letter L x 3
Perhaps the most puzzling inscription on the walls at the Ipatiev house is the letter “L,” written in
three different languages: Hebrew, Samaritan, and Greek. There is a line written beneath these three
letters as well. The explanation offered for these cryptic symbols amounts to an indication that the
Tsar was killed as “punishment” for his “crimes.” However, the translation of these symbols into a
statement or message is not as important for our purposes as the means by which an interpretation of
them is made possible. According to the book, Waters Flowing Eastward: The War Against the
Kingship of Christ, the sources used for decoding these writings include writings by John Dee, the
famous occultist Eliphas Levy, and the famous French occultist and acquaintance of Helena
Blavatsky, Papus.[34] As such, there is good reason to believe that these symbols required someone
with a knowledge of the occult, hermetic and cabalistic traditions that have informed revolutionary
movements throughout the modern age since at least the Renaissance. Here, we have an indication
that the conspiracy was bigger than just Zionists: whoever carried it out seems to have been a
product of the freemasonic/luciferian secret societies that were involved in other revolutions
throughout Europe and America. As the author says,
Finally, the line drawn beneath these three letters (in Magical Science the horizontal line is the
symbol of the passive principle) indicates that those who killed the king did not do so of their own
will, but in obedience to superior command. Whoever wrote this inscription was a man well versed
in the secrets of the ancient Jewish cabbalism, as contained in the Cabbala and the Talmud. IN
accomplishing the deed in obedience to superior order, this man performed a rite of Black Magic. It
is for this reason that he commemorated his act by a cabbalistic inscription in cipher, which belonged
to the rite. The inscription therefore proves: 1.) That the Tsar was killed. 2.) That the murder of the
Tsar was committed by men under the command of occult forces; and by an organization which, in
its struggle against existing power resorted to the ancient cabbalism in which it was well versed.[35]
The MP Today
Even if our thesis is correct and there is reason to believe an occult conspiracy lies behind modern
revolutionary movements – including the Bolshevik putsch – what connection, if any, does the MP
have in all of this? Here, a word of caution is in order. First, despite what might seem plausible in
regard to the existence at different times in history of a hidden, conspiratorial hand, it would be
wrong to believe it has absolute, total power. The Triune God, working in conjunction with Man’s
Faith and free acceptance and return of God’s Love, determines the time and place of eschatological
events according to His Wisdom known only to Him. No matter the extent of a conspiracy, keeping
the Faith and praying fervently to God, the Church has the Grace and Power of God. And, as
Vladyka Averky has taught in his book[36], the actions of Man can bring the End Times closer, now
further, now closer again. In other words, the world’s time is like an elastic band which can be
stretched and shortened according to the degree to which Man is Faithful to God. So, even if an
occult conspiracy existed or exists now, it is not in ultimate control and can never prevail against the
Church.
Having said as much, we are also instructed to be vigilant. To what degree, then, has the Russian
nation been subjugated to anti-Christ occult forces bent on rebelling against God? We have tried to
trace elements involved in the rise of an occult philosophy involved in modern revolutionary
movements. In the case of Russia, it would seem there is some evidence that an occult conspiracy
played a role in the removal of the Tsar and the subsequent destruction of Holy Russia. To what
extent are these forces still active in current Russian society, culture, and religion?
In her book, Ecumenism: Path to Perdition, Ludmilla Perepiolkina discusses the presence of the
occult in the current Moscow Patriarchate.[37] In a chapter entitled, “Dark Spirituality in the Bosom
of the Moscow Patriarchate,” Mrs. Perepiolkina describes Alexey II’s involvement with various
clergy connected to the occult. According to the chapter, Alexey II was friends with the late
Metropolitan Ioann of St. Petersburg and Archpriest Vasily Lesnyak. Both were involved with the
Scientific Council of the International Institute of Reserve Potential of Man – an organization
practicing different kinds of hypnotic and New Age spirituality techniques.[38] The existence of
“sorcerers” and “wizards” in the MP clergy is also discussed by Mrs. Perepiolkina, including priests
engaging in occult activities and truly blasphemous acts such as baptizing the dead.
From these facts alone, are we not entitled to ask to what extent the MP has been corrupted and
infiltrated by the same occult forces that sought to destroy Orthodoxy in Russia? Given the current
stage of world political events, do we not see the same forces evident in the Bolshevik putsch acting
in recent events as well? Are our leaders pursuing global government and the marginalization of
Christ’s Truth or are they embracing self-determination and a rolling back of modern, secular
heresies?
Given the nature of the current world, what reason does the Synod have – or, better yet – what
GUARANTEE does she have that she is not being “hoodwinked” by hidden forces bent on her
destruction?
Epilogue
We have only touched on a very small number of questions and issues related to occult
conspiracies and their relationship to secret societies. However, it bears keeping in mind that if
occult conspirators have publicly used esoteric symbols before in an ambiguous or dubious context,
they will likely continue to do so today. Of course, these public displays will likely be “encoded,”
ambiguous enough so that only the “initiated” will understand what is being communicated.
As the MP begins to reach out to the Latin church, the ecumenical prerogative both are battling
for speaks volumes as to what is being prepared. We have been warned about a coming “religion of
the future” whereby the masses will be prepared to accept anti-Christ. In order to do so, however, a
global “spirituality” must be cultivated. So, where is Rome in all of this? Consider the pictures
below and ask yourself why the Bishop of Rome would allow the abomination of the satanic
inverted Cross to adorn his throne – regardless of its “exoteric” reference to Peter’s crucifixion?
What “tradition” within the Roman church does this refer to? How many other Popes in the past
have used an inverted Cross? If it is a relatively recent development, why does it come during a
highly ecumenical era, not only for the Roman church but for all of Christianity? What does this say
about the spiritual condition of Rome or its infiltration by forces opposed to Christ? Was the Pope,
without his knowledge, an unwitting tool of these forces?
http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/inverted.htm
And, we also have the strange, global event in connection with John Paul II’s funeral – a event
bringing all religions and leaders together, televised across the world. Using stagecraft that would
have made Marshall McLuhan proud, for three days people all over the world were presented with
images surrounding his death and funeral. He was presented as someone who attempted to build
bridges and bring peace. His ecumenical undertakings were praised and held up as an example for
all.
But, what was being said in all of this? To what extent did John Paul II present his” mission” as
one first and foremost grounded in the Truth of Christ? He participated in services with non-
Christians and claimed that pagan traditions had something to add to the Church. Was this a betrayal
on his part regarding the fullness of the Christian Truth?
It’s interesting to think about these and other matters when inspecting how his funeral was staged
and the psychological purposes behind it. The presentation of his coffin in itself raises questions
with regard to esoteric symbols, possibly hidden in plain view for the purposes of the initiated.
What, if anything, are we supposed to “see” in the placement of the coffin and the “design” of the
carpet used? Are we imagining things?
http://www.startribune.com/stonline/images/news37/DTI_1298992.l.jpg
Metropolitan Kyril of Smolensk was quick to offer the MP’s condolences (see his letter at the link below).
http://www.mospat.ru/text/e_news/id/8951.html
And, when Cardinal Ratzinger assumed the papal throne as the new Bishop of Rome, Kyril
immediately congratulated him as well (see his letter at the link below).
http://www.mospat.ru/text/e_news/id/9090.html
What is being prepared in all of this? In considering these and other events, one cannot help but feel
that Yeats’ poem, “The Second Coming” captures the spirit of our age:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all convictions, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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[1] Russians will be familiar with the warnings found in the writings of St. John of Kronstadt, St. Seraphim of Sarov,
Elder Ambrose of Optina, as well as writers such as Dostoyevsky and even Soloviev.
[2] See Engleman, Dennis, Ultimate Things: An Orthodox Christian Perspective on the End Times, Ben Lomand,
California, Conciliar Press (1995), pp 70-87.
[3] See pages 76-78, Yates, Frances. Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition, Chicago, Illinois, University of
Chicago Press (1964).
[4] Couliano. Ioan P. Eros and Magic in the Renaissance. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (1987).
[5] See Yates, especially the first five chapters of her book.
[6] Religious Studies professor Philip G. Davis succinctly describes Bruno’s outlook: “Although Bruno paid lip service
to the transcendence of God, his thought was heavily imbued with pantheism; he emphasized the role of the world-soul
as the inner dynamism of all things. Bruno came close to rejecting Christianity altogether. He supported Copernicus,
and went on to argue that an infinite number of stars and worlds exists in the universe. Since he still believed that man is
the microcosm of that universe, this conferred an enormous degree of significance upon the individual human being.
Bruno clearly fits the definition of a neopagan – he regarded Christianity as a fall away from the truth, and he hoped to
restore the true ‘Egyptian’ religion he thought he saw in the Hermetic literature..” See Davis, Philip G. Goddess
Unmasked: The Rise of Neopagan Feminist Spirituality, Dallas, Texas, Spence Publishing, (1998), pg. 131.
[7] See Yates, pg. 96.
[8] See Hoffman, Michael A III. Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare. Independent History and Research,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, (2001), pp. 16-17.
[9] Heimbichner, Craig. Blood on the Altar: The Secret History of the World’s Most Dangerous Secret Society. Coer
d’Alene, Idaho, Independent History and Research (2005), pp. 9-10.
[10] See Billington, James. Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith. New Brunswick, New
Jersey, Transaction Press (1999).
[11] ibid. pg. 3.
[12] ibid. pp. 5-6
[13] See Fraser, Antonia. Marie Antoinette, New York, Anchor Books, (2001), pp. 226-240. For a more conspiratorial
overview, see Carr, William Guy. Pawns in the Game. Hollywood, California, Angirff Press (1958), pp. 25-39.
[14] For an interesting discussion of Paul, Catherine, and the issue of freemasonry in Russia, see Vladimir Moss’ book,
Christian Power in the Age of Revolution. It can be found online in its entirety at the following link:
http://romanitas.ru/eng/THE%20AGE%20OF%20REVOLUTION%20(custom%20size).mht . Reader Vladimir has a
number of other excellent books posted at http://romanitas.ru/eng/ as well. Although obviously sympathetic to it as a
general movement, Marc Raeff’s book, Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia : The Eighteenth-Century Nobility, provides
a chapter on the topic of freemasonry as well.
[15] See Liungman, Carl. Dictionary of Symbols, New York, New York, Norton Press (1991), pg. 253.
[16] For a discussion of the ritualistic and symbolic significance of these kinds of events see Frazer, James George. The
Gold Bough. New York, New York, Touchstone Press (1922), pp. 308-341. All modern revolutionary “killings of the
King,” seem to involve an element of ritual. Beginning perhaps with Cromwell, there is an almost “magical”
significance associated with monarchs on the part of revolutionaries – as if they are in fact “divine” in some way. In the
case of Marie Antoinette, a man surreptitiously placed himself under the scaffold and tried to drench his handkerchief in
her blood as it flowed down after her execution. See Fraser, Antonia. Marie Antoinette, New York, New York, Anchor
Books, (2001), pg. 440.
[17] See pp. 200-201 in Liungman, Carl. Dictionary of Symbols, New York, New York, Norton Press. 1991.
[18] See Hoffman, pp. 21-22.
[19] This ritual is discussed in numerous books but can also be found by doing a Google search with the words “third
degree masonry mallet”.
[20] See Heimbichner, pg. 58, footnote 4.
[21] Heimbichner, pg. 138.
[22] http://www.souledout.org/cosmology/sirius/siriusgodstar.html
[23] Frazer, James George. The Gold Bough. New York, New York, Touchstone Press, (1922), pp. 420-432.
Additionally, see Stoyanov, Yuri. The Other God: Dualist Religions From Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy. New
Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press (2000), pp. 6-21.
[24] See Hoffman, pg. 31.
[25] For more information regarding the nature of the all-seeing eye on the back of the US dollar bill, see
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/ourflag/greatseal.htm. This website offers opposing sides to the debate
surrounding the true nature of the all-seeing eye on the dollar bill. The reader can explore the links provided and decide
for themselves.
[26] http://www.souledout.org/nightsky/fourthofjuly/fourthofjuly.html
[27] The occult conspirators may be on the “old calendar” in regard to Sirius. At the time of the Declaration of
Independence, the colonies were on the Old Calendar. Additionally, every year in the woods of northern California,
leaders of industry and the world gather at Bohemian Grove on July 16 through July 19. Each year, the “retreat” begins
with the “Cremation of Care,” a ritual involving a large statue of an Owl, robed figures, and a mock sacrifice of a child.
While it bears a strikingly resemblance to rituals associated with Molech, the demonic god of the Canaanites,
participants claim it is all harmless fun. Leaders such as Ronald Reagan, both Bush senior and Bush junior, Henry
Kissinger, Helmut Schmidt, and countless other political and industrial leaders have attended this yearly event. More
information regarding Bohemian Grove can be found at the following links: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1489
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/archivebohemiangrove.html
Again, what is of particular interest is its occurrence with the helical conjunction of Sirius with the sun on the old
calendar date of July 4th.
[28] It is interesting to note that the Big Sky Astronomical Society adopted the star Sirius as a memorial to the victims of
the September 11th event. See http://www.bigsky.ab.ca/adopt-a-star/september11th.htm for more information.
[29] For example, Yuri Slezkine, a well-regarded Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, claims
Lenin gave the order. See Slezkine, Yuri. The Jewish Century, Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press
(2004), pg. 178: “Specifically, and very publicly Jewish names (and some transparent Jewish pseudonyms) were
associated with two of the most dramatic and symbolically significant acts of the Red Terror. Early in the civil war, in
June 1918, Lenin ordered the killing of Nicholas II and his family.”
[30] Although dismissed by many academics as biased and inaccurate, Robert Wilton’s, The Last Days of the Romanovs
is still an excellent source for reporting what Sokolov discovered in the course of his investigation. See Wilton, Robert,
The Last Days of the Romanovs. Hawthorne, California, Christian Book Club of America (1969).
[31] See Monk Zachariah’s article at http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/nicholas_ii_e.htm
[32] An additional layer of meaning involves the use of the German word “Knechten.” In Old English, a derivative of
Germanic, the word for “knight” is the same – “Knechten.” There is, then, a possible code attributable to the use of this
word: the Tsar was not killed by his “slaves” per se, but rather by a “knight” or “servant of rank.” Could the use of
Heine’s poem and the word “Knechten” betray the fact that persons or Royal elements close to the Tsar had a role to play
in his martyrdom? We will probably never know.
[33] Although fictional in its expression, Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is full of these sorts of double-meaning events and
spoken phrases. In fact, Macbeth’s first spoken lines, express this Janus-like quality so typical of the play: “So fair and
foul a day I have not seen.” And, in perhaps one of the plays most often quoted lines, Macbeth himself says, “Away and
mock the time with fairest show, false face must hide what the false heart doth know.” Janus, the double faced god,
would be associated with the devil in the Middle Ages for the hidden and duplicitous qualities associated with lying and
deception.
[34] See L. Fry (Shishmareff, Paquita de). Waters Flowing Eastward: The War Against the Kingship of Christ.
Washington D.C., The Barnes Review Company (1999), pp. 191-194. In a book published by Jordanville Monastery on
the Royal Family, this chapter is excerpted and printed in Russian as well.
[35] Ibid. pg. 194.
[36] Taushev, Archbishop Averky. The Apocalypse in the Teachings of Ancient Christianity. Platina, California, St.
Herman’s of Alaska Press (1995).
[37] This book is now online at http://ecumenizm.tripod.com.
[38] Mrs. Perepiolkina’s discussion provides details, names, and descriptions of certain events where these things
happened, sometimes with the blessing of the MP. Reading her aforementioned chapter is quite instructive. It can be
found at the following link: http://ecumenizm.tripod.com/ECUMENIZM/id11.html. In another chapter, Mrs.
Perepiollkina discusses other occult aspects of the MP as well. See her chapter, “Rosicrucians” at,
http://ecumenizm.tripod.com/ECUMENIZM/id21.html. There are a number of photos on this site throughout all of its
pages which reveal disturbing events and trends in the MP.