Capítulo 7 

Oh the Pelican is a sign of Prince of Rose Croix De Heroden
I think Whoop you are showing how interconnected organizations and religions are

We want to think of the as separate when many times they weave together
The pelican feeding her young with her blood is a prominent symbol of the Eighteenth or Rose Croix Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and was adopted as such from the fact that the pelican, in ancient Christian art, was considered as the emblem of the Savior.

It is about Resurection
http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/sr_rose_croix_18th_degree_jewel.htm

The symbol is in connected to one of the oldest buildings in the South the Ursuline Convent
it was a hospital run by the sisters....within its walls was a herb garden
of which were used to treat the sick

Notice the golden chalice of the Holy Grail

Albert Pike belonged to the Scottish Rite Lodge which resided in New Orleans
there was a time when being a freemason and Catholic was accepted


The compound term Freemason occurs first in 1375 — according to a recently found writing, even prior to 1155

and, contrary to Gould [2] means primarily a mason of superior skill, though later it also designated one who enjoyed the freedom, or the privilege, of a trade guild. [3] In the former sense it is commonly derived from freestone-mason, a mason hewing or building in free (ornamental) stone in opposition to a rough (stone) mason. [4] This derivation, though harmonizing with the meaning of the term, seemed unsatisfactory to some scholars. Hence Speth proposed to interpret the word freemasons as referring to those masons claiming exemption from the control of local guilds of the towns, where they temporarily settled. [5] In accordance with this suggestion the "New English Dictionary of the Philological Society" (Oxford, 1898) favours the interpretation of freemasons as skilled artisans, emancipated according to the medieval practice from the restrictions and control of local guilds in order that they might be able to travel and render services, wherever any great building (cathedral, etc.) was in process of construction. These freemasons formed a universal craft for themselves, with a system of secret signs and passwords by which a craftsman, who had been admitted on giving evidence of competent skill, could be recognized. On the decline of Gothic architecture this craft coalesced with the mason guilds


The modern signification of Freemasonry in which, since about 1750, the word has been universally and exclusively understood, dates only from the constitution of the Grand Lodge of England, 1717. In this acceptation Freemasonry, according to the official English, Scottish, American, etc., craft rituals, is most generally defined: "A peculiar [some say "particular" or "beautiful"] system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." Mackey [10] declares the best definition of Freemasonry to be: "A science which is engaged in the search after the divine truth." The German encyclopedia of Freemasonry, "Handbuch" [11] defines Freemasonry as "the activity of closely united men who, employing symbolical forms borrowed principally from the mason's trade and from architecture, work for the welfare of mankind, striving morally to ennoble themselves and others and thereby to bring about a universal league of mankind [Menschheitsbund], which they aspire to exhibit even now on a small scale". The three editions which this "Handbuch" (Universal Manual of Freemasonry) has had since 1822 are most valuable, the work having been declared by English-speaking Masonic critics by far the best Masonic Encyclopedia ever published.


Pike said that "... Masonry is identical with the Ancient Mysteries ... (On Page 624, 28th Degree
from Pike

"The Sun, Archimagus, worshipped as Mithras, the Mediator, the Invincible.." P.612
"The Sun and Moon of the Alchemists give stability to the Philosophical Stone .." P.776.
"Sun and Moon considered the cause of the generations of the earth ..." P.475
"Sun and Moon are the emblems of the two Divine sexes ..." P. 305
"The Sun, called Heliogabalus, and adored under the form of a black stone." P. 775
"The Sun God finally victorious over the Serpent." P. 496
"The Sun God rides on the winged horse, but the Serpent bites the horse's heels." P.499
"... traces of the worship of the Sun yet linger in all religions." P. 483. {Remember, Freemasonry claims to be "identical" with all the ancient religions, P.624}
"You have ... heard much of the ancient worship of the Sun, the Moon, and other bright luminaries of Heaven, and of the Elements and Powers of Universal Nature." P. 583
"Faith ... was represented by the Sun." P.727
"The Sun was figuratively said to die and be born again at the Winter Solstice;" P.464
.. the filthy and ill-omened He-Goat dragged him [the Sun] down toward the Winter Solstice. Arriving there, they said he [the Sun] had been slain and had gone to the realm of darkness. Remaining there three days, he [the Sun] rose again, and again ascended ... Soon they personified the Sun and worshipped him under the name of Osiris ..."

13. "The obelisk, resembling the shape of a flame, caused these monuments to be consecrated to the Sun and to Fire ... the obelisks were erected in honor of the Sun.


it is to be noticed that the clause declaring belief in the great Architect a condition of admission, was introduced into the text of the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of England, only in 1815 and that the same text says: "A Mason therefore is particularly bound never to act against the dictates of his conscience", whereby the Grand Lodge of England seems to acknowledge that liberty of conscience is the sovereign principle of Freemasonry prevailing over all others when in conflict with them. The same supremacy of the liberty of conscience is implied also in the unsectarian character, which Anglo-American Masons recognize as the innermost essence of masonry. "Two principles", said the German Emperor Frederick III, in a solemn address to Masons at Strasburg on 12 September, 1886, "characterize above all our purposes, viz., liberty of conscience and tolerance"; and the "Handbuch" [52] justly observes that liberty of conscience and tolerance were thereby proclaimed the foundation of Masonry by the highest Masonic authority in Germany.

Thus the Grand Orient of France is right from the Masonic point of view as to the substance of the question; but it has deviated from tradition by discarding symbols and symbolical formulæ, which, if rightly understood, in no way imply dogmatic assertions and which cannot be rejected without injuring the work of Masonry, since this has need of ambiguous religious formulæ adaptable to every sort of belief and every phase of moral development. From this point of view the symbol of the Grand Architect of the Universe and of the Bible are indeed of the utmost importance for Masonry. Hence, several Grand Lodges which at first were supposed to imitate the radicalism of the French, eventually retained these symbols. A representative of the Grand Lodge of France writes in this sense to Findel: "We entirely agree with you in considering all dogmas, either positive or negative, as radically contradictory to Masonry, the teaching of which must only be propagated by symbols. And the symbols may and must be explained by each one according to his own understanding; thereby they serve to maintain concord. Hence our Grand Lodge facultatively retains the Symbol of the Grand Architect of the Universe, because every one can conceive it in conformity with his personal convictions. [Lodges are allowed to retain the symbols, but there is no obligation at all of doing so, and many do not.] To excommunicate each other on account of metaphysical questions, appears to us the most unworthy thing Masons can do"
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09771a.htm
http://www.cuttingedge.org/free003.html


So we have St Louis Bible ...the picture of God the Great Geometrician and Architect with his compass



St Louis Bible and its picture still survive today
Bible Moralisse


Its Interesting Whoop you bring up the Order of the Garter
have you ever heard of the Order of the Sun?

Here is the black and white tiles in the New Orleans cathedral which Rennes Chateau has also and many other churches
so do the freemasons


Here is a stained glass window at the Cathedral In New Orleans

I very much regret letting Ben Hammott use this picture A lesson well learned


This is Saint Louis receiving the key to the city of Damietta Egypt
the stained glass window was done by German stained glass master Oidtman
You will notice the detail of Oidtman
he shows the Green robe of the Green man

In the Qur’an (18:60-82), the Green Man, as the Prophet Muhammad named him, tutors Moses on the mysteries of predestination and theodicy. The Prophet Muhammad explained that he is called the Green Man because when he would sit on barren ground, the ground would turn green.8 Here the Green Man represents the Earth’s renewal, or the power to renew the Earth with plants. Rabbi Kook wrote of the vegetable world, “Every part of the vegetable world is singing a song and breaking forth a secret of the divine mystery.”9 That reality is al-Khidr. Hazrat Inayat Khan called the Green Man al-Khidr, “the guiding angel of all seeking souls.”10 Moses found al-Khidr when a cooked fish came back to life in the waters of eternal life.11 On their subsequent journey, as narrated in the Qur’an, Moses experienced many of al-Khidr’s actions as evil, dangerous and deadly. But al-Khidr, knowing predestination, and acting from discernment, acted in a way that preserved and enhanced life beyond the limited purview of circumstances, chance and passing generations.

Muslim tradition considers al-Khidr to have been born between the generations of Noah and Abraham, and many believe that he continues to live and move among us as an immortal being. He has appeared to almost every Sufi saint and sage to provide a deeper wisdom and often a special blessing and initiation12. One Sufi tradition says that we will all encounter al-Khidr at least once in our lifetime. It is from the Green Man, who transforms barren Earth to fertile ground, that the deepest treasures of Sufism are imparted. And as we shall see, Qur’anic Sufism calls us to learn from the Earth. When the Earth serves as our teacher, we will be drawn more fully to honor, nourish and protect her.
http://www.sevenpillarshouse.org/article/the_green_man/

The colour green has a special place in Islam. It is used in the decoration of mosques, the bindings of Qur'ans, the silken covers for the graves of Sufi saints,
In the Qur'an (Surah 76:21), it is said that the inhabitants of paradise will wear green garments of fine silk. The colour green has been considered especially Islamic for centuries. Crusaders avoided using any green in their coats of arms, so that they could not possibly be mistaken for their Muslim opponents in the heat of battle.

the crescent wand on the ground may represent the Ancient Mystery Schools
Baphomet may have a link here ...that was the Church's accusation against the Templars
Hazrat Inayat Khan stated in the third of the Ten Sufi Thoughts, “There is One Holy Book, the sacred manuscript of nature, the only scripture which can enlighten the reader.” The symbol and story of the Green Man shed light on how we can be enlightened readers of nature. The Qur’an points to nature as a set of “signs” (aya)—the same word as a “verse” of the Qur’an—to underscore three primary lessons. First, from love God established nature as a means to sustain life. Second, nature expresses harmony, beauty and awe. Third, nature demonstrates the principle of the resurrection, that death is not the end, but a new beginning.

Egyptian Green man was Osiris