OCCULTMAS PART FIVE: "DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER"

If there is one potential problem with the occult that most anyone can agree on, it would be the dyscivic effects of occult groups in positions of power. Not the wacky wiccans so much as the dark symbolism that seems to hover around the global elites. Regardless of your own beliefs, it should be obvious that people of influence bonding around the ritual acquisition of power by any means necessary may not be the best thing for a society. One group that comes up a lot in these discussions are the Freemasons, an 18th century society with medieval roots. They are hard to pin down - opinions range from a fraternal order to the backbone of the Illumnati - but their symbols are well known. Let's look into that compass and square and see what it means. On the surface level, the compass and the square are easy to explain. These are old symbols of architecture, and the name Freemason is a reference to medieval builders, called masons, who traveled from place to place seeking work. The "free" appears to refer to being outside the control of the city-based craft guilds. But there was a lot more to Medieval architecture than building. A key aspect of Medieval thought - a key aspect of Western civilization actually - was the belief that God's creation is rational. The notion of a consistent, knowable world was the foundation of Western science. Pre-Modern people often illustrated logical relationships geometrically, we see depictions of God holding a compass. Grand medieval architecture like the Gothic cathedrals are defined by geometry symbolically and practically. The master masons who could design and build huge vaulted stone structures without steel supports needed some amount of engineering knowledge.