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Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?

The Methods of AntiMasons

By Arturo de Hoyos and S. Brent Morris

(Second Edition, Revised)

With a Foreword and Addendum by James T. Tresner II

deHoyos.

Printed copies may be obtained by writing to:

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Dedicated to the memory of

John Jamieson Robinson

Researcher • Author • Master Mason

The worst readers are those who proceed like plundering soldiers: they pick up a few things

they use, soil and confuse the rest, and blaspheme the whole.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Mixed Opinions and Maxims

I am appalled, I am bound to say, by the unsolicited material that has been sent to me...prior

to this debate. What beggars my imagination is the way in which anyone, for whatever sort

of malicious or neurotic or malicious [sic] reason, who writes anything denouncing

freemasonry is assumed by some to be telling the truth. They are not. We have seen it in

public life and we have seen it here. The Church should be different.... I am ashamed when

fellow Christians are so gullible and so uncharitable, and that is putting it charitably.

Canon R. Lewis (not a Mason), speaking to

the General Synod of the Church of England.

Quoted in Christopher Haffner, Workman Unashamed

(Shepperton, England: Lewis Masonic, 1989), p.13

* * *

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface

Chapter One:

The Methods of AntiMasons

The Organization of Masonry

The Issue of Masonic "Experts"

Albert Pike and Lucifer

Some Accounts of Taxil's Hoax About Freemasonry and Lucifer

Some AntiMasonic Books Using Taxil's Hoax About Freemasonry

and Lucifer

Léo Taxil's False Luciferian Quotation of Albert Pike

Morals and Dogma

Chapter Two: AntiMasonry in the Electronic Age

Chapter Three: John Ankerberg and John Weldon, "The Secret

Teachings of the Masonic Lodge"

Chapter Four: The Reverend Ron Carlson and "Christian Ministries

International"

Chapter Five: The Reverend James D. Shaw and "The Deadly

Deception"

Chapter Six: T.N. (Skip) Sampson and "Cornerstone Ministries"

Chapter Seven: Falsus in Multus, Falsus in Omnibus

Epilogue: The Fruits of AntiMasonry: Garden of Evil? / Stones of Evil

Addendum: Please Look a Little Closer

Bibliography: Works Cited

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Mrs. Inge Baum, retired Librarian of the Supreme Council 33º, S.J., for her always gracious

assistance.

Bro. David Blackey Board, for his detailed research on and bibliography of Léo Taxil.

Bro. John W. Boettjer, for his permission to use the articles "Garden of Evil?" and "Stones of

Evil."

Bro. Roger Kessinger, Kessinger Publishing Co., for permission to use extended quotations from

The Cloud of Prejudice: A Study in AntiMasonry , by Art deHoyos.

Bro. Irwin Kirby, General Secretary, Valley of Miami, A.&A.S.R., for information on Rev. James D.

Shaw's Scottish Rite membership in Florida.

Ms. Joan Kleinknecht, Librarian of the Supreme Council 33º, S.J., for her kind assistance.

Bro. Rollin O. Simpson, Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of Indiana, F.&A.M., for information on

Rev. James D. Shaw's Masonic membership in Indiana.

Bro. Eric Serejski, for his assistance in translating passages from Le Femme et L'Enfant dans le

FrancMaçonnerie Universelle .

Bro. Arthur Schechner, Secretary, West Dade Lodge No. 388, for information on Rev. James D.

Shaw's membership in Allapattah Lodge No. 271.

Bro. William G. Wolf, Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of Florida, F.&.A.M., for information on Rev.

James D. Shaw's Masonic membership in Florida.

Bros. Sidney Baxter, John W. Boettjer, Richard Curtis, Richard E. Fletcher, Wallace McLeod, Pete

Normand, James T. Tresner, II, and Thomas E. Weir for their invaluable textual corrections and

suggestions.

FOREWORD

It is not an unmixed blessing, being asked to write a foreword for this book.

On the one hand, it is a high honor to be asked to contribute a few words to the work

of Masons I so greatly respect. Art deHoyos and Brent Morris are two of the very

best Masonic writers Freemasonry has produced in a long time.

On the other hand, some tasks are simply distasteful, no matter how exalted the

company in which they are done. (Unstopping a clogged toilet springs to mind as an

example.) Dealing with the attacks of antiMasons is a similarly distasteful task, for

similar reasons.

It is a sense of betrayal which makes me so personally angry with some of these

individuals. I came of age in a time when policemen were your friends, your father

knew best, and ministers lived by high moral codes. And I still believe that.

But it's getting harder.

St. Luke says (16:10) "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and

whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much."

As you will see in this book, antiMasons are often dishonest in both little and much.

That's the betrayal! I don't expect a banker to steal my money, I don't expect a

physician to prescribe poison, and I don't expect a minister to lie to me.

And these men do lie. They are not innocently mistaken; they are not led into error;

they are not merely confused. They lie.

Suppose Brent Morris writes a letter to me, and he writes, "I don't think Art deHoyos

is stupid." And, later in the letter, he writes, "I was watching one of our local politicians

on television last night, and I was strongly reminded of the line by the ancient poet

philosopher, Sadi, 'Verily, he is like a jackass among men, a calf, a body which is

bleating.'"

Then I sit down and write a letter to Art deHoyos, with Brent's letter in front of me,

and I write, "Dear Brother deHoyos, I got a letter today in which Brent Morris wrote,

'I . . . think Art is stupid.' 'He is like a jackass among men.'"

If I do that, I have told deliberate, malicious lies. And if I add to my letter, "so you can

see what Brent really thinks about you," I have lied again.

Bear that in mind as you read the examples of what antiMasons do when "quoting"

Masonic writers.

Dishonest in littledishonest in much.

To sell a book, or a tape, claiming it reveals truth while knowing it to contain lies is

cheating. Soliciting or accepting contributions in the name of truth while telling a lie is

stealing.

It's hard for us to believe that of men of the cloth. But when a man presents us, in

writing, with repeated proof of his deceit, we ultimately must conclude that he is

deceitful.

This book is not intended to be an exhaustive defense of Freemasonry. None is

needed. It is intended to show, by example, just what antiMasons are capable of

doing.

There may be some readers who, in spite of the proof of the lies told by the anti

Masons examined in this book (and in spite of the fact that they can get the original

sources themselves and check them out if they doubt the integrity of Brothers deHoyos

and Morris), still continue to believe in the honor and integrity of the antiMasons. If

so, there is little that can be said to them.

But for readers who resent being lied to and resent even more the implication that they

are too stupid to know the difference, this book will come as something of a revelation.

What motivates such men? Part of it may simply be unreasoning hatred. But a very

large part of it can be explained in financial terms. AntiMasons are fond of selling

audio and video tapes. One can do a video tape, even in fairly small quantities, for

about $5, and that includes the cost of the tape, its reproduction, a sturdy hinged

plastic case, and a color title card for the box; an audio tape costs about $1.25. Since

these earnest entrepreneurs sell their video tapes for $2030 and their audio tapes for

$56, there is a useful bit of change left over.

Freemasonry, therefore, is a profitable target.

It is not that Freemasonry considers itself above criticism. It is a human institution and,

like all such institutions, imperfect and open to improvement. Criticize us if you wish

most Masons do. Examine us in depthwe have nothing to hide.

But do not lie about us.

And, especially, do not lie about us and then dare to claim you are doing the work of

God.

James T. Tresner, II

Master Mason

PREFACE

TO THE SECOND EDITION

In the three short years since the first edition of this work was published we have

received an overwhelmingly positive response from the majority of our readers, to

whom we extend our sincere appreciation. We have also heard from a few anti

Masonic detractors who have accused us of both insincerity and a motivation to write

this work for personal financial gain. These charges are completely unfounded. As we

wrote in the first edition, we are willing to admit to and correct any verifiable errors if

provided with proper documentation. We also hasten to add that neither of the authors

receives any royalties or financial remuneration in consideration of this work.

This second, enlarged edition includes updates, new material and several new chapters.

One of the most contested matters relative to the first edition concerns the allegations

of the late Rev. James D. Shaw. Among the many claims in his antiMasonic book The

Deadly Deception , was his alleged reception of an Honorary Thirtythird Degree from

the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction. As will be seen, coauthor Tom McKenney

now admits that the emphasis on Rev. Shaw's alleged status as a "top leader" was a

marketing ploy. We will provide additional documentation and evidence demonstrating

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