Man's Real Genius And Knowledge Remains Preserved

Magic Is That Which It Is; It Is By Itself, Like The Mathematics; For It Is The Exact And Absolute Science Of Nature And Its Laws . Magic Is The Science Of The Ancient Magi: And The Christian Religion, Which Has Imposed Silence On The Lying Oracles, And Put An End To The Prestiges Of The False Gods , Itself Reveres Those Magi Who Came From The East, Guided By A Star , To Adore The Saviour Of The World In His Cradle.

To You, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (33rd Degree Masons), We Say This, That You May Repeat It To The Brethren Of The 32nd, 31st, And 30th Degrees: 'the Masonic Religion Should Be, By All Of Us Initiates Of The High Degrees, Maintained In The Purity Of The Luciferian Doctrine.'

Nothing Excites Men's Curiosity So Much As Mystery, Concealing Things Which They Desire To Know; And Nothing So Much Increases Curiosity As Obstacles That Interpose To Prevent Them From Indulging In The Gratification Of Their Desires. Of This The Legislators And Hierophants Took Advantage, To Attract The People To Their Sanctuaries, And To Induce Them To Seek To Obtain Lessons From Which They Would Perhaps Have Turned Away With Indifference If They Had Been Pressed Upon Them.

There Are Great Truths At The Foundation Of Freemasonry, Truths Which It Is Its Mission To Teach And Which Is Constituting The Very Essence Of, That Sublime System Which Gives The Venerable Institution Its Peculiar Identity As A Science Of Morality, And It Behooves Every Disciple Diligently To Ponder And Inwardly Digest.

The Word Of God Is The Universal And Invisible Light, Cognizable By The Senses, That Emits Its Blaze In The Sun, Moon, Planets, And Other Stars.