Walter J. Veith on the two meanings of a symbol: esoteric for the few, exoteric for…
Walter J. Veith on the two meanings of a symbol: esoteric for the few, exoteric for everyone else.
He reads Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma, page 819: the Blue Degrees are “but the outer court,” and the initiate “is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them; but it is intended that he shall imagine he understands them.”
Pages 104–105 go further.
Pike writes that Masonry “uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled,” and that it conceals “the Truth, which it calls Light,” from them.
Veith then points at a Grand Lodge of Scotland jewel and argues the cross behind the figure is inverted, a form most people are not meant to read.
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” — Ephesians 5:11
“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” —
2 Corinthians 11:14
Full lecture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUaSfF0mcX4