“Une des plus grandes forces du « bon Maçon », c'est le mensonge. Il ment comme il respire, sans le moindre effort et c'est là, encore, un des fruits de l'éducation maçonnique. Prenons, comme exemple, un Vénérable. En Loge, il doit représenter les plus hautes vertus de l'humanité. Les grands mots, vides de sens réel, dont les rituels symboliques sont farcis, fnissent par devenir, pour lui, des entités vivantes; il cohabite incessamment avec la Liberté, tape sur le ventre de l'Egalité, prend des apéritifs avec la Justice et tutoie le Droit, le Devoir, la Raison et la Fraternité. Or, dans la vie de chaque Jour, notre Vénérable est marchand de bestiaux, conducteur des ponts-et-chaussées, instituteur ou épicier et, en exerçant son métier, il participe aux défaillances et aux erreurs de ceux qui n'ont pas « reçu la Lumière». Le jour de la tenue de sa Loge, assis dans son fauteuil, sous le delta lumineux, il est tolérant, généreux, humain, tandis que, rentré près de sa femme, il redevient ce que la nature le fit : un vilain monsieur. Cette dualité morale crée, chez le « bon Maçon», une aptitude prodigieuse à la dissimulation. Après quelques années de Maçonnerie, il est capable de faire prendre à ses contemporains des vessies hors d'usage pour des lampes électriques.”
Thèmes
nature , effort , liberté , lumière , vie , femmes , mensonge , éducation , justice , erreur , année , jour , femme , droit , mot , raison , force , sens , électeur , haut , monsieur , exemple , l'après-midi , conducteur , vivants , or , grand , devoir , pont , pluie , haut-parleur , humain , symbole , participation , bons , hauteur , fruit , représentation , métier , entité , vertu , institut , tenue , lampe , vide , vénérable , maçon , apéritif , chaussée , humanité , rentrée , rituel , fauteuil , morale , fraternité , usager , défaillance , faire , réel , vessie , delta , égalité , sou , marchand , menteur , chaque , ventre , loge , aptitude , vilain , près , contemporain , devenirJean-Baptiste Bidegain 5
1870–1926Citations similaires

Meanwhile however the Masons are quietly and systematically extending their influence; lectures are given on themes dear to Masons; prominent scientists are won over; links are forged with other lodges and the desired result is achievede; at first neutrality, then union with World Masonry. It will perhaps surprise you to learn that the higher grades of this lodge are duplicated. Beside the Grand Master, needed as an advertisement, there is a man never seen who really occupies a far highter position in World Masonry, using and directing this "sadow system" in a masterly way.
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Faisant référence à la Grande loge de Prusse

Meanwhile however the Masons are quietly and systematically extending their influence; lectures are given on themes dear to Masons; prominent scientists are won over; links are forged with other lodges and the desired result is achievede; at first neutrality, then union with World Masonry. It will perhaps surprise you to learn that the higher grades of this lodge are duplicated. Beside the Grand Master, needed as an advertisement, there is a man never seen who really occupies a far highter position in World Masonry, using and directing this "sadow system" in a masterly way.
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Faisant référence à la Grande loge de Prusse
Sur la Franc-maçonnerie
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À propos de la Grande Loge suisse Alpina et du secret maçonnique.

First of all it's wonderful propaganda for the Masonic idea. If the royal house belongs to a lodge, then it is respectable in the eyes of the broad masses, the propertied and the educated classes. All doubts are at once silenced. The Masons no longer need to defend themselves, but only point to the king, their brother Mason. Is any individual going to be more clever than his king? Such membership automatically attracts all those whom the Masons particularly want, influential officials and politicians. Without any need for further action they have won over leading political and industrial figures to Masonry. The Masonic lodge now becomes the centre of social life with riotous banquets and celebrations for the king's or prince's birthday. It all seems like a great national and social club; cheap wining and dining offer no small attraction to the official unblessed with this world's goods.
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Sur la Franc-maçonnerie

First of all it's wonderful propaganda for the Masonic idea. If the royal house belongs to a lodge, then it is respectable in the eyes of the broad masses, the propertied and the educated classes. All doubts are at once silenced. The Masons no longer need to defend themselves, but only point to the king, their brother Mason. Is any individual going to be more clever than his king? Such membership automatically attracts all those whom the Masons particularly want, influential officials and politicians. Without any need for further action they have won over leading political and industrial figures to Masonry. The Masonic lodge now becomes the centre of social life with riotous banquets and celebrations for the king's or prince's birthday. It all seems like a great national and social club; cheap wining and dining offer no small attraction to the official unblessed with this world's goods.
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À propos de son séjour en prison.
Le Rêveur casqué, 1972
Film documentaire: Les Protocoles Des Sages De Sion