The Taxil Hoax and Satanic Freemasonry Part 2 (Premium E246)
Added 2024-06-02 00:29:34 +0000 UTCIn the late 19th century a Frenchman pulled off one of the greatest hoaxes of all time and inspired countless conspiracy theories about Freemasonry that still circulate today. The man, who went by the pseudonym Leo Taxil, started his career by publishing several texts smearing the Pope and the Catholic Church. But then he switched sides. He claimed he converted to Catholicism and to prove his devotion he started publishing anti-Masonic texts.These new works included wild stories about a secret satanic sect with freemasonry called Palladism. Despite the fact that these stories are far beyond the limits of believability, they were taken seriously by the Catholic Church. Taxil finally admitted that his multiple books about satanism in Freemasonry were all part of an elaborate, 12-year-long-hoax.
In the second part of the two-part series, we discuss Leo Taxil’s multiple books which supposedly exposed Satanism in Freemasonry, why he called Charleston, South Carolina the “Luciferian Rome,” and the dramatic public confession of the hoax that sent shockwaves among Catholics and Freemasons alike.
REFERENCES
Dickie, John. The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World. Public Affairs, 2020
Ziegler, Robert. Satanism, magic and mysticism in fin-de-siècle France. Springer, 2012.
Van Luijk, Ruben. Children of Lucifer: The origins of modern religious Satanism. Oxford University Press, 2016
Introvigne, Massimo. "Satanism: a social history.". Brill, 2016.
The Confession of Leo Taxil
https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/taxil_confessed.html
Mellor, Alec. A Hoaxer of Genius
https://skirret.com/papers/ahoaxerofgenius-leotaxil.html
Wikisource: The Works of Leo Taxil
https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Auteur:L%C3%A9o_Taxil
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Comments
Just galiduses being paliduses
genrepunk
2024-10-21 15:33:11 +0000 UTCI know that I am a little late to this episode, but I thought I would just note that the Freemasons do indeed have a mixed order, The Order of the Eastern Star. Although it is sold as a ostensibly a "women's" lodge, every chapter is *required* to have at least one Mason in it's membership and in attendance at all formal meetings. I have been a member of the order for a couple of decades now and personally, I think the purpose of having a Mason in attendance is the same as any other old school organization that has those requirements -- women can't be trusted to organize without male supervision. There are a couple of procedural roles the Masons have, but the tasks don't feel like a Mason is necessary to perform them, it feels more like a justification for having men around. I was very interested to hear about the French organization and wonder if their creation is related in any way. O.E.S. was established in 1850 and became formally appended in the Masonic order in 1875 so the timing is in the ballpark. The same general rules of heritage apply -- one must be a spouse, relative or descendant of a Mason in good standing and present a formal application with proof of relations. The initiation ceremony is... absolutely breathtaking (and interestingly, does indeed have 5 symbolic stations).
Justine Riekena
2024-10-14 01:01:34 +0000 UTCtaxil hoax series is an instant classic. great work on these eps!!!! my partner is dealing with some gnarly pain stuff and these episodes provided a ton of delight
elby
2024-06-16 23:55:09 +0000 UTCSo that's what the song "Crocodile Rock" by known Masonic Satanist Elton John, is about.
Schwartz666
2024-06-06 21:21:37 +0000 UTC
