BEHOLD A COOPERPEDIA
Mystery Babylon #16: Sun Worship
Catalog title: Mystery Babylon #16
Bill Cooper, aka Milton William Cooper, aka William Cooper
Catalog date: 1993-03-30
Tape: 62
Catalog source: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/78e68b7b-1af2-472b-8e7b-260879e201a4/HOTTCatalog2014ver1effective01Jan14.pdf#page=1
Catalog locator: PDF page 1, left table, row 62, tape 62
Automatic transcript, awaiting audio review.
Times refer to the selected source copy. Public recordings may have different offsets.
Machine transcription of a selected source recording. Speakers, quotations, lyrics, names, dates, and claims have not been manually verified. Do not attribute every passage to Bill Cooper.

[00:00:00.000 to 00:00:25.370] The Hour of the Time may be contacted at HOT, that's H-O-T-T, P.O. Box 940, Eager, spelled E-A-G-A-R, in the state of Arizona, 85925. Our phone number is 928-333-2942, and our website is www.hourofthetime.com.

[00:01:30.900 to 00:01:44.790] It's hard to believe, folks, but this is the 16th hour of broadcasting in our series on Mystery Babylon. You're listening to the Hour of the Time, and I'm William Cooper.

[00:07:58.440 to 00:08:34.370] what you have just is a warning, is a warning, for there is a war being conducted right at this moment, a war against the American people. It is now a shooting war, and the second battle is being fought. The first was fought in the state of Idaho against the family of Randy Weaver. The second battle is being fought by a brave group of men and women and children.

[00:08:36.200 to 00:09:08.550] In a church known as Branch Davidian in Waco, Texas, they are fighting for their creator-endowed rights. They have committed no crimes. They know what the sound of battle is. They know what it's like to see their friends or relatives die in their arms or at their feet. They know what it's like to have wounded and

[00:09:11.310 to 00:09:15.620] be refused medicine and medical treatment. Oh,

[00:09:18.580 to 00:09:18.820] yes.

[00:09:20.510 to 00:09:24.240] We are at war. Make no mistake about it. And

[00:09:27.070 to 00:09:44.010] if you don't believe that, if you keep your eyes and ears open the next weeks and years, you will see it escalate across this country like a wild forest fire out of control. And

[00:09:47.440 to 00:10:00.020] unless the sheeple wake up and listen and learn and act, I predict that there will be civil war in the

[00:10:00.020 to 00:10:28.960] United States of America because there are many of us who will not ever give up our creator-endowed rights, our right to keep and bear arms, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights without one hell of a fight. And what you heard at the beginning of this program, folks, for those of you who have never experienced war, was the real sounds of war.

[00:10:30.560 to 00:10:39.310] What you heard were real bullets being fired, real bombs being dropped, real machine guns killing real people. And

[00:10:43.800 to 00:11:09.710] Taps, at the end, was a real bugle blowing real taps over real graves of real fallen men who were buried in Arlington National Cemetery. You see, many people have already died protecting

[00:11:10.920 to 00:11:12.840] But many of you are

[00:11:15.440 to 00:11:25.470] giving up. I, for one, will not. When they come for me, there will be another battle. I will not give up. I don't

[00:11:29.800 to 00:11:55.760] care who wins or loses, because at the end of my battle, it will be just the beginning of yours. Do you understand what I'm telling you? You see, my whole purpose is to wake enough people so that no battles ever have to be fought, but we're already behind because two have already been fought.

[00:11:56.670 to 00:12:08.240] And more, I guarantee you, are on the way. Guaranteed, folks. Guaranteed. Because the more we allow them to get away with, the

[00:12:11.220 to 00:12:38.640] more they will attempt. I don't want a civil war in this country. I want to stop it before it even has a chance to start. And the only way to do that is wake up America. You see, if 200 million people stand up with their right under the Second Article and Amendment to the Constitution, holding a weapon in their hand,

[00:12:39.460 to 00:13:03.240] and say, enough, we will not put up with this anymore. Stop it now. Get out of our government. Get out of our cities. Get out of our military and stay out. That will be the end of it, and no shot will ever have to be fired. I guarantee that. But

[00:13:06.040 to 00:13:15.670] what do you think the odds are of that happening? Well, it's time, folks, to talk about our sponsor, Swiss American Trading Corporation.

[00:13:16.700 to 00:13:42.870] Now, if you've followed my broadcast for any length of time, you know that I've been bringing you this show the hour of the time, mostly without sponsorship. In part, I've been very leery of allowing just any corporation or any business to buy time on my show, and my requirements are very strict. I'm proud, folks, very proud to announce a new alliance.

[00:13:43.800 to 00:14:11.160] Swiss America Trading Corporation and myself are committed to preparing my listening audience for the upcoming economic trauma. Many of you have asked me, what can I do to save my assets? What can I do to protect myself against the economic collapse that's coming? Well, folks, for over 11 years, Swiss America has been supplying over 10,000 clients with hard assets and constant information.

[00:14:12.040 to 00:14:43.260] on how best to protect those assets. And for a limited time, interested listeners can receive a complimentary newsletter. If you mention my name, William Cooper, the hour of the time, and ask for the information on protecting your future. It's called Protecting Your Future. So call, folks. Call this number. Write it down right now. You should always have a pen and paper with you when you listen to this broadcast. You know that.

[00:14:43.930 to 00:15:00.090] Write this down. 1-800-289-2646. That's 1-800-289-2646. Let me say it one more time for you. 1

[00:15:00.100 to 00:15:04.640] -800-289-2646.

[00:15:06.430 to 00:15:35.390] Invest the time it takes, folks, to read one of the most important publications of our times. Call 1-800-289-2646. Swiss American Trading Corporation, they have all of the investments that we have recommended on previous broadcasts, and they have many more. Some we don't recommend, but it's up to you to choose. They're a reputable company. We've thoroughly checked them out. We have talked to their clients, their customers. We've checked their background. We have checked with law enforcement agencies.

[00:15:36.730 to 00:15:46.470] And I'm telling you right now, these people will treat you right. If they don't, you call me and let me know immediately. Now

[00:15:50.800 to 00:16:08.940] this is the 16th hour of our series on Mystery Babylon. Many of you have already made the necessary connections. You know what's happening and you know who's bringing it about and you know why. Some of you still do not. So we will continue.

[00:16:13.750 to 00:16:18.580] Manly P. Hall wrote this. Quote,

[00:16:20.220 to 00:16:38.530] And notice that Mr. Hall capitalized the two words as one would do for a deity or for royalty when he wrote this, reigned over the earth. The serpent kings reigned over the earth. It was these serpent kings who founded the mystery schools which later appeared as the Egyptian and Brahmin mysteries.

[00:16:39.200 to 00:17:01.660] The serpent was their symbol. They were the true sons of light, and from them have descended a long line of adepts and initiates duly tried and proven according to the law. Unquote. And the proper term is not Freemason, it's Freemessan. It comes from the French, from the Knights Templar, and it literally means the sons of light.

[00:17:02.590 to 00:17:21.630] Another writer, Wilfred Gregson, informed his readers why Mr. Hall capitalized the two words Serpent Kings when he wrote, quote, One symbol of great prominence throughout all ancient civilizations is the snake, or serpent, where it has symbolized divine wisdom, unquote.

[00:17:22.590 to 00:17:43.190] So Mr. Hall had reason to capitalize the words because he had discovered that the serpent represented divinity. Notice also, folks, that Mr. Gregson, even though he chose not to capitalize the word serpent, confirmed that Mr. Hall's use of the capital letter was correct when he stated that there was a connection between divine wisdom and the serpent.

[00:17:44.420 to 00:18:11.740] Mr. Hall, a 33rd degree mason, made the same connection in these comments. The serpent is true to the principles of wisdom, for it tempts man to the knowledge of himself. A serpent is often used by the ancients to symbolize wisdom. The symbol of the serpent has another concealed truth, according to Kenneth McKenzie, for he identified that truth in this quote when he described a brazen serpent.

[00:18:13.800 to 00:18:28.800] It was a type of mediator and a promise of redemption, unquote. The word brazen, folks, is defined as bold or impudent. And impudent is defined as shamelessly bold or disrespectful.

[00:18:31.470 to 00:18:40.020] Now, you will remember that Lucifer was an anointed cherub in heaven who fell because he sought godly power.

[00:18:40.990 to 00:19:09.620] The story is covered in Isaiah chapter 14, verses 12 through 14 of the Old Testament. Look it up. It says this, quote, How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning? How art thou cut down to the ground? For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will be like the Most High, unquote.

[00:19:11.520 to 00:19:39.110] Therefore, it can be safely said that Lucifer would be considered to be shamelessly bold and, of course, disrespectful. It appears that the brazen serpent could be Lucifer. Another author, John Anthony West, wrote a book entitled Serpent in the Sky, in which he also connected the serpent with wisdom, and he wrote this, quote, The serpent represents intellect.

[00:19:40.420 to 00:19:58.560] the faculty by which man discriminates, there is a higher and a lower intellect. Thus, symbolically, there is a serpent that crawls and the higher intellect, that which allows man to know God, the heavenly serpent, the serpent in the sky, unquote.

[00:20:00.200 to 00:20:31.190] somewhat veiled worship of this serpent in the sky inside the Masonic lodges was alluded to by another Masonic writer, Kenneth McKenzie, for in his book entitled The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia, he wrote this, Among the charges preferred against the Order of Knights Templar for which Jacques de Molay suffered martyrdom was that of worshipping an idol or image called Baphomet.

[00:20:31.870 to 00:21:02.540] It has been suggested that Baphomet is none other than the Ancient of Days, our Creator. More cannot be said here without improperly revealing what we, meaning the Masons, are bound to heal, conceal, and never reveal. Unquote. So according to this Mason, the snake or serpent is somehow a symbol of the subject of the Masonic worship, and apparently this fact is the secret that the Masons cannot reveal to the rest of the world.

[00:21:04.380 to 00:21:27.340] A Christian minister, Reverend Alexander Hislop, wrote a book that included some discussion on the subject of serpent worship. And in that book, entitled Two Babylonians, he explained that serpent worship was not something that is recent in time. It was an ancient practice. Quote,

[00:21:27.780 to 00:21:43.700] Along with the sun, this symbol will be discussed later, as the great fire god, and in due time identified with him, was the serpent worshipped. In the mythology of the primitive world, the serpent is universally the symbol of the sun.

[00:21:46.010 to 00:22:14.260] As the sun was the great enlightener of the physical world, so the serpent was held to have been the great enlightener of the spiritual by giving mankind the knowledge of good and evil, unquote. And according to the Bible, you know who gave man the knowledge of good and evil? Satan, Lucifer. He then discussed a coin minted in Tyre, the center of the ancient Phoenician culture.

[00:22:15.360 to 00:22:43.330] This coin was also the subject of an article in the September 1986 issue of the Good News magazine. It depicted a serpent entwined around a tree stump. To the left of the stump stood an empty cornucopia, and to the right a flourishing palm tree. The snake on the coin is the symbol of the powerful god whom the Romans called Asclepius.

[00:22:43.770 to 00:23:12.440] The name means the man instructing snake or the snake that instructs man. And the article then reported, quote, In mythology, Aesculapius was believed to be the child of the sun and thus the enlightener of mankind. As the legend goes, Aesculapius was ultimately struck down by a thunderbolt thrown by an angry Zeus, king of the gods, and cast into the underworld. Unquote.

[00:23:14.240 to 00:23:44.200] The tree stump, folks, represented the fallen god and his ruined kingdom. In the mythologies of many ancient civilizations, the image of a fallen tree was used to symbolize the cutting off of a great god or hero, someone cut off in the midst of their power. You see, the snake on the coin was shown twisting itself around the dead stump, exerting its power in an attempt to restore his fallen kingdom.

[00:23:45.730 to 00:24:18.910] The cornucopia is an ancient symbol of plenty, but it was empty on the coin. This has been interpreted as meaning that the abundance had been cut off because the great God has been cut off. However, folks, the implication is that the horn of plenty will return when the fallen God is restored to his rightful position. The palm tree shown on the coin is a well-known symbol of victory, so it appears that the coin was minted

[00:24:19.390 to 00:24:48.900] to depict the anticipated return of the fallen snake god to the world. And the Bible talks about a fallen serpent in the book of Revelation, chapter 12, verse 9. However, in this case, folks, the snake is connected to another symbol of the serpent, a great dragon. Quote, and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil and Satan. Unquote.

[00:24:51.290 to 00:24:59.990] Is the serpent worshipped in the ancient mysteries and a symbol in the Masonic ceremonies, a symbol of Satan, the devil, as

[00:25:00.060 to 00:25:19.880] As has already been discussed, there is indeed evidence, folks, that this is the case. And once you have confronted the evidence and studied as much as I have studied, you will know that they are one and the same. Another symbol that needs to be analyzed is the star.

[00:25:21.850 to 00:25:52.950] On the page opposite page 124 in Mackey's Encyclopedia is a drawing illustrating the symbols of Freemasonry. Included in the 20 or so Masonic symbols is a drawing of a shooting star. Now, it can be fairly claimed that a blazing or shooting star would be one that was on the move inside the universe. One of the directions it could move would be, of course, towards the earth. If it was moving towards the earth, it could be called a falling star.

[00:25:54.300 to 00:26:23.260] But we know that most falling stars are actually meteors and not stars at all. Lucifer, however, is a fallen angel according to Isaiah, an Old Testament prophet, who wrote this in Isaiah chapter 14, verse 12. Quote, How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer? Unquote. Now, folks, notice that Isaiah also said that Lucifer fell from heaven, and other parts of the Bible report that he fell to the earth.

[00:26:24.060 to 00:26:50.000] So it is conceivable that the symbol of the falling or blazing star could be a symbol of Lucifer. A variety of authors have used their writings to discuss the star as a symbol. Professor Adam Weishaupt, the founder of the Bavarian Illuminati, was one who explained what he considered the star to be a symbol of. Listen closely. Quote, The flaming star is the torch of reason. Unquote.

[00:26:50.520 to 00:27:09.300] Mr. Mackey wrote that the star, quote, was a symbol of God, unquote. He then connected the blazing star to another symbol when he wrote, quote, the blazing star refers us to the sun, unquote. And then he connected it with the secret initiation ceremonies inside the Masonic Lodge.

[00:27:10.180 to 00:27:31.880] In the fourth degree of the same rite, the Scottish rite of Freemasonry, the blazing star is again said to be a symbol of the light of divine providence pointing out the way of truth. And Mr. Hutchins, the Masonic writer who has authored the recent book on Masonry, further interpreted the symbol of the star thusly.

[00:27:50.400 to 00:28:02.060] Now closely allied with the symbol of the star is the symbol of the sun. Albert Pike identified it with the worship of the past.

[00:28:03.140 to 00:28:14.650] In this collection of quotes from his writings, pay close attention. Quote, The worship of the sun became the basis of all the religions of antiquity. Unquote.

[00:28:15.390 to 00:28:40.770] Quote, thousands of years ago, men worshipped the sun. Originally, they looked beyond the orb to the invisible god. They personified him as Brahma, Amun, Osiris, Baal, Adonis, Malkarth, Mithras, and Apollo. Krishna is the Hindu sun god, unquote. Quote, the Gauls worshipped the sun under the name of Belen or Belenis, unquote.

[00:28:41.920 to 00:29:10.010] The sun is the ancient symbol of the life-giving and generative power of the deity. The sun was his manifestation and visible image. The sun is the hieroglyphical sign of truth because it is the source of light. So Mr. Pike identified the sun as a symbol of a deity that should be worshipped. He chose to capitalize the first letter in the word, the S.

[00:29:10.660 to 00:29:39.930] as one would in recognizing the name of a deity. And if you've been listening to this series, you already know that, of course, it was. Albert Mackey repeated Mr. Pike's contentions with comments like these about sun worship. Quote, It was the oldest and by far the most prevalent of all the ancient religions. Eusebius says that the Phoenicians and the Egyptians were the first who ascribed divinity to the sun.

[00:29:42.170 to 00:29:59.520] Hardly any of the symbols of masonry are more important in their signification, are more extensive in their application, than the sun as the source of material light. It minds the mason of that intellectual light of which he is in constant search. The

[00:30:11.390 to 00:30:30.640] Unquote. So, folks, the sun was a symbol of something that only the believers in the religion known as the ancient mysteries understood. These believers, called adepts, certainly knew that the people would not accept their mystery religion, so they had to conceal it from them.

[00:30:31.450 to 00:30:37.350] Don't go away, folks. We've got to take a short break. I'll be right back after this pause. So

[00:30:43.630 to 00:31:05.780] the task became one of creating a religion around a belief that they knew the people would accept because it would make some sense, at least as far as the adepts would explain it. But their basic purpose was to create a popular religion as a cover for their secret worship. The secret religion would be built around a belief in the sun.

[00:31:07.010 to 00:31:33.250] The sun would be a perfect thing to build a religion around because of its basic nature. It is very visible and has a very important role in man's life. It rises in the morning. It appears to be born and then sets during the evening. It appears to die and then appears to be born again the next morning. It also appears to wander in the sky, setting further north or south each night.

[00:31:33.790 to 00:32:05.350] and then returns back to any given position twice each year. So the son appears to have a major birth or death twice each day and twice each year. It would, of course, be very easy for the adepts to explain to the people that only something bigger than mankind, a god, had the ability to die and come back to life. So the adepts would teach the people that they had to pray to the god, or would choose not

[00:32:06.020 to 00:32:37.870] to return. They encouraged a worship of the sun so that it would return to mankind again either once a day or once every six months. Albert Pike confirmed this view with this explanation of why early man worshipped the sun. To them, meaning early man, the journeyings of the sun were voluntary and not mechanical. So early man considered the sun to be something that moved voluntarily.

[00:32:39.290 to 00:33:09.880] In other words, the sun did not have to return each morning. Man must have quickly determined that since the sun did not have to return, man should start asking it to return. For man certainly depended upon the sun for his life. Man certainly must have figured out just how important the sun was to his life and well-being, and he certainly must have determined that if the sun chose not to return, all of mankind would certainly perish.

[00:33:10.690 to 00:33:37.280] So it was an easy jump from a belief that the necessary sun was an entity that chose to move across the daytime sky to a belief that it would return only if man prayed to it to return. Well, it's time once again, folks, to acquaint you with Swiss America Trading Corporation, our new sponsor. You've never heard me advertise on my show for any outside unknown firm. And in fact, we've only really had two sponsors on this show ever.

[00:33:37.860 to 00:34:12.400] simply because my requirements are strict. Complete background check, references, testimony from clients. I mean, we really put these people through their paces. And folks, I'm not about to change anything now. This company's been in business for over 11 years. They deliver to your door non-confiscatable, non-reportable hard assets. You've all been asking me how to save your assets, how to protect yourself.

[00:34:13.370 to 00:34:48.930] From the coming economic collapse? Well, call Swiss American Trading Corporation right now. Do it now, folks, because I'm telling you right now, these people have all of the investments that you heard me recommend on this show. They also have a lot of other investments, some of which I don't know anything about, some of which we don't recommend, but they have everything for you to make an intelligent choice. They're legitimate.

[00:34:50.790 to 00:35:00.180] We check them out from top to bottom, including with law enforcement agencies. And I'm telling you right now, if you really

[00:35:00.200 to 00:35:31.290] want to take your money or your assets and put them in a position to survive what's coming, then you need to call Swiss American Trading Corporation right now. You see, I would not take them on as a sponsor if I did not believe in this company. If I would not recommend them to you without any hesitation whatsoever. If I would not use their services myself.

[00:35:33.720 to 00:35:56.360] You see, they fit all of the qualifications. They also write a newsletter that openly, openly deals with the imminent economic collapse. They also consider privacy and discretion an integral part of their relationship with their clients, and you need that. This is Swiss America Trading Corporation.

[00:35:58.500 to 00:36:28.010] If you call 1-800-289-2646, that's 1-800-289-2646. I'm going to say it one more time. 1-800-289-2646 today. And state that you listen to me, William Cooper, on the hour of the time. They will send you their complimentary newsletter entitled, Protecting Your Future.

[00:36:29.510 to 00:37:00.440] Now remember, it's entitled Protecting Your Future. Make sure you ask for it. The only obligation you have is to commit a quality hour, folks, into reading and considering the information in this newsletter. It doesn't cost you a thing, and you're not obligated ever for that newsletter. So call 1-800-289-2646 right now. Call 1-800-289-2646 right now, this minute.

[00:37:01.660 to 00:37:25.590] 1-800-289-2646 and tell them William Cooper sent you. But folks, there's something even more interesting to be considered that Pike didn't explain with that comment. Obviously, to make the new religion work, the believers would have to be able to predict the movements of the sun.

[00:37:26.750 to 00:37:56.860] It wouldn't be too long before some of the common people would start noticing that the sun was neither an actual being nor a god to be worshipped, but something that moved according to precise laws. Now, if the common people figured that out, they would not need the adepts who had computed the sun's periodic cycles. So, to keep their power intact, they would teach the people that if they did not accommodate their wishes, they would make certain that the sun did not return.

[00:37:57.820 to 00:38:23.840] They could even predict, as their measurements became more sophisticated, the exact time and date when the moon would go between the sun and the earth, causing the sun to disappear. They could then fool the people into believing that they were the cause of the disappearance. They could then, of course, explain to the people that if they did not continue to pay them sort tribute,

[00:38:27.570 to 00:38:32.520] they would not intercede in their behalf, and the sun,

[00:38:33.800 to 00:39:02.810] would not reappear. To keep the minds of the common people, the sheeple, away from figuring out that the whole religion was a scam, the adepts would conduct beautiful and ornate ceremonies around the worship of the sun, and they would expect the people to pay them for the elaborate rituals. And to make their rituals valid, the adepts would always claim that the sun obeyed their prayers.

[00:39:03.390 to 00:39:35.250] thereby convincing the people of their need to keep the adepts around. The people, I mean the sheeple, would continue to pay tribute to these adepts as long as they appeared to be successful. Now, folks, if the adepts knew that the sun was a symbol of something that the people would not support, such as a belief that Lucifer, the devil, was the god that they worshipped, they would have to continue with their charades so that the people would not decide to stop worshipping.

[00:39:36.000 to 00:39:59.340] Because if the sheeple figured it out, they would no longer support their activities. They would have to keep their beliefs from the people and conceal their secret worship in hidden symbols. So sun worship as a religion prospered. Mr. Hutchins discussed that position in his book. And I also discussed it in mine, Behold a Pale Horse.

[00:40:00.580 to 00:40:26.050] Mr. Hutchins says this, quote, In the tabernacle the brethren, clothed in black, mourn Osiris, who is representative of the sun, of light, of life, of good and beauty. They reflect upon the way the earth may again be gladdened by his presence, unquote. Mr. Pike connected the sun to Osiris, mentioned by Mr. Hutchins as worthy of being mourned.

[00:40:26.980 to 00:40:55.640] The three lights at the altar inside the Masonic Temple represent Osiris, Isis, and Horus. Osiris was represented by the sun. Mr. Mackey went a little further and informed his readers that Osiris was the sun. In his book entitled Introduction to Freemasonry, Carl H. Clouty, the author, himself a Mason, connected the sun worship with the ceremonies inside the Masonic Lodge.

[00:40:57.410 to 00:41:25.080] The lodge sets him, meaning the initiate, upon the path that leads to light, but it is for him to travel the winding path to the symbolic east. The physical sun rises in the east, and the masons explain that their search for light begins in the east, and notice that Mr. Cloudy capitalizes the word east, apparently in reverence to the spot where they believe that this god resides.

[00:41:26.780 to 00:41:51.800] The Masons tell the world that they circumambulate, defined as walking around the temple floor during their initiation ceremonies. Mr. Cloudy explains why this rite is performed. Quote, When the candidate first circles the lodge room about the altar, he walks step by step with a thousand shades of men who have thus worshipped the Most High by humble imitation.

[00:41:54.010 to 00:42:25.900] Thus thought of circumambulation is no longer a mere parade, but a ceremony of significance linking all who take part in it with the spiritual aspirations of a dim and distant past. And it is a historical fact that the Knights Templar also performed the circumambulation of their temples. And he further instructs his readers as to why the ceremony is part of their ceremony.

[00:42:27.140 to 00:42:46.860] Early man circled altars on which burned the fire which was his god. From east to west, by way of the south, notice that the north is not included in the ceremony. The significance of that omission will be discussed later. But circumambulation became a part of all religious observances.

[00:42:49.280 to 00:43:11.650] In another part of his book entitled Introduction to Freemasonry, Mr. Clouty reported that this style of walking was traceable to the ancient religions of the past. And he wrote this, quote, circumambulation was the ceremonies of ancient Egypt, unquote. So this practice of the modern Masons is based upon the ancient pagan religious practices of the ancients.

[00:43:12.710 to 00:43:43.150] So the Masons are telling us that early man walked around in a circle because he was worshipping the sun, then they tell us that they are doing it for the same reason. There are reasons that the North has a location to be visited in their walk around the temple floors not included in their initiation rites, and six of the great Masonic writers have told us why this is so. Captain William Morgan offered his readers this explanation with this comment from his book, the writing of which he was murdered for.

[00:43:44.250 to 00:44:11.380] We therefore masonically term the North a place of darkness. Mr. Mackey confirmed that statement in his book. The North is masonically called a place of darkness. And Mr. Pike confirmed the comments made by the other two Masons with this declaration. To all Masons, the North has immediately been the place of darkness, and of the great lights of the lodge, none is in the North.

[00:44:13.120 to 00:44:29.230] And Kenneth McKenzie added his confirming thoughts, quote, The North was always esteemed a place of darkness, unquote. Mr. Hutchins became the fifth Masonic writer to confirm this detail, as he said this, quote,

[00:44:56.870 to 00:44:58.730] Unquote. Mr.

[00:45:00.580 to 00:45:26.510] Mr. Hutchins informed his readers that the North was where fanaticism and intolerance resided. What he meant by this, and what the symbol of the North represents, will be explored later. And the sixth Masonic writer who confirmed that the North was a place of darkness was Carl Cloudy, who wrote in his book entitled Introduction to Freemasonry, quote, The Place of Darkness, The North, unquote.

[00:45:27.580 to 00:45:56.210] And the reason the Masons do not include the North in their rites is found in the Bible. In the Bible. The reason the Masons do not include the North in their rites is found in the Bible. In Isaiah, chapter 14, verse 13. Quote, I, meaning Lucifer, will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the North. Unquote.

[00:45:57.760 to 00:46:24.110] The God of the Bible sits in the north, and Lucifer hopes one day to acquire the throne of God for his throne. But until then, the north is a place of darkness. But while the north is an excluded territory, the east is the place of light and is to be revered. Mr. Hutchins tells his readers why that is so. Quote, the east, the source of light and thus knowledge, unquote.

[00:46:25.150 to 00:46:54.550] Albert Mackey quotes Étienne-Francois Bazotte, a French Masonic writer, in his encyclopedia. Quote, The veneration which the Masons have for the East bears a relation to the primitive religion whose first degeneration was sun worship. Unquote. Rex Hutchins then tells his readers that the Masons deploy lights around the lodge room during the initiation ceremony for the 25th degree called the Night of the Sun, and he writes, quote,

[00:46:55.050 to 00:47:23.760] The ceiling should be decorated to represent the heavens with the moon, the principal planets in the constellations Taurus and Orion. A single powerful light, a great globe of glass representing the sun, is in the south. In a physical sense, the greater light comes from the sun, and the transparencies provide lesser light. Symbolically, the sun or great light is the truth, and the lesser lights are man's symbolic representation of truth."

[00:47:25.370 to 00:47:52.890] Mr. Mackey further discusses this rite of circumambulation, as he calls it, in his encyclopedia. He says that the rite, quote, exists in Freemasonry. The people always walked three times around the altar while singing a sacred hymn. In making this procession, great care was taken to move in imitation of the courts of the sun, unquote. He then assisted the reader with understanding this practice in the Masonic temples.

[00:47:53.540 to 00:48:20.750] Quote, this rite of circumambulation undoubtedly refers to the doctrine of sun worship, unquote. However, in another of the books that he wrote, Mr. Mackey directly states that the rite is connected to sun worship. This is what he wrote in a book entitled Manual of the Lodge. Quote, the circumambulation among the pagan nations referred to the great doctrines of Sabaeism or sun worship, unquote.

[00:48:22.020 to 00:48:44.410] Savvyism is defined by Mr. Mackey in his encyclopedia as, He then added this rather cryptic comment,

[00:48:45.890 to 00:49:14.470] And although the dogma of sun worship does not, of course, exist in Freemasonry, we find an allusion to it in the rite of circumambulation, which it preserves. Now one can understand what Mr. Mackey meant by that comment, the Masons do not worship the sun, they worship the sun, with a capital S. So he was telling the truth, but concealing it in a symbolic language.

[00:49:16.000 to 00:49:45.790] for he wrote son with a small s. You have to understand the symbology of the mystery schools, or you will never understand anything, dear listeners. Mr. Hutchins then volunteered the information that in the twelfth of the 32 degrees, the rite of circumambulation is preserved, and he writes, quote, In all the Scottish rite degrees thus far, the candidate has made 21 prescribed circuits around the altar.

[00:49:46.530 to 00:50:00.030] This degree adds seven for a total of twenty-eight, and this practice, called circumambulation, is derived from the ancients and existed among the Romans, Semites, Hindus, and others. It is thought to have been a rite

[00:49:59.990 to 00:50:26.820] of purification. The sun was believed to travel around the earth. The initiates imitated the movement of the sun when they made circuits around the altar, unquote. Furthermore, dear listeners, in the ninth degree, other symbols of the sun are involved in the ceremony, and Mr. Hutchins tells his readers, quote, After the obligation is taken, the nine candles of yellow wax are lit.

[00:50:27.360 to 00:50:55.180] Yellow is representative of the sun, hence light and knowledge. In the tenth degree, further symbols representing the sun are utilized according to this author. Quote, there are three sets of five lights. The wax is yellow, meaning knowledge, and also as the color of the sun represents the deity. Unquote. A blatant admission that the sun represents the deity that they worship.

[00:50:56.770 to 00:51:26.100] Other clues that the sun and the serpent are both known symbols of the Masonic Lodge are given by the titles of two of the 32nd degrees inside the Masonic Lodge. The 25th degree initiate is called a Knight of the Brazen Serpent, and the 28th degree initiate is called a Knight of the Sun, with a capital S. There is another symbol of the sun inside the Masonic Lodge, the Worshipful Master.

[00:51:28.120 to 00:51:53.370] The equivalent of the president of the lodge sits in the east side of the temple, and we are told why that is. Quote, the worshipful master represents the sun at its rising. The senior warden, another officer of the lodge, represents the sun at its setting. And the junior warden, still another officer of the lodge, represents the sun at meridian, the halfway point, the most high.

[00:51:55.550 to 00:52:23.060] Other individuals and organizations besides the Masonic Lodges are also involved. Folks in various varying degrees with sun worship are with an acknowledgement that the sun plays a central role in their understanding of the nature of the world. Elizabeth Clare Prophet has been described as being a leader in the New Age movement, and she has written this in a newsletter she publishes called The Coming Revolution.

[00:52:24.160 to 00:52:52.360] The healing of the nations begins with the healing of ourselves. We must draw forth from the great central sun that eternal life with which we were anointed from the beginning. Adolf Hitler, I'm sure you've heard of him, the head of the German government prior to and during World War II and who was directly responsible for the murder of over 50 million people, was also a sun worshipper.

[00:52:53.340 to 00:53:20.210] Very early in his life, he joined a secret organization called the Thule Society. And 40 years after the war, some historians are finally delving into its strange beliefs. Two of these writers, Michael Bertrand and Jean Angelini, have produced a book entitled The Occult in the Third Reich. And one of their conclusions is, quote, In the Nazi cosmology, the sun played a prime role.

[00:53:20.750 to 00:53:43.620] as a sacred symbol of the Aryans, in contrast to the feminine and magical symbolism of the moon, revered by the Semitic peoples, unquote. The Nazi Party was the name of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, the party that Mr. Hitler joined. It became the controlling party of the German government prior to and during the war.

[00:53:44.900 to 00:54:14.590] The Führer, German for leader in this case, meaning Mr. Hitler, saw in the Jewish people with their black hair and swarthy complexion the dark side of the human species, while the blonde and blue-eyed Aryans constituted the light side of humanity. Hitler undertook to extirpate, meaning to eliminate, from the material world its impure elements to lead it back to glory. But sun worship, as the Masons point out,

[00:54:15.100 to 00:54:43.750] is not new. The Bible talks about it as well. Folks, Ezekiel was an Old World Testament prophet writing sometime during the period of 571 to 592 B.C. And he tells about how he was taken by God to see a practice occurring near the temple. And this is what he wrote in Ezekiel chapter 8, verses 15 and 16. Quote,

[00:54:44.410 to 00:55:00.080] And he, the Lord God, brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and they worshipped

[00:55:00.100 to 00:55:27.700] the sun toward the east, unquote. And Ezekiel points out that the Lord God considered this practice an abomination. There is another reference to sun worship in the Old Testament, this time in Deuteronomy, chapter 17, verses 2 through 4, and then verse 7, and that reference reads as follows, quote, If there be found among you, man or woman,

[00:55:28.580 to 00:55:58.370] that hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun or moon, or any of the host of heaven. And it be true that such an abomination is wrought in Israel, so thou shalt put the evil away from among you. Unquote. So folks, the God of the Bible has made it perfectly clear that sun worship is something that he does not want. He does not want his creatures practicing this.

[00:55:59.490 to 00:56:19.180] The Bible even went so far as to say in both instances that he considered the practice to be an abomination or an evil. But to show just how far this practice has invaded the Christian community, the following prayer was offered up at a recent funeral in a local Christian church. Quote,

[00:56:19.970 to 00:56:51.520] Now you will feel no rain, for your mother, the earth, will fold her arms around you. Now you will feel no cold, for your father, the sun, will always warm you. Unquote. Sun worship continues. Because some Christian churches pray to the sun god in their church services and don't understand who they are praying to. Simply stated. Simply stated, dear listeners, the sun god that they were praying to is Lucifer.

[00:56:53.410 to 00:57:22.780] Lucifer, also known as Satan or the devil, wakes you up, doesn't it? See, all the time you thought religion was something stupid, didn't have anything to do with overall world events, but you're wrong. It has everything to do with everything. Whether you believe it or not, whether I believe it or not, it doesn't make any difference. If the people who have the power and are in control believe it, it will affect us all. Understand that, because that's true.

[00:57:24.870 to 00:57:46.600] It's time, folks, to talk once again about Swiss America Trading Corporation. It is the only corporation that I recommend where you can place your assets and get real worth back in return that will help you through what's coming in the economic collapse that is just on the horizon.

[00:57:47.970 to 00:58:19.160] If you've followed my broadcast for any length of time, you know that I've been bringing you this show mostly devoid of sponsorship, simply because I couldn't find any sponsors that I believed in and could recommend to you, except for the Pilot Connection and Backwoods Home Magazine, because I've got strict criteria, I mean real strict, until we found Swiss American Trading Corporation. In part, folks, I've been leery of allowing just any corporation to buy time on my show.

[00:58:19.900 to 00:58:45.990] But I'm proud, really proud, to announce this new alliance. Swiss America Trading Corporation and myself are committed to preparing my listening audience, that's you, for the upcoming economic trauma. And believe me, it will be a trauma. For over 11 years, Swiss America has been supplying over 10,000 clients with hard assets and constant information on how best to protect their assets.

[00:58:47.140 to 00:59:16.380] For a limited time, interested listeners can receive a complimentary newsletter. If you mention my name, William Cooper, and ask for information on protecting your future, call 1-800-289-2646. That's 1-800-289-2646, and do it now. Good night, and God bless each and every one of you. The Hour of the Time may be contacted at HOT. That's H-O-T-T.

[00:59:17.100 to 00:59:37.210] P.O. Box 940, Eager, spelled E-A-G-A-R, in the state of Arizona, 85925. Our phone number is 928-333-2942. And our website is www.hourofthetime.com.

