1 00:00:01,851 --> 00:00:06,890 Since the dawn of time that the powerful conspire... 2 00:00:06,891 --> 00:00:10,979 to shape the course of the History of according to your conveniences. 3 00:00:11,971 --> 00:00:15,050 Like manipulators, a handful of obscure characters... 4 00:00:15,051 --> 00:00:18,741 keeps pulling the wires of the fate of billions?. 5 00:00:19,931 --> 00:00:21,530 Those who believe in conspiracy theories... 6 00:00:21,531 --> 00:00:22,930 are often ridiculed. 7 00:00:22,931 --> 00:00:25,347 But sometimes the truth is so obvious... 8 00:00:25,371 --> 00:00:27,024 that goes unnoticed. 9 00:00:27,651 --> 00:00:29,828 They will really be paranoid fantasies... 10 00:00:29,851 --> 00:00:34,144 invented to satisfy the appetite of readers and internet users... 11 00:00:34,251 --> 00:00:36,621 but without any relationship with reality? 12 00:00:36,971 --> 00:00:40,183 Or will we all live on one plane perfectly executed? 13 00:00:40,411 --> 00:00:44,590 Wars, revolutions, social movements, 14 00:00:44,651 --> 00:00:46,270 terrorist attacks, 15 00:00:46,331 --> 00:00:49,065 everything has an official explanation, 16 00:00:49,131 --> 00:00:51,501 But perhaps nothing is what it seems. 17 00:00:51,811 --> 00:00:55,050 Let us dare to unveil the incredible world... 18 00:00:55,051 --> 00:00:56,864 of Secret Societies. 19 00:00:57,611 --> 00:00:58,730 Freemasonry... 20 00:00:58,731 --> 00:01:00,890 Mother of all Secret Societies. 21 00:01:00,891 --> 00:01:02,050 Perhaps the most doubtful... 22 00:01:02,051 --> 00:01:05,210 and persecuted organization of all time. 23 00:01:05,211 --> 00:01:09,010 And this despite there being very few people... 24 00:01:09,011 --> 00:01:10,903 that they really know what it's about. 25 00:01:11,011 --> 00:01:13,222 It will be, as its critics say... 26 00:01:13,491 --> 00:01:16,130 the power behind the most important world events? 27 00:01:16,131 --> 00:01:20,250 Or will it be, as we see today, a social club a little seedy... 28 00:01:20,251 --> 00:01:21,984 with children's rituals? 29 00:01:22,251 --> 00:01:24,210 How is this old Secret Society... 30 00:01:24,211 --> 00:01:28,050 that maintains more than 6 millions of members, started? 31 00:01:28,051 --> 00:01:29,890 What are your real goals? 32 00:01:29,891 --> 00:01:31,370 How did it influence the world events... 33 00:01:31,371 --> 00:01:33,210 for more than 12 centuries? 34 00:01:33,211 --> 00:01:36,742 And even more important: how influences them in the present? 35 00:01:56,611 --> 00:02:05,580 SECRET SOCIETIES MASONRY 36 00:02:06,171 --> 00:02:09,690 Freemasonry defines itself like an innocent brotherhood... 37 00:02:09,691 --> 00:02:13,330 whose main objective is the search of the well-being of humanity... 38 00:02:13,331 --> 00:02:16,020 through elevation spiritual of its elements. 39 00:02:16,411 --> 00:02:17,410 But for his critics... 40 00:02:17,411 --> 00:02:20,145 It's just a gigantic pyramid of manipulators... 41 00:02:20,171 --> 00:02:23,110 with the secret objective of world domination. 42 00:02:23,171 --> 00:02:28,067 With codes of silence and cooperation that reminds us of the Mafia. 43 00:02:28,211 --> 00:02:29,785 After all, who is right? 44 00:02:30,851 --> 00:02:33,824 A quick pass through History of Freemasonry... 45 00:02:34,251 --> 00:02:37,463 reveal some disturbing characteristics. 46 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:40,302 Its impenetrable secrecy... 47 00:02:40,371 --> 00:02:43,902 The severity of penalties for who violate their oaths... 48 00:02:44,411 --> 00:02:47,490 Widespread ignorance about its true reach, 49 00:02:47,491 --> 00:02:50,225 influence and true purposes. 50 00:02:50,731 --> 00:02:52,430 And most disturbing of all... 51 00:02:52,811 --> 00:02:56,650 their obvious participation in main events... 52 00:02:56,651 --> 00:03:00,990 that changed the course of History in recent centuries. 53 00:03:01,731 --> 00:03:04,490 Secret rituals. Obscure symbolisms. 54 00:03:04,491 --> 00:03:06,144 Mysterious goals. 55 00:03:06,171 --> 00:03:08,010 Particularities that the became an easy target... 56 00:03:08,011 --> 00:03:09,610 mainly for your biggest enemy... 57 00:03:09,611 --> 00:03:11,490 the Catholic Church. 58 00:03:11,491 --> 00:03:15,130 We have to ask if these are reasons real enough to fear Freemasonry... 59 00:03:15,131 --> 00:03:17,930 or if it will not be more than what baseless accusations. 60 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:21,746 Mere misunderstanding and prejudice against "enlightenment". 61 00:03:21,771 --> 00:03:24,810 Why keep the Freemasons so much secrecy... 62 00:03:24,811 --> 00:03:26,530 if they have nothing to hide? 63 00:03:26,531 --> 00:03:28,583 How did it all start? 64 00:03:30,411 --> 00:03:33,748 The origins of Freemasonry date back to the 7th century, 65 00:03:34,051 --> 00:03:36,581 when it was founded as a guild of builders, 66 00:03:36,691 --> 00:03:39,141 masons and stone cutters, 67 00:03:39,971 --> 00:03:42,831 that they tried to keep secret your technical knowledge, 68 00:03:42,851 --> 00:03:45,062 in order to protect the their jobs. 69 00:03:45,931 --> 00:03:49,587 These Freemasons were not like the builders that we imagine today. 70 00:03:49,811 --> 00:03:52,370 They were technical and artistic masters, 71 00:03:52,371 --> 00:03:55,290 which allowed them to take carry out prodigious constructions. 72 00:03:55,291 --> 00:03:57,530 At a time when technology of construction was limited 73 00:03:57,531 --> 00:04:00,982 to a square, a thread plumb line and little else. 74 00:04:01,891 --> 00:04:05,010 the original freemasons built cathedrals and castles 75 00:04:05,011 --> 00:04:06,770 that have resisted centuries, 76 00:04:06,771 --> 00:04:10,090 surviving wars, earthquakes and climate. 77 00:04:10,091 --> 00:04:12,090 For the common people of that time, 78 00:04:12,091 --> 00:04:14,770 such capabilities techniques endowed the Freemasons 79 00:04:14,771 --> 00:04:16,629 with almost magical powers. 80 00:04:16,811 --> 00:04:20,262 Powers that had to be kept secret from strangers. 81 00:04:21,571 --> 00:04:24,704 Thin columns that still remains graceful. 82 00:04:24,771 --> 00:04:27,631 Pointed arches with fine roots. 83 00:04:28,051 --> 00:04:30,650 Towers of endless heights, 84 00:04:30,651 --> 00:04:35,263 that scratch the skies and inspire fearful venerations of God. 85 00:04:35,811 --> 00:04:38,410 Cameras with perfect acoustics 86 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:42,226 and protruding gargoyles to ward off evil spirits. 87 00:04:42,851 --> 00:04:47,490 Strength relationships, beauty and to the extent that, even today, 88 00:04:47,491 --> 00:04:50,942 surprise engineers and mathematicians. 89 00:04:53,051 --> 00:04:56,263 The extraordinary knowledge and expertise of these men 90 00:04:56,411 --> 00:05:00,147 constitutes the best kept secret, ever. 91 00:05:02,451 --> 00:05:06,141 Project development It took generations to complete. 92 00:05:06,691 --> 00:05:10,506 And knowledge was transmitted from father to son. 93 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:13,783 From teacher to apprentice. 94 00:05:14,531 --> 00:05:16,947 The complete preparation of an apprentice 95 00:05:17,051 --> 00:05:18,830 took seven years, 96 00:05:19,011 --> 00:05:21,347 and it started when this one had only twelve. 97 00:05:22,611 --> 00:05:24,663 After the first three years, 98 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:26,704 there was an initiation ritual, 99 00:05:26,851 --> 00:05:30,382 and some codes and symbols were revealed to him. 100 00:05:32,491 --> 00:05:34,570 After completing the seventh year, 101 00:05:34,571 --> 00:05:37,669 He graduated as a companion of the trade. 102 00:05:37,971 --> 00:05:42,184 Only a few years later, would qualify as Master Mason. 103 00:05:45,971 --> 00:05:49,690 Freemasonry, from the outset, assumed a spiritual and ideological dimension, 104 00:05:49,691 --> 00:05:52,425 that collided with the system of values of its time. 105 00:05:52,451 --> 00:05:54,370 This made it the perfect organization 106 00:05:54,371 --> 00:05:57,060 to welcome ideas considered dangerous. 107 00:05:57,091 --> 00:06:00,428 Ideas that had to be kept in secret, at any cost. 108 00:06:02,811 --> 00:06:05,671 This initial manifestation of Freemasonry 109 00:06:05,731 --> 00:06:08,022 It is known as Operative Freemasonry. 110 00:06:08,371 --> 00:06:10,741 Due to its members be active builders, 111 00:06:11,291 --> 00:06:13,850 and society has born in the Middle Ages, 112 00:06:13,851 --> 00:06:14,970 Freemasons were inspired 113 00:06:14,971 --> 00:06:17,570 by Secret Societies much older, 114 00:06:17,571 --> 00:06:20,305 some dating from pre-Christian times. 115 00:06:21,331 --> 00:06:25,210 Secret Societies exist since the beginning of civilization. 116 00:06:25,211 --> 00:06:28,370 They were formed to preserve and defend knowledge. 117 00:06:28,371 --> 00:06:30,070 the greatest of all powers. 118 00:06:30,331 --> 00:06:32,770 And to transmit and maintain ideas, 119 00:06:32,771 --> 00:06:35,062 that offended the current powers, 120 00:06:35,331 --> 00:06:37,986 ideas that, when publicly expressed, 121 00:06:38,211 --> 00:06:40,050 could mean the death penalty 122 00:06:40,051 --> 00:06:42,911 for those who are alone dare to whisper them. 123 00:06:45,011 --> 00:06:47,666 A good example is the Pythagoreans 124 00:06:47,771 --> 00:06:50,426 who organized themselves as a Secret Society. 125 00:06:50,931 --> 00:06:52,903 Pythagoras was a philosopher, 126 00:06:53,011 --> 00:06:55,950 who lived in Greece in the 6th century BC. 127 00:06:56,411 --> 00:06:58,490 and their discoveries had an immense influence 128 00:06:58,491 --> 00:07:00,144 in Masonic thought. 129 00:07:01,891 --> 00:07:03,385 Centuries later, 130 00:07:03,771 --> 00:07:05,050 Pythagoras' Theorem 131 00:07:05,051 --> 00:07:07,945 it was very important for operative freemasons, 132 00:07:08,411 --> 00:07:10,269 because it allowed them, for example, 133 00:07:10,571 --> 00:07:13,590 perform perfect right angles. 134 00:07:15,571 --> 00:07:19,466 Pythagoras was persecuted and murdered by his enemies. 135 00:07:19,891 --> 00:07:22,068 But his knowledge persisted, 136 00:07:22,171 --> 00:07:26,225 and the square became the emblematic symbol of Freemasonry, 137 00:07:26,371 --> 00:07:28,502 used to this day. 138 00:07:28,931 --> 00:07:30,930 The operative Freemasons clearly despised 139 00:07:30,931 --> 00:07:32,530 that in which the cleric had become, 140 00:07:32,531 --> 00:07:35,370 just a few centuries after the death of Christ. 141 00:07:35,371 --> 00:07:37,010 A decadent group of sinners 142 00:07:37,011 --> 00:07:39,490 too busy with your earthly possessions, 143 00:07:39,491 --> 00:07:42,690 no time to drive the souls of his flock. 144 00:07:42,691 --> 00:07:45,650 the same feelings were felt by the oppressive nobility, 145 00:07:45,651 --> 00:07:48,010 owner of the land and life. 146 00:07:48,011 --> 00:07:49,890 The irony was that the Freemasons, 147 00:07:49,891 --> 00:07:54,210 ideologically antagonistic to persecutory dogmatism of Rome, 148 00:07:54,211 --> 00:07:58,299 had, in the Catholic church and in the nobility, its main customers. 149 00:07:59,611 --> 00:08:03,790 The ancient bas-reliefs, with ornaments, 150 00:08:03,851 --> 00:08:06,540 of the most famous cathedrals in Europe, 151 00:08:06,971 --> 00:08:08,829 still testify 152 00:08:08,891 --> 00:08:11,730 the bitter mood through which Freemasons left evidence 153 00:08:11,731 --> 00:08:13,464 of your disagreement 154 00:08:13,571 --> 00:08:17,068 and distrust of omnipresent power. 155 00:08:18,291 --> 00:08:21,708 In the church of the Saint Sebaldo, in Nuremberg, 156 00:08:22,011 --> 00:08:24,490 there is a tomb that shows a monk and a nun 157 00:08:24,491 --> 00:08:26,907 in a very compromising position. 158 00:08:27,971 --> 00:08:30,010 At Wurzburg Cathedral, 159 00:08:30,011 --> 00:08:31,650 replicas are found 160 00:08:31,651 --> 00:08:35,421 of the famous columns of Joachim and Boaz, 161 00:08:35,611 --> 00:08:38,550 who were at the entrance of King Solomon's temple. 162 00:08:39,331 --> 00:08:42,020 They are fundamental symbols of Freemasonry, 163 00:08:42,251 --> 00:08:44,109 who, together with Hiram Abiff, 164 00:08:44,371 --> 00:08:47,424 the mythological builder of King Solomon's temple, 165 00:08:48,011 --> 00:08:50,410 who was murdered due to his refusal 166 00:08:50,411 --> 00:08:52,827 in revealing the secret of his art. 167 00:08:53,371 --> 00:08:56,663 A genuine signature masonic, in code. 168 00:08:59,251 --> 00:09:02,010 But the conviction of Freemasonry as an atheist movement, 169 00:09:02,011 --> 00:09:04,570 just because of your Hatred by the Catholic church, 170 00:09:04,571 --> 00:09:06,450 It is completely misleading. 171 00:09:06,451 --> 00:09:08,650 The Freemasons wanted, simply have the freedom 172 00:09:08,651 --> 00:09:10,930 to venerate God, way they chose. 173 00:09:10,931 --> 00:09:13,904 Not in the orderly way to them, for Rome. 174 00:09:15,251 --> 00:09:17,507 To be accepted into the Brotherhood, 175 00:09:17,571 --> 00:09:21,705 all freemasons must believe in a single supreme being. 176 00:09:22,091 --> 00:09:23,744 It doesn't matter who it is. 177 00:09:24,251 --> 00:09:26,382 To welcome different beliefs, 178 00:09:26,571 --> 00:09:29,101 and aligned with their origins as builders, 179 00:09:29,451 --> 00:09:32,219 the freemasons began to call this being as "Gau", 180 00:09:32,451 --> 00:09:33,740 or "Gaotu", 181 00:09:34,131 --> 00:09:36,467 great architect of the universe. (G.A.D.U.) 182 00:09:36,971 --> 00:09:39,831 Its symbol, the all-seeing eye, 183 00:09:40,011 --> 00:09:43,747 It is inspired by the Egyptian eye of Horus. 184 00:09:44,451 --> 00:09:47,788 The Regius manuscript, exhibited in the British museum, 185 00:09:48,051 --> 00:09:51,661 It is an anonymous poem, subordinate to the theme of moral duties, 186 00:09:51,771 --> 00:09:54,107 with a date close to 1390. 187 00:09:54,731 --> 00:09:57,090 is the oldest known Freemason document, 188 00:09:57,091 --> 00:09:58,790 written in poetry... 189 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:01,170 ...a list of fifteen commandments, 190 00:10:01,171 --> 00:10:02,904 among which we can read... 191 00:10:03,091 --> 00:10:05,382 Be honest and tell the truth. 192 00:10:05,891 --> 00:10:09,103 Don't steal, protect murderers or thieves. 193 00:10:10,131 --> 00:10:12,149 Be wise and strong... 194 00:10:12,251 --> 00:10:14,269 ...and be able to do all jobs. 195 00:10:14,771 --> 00:10:17,824 Don't talk bad about work from other masters. 196 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:21,582 Teach learners that your art always has value. 197 00:10:21,731 --> 00:10:23,987 Do not hide or falsehoods... 198 00:10:24,371 --> 00:10:26,150 ...nor others in sin. 199 00:10:27,491 --> 00:10:29,570 The Feudal period came to an end, 200 00:10:29,571 --> 00:10:33,261 and the Catholic Church ceased to be Freemasonry's main customer. 201 00:10:33,451 --> 00:10:36,850 It was then that this original award of bricklayers, spiritually free, 202 00:10:36,851 --> 00:10:40,170 became a powerful and influential Secret Society. 203 00:10:40,171 --> 00:10:43,250 open to all men who wanted to accept its rules 204 00:10:43,251 --> 00:10:45,940 and take an oath to keep your secrets. 205 00:10:46,051 --> 00:10:49,530 It was called Freemasonry or Free and Accepted Masons. 206 00:10:49,531 --> 00:10:51,650 Soon he would be the key protagonist 207 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:54,704 in some of the most important events in History. 208 00:11:10,191 --> 00:11:11,390 Let's recap... 209 00:11:11,391 --> 00:11:14,670 ...far from being an association of superstitious ignorant masons, 210 00:11:14,671 --> 00:11:16,190 the original operational freemasons 211 00:11:16,191 --> 00:11:18,230 defended ideals of freedom 212 00:11:18,231 --> 00:11:19,830 that, naturally, the led to conflict 213 00:11:19,831 --> 00:11:21,870 with those who were not only your best customers, 214 00:11:21,871 --> 00:11:23,190 but also their oppressors, 215 00:11:23,191 --> 00:11:26,130 The Catholic Church and the European monarchies. 216 00:11:26,151 --> 00:11:29,390 Over time, they evolved into a powerful Secret Society 217 00:11:29,391 --> 00:11:32,390 which attracted some of the figures most influential in history, 218 00:11:32,391 --> 00:11:34,910 and which became known as Freemasonry, 219 00:11:34,911 --> 00:11:36,990 or Free and Accepted Masons. 220 00:11:36,991 --> 00:11:40,169 A Secret Society which still operates today. 221 00:11:41,791 --> 00:11:45,003 The name, Free and Accepted Masons, 222 00:11:45,351 --> 00:11:48,211 was born when Freemasonry original operational 223 00:11:48,351 --> 00:11:51,529 turned into a Larger Secret Society. 224 00:11:51,671 --> 00:11:54,724 In a period that lasted since the end of the Middle Ages 225 00:11:54,831 --> 00:11:56,405 � Renaissance. 226 00:11:56,711 --> 00:11:59,809 "Free" refers to the fact that no slave... 227 00:11:59,871 --> 00:12:01,843 ...or captive, he could become a member. 228 00:12:02,231 --> 00:12:03,520 And "I accept"... 229 00:12:03,551 --> 00:12:07,605 ...implies accepted elements, despite not being builders. 230 00:12:09,151 --> 00:12:11,030 Despite the structure and of ceremonial rites, 231 00:12:11,031 --> 00:12:14,190 of the original freemasons, have remained shrouded in secrecy, 232 00:12:14,191 --> 00:12:17,110 It is known that they based on Egyptian liturgy 233 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:19,402 of sacral initiation. 234 00:12:19,431 --> 00:12:21,990 The death and resurrection of Osiris. 235 00:12:21,991 --> 00:12:25,270 Renunciation is indifference to a previous life. 236 00:12:25,271 --> 00:12:26,990 Above all, Freemasonry hopes 237 00:12:26,991 --> 00:12:28,990 that your brothers die spiritually 238 00:12:28,991 --> 00:12:31,590 and be reborn as a new superior man. 239 00:12:31,591 --> 00:12:33,670 Even today, these original rituals 240 00:12:33,671 --> 00:12:36,644 are repeated in an almost identical manner. 241 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:39,710 First. 242 00:12:39,711 --> 00:12:43,720 The profane is led to the chamber of reflection, 243 00:12:43,751 --> 00:12:45,670 a room painted black, 244 00:12:45,671 --> 00:12:48,929 with table, bench and desk. 245 00:12:49,391 --> 00:12:51,727 On the table is a jug of water, 246 00:12:51,791 --> 00:12:53,763 bread and two glasses. 247 00:12:54,471 --> 00:12:56,250 One filled with sulfur... 248 00:12:56,591 --> 00:12:58,165 ...the other with salt. 249 00:12:58,991 --> 00:13:00,963 On the walls are symbols. 250 00:13:01,431 --> 00:13:03,926 The scythe, the hourglass, 251 00:13:04,111 --> 00:13:05,400 the rooster... 252 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:11,562 ...and the letters V.I.T.R.I.O.L. 253 00:13:12,591 --> 00:13:16,327 Which is an anachronism for the alchemical phrase from Latin... 254 00:13:25,711 --> 00:13:28,286 "Visit the inner parts of the earth... 255 00:13:28,951 --> 00:13:33,244 ...by rectification you will find the hidden stone. 256 00:13:34,791 --> 00:13:36,590 An invitation to an inner search, 257 00:13:36,591 --> 00:13:39,041 It is the depth of the human soul. 258 00:13:39,231 --> 00:13:42,204 In silence and in meditation." 259 00:13:43,671 --> 00:13:45,802 The profane answers questions. 260 00:13:46,471 --> 00:13:48,568 What makes a man a God? 261 00:13:49,911 --> 00:13:52,122 What does man owe to himself? 262 00:13:52,751 --> 00:13:54,848 What does man owe to others? 263 00:13:55,231 --> 00:13:57,522 And formulates his last will and testament. 264 00:14:00,951 --> 00:14:02,400 Blindfolded, 265 00:14:03,151 --> 00:14:06,488 the candidate is stripped of all metallic possessions... 266 00:14:07,711 --> 00:14:10,320 ...since the metal represents civilization. 267 00:14:11,471 --> 00:14:15,241 And stay upright, neither naked nor dressed. 268 00:14:16,111 --> 00:14:19,130 Similarly, with your right leg uncovered, 269 00:14:19,311 --> 00:14:21,124 as a sign of submission. 270 00:14:22,351 --> 00:14:26,769 Your left shoe is removed, also a sign of submission. 271 00:14:29,191 --> 00:14:31,910 And a running knot is placed around the neck, 272 00:14:31,911 --> 00:14:35,521 as a symbol of what connects you to the profane world. 273 00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:41,350 After passing the tests, 274 00:14:41,351 --> 00:14:45,200 the blindfold is removed, and he receives the light. 275 00:14:46,231 --> 00:14:50,240 Finally, he swears an oath to the great architect of the universe, 276 00:14:50,551 --> 00:14:52,762 through the Book of Constitutions. 277 00:14:53,111 --> 00:14:56,590 A Bible with a square and a compass on top... 278 00:14:56,591 --> 00:14:58,290 ...are also used. 279 00:14:58,551 --> 00:15:01,470 Freemasons do not deny the existence of God. 280 00:15:01,471 --> 00:15:04,604 They simply reject ecclesiastical institutions. 281 00:15:05,631 --> 00:15:09,401 The oath is written on a paper, later burned. 282 00:15:12,031 --> 00:15:13,844 When he receives the light, 283 00:15:13,871 --> 00:15:15,710 the candidate is initiated 284 00:15:15,711 --> 00:15:18,923 and the brother is pointed out with swords... 285 00:15:18,991 --> 00:15:21,441 ...to invest with positive energies. 286 00:15:23,711 --> 00:15:27,401 In some rites, the initiate also receives a sword... 287 00:15:27,951 --> 00:15:30,242 ...to, symbolically, defend yourself. 288 00:15:30,911 --> 00:15:34,408 To protect the store. For attack your enemies. 289 00:15:34,911 --> 00:15:36,803 and, very interestingly, 290 00:15:36,911 --> 00:15:39,230 to avenge death of the last great master 291 00:15:39,231 --> 00:15:41,010 of the Knights Templar. 292 00:15:41,951 --> 00:15:43,730 Jacques de Molay. 293 00:15:45,191 --> 00:15:47,390 Freemasonry is organized in smaller groups 294 00:15:47,391 --> 00:15:48,750 known as "stores". 295 00:15:48,751 --> 00:15:51,630 We've all heard this word thousands of times, 296 00:15:51,631 --> 00:15:54,001 shrouded in mystery and distrust. 297 00:15:54,031 --> 00:15:56,670 The origin of the first store is the most intriguing, 298 00:15:56,671 --> 00:15:59,270 since it opens the possibility of Freemasonry 299 00:15:59,271 --> 00:16:02,790 could be the continuation of Order of the Knights Templar, 300 00:16:02,791 --> 00:16:04,110 and its rituals the cause 301 00:16:04,111 --> 00:16:06,350 to hide a secret thousands of years old. 302 00:16:06,351 --> 00:16:10,166 The content and destination of the mythical treasure of the Knights. 303 00:16:11,831 --> 00:16:14,929 The first masonic store recognized in the world... 304 00:16:15,151 --> 00:16:18,568 ...went to �Kilwinning Lodge�. "Store number zero..." 305 00:16:18,791 --> 00:16:20,968 ...or "mother store", from Scotland. 306 00:16:21,351 --> 00:16:24,643 And its origin dates back to the year 1140, 307 00:16:24,671 --> 00:16:26,040 when the Freemasons, 308 00:16:26,311 --> 00:16:28,920 to build the abbey neighboring Kilwinning, 309 00:16:28,991 --> 00:16:31,247 They organized themselves as a guild. 310 00:16:32,551 --> 00:16:35,630 Scotland has been the epicenter of many events 311 00:16:35,631 --> 00:16:37,887 that seem to link Freemasonry 312 00:16:38,031 --> 00:16:40,242 with the Order of the Knights Templar. 313 00:16:41,111 --> 00:16:42,550 To understand how, 314 00:16:42,551 --> 00:16:45,046 we will have to go back until It's the first crusade, 315 00:16:45,351 --> 00:16:48,882 when two young nobles fought side by side, 316 00:16:49,031 --> 00:16:51,401 to free Jerusalem from the Turks. 317 00:16:52,551 --> 00:16:54,728 One, Hugo de Payens, 318 00:16:54,991 --> 00:16:57,590 who would become the founder of the Knights Templar. 319 00:16:57,591 --> 00:17:00,121 The other, Henri Sinclair, 320 00:17:00,911 --> 00:17:03,327 a Scottish knight of Norman descent, 321 00:17:03,431 --> 00:17:05,164 would start a dynasty... 322 00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:08,150 ...that centuries later would be of vital importance... 323 00:17:08,151 --> 00:17:10,203 ...for the birth of Freemasonry. 324 00:17:10,791 --> 00:17:13,844 The Order of the Knights Templar was founded in Jerusalem, 325 00:17:13,951 --> 00:17:18,130 as a monastic order and military, by Hugo de Payens... 326 00:17:18,351 --> 00:17:22,121 ...and seven other knights, after obtaining papal blessing. 327 00:17:23,031 --> 00:17:26,528 The Templars excavated the Ruins of King Solomon's temple. 328 00:17:26,751 --> 00:17:28,190 And legend has it... 329 00:17:28,191 --> 00:17:30,721 ...who found a fabulous treasure. 330 00:17:33,951 --> 00:17:36,287 Whether or not there is any truth to this legend, 331 00:17:36,551 --> 00:17:38,569 The fact is that, soon after, 332 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:41,759 they have become immensely rich and powerful. 333 00:17:42,231 --> 00:17:44,806 Some speculate that they they had recovered documents... 334 00:17:44,831 --> 00:17:47,520 ...which demonstrated that Jesus had left descendants, 335 00:17:47,751 --> 00:17:50,281 placing the church Rome in bad sheets... 336 00:17:50,871 --> 00:17:53,560 ...which, pressured by extortion, 337 00:17:53,911 --> 00:17:57,203 granted to the Templars huge benefits. 338 00:17:57,991 --> 00:18:00,830 Whatever the situation, the History tells us, in fact, that 339 00:18:00,831 --> 00:18:05,807 Upon returning from Jerusalem, Hugo de Payens visited Scotland, 340 00:18:05,951 --> 00:18:09,448 where he established the first oratory, outside the Holy Land, 341 00:18:09,711 --> 00:18:12,525 in territory belonging to the Sinclair clan. 342 00:18:13,231 --> 00:18:15,761 A legend says that the Sinclairs, 343 00:18:16,391 --> 00:18:18,249 St. Claire in French, 344 00:18:18,671 --> 00:18:20,529 of Merovingian descent, 345 00:18:20,711 --> 00:18:24,367 from a lineage that, allegedly, extends to Jesus Christ. 346 00:18:25,911 --> 00:18:29,510 We then have a precursor of Scottish Freemasonry 347 00:18:29,511 --> 00:18:33,230 fighting, side by side, with the creator of the Knights Templar. 348 00:18:33,231 --> 00:18:36,190 This is the first fact in a sequence of coincidences 349 00:18:36,191 --> 00:18:39,051 which gave rise to a great amount of speculation. 350 00:18:39,231 --> 00:18:41,283 There are more curious facts. 351 00:18:43,191 --> 00:18:45,550 the Knights Templar became the financiers 352 00:18:45,551 --> 00:18:47,523 of monarchs throughout Europe. 353 00:18:48,111 --> 00:18:50,322 A profitable business, but very dangerous. 354 00:18:50,511 --> 00:18:52,688 That, consequently, sealed his fate. 355 00:18:53,151 --> 00:18:57,683 The Knights' Pursuit Templars began in 1307, 356 00:18:58,311 --> 00:19:00,329 when Pope Clement VII, 357 00:19:00,471 --> 00:19:02,682 pressured by King Philip, of France, 358 00:19:03,071 --> 00:19:05,123 which was big debt towards them, 359 00:19:05,391 --> 00:19:07,522 accused them of various heresies. 360 00:19:07,831 --> 00:19:09,280 Including sodomy, 361 00:19:09,631 --> 00:19:12,320 worship of the devil, Baphomet, 362 00:19:12,591 --> 00:19:14,847 and many other mortal sins. 363 00:19:15,671 --> 00:19:17,882 The Knights Templar were persecuted, 364 00:19:17,911 --> 00:19:19,087 tortured, 365 00:19:19,351 --> 00:19:22,370 and their order finally eliminated. 366 00:19:25,271 --> 00:19:26,910 The great master, Jacques de Molay, 367 00:19:26,911 --> 00:19:29,590 was in prison and was tortured for seven years, 368 00:19:29,591 --> 00:19:32,530 after which it was sentenced to life imprisonment. 369 00:19:32,551 --> 00:19:36,110 Faced with the verdict, of Molay, who was already seventy years old, 370 00:19:36,111 --> 00:19:38,430 along with your friend, Geoffrey de Charney, 371 00:19:38,431 --> 00:19:41,750 claimed that all his confessions had been obtained under torture, 372 00:19:41,751 --> 00:19:44,550 and that both, and their knights, were innocent. 373 00:19:44,551 --> 00:19:47,570 This act of daring sealed his fate. 374 00:19:48,471 --> 00:19:52,161 On the night of March eighteenth, 1314, 375 00:19:52,671 --> 00:19:55,405 both were transported to the banks of the River Seine... 376 00:19:55,991 --> 00:19:57,849 ...and burned alive. 377 00:19:58,671 --> 00:20:01,929 De Molay died facing Notre Dame Cathedral, 378 00:20:02,271 --> 00:20:05,131 praying, proclaiming his innocence... 379 00:20:05,231 --> 00:20:08,603 ...and blaspheming the King and the Pope. 380 00:20:08,951 --> 00:20:12,641 But the ambitious King of France did not managed to grab the value of the temple. 381 00:20:12,911 --> 00:20:15,361 The Few Knights who fled the massacre 382 00:20:15,391 --> 00:20:18,046 took with them, apparently, the mythical treasure. 383 00:20:18,711 --> 00:20:21,571 And the remainder was distributed � Order of the Hospital... 384 00:20:21,951 --> 00:20:23,650 ...another religious group. 385 00:20:24,791 --> 00:20:27,670 One of the main refuges for the surviving Templars 386 00:20:27,671 --> 00:20:29,030 it was remote Scotland. 387 00:20:29,031 --> 00:20:32,710 whose King, Robert Bruce, had been excommunicated by the Pope. 388 00:20:32,711 --> 00:20:34,910 Scotland, the land of Henri Sinclair, 389 00:20:34,911 --> 00:20:37,390 adventure companion first Knight Templar. 390 00:20:37,391 --> 00:20:39,409 The saga continues... 391 00:20:40,991 --> 00:20:42,870 In the middle of the 15th century, 392 00:20:42,871 --> 00:20:45,287 a descendant of Henri Sinclair, 393 00:20:45,551 --> 00:20:49,048 a crusader named William Sinclair, 394 00:20:49,391 --> 00:20:52,251 began construction of a chapel, in Roslin, 395 00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:53,925 south of Edinburgh. 396 00:20:53,951 --> 00:20:55,161 This chapel, 397 00:20:55,231 --> 00:20:58,284 mentioned in the success of sales "The Da Vinci Code", 398 00:20:58,351 --> 00:21:00,710 was supposedly built to hide the treasure, 399 00:21:00,711 --> 00:21:02,808 of the Knights Templars, in their vault. 400 00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:05,630 Although this cannot be proven, 401 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:10,402 It is undeniable that the chapel is full of Masonic and Templar symbols. 402 00:21:11,111 --> 00:21:13,750 In this way, constituting the first vision 403 00:21:13,751 --> 00:21:17,088 of Freemasons and Templars, left marked there. 404 00:21:18,431 --> 00:21:22,150 Interestingly, the tabernacle has the same distribution... 405 00:21:22,151 --> 00:21:23,566 ...and dimensions 406 00:21:23,631 --> 00:21:27,270 of the third rebuilding of the temple of King Solomon in Jerusalem. 407 00:21:27,271 --> 00:21:31,200 Exactly the same as it had been excavated by the Knights Templar. 408 00:21:32,471 --> 00:21:36,525 Finally, a direct descendant from the builder of the Roslin chapel, 409 00:21:36,591 --> 00:21:38,563 also called William Sinclair, 410 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:42,482 would become the first great master of Scottish Freemasonry, 411 00:21:42,511 --> 00:21:44,290 in the Kilwinning store. 412 00:21:45,591 --> 00:21:48,750 This mother store was built on the same land 413 00:21:48,751 --> 00:21:50,928 which were visited by Hugo de Payens, 414 00:21:51,471 --> 00:21:53,489 four hundred years earlier. 415 00:21:53,871 --> 00:21:56,924 That is, in the land of Sinclair. 416 00:22:05,231 --> 00:22:07,590 How much truth will there be? in the theory that Freemasonry 417 00:22:07,591 --> 00:22:10,724 Born to preserve secrets of the Knights Templar? 418 00:22:10,791 --> 00:22:14,110 How close were these really related organizations? 419 00:22:14,111 --> 00:22:16,310 There will be names and rituals, of the Knights Templar, 420 00:22:16,311 --> 00:22:18,488 in York Rite Freemasonry? 421 00:22:18,511 --> 00:22:21,041 Why Knights Templar and not anything else? 422 00:22:21,071 --> 00:22:23,830 Let's remember the formula Freemason initiation. 423 00:22:23,831 --> 00:22:25,910 "Visit the inner parts of the earth." 424 00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:29,123 "By rectification, you will find the hidden stone." 425 00:22:29,271 --> 00:22:32,310 The Knights Templar excavated, for years, he has been looking for something hidden. 426 00:22:32,311 --> 00:22:34,761 It will all just be a Peculiar coincidence? 427 00:22:36,671 --> 00:22:41,328 In fact, it is possible that both Freemasonry like the Knights Templar 428 00:22:41,551 --> 00:22:44,604 were closely linked since the time of its origins. 429 00:22:45,391 --> 00:22:49,479 but it is also plausible that if have become related later, 430 00:22:49,791 --> 00:22:52,286 due to a simple ideological affinity. 431 00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:54,650 Since the two companies... 432 00:22:55,071 --> 00:22:58,920 ...shared an ideology anticlerical and antimonarchical. 433 00:22:59,151 --> 00:23:01,043 And they both knew very well... 434 00:23:01,391 --> 00:23:03,568 ... what it was like to be chased. 435 00:23:04,631 --> 00:23:08,190 Perhaps the mysterious connection between Freemasons and Knights Templar, 436 00:23:08,191 --> 00:23:09,710 will never be proven. 437 00:23:09,711 --> 00:23:13,150 Since those who know secrets Masonics are prohibited from revealing them, 438 00:23:13,151 --> 00:23:16,409 fearing torture painful, followed by death. 439 00:23:16,591 --> 00:23:18,910 This is the punishment for the brothers 440 00:23:18,911 --> 00:23:21,441 that reveal the store's secrets. 441 00:23:22,951 --> 00:23:26,129 The oath of the tenth degree, of the Scottish rite, 442 00:23:26,431 --> 00:23:29,484 It's just one of many examples of brutality 443 00:23:29,671 --> 00:23:32,724 with which Freemasonry condemns his traitors. 444 00:23:33,151 --> 00:23:34,600 Conclude... 445 00:23:35,351 --> 00:23:37,846 "In case you fail with my obligation, 446 00:23:38,351 --> 00:23:40,528 I allow them to open my body, 447 00:23:40,751 --> 00:23:42,200 perpendicularly, 448 00:23:43,031 --> 00:23:46,243 and remain exposed for eight o'clock, outdoors... 449 00:23:46,751 --> 00:23:49,963 ...so that poisonous flies can eat my insides. 450 00:23:50,671 --> 00:23:55,169 May my head be cut off and placed on the highest summit in the world. 451 00:23:55,671 --> 00:23:59,520 And I will always be ready to inflict the same punishment 452 00:23:59,671 --> 00:24:04,761 those who reveal this title and break this obligation." 453 00:24:05,351 --> 00:24:08,563 An oath we think about twice before breaking it. 454 00:24:09,271 --> 00:24:12,590 In the 17th century, Freemasonry acquired such importance 455 00:24:12,591 --> 00:24:14,750 who began to gain powerful enemies. 456 00:24:14,751 --> 00:24:17,230 Your inner circles became increasingly restricted. 457 00:24:17,231 --> 00:24:18,790 Your power to influence society 458 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:21,241 grew, in proportion, with its expansion. 459 00:24:21,351 --> 00:24:24,030 Very soon, they began pulling the threads of History. 460 00:24:24,031 --> 00:24:26,651 Threads that, perhaps, they still pull today. 461 00:24:43,551 --> 00:24:47,310 Anti-Catholic, libertarian, conspiratorial. 462 00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:51,240 All kinds of accusations were left at the door of Freemasonry. 463 00:24:51,311 --> 00:24:53,470 Your particular method of organization 464 00:24:53,471 --> 00:24:56,310 and its lexical pact with mystical words, 465 00:24:56,311 --> 00:24:59,870 such as "rite", "orient", "apprentice" and "master". 466 00:24:59,871 --> 00:25:03,049 certainly contributed for your reputation. 467 00:25:04,711 --> 00:25:07,844 Freemasonry is a international organization... 468 00:25:08,231 --> 00:25:10,408 ...which is subdivided into stores, 469 00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:12,284 or independent cells 470 00:25:12,631 --> 00:25:14,922 without a global governing authority. 471 00:25:15,471 --> 00:25:17,682 In the hierarchy of Freemasonry, 472 00:25:17,711 --> 00:25:20,525 There are three categories that are taken in sequence. 473 00:25:20,911 --> 00:25:22,041 Apprentice, 474 00:25:22,431 --> 00:25:23,959 Office companion... 475 00:25:24,431 --> 00:25:26,005 ...and Master Mason. 476 00:25:26,431 --> 00:25:28,790 A store that offers all these three categories... 477 00:25:28,791 --> 00:25:31,844 ...� called "store blue" or "big store", 478 00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:35,125 ...and forms the basis of Freemasonry. 479 00:25:36,031 --> 00:25:38,447 then the so-called appendages appear 480 00:25:38,671 --> 00:25:42,043 such as the rite of York and the Scottish Rite. 481 00:25:42,591 --> 00:25:44,563 To reach this level, 482 00:25:44,591 --> 00:25:47,246 First, we have to conclude the third category... 483 00:25:47,511 --> 00:25:49,403 ...that of Master Mason. 484 00:25:49,831 --> 00:25:51,590 York and Scottish rites 485 00:25:51,591 --> 00:25:55,088 present ten and thirty-three categories, respectively, 486 00:25:55,591 --> 00:25:57,802 to which rituals correspond... 487 00:25:58,231 --> 00:25:59,520 ...and symbols. 488 00:26:00,831 --> 00:26:04,521 Another branch of Freemasonry It is the Order of the Rosicrucian, 489 00:26:04,911 --> 00:26:06,963 that shares a common origin, 490 00:26:07,071 --> 00:26:09,310 but which also incorporates mystical elements, 491 00:26:09,311 --> 00:26:12,364 alchemy and others philosophical principles... 492 00:26:12,391 --> 00:26:16,286 ...who are part of what we understand, nowadays, as Freemasonry. 493 00:26:17,831 --> 00:26:20,990 An understanding of symbols of Freemasonry 494 00:26:20,991 --> 00:26:24,950 will certainly help to clarify the your true purposes and ambitions. 495 00:26:24,951 --> 00:26:26,430 If we observe carefully, 496 00:26:26,431 --> 00:26:29,590 we will see your marks on most unlikely places. 497 00:26:29,591 --> 00:26:31,870 Remember that they were also there. 498 00:26:31,871 --> 00:26:33,365 And they still are. 499 00:26:34,311 --> 00:26:37,762 Masonic symbols convey the idea of spiritual growth. 500 00:26:37,911 --> 00:26:42,045 And many of the modern ones are inspired those of the original Freemason builders. 501 00:26:42,871 --> 00:26:45,526 The plumb line suggests equity. 502 00:26:45,711 --> 00:26:48,400 The bubble level, equality. 503 00:26:48,671 --> 00:26:53,203 The square, honesty, virtue and sincerity. 504 00:26:53,631 --> 00:26:56,320 It is identified with the veneration of the master. 505 00:26:56,871 --> 00:27:00,641 The compass symbolizes the Masonic ideals of friendship, 506 00:27:00,711 --> 00:27:03,445 morality and brotherly love. 507 00:27:04,551 --> 00:27:08,207 When you draw a circle, the central point is the Freemason.... 508 00:27:08,391 --> 00:27:10,124 ...and the circle is your world. 509 00:27:10,551 --> 00:27:13,790 The Freemason must live in accordance with the principles of friendship, 510 00:27:13,791 --> 00:27:16,764 morality and brotherly love. 511 00:27:18,311 --> 00:27:22,604 The dust symbolizes the mortar which cements the Freemason brotherhood. 512 00:27:23,551 --> 00:27:27,730 The twenty-four inch ruler symbolizes the twenty-four hours of a day. 513 00:27:28,471 --> 00:27:30,270 The hammer reminds us of the Freemasons 514 00:27:30,271 --> 00:27:33,768 that they must shape and improve your character. 515 00:27:34,591 --> 00:27:38,008 The five-point star represents the superior being... 516 00:27:38,271 --> 00:27:40,801 ...and also the five points of camaraderie, 517 00:27:40,991 --> 00:27:43,282 a secret that cannot be revealed. 518 00:27:43,511 --> 00:27:46,405 The white curved blanket represents purity. 519 00:27:46,711 --> 00:27:50,924 The slipper reminds us of the freemasons of their preparations for gradation. 520 00:27:51,431 --> 00:27:55,770 To enter the temple you have to Take off your shoes and put on your flip-flops. 521 00:27:56,551 --> 00:28:00,082 The point inside the circle, together with two parallel lines, 522 00:28:00,311 --> 00:28:01,630 and the book on top. 523 00:28:01,631 --> 00:28:04,190 Symbolizes the earth, the point. 524 00:28:04,191 --> 00:28:06,510 The heavens, the circle. 525 00:28:06,511 --> 00:28:09,883 And the two solstices, parallel lines. 526 00:28:10,071 --> 00:28:13,647 Which are the two festive days main events of the year for Freemasons. 527 00:28:13,951 --> 00:28:16,685 The letter G is God or GADU... 528 00:28:16,711 --> 00:28:18,808 ...Great Architect of the Universe. 529 00:28:18,991 --> 00:28:20,670 And it's an American legacy... 530 00:28:20,671 --> 00:28:22,750 ...was used for the first time time in the United States of America, 531 00:28:22,751 --> 00:28:26,487 together with the square and the compass, around 1850. 532 00:28:26,511 --> 00:28:29,086 A very particular shape to shake hands... 533 00:28:29,111 --> 00:28:32,403 ...allows Freemasons to recognize each other, each other, in secret. 534 00:28:33,071 --> 00:28:34,990 From what we have learned so far, 535 00:28:34,991 --> 00:28:38,830 accusations and persecutions that the Freemasons suffered 536 00:28:38,831 --> 00:28:40,670 seem to be due more to prejudices 537 00:28:40,671 --> 00:28:43,710 and institutions dogmatic and dictatorial, 538 00:28:43,711 --> 00:28:45,430 which is its own activity. 539 00:28:45,431 --> 00:28:47,830 So, it will be Freemasonry just an innocent sisterhood 540 00:28:47,831 --> 00:28:51,089 which is limited to improving the course of human progress? 541 00:28:51,111 --> 00:28:53,879 Your critics have a very different opinion. 542 00:28:56,271 --> 00:28:59,404 Freemasonry has already been accused of practically everything. 543 00:29:00,111 --> 00:29:05,121 From forming an atheist mafia, anti-Catholic and threatening... 544 00:29:05,751 --> 00:29:09,282 ...promoting a conspiracy global to control the world, 545 00:29:09,391 --> 00:29:11,647 through your networks secrets of power. 546 00:29:11,911 --> 00:29:16,648 The Catholic Church does not hesitated to excommunicate Freemasons. 547 00:29:17,391 --> 00:29:21,081 Most European monarchies immediately decided to ban the Order. 548 00:29:21,191 --> 00:29:26,590 Between 1738 and 1890, the Vatican published seventeen papal bulls, 549 00:29:26,591 --> 00:29:29,928 condemning Freemasonry and inciting its proscription. 550 00:29:29,951 --> 00:29:33,550 This did not deter many monarchs Christians to join their ranks, 551 00:29:33,551 --> 00:29:35,887 while others fought it openly. 552 00:29:37,191 --> 00:29:39,402 King James III of Scotland 553 00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:42,923 was the first monarch suspected of being a Freemason. 554 00:29:43,391 --> 00:29:47,684 the first European sovereign to officially support Freemasonry 555 00:29:47,991 --> 00:29:51,249 was the holy Emperor Roman Francis I, 556 00:29:51,351 --> 00:29:53,403 founder of the Royal House of Austria. 557 00:29:53,511 --> 00:29:56,166 And, as incredible as it may seem, Catholic. 558 00:29:56,351 --> 00:30:00,280 The monarchs of Holland, Sweden, Geneva, 559 00:30:00,471 --> 00:30:02,966 Zurich, Bern, 560 00:30:03,191 --> 00:30:07,404 Bavaria, Austria, Russia and Prussia... 561 00:30:07,871 --> 00:30:09,399 ...they banned her. 562 00:30:10,471 --> 00:30:13,670 One of the main accusations launched against Freemasonry 563 00:30:13,671 --> 00:30:16,230 which operates through of Machiavellian means. 564 00:30:16,231 --> 00:30:18,761 Even when your ends can be altruistic. 565 00:30:18,911 --> 00:30:21,486 As if the end justified the means. 566 00:30:21,671 --> 00:30:25,680 But this is not the primary justification used by any power group? 567 00:30:25,711 --> 00:30:30,243 In what sense is Freemasonry different from any other organization of power? 568 00:30:31,271 --> 00:30:32,390 Some authors believe that, 569 00:30:32,391 --> 00:30:34,443 meddling in the French Revolution, 570 00:30:34,551 --> 00:30:36,045 the Duke of Orleans, 571 00:30:36,831 --> 00:30:39,281 himself Great East of France, 572 00:30:39,991 --> 00:30:42,600 bought all the wheat that was within his reach, 573 00:30:42,751 --> 00:30:44,086 and hid it... 574 00:30:44,391 --> 00:30:46,761 ...or sold it outside French borders. 575 00:30:47,271 --> 00:30:49,243 To thus provoke hunger... 576 00:30:49,391 --> 00:30:51,568 ...which led to the French Revolution. 577 00:30:53,031 --> 00:30:55,322 However, the Jacobins, 578 00:30:55,471 --> 00:30:59,889 which over time were also accused of being Freemasons and Illuminati, 579 00:31:00,271 --> 00:31:03,847 closed all stores for two years after his rise to power. 580 00:31:05,191 --> 00:31:08,390 Maybe they did it because they were worried about great power 581 00:31:08,391 --> 00:31:10,409 that the brotherhood seemed to have. 582 00:31:11,151 --> 00:31:15,842 At that time, French Freemasonry had around six hundred and thirty stores... 583 00:31:16,471 --> 00:31:19,365 ...with seventy-five thousand followers. 584 00:31:22,111 --> 00:31:24,110 It didn't help his public image when, 585 00:31:24,111 --> 00:31:25,990 at the end of the 18th century, 586 00:31:25,991 --> 00:31:28,670 the detested Order of Bavarian Illuminati 587 00:31:28,671 --> 00:31:31,087 had infiltrated the most of its stores. 588 00:31:31,111 --> 00:31:33,590 Since then, Freemasonry has been suspected 589 00:31:33,591 --> 00:31:36,485 to conspire to seize world power. 590 00:31:37,711 --> 00:31:42,050 The Order of the Illuminati was created by a Bavarian citizen, 591 00:31:42,311 --> 00:31:43,805 Adam Weisshaupt, 592 00:31:43,951 --> 00:31:46,082 in 1776. 593 00:31:47,031 --> 00:31:50,323 Very opinionated and a true megaloman, 594 00:31:50,831 --> 00:31:54,282 Weisshaupt aspired to dissolve all forms of government, 595 00:31:54,351 --> 00:31:55,800 ban religions, 596 00:31:56,071 --> 00:31:58,168 abolish private property... 597 00:31:58,551 --> 00:32:02,844 ...and create a new world order under their unified command. 598 00:32:03,671 --> 00:32:07,168 He used tactics of infiltration into Freemasonry 599 00:32:07,311 --> 00:32:12,002 and thus was able to spread his organization throughout almost all of Europe. 600 00:32:12,911 --> 00:32:15,520 And some believe that even in North America, too. 601 00:32:15,871 --> 00:32:17,470 To stop the infection, 602 00:32:17,471 --> 00:32:21,207 many monarchs decided banish Freemasonry, all together. 603 00:32:22,031 --> 00:32:26,609 The Order of the Illuminati was officially banned in 1790. 604 00:32:27,751 --> 00:32:31,885 But your participation in events later is highly likely, 605 00:32:32,111 --> 00:32:35,005 and many believe that It is still active today. 606 00:32:36,111 --> 00:32:38,510 Despite the Illuminati episode, 607 00:32:38,511 --> 00:32:40,470 Freemasonry gained prestige 608 00:32:40,471 --> 00:32:42,950 and continued to expand its number of members. 609 00:32:42,951 --> 00:32:46,800 Important figures in history would, Soon, join their ranks. 610 00:32:47,711 --> 00:32:50,286 Illustrious, noble men, 611 00:32:50,631 --> 00:32:53,604 bourgeoisie, military... 612 00:32:54,271 --> 00:32:56,550 Freemasonry gained prestige 613 00:32:56,551 --> 00:32:59,923 and attracted free thinkers who hid in the shadows. 614 00:33:01,351 --> 00:33:04,882 Their meetings were organized through occult methods. 615 00:33:05,511 --> 00:33:07,510 The identity of the master was only known 616 00:33:07,511 --> 00:33:09,802 by those who had a important hierarchical position. 617 00:33:10,711 --> 00:33:12,630 The result of your actions practically did not leave 618 00:33:12,631 --> 00:33:14,649 no traces in history. 619 00:33:15,511 --> 00:33:18,644 But his presence was, definitely real. 620 00:33:19,591 --> 00:33:22,405 His influence was strongly felt in the Americas, 621 00:33:22,551 --> 00:33:24,921 infiltrating the highest spheres 622 00:33:25,031 --> 00:33:27,481 of civil and military power. 623 00:33:28,271 --> 00:33:30,950 The Freemasons played vital roles in liberation, 624 00:33:30,951 --> 00:33:34,561 not only from the British colonies, as also from the Spanish-American colonies. 625 00:33:35,391 --> 00:33:36,550 The United States is, 626 00:33:36,551 --> 00:33:39,411 probably the most exceptional of Freemasonry. 627 00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:41,830 Your national symbols 628 00:33:41,831 --> 00:33:44,087 are loaded with masonic messages. 629 00:33:44,871 --> 00:33:48,190 A partial list of the most famous Freemasons in History 630 00:33:48,191 --> 00:33:49,710 help us to understand 631 00:33:49,711 --> 00:33:52,670 the true importance of this secret society 632 00:33:52,671 --> 00:33:55,405 and how it influenced History. 633 00:33:56,471 --> 00:33:59,285 The banker, Nathan Meyer Rothschild, 634 00:33:59,631 --> 00:34:02,650 The musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 635 00:34:02,911 --> 00:34:05,122 and the German poet Goethe, 636 00:34:05,271 --> 00:34:06,924 They were all Freemasons. 637 00:34:07,431 --> 00:34:09,230 England was especially prolific 638 00:34:09,231 --> 00:34:11,681 in producing famous Masons. 639 00:34:12,111 --> 00:34:16,165 The English Kings George V, William IV, 640 00:34:16,951 --> 00:34:19,082 Edward VII and VIII, 641 00:34:19,511 --> 00:34:21,164 And George VI 642 00:34:21,631 --> 00:34:23,603 Also English politicians... 643 00:34:23,711 --> 00:34:28,243 George Canning, Cecil Rhodes and Winston Churchill... 644 00:34:28,511 --> 00:34:31,848 ...the inventor of penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming... 645 00:34:31,871 --> 00:34:34,350 writers Alexander Pope, 646 00:34:34,351 --> 00:34:37,085 Edward Gibbon, Sir Walter Scott, 647 00:34:37,231 --> 00:34:39,123 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 648 00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:40,926 Rudyard Kipling... 649 00:34:41,351 --> 00:34:43,323 ...more than dozens of Generals, 650 00:34:43,391 --> 00:34:45,921 Admirals and air officers. 651 00:34:46,431 --> 00:34:48,881 Even the actor Peter Sellers was a Freemason. 652 00:34:51,111 --> 00:34:53,402 The United States does not they leave it behind. 653 00:34:53,871 --> 00:34:55,729 The majority of its founding fathers... 654 00:34:55,791 --> 00:34:58,924 ...judges, congressmen, senators... 655 00:34:59,231 --> 00:35:01,283 ...and Generals, were Freemasons. 656 00:35:01,791 --> 00:35:04,480 Also the President American Theodore Roosevelt, 657 00:35:04,791 --> 00:35:06,206 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 658 00:35:06,471 --> 00:35:07,840 Harry Truman, 659 00:35:07,991 --> 00:35:11,044 Lyndon B. Johnson and Gerald Ford. 660 00:35:11,711 --> 00:35:15,401 The director of the Nuclear Program American, Vannevar Busch. 661 00:35:15,511 --> 00:35:18,086 FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. 662 00:35:18,311 --> 00:35:19,680 Henry Ford, 663 00:35:19,791 --> 00:35:23,606 and also Steve Wosniak, co-founder of Apple Computers... 664 00:35:23,631 --> 00:35:25,330 ...they were all Freemasons. 665 00:35:25,711 --> 00:35:26,990 In South America, 666 00:35:26,991 --> 00:35:28,790 personalities such as Sim�n Bol�var, 667 00:35:28,791 --> 00:35:31,321 San Martín and Benito Juárez... 668 00:35:31,391 --> 00:35:33,124 ...they were also Freemasons. 669 00:35:33,471 --> 00:35:35,170 And the list goes on... 670 00:35:35,271 --> 00:35:36,321 and continues. 671 00:35:37,351 --> 00:35:40,927 The importance and popularity that Freemasonry acquired 672 00:35:41,111 --> 00:35:44,687 provided him with more enemies bloodthirsty than the Catholic Church. 673 00:35:44,991 --> 00:35:46,230 Paradoxically, 674 00:35:46,231 --> 00:35:50,570 the bloodiest and most effective launched against Freemasonry, 675 00:35:50,631 --> 00:35:53,161 emerged from another excommunicated group, 676 00:35:53,311 --> 00:35:54,680 The Bolsheviks. 677 00:35:56,271 --> 00:35:57,350 Freemasonry... 678 00:35:57,351 --> 00:36:00,484 actually survived the first period of the Russian Revolution. 679 00:36:00,871 --> 00:36:03,287 And it was tolerated until 1922... 680 00:36:03,671 --> 00:36:05,450 when the International Charter... 681 00:36:05,511 --> 00:36:08,883 decreed that it was an ideology incompatible with communism. 682 00:36:10,031 --> 00:36:12,208 At that time, some stores were dissolved... 683 00:36:12,311 --> 00:36:14,090 and others went underground. 684 00:36:14,911 --> 00:36:16,564 In 1926, 685 00:36:16,831 --> 00:36:19,884 a strange request from Boris Astromov mansion 686 00:36:20,031 --> 00:36:21,650 to Joseph Stalin... 687 00:36:21,951 --> 00:36:24,924 to allow Freemasonry operate under official authorization. 688 00:36:25,071 --> 00:36:26,850 This resulted in the arrest, 689 00:36:26,951 --> 00:36:30,129 torture and imprisonment of known Freemasons. 690 00:36:30,751 --> 00:36:32,510 Freemasonry completely disappeared 691 00:36:32,511 --> 00:36:34,961 in the remaining years of Soviet rule. 692 00:36:35,591 --> 00:36:37,847 Astromov himself was detained, 693 00:36:37,951 --> 00:36:41,607 interrogated and soon died after his release. 694 00:36:42,311 --> 00:36:44,124 Freemasonry disappeared 695 00:36:44,431 --> 00:36:46,244 or survived in the shadows. 696 00:36:47,391 --> 00:36:50,190 The first Russian store to operate, again, freely... 697 00:36:50,191 --> 00:36:51,765 It was the Armenia store. 698 00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:56,924 and that just happened recently, in 1992. 699 00:36:58,351 --> 00:36:59,390 In the 20th century, 700 00:36:59,391 --> 00:37:00,590 Freemasonry would suffer 701 00:37:00,591 --> 00:37:03,030 not only the persecution of the Bolsheviks, 702 00:37:03,031 --> 00:37:04,889 but also from the Nazis. 703 00:37:04,991 --> 00:37:05,950 It was in this century 704 00:37:05,951 --> 00:37:08,310 that the term "Jewish Mason" was coined. 705 00:37:08,311 --> 00:37:11,230 And the most daring theories conspiracies saw the light of day. 706 00:37:11,231 --> 00:37:13,190 How much truth is there in all this? 707 00:37:13,191 --> 00:37:15,630 How much of that is, simply, anti-Semitism? 708 00:37:15,631 --> 00:37:18,190 Why did Freemasonry attract, as generations pass, 709 00:37:18,191 --> 00:37:21,722 the wrath of the powers that be like a lightning rod? 710 00:37:40,451 --> 00:37:43,170 The 20th century was not generous to Freemasonry. 711 00:37:43,171 --> 00:37:44,250 During the communist era 712 00:37:44,251 --> 00:37:46,210 was banned throughout Eastern Europe 713 00:37:46,211 --> 00:37:47,610 and in the Soviet Union. 714 00:37:47,611 --> 00:37:50,610 Its stores dissolved, the their libraries destroyed. 715 00:37:50,611 --> 00:37:52,970 Its members persecuted and imprisoned. 716 00:37:52,971 --> 00:37:55,785 Your luck hasn't improved in Nazi Germany. 717 00:37:57,931 --> 00:37:59,300 In Mein Kampf, 718 00:37:59,371 --> 00:38:01,650 Hitler claimed that Freemasonry 719 00:38:01,651 --> 00:38:03,987 had been infiltrated by the Jews... 720 00:38:04,411 --> 00:38:06,429 and which was now his instrument. 721 00:38:06,891 --> 00:38:08,180 He wrote that... 722 00:38:08,291 --> 00:38:10,090 "pacifist sentiments 723 00:38:10,091 --> 00:38:13,110 and the paralysis of the nationalist instinct 724 00:38:13,491 --> 00:38:16,544 were the result of Masonic manipulations." 725 00:38:17,211 --> 00:38:18,930 Thus began what would become 726 00:38:18,931 --> 00:38:21,210 soon, a long list 727 00:38:21,211 --> 00:38:25,026 of anti-Semitic accusations against Freemasonry. 728 00:38:26,011 --> 00:38:28,779 Hitler dissolved all the stores in Germany, 729 00:38:28,851 --> 00:38:32,700 and accused Freemasonry of conspire with the Jews... 730 00:38:32,771 --> 00:38:35,107 to establish a "world republic". 731 00:38:36,251 --> 00:38:39,065 Just as the Illuminati had postulated, 732 00:38:39,091 --> 00:38:41,188 more than a hundred years earlier. 733 00:38:43,211 --> 00:38:45,103 In 1935, 734 00:38:45,411 --> 00:38:49,067 Goebbels accused three hundred members of the Jewish race 735 00:38:49,251 --> 00:38:51,143 of Masonic conspirators... 736 00:38:51,731 --> 00:38:55,421 for allowing entry of the U.S.S.R. in the League of Nations. 737 00:38:56,011 --> 00:38:57,460 Two years later, 738 00:38:57,571 --> 00:39:00,101 opened an anti-Masonic exhibition 739 00:39:00,131 --> 00:39:03,229 which displayed incriminating objects. 740 00:39:03,891 --> 00:39:06,182 In the Nazi concentration camps, 741 00:39:06,331 --> 00:39:10,260 Masons had to wear clothes with a clear red inverted triangle. 742 00:39:10,971 --> 00:39:13,341 It is estimated that in Nazi Germany 743 00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:15,450 and in its occupied territories, 744 00:39:15,451 --> 00:39:20,666 between eighty and two hundred thousand Freemasons were murdered. 745 00:39:22,211 --> 00:39:24,741 In 1924, in Italy, 746 00:39:24,971 --> 00:39:27,739 Mussolini decreed that the fascists had to choose 747 00:39:27,771 --> 00:39:31,143 between being fascists or freemasons. 748 00:39:31,531 --> 00:39:34,789 And the following year he ordered the dissolution of Freemasonry. 749 00:39:36,371 --> 00:39:40,170 The supposed relationship between Judaism and Freemasonry 750 00:39:40,171 --> 00:39:42,330 that both Nazi and fascists, denounced, 751 00:39:42,331 --> 00:39:43,730 has never been proven. 752 00:39:43,731 --> 00:39:45,987 But it served to increase racial hatred. 753 00:39:46,091 --> 00:39:47,610 The fact is that Freemasonry 754 00:39:47,611 --> 00:39:51,221 was born within Christian societies. 755 00:39:51,251 --> 00:39:53,770 And only after a series of centuries have passed 756 00:39:53,771 --> 00:39:56,210 who accepted Jews and also Muslims... 757 00:39:56,211 --> 00:39:59,264 or anyone who believed in a superior being. 758 00:39:59,531 --> 00:40:02,250 A detail that went unnoticed or was it simply ignored 759 00:40:02,251 --> 00:40:04,621 both by Hitler and by Mussolini. 760 00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:08,170 Francoist Spain 761 00:40:08,171 --> 00:40:12,350 It was also an important setting for anti-Masonic persecutions. 762 00:40:12,731 --> 00:40:15,499 During the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, 763 00:40:15,611 --> 00:40:19,267 Freemasons were tortured and executed without trial.... 764 00:40:19,411 --> 00:40:20,905 across the country. 765 00:40:22,331 --> 00:40:24,850 Freemasonry only became legal again 766 00:40:24,851 --> 00:40:26,903 after the death of the dictator... 767 00:40:27,051 --> 00:40:28,989 in 1975. 768 00:40:30,011 --> 00:40:31,710 In a more recent period, 769 00:40:32,211 --> 00:40:35,150 Saddam Hussein introduced the death penalty in Iraq 770 00:40:35,771 --> 00:40:40,030 for those who "promote or supported" Zionist principles. 771 00:40:40,811 --> 00:40:42,544 Including Freemasonry. 772 00:40:43,491 --> 00:40:45,941 What does this mean to us? What do you say about Freemasonry? 773 00:40:46,011 --> 00:40:49,490 Assessing the quality of your enemies, there is not much to add. 774 00:40:49,491 --> 00:40:51,747 But then, what about Freemasonry today? 775 00:40:53,091 --> 00:40:55,063 It is currently estimated... 776 00:40:55,211 --> 00:40:57,930 that still exist between four and six million... 777 00:40:57,931 --> 00:41:00,108 Masons active, distributed... 778 00:41:00,211 --> 00:41:03,184 among one hundred thousand stores, all over the world. 779 00:41:03,611 --> 00:41:05,902 Most stores are now a kind of social club. 780 00:41:06,331 --> 00:41:09,145 With charity, ancestral rites, 781 00:41:09,251 --> 00:41:11,906 secrets, curious clothes... 782 00:41:11,971 --> 00:41:16,105 and even competitions bingo and parties coexist. 783 00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:19,659 Freemasons no longer hide your belonging to the brotherhood... 784 00:41:19,851 --> 00:41:23,143 and even use symbols that clearly identify them. 785 00:41:23,971 --> 00:41:26,182 Most even have their own own website. 786 00:41:26,811 --> 00:41:29,750 They also donate huge amounts of money to charity. 787 00:41:30,411 --> 00:41:32,064 Today, the main problem 788 00:41:32,131 --> 00:41:35,548 is that young people have little, or no interest in joining their ranks. 789 00:41:36,331 --> 00:41:39,191 Maybe Freemasonry is being defeated by time. 790 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:41,859 Its ancient liturgy... 791 00:41:42,331 --> 00:41:44,189 your moral principles... 792 00:41:45,011 --> 00:41:47,427 Your opposition to rigid authorities 793 00:41:47,451 --> 00:41:50,663 would become less and less important, as time passes. 794 00:41:51,091 --> 00:41:52,949 they just don't fit into an era 795 00:41:52,971 --> 00:41:54,909 oriented towards postmodernism 796 00:41:55,091 --> 00:41:56,301 and to the internet. 797 00:41:56,611 --> 00:41:59,823 Virtual games, individualistic cults, 798 00:42:00,091 --> 00:42:02,746 or the insatiable consumer society. 799 00:42:02,811 --> 00:42:05,420 Where the advancement of man and spirituality... 800 00:42:05,851 --> 00:42:07,140 They have little space. 801 00:42:07,851 --> 00:42:09,850 Maybe this setback is also related 802 00:42:09,851 --> 00:42:12,570 with your reluctance to accept women 803 00:42:12,571 --> 00:42:15,510 outside the appendix stores for women. 804 00:42:16,411 --> 00:42:19,783 A residual archaism that still persists. 805 00:42:21,131 --> 00:42:23,730 Perhaps the last and most important masonic achievement 806 00:42:23,731 --> 00:42:25,170 of the 20th century, 807 00:42:25,171 --> 00:42:27,780 was the defeat of Hitler and Nazism. 808 00:42:28,171 --> 00:42:31,690 Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill, King George VI, 809 00:42:31,691 --> 00:42:34,330 Generals Bradley, MacArthur and Marshall... 810 00:42:34,331 --> 00:42:36,110 they were all freemasons. 811 00:42:36,211 --> 00:42:38,183 Since then, many years have passed 812 00:42:38,291 --> 00:42:39,730 However, there are still certain events 813 00:42:39,731 --> 00:42:41,930 which can be attributed to Freemasonry. 814 00:42:41,931 --> 00:42:46,065 Evidence that tells us that the giant may just be dormant. 815 00:42:47,171 --> 00:42:48,950 In 1997, 816 00:42:49,251 --> 00:42:51,542 Labor MP Chris Mullin 817 00:42:51,931 --> 00:42:54,540 launched a bitter attack on Freemasonry. 818 00:42:54,691 --> 00:42:57,380 Mullin was convinced that the Freemason police 819 00:42:57,611 --> 00:43:01,028 guaranteed privileges special to Freemason criminals. 820 00:43:01,531 --> 00:43:04,061 There was a lot of hysteria in the British press. 821 00:43:04,731 --> 00:43:06,942 But in the end, nothing was proven. 822 00:43:07,371 --> 00:43:09,468 In the Welsh National Assembly, 823 00:43:09,571 --> 00:43:12,749 It is mandatory, since 1999, 824 00:43:12,851 --> 00:43:16,461 that Freemason parliamentarians reveal their condition. 825 00:43:16,731 --> 00:43:18,430 To the judges and the police... 826 00:43:18,811 --> 00:43:20,749 it was requested that the did it voluntarily. 827 00:43:22,251 --> 00:43:25,370 So, if Freemasonry, today day, it is nothing more than a social club, 828 00:43:25,371 --> 00:43:28,026 Why is Saddam Did Hussein persecute them? 829 00:43:28,051 --> 00:43:31,770 While in the United Kingdom, forced Freemason police and judges 830 00:43:31,771 --> 00:43:33,948 to reveal themselves as Freemasons! 831 00:43:34,411 --> 00:43:36,850 Two countries, ideologically antagonistic, 832 00:43:36,851 --> 00:43:40,188 who recently declared war against a common enemy. 833 00:43:40,571 --> 00:43:45,103 It will simply be because the Freemasons Are they an easy target for politicians? 834 00:43:46,331 --> 00:43:49,065 Freemasonry has always been characterized 835 00:43:49,291 --> 00:43:51,502 for the ability to shape the world, 836 00:43:51,891 --> 00:43:53,749 for having a discreet profile, 837 00:43:54,051 --> 00:43:56,911 and for leaving for clandestinity, at the right time. 838 00:43:57,531 --> 00:44:01,301 This strategy yielded splendid rewards, for centuries. 839 00:44:02,051 --> 00:44:05,866 New names, new shapes, new members... 840 00:44:06,531 --> 00:44:08,423 It wouldn't be at all impossible... 841 00:44:08,491 --> 00:44:11,351 that they could be applying these same tactics... 842 00:44:11,491 --> 00:44:12,541 today. 843 00:44:13,291 --> 00:44:16,250 Can a society that influenced the most important events 844 00:44:16,251 --> 00:44:18,570 and attracted personalities key stories, 845 00:44:18,571 --> 00:44:20,827 simply disappear gradually from existence? 846 00:44:20,851 --> 00:44:22,890 Is it possible that this new silence, 847 00:44:22,891 --> 00:44:24,250 this apparent senility, 848 00:44:24,251 --> 00:44:27,748 It is simply the consideration of a change of plans and strategies? 849 00:44:27,811 --> 00:44:29,410 our daily lives, often affected 850 00:44:29,411 --> 00:44:31,450 for decisions that are unknown to us. 851 00:44:31,451 --> 00:44:33,890 And the Freemasons will still be able to be behind them, 852 00:44:33,891 --> 00:44:35,970 without us even suspecting. 853 00:44:35,971 --> 00:44:39,650 Not to mention the powerful manipulation carried out by the media. 854 00:44:39,651 --> 00:44:42,749 Much of which is in hands of the Masonic Brotherhood. 855 00:44:42,851 --> 00:44:45,370 It will not be legitimate to think, through which channels, 856 00:44:45,371 --> 00:44:48,390 the subtle messages of Freemasonry, do they reach us?