03-02-2016, 10:25 AM
How interesting. It has been the police and the judiciary who are thought to have been deeply involved in Freemasonry, and some years ago the government of the day considered - or said it was considering - forcing every member of Freemasonry to have their names published in some sort of register.
The Indy carried a story on this back in 1998 and there is also this. However, despite all the nice sounding rhetoric it turned out to be yet another Blair government dose of film-flam. The legislation wilted and, I guess, some sort of deal was reached, leading none other than Jack Straw, the then Home Flunky, er, sorry, Home Secretary, to note that after exhaustive investigation and handshaking, there was no need of a register after all - because there was no evidence of impropriety. Hahahaha. It was determined that Freemasonry was not a secret society but a society with secrets. Hahahaha.
In 2014, RT published an article on Freemasonry in which it said:
Imagine a "society with secrets" where Lodge members who are crooks, criminals, police officers and judges mingle happily in their black suits and white gloves - and then share a gin and tonic after the weekly lodge meeting - and expect us to believe that no impropriety occurs?
It's not likely is it.
The Indy carried a story on this back in 1998 and there is also this. However, despite all the nice sounding rhetoric it turned out to be yet another Blair government dose of film-flam. The legislation wilted and, I guess, some sort of deal was reached, leading none other than Jack Straw, the then Home Flunky, er, sorry, Home Secretary, to note that after exhaustive investigation and handshaking, there was no need of a register after all - because there was no evidence of impropriety. Hahahaha. It was determined that Freemasonry was not a secret society but a society with secrets. Hahahaha.
In 2014, RT published an article on Freemasonry in which it said:
Quote:Is there a vaster chasm than that between 'worthy charitable giving' and 'swindlers at the top of society'? This is par for the course though when you do an internet search for the Freemasons.
Last week brought more hard evidence of the latter (and darker), with the second leaked report from UK criminal justice authorities in as many years to conclude that mobsters use Freemasonry to freely recruit corrupt detectives, being one of 'the most difficult aspects of organized crime corruption to proof against.'
Imagine a "society with secrets" where Lodge members who are crooks, criminals, police officers and judges mingle happily in their black suits and white gloves - and then share a gin and tonic after the weekly lodge meeting - and expect us to believe that no impropriety occurs?
It's not likely is it.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14