it must be noted that while in the beginning usA freemasons were more entrepreneurs, back on the old continent fr'ma were more academician, at least as renaissance reflex art was on higher level, and also humanism as empirical science in every aspect of the educated man was norm, after all in europe universities were occurrence for quite a while, so the freemasonic cream as always was european, tho concealed [
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and after the 'franciscan monk" theory its problem for me to narrow its fr'ma birthplace, indeed its standardized in Scotland but as neopaganism has roots in medieval Germany, and before that as dualism in France if we know that catharism rejected earthly authority, what suggest that the goal is neopagan overthrowing of Christianity, something that earlier was momentum in Byzant were because compact empire again and again was resolved ...
anyway here in context of esoteria behind the neopagan western imperialism (in face of new pax-romana) we should look as pivot that german rosencruician roots [
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flourished all kinds of ideas and agendas, probably some sort of later standardization of the renaissance utopianism too either in socialistic or communistic way, tho read bellow in this post - somehow maybe this wasnt their ideological spill, if we have in mind how compact was freemasonry on spiritual level, tho with my shallow knowledge on this matter I cant conclude for sure who were the forerunners on the matter, from which tho most profound were fabians [
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2] to them surely predecessor was marxism, but what is interesting to be noted is that someone have put even marx in the masonic equation [
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1] what is strange do is how occultism was on rise among europeans too in 19 century, as if there was plot for swaying if not Catholics then Protestants, altho there was huge mess on many levels,
finally the revolutions opened doors for spiritual anarchism, on elite level too eg. from some reason teutonic tribes were not satisfied quite easily with freemasonry in the end, so they pushed for their own syncretic revival [
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https://www.kerrybolton.com/communism-fermented-in-secret-societies/yet in the french revolution something strange happened previous freemasonic deism shifted to atheism, and this set appart the enlightenment movement somehow in democrats and socialists, and here we can start to speculate that knowing that jesuits were behind the jacobines (see above posts) and knowing that they were holding most of the universities through continental europe thus controlling the humanistic vibe, or at least already knew that it couldnt be stopped mids the looming echoes of the industrial revolution, so its not at all strange to assume that vatican (the south european clicque) coined conspiracy against freemasonry in this way i.e. by introducing strict secularism to be reverted the strive of freemasonry to become somehow dominant religion in europe , but that would mean northern clique have paralyzed all royal courts thus such desparate move, what is debatable, also there is open critique from present day jesuit that suggests the french revolution was illuminati work, hm maybe it was counter-propaganda pamphlet [
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http://www.midnightfreemasons.org/2012/08/the-masonic-philosophy-of-george_29.html [1]it could be argued that in this vatican was loosing too, but anyway vatican was already on knees in different ways, so like this at least in europe freemasonry will not succeed to become dominant somehow, as I said I am speculating! if we see on other hand how british socialists in face of fabians are leveled easily its question whether indeed this is not true!? just remind yourself that also defacto lenin was freemason and defacto was financed by them (search info in previous posts) so it could be said that freemasonic answer to this vatican conspiracy would be introduction of new idealism like marxism with extreme form of atheism even naturalism per-se wasnt pardoned! now maybe I am too quick with this kind of reasoning, knowing that still Lady Liberty was on top of the french revolution, yet if we see how day after (by any price) napoleon marched towards all europe its somehow strangely obvious that infiltrated jesuits were instigating like this revenge, and when he failed in Russia they were banned by Alexander I too [
1] huh this is indeed enlightenment revisionistic theory of mine, and it would be my pleasure to welcome anyone for any thought!
eventually we can say19 century europe was more idealistic along the first industrial revolution, while usA more pragmatic along the second industrial revolution, thus more and more capital was rushing across the pond and as result western imperialism as freemasonic strive becoming more and more american job ...