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Friday the 13th and the Ghost in My Backseat
September 13, 2019 Jay Moody	3 Comments
Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th, and this evening, I had my weird Friday the 13th experience.
I was on my way home from dropping off my daughter at her school dance. As I was turning a corner I saw for a brief flash in my rearview mirror the image of a ghastly woman as if she was sitting in my back seat. She had a sort of bluish illumination with two dark eyes with blackened mascara-like smears running down her face. Nothing too original, but it did cause me a split second's release of adrenaline. The best part is that I know exactly what I saw and why.
Yeah, kinda like that!
For uncertain reasons in the Western world and especially the United States when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday it is believed to be an unlucky day.
I grew up with this superstition and believed in it to whatever degree young children can believe in anything they have no ability to understand and no reason to believe other than the influence of their peers. The fact that I was a very young child at the beginnings of the extremely successful Friday the 13th movie franchise has shaded my view of the event in a particular light for me.
I'm not unique in this, these days Americans particularly see Friday the 13th as a scary and dark day, a sort of reverse holiday similar to Halloween without the costumes or trick-or-treating. It comes with its own myths and urban legends. Much like the Santa Claus at Christmas of the Easter Bunny in spring, the murderous hockey mask clad and machete wielding zombie Jason Vorheese from the Friday the 13th movies is and for a long time to come will be in the future attached to this spooky unholiday. This really is a testament more to the quality of the marketing of the franchise than the quality of the movies themselves that even as I child I found to be more funny than frightening, but I still love them. Jason lives in mythology alongside classic legendary supernatural evils like the Headless Horseman, Dracula, or Frankenstein.
There's a fair amount of speculation regarding the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition, but no one really knows for sure. The number 13 has been considered an unlucky number for hundreds of years. This is so prevalent that most hotels do not even host a 13th floor. The numbers on an elevator will often go straight from 12 to 14 because many people are afraid to rent a room on the 13th floor. It might seem crazy, but it's true.
The superstition of 13 being bad luck seems to have arisen during the middle ages and is assumed to have come from the story of the arrest of Jesus after the Last Supper when He and His twelve apostles were present equaling thirteen. Similarly, the fact Jesus was crucified on the following day; Friday made that day a particularly infamous part of the week, one which Catholics and Orthodox Christians still consider a day of fasting. These two beliefs combined seem to be the origin of the superstition; two unlucky points occurring at once although the origins of Friday the 13th being especially unlucky didn't seem to arise until the 19th century.
In the 20th century authors such as Maurice Druon in his novel Le Roi de fer (1955), and John J. Robinson in his book Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry (1989) postulated a connection between this superstition and the day on which the Knights Templar were arrested on charges of heresy by King Philip the IV of France, Friday the 13th of October 1307. This was echoed in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (2003), and other books, memes and papers since then. Although this is one of my favorite hypotheses, the evidence to support this being the origin of the superstition is dubious at best. It's more likely a combination of reasons.
In my car, as quickly as the ghastly woman had appeared in my rearview mirror she was gone, but I could still see the impression of her eyes. They were spots of dirt with what appeared to be smeared finger print running down the glass. As I was turning the corner the setting sun passed directly behind me for just a brief moment. The sun's rays reflected off of the mirror in a manner framing the fingerprints in a glow and accentuating the smudges. Then my lizard brain took over and assembled this into an image I could make sense out of based on the fact I've been thinking about Friday the 13th and creepy stuff all day. When my daughter gets home from her dance we plan on watching some scary movies.
Human psychology is such a fascinating subject.
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Finnegan's Wake, a Glance at Irish Mysticism through Lyrical Satire
July 1, 2017 Jay Moody	Leave a comment
Finnegan's Wake is amongst my favorite traditional Irish songs and it has been a staple of the Irish balladeer's repertoire since the middle of the 19th century. Over the past several decades it has been covered by great and legendary Irish bands like The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, The Dubliners, the Pogues, and most recently the Massachusetts-based Dropkick Murphys. However, like much of Irish lyrical tradition stretching back to the ancient bards "Finnegan's Wake" is in reality a work of deep esoteric value cleverly disguised as a silly drinking song that only the initiated were likely to fully comprehend.
At Face Value
The story tells of Tim Finnegan, a poor construction worker with a love for the liquor who drank a bit too much before work one morning, fell from a ladder, broke his skull and died. Upon the eve of his wake his friends and relatives arrive at his home to mourn him. Biddy O'Brien begins crying loudly and is essentially told to shut up by one Paddy McGee.
Once Maggie O'Connor gets involved in the exchange telling Biddy she's wrong, Biddy punches her in the mouth, leaving her 'sprawling on the floor." Then all Hell breaks loose as the entire house becomes engaged in a brawl "woman to woman and man to man," brandishing their shillelaghs, the classical Irish club.
A bottle of whiskey is thrown across the room, just barely missing Mickey Maloney, and instead landing on Tim Finnegan's bed with the whiskey scattering all over his body. At that point Tim revives and "rises from the bed," and delivers the punch line of the ballad; "Whittle your whiskey around like blazes, Thanum an Dhul![1] Do you think I'm dead?"
The Mystery Unveiled
While this ballad is typically considered a comical drinking song, it actually gives us a glimpse into an old Irish and western mystical tradition.
Tim Finnegan is a construction-worker. Although this was a common vocation amongst Irishmen throughout the 19th century, there is much more being said here than meets the eye, or ear. As the lyrics clearly tell us "to rise in the world he carried a hod." A hod is a tool used for carrying bricks and mortar, telling us that Mr. Finnegan was, in fact a mason. Since no later than 1717 AD the repository for esoteric wisdom in Western countries has been the order of Free and Accepted Masons who trace their historic origins to the medieval stone masons guilds, and from there symbolically to the ancient builders of Greek, Egyptian and Israelite temples.
Let us also take note that Tim Finnegan carries his hod "to rise in the world." In Freemasonry, it is said that a candidate is "raised" to the degree of a Master Mason. Freemasonry also makes use of the symbolism of death and resurrection through the allegory of the architect Hiram Abiff.
Architecture, construction work and craftsmanship have been metaphors for mystical knowledge going back thousands of years. In ancient Irish mythology the three brothers Luchta, Goibniu, and Credne are known as the Trí Dée Dána (the three gods of art). Each represented the respective trades of carpentry, blacksmithing, and silver-smithing, and they crafted the weapons which the Tuatha Dé Danann (Irish ancestor gods) used to conquer the Fomorians (Irish beings of chaos and darkness).
In ancient Egypt, the god Ptah was the patron of craftsmen and architects, and he was closely associated as an aspect of the dying and resurrecting god Osiris. Both of these deities were incorporated by the Greeks into the god Dionysus, well known as a patron of wine and spirits. It is more than coincidence that Jesus of Nazareth, perhaps the most well-known dying and resurrecting god is often cited as having been a carpenter before he began his spiritual mission and he, much like his forebears also had an affinity toward life-giving and preserving drink.
A further look at the lyrics of this ballad reveals that at the wake of Finnegan they placed a gallon of whiskey at his feet and a barrel of porter at his head. This sentiment is echoed in the Irish ballad "Jug of Punch" in which the balladeer requests upon his death "just lay me down in my native peat with a jug of punch at my head and feet." This is a particularly Irish rendition of the tradition found amongst the world's cultures of making sacramental offerings to the dead. The making and pouring of libations is well documented in European traditions.
As mentioned previously, Jesus, Osiris and Dionysus are not only associated with death and resurrection, they are all three also closely associated with drinking rituals. Amongst other things, Dionysus is a god of wine. Osiris is said to have taught the world the art of brewing. Jesus turned water into wine. Similarly, the Irish craftsman-god Goibniu also brewed the beer of immortality.
The English word whiskey is derived from the Irish Gaelic uisce beatha which translates as "the waters of life." So when the whiskey scatters across the corpse of Tim Finnegan, it literally, magically and sacramentally imbues him with life; a spiritual conception which stretches back through centuries of esoteric tradition.
The dying and resurrecting god is not just a rhetorical device for dramatic affect. To ancient civilizations death and rebirth are symbolic of the annual cycle, the dying and rebirth of the summertime, the growing season and of the sun, so often symbolic of divinity. This symbolism has been revised, reincorporated and redistributed as a multitude of myths, legends and doctrines throughout the world in order to teach each civilization or cult's particular perspective on the meaning of creation.
A creator god's primary attribute is creativity, and this trait has been imitated through the creative works of humans whom are believed to be made in the divine image. Art, music, agriculture and most especially architecture has long been associated metaphorically if not literally with godliness, and enlightenment.
Finnegan's Wake is far more than just another drinking song. It is a humorous retelling of an ancient initiation myth. Tim Finnegan is not just a drunk construction worker who died and came back to life. He is the personification of the mystery of the dying and resurrecting god represented in the form of Irish lyrical satire.
[1]d'anam 'on Diabhal. a common curse: your soul to the Devil, from the Irish D'anam don Diabhal
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Denver Airport Murals Decoded
January 22, 2017 Jay Moody	Leave a comment
Back in 2006 a friend of mine handed off a bunch of conspiracy "exposés" and badgered me to watch them. Along the way he acquainted me with the Denver Airport conspiracy theories that led me to youtube videos and web pages on the subject. I was especially captivated by the artwork present in the airport, large colorful murals that are the subject of much speculation by fans of conspiracy stories.
I did my own research because so few of the conspiracy enthusiasts could provide me with any facts. At the time I could not even find a conspiracy fan who could provide the name of the artist who painted the murals. His name is Leo Tanguma, a very talented Chicano artist. It wasn't hard to look up, but it only began appearing on other conspiracy videos after I posted the original upload of the video below. After doing a bit of research into the matter, gathering data and contemplating the artwork I came up with my own assessment of the situation at the Denver International Airport. I was learning how to use video software at the time so this was the subject of my first youtube video, Facts Behind the Denver Airport Conspiracy.
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The Tavern: Bedrock of Western Civilization
November 23, 2014 Jay Moody	Leave a comment
The tavern is an intrinsic feature of Western society. Contrary to the reputation commonly associated with drinking establishments as dens of debauchery, locations inappropriate to delve into subjects of religion or politics, the whole of Western civilization in fact owes much of it existence to the local pub. The roots of this tradition run back through the centuries and helped bring Europe out of the dark ages toward the Age of Enlightenment.
Ancient Roots
The historic progenitor of the bar or nightclub in the West is the Germanic and Nordic mead hall, popular especially during the European Dark Ages. Originating in the Germanic and European longhouses, from around the fifth century onward the mead hall was the primary residence of the king or chief and his theigns or other retainers. Often the most well fortified structure in the Anglo-Saxon village, the mead hall served a similar purpose as did the keep in later medieval cities. As the preeminent building of the Dark Age kingdom, the mead hall hosted the stately ceremonies and celebrations of the community.
The mead hall played such an important part in the religious and mythological system of Western Europe that even the gods lived in halls much resembling those of the people. In Norse mythology Valhalla is Odin's hall and home of half of the valiant dead while the other half resided in Freyja's hall Sessrúmnir. Much of the epic poem Beowulf takes place in the mead hall named Heorot where a lot of ceremony and merry making goes on. Such examples are the basis of the Sumbel, multiple rounds of ceremonial toasting still performed today by those whom practice indigenous Germanic religions.
A Viking era styled longhouse/mead hall
The Medieval Era
As Western Europe became steadily more Christianized, amongst the aristocratic classes the Germanic mead hall along with its social and ceremonial focus was transformed into the banquet hall. But amongst the working classes and the poor, the social and ceremonial significance of the mead hall was transferred to the taverns and workhouses. In fact the word tavern is derived from the Latin taberna which was a workhouse or retail center for craftsmen as well as an apartment style lodging, housing freedmen and travelers. This is the origin of the public house or pub that is so common in Western Europe and her colonial nations.
Throughout the medieval period the public houses or taverns became centers for lodging travelers and merchants. They became the central gathering points of craftsmen seeking safety from bandits and highwaymen and thereby became the focus of trade meetings. It was within these taverns that the medieval guilds were established whereby craftsmen and artisans could share and protect the secrets of their trade such as architecture, glassmaking and other crafts. For this reason taverns and lodges became the few places in the intellectually oppressive medieval European society where freedom of speech, especially of a religious, philosophical and political nature could be exercised and protected, if only clandestinely.
There should be no wonder that during the Enlightenment era of European society that the tavern or lodge is where Freemasonry and other secretive societies emerged from the shadows. Freemasonry is the inheritor of the European architectural guilds transformed into a philosophical society complete with ancient rituals and respect for religious and political diversity. The four primary lodges upon which modern Freemasonry is established originally met at four respective taverns; the Goose and Gridiron Alehouse in London in St. Paul's Churchyard, the Apple Tree Tavern, the Crown Alehouse, and the Rummer and Grapes Tavern.
In 1716 these four lodges gathered at London's Apple-Tree Tavern where the first pro Tempore Grand Lodge was established, the eldest Master Mason was instituted as Grandmaster and an agreement was made to hold annual meetings amongst themselves to formalize and regularize the Craft. The following year; June 24, 1717 the four lodges met at London's Goose and Gridiron Alehouse where the Grand Master was elected and the founding of the first regular Grand Lodge of Freemasonry was finalized.
Like Freemasonry briefly before it representatives from all over England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany met at the Apple Tree Tavern on September 22, 1717 to form the Revivalist Druid order An Druidh Uileach Braithreachas (The British Circle of the Universal Bond).
The ancient tradition of the Tavern acting as meeting house for gathering warriors, the discussion of philosophy and politics continued in the American colonies. In the absence of a national media the Tavern was the primary place where early Americans heard the news and discussed their political opinions. The Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, like the Apple Tree Tavern before it was used by multiple groups and organizations. The St. Georges Society, a charitable organization devoted to assisting newly arriving poor Englishmen to the colonies was established here in 1720.
Hailed as the birthplace of American Freemasonry, in 1732 St. John's Lodge No. 1 of the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Temple was established in the Tun Tavern. And like the St. George Society before, in 1747 the St. Andrew's Society was founded here as another charitable organization, this time assisting newly arriving Scottish immigrants.
In 1756 Benjamin Franklin used the Tun Tavern as a recruiting station for the Pennsylvania Militia. In 1768 the New York Chamber of Commerce was founded in the Tun Tavern's Long Room where its officers continued to meet until 1770. This same Tun Tavern Long Room was also used by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson for the meeting house of the Continental Congress and as the recruiting station for the Continental Marines, now known as the United States Marine Corps.
Fraunces Tavern in New York played a central role in the organizing of the American Revolutionary War. The Son's of Liberty used this tavern as a meeting place to discuss their revolutionary activities. In 1774 Fraunces Tavern hosted a tea party much like the Boston Tea Party before it, in which the patriots dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into New York harbor. And in 1776 the New York Provincial Congress met at Fraunces Tavern.
According to the Memoirs of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge; at the end of the Revolutionary War on December 4, 1783, Fraunces Tavern hosted George Washington's victory banquet in the Long Room where this iconic general said farewell to his officers as he resigned his post in order to insure that the newly established United States did not become a military dictatorship. After the ratification of the United States Constitution, Fraunces Tavern was used to house the departments of the Treasury, War and Foreign Affairs.
Bars, pubs and taverns are the traditional establishments where the freedom to speak one's mind and offer challenging and revolutionary ideas has been protected. Concepts like liberty, republicanism, democracy and rebellion emerged from these establishments throughout the centuries. The United States' First Amendment freedoms owe their existence to freethinkers exercising their philosophical muscles over a pint of beer or a glass of wine. From its roots as a tribal ceremonial house to its later adaptations as a place of revolutionary thought and activism, the tavern has been the lifeblood of Western civilization.
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Freemasonry and the Great Seal on the Dollar bill
September 11, 2014 Jay Moody	Leave a comment
The intriguing imagery of the Great Seal on the back of the United States' one dollar bill is cause for much curiosity and speculation. This has been a discussion amongst fans of the occult for decades, but in recent years the success of the movie "National Treasure" has brought the subject to the attention of popular culture and revived the myth that the symbols on the Great Seal represent a secret Masonic code. While it is true that several of the United States founding fathers were in fact Freemasons, it is not true that the United States One Dollar Bill contains any symbolism adopted from or inspired by Freemasonry. The true meanings behind the symbolism of the Great Seal on the dollar bill, while having a great depth of meaning is not so mysterious or esoteric.
The Symbolism
The Great Seal of the United States consists of a bald eagle spread with 13 arrows held tightly in his left talon. His right talon clutches an olive branch with thirteen leaves. Supported on the eagle's breast is an escutcheon or shield containing a representation of the United States Flag-a blue field and 13 alternating red and white stripes. In his mouth he carries a banner which contains the Latin Phrase "E pluribus Unum." Above his head is a radiant six-pointed star composed of 13 five-pointed stars.
On the obverse side of the Great Seal, found on the left side of the dollar is a representation of an Egyptian style pyramid with 13 layers and a flat, truncated top. Just above this sits an eye inside a triangle. At its base are inscribed the Latin numerals indicating the year 1776, the year of American independence from Britain. Circumscribing the image are the Latin phrases "Annuit Coeptus" above and "Novus Ordo Seclorum" below.
The Explanation
The repetition of the number 13 on the Great Seal and the United States Flag is a subject of great interest to conspiracy enthusiasts and occultist speculators who parrot inaccurate resources claiming the number 13 has special meaning to Freemasons. The fact is that the number 13 has no special significance to Freemasonry and never has. Freemasonry does place special emphasis on certain numbers such as 3, 5, 7 and 15, but not on the number 13. The number 13 does however, have a rather special significance to American history. The number 13 happens to be precisely the number of the American colonies who rebelled against Britain, becoming the United States. This is why the designers of the Great Seal emphasized the number time over again.
The bald eagle, the national bird of the United States was adopted from interaction with Native Americans. Many traditional Native American communities have considered the bald eagle the most sacred of all birds and a symbol of the Creator. The founders of the United States in imitation of their Indian neighbors adopted the bald eagle as the greatest symbol of freedom and liberty and the highest aspirations of the new nation.
The escutcheon resting on the eagle's chest contains the symbol of the American flag. The last man who worked on the seal's design, Charles Thomson described the meaning behind the colors of the flag and the other symbols in this manner;
"The colours of the pales are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the colour of the Chief signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice. The Olive branch and arrows denote the power of peace & war which is exclusively vested in Congress. The Constellation denotes a new State taking its place and rank among other sovereign powers. The Escutcheon is born on the breast of an American Eagle without any other supporters to denote that the United States of America ought to rely on their own Virtue."*
It is also interesting to note that the colors red and white are often used by Native Nations of the Eastern United States to represent war and peace respectively. Many of the Muskogean towns were historically divided into red-military and white-diplomatic communities which were loosely united under various confederacies. It should come as no surprise that the seal of the United States contains so much Native American symbolism when one considers the fact that many of these same founders had stormed a British ship during the "Boston Tea Party" dressed in war paint and feathers just a few years earlier.
The arrows and the olive branch held in the eagle's talons represent two diametrically opposing principles that help to establish and maintain a nation; war and peace. The symbol of the arrows held together was adopted from the Iroquois Confederacy which influenced much of American democracy. The Iroquois used the image of seven arrows which represented the seven different 'tribes' who composed the Iroquois League. The symbolism teaches that one arrow alone (a single tribe) is easily broken, but all seven held together in a single common defense are much more difficult to break. The Founders of the US used the same symbolism, altered slightly to account for all the 13 United States. This coincides with the Latin motto displayed on the eagle's banner; "E pluribus Unum" which translates as "Out of many, One," illustrating the Union formed by these States. The United States is after all, many states which make up a single nation.
The olive branch is an ancient symbol of peace and vitality from western cultures. It was used widely by the ancient Mesopotamians, Greeks, Egyptians, Hebrews, Romans and Persians. The olive has been a widely adored fruit, the oil of which was anciently claimed to have many healthful and spiritual properties. The many designers of this seal used these two images of both the "Old World" and the "New World" to symbolize the integration of the new nation, based on both European and Native American ideals.
The pyramid side is sometimes called the spiritual side of the seal. The pyramid design was chosen as a symbol of duration, a nearly eternal nation and of the West's ancient heritage, much of which has its roots in Ancient Egypt. It is important to note that people during the Enlightenment Era marking the democratization of the West were heavily involved in speculation upon ancient symbols and histories. This is also the era that birthed the remarkable discipline of archaeology.
The Eye of Providence sits at the pyramids zenith. Historically the All-seeing-Eye motif has been used by countless civilizations on all continents but interested parties who promote the Masonic Dollar theory like to point out that a very similar motif is in fact used by Freemasons today. This is true however; those who promote this theory often fail to recognize that during the Enlightenment the eye motif was used repeatedly by many different artists and organizations unassociated with Freemasonry. It is also often overlooked that the Eye motif had been an element of the design on the Great Seal since the seal was first proposed on August 20th, 1776 and finally adopted by Congress on June 20th 1782. Freemasons did not begin using the all-seeing-eye emblem until 1797 in "The Freemasons Monitor of Thomas Smith Webb" fifteen years after the Great Seal was finalized. In fact it is more likely that Freemasons adopted the motif from the Great Seal rather than the other way around.
The Latin phrase "Annuit Coeptus" means "He has favored our undertakings," which refers to the founding belief that the success of the American revolution was a matter of divine Providence as can be found written in the Declaration of Independence. The next phrase is another point that conspiracy enthusiast enjoy kicking around like a rusty old tin can, telling themselves it's actually a football.
"Novus Ordo Seclorum" does not mean "New World Order" as so often incorrectly translated. It means "New Order of the Ages." It refers to the Founders recognition that they were creating a new order in a new era. They recognized that they had begun an age of reason, logic, and spiritual and practical liberty from dogmatic institutions. The new order was liberty, democracy and republicanism in opposition to the old order of submission to monarchical regimes.
The seal of the United States is a proud symbol of our heritage, our determination and our history. The symbolism reveals that we are one nation of many different people, unlike any other, striving for peace but prepared to go to war to protect each other. We are free and strive for more freedom. Our nation is divinely inspired and protected by God and its legacy will survive for as long have the ancient monuments of the past. The quest for freedom is not a conspiracy. That is the propaganda of tyrants. The quest for freedom is the nature of the human soul and our natural state, eternal and can never be crushed by the illegitimate rule of dictators.
* http://www.state.gov/www/publications/great_seal.pdf
-http:// masonicinfo.com/eye.htm
-Exiled in the Land of the Free; Democracy, Indian Nations and The US Constitution by, Lyons, Mohawk, Deloria Jr., Hauptman, Berman, Grinde Jr., Berkey, Venables
-http://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment
-The Federalist by Hamilton, Madison and Jay
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Alexander McGillivray, Emperor of the Creek Nation
Alexander McGillvray, Emperor of the Creek Nation
Alexander McGillivray (1750-1793)
Many great historical chiefs are celebrated in Native American popular culture. The most commonly remembered names include Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Red Cloud, Tecumseh and Chief Joseph. Along with these belongs the 18th century Muscogee Creek chief Alexander McGillivray, a great man who is not as commonly spoken about, but is just as significant to both Native American and United State history as those formerly mentioned.
Alexander McGillivray was the principle chief of the Creek Nation near the end of the 18th century. He was the son of Sehoy Marchand, a French-Creek woman from the powerful Wind Clan. His father was the prominent Scottish trader Lachlan McGillivray who immigrated to Creek country in 1736 from Dunmaglass, Scotland, and spent the majority of his time in Little Tallassee and Otciabofa which was also called Hickory Ground [1] on the Coosa River. This is where Lachlan met Sehoy.
Lachlan secured lands amongst the Creek people near the ruins of the French Fort Toulouse close by Little Tallassee. There, he planted a garden and built a plantation house, naming it the "Apple Grove." In time Lachlan became a wealthy trader, entrenched and well respected among the Indians.
When Alexander was a young man his father sent him to Charleston, S.C. to be educated in the British tradition. After returning to his home on the Coosa River, Alexander was honored as a chief on the Creek National Council and given the name Hopue-hethlee-Mekko or "Good-Child King." Shortly thereafter he was commissioned a colonel in the British army and installed as the English Agent to the Indians. He donned the uniform of a British officer, with the headdress of a Creek chief, complete with the white feathers of his rank and led a faction of Creek warriors in the Battle of Pensacola.
Before long, Alexander rose to prominence, becoming the principle chief of the Creek Nation. Being a fan of European history, he preferred to use the term emperor, though his actual power in the nation was severely limited and somewhat tenuous. He was a frequent visitor to and property-owner in Pensacola, FL, negotiating treaties with the Spanish who were the dominant European power in the region. He led Spanish funded attacks on American frontier settlements in Georgia. After the American Revolution, McGillivray was invited to Virginia where he received a paid Generalship from George Washington in the United States army.
An eager capitalist, Alexander McGillivray was also an investor and silent partner in Panton, Leslie and Company who opened a trading post on McGillivray's property, the first brick and mortar building established in Pensacola, FL. His first wife was Vicey Cornells who bore him two daughters: Peggy and Lizzie. His second wife was Elise Moniac, the sister of the Choctaw chief Red Shoes and they had three children: Margaret, Alleck and Elizabeth.
As a native statesman, McGillivray worked tirelessly throughout his career to create a Creek Nation recognizable and respected by European nations, but still distinctly Creek, distinctly "Indian." Much like his Cherokee neighbors he succeeded, at least until 1830, when the Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson, robbing the people of their lands.
In January 1793 McGillivray traveled to Pensacola for a business meeting with William Panton. On the trip he developed a fever and never recovered. On February 17, 1793 at eleven o'clock at night, in the home of William Panton, Alexander McGillivray died. He was buried in the garden of Panton's house in Pensacola, laid to rest with full Masonic honors [2]. Alexander McGillivray was such a loved and respected leader that he was mourned throughout the lands. His obituary ran in London in the Gentleman's Magazine.
"Feb. 17. At Pensacola, Mr. McGillivray, a Creek chief, very much lamented by those who knew him best. There happened to be that time at Pensacola a numerous band of Creeks, who watched his illness with the most marked anxiety, and when his death was announced to them, and while they followed him to the grave, it is impossible for words to describe the loud screams of real woe which they vented in their unaffected grief. He was, by his father's side a Scotchman, of the respectable family of Drummaglass, in Invernesshire. The vigor of his mind overcame the disadvantages of an education had in the wilds of America, and he was well acquainted with all the most useful European sciences. In the latter part of his life he composed, with great care, the history of several classes of the original inhabitants of America; and this he intended to present to Professor Robertson, for publication in the next edition of his History. The European and the American writer are no more; and the MMS of the latter, it is feared, have perished, for the Indians adhere to their custom of destroying whatever inanimate objects a dead friend most delighted in. It is only since Mr. McGillivray had influence amongst them, that they have suffered the slaves of a deceased master to live."[3]
[1] Hickory Ground; a very special town and meeting place within upper Creek Country. Creek; Ocē vpofv, also called Little Tallassee.
[2] It is believed that Alexander McGillivray was the first Mason in the State of Alabama. Some researchers claim that A.M.'s remains were shipped to Scotland and buried on his father Lachlan's land.
[3] Gentleman's Magazine, Printed under the caption: Marriages and Deaths of considerable Persons," August, 1793, Vol. LXIII, London, p. 767
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Freemason Albert Pike and the Luciferian Quote
September 3, 2014 Jay Moody	18 Comments
Conspiracy theories are popular on the internet. A simple web search on almost any government agency or religious organization is bound to turn up at least a few web sites dedicated to "exposing" some secret government agenda that's all a part of the "illuminati" master plan.
A favored subject for these conspiracy enthusiasts involves a man and Freemason by the name of Albert Pike. The story goes; Albert Pike was the Head of Freemasonry in the 1800's and that he wrote a book called Morals and Dogma which spells out the regulations of being a Freemason. There is a passage that is recited over and over by conspiracy enthusiasts that "reveals" that the god of Freemasonry is none other than Lucifer himself!
The quote goes;
"That which we must say to the world is that we worship a god, but it is the god that one adores without superstition. To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: The masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the higher degrees, maintained in the Purity of the Luciferian doctrine. If Lucifer were not God, would Adonay and his priests calumniate him?
Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also god. For the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two gods; darkness being necessary for light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the statue, and the brake to the locomotive….
Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is a heresy, and the true and pure philosophical religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay; but Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of Darkness and Evil."
When I first found this quote was I intrigued by it and wanted to look it up for myself. Ever since my earliest college days I was taught to always double check my sources so this seemed natural to me. The first thing I noticed was that although I could find the "quote" referenced in numerous places on conspiracy sites, always attributed to Albert Pike and Morals and Dogma, never once could I find a page number listed on any of these sites. That's because it's not real.
Albert Pike was a Confederate General who led a brigade of Native American soldiers during the American Civil War. He was credited as a crusader for justice for Native Americans, a prominent Washington lawyer and a philosopher. He was also a Freemason. He was not the head of Freemasonry. For several years he was the head of one jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, an organization subordinate to Freemasonry. This was the was the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, which includes most of the western United States as well as the South. In 1871 he published a book called Morals and Dogma, in which he discussed a vast array of the worlds religions and tried to associate their mythic legends to the lessons taught in Freemasonry. This book was given as a gift to Scottish Rite Masons in the Southern Jurisdiction for nearly 60 years. It however, is not the "rule book" of Masonry as some people have claimed but rather the philosophical work of its author. The infamous "Luciferian Quote" does not exist between its covers.
The origin of this "quote" is from a book entitled Woman and Child in Universal Freemasonry published by Abel Clarin de la Rive. The "Luciferian Quote" in this book is credited in a foot note to a woman by the name of Diana Vaughan. Diana Vaughan was a character introduced in the writings of a man named Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès who wrote under the pen name Leo Taxil. For obvious reasons I shall use the pen name when referring to him from here on.
Taxil wrote what he called a history of Freemasonry, in four volumes which claimed to contain eye witness accounts of Masonic Satanic activity. Another book written in 1894 by Leo Taxil and "Dr. Karl Hacks" was titled the Devil in the Nineteenth Century. This is the book that introduced the character of Diana Vaughan who was supposed to have been involved in Satanic Masonry and an informant for Leo Taxil.
The "Luciferian" quote has ever since been repeated by anti-Masonic conspiracy enthusiasts even though its real creator Leo Taxil admitted his hoax. That's right! On April 19, 1897 Leo Taxil called a press conference with the pretension of introducing Diana Vaughan to the public. When the press was assembled, Taxil began a speech in which he admitted that he had in fact been perpetrating a hoax and that all of his secret information about Freemasonry was a fabrication.
For rational people, this ended the concern over the "Luciferian Quote." But the irrational and those who have a vested interest in hating Freemasonry still like to throw the quote around, attributing it to Albert Pike even though it is a well known fraud. The myth has been perpetuated by the preacher Pat Robertson, and it has been republished by Jack Chick in his Christian comic books since 1991. The quote can also be found splattered cross the internet on countless misinformed conspiracy sites.
An elaborate hoax, even when its creator confesses his misdeed carries on down through the generations by liars and imbeciles who'd rather believe in fantasy than take the time to investigate the facts. It is no wonder they are so quick to condemn the hearts of others whom they don't understand when they know full well the amount of deceit in which they themselves willingly participate.
It is important to remember that facts are things, things that are REAL. They can be analyzed, scrutinized and proven. They exist because they do, not because you want them to or because you believe they do. So no matter how much they choose to believe otherwise and ignore the facts and the confession of Taxil, the infamous "Luciferian Quote"—often falsely attributed to Albert Pike is simply a fantasy.
The image below was added in response to a commenter who claimed the quote exists on page 321 of Morals and Dogma. As the reader can see, it does not.
Page 817 is offered too, because that was his initial (though admittedly wrong) page assertion.
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Grading the Ducks: Oregon-Colorado report card
Pete Martini
OREGON REPORT CARD -- COLORADO GAME
The Ducks were playing without key players — running back Royce Freeman, wide receiver Devon Allen and offensive lineman Tyrell Crosby. Considering that, the offense wasn't horrible Saturday, but it was inconsistent. With three punts in its first four possessions, Oregon started slowly. And with the game on the line late, the Ducks were held scoreless in the fourth quarter. Oregon scored 21 points in the third quarter, but that was largely helped by two Colorado turnovers. When the Ducks had a chance to win or tie the game in the red zone in the final minute, quarterback Dakota Prukop threw an interception that sealed their fate.
Allowing 593 total yards to a Colorado team led by a backup quarterback is unacceptable. The Buffaloes could do whatever they wanted, rushing for 260 yards and passing for 333. Even two interceptions weren't enough to make up for such a poor effort.
Grade: D-
Charles Nelson had five kick returns for 97 yards, but nothing special. Aidan Schneider was perfect in the kicking game as usual, going 5-for-5 in extra points and making a 41-yard field goal in his only attempt. Ian Wheeler had six punts, but none were more than 50 yards and just two pinned Colorado inside the 20-yard line. The Ducks blocked an extra point.
The offense was inconsistent, the defense was horrendous and the team once again did not look ready to play. The Ducks were unmotivated and uninspired. Before Saturday, Colorado had just five Pac-12 wins since joining the conference in 2011.
Grade: D

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text:
NSString * const kPRSocialKeychainAccountUserID = @"UserID";
NSString * const kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessToken = @"AccessToken";
NSString * const kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshToken = @"RefreshToken";
NSString * const kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessTokenTimeout = @"AccessTokenTimeout";
NSString * const kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshTokenTimeout = @"RefreshTokenTimeout";

// Use this offset to avoid inexactness when determining whether the tokens are valid.
// For example, if the expires_in value is 3600 (60 min), the token will appear to be invalid after (60 - 5) = 55 min.
NSTimeInterval const kPRSocialOAuthTimeoutOffset = 300; // 5 min

@implementation PRSocialOAuth

#pragma mark - External

// Status

- (BOOL)isAuthorized
{
    return self.isAccessTokenValid;
}

- (BOOL)checkAuthorizationUpdate
{
    BOOL isAuthorized = NO;
    if (self.isAccessTokenValid) {
        isAuthorized = YES;
    } else {
        if (self.isRefreshTokenValid) {
            [self getAccessTokenWithRefreshToken];
        }
        if (self.isAccessTokenValid) {
            isAuthorized = YES;
        }
    }
    return isAuthorized;
}

// Actions

- (void)authorizeWithCompletionHandler:(void (^)(BOOL success))completion
{
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
        BOOL success = NO;
        if (self.isAccessTokenValid) {
            success = YES;
        } else {
            self.accessToken = nil;
            self.accessTokenTimeout = nil;
            if (self.isRefreshTokenValid) {
                [self getAccessTokenWithRefreshToken];
            } else {
                self.refreshToken = nil;
                self.refreshTokenTimeout = nil;
            }
            if (!self.accessToken) {
                dispatch_semaphore_t isAuthorizingViaWebViewSem = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
                self.isAuthorizingViaWebViewSem = isAuthorizingViaWebViewSem;
                [self promptWithWebView];
                dispatch_semaphore_wait(isAuthorizingViaWebViewSem, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
                self.isAuthorizingViaWebViewSem = NULL;
                [self getAccessTokenWithAuthCode];
            }
            if (self.isAccessTokenValid) {
                success = YES;
            }
        }
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            if (completion) {
                completion(success);
            }
        });
    });
}

- (void)deactivateAccessToken
{
    self.accessTokenTimeout = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-1];
}

- (void)logout
{
    self.code = nil;
    self.accessToken = nil;
    self.accessTokenTimeout = nil;
    self.refreshToken = nil;
    self.refreshTokenTimeout = nil;
}

#pragma mark - Getters and setters

#pragma mark Config

- (NSString *)clientID
{
    return [[PRSocialConfig defaultConfig] valueForKey:kPRSocialConfigKeyOAuthClientID
                                        forServiceName:NSStringFromClass(self.class)] ?: @"";
}

- (NSString *)clientSecret
{
    return [[PRSocialConfig defaultConfig] valueForKey:kPRSocialConfigKeyOAuthClientSecret
                                        forServiceName:NSStringFromClass(self.class)] ?: @"";
}

- (NSString *)redirectURI
{
    return [[PRSocialConfig defaultConfig] valueForKey:kPRSocialConfigKeyOAuthRedirectURI
                                        forServiceName:NSStringFromClass(self.class)] ?: @"";
}

- (NSString *)scope
{
    return [[PRSocialConfig defaultConfig] valueForKey:kPRSocialConfigKeyOAuthScope
                                        forServiceName:NSStringFromClass(self.class)] ?: @"";
}

- (NSString *)authorizeLink
{
    NSAssert(NO, @"%s Override needed on abstract method.", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
    return nil;
}

- (NSString *)accessTokenLink
{
    NSAssert(NO, @"%s Override needed on abstract method.", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
    return nil;
}

#pragma mark Auth info

- (NSString *)userID
{
    return [SSKeychain passwordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                  account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountUserID];
}

- (void)setUserID:(NSString *)userID
{
    if (userID) {
        [SSKeychain setPassword:userID
                     forService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                        account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountUserID];
    } else {
        [SSKeychain deletePasswordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                     account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountUserID];
    }
}

- (NSString *)accessToken
{
    return [SSKeychain passwordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                  account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessToken];
}

- (void)setAccessToken:(NSString *)accessToken
{
    if (accessToken) {
        [SSKeychain setPassword:accessToken
                     forService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                        account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessToken];
    } else {
        [SSKeychain deletePasswordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                     account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessToken];
    }
}

- (NSDate *)accessTokenTimeout
{
    return [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:[SSKeychain passwordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                                                        account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessTokenTimeout].integerValue];

}

- (void)setAccessTokenTimeout:(NSDate *)accessTokenTimeout
{
    if (accessTokenTimeout) {
        [SSKeychain setPassword:@(accessTokenTimeout.timeIntervalSince1970).stringValue
                     forService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                        account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessTokenTimeout];
    } else {
        [SSKeychain deletePasswordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                     account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountAccessTokenTimeout];
    }
}

- (NSString *)refreshToken
{
    return [SSKeychain passwordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                  account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshToken];
}

- (void)setRefreshToken:(NSString *)refreshToken
{
    if (refreshToken) {
        [SSKeychain setPassword:refreshToken
                     forService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                        account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshToken];
    } else {
        [SSKeychain deletePasswordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                     account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshToken];
    }
}

- (NSDate *)refreshTokenTimeout
{
    return [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:[SSKeychain passwordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                                                        account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshTokenTimeout].integerValue];

}

- (void)setRefreshTokenTimeout:(NSDate *)refreshTokenTimeout
{
    if (refreshTokenTimeout) {
        [SSKeychain setPassword:@(refreshTokenTimeout.timeIntervalSince1970).stringValue
                     forService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                        account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshTokenTimeout];
    } else {
        [SSKeychain deletePasswordForService:NSStringFromClass(self.class)
                                     account:kPRSocialKeychainAccountRefreshTokenTimeout];
    }
}

#pragma mark Auth status

- (BOOL)isAccessTokenValid
{
    BOOL isAccessTokenValid = NO;
    if (self.userID && self.accessToken && self.accessTokenTimeout) {
        NSDate *currentDate = [NSDate date];
        NSComparisonResult comparisonResult = [currentDate compare:[self.accessTokenTimeout dateByAddingTimeInterval:kPRSocialOAuthTimeoutOffset]];
        if (comparisonResult == NSOrderedAscending) {
            isAccessTokenValid = YES;
        }
    }
    return isAccessTokenValid;
}

- (BOOL)isRefreshTokenValid
{
    BOOL isRefreshTokenValid = NO;
    if (self.refreshToken && self.refreshTokenTimeout) {
        NSDate *currentDate = [NSDate date];
        NSComparisonResult comparisonResult = [currentDate compare:[self.refreshTokenTimeout dateByAddingTimeInterval:kPRSocialOAuthTimeoutOffset]];
        if (comparisonResult == NSOrderedAscending) {
            isRefreshTokenValid = YES;
        }
    }
    return isRefreshTokenValid;
}

#pragma mark - Auth flow

- (void)promptWithWebView
{
    NSDictionary *authRequestDictionary = self.webViewAuthRequestDictionary;
    NSURL *urlWithData = [NSURL URLWithString:[self.authorizeLink stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", [NSString prs_stringWithURLEncodedDictionary:authRequestDictionary]]];
    [PRSocialAuthWebViewController promptWithAuthURL:urlWithData callbackURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self.redirectURI] delegate:self];
}

- (void)getAccessTokenWithAuthCode
{
    if (self.code) {
        [PRSocialGlobalHUD show];
        NSURL *requestURL = [NSURL URLWithString:self.accessTokenLink];
        NSDictionary *requestDictionary = self.codeAuthRequestDictionary;
        NSDictionary *responseHeaders = nil;
        NSDictionary *responseDictionary = [PRSocialHTTPRequest sendSynchronousRequestForURL:requestURL
                                                                                method:HTTPMethodPOST
                                                                                headers:nil
                                                                                requestBody:requestDictionary
                                                                             responseHeaders:&responseHeaders];
        [self handleCodeAuthResponse:responseDictionary];
        [PRSocialGlobalHUD hide];
    }
}

- (void)getAccessTokenWithRefreshToken
{
    if (self.refreshToken) {
        [PRSocialGlobalHUD show];
        NSURL *requestURL = [NSURL URLWithString:self.accessTokenLink];
        NSDictionary *requestDictionary = self.refreshTokenAuthRequestDictionary;
        NSDictionary *responseHeaders = nil;
        NSDictionary *responseDictionary = [PRSocialHTTPRequest sendSynchronousRequestForURL:requestURL
                                                                                method:HTTPMethodPOST
                                                                                headers:nil
                                                                                requestBody:requestDictionary
                                                                             responseHeaders:&responseHeaders];
        [self handleRefreshTokenAuthResponse:responseDictionary];
        [PRSocialGlobalHUD hide];
    }
}

- (NSDictionary *)webViewAuthRequestDictionary
{
    NSDictionary *authRequestDictionary = @{
                                            @"client_id": self.clientID,
                                            @"client_secret": self.clientSecret,
                                            @"redirect_uri": self.redirectURI,
                                            @"response_type": @"code",
                                            @"scope": self.scope
                                            };
    return authRequestDictionary;
}

- (NSDictionary *)codeAuthRequestDictionary
{
    NSDictionary *requestDictionary = @{
                                        @"client_id": self.clientID,
                                        @"client_secret": self.clientSecret,
                                        @"grant_type": @"authorization_code",
                                        @"code": self.code
                                        };
    return requestDictionary;
}

- (NSDictionary *)refreshTokenAuthRequestDictionary
{
    NSDictionary *requestDictionary = @{
                                        @"client_id": self.clientID,
                                        @"client_secret": self.clientSecret,
                                        @"grant_type": @"refresh_token",
                                        @"refresh_token": self.refreshToken
                                        };
    return requestDictionary;
}

- (void)handleWebViewAuthResponse:(NSDictionary *)responseDictionary
{
    if ([responseDictionary isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
        self.code = responseDictionary[@"code"];
    }
}

- (void)handleCodeAuthResponse:(NSDictionary *)responseDictionary
{
    if ([responseDictionary isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
        self.userID = responseDictionary[@"uid"];
        self.accessToken = responseDictionary[@"access_token"];
        self.refreshToken = responseDictionary[@"refresh_token"];
        NSInteger expiresIn = [responseDictionary[@"expires_in"] integerValue];
        self.accessTokenTimeout = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:expiresIn];
        if (self.refreshToken) {
            self.refreshTokenTimeout = [NSDate distantFuture];
        }
    }
}

- (void)handleRefreshTokenAuthResponse:(NSDictionary *)responseDictionary
{
    if ([responseDictionary isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
        self.accessToken = responseDictionary[@"access_token"];
        self.refreshToken = responseDictionary[@"refresh_token"];
        NSInteger expiresIn = [responseDictionary[@"expires_in"] integerValue];
        self.accessTokenTimeout = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:expiresIn];
        if (self.refreshToken) {
            self.refreshTokenTimeout = [NSDate distantFuture];
        }
    }
}

#pragma mark - Life cycle

+ (instancetype)sharedOAuth
{
    static NSMutableDictionary *sharedOAuths = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        sharedOAuths = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
    });
    NSString *classString = NSStringFromClass(self);
    @synchronized(sharedOAuths) {
        if (![sharedOAuths.allKeys containsObject:classString]) {
            sharedOAuths[classString] = [[self alloc] init];
        }
    }
    return sharedOAuths[classString];
}

#pragma mark - Auth web view controller delegate

- (void)authWebViewControllerDidDismiss:(PRSocialAuthWebViewController *)viewController
{
    dispatch_semaphore_signal(self.isAuthorizingViaWebViewSem);
}

- (void)authWebViewController:(PRSocialAuthWebViewController *)viewController didSucceedWithResponseDictionary:(NSDictionary *)responseDictionary
{
    [self handleWebViewAuthResponse:responseDictionary];
}

@end

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