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French occult writer and poet (1810–1875)
Freemasons consistently deny allegations of satanic rituals, characterizing their practices as , and they attribute persistent accusations to historical hoaxes, misinterpreted symbolism, and secrecy t...
Albert Pike’s single most influential Masonic work is Morals and Dogma (first published 1871), an 861‑page compilation of lectures and esoteric commentary that shaped Scottish Rite thought in the U.S....
Accusations that Freemasonry practices involve Satanism have been driven not by a single event but by a chain of historical moments: the emergence of a secretive, ritualized fraternity in the Enlighte...
Albert Pike’s Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, published in 1871, is a compendium of essays that systematizes the philosophical and ritual meanings of the Scottish Rite degr...
Albert Pike was the dominant architect of the Scottish Rite in nineteenth‑century America: he led the Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 until 1891 and produced the influential ritual and philosophical c...