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Hidden Hand of the Men of Jahbuhlun
The Hidden Hand that Shaped History
River Viiper
Coheed and Cambria
Marc Anthony
Bollywood stars
Chequered
"Mother, Teacher,
Destroyer" by The Hidden Hand, a
heavy metal band
The Independent Order of
Odd Fellows (IOOF)
witchcraft's Hand of Glory
Todd Palin (b. 1964 - ) Husband of 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah
Palin
Sami Nasri
Aleksandar Karađorđević (b. 1945 - ) Born Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia,
Karađorđević is claimant to the throne of Serbia. [source]
Four early Soviet-era Gulag-camp commandants giving the hidden hand sign for the
cameraman. [source]
Mikhail Levandovsky (center), gives the hidden hand for the photo. Flanked by
Sergei Kirov (left) and Konstantin Mekhonoshin (right). These three men were
deeply involved the bloody 1917 Communist Russian Revolution. [source]
Skull & Bones
society
In this photo of Skull & Bones secret society members, the man at the far left
of the photo is seen displaying the hidden hand sign. Exact date of photo
unknown, appears to be around the mid-1800's. [source]
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1881 - d. 1938) Atatürk at the Sivas Congress (held
from September 4 to September 11, 1919). [source]
Vladimir Lenin (b. 1870 - d. 1924) Harbinger of the bloody 1917 Communist
Russian Revolution.
Karl Marx (b. 1818 – d. 1883) German - Jewish revolutionary and communist icon.
Marx authored The Communist Manifesto in 1848. [source]
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (1862– 1911).The
mason Stolypin, government representative of the Duma who stirred tensions
between peasants and workers i, Stolypin gave way to Kerensky, another mason
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (b. 1854 - d. 1918) Freemason and one of the
most influential figures in modern Occultism. One of the founders of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. [source]
Paul von Hindenburg (b. 1847 - d. 1934) Prussia-German field marshal and
statesman (German President). [source]
Friedrich Nietzsche
(b. 1844 - d. 1900) German philosopher and atheist. Nietzsche's concept
of the Übermensch (superman) later served as an inspiration to Adolf Hitler and
the teachings of the Nazi Party. Note: Feet [source]
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (b. 1842 - d. 1917) Freemason and famous Civil War Union Army
Lieutenant. Rhodes was a Member and Worshipful Master of Harmony Lodge, #9, in
Cranston, Rhode Island. He was also the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Rhode
Island in 1892-1893. [source]
John Wilkes Booth (b. 1838 - d. 1865) Freemason and American stage actor who
assassinated U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Younger brother of Edwin Booth,
also a Freemason and stage actor. Note: Because of Wilkes' notoriety, the
Freemasons have quietly removed his name from their membership records.
[source]
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (b. 1834 - d. 1904) Freemason and designer and
sculptor of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. The Statue of Liberty is
actually a representation of the Goddess Columbia and is coded full of secret
society meanings and occult symbolism. Bartholdi was one of the early members of
Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, Paris (Oct. 14, 1875) which was composed of prominent
intellectuals, writers and government representatives.
[source]
James A. Garfield
(b. 1831 - d. 1881). Freemason and 20th President of
the United States. (Assassinated)
Giuseppe Mazzini (b. 1805 – d. 1872) Prominent Italian freemason, mafia member
and politician. [source]
Franklin Pierce (b. 1804 - d. 1869) 14th President of the United States Photo
circa. 1855 Possible Freemason. (unconfirmed) [source]
Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (b. 1801 - d. 1881) French lexicographer and
philosopher."In 1875, he applied for membership in the Masonic Lodge La Clémente
Amitié (Grand Orient de France)." (...) "... his funeral was conducted with the
rites of the Roman Catholic Church." [source]
Victor Hugo (b. 1802 - d. 1885) French poet, playwright, and novelist. Hugo was
also deeply involved in the occult and mysticism. Hugo's demented mind wrote
L'Homme qui rit (The Man Who Laughs), a story about a boy whose face had been
horribly shaped into a permanent smile by fiendish cosmetic butchers. This
grotesque tale was the basis for Batman's "Joker" character. It has been alleged
that Hugo was not only a Rosicrucian but was also Grand Master of the occultic
order known as the Priory of Sion. [source]
William Tecumseh Sherman (b. 1820 - d.1891) Ruthless American Civil War Union
general. His total war polices of "scorched earth" against the South, have
earned him the reputation as the first 'modern general'. [source]
Giacomo Antonelli (b. 1806 - d. 1876). Powerful and influential Cardinal and
Secretary of the Papal States under Pope Pius IX. Antonelli was involved in the
1865 plot to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Antonelli also hid a
murderous associate of assassin John Wilkes Booth in the Vatican State, where he
had fled, to protect him from execution by American authorities who sought his
extradition. [source]
Richard Wagner
(b. 1813 - d. 1883)
Robert Anderson (b. 1805 - d. 1875) Freemason and Major General in the U.S. Army
during the American Civil War. Anderson was in command of Sumter at the time of
the Confederate attack. Raised in Mercer Lodge No. 50, Trenton, N.J. May 27,
1858. He was also an honorary member of Pacific Lodge No. 233 of New York City.
[source]
Napoléon III (b. 1808 - d. 1873) Freemason and Emperor of France, 1852-70.
Member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of France. Note: also known as
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte [source]
Andrew Johnson (b. 1808 - d. 1875) 32° Freemason and 17th President of the
United States. Johnson pardoned 3 of the 8 men charged in the Lincoln
assassination. Initiated May 5th, 1851 in the Greeneville Lodge No.119, Greeneville, Tennessee.
First U.S. President to be impeached. His close association with Freemasonry was
one of the factors that led to his impeachment trial. [source]
William Ewart Gladstone (b. 1809 - d. 1898) British Liberal Party statesman and
four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886 and
1892–94). [source]
Stephen A. Douglas (b. 1813 - d. 1861) Freemason and U.S. Senator from Illinois,
who gained fame by his debates with Abraham Lincoln. Initiated on June 11th,
1840 Springfield Lodge No. 4, Springfield Illinois. Upon his death, Douglas was
buried Masonically, per his request. A monument was dedicated to him Masonically
in Chicago on Sept. 6th, 1866. Fellow Freemason and then - U.S. President Andrew
Johnson attended the ceremony. [source]
Richard Wagner (b. 1813 - d. 1883) Anti-Semitic German composer, conductor,
theater director, and essayist. Wagner was greatly admired by Adolf Hitler.
[source]
Mikhail Katkov (b. 1818 - d. 1880) Russian occult publisher of Moscow Gazette.
Katkov brought Hindu and Theosophy teachings to Russia. He also published some
books of the Russian occultist and mystic, Helena Blavatsky
[source]
John Ruskin (b. 1819 - d. 1900) Tutor to illuminated students such as Cecil
Rhodes. Advocated a world empire. Spent his later years in an insane asylum.
Rumored to have been a pedophile. [source]
Rutherford B. Hayes (b. 1822 - d. 1893) Freemason and 19th President of the
United States. Only president whose election was decided by a congressional
commission. [source]
George B. McClellan (b. 1826 - d. 1885) Freemason and Major General during the
American Civil War. McClellan was the Democratic nominee opposing Lincoln in the
1864 presidential election. Received all three degrees of Freemasonry Dec. 9th,
1853, in Willamette Lodge No. 2, Portland, Oregon. [source]
James A. Garfield (b. 1831 - d. 1881) 14° Freemason and 20th President of the
United States. (assassinated) nitiated in Magnolia Lodge No. 20 of Columbus,
Ohio, Nov. 22nd, 1861. The third degree was conferred to him by Columbus Lodge
No. 30, Nov. 22nd, 1864. Garfield received the 4-14° ASSR (Southern
Jurisdiction) on Jan. 2nd, 1872 from Albert Pike, in Washington D.C. At his
funeral, nearly all the officers of the Grand Commandery of Ohio, 14
commanderies of that state, and 8 commanderies from adjacent jurisdictions were
present and participated in the funeral cortege. [source]
Ignatius L. Donnelly (b. 1831 - d. 1901) U.S. Congressman, populist, and writer.
In 1882, Donnelly published Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, which detailed his
theories concerning the mythical lost continent of Atlantis. Donnelly is
credited with initiating the Atlantis mania that became such a feature of
popular literature in the 20th century and contributed to the emergence of
Mayanism. (non-codified eclectic collection of New Age beliefs)
[source]
Edwin Booth (b. 1833 - d. 1893) Freemason, Shakespearean actor, and older
brother of American stage actor and assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Initiated in
New York Lodge No. 330 on Sept 11th, 1857. Edwin once declared, "...to be
Worshipful Master and to throw my whole soul in that work, with the candidate
for my audience, and the lodge for my stage, would be greater personal
distinction than to receive the plaudits of the people in the theaters of the
world." [source]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Freemason and Austrian composer. Poisoned,
died at age 35. Mozart's involvement in Freemasonry may have played a role in
his death. Initiated in Austrian lodge Zur Wohltatigkeit on Dec. 14th 1784.
Painting c. 1777. Note: Mozart's father Leopold Mozart, was also a Freemason and
composer. [source]
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834). 33° Freemason and French military officer who
was a general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde
Nationale during the bloody French Revolution. Lafayette was also made an
honorary Grand Commander of Supreme Council of New York. More than 75 Masonic
bodies in the U.S. have been named after him, including 39 lodges, 18 chapters,
4 councils, 4 commanderies, and 7 Scottish rite bodies. [source]
Salomon Rothschild (1774-1855) - Vatican treasury banker. Wealthy Jewish(?)
founder and overseer of the Vienna, Austria branch of the Rothschild clan.
Salomon Rothschild was quite possibly the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
Hitler's father's mother was a maid in Salomon Rothschild mansion, and Salomon
was a well-known womanizer. After she had become pregnant, she was abruptly
dismissed. Interestingly, since this would have made Hitler part Jewish,
investigating Hitler's family tree was illegal in Nazi Germany on pain of death.
[source]
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) Freemason. Known as the "George Washington of South
America" Bolívar used genocidal terror tactics to achieve his aims. He joined
Freemasonry in Cadiz, Spain and received the Scottish Rite degrees in Paris and
was knighted in a Commandery of Knights Templar in France in 1807. Bolívar
founded and served as master of Protectora de las Vertudes Lodge No. 1 in
Venezuela. The country of Bolivia is named after him. Bolívar also served as the
president of Columbia, Peru, and Bolivia in the 1820's. Belonged to the Order
and Liberty Lodge No. 2, Peru. Note: the
Chequered floor.
[source]
Napoleon I (1769-1821) . Freemason and Emperor of France, 1805-14. Napoleon's
four brothers - Joseph, Lucian, Louis, and Jerome, as well as his stepson,
Eugene Beauharnais, his brother-in-law Murat, and nephew, Jerome, were all
Freemason's. Most of them held high Masonic rank. Those
who were chosen by Napoleon for high honor and office in the state were usually
Freemason's. Of the six, who, with the emperor himself, formed the Grand Council
of the Empire, five were certainly Freemasons, including Arch Chancellor Prince
Jean Jacques Regis Cambaceres, an enthusiastic and active Mason. Of the nine
lesser imperial officers of state, six at least were active Masons. Of the
marshals of France who served under Napoleon, at least 22 of the first 30 were
Freemasons. [source]
Goethe
(b. 1749 - d. 1832)
Paul Whitehead. (1710-1774) English satiric poet and
prominent member of the infamous Hellfire Club. [source]
William Dawes (1745-1799). Freemason [14] and one of the three men who alerted
colonial minutemen of the approach of British army troops prior to the Battle of
Lexington and Concord. British POWs from the Battle of Saratoga complained to
Parliament that he gave them short supplies. [source]
John Jay (1745-1829). Co-wrote the Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court. There is no direct proof that Jay was a Freemason. However,
in a letter to George Washington on April 21st, 1779 he wrote the following text
which appears to have Masonic significance: "The dissolution of our governments
threw us into a political chaos. Time, Wisdom and Perseverance will reduce it
into Form, and give it Strength, Order and Harmony. In this work you are (in the
style of your professions) a Master Builder, and God grant that you may long
continue a Free and Accepted one. [source]
Seth Read (1746-1797). The man Instrumental in putting the Latin motto and
popular Masonic phrase: "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (Out of Many, One) on U.S. coins.
[source]
Baron von Knigge (1752-1796). Freemason and member of the Bavarian Illuminati.
[source]
Anonymous portrait of the child Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, possibly by Pietro
Antonio Lorenzoni; painted in 1763 on commission from Leopold Mozart.
[source]
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). One of the best-known figures of the bloody
French Revolution. Involved in perpetuating the Reign of Terror (1793-1794). On
July 28th 1794, Robespierre was executed by guillotine, without trial in the
Place de la Révolution. (according to legend, the only man to be guillotined
face-up). [source]
Thomas Cochrane (1775-1860) Royal Navy officer and radical politician.
[source]
Abraham Whipple
(b. 1733 - d. 1819). American revolutionary naval
commander
George Washington
(b. 1732 - d. 1799)
Francisco Pizarro
(1471-1541). Spanish conquistador and murderer of
indigenous peoples in South America.
