Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:02,730 --> 00:00:08,490
A secret society believed to possess
knowledge connected to the very origins
2
00:00:08,490 --> 00:00:13,150
mankind. Our ceremonies are ancient, and
this is the way that we teach our
3
00:00:13,150 --> 00:00:14,150
lessons.
4
00:00:14,230 --> 00:00:18,530
Their members played key roles in
establishing the United States of
5
00:00:18,850 --> 00:00:22,270
There are even some people who argue
that the United States, in its creation,
6
00:00:22,490 --> 00:00:24,690
was a Masonic republic.
7
00:00:25,410 --> 00:00:31,270
And today, some believe... that this
organization may be on the verge of
8
00:00:31,270 --> 00:00:33,290
enacting new historic plans.
9
00:00:33,610 --> 00:00:38,890
We want to make the world better. And
what we have to do to get there is what
10
00:00:38,890 --> 00:00:40,210
have to do to get there.
11
00:00:43,390 --> 00:00:48,470
For nearly three centuries, members of
the fraternal order known as the
12
00:00:48,470 --> 00:00:52,130
Freemasons have played key roles in
building Western civilization.
13
00:00:53,290 --> 00:00:58,130
However... The secrecy with which they
deliberately shroud themselves and their
14
00:00:58,130 --> 00:01:01,410
ancient rituals has made many question
their ultimate agenda.
15
00:01:02,070 --> 00:01:06,870
There are many who suspect that today
some Freemasons are trying to lay the
16
00:01:06,870 --> 00:01:08,510
foundation for a new world order.
17
00:01:09,050 --> 00:01:10,170
Could it be true?
18
00:01:11,170 --> 00:01:16,930
And if so, does the truth about this
secretive fraternity lie hidden within
19
00:01:16,930 --> 00:01:20,670
pages of America's book of secrets?
20
00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:40,980
Washington, D .C., December 7th, 2016.
21
00:01:42,420 --> 00:01:48,580
President Donald J. Trump nominates
former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, a
22
00:01:48,580 --> 00:01:54,560
prominent Freemason, to be the new
United States Ambassador to China, a
23
00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,000
that has actually banned its citizens
from joining the very secretive
24
00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000
fraternity.
25
00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,260
Freemasonry is based around a cult of
secrecy.
26
00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,039
it inevitably creates suspicion from the
outside.
27
00:02:10,180 --> 00:02:14,480
Some people believe the Freemasons are
the hidden hand that controls everything
28
00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,360
going on at high levels in politics.
29
00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:21,080
It's the largest and the oldest
fraternal order in the world, and
30
00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:26,300
order is a social club for men,
basically. And the Freemasons have been
31
00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:32,960
for centuries, and they've had major
impact on our society and our
32
00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:33,960
democracy.
33
00:02:35,310 --> 00:02:40,050
According to some historians and
researchers, more than 6 million people
34
00:02:40,050 --> 00:02:42,850
taken the Masonic oath of secrecy across
the globe.
35
00:02:43,610 --> 00:02:49,250
In the United States alone, they've held
powerful positions in Congress at every
36
00:02:49,250 --> 00:02:50,410
level of the court system.
37
00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:55,290
And 14 have ascended all the way to the
office of the presidency.
38
00:02:56,430 --> 00:03:02,450
Could it be mere coincidence that many
Freemasons have sought and gained such
39
00:03:02,450 --> 00:03:04,150
power throughout American society?
40
00:03:05,130 --> 00:03:10,630
The answer may lie in the legend that
Freemasonry evolved out of another
41
00:03:10,630 --> 00:03:14,470
and mysterious organization, the Knights
Templar.
42
00:03:14,990 --> 00:03:19,910
People ask, are the Freemasons a direct
descendant of the Templars? And I would
43
00:03:19,910 --> 00:03:23,270
say possibly, I think in their ideology
and their belief, yes.
44
00:03:24,410 --> 00:03:30,350
The Knights Templar were established in
1118 A .D. to protect Christian pilgrims
45
00:03:30,350 --> 00:03:32,690
in the Holy Land during the Crusades.
46
00:03:33,770 --> 00:03:37,730
However, after establishing their
headquarters on the Temple Mount in
47
00:03:38,050 --> 00:03:43,190
at the site where the biblical Temple of
Solomon once stood, some believe the
48
00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:47,870
Templars discovered not only priceless
religious relics, including the Ark of
49
00:03:47,870 --> 00:03:53,110
the Covenant, but also documents
containing secret ancient knowledge that
50
00:03:53,110 --> 00:03:54,290
been lost to history.
51
00:03:55,830 --> 00:04:02,090
While there, what they believed was the
tomb of Solomon was unearthed.
52
00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:09,660
And they began to find things that were,
shall we say,
53
00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:10,840
valuable.
54
00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:17,380
It was during this period, as the
Templars guarded not only the lives of
55
00:04:17,380 --> 00:04:22,420
religious pilgrims, but also their
valuables, that they created one of the
56
00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:23,820
organized banking systems.
57
00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,700
The Templars were the first bankers.
They were actually the ones that started
58
00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:29,720
the whole credit system.
59
00:04:30,570 --> 00:04:35,510
They lent money to people for a payment,
what we would now call an interest
60
00:04:35,510 --> 00:04:41,610
rate. They basically had a treasure to
back it up, and they became very, very
61
00:04:41,610 --> 00:04:43,210
powerful as a result of it.
62
00:04:44,830 --> 00:04:51,390
However, by 1307 AD, the Templars'
influence and wealth had become a great
63
00:04:51,390 --> 00:04:55,590
threat to King Philip IV of France after
he fell into their debt.
64
00:04:56,490 --> 00:04:58,810
With the cooperation of Pope Clement V,
65
00:04:59,530 --> 00:05:03,950
The king charged the Templar order with
heresy, outlawed their very existence,
66
00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:11,130
and had many arrested, tortured, and
67
00:05:11,130 --> 00:05:12,130
executed.
68
00:05:12,970 --> 00:05:19,790
Friday the 13th, 1307, a date which will
live in Templar infamy, was the day in
69
00:05:19,790 --> 00:05:25,890
which the king of France and the pope at
that time decided to rid themselves.
70
00:05:26,650 --> 00:05:31,810
of the Knights Templar. They burned at
the stake Jacques de Molay, who was the
71
00:05:31,810 --> 00:05:32,870
head of the Knights Templar.
72
00:05:35,550 --> 00:05:41,510
Many of the people in the King of
France's court, as well as the Vatican,
73
00:05:41,510 --> 00:05:46,910
Templars, so that the Templars did
understand that something was coming.
74
00:05:47,090 --> 00:05:52,430
Therefore, they were actually able to go
somewhere else to prosper and to
75
00:05:52,430 --> 00:05:53,430
conduct their business.
76
00:05:54,250 --> 00:05:58,910
There were two major places in Europe
where the Templars were more or less
77
00:05:58,910 --> 00:06:04,950
allowed to continue, and not officially,
but a blind eye was taken. One was
78
00:06:04,950 --> 00:06:06,310
Portugal and one was Scotland.
79
00:06:07,390 --> 00:06:11,590
There's the story that Freemasons
descended from the Knights Templar upon
80
00:06:11,590 --> 00:06:12,590
fleeing France.
81
00:06:12,970 --> 00:06:19,150
Some Knights escaped to the British
Isles, maybe Scotland, and that they
82
00:06:19,150 --> 00:06:22,210
employment among the stonemasons of the
day.
83
00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:28,280
and that they brought aspects of their
traditions, their rituals and symbols
84
00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,100
into Freemasonry.
85
00:06:31,140 --> 00:06:36,040
While the direct connection between the
Knights Templar and Freemasonry remains
86
00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:41,080
the subject of debate, what is more
certain about the origins of the
87
00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:46,220
is that between the 11th and 13th
centuries, the Catholic Church
88
00:06:46,220 --> 00:06:49,900
large numbers of Master Masons to
oversee the construction of elaborate
89
00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:51,380
cathedrals across Europe.
90
00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:59,060
These master masons soon came to be
known as Freemasons due to the fact that
91
00:06:59,060 --> 00:07:03,160
they traveled freely among various
lodges which had been established as
92
00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,200
where they could fraternize with their
colleagues and share the inner secrets
93
00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,460
their specialized craft.
94
00:07:09,740 --> 00:07:13,540
These people were among the most
educated people at the time. They had to
95
00:07:13,540 --> 00:07:18,020
understand geometry and mathematics and
understand how to cut particular stones
96
00:07:18,020 --> 00:07:21,060
and the stresses of stones. They had to
have certain trade secrets.
97
00:07:21,930 --> 00:07:28,850
What they did is created a kind of an
initiatory system that would admit
98
00:07:28,850 --> 00:07:32,030
practicing stonemasons into this
society.
99
00:07:33,710 --> 00:07:39,250
By the late 1500s, there were dozens of
Masonic lodges in Scotland and across
100
00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:40,250
the United Kingdom.
101
00:07:41,310 --> 00:07:44,890
It was also a time when guild membership
began to change.
102
00:07:45,190 --> 00:07:50,130
A greater emphasis was placed on
rituals, symbology, levels of
103
00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,380
and the sharing of secret knowledge.
104
00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:58,500
There are those who believe the
descendants of Knights Templar used
105
00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:03,980
to pass down their secrets to the
Freemasons and protect their vast
106
00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:11,040
When you join the Masons, there's a lot
of study, understanding, research, and
107
00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,460
the early degrees when you first enter.
108
00:08:13,870 --> 00:08:17,430
The first, second, and third degrees are
what's known as the craft or craft
109
00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:21,490
masonry. That's what most masons are.
They're craft masons or lodge masons.
110
00:08:21,750 --> 00:08:26,150
And then there's the entered apprentice,
the fellow craft, and then the master
111
00:08:26,150 --> 00:08:31,550
mason. There's beholden truth that you
have to keep secret as you go through
112
00:08:31,550 --> 00:08:33,549
various gates to get to the higher
levels.
113
00:08:33,789 --> 00:08:37,490
When you get to the highest level, you
have to be appointed.
114
00:08:43,710 --> 00:08:45,950
suppressed by certain powers.
115
00:08:46,210 --> 00:08:52,510
Whenever there is a form of government
that is tyrannical and tries to suppress
116
00:08:52,510 --> 00:08:58,490
knowledge, secret societies immediately
emerge to protect that knowledge and
117
00:08:58,490 --> 00:09:00,230
disseminate it to the next generation.
118
00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:10,130
Research suggests that by the 18th
century, Freemasons had accumulated
119
00:09:10,130 --> 00:09:14,010
power to strike back at the European
monarchies that sought to destroy them.
120
00:09:14,470 --> 00:09:20,290
According to some, this led to an
opportunity in the new world and a
121
00:09:20,290 --> 00:09:21,850
change the course of history.
122
00:09:26,490 --> 00:09:30,710
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4th,
1776.
123
00:09:31,550 --> 00:09:36,170
The Second Continental Congress issues
the historic Declaration of
124
00:09:36,690 --> 00:09:37,870
a bold decree.
125
00:09:38,510 --> 00:09:43,470
that the 13 North American colonies are
now independent states and no longer
126
00:09:43,470 --> 00:09:45,470
ruled by Great Britain.
127
00:09:47,210 --> 00:09:52,190
Over the course of the next seven bloody
years, during the Revolutionary War,
128
00:09:52,470 --> 00:09:57,770
the Continental Army, led by General
George Washington, would secure the
129
00:09:57,770 --> 00:09:59,810
independence of the United States of
America.
130
00:10:00,790 --> 00:10:06,750
It was a new nation, a new experiment in
democratic self -rule, and...
131
00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,600
A new world order.
132
00:10:09,820 --> 00:10:15,360
When you go back to the founding of the
United States, all of the founders were
133
00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:16,820
what we consider rational.
134
00:10:17,140 --> 00:10:21,200
Like they were pushing for, you know, a
republican form of government. They were
135
00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,920
pushing against the monarchy, against
these dogmas. This was a very
136
00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,400
revolutionary idea.
137
00:10:27,740 --> 00:10:33,780
The motto of the United States, e
pluribus unum, out of many, one.
138
00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:35,260
What does that mean?
139
00:10:35,630 --> 00:10:38,050
That means diversity within unity.
140
00:10:38,830 --> 00:10:42,410
Freemasonry brings together people of
diverse backgrounds.
141
00:10:42,670 --> 00:10:44,590
Freedom from ignorance.
142
00:10:44,990 --> 00:10:51,710
Freedom from superstition. Freedom from
intolerance. Freedom from extremism.
143
00:10:52,290 --> 00:10:59,050
Those were dangerous ideas back then
because absolutist monarchies
144
00:10:59,050 --> 00:11:01,270
and the church wanted to control you.
145
00:11:02,540 --> 00:11:06,740
But along with the glory of the brave
men and women who tirelessly worked and
146
00:11:06,740 --> 00:11:12,160
fought to establish the United States of
America, there existed a curious
147
00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:16,520
connection to a secret society that had
migrated to North America centuries
148
00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:17,520
earlier.
149
00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:23,380
The connection was apparent not only
among its leaders, but also its founding
150
00:11:23,380 --> 00:11:27,920
documents. That secret society was the
Freemasons.
151
00:11:29,130 --> 00:11:33,970
Many of the founding fathers, especially
the influential ones, people like
152
00:11:33,970 --> 00:11:38,710
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin,
were Freemasons.
153
00:11:39,570 --> 00:11:46,050
If there is one place on the planet
where the principles and the
154
00:11:46,050 --> 00:11:50,150
teachings of Freemasonry had the
greatest impact, that would be the
155
00:11:50,150 --> 00:11:51,150
States of America.
156
00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:56,460
There are even some people who argue
that the United States, in its creation,
157
00:11:56,460 --> 00:12:01,340
its inception, even in its
constitutional order, was a Masonic
158
00:12:02,940 --> 00:12:06,540
Freemasons account for two of the five
committee members who drafted the
159
00:12:06,540 --> 00:12:12,060
Declaration of Independence, 40 % of the
generals during the Revolutionary War,
160
00:12:12,380 --> 00:12:16,720
and 30 % of those who signed their names
on the U .S. Constitution.
161
00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,060
Freemasonry and...
162
00:12:21,740 --> 00:12:27,240
The ideals that went into the American
Constitution and the Declaration of
163
00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,620
Independence have an awful lot of
overlap.
164
00:12:29,980 --> 00:12:35,680
They had values of religious tolerance
and cosmopolitanism and rights and
165
00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:37,520
equality between all citizens.
166
00:12:38,140 --> 00:12:42,800
One of the masons of the time was
Montesquieu, a famous French political
167
00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,000
philosopher who had this radical idea of
a separation of powers.
168
00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,980
that you should have three branches of
government, legislative, executive, and
169
00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:55,900
judicial, that they should check and
balance each other to form a true
170
00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:57,040
Republican government.
171
00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,180
Washington, D .C., 1791.
172
00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:06,960
George Washington, now the first
president of the United States of
173
00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:12,640
appoints French architect Pierre
-Charles L 'Enfant to design the
174
00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:13,640
capital.
175
00:13:13,780 --> 00:13:19,320
While Washington was a master mason, L
'Enfant apparently never passed the
176
00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,540
of entered apprentice.
177
00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:27,000
However, some believe that symbols
associated with Freemasonry were
178
00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,460
into the city's design as an
acknowledgment of the ties between the
179
00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:34,000
society and the founding of the country.
180
00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:39,300
The basic layout of the city originally
had these kind of odd diagonal streets.
181
00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:43,540
So they had to have some reason to lay
them out that way because the normal way
182
00:13:43,540 --> 00:13:45,180
you would lay out a city is by a grid
pattern.
183
00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:48,200
And DC did not follow a traditional grid
pattern.
184
00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:54,780
It's a very cleverly worked grid shape.
So when seen from above, you have a five
185
00:13:54,780 --> 00:13:55,780
-sided star.
186
00:13:56,380 --> 00:14:01,300
You have a cascading star, which is all
part of the Masonic thought.
187
00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:07,980
There's no doubt that Washington, D .C.
was laid out according to
188
00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:10,300
Masonic ideals and symbolism.
189
00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,680
In 1793...
190
00:14:13,210 --> 00:14:17,410
President George Washington presided
over the laying of the cornerstone for
191
00:14:17,410 --> 00:14:23,270
U .S. Capitol building, a ceremony that
not only initiated construction, but was
192
00:14:23,270 --> 00:14:26,350
also highlighted by elaborate Masonic
rituals.
193
00:14:27,550 --> 00:14:34,170
There appears George Washington and his
Masonic regalia to perform a Masonic
194
00:14:34,170 --> 00:14:39,910
ceremony with grain and oil and Masonic
measuring instruments and so on.
195
00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:44,520
You've got the leader of the republic,
many of its key officers, in a public
196
00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,780
Masonic ceremony.
197
00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:50,320
And yet they're doing this as a ceremony
based around their secret society.
198
00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:57,200
But what was the true purpose of this
new experiment in declared self
199
00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,780
-governance? An idealistic new form of
democracy?
200
00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:08,900
Some suggest that the Freemasons who
were involved actually had a hidden
201
00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:13,450
people became suspicious of the
fraternity.
202
00:15:13,770 --> 00:15:19,370
It kind of supported, I believe, the
fears that Freemasonry exerted some kind
203
00:15:19,370 --> 00:15:21,870
power over the government or among
society.
204
00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:29,530
Freemasonry was enormously successful in
the early American Republic, but in
205
00:15:29,530 --> 00:15:36,230
1826, a kind of disaster befell
Freemasonry by the name of the
206
00:15:36,230 --> 00:15:37,270
Morgan Affair.
207
00:15:37,950 --> 00:15:44,790
In 1826, William Morgan, a prominent
Freemason in upstate New York, signed
208
00:15:44,790 --> 00:15:49,710
a publishing contract promising to
reveal secrets of the Masonic
209
00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:55,210
Traditionally, the Masonic oath has been
quite blood -curdling.
210
00:15:55,470 --> 00:16:00,030
They were supposed to swear absolutely
solemnly in front of all their brethren
211
00:16:00,030 --> 00:16:04,210
that they would never tell the secrets
outside of the lodge.
212
00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:10,880
on pain of some quite hideous
punishment, such as having their tongue
213
00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:11,980
and their throat cut.
214
00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:18,880
When Morgan announces he's going to tell
all the secrets of Masonry, some of the
215
00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:24,860
guys in town decide to take their
Masonic obligation much more seriously
216
00:16:24,860 --> 00:16:25,860
they really should have.
217
00:16:27,460 --> 00:16:29,100
And they essentially...
218
00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,760
throw him in a carriage, right off into
the woods, and Morgan shouts out the
219
00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,840
window, murder, as they go off into the
sunset, and he's never seen again.
220
00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:48,100
Morgan's body was never found, but an
investigation was conducted, and members
221
00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,680
of the local lodge were put on trial for
his death.
222
00:16:53,540 --> 00:16:57,420
There was a trial that was held of the
Masons who had abducted him.
223
00:16:57,870 --> 00:16:59,570
The judge in the case was a Mason.
224
00:17:00,150 --> 00:17:05,630
The governor, he was a Mason. I believe
the sheriff was a Mason. You have all
225
00:17:05,630 --> 00:17:10,550
these Masons involved with the
prosecution of the crime. Lo and behold,
226
00:17:10,550 --> 00:17:13,109
is convicted for the murder of William
Morgan.
227
00:17:13,650 --> 00:17:18,869
That sets off this massive national wave
of hysteria against the Masons.
228
00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:26,520
This resulted in an anti -Masonic
excitement that lasted from 1826 to
229
00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,440
and for that period it was very
unpopular to be a Freemason.
230
00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:37,860
In 1828, the Morgan Affair even spurred
the creation of a new political party,
231
00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,020
the Anti -Mason Party.
232
00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,040
The party appealed to voters fearful of
the Masonic influence within the United
233
00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,040
States government.
234
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:49,100
The party actually...
235
00:17:49,470 --> 00:17:55,330
the presidential election in the state
of Vermont, there were hundreds of anti
236
00:17:55,330 --> 00:18:00,110
-Masonic newspapers that popped up
around the country, and Masons all over
237
00:18:00,110 --> 00:18:01,550
country start getting attacked.
238
00:18:02,010 --> 00:18:06,410
You read newspaper accounts at the time
of Masons being hauled out of their
239
00:18:06,410 --> 00:18:08,470
meetings and tarred and feathered in the
streets.
240
00:18:08,950 --> 00:18:13,030
The anti -Mason movement was hugely
popular at the time.
241
00:18:16,140 --> 00:18:21,640
Did the Morgan affair really close the
book on Freemasonry and signal its end
242
00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,520
a powerful force within American
society?
243
00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,840
There are those who believe just the
opposite occurred, that it led to
244
00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:33,520
secret plot within the Brotherhood to
not only consolidate more power, but
245
00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,340
hide billions in gold.
246
00:18:35,860 --> 00:18:41,240
A secret plot directly connected to the
American Civil War.
247
00:18:45,770 --> 00:18:49,210
Marin County, California, February 2013.
248
00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:56,350
While walking their dog on their rural
property, a couple notices the top of a
249
00:18:56,350 --> 00:18:58,990
rusted tin can peeking through the
surface of the dirt.
250
00:18:59,890 --> 00:19:05,090
They dig it out and discover that it
contains more than 1 ,400 gold coins.
251
00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:12,150
To date, the so -called Saddle Ridge
Hoard is the largest buried coin
252
00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:14,410
ever documented in the United States.
253
00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:22,680
It was $10 million worth, dated from mid
to late years of the
254
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:28,560
19th century. And there's lots of
mysteries about this. The actual burial
255
00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,000
of these coins was marked with a sort of
angular stone.
256
00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,080
So obviously it was marked for somebody
to find.
257
00:19:36,060 --> 00:19:39,680
There's a lot of speculation as to who
buried these golds, where did it come
258
00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:44,220
from. How many people have 1 ,400 gold
coins today? That's very rare.
259
00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,780
So why bury it? Was that part of this
Masonic template, the Masonic treasure
260
00:19:48,780 --> 00:19:51,780
map? It's a lot of money for someone to
hide away.
261
00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:58,100
So people have claimed that the Battle
Ridge cache of 1 ,400 gold coins might
262
00:19:58,100 --> 00:19:59,800
have been hidden by the Knights of the
Golden Circle?
263
00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:05,700
The Knights of the Golden Circle was a
19th century secret society that
264
00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:10,660
supported the secession of the
Confederacy and the preservation of the
265
00:20:10,660 --> 00:20:11,940
institution of slavery.
266
00:20:13,260 --> 00:20:17,520
The organization was believed to be
working to create a new federation that
267
00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,840
would expand the power of the southern
states.
268
00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,980
And some of its members were Freemasons.
269
00:20:24,380 --> 00:20:29,020
Well, the golden circle that the society
sought to create would have been a huge
270
00:20:29,020 --> 00:20:33,220
slavery -based empire surrounding the
Caribbean Sea.
271
00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:38,740
So the idea, roughly, was to detach the
southern states from the United States.
272
00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:45,140
Somehow conquer Mexico and northern
South America and all of the Caribbean
273
00:20:45,140 --> 00:20:49,080
then combine this into this new empire.
274
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:54,800
They patterned a lot of their rituals
and oaths around Freemasonry, only they
275
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,060
made them darker.
276
00:20:56,860 --> 00:21:01,460
You know, they had darker oaths, harsher
penalties for breaking their oaths,
277
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:02,480
things of that nature.
278
00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:11,030
Their whole goal during the war was to
harass the northern troops and impede
279
00:21:11,030 --> 00:21:15,690
their movements by any means necessary,
burning bridges and tearing up railroad
280
00:21:15,690 --> 00:21:16,890
tracks, things like that.
281
00:21:18,930 --> 00:21:23,550
The Knights of the Golden Circle was a
powerful, subversive organization. They
282
00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:27,670
were a group of Freemasons that fomented
the Civil War.
283
00:21:28,140 --> 00:21:31,460
helped execute the Civil War, and then
went underground when it looked like the
284
00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:35,880
Civil War was going to be lost to
prepare for a second Civil War, burying
285
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:36,880
for that day.
286
00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:43,900
As the influence of this shadowy
organization grew, rumors circulated
287
00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:48,480
agents of the Knights of the Golden
Circle buried what would amount today to
288
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,600
billions of dollars worth of treasure
throughout the American South and
289
00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:53,600
Southwest.
290
00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:59,390
They were able to do that by initially
stealing from the U .S. Treasury with
291
00:21:59,390 --> 00:22:02,850
their insiders. The Knights of the
Golden Circle were well informed.
292
00:22:03,070 --> 00:22:05,690
They had insiders, moles in every
organization.
293
00:22:06,190 --> 00:22:10,510
So they knew when gold, silver payments
to the troops were about to head out and
294
00:22:10,510 --> 00:22:11,510
where to hit them.
295
00:22:12,090 --> 00:22:17,270
According to some of Jesse James'
descendants, the notorious outlaw was
296
00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:20,430
Freemason and a member of the Knights of
the Golden Circle.
297
00:22:21,230 --> 00:22:25,930
And they insist that despite the
official record, he was not shot dead in
298
00:22:25,930 --> 00:22:27,270
Missouri in 1882.
299
00:22:28,490 --> 00:22:34,330
They say he faked his death, took on an
alias, and continued to steal and hide
300
00:22:34,330 --> 00:22:35,710
gold across the country.
301
00:22:36,210 --> 00:22:40,310
They robbed banks, they robbed trains,
but they weren't robbing for themselves.
302
00:22:40,470 --> 00:22:43,290
They would take a cut, and then they
would bury the loot.
303
00:22:43,710 --> 00:22:46,730
It was obvious that someone was
giving...
304
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,500
Jesse the information.
305
00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:52,040
He was the guy who hit the target, but
it went deeper.
306
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,740
Jesse James was a political operative.
He was essentially an American terrorist
307
00:22:58,740 --> 00:23:02,040
for the Confederacy and a field
commander of the Knights of the Golden
308
00:23:02,140 --> 00:23:04,480
with the likes of Jesse James and
others.
309
00:23:05,140 --> 00:23:10,320
building the financial reservoir that
they had, the reserves, to launch that
310
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:14,740
Second Civil War. But it went on for a
very long time, such that a Second Civil
311
00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:16,700
War was never really in the cards
anymore.
312
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:22,640
But why did some Freemasons depart so
strongly from the vision of the Founding
313
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,400
Fathers to the point that they actively
tried to undermine the United States?
314
00:23:28,460 --> 00:23:31,660
What could have caused them to embrace
such a destructive agenda?
315
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,040
an agenda that seemed at odds with the
Masonic principles of freedom and
316
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,040
democracy.
317
00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:46,880
People say that something may have
happened with Masonry in America, where
318
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:53,040
went from a benign, benevolent force to
one that maybe organized internal
319
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:58,820
revolution, which is the Civil War, and
that had to be under the influence of
320
00:23:58,820 --> 00:23:59,779
Albert Pike.
321
00:23:59,780 --> 00:24:02,340
The evidence points to Pike.
322
00:24:02,670 --> 00:24:06,450
being the supreme leader, not only of
the Knights of the Golden Circle, but of
323
00:24:06,450 --> 00:24:07,850
the Scottish Rite Freemasonry.
324
00:24:08,870 --> 00:24:15,050
Scottish Rite Freemasonry was formally
established in 1801, not in Scotland,
325
00:24:15,290 --> 00:24:17,130
but in the United States.
326
00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:23,350
By the start of the Civil War, Albert
Pike, a renowned writer and scholar, had
327
00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:25,290
ascended to the highest rank of the
Order.
328
00:24:25,890 --> 00:24:27,930
As its sovereign Grand Commander,
329
00:24:28,650 --> 00:24:33,070
Pike worked to transform the Scottish
Rite into the most elite branch of the
330
00:24:33,070 --> 00:24:34,410
Freemasonry Brotherhood.
331
00:24:34,670 --> 00:24:40,410
It's said that Pike found the Scottish
Rite in a cabin and that he left it in a
332
00:24:40,410 --> 00:24:46,290
temple. And in a real sense, he did
this. He revised our rituals and
333
00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:50,010
He translated many rare and important
documents into English.
334
00:24:50,290 --> 00:24:57,050
He modified the 33 degrees of the
Scottish Rite, the 33 membership levels,
335
00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,080
33 different ways to teach lessons.
336
00:24:59,420 --> 00:25:05,540
Albert Pike systematized and created the
whole elaborate philosophy
337
00:25:05,540 --> 00:25:12,500
that lies behind the Scottish Rite,
which is the most important and richest
338
00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:18,720
symbolic system that Freemasons have in
the United States. Now, the problem
339
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:24,140
with Pike is that he was also a
Confederate general.
340
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:31,180
And so he embodies, if you like, all of
the contradictions of American
341
00:25:31,180 --> 00:25:32,360
Freemasonry.
342
00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:38,820
Less than a century after some
Freemasons fought to build the United
343
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,500
other members fought to tear it down.
344
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,720
But was that the true aim of the
Freemasons during the Civil War?
345
00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:51,500
Or were they simply playing both sides
of the conflict to ensure that they
346
00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:53,140
retained power and influence?
347
00:25:53,770 --> 00:25:54,970
No matter what.
348
00:25:59,030 --> 00:26:01,210
January 4th, 2017.
349
00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:08,170
Congressman John Lewis, a Georgia
Democrat and member of Atlanta's St.
350
00:26:08,170 --> 00:26:12,910
Masonic Lodge No. 4, introduces the
Martin Luther King Jr.
351
00:26:13,230 --> 00:26:15,190
National Historical Park Act.
352
00:26:16,350 --> 00:26:21,730
The law makes the area around Dr. King's
birthplace in Atlanta, Georgia, into a
353
00:26:21,730 --> 00:26:22,730
national park.
354
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,680
and includes the Prince Hall Masonic
Temple, where King's office was located
355
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,660
when he led the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.
356
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:36,460
Dr. King was reportedly preparing to
secretly join the Prince Hall Masons in
357
00:26:36,460 --> 00:26:43,360
April of 1968, but was shot mere days
before he could be
358
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:44,360
initiated.
359
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,840
But who were the Prince Hall Masons?
360
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:55,100
And what role did this branch of
Freemasonry play in the Civil Rights
361
00:26:55,660 --> 00:27:02,400
The story starts in 1775 with Prince
Hall, who was
362
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:09,380
freed from slavery just five years
beforehand. And what happened in 1775
363
00:27:09,380 --> 00:27:16,320
is that he tried to become a Freemason
in Boston and was rejected
364
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,760
on the basis of race.
365
00:27:20,460 --> 00:27:26,900
Prince Hall ran into the common
prejudices of the time. So what he then
366
00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:31,220
to find other free Africans to form a
lodge on their own.
367
00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:37,360
He founded the first what could be
called African -American Masonic Lodge,
368
00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:42,040
today is called Prince Hall Freemasonry,
after him, by being inducted into a
369
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,100
British military lodge.
370
00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:49,380
Prince Hall writes to the Grand Lodge of
England, and he asks them for a
371
00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:54,130
charter. because they're considered the
utmost authority on Freemasonry in the
372
00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:57,870
world. And he gets one, and he charters
African Lodge No.
373
00:27:58,470 --> 00:28:02,830
459 on the rolls of the Grand Lodge of
England in Boston, Massachusetts.
374
00:28:03,190 --> 00:28:07,670
And then Prince Hall starts issuing
other charters to other groups of Black
375
00:28:07,670 --> 00:28:09,970
Masons who want to start Masonic Lodges.
376
00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:16,650
By the 1840s, Prince Hall Lodges were
established in major cities across the
377
00:28:16,650 --> 00:28:17,770
northern United States.
378
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,220
In the midst of chattel slavery that was
still existing in the United States of
379
00:28:22,220 --> 00:28:27,800
America, one man had a tremendous vision
to not just simply become part of the
380
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:32,700
fraternity, but to expand it to African
Americans everywhere.
381
00:28:33,980 --> 00:28:40,520
Prince Hall Freemasonry, as it came to
be called, started to grow into this
382
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,740
large organization, almost exclusively
made of black men.
383
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,600
Prince Hall Masonic Lodge became the
center of the black middle class
384
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,120
Fire!
385
00:28:55,740 --> 00:29:02,160
In 1863, when the first regiment of
386
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:09,020
black troops was recruited in the North
to fight in the Civil War, Prince
387
00:29:09,020 --> 00:29:10,740
Hall Freemasons were...
388
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:17,560
instrumental in the recruitment drive,
and many of the sergeants and so on in
389
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,680
that regiment were themselves Prince
Hall Freemasons.
390
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:30,400
The Black Lodges became a good place for
the abolitionist movement in the 1800s.
391
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:36,560
The NAACP and many other organizations
got their start with people who were
392
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,000
members of the Prince Hall Masonic
Lodge.
393
00:29:39,420 --> 00:29:42,040
It was much the same way in the 1960s.
394
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:48,180
A lot of the leading light in the black
community in the 1960s in the civil
395
00:29:48,180 --> 00:29:51,200
rights fight were also Prince Hall
Masons.
396
00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:58,840
Thurgood Marshall, the lawyer who led
many of the most important legal
397
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:03,820
of the civil rights movement, was
himself a Prince Hall Mason.
398
00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:11,010
Medgar Evans, the civil rights leader
from Mississippi who was murdered in
399
00:30:11,010 --> 00:30:17,570
Jackson by a white supremacist, was also
a Prince Old Mason.
400
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:25,690
Freemasonry at its heart and soul is
about the evolution of humankind
401
00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:28,070
and the positive change of humankind.
402
00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:33,590
And so Freemasons are drawn to causes
that help.
403
00:30:34,110 --> 00:30:35,630
make a better society.
404
00:30:37,670 --> 00:30:42,910
The kind of lessons that we teach are
things like free thought, brotherhood,
405
00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:44,690
equality, honesty.
406
00:30:45,010 --> 00:30:49,770
We don't care how old you are, how rich
you are, what color you are, what your
407
00:30:49,770 --> 00:30:53,230
religion is. If you're a Freemason,
you're a brother.
408
00:30:54,570 --> 00:30:58,950
There have been many, many people who
have been in positions of power who
409
00:30:58,950 --> 00:31:05,130
to be Masons. We're talking about self
-declared or revealed Masons, but there
410
00:31:05,130 --> 00:31:10,170
are many who are just not known. It's a
source of pride for some to keep their
411
00:31:10,170 --> 00:31:15,310
affiliation totally secret. And so the
question becomes whether they act in
412
00:31:15,310 --> 00:31:18,410
collusion with each other to get an
agenda across.
413
00:31:19,820 --> 00:31:24,960
The conspiracy theory about Freemasonry
doing the rounds now is the idea of the
414
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:30,500
new world order, which is basically what
these groups are supposed to be aiming
415
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:34,140
for, their own world order, which is
their great mission.
416
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,480
There is a general suspicion of any
secret organization.
417
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:42,360
They don't know what we're thinking.
They don't know what we're saying. They
418
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,700
don't know we're preaching amongst each
other. They don't know what we're doing.
419
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,580
This is something that conspiracy
theorists love to think about.
420
00:31:51,660 --> 00:31:54,640
The Masons will say they're not a secret
society.
421
00:31:54,940 --> 00:31:59,940
They're a society with secrets that are
discussed confidentially among them.
422
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,940
But they would just deny that they
organized in a way that would be known
423
00:32:04,940 --> 00:32:11,880
collusion to influence events, politics,
the way society develops, because
424
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:12,880
they don't leave records.
425
00:32:13,420 --> 00:32:15,680
of these secret meetings, it's very hard
to know.
426
00:32:18,860 --> 00:32:22,400
Why do the Freemasons maintain such
absolute secrecy?
427
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,560
And what are they trying to achieve?
428
00:32:25,420 --> 00:32:30,120
Is it possible, as some believe, that
they have a master plan for a new world
429
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:31,120
order?
430
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:36,020
The truth may lie behind closed doors in
the secret meetings of a mysterious
431
00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:40,180
organization known as the Bilderberg
Group.
432
00:32:44,070 --> 00:32:47,170
Montreux, Switzerland, June 2nd, 2019.
433
00:32:48,470 --> 00:32:54,610
Prominent political leaders, financiers,
media moguls, and tech titans are
434
00:32:54,610 --> 00:32:58,610
photographed arriving for closed -door
meetings at one of the world's most
435
00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:01,290
exclusive and secretive gatherings.
436
00:33:02,030 --> 00:33:07,330
The annual event, known as the
Bilderberg meeting, has been closed to
437
00:33:07,330 --> 00:33:11,010
and press since its inception in the
Netherlands in 1954.
438
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,660
The very first one happened in the
Bilderberg Hotel.
439
00:33:17,540 --> 00:33:19,860
So that's why they're called
Bilderbergers.
440
00:33:20,060 --> 00:33:24,520
The world's elite, trendy leaders get
invited.
441
00:33:24,820 --> 00:33:28,400
They are thought of as being the creme
de la creme of the world.
442
00:33:29,060 --> 00:33:34,320
The location of the Bilderberg meeting
is different each year, as is the roster
443
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:35,520
of the elites in attendance.
444
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,840
But a strict code of secrecy remains.
445
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:42,040
They follow the so -called Chatham rule.
446
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:49,380
which is based on the rule of Chatham
House in London, which is the Institute
447
00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:50,440
for International Affairs.
448
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,320
And the rule is quite simple.
449
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:59,340
It's forbidden to talk about what was
said within the
450
00:33:59,340 --> 00:34:04,240
meetings. The idea is that this group of
people can sit down and have a free,
451
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:09,400
open, fair, frank conversation without
being held accountable for it.
452
00:34:09,770 --> 00:34:12,590
But the problem is that we don't know
what they're talking about. We don't
453
00:34:12,590 --> 00:34:16,850
what decisions are being made. And so
paradoxically for the group to have an
454
00:34:16,850 --> 00:34:22,350
open, frank, transparent conversation
amongst themselves, they have to
455
00:34:22,350 --> 00:34:27,650
a rule that makes it that much more sort
of secretive.
456
00:34:29,070 --> 00:34:33,850
According to Bilderberg officials, their
sole aim is to gather political leaders
457
00:34:33,850 --> 00:34:38,449
and industry experts from across the
globe to foster a frank dialogue about
458
00:34:38,449 --> 00:34:40,570
significant issues facing the world.
459
00:34:41,250 --> 00:34:45,969
There are those who suspect that this
network of world leaders and influential
460
00:34:45,969 --> 00:34:50,190
private citizens may also include a
number of the Freemasons.
461
00:34:50,830 --> 00:34:55,610
Some people believe the Bilderberger
group is part of the hidden hand agenda
462
00:34:55,610 --> 00:34:56,610
the Freemasons.
463
00:34:56,810 --> 00:35:02,610
These large get -togethers of
influencers in the world are kept
464
00:35:02,830 --> 00:35:06,130
Some of the people attending those
meetings are Freemasons.
465
00:35:06,490 --> 00:35:13,050
There is a theory that a group comes
together and they discuss
466
00:35:13,050 --> 00:35:18,030
what's happening and the direction of
the world. Are they able to control the
467
00:35:18,030 --> 00:35:19,030
world?
468
00:35:19,530 --> 00:35:25,070
No. But they can try after free
-thinking meetings.
469
00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:28,260
to create a direction.
470
00:35:30,020 --> 00:35:35,000
Freemasonry attracts men who want to
improve their communities and the rest
471
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:35,899
the world.
472
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:41,300
It's an experiment in governance, and
the idea is that we need to constantly
473
00:35:41,300 --> 00:35:43,040
move the experiment forward.
474
00:35:43,620 --> 00:35:46,820
So, if that is an agenda, then I'll take
it.
475
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:53,120
Both the Freemasons and the
Bilderbergers claim that their intention
476
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,740
change the world for the better.
477
00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:01,220
However, Rumors persist that these
secretive groups have a less benevolent
478
00:36:01,220 --> 00:36:02,220
agenda.
479
00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:05,120
But what fuels these suspicions?
480
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:11,800
Any time you have what is seen by the
outside world to be a secret or a
481
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:17,880
secretive organization, it almost
immediately leads their mind into
482
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,420
something evil is going on within it.
483
00:36:20,860 --> 00:36:24,920
The Masons, the Bilderbergers, are good
targets.
484
00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:30,160
Things where people get together and
discuss different political ideas behind
485
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,960
closed doors and the public's not
allowed.
486
00:36:32,220 --> 00:36:34,380
The public doesn't like that.
487
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,160
What's on the other side of that locked
door over there? I can't get in it.
488
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,160
What's back there?
489
00:36:41,420 --> 00:36:46,140
As far as we Freemasons are concerned,
we're a secret society. We keep our
490
00:36:46,140 --> 00:36:51,640
secrets. But we are not looking to cause
disorder.
491
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,600
We are only looking to cause order.
492
00:36:55,150 --> 00:37:00,030
And what we have to do to get there is
what we have to do to get there.
493
00:37:04,510 --> 00:37:09,530
Is it possible that the Freemasons are
on the cusp of realizing a new world
494
00:37:09,530 --> 00:37:12,310
order, one that has been centuries in
the making?
495
00:37:12,790 --> 00:37:16,470
And if so, what will this new world
order look like?
496
00:37:17,210 --> 00:37:21,770
Perhaps some clues can be found by
examining the chaos that arises during
497
00:37:21,770 --> 00:37:22,870
international crises.
498
00:37:23,580 --> 00:37:28,080
Chaos that some claim is being used to
reshape the world as we know it.
499
00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:35,200
June 3rd, 2020.
500
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:42,000
In the midst of the global coronavirus
pandemic, the World Economic Forum
501
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,080
releases a document entitled The Great
Reset.
502
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,660
The initiative calls for a complete
reimagining of the world's economic and
503
00:37:49,660 --> 00:37:50,660
social systems.
504
00:37:51,210 --> 00:37:54,610
for a more fair, sustainable and
resilient future.
505
00:37:55,430 --> 00:38:00,310
High -profile members of the global
elite publicly stepped forward in
506
00:38:00,310 --> 00:38:05,930
the agenda, including heir to the
British monarchy, Charles, Prince of
507
00:38:06,690 --> 00:38:13,590
Unless we take the action necessary and
we build again in a greener,
508
00:38:13,590 --> 00:38:15,710
more sustainable and more inclusive way.
509
00:38:16,590 --> 00:38:20,690
then we will end up having more and more
pandemics and more and more disasters.
510
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:26,170
This is the one moment when we have to
make as much progress as we can.
511
00:38:26,810 --> 00:38:32,030
Although many people across the globe
see the proposed changes and
512
00:38:32,030 --> 00:38:37,690
as necessary, there are those who
question the timing of this initiative.
513
00:38:38,050 --> 00:38:44,710
They suggest that the idea of the Great
Reset bears a striking similarity to how
514
00:38:44,710 --> 00:38:45,710
the Freemasons...
515
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:50,520
transformed the world by founding the
United States more than two centuries
516
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:58,540
The Scottish Rite has a slogan from
chaos order, and people would
517
00:38:58,540 --> 00:39:00,120
say, oh, new world order, perhaps.
518
00:39:00,460 --> 00:39:07,040
That seems consistent with the Masonic
tradition of fighting the orthodoxy of
519
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:11,140
the monarchy and the clergy, and that is
a Templar tradition.
520
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:17,140
But they haven't really ever come out
saying we're behind the formation of a
521
00:39:17,140 --> 00:39:17,939
world order.
522
00:39:17,940 --> 00:39:22,440
And so the average citizen doesn't know.
And there's no way of knowing.
523
00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:29,400
Could it be true, as some suggest, that
members of Freemasonry are once again
524
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:34,180
working to establish a new world order,
just as they helped to do during the
525
00:39:34,180 --> 00:39:35,180
American Revolution?
526
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:41,280
And if so, would it actually bring about
more justice, equality, and freedom?
527
00:39:41,820 --> 00:39:44,500
as the founding of the United States
eventually did?
528
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,940
I think all we have to do is look back
to our early history.
529
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:53,460
That's how Freemasonry began to creep
into the United States.
530
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:59,560
We want to make society better. The
United States was the experiment in the
531
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:06,260
order for democracy, for the good of
mankind, and that was the one
532
00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:08,620
revolution that did succeed.
533
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,500
So the whole idea is we need a new
social construct.
534
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:19,780
I can create a new construct of society
with others who can be from different
535
00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:23,580
religions, can speak different
languages, who are of different
536
00:40:23,580 --> 00:40:26,720
because we come together around common
needs.
537
00:40:28,340 --> 00:40:35,020
Whether it is to liberate people from
slavery, whether it is the
538
00:40:35,020 --> 00:40:36,580
struggle for civil rights.
539
00:40:37,190 --> 00:40:42,650
Whether it is even today in Black Lives
Matter or wherever you look, somewhere
540
00:40:42,650 --> 00:40:45,750
in there, you're going to trip over a
Freemason.
541
00:40:46,050 --> 00:40:53,050
There are lots of people involved in
current social change movements, not
542
00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:58,870
here but all over the world. Some of
them are going to ultimately be
543
00:40:58,930 --> 00:41:03,090
not because they were at the center of
planning at all, but because they're
544
00:41:03,090 --> 00:41:05,390
drawn to making a better world.
545
00:41:06,250 --> 00:41:11,090
New world order. I would like to simply
see some order in the world. I would
546
00:41:11,090 --> 00:41:15,790
like to see people respecting each
other. I would like to see people stop
547
00:41:15,790 --> 00:41:17,650
for ridiculous reasons.
548
00:41:18,950 --> 00:41:21,070
We don't want to keep repeating the
past.
549
00:41:21,330 --> 00:41:24,010
The great American experiment moves
forward.
550
00:41:24,350 --> 00:41:25,610
We're making a leap.
551
00:41:25,830 --> 00:41:27,110
I don't call it an agenda.
552
00:41:27,470 --> 00:41:29,250
I call it a service to humanity.
553
00:41:35,210 --> 00:41:39,810
Some Freemasons insist that they must
maintain secrecy because they are
554
00:41:39,810 --> 00:41:41,730
perceived as a threat to those in power.
555
00:41:42,090 --> 00:41:46,890
But conspiracy theorists claim that it's
the Freemasons who actually wield all
556
00:41:46,890 --> 00:41:50,550
the power and use it to remake the world
whenever they see fit.
557
00:41:51,650 --> 00:41:53,110
What is the proof?
558
00:41:53,770 --> 00:42:00,330
For now, it remains hidden, deep within
the pages of America's book of
559
00:42:00,330 --> 00:42:01,330
secrets.
54142
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.