Freemasonry, sincerely entered into, is a search for light. Any knowledgeable Mason can tell you this. Yet, beneath the surface of this search for light, there is much more. This truth is seldom realized by the Masonic candidate. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of Masonic seekers are never aware that there is anthing more available to them in Masonry, beyond what they see and hear in their Blue Lodge experience. Quite naturally, they settle for that.
Yet the very richness of meaning in the word "light" should tell us that in the light they seek there should be truth--answers to deep questions. There should come revelations of the meaning of life, death and eternal things.
Very few Masons realize this and press on through the degrees and offices of Masonry and the writings of the Masonic philosophers in an unending search for enlightenment--for inellectual and spiritual fulfillment.
Only a small number make that extra commitment that goes far beyond social and business motivations. They continue to work, study, seek and learn, climbing th mountain of Masonic knowledge, searching for that light in all it's fullness.
What they find at the top is Lucifer,"the light-bearer". Lucifer(Satan) is truly the worshiped god of Freemasonry--Whether all Masons know it or not. Once you reach the 33rd degree, there is no doubt, you know that Masonry is the worship of Lucifer.
"Lucifer, the light-bearer. Strange name to give to a spirit of darkness!Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with all it's spendors,intolerable blinds feeble,sensual or selfish Souls?" (Albert Pike, 'Morals and Dogma', 19th degree, Pg.321)
