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{{cquote|General Albert Pike, whom Marquis names as being a member of the Illuminati, is the one who organized the Ku Klux Klan in the south as well as a 33° Mason. Pike was also head of the southern jurisdiction of freemasonry. He spoke sixteen ancient languages, and is the author of the Masonic bible, Morals and Dogmas, an 816-page book of instructions. According to Marquis, there were two versions of this book, exoteric and esoteric. The exoteric version of Morals and Dogmas was for the lower-degreed Masons, but the esoteric version is allegedly appended with a dictionary or concordance which allows the highest-degreed Mason to understand the actual meanings of the text. This esoteric version is given to the Masonic member, to be returned back to the lodge after the member's death. In Morals and Dogmas, Lucifer is the God of the universe!|||"Overcoming Racism Through the Gospel," p. 310}}

{{cquote|General Albert Pike, whom Marquis names as being a member of the Illuminati, is the one who organized the Ku Klux Klan in the south as well as a 33° Mason. Pike was also head of the southern jurisdiction of freemasonry. He spoke sixteen ancient languages, and is the author of the Masonic bible, Morals and Dogmas, an 816-page book of instructions. According to Marquis, there were two versions of this book, exoteric and esoteric. The exoteric version of Morals and Dogmas was for the lower-degreed Masons, but the esoteric version is allegedly appended with a dictionary or concordance which allows the highest-degreed Mason to understand the actual meanings of the text. This esoteric version is given to the Masonic member, to be returned back to the lodge after the member's death. In Morals and Dogmas, Lucifer is the God of the universe!|||"Overcoming Racism Through the Gospel," p. 310}}

Pike's cultist views were accompanied by his racism, reinforcing the ''status quo'' of mainstream Masonic Lodges which segregated black members and subjected them to humiliation.<ref>Porter, Joy (2011). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Native_American_Freemasonry/pT6-DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=albert+pike+racism&pg=PT119&printsec=frontcover Native American Freemasonry]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved April 17, 2023.</ref> He fervently insisted that Freemasonry, in accordance to the nature of other institutions at the time, remain segregated. Pike declared in 1875:<ref>Minges, Patrick Neal (2003). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Slavery_in_the_Cherokee_Nation/Wl-TAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=albert+pike+slavery&printsec=frontcover Slavery in the Cherokee Nation: The Keetoowah Society and the Defining of a People, 1855-1867]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved April 17, 2023.</ref>

Pike's cultist views were accompanied by his racism, reinforcing the ''status quo'' of mainstream Masonic Lodges which segregated black members and subjected them to humiliation.<ref>Porter, Joy (2011). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Native_American_Freemasonry/pT6-DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=albert+pike+racism&pg=PT119&printsec=frontcover Native American Freemasonry]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved April 17, 2023.</ref> He fervently insisted that Freemasonry, in accordance to the nature of other institutions at the time, remain segregated. Pike declared in 1875:<ref>Minges, Patrick Neal (2003). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Slavery_in_the_Cherokee_Nation/Wl-TAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=albert+pike+slavery&printsec=frontcover Slavery in the Cherokee Nation: The Keetoowah Society and the Defining of a People, 1855-1867]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved April 17, 2023.</ref>

{{cquote|Prince Hall Lodge was as regular as any lodge created by competent authority and had a perfect right to establish other lodges, and make itself a mother lodge. I am not inclined to meddle in this matter. I took my obligation to white men, not Negroes. When I have to accept Negroes as brothers or leave Masonry, I shall leave it.|||Pike, 1875}}

{{cquote|Prince Hall Lodge was as regular as any lodge created by competent authority and had a perfect right to establish other lodges, and make itself a mother lodge. I am not inclined to meddle in this matter. I took my obligation to white men, not Negroes. When I have to accept Negroes as brothers or leave Masonry, I shall leave it.|||Pike, 1875}}