Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

Of course, one Masonic symbol after another has this sexual connotation, but in spite of the sexual innuendoes, Past Master Albert L. Woody, Grand Lecturer in Illinois, tells us: “As late as 1812, in Pennsylvania, the Deacons in procession carried columns— the SAME columns which now rest on the Wardens’ pedestals. Deacons first carried blue rods tipped with gold, symbolizing friendship and benevolence; later these were tipped with a PINE CONE in IMITATION OF THE CADUCEUS of Mercury, the messenger of the gods.” One Masonic book, after explaining about the caduceus, brags: The rod of the Master of Ceremonies is an analogue [equivalent or parallel].” Another Masonic book claims that “Mercurius Caducifer [Mercury], the bearer of the herald’s staff, finds his analogue in a Mason’s Lodge, in the Senior Deacon, who accompanies the initiate throughout the ceremonies, and assists at his restoration, although himself unable to restore life.” The caduceus is also a symbol for immortality. Of course, Mercury is not the only god who carries a caduceus. Pike indicates that it was also borne “by Cybele, Minerva, Anubis, Hercules Ogmius the God of the Celts, and the personified Constellation Virgo, was a winged wand, entwined by two serpents.”