-Caveat Lector- I have some of Campbell's books, but many were discarded from the Columbus Public Library where I picked up is Masks of God......
The picture of the back of Masks of God, he looks like this Colin Clive who played the original Doctor Frankenstein you see in these old rerun movies - typical English Scotch type. In the 80 period shortly before he died, he was on PBS quite a bit and looked more like an aging Frank Lloyd Wright - he gave lectures and had a cult followiong it seemed. Found this item some time back and kept because he hooked up to this New Age group......or they hooked onto him. John F. Kennedy was Camelot - the UN is a wanna be Camelot but the Knights of the Round Table went out with JFK and his breed. Saba OSaba Aside from Christianity and Judism, Joseph Campbell identified the Arthurian legend and the mythology of Freemasonry as the two greatest influences on the rise of the United States. I doubt seriously the brilliant non-Mason, Latin-Catholic Cambell understood how closely related the two mythologies are. <BR> <BR><p> Officially, the Grand Lodge of New York which claims to be the oldest Masonic Lodge in the United States makes no specific historic pretence to antiquity. In a public promotion tape its Grand Secretary states that historical assertions made on its behalf "make for interesting speculation." Not all Masons are quite so circumspect. <BR><p> In the Age of Revolution, the Masonic Order produced a series of brilliant writers, thinkers, and musicans not only in England but also in the United States, France, Italy, Greece, Germany and even in the Austrian Holy Roman Empire. The Arthurian legend was the subject of much comment including an impressive book by Arthur Waite, England's Chief Judge who claimed for Arthur a place in the Masonic 'pantheon.' <BR><p> Among the analogies between the legend and freemasonry posited were the recurrence of the number 13: There are 12 knights of the Round Table and the King. All members of the table are equal. Seated at a circle, no knight has a better position than anyother. <BR><p> All masons are equal or so they say. The Master stands in no greater position than any other brother. They build a temple of the heart, with all issues decided by majority vote. <BR><p> Arthur's kingdom is a tolerant one. It must try to balance at least two forms of Christianity and any number of local variances in the paganism of the pantheistic Celts. <BR><p> Masonry preaches tolerance and acceptance of religious differences leaving such private matters to individual conscience. <BR><p> If non-Mason Joseph Campbell said the United States is the largest functionning Masonic lodge, the Victorian era Masons would have said that Arthur's court was one of the historical examples of a Masonic Lodge in operation. <BR><p> Much of the iconography of the United States, Campbell says, was inherited from the Masons. Campbell did not realize how much of Masonic emblems had been in turn borrowed from the Legend. There were 13 original states each represented by a five pointed star (pentagram) in a circle with no better position than anyother. The seal is a silver eagle, the token of Arthurs return. And when Mason Douglas MacArthur pledged in defeat, "I will return," he was quickly corrected by his (Masonic) brother President Franklin Roosevelt: "We will return." <BR> <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
