Religion and Albert Pike

by James Doss
(Wytheville, V.A., U.S.A.)

Hello,
My name is James Doss. I have always been fascinated by freemasonry. My great grandfather was a Mason. He received a Masonic Bible and a gold ring and I thought that was the coolest thing ever when I was a small child. He passed away before I could really talk to him about it and my family has told me nothing but good things about the organization, though they don’t know much about it and have their own speculation. I was hoping you could answer some questions I have. One, if not the biggest, issue is do the beliefs or ritual contradict my religion. I know one of the requirements is to believe in any God and I’m ok with that. I am a Christian and really get “put off” by the notion of having “Worshipful Masters” and “Rituals”. Is there any way you could calm my speculations on the subject. Another “red flag” if you will, is what Albert Pike wrote of Lucifer. Although Lucifer is Latin for Light at the time Pike wrote that it was known for the Christian Devil. I would love to join but these issues keeping popping up. I am attending Radford University in V.A. and don’t have the time or money to join right away but it is still in my future. Hope you can settle my nerves. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Take care.