As institutions for the dissemination of ethical culture, the pagan Mysteries were the architects of civilization. Their power and dignity were personified in CHiram Abiff -- the Master builder -- but they eventually fell a victim to the onslaughts of that recurrent trio of state, church, and mob ....
When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear ....
The perfect government of the earth must be patterned eventually after that divine government by which the un iverse is ordered. In that day when perfect order is reestablished,
with peace universal and good triumphant, men will no longer seek for happiness, for they shall find it welling up within themselves.
Manly P. Hall, Secret Teachings of All Ages
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