“This makes Bishop (John) Powers, present at the rite, responsible for a very serious sacrilege and for the scandal caused to those present. This is not a Successor of the Apostles, but a servant of Freemasonry.”
Where in the world did this come from. If the ceremony in the picture is a Masonic or Order of Eatern Star then I have never seen anything like it. And I am both.
And trying to relate it to a pagan ritual is so out of reality it’s nonsense. Pagans believe that nature is sacred and that the natural cycles of birth, growth and death observed in the world around us carry profoundly spiritual meanings. Human beings are seen as part of nature, along with other animals, trees, stones, plants and everything else that is of this earth. The cloest understandable believe like this is withcraft.
Having a belief in a living diety which is within those of Judaism, Islam, or especially Christianity, is a requirement of joining the craft and it’s fellow groups. Pagan isn’t represented by a diety. Another hit piece on one of the biggest charitable organizations in the world, if not the biggest. Seems kind of shameful.
wy69
Respectfully: Are you claiming that performing what is obviously some sort of shamanic ritual on the very altar of a Roman Catholic church is not a desecration? Are you asserting that invoking the "help" or "approval" of any supposed supernatural agents other than the Holy Trinity (or such intercessors as the Saints) is not sacrilegious?
Please help me understand.
Regards,