The prayers to Lucifer (literally, "bearer of light," but also the Roman name for Venus) do not freak me out.
That they are prayed to a golden calf does.
That is not an accusation from some wild-eyed conspiracist's book; it is on display at the National Masonic Monument, in Alexandria, VA.
Incidentally, I used to think it was neat that the original plan for the DC monuments was to form a cross, with the Capital, White House, Lincoln Monument and Jefferson Memorial forming the endpoints, and the Washington Monument at the center.
When I learned the Latin tradition was to make churches with the head facing East (towards Jerusalem and the rising Sun), I realized that the mall would've formed an inverted cross (facing west). Also, the Washington Monument forms stake located not at the center of the cross, but off-center, just like the heart.
The Capital Dome is a shape formerly used for churches, not capitals, and is eerily similar to St. Peter's Basilica. Like St. Peter's, there is a huge obelisque (the Washington Monument) in front of the Capital. Also, like St. Peter's, there is now a stone circle in front of the Dome. (In the case of St. Peter's, the stones encircle the obelisque; in the case of the National Mall, the stones are just to the West.)
Consider this Google pictures:
The Vatican:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=41.902533,12.456136&spn=0.006085,0.012982&t=k&om=1
Incidentally, I only meant to show how Free Masons were playing with fire and trying to invert imagery from the Catholic Church; not that they are by nature an intentionally Satanic cult. The immediately preceding argument reminded me that I did NOt want to be lumped in with some of the conspiracy kooks!