Reality According To

William Cooper

Chains

The Mystery Babylon series on his shortwave program The Hour of the Time, 1992–1994.

10 lineages · 122 links, earliest first. Select a name to open it.

The master chain of the mysteries

The main line of the mystery religion, running from Lucifer's gift of intellect in Eden to the New World Order of 1999–2000.

  1. —
    Lucifer
    at the dawn of man, through Satan, gives man intellect in Eden[1]
  2. —
    First Priest of the Mystery Schools
    Cain / the bone-wielding ape initiates others, and astrotheology becomes the first religion[1]
  3. —
    Nimrod
    after the flood founds Babel and his college of sun priests at Babylon/Shinar[2]
  4. —
    Seth, son of Noah
    scatters the religion, and the Osiris legend is born[3]
  5. —
    Egyptian priesthood
    Egypt inherits the religion of Babylon; the Atlantean mystery school, symbolized by Isis, also feeds Egypt[4]
  6. c. 6th c. BC
    Pythagoras
    22 years in Egypt; with Plato, Thales and Democritus he carries the plan to Greece[5]
  7. —
    Eleusinian Mysteries
    the Greek mysteries follow, with the Cult of Mithra in Persia and Rome, and Christianity absorbs Mithraism[6]
  8. 1st c. AD
    Gnostics
    come in the centuries around Christ[7]
  9. 7th c.
    Abode of Learning
    the Shia secret societies found it (the House of Wisdom) at Cairo; closed 1123[8]
  10. 1090
    Assassins
    take Alamut under Hassan-i Sabbah[8]
  11. 1118
    Knights Templar
    commissioned by the Priory of Sion in Jerusalem (1110/1118) and initiated by the Assassins[9]; arrested on Friday, 13 October 1307, they go underground[10]
  12. 1717
    Freemasonry
    formed in 14th-century England and Scotland, it goes public in London[11]
  13. 1776-05-01
    Illuminati
    Weishaupt founds it at Ingolstadt[12]; in the 1870s Pike and Mazzini set up the Illuminati core within Masonry[13]
  14. 1999–2000
    New World Order
    the plan is to be complete[14]

The Eastern illuminist chain

The illuminist line of the East, running from Abraham's temple at Mecca through the Assassins to Weishaupt's Bavarian Illuminati and the Aga Khan.

  1. —
    Haram at Mecca
    Abraham's secret training begins there[15]
  2. —
    Ismailis
    carry the secret training forward[15]
  3. —
    Abode of Learning
    the school at Cairo[15]
  4. 1090
    Assassins
    the line runs on to the Assassins[15]
  5. 1256
    Assassins
    Mongol defeat[16]
  6. 1260
    Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
    re-initiates them into "the ancient Egyptian mysteries of Babylon"[16]
  7. —
    Thugs
    from there the line runs to the Thugs of India[16]
  8. 16th c.
    Roshaniya
    of Afghanistan, under Bayezid Ansari[17]
  9. 16th c.
    Society of Jesus
    the Jesuits train Weishaupt[18]
  10. 1623
    Alumbrados
    of Spain, under Loyola; condemned[17]
  11. 1654
    Guerinets
    of France[17]
  12. 1776
    Illuminati
    Weishaupt's Bavarian Illuminati follow; "In actual fact, they are all the same"[18]
  13. 1866
    Aga Khan
    the Khojas and the Aga Khan, in the Bombay court[16]

The builders' chain (H35 article)

The craft lineage, running from Lamech's pre-flood pillars to speculative Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism.

  1. —
    Lamech
    his pre-flood pillars preserve the knowledge[19]
  2. —
    Hermes Trismegistus
    finds the pillars; the Emerald Tablet[19]
  3. —
    Nimrod
    his masons build the Tower of Babel[19]
  4. —
    Hebrews
    the craft passes to the Hebrews and to Egypt[19]
  5. c. 1000 BC
    Dionysian Artificers
    at Tyre[19]
  6. c. 1000 BC
    King Solomon
    Solomon's Temple, and Hiram Abif, who is Osiris[19]
  7. —
    Ionians
    the Ionians and the Kasideans follow[19]
  8. —
    Essenes
    next in the line[19]
  9. —
    Vitruvius
    next in the line[19]
  10. —
    Roman College of Architects
    under Caesar Augustus; their temple at Pompeii[19]
  11. 4th c.
    Comacine Masters
    given control of Italy's masons in 643[19]
  12. —
    Knights Templar
    the medieval cathedral masons and the Templars, at Chartres[19]
  13. 17th–18th c.
    Freemasonry
    speculative Masonry at last[19]
  14. 17th–18th c.
    Rosicrucians
    Rosicrucianism with it[19]

The Templar–Masonic chain

The Templar line in the West, running from the order of 1118 through the fugitives in Britain into American Masonry and its offshoots.

  1. 1118
    Knights Templar
    the order is founded[20]
  2. 1307–08
    Hidden Templars
    the fugitive Templars in Britain fight for Robert the Bruce[20]
  3. 1381
    Great Society
    the "great society" leads the Peasants' Revolt[20]
  4. 1717
    Freemasonry
    goes public[21]
  5. —
    Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    established in secret by the de Ros line, chartered in Carolina by Frederick of Prussia[22]
  6. 1832
    Skull and Bones
    the Templar fleet becomes the pirates, and the land branch the Brotherhood of Death, at Yale[23]
  7. 1865
    Albert Pike
    remakes the Scottish Rite after 1865, from the House of the Temple, 13 blocks from the White House[24]
  8. —
    Ku Klux Klan
    follows from it[25]
  9. —
    B'nai B'rith
    follows from it[25]
  10. —
    Anti-Defamation League
    follows from it[25]
  11. —
    Sovereign Military Order of Malta
    the Hospitallers become the Knights of Malta[26]
  12. —
    York Rite
    also produced by the Templars[27]
  13. —
    Columbian Faction of the Illuminati
    the "Columbian faction of the Illuminati", in New York[27]

The Rose Cross chain

The Rosicrucian line, running from the Templars and the de Ros blood to Clymer's American fraternities and to Christian Identity.

  1. —
    Knights Templar
    the Templars and the de Ros line lead to the Rosicrucians[20]
  2. 14th c.
    Knights of the Holy Grail
    the Order's Knights of the Holy Grail found the Order of the Garter[28]
  3. 1516
    Rose Cross Order
    founded[29]
  4. 16th c.
    Martin Luther
    the rose-and-cross seal, and the Reformation[30]
  5. —
    Puritans
    follow the Reformation[30]
  6. —
    Illuminati
    the Illuminati "and its soul science work" are the Order's child[31]
  7. 1858
    Rose Cross Order
    comes to America[29]
  8. 1916-06-01
    Rose Cross Order
    holds its 68th Convocation at Beverly Hall[29]
  9. —
    R. Swinburne Clymer
    merges the fraternities[32]
  10. —
    Illuminati Americani
    one of the merged fraternities[32]
  11. —
    International Confederation of Initiates
    one of the merged fraternities[32]
  12. —
    Church of Illumination
    one of the merged fraternities[32]
  13. —
    Christian Identity
    "stem[s] directly from the mysteries"[28]
  14. —
    British Israelism
    likewise stems directly from the mysteries[28]

The papal chain

The line by which Babylon becomes Rome, running from the pagan empire to "one of their own" on the papal throne.

  1. —
    Roman Empire
    Babylon leads to pagan Rome[33]
  2. 55–68 AD
    Nero
    the persecutions of the Christians[34]
  3. early 4th c.
    Constantine?
    feigned conversion and the Sunday decree[34]
  4. —
    Council of Nicaea
    convened after that conversion[34]
  5. by 6th c.
    Roman Catholic Church
    the papacy is established[35]
  6. late 8th c.
    Forged decretals
    forged to establish papal supremacy[35]
  7. 787
    Second Council of Nicaea
    establishes image worship[35]
  8. 11th c.
    Pope Gregory VII
    next in the line[35]
  9. 13th c.
    Inquisition
    next in the line[35]
  10. 1273
    Habsburgs
    the Habsburg–Vatican alliance lasts from 1273 to 1806[19]
  11. 1300
    Pope Boniface VIII
    "I am Caesar"[35]
  12. 1738
    Pope
    the papal bulls against Masonry follow (1738, 1864, 1884)[22]
  13. —
    Mystery Babylon
    finally "one of their own" is seated on the throne[36]

The American mysteries chain (Hall, read by Cooper)

The mysteries of the New World, running from Votan at Palenque to "America's assignment with destiny" in 1776.

  1. —
    Votan
    "possibly Atlantean", founds Palenque[37]
  2. —
    Quetzalcoatl
    Quetzalcoatl / Kukulcan comes next, before the Christian era[37]
  3. —
    Priesthood of the Feathered Serpent
    follows him[37]
  4. —
    Nezahualpilli
    an Aztec initiate king[38]
  5. —
    Montezuma
    an Aztec initiate king[38]
  6. —
    Priests of Amaru
    who ruled both Americas[38]
  7. 11th c. AD
    Manco Capac
    founds the Inca sun religion[39]
  8. —
    Deganawida
    the Iroquois League comes after him[39]
  9. —
    Midewiwin
    comes after him too[39]
  10. —
    Algonquin Grades
    the Algonquin grades and the Seneca lodge[39]
  11. —
    Mystery Schools
    the plans for the West were made in Alexandria, Mecca, Delhi and Lhasa[39]
  12. 1492
    Christopher Columbus
    agent of rediscovery, sailing under a Templar banner, with Vespucci and Cabot (1497), backed by Lorenzo de' Medici and Leonardo[39]
  13. 1776
    United States of America
    "America's assignment with destiny" grows from this[40]

The Aryan occult chain (documentary H40/H42, framed by Cooper)

The occult line into National Socialism, running from Blavatsky's Theosophy through the Munich lodges to the SS — and out again as the New Age.

  1. 1875
    Theosophical Society
    Blavatsky founds it[41]
  2. 1888
    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
    publishes The Secret Doctrine[41]
  3. 1908
    Guido von List
    absorbs her Aryans[42]
  4. 1911
    Guido von List
    designs the Aryan state[42]
  5. 1912
    Germanenorden
    founded[42]
  6. 1918
    Thule Society
    its Munich lodge, under Sebottendorf[42]
  7. 1919-01-05
    German Workers' Party
    founded[42]
  8. 1919-09-12
    Adolf Hitler
    joins it[42]
  9. 1920-10-20
    Nazi Party
    the NSDAP adopts the swastika[42]
  10. —
    SS
    follows from them[43]
  11. 1934
    Wewelsburg
    follows[43]
  12. 1935
    Lebensborn
    follows[43]
  13. 1935/37
    Ahnenerbe
    follows[43]
  14. —
    New Age movement
    "It's just surfaced again, brought to you by the same people"[42]

The communist chain

The socialist line, running from the Templars' "first true socialism" to the lodges that replace communism in Russia in 1989.

  1. —
    Knights Templar
    practise "the first true socialism"[44]
  2. 16th c.
    Roshaniya
    hold communist tenets[45]
  3. 1776
    Illuminati
    hold the same communist tenets[45]
  4. 1848
    Karl Marx
    with Engels, "hack writers" for the mystery religion, publishes the Manifesto[46]
  5. —
    Communist International
    uses the Masonic "traveling man" password[47]
  6. 1917
    Russian Revolution
    follows[48]
  7. 1989
    Freemasonry
    when the Berlin Wall falls, lodges replace communism in Russia[47]

The New Age chain

The modern line, running from Blavatsky's Lucifer Publishing to the announcement of Maitreya in 1982.

  1. —
    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
    Lucifer Publishing and Lucifer magazine[49]
  2. —
    Theosophical Society
    the Theosophical Society and Unity lead to the one-world religion[50]
  3. 1924-11-11
    Lucis Trust
    Alice Bailey's Lucifer Publishing renamed[49]
  4. —
    Arcane School
    Bailey's school follows[49]
  5. —
    New World Religion
    the one-world religion they lead to[50]
  6. 1977-07
    Maitreya
    said to have come to London[51]
  7. 1982
    Benjamin Creme
    his ads announce Maitreya[51]

Notes

  1. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 1 - Dawn of Man.
  2. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2); Hour 36 - From Babylon to Christianity.
  3. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2).
  4. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 3 - Egyptian Magic; Hour 4 - Osiris & Isis (Part 1-2).
  5. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 4 - Osiris & Isis (Part 1-2).
  6. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 9 - Initiation.
  7. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 10 - Gnosticism.
  8. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 11 - The Assassins.
  9. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 11 - The Assassins; Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars; Hour 13 - The End of The Templars.
  10. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 13 - The End of The Templars; Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones.
  11. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones; Hour 18 - Bibliography.
  12. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry; Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  13. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 24 - Jordan Maxwell Interview (part 1).
  14. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry; Hour 32 - Mystery Exposé.
  15. ↑ a b c d The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 11 - The Assassins; Hour 15 - The Roshaniya.
  16. ↑ a b c d The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 12 - The Assassins & The Templars.
  17. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 15 - The Roshaniya.
  18. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 5 - Osiris & Isis (Part 2-2); Hour 15 - The Roshaniya.
  19. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 35 - Secret Societies & The Vatican II.
  20. ↑ a b c d The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones.
  21. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 18 - Bibliography.
  22. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones; Hour 35 - Secret Societies & The Vatican II.
  23. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 14 - The Skull and Bones; Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  24. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 8 - Ecumenism; Hour 21 - William Morgan Interview 1-3.
  25. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 16 - Quotes by Freemasons; Hour 21 - William Morgan Interview 1-3.
  26. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 22 - William Morgan Interview 2-3.
  27. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 22 - William Morgan Interview 2-3; Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  28. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 37 - Rose Cross College (1-3).
  29. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 20 - Convocation of the Rose Cross Order; Hour 37 - Rose Cross College (1-3).
  30. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 8 - Ecumenism; Hour 35 - Secret Societies & The Vatican II.
  31. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 20 - Convocation of the Rose Cross Order.
  32. ↑ a b c d The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 38 - Rose Cross College (2-3); Hour 39 - Rose Cross College (3-3).
  33. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 36 - From Babylon to Christianity.
  34. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 8 - Ecumenism; Hour 35 - Secret Societies & The Vatican II; Hour 36 - From Babylon to Christianity.
  35. ↑ a b c d e f The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 8 - Ecumenism.
  36. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry; Hour 8 - Ecumenism.
  37. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 25 - America's Assignment with Destiny (1-3).
  38. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 25 - America's Assignment with Destiny (1-3); Hour 26 - America's Assignment with Destiny (2-3).
  39. ↑ a b c d e f The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 27 - America's Assignment with Destiny (3-3).
  40. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 25 - America's Assignment with Destiny (1-3); Hour 27 - America's Assignment with Destiny (3-3).
  41. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry; Hour 40 - The Occult History of the Third Reich (1-3).
  42. ↑ a b c d e f g h The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 40 - The Occult History of the Third Reich (1-3).
  43. ↑ a b c d The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 40 - The Occult History of the Third Reich (1-3); Hour 42 - The Occult History of the Third Reich (3-3).
  44. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 13 - The End of The Templars.
  45. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 10 - Gnosticism; Hour 15 - The Roshaniya.
  46. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 6 - New World Order & Freemasonry.
  47. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 23 - William Morgan Interview 3-3.
  48. ↑ The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 15 - The Roshaniya; Hour 16 - Quotes by Freemasons.
  49. ↑ a b c The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000; Hour 31 - United Nations Meditation Room.
  50. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 29 - Lucifer 2000.
  51. ↑ a b The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 7 - Maitreya.