From the Quarries

Albert Pike’s name inspires both admiration and condemnation—and rightly so. He was a gifted linguist and philosopher, but also a Confederate officer, nativist politician, and outspoken opponent of racial inclusion. His great Masonic text, Morals and Dogma, has been accused of preaching Lucifer-worship, a claim rooted not in Pike’s words but in a nineteenth-century hoax. This presentation strips away the legend by showing the actual text, while refusing to excuse Pike’s bigotry or his record. By holding up both his achievements and his failings, it offers a clearer, more honest view of the most polarizing figure in American Freemasonry.