Massoni | 6- Ordo ab Chao

Chapter 6: Chaos from Order and Order from Chaos (1967-1981)

This chapter discusses how reactionary and conservative Ur-Lodges conceived and implemented a project aimed at transforming democracy. It covers destabilization plans enacted in Europe and South America, focusing particularly on Italy as a battlefield and experimental ground for a new neo-aristocratic political order.

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1. Disarming Democracy

Greece: A Coup d’Etat on Commission

• Most Masons composing reactionary Ur-Lodges such as «Compass Star-Rose», «Geburah», «Edmund Burke», «Joseph de Maistre», «Leviathan», «Pan-Europa», «Der Ring», «Valhalla», «Parsifal» and ordinary lodges that founded the «Three Eyes» in 1967-1968 were affiliated or familiar with Scottish Rite symbolism. 

• They embraced the motto “Ordo ab Chao” (Order from Chaos) a key principle of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. 

• They believed to create a New Order, the old order had to be plunged first into chaos, destabilizing the existing system to build a stable new structure.  

• The Greek military coup of 21 April 1967, known as the “Colonels’ dictatorship”, was an experiment of authoritarian political-social engineering inside the Western democratic sphere.  

• Key Masonic figures were created or groomed for this coup:  

  • Georgios Papadopoulos (1919-1999)  

  • Nikolaos Makarezos (1919-2009)  

  • Stylianos Pattakos (1912)  

  • Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923-2010)  

  • and others who executed and managed the dictatorship.  

• Ur-Lodge «Compass Star-Rose/Rosa-Stella Ventorum» was heavily involved, though the «Three Eyes» superlodge was not yet fully constituted.  

• Among influential Masons supporting or involved were:  

  • Phillips Talbot (1915-2010), a progressive Mason and U.S. ambassador to Greece  

  • John M. Maury (1912-1983), CIA station chief in Athens in ’67  

  • Frank Gigliotti (1896-1975), significant in Italy, also linked to «Geburah» and «Compass Star-Rose»  

The Reactionary Masonic Aprons vs. the ’68 Wave

• Reactionary oligarchic Masonic circles commissioned the coup.  

• Progressive lodges hesitated to intervene decisively due to distrust in U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, awaiting Robert Kennedy’s presidency, which ended abruptly with his assassination.  

• The neo-aristocratic Masons won in the U.S. with the deaths of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, advancing their aims.  

• They sought to attenuate, infiltrate, and derail the wave of popular, progressive 1968 movements both in the West and the East.  

• They feared the cross-class, multi-generational mass movements inspired by Beat Generation and hippie culture.  

The Non-Aligned Countries Enigma

• Non-aligned countries like Yugoslavia (under Mason **Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), affiliated to «Golden Eurasia»), India, Indonesia, Egypt, and others posed a challenge.  

• The Non-Aligned Movement, formalized in 1961 (Belgrade), sought to avoid alignment with either bloc.  

• Supra-national Masonic oligarchies infiltrated or manipulated these countries for geopolitical strategy, surpassing the stated independent aims.  

The Mason Leonid Brezhnev vs the «Golden Eurasia» Superlodge

• Within the Soviet bloc, radical student protests were crushed, especially in Czechoslovakia (Prague Spring) under conservative communist Masons from «Joseph de Maistre» lodge.  

• The reformist Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubček (1921-1992) (of «Golden Eurasia») was replaced by reactionary Mason Gustáv Husák (1913-1991) of «Joseph de Maistre», who consolidated the regime.  

• Eastern Bloc Masonic loges had clear ideological divisions: reformists («Golden Eurasia») vs conservatives («Joseph de Maistre»).  

Mao, the Great Master

• Mao Zedong (1893-1976) engineered the Cultural Revolution (1966-1969) as an internal political power struggle cloaked as revolutionary chaos.  

• Key figure affiliated with Chinese power elites and indirectly connected to Western Masonry via Zhou Enlai (also «Three Eyes») and Kissinger’s efforts during the 1971 U.S.–China rapprochement.  

• Western oligarchic Masonic circuits studied Mao’s manipulation of chaos to create order, a model for their own geopolitical gambits.  

Towards an Anti-Democratic Democracy

• Direct authoritarian takeovers were unfeasible in old-established Western democracies (UK, USA, France, West Germany, Scandinavia).  

• Instead, neo-aristocratic Masons sought to hollow democracy from within by inducing apathy and marginalization among the populace.  

• The elite’s strategy required that large segments of society remain disengaged, poor, or distracted, easing control.  

• This was formalized in their 1975 report The Crisis of Democracy, advocating control aligned with elite interests, reduction of popular sovereignty to formal levels, and management through oligarchy disguised as democracy.  

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2. The Revolt of the Elites

The Masters of the World

• Critical analysis from scholars identified crucial massons behind The Crisis of Democracy, notably Samuel Huntington (American Mason), Michel J. Crozier (French Mason), and Joji Watanuki (Japanese Mason).  

• These thinkers argued democracy’s own dynamism was undermining governance due to ‘excess democracy’ (too much participation erodes authority).  

• Huntington advised enhancing executive power at the expense of parliament and reducing citizen participation (a call to “save democracy by killing it.”)

• Apathetic masses, limited attention to politics, and control of media were pivotal strategies.  

• Lobbying, education, and media manipulation, as envisioned in Lewis Powell’s 1971 Memorandum (American Mason), built the framework for decades of oligarchic control.  

Praise of Apathy

• The claim that democracy requires voter apathy and disengagement was not new; echoed by W.H. Morris (1954) and others.  

• Elite actors (massons and allied) were never apathetic (they deliberately suppressed participation of marginalized groups).  

• This “managed democracy” allowed elites to govern with minimal interference while maintaining the façade of democratic processes.  

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3. The Anti-Democratic Think Tanks

First Act: The Lewis Powell Memorandum (1971)

• Powell, a key Mason and corporate lawyer, initiated a long-term conservative counteroffensive to ‘stop history’ (stop social progress and leftist ascendancy).  

• His memo outlined aggressive political strategy: infiltrate universities, media, legal systems, and fund pro-business propaganda.  

• Emphasized the necessity of vast funding, high professionalism, and coordinated lobbying.  

• Powell’s plan birthed the modern conservative movement, neoliberal economics, and shaped media control.  

Second Act: The Manifesto of Huntington, Crozier, and Watanuki (1975)

• The Crisis of Democracy argued democracy must be “cured” by elite rule (producing a “democracy oligarchica,” a democracy in form but ruled by a privileged few).  

• It rationalized controls over unions (promoting “concertation” to reduce their radicalism), tighter media control, and citizen disengagement.  

• The document originated from paramasonic circles, closely tied to «Three Eyes».  

• The manifesto’s prescriptions have been implemented in Western governments since the late 1970s, with austerity and executive dominance shaping modern politics.  

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4. The Superlodges and World Government

Commentary on Domenico Moro’s Analysis

• Moro’s study highlights the interaction of paramasonic groups like Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission with massoneria (freemasonry), despite some underemphasizing massoneria explicitly.  

• It argues capitalism and communism are abstract concepts; the real actors are individuals/groups with Masonic affiliations across ideological spectra.  

• Massoneria, often ignored, is positioned as central to modern political and social transformations, far more than abstract economic systems.  

Commentary on Paolo Barnard’s Analysis

• Barnard’s 2009 essay is dramatic, viewing 1967-1975 as a trial against the Left (“Sinistra”), targeted by oligarchic Masonic forces.  

• The process predates the well-known 1971 Powell Memorandum and 1975 Crisis of Democracy.  

• Barnard equates “Left” with participatory democracy and civil rights but acknowledges internal complexities within Left politics of the era.  

• He identifies the fatal 1970s as a turning point where elite reaction stifled progressive democracy, but his periodization and some simplifications are critiqued.  

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5. The Triumph of Elites

The Word of «Three Eyes»

• The neoaristocratic massons who conceived the Crisis of Democracy had in the late 1960s formed the «Three Eyes», a superlodge embodying reactionary elite interests.  

• Key lodges involved alongside: «Compass Star-Rose», «Geburah», «Edmund Burke», «Joseph de Maistre», «Leviathan», «Pan-Europa», «Der Ring», «Valhalla», «Parsifal».  

• Influential individuals included international agents such as Eugene Sydnor Jr. and Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., but the real direction came from the collective «Three Eyes».  

• The 1975 Crisis document largely echoed the «Three Eyes» design.  

• Barnard occasionally shows ambivalence or unresolved internal contradictions about capitalism and consumption vis-à-vis his own views.  

• The elite monopoly is challenged by the fact that millions globally face increasing poverty and unemployment, questioning the narrative of an all-powerful consumer class.  

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6. Italy: Battlefield among the Ur-Lodges

• Italy in late ’60s and early ’70s was a perfect test ground for Ur-Lodges’ neo-aristocratic counterrevolution.  

• Strategically important in Mediterranean and global geopolitics.  

• Licio Gelli (b.1919) is initiated in 1965 into the prestigious «Gian Domenico Romagnosi» lodge of the Grand Orient of Italy (Goi), largely through influence of:  

• Frank Gigliotti (1896-1975), cross-Atlantic Mason connected to «Garibaldi Lodge» (NY) and «Geburah» and «Compass Star-Rose», co-founder of «Three Eyes».  

• Richard Helms (1913-2002), CIA director and Mason of «Three Eyes».  

• Gelli rose quickly to control of the secretive and powerful lodge «Propaganda Massonica» aka «P2».  

• The triad of hand-picked high Masons:  

  • Henry Kissinger (U.S. National Security Advisor and Secretary of State)  

  • Richard Helms (CIA director)  

  • John Edgar Hoover (FBI director), all asked the Grand Master to promote Gelli in the Goi despite internal resistance.  

• Attempts at coups in Italy:  

• December 1969 Borghese coup attempt foiled, partly due to interventions from progressive Masons like William Averell Harriman, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and Jacques Chaban-Delmas.  

• December 1970 Borghese coup attempt almost succeeded but called off, pressured by NATO commander and others including progressive Masons.  

• August 1974 White Coup by Edgardo Sogno (Mason, «Three Eyes», «P2»), planning a more moderate gollist coup, discovered and stopped by young magistrates like Luciano Violante under advisement from progressive Masons and allied international figures.  

• The Operation Condor in Latin America (1970s-80s): coordinated repression led by reactionary Masonic lodges («Three Eyes», «Edmund Burke», «Leviathan», «Geburah») resulted in tens of thousands of disappearances.  

• Chilean coup (1973) toppled socialist Mason Salvador Allende (affiliated «Simón Bolívar» lodge), replaced by dictator Augusto Pinochet, ushering in a regime aligned to neo-aristocratic Masonic interests.  

• The influence and infiltration of lodges extended into all branches of the Italian state, particularly the shadowy «P2» led by Gelli, acting as a “state within the state.”  

• The crisis culminated in the public exposure of the «P2» list in 1981, a massive scandal revealing the scope of clandestine Masonic influence on politics, intelligence, judiciary, media, and finance.