{"id":83010,"date":"2026-05-26T07:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83010"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:03:10","slug":"statue-of-liberty-was-dedicated-in-masonic-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/statue-of-liberty-was-dedicated-in-masonic-ritual\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue Of Liberty Was Dedicated In Masonic Ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recently we reported an obscure piece of history: that the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol<\/a><\/span> had been installed by George Washington in an outright Freemasonic ceremony.<\/p>\n

One exorcist we know has prayed over it, detecting on multiple occasions the presence of demons at the cornerstone (on display in the Capitol’s basement).<\/p>\n

More recently we were made aware that something similar occurred in New York-New Jersey with the Statue of Liberty. The man who designed the statue\u2014and specifically put the torch in her hand\u2014was the French sculptor <\/span>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric-Auguste Bartholdi<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The statue arrived in New York in pieces and in 1875 a fearless construction crew of American workers, many new immigrants, physically assembled it and put the torch into place on Bedloe’s Island in 1886.<\/p>\n

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He was a Freemason who’d been initiated in 1875 into Lodge Alsace-Lorraine in Paris, France (as had several other key figures, such as \u00c9douard Ren\u00e9 de Laboulaye, who first proposed the idea of the statue).<\/span><\/div>\n
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When the pedestal was built in New York, the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York performed the official cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1884, following a traditional Masonic ritual.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The cornerstone-laying ceremony on August 5, 1884, was a massive public spectacle that blended traditional Masonic ritual with high-society civic pride. Even though it auspiciously poured rain on Bedloe’s Island that afternoon, thousands of spectators, military units, and prominent officials gathered to watch.<\/span><\/div>\n
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As for the Masonic ceremony,<\/span> it was conducted by William A. Brodie, the Grand Master of Masons in New York State, along with a full retinue of grand officers.<\/p>\n

The ritual followed a precise, centuries-old operative tradition meant to symbolically dedicate a building to truth, liberty, and enlightenment<\/p>\n

Grand Master Brodie struck the stone three times with a gavel and delivered an address explicitly tying the principles of Freemasonry to the concepts of American liberty and international friendship. A copper box was placed inside the cornerstone containing various historical items, including a copy of the US Constitution, portraits of the designers, and a list of Grand Lodge officers.<\/p>\n

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Once funded, the elites took center stage for that final unveiling in 1886, a dedication presided over by President Grover Cleveland, his cabinet, various diplomats, and New York’s high-society leadership, cementing the monument as an official, world-stage symbol of the nation.<\/p>\n

No matter how well-intentioned aspects of the Masonic involvement were, we submit for discernment that they may bequeath a spiritual shadow over New York Harbor.<\/p>\n

Prayer need: Cleanse the island. Cleanse the pedestal. Cleanse the bronze. Let the torch be the Light of Christianity, not of mystery religion and paganism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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