| Episode number | MB38 (Part 38 of 42) |
|---|---|
| Original air date | February 24, 1994 |
| Broadcast | Hour of the Time, WWCR shortwave |
| Chapter title | Rose Cross College, Part III |
| Primary text read on air | The 68th Convocation of the Rose Cross Order (read via R. Swinburne Clymer, The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages, 1952 ed.) |
| Listen | Stream the series on archive.org |
Episode Summary
Episode 38, broadcast on February 24, 1994, is the third and final part of Cooper’s sustained examination of Rosicrucian texts. It picks up where the previous night’s reading ended and pursues what Cooper regards as the most politically urgent dimension of the Clymer material: the claim that British Israelism, the movement asserting that Anglo-Saxon peoples are the lost tribes of Israel, is not a genuine scriptural tradition but a fabrication produced by and for the secret society network to advance a racial supremacist agenda leading toward world government.
Cooper opens with a direct address to listeners who identify as Identity Christians or believers in Aryan racial supremacy. He says clearly that he is not attempting to suppress their freedom of worship, but that any racially motivated violence is something he will oppose unconditionally. He then pivots to historical argument, citing Roman accounts of the conquest of the Celtic, Pictish, Gaulish, and Germanic tribes of Europe. The Romans, he notes, found peoples who were primitive, fierce, and wholly without any linguistic or cultural connection to Hebrew. Germanic tribes were so aggressive that Roman legions never completely conquered them. None of these accounts support any claim of Israelite descent, and Cooper argues that the scriptural basis for British Israelism was not assembled until the Normans consolidated power in England and the secret societies began fronting for the Norman agenda.
The main reading of the episode draws from the same Clymer text used in episode 37, specifically the section recording the proceedings of the 68th Convocation of the Rose Cross Order. Clymer’s text interprets the symbolism of the American Great Seal through the lens of what it calls the teachings of the Britons. The passage identifies the thirteen of Manasseh, the thirteenth or lost tribe of Israel, with the sons of Joseph, who in this interpretation are the Britons. The text states that this tribe crossed Europe to establish the ancient throne of Israel in Ireland before ultimately embodying itself in the United States. Cooper reads this and comments that the document separates the name Israel into three syllables, IS-RA-EL, which he says stands for Isis, Ra or Osiris, and EL meaning God, encoding the Egyptian trinity within the very name of the Hebrew nation.
Cooper reads Clymer’s extended argument about the obelisks: that one pillar of the ancient Temple of On in Egypt stands in London as Cleopatra’s Needle and its mate stands in New York, and that these are constant reminders of the connection between America, England, and Egypt. Cooper adds that there is also an obelisk in the outer courtyard of the Vatican and one in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, all representing the phallus of Osiris in his analysis.
The episode then works through the symbolism of the reverse of the Great Seal: the unfinished pyramid, the all-seeing eye, and the mottoes Annuit Coeptis and Novus Ordo Seclorum. Clymer’s text argues that the pyramid’s uncut cope stone symbolises a prophetic fulfilment not yet achieved, that the Eye in the Triangle represents the trinity of Osiris, Isis, and Horus rather than the Christian Trinity, and that the stars above the eagle on the obverse of the seal are arranged in the form of a six-pointed star. Cooper reads Clymer’s statement that the Seal of Solomon was never called by that name until the Jewish people adopted it as their symbol in the sixteenth century, and that its true origin is in the temples of the greater mysteries.
In the closing section, Cooper reads a passage from the Clymer text describing how the great initiatory tradition culminated in the Nazarene, who is described not as God incarnate but as a master teacher trained in the mysteries of Egypt and come to teach the brotherhood of man. Cooper interrupts frequently to make the distinction between this interpretation and orthodox Christianity, arguing that the text is presenting a Christology in which Christ is merely the most accomplished graduate of the mystery school system, not divine. He notes that in this framework the return of Christ means not the Second Coming in any traditional sense but the emergence of a perfected, Christed humanity, and that those who will not accept this doctrine, orthodox Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike, will in the New World Order be destroyed.
Cooper closes the episode with a description of how Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Queen of England have all been photographed holding a single red rose, which he identifies as the symbol of the Rosy Cross. The three-part arc ends here; the following episode, MB39, begins the separate series on the occult roots of the Third Reich.
Key Claims Made in This Episode
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- Cooper claims that Roman military accounts of their campaigns into Celtic, Pictish, Gaulish, and Germanic Europe describe peoples with no linguistic or cultural connection to Hebrew, disproving the British Israelite claim that Anglo-Saxon peoples are descended from the tribes of Israel.
- Cooper claims that the British Israelite doctrine was not assembled from genuine history or scripture but was manufactured by secret societies fronting for the Norman ruling class after the Norman Conquest of England, to provide a racial-supremacist ideology that serves the agenda of world government.
- Cooper claims that Clymer’s text identifies the thirteen stars on the Great Seal with the thirteenth tribe of Manasseh, described as the sons of Joseph who became the Britons, and that this encodes the British Israelite doctrine directly into the founding symbols of the United States.
- Cooper claims that the name Israel is an esoteric compound of Isis, Ra or Osiris, and El meaning God, and that this etymology was known to the initiates who assigned that name to the Hebrew nation, encoding the Egyptian mystery religion within a Hebrew name.
- Cooper claims that the obelisks known as Cleopatra’s Needles, one in London and one in New York, together with the obelisk in the Vatican and a fourth in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, are all representations of the phallus of Osiris placed by the initiatory network at strategic symbolic locations.
- Cooper claims that the All-Seeing Eye above the pyramid on the reverse of the Great Seal represents the trinity of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, not the Christian Trinity, and that this was the deliberate intent of the founding-era initiates who designed the seal.
- Cooper claims that Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Queen of England have all been photographed holding a single red rose, and that this rose is the symbol of the Rosicrucian movement and signifies their shared membership in the initiatory network.
- Cooper claims that in the New World Order religion, those who will not accept the doctrine that man can become God and that Christ was merely a master teacher rather than God incarnate, specifically orthodox Christians, Jews who will not renounce their faith, and followers of the Prophet Muhammad, will be destroyed.
- Cooper claims that the Mormon Church is another branch of Mystery Babylon, and that the doctrine taught within the Mormon temple ceremony, that man will become God as the Christos is born within him, is the same doctrine Cooper has been tracing throughout the Rosicrucian material.
Primary Sources Cited in This Episode
| Source | Status | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|
| R. Swinburne Clymer, The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages (rev. ed., Beverly Hall, 1952), section: The 68th Convocation of the Rose Cross Order | Not public domain (1952 copyright); read at length on air, treated here under quotation only | Library copies; see sources hub |
| Roman historical accounts of the Germanic and Celtic tribes (cited by Cooper without specific attribution) | Public domain; primary sources include Caesar’s Gallic Wars (ca. 50 BC) and Tacitus’s Germania (AD 98) | Caesar on archive.org; Tacitus on archive.org |
Notable Quotes
Behind Zionism is not Jewish, folks, it’s not the Jewish people. They’re being used. For behind the Zionist movement are the British Israelis, the people who believe they are the master race, that they are the lost thirteenth tribe of Israel, that they are the people who are going to inherit the world.
Cooper, MB38, February 24, 1994
America represents the white stone, a nation fashioning itself according to the divine pattern until it shall have obtained the Messiahship, spiritual leadership, over all nations.
Cooper, MB38, February 24, 1994, reading from Clymer, The Teachings of the Masters (1952 ed.)
Historians’ View
British Israelism is a real nineteenth-century theological movement with a documented history: it emerged primarily in England in the 1840s and was popularised in America by figures such as Charles Taze Russell and later Herbert W. Armstrong. Historians do not credit it with Norman-era origins, nor do they regard it as a secret society production; its genesis is better understood as a product of Protestant millennialism intersecting with racial ideas common in Victorian Britain. Cooper’s linguistic etymology of Israel as a compound of Isis, Ra, and El is a popular claim in esoteric and conspiracy literature but has no foundation in historical linguistics or biblical Hebrew scholarship. Israel is a Hebrew name recorded in Genesis and is not a compound of Egyptian divine names. The connection between the Great Seal and esoteric symbolism is a topic that legitimate historians have addressed: the pyramid and eye were added to the seal in 1782 and were designed partly by William Barton, who drew on available heraldic and classical sources; there is no documentary evidence of a Rosicrucian design programme. We record all claims as broadcast; we do not endorse them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Mystery Babylon episode 38 about?
Episode 38 completes the three-part Rose Cross arc by connecting the Rosicrucian doctrines Cooper has been reading with the British Israelite movement and its claim that Anglo-Saxon peoples are the lost tribes of Israel. Cooper argues this ideology is a manufactured deception designed to advance the New World Order agenda. Related material is at the Rosicrucians and Rose Cross hub.
What does Cooper say about the obelisks in London, New York, and the Vatican?
Cooper claims that the obelisks known as Cleopatra’s Needles in London and New York, along with the Vatican obelisk and what he identifies as an obelisk in Dealey Plaza, all represent the phallus of Osiris and were placed at those locations by members of the mystery religion network. He connects this claim to Clymer’s statement that one pillar of the ancient Temple of On in Egypt stands in London while its mate stands in New York.
What is the significance of the red rose in this episode?
Cooper claims that photographs existed of Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Queen of England each holding a single red rose, and that this rose is the symbol of the Rosy Cross, identifying them as members of the same initiatory network. The red rose as Rosicrucian symbol is a genuine element of Rosicrucian iconography, though Cooper’s identification of political leaders as Rosicrucian initiates on the basis of holding a rose is his own inference rather than a documented membership claim.
Where can I listen to episode 38?
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Continue the Series
- Previous: MB37: Rose Cross Part 2
- Next: MB39: The Occult and the Third Reich Part 1
- Topic hub: Rosicrucians and Rose Cross
- Related hub: Mystery Schools and Ancient Religion
- Related hub: Secret Societies
- Every dated claim from this episode: series timeline
- Sources and public-domain texts: Mystery Babylon sources hub
- Full index: Mystery Babylon complete episode guide
- Background: Who was William Cooper?
