US President George Bush?
No. Some draw an association with his use of the phrase “new world order”, but no regular lodge is on record as having initiated him. He was a member of the Skull and Bones fraternity at Yale University; which has certain elements in common with Freemasonry, of which the principal one might be summarized in their motto, “memento mori”. (2) Miss Diana Vaughan? A figment of Leo Taxil’s imagination, he claimed Miss. Vaughan belonged to a fictional lodge called Palladium. (3) Was Joseph Stalin a Martinist Freemason? The Rectified Rite of Martinism, except in North America, did not restrict its membership to Freemasons but did require a belief in a Supreme Being. Stalin, an avowed atheist, would not have qualified for membership in either Freemasonry or the Rectified Rite. There is no record of his membership. (4) Karl Marx? An avowed athiest, Marx would not have qualified for membership. There is no record of his having joined a recognized lodge. Marx’s supposed Masonic link stems from his
