The author revisits our history through the influence and actions of the Freemason lodges. From the revolution of 1789, initially orchestrated by the ever-rebellious elites, whose uprising this time surpassed them. The millennial monarchy collapsed, leaving France in inextricable chaos.
The Bonapartist coup d’état, the Restoration, the July Monarchy, the Second Republic, the Second Empire—all were swept away, and after Sedan in 1870, Freemasonry seized power. The anticlerical struggles would become the foundations of the Third Republic.
With the defeat of June 1940, Freemasonry went underground, then with the Fourth and Fifth Republics, the lodges resumed their activities, albeit without the same influence they had at the end of the 19th century and in the first third of the 20th century.
Today, we witness an acceleration of the technical means of a world in full evolution. The author made this observation in 1986; it remains true today.
This maladaptation of institutions with society explains the ever-increasing abstention and the rise of populist ideologies.
The idea of a republic, parliamentary representation, and even the state itself are refuted. Georges Bernanos said: “A civilization is the compromise between the power of the state and the freedom of the individual.”
This balance is broken; either the state will triumph and we will have dictatorship, or the individual will and we will have anarchy. This book invites us to reflect.
by Thierry Jan
