"The closed, or clenched fist" is, in the Illuminist Philosophy, the symbol of secrecy, dissimulation, and hermeticism. It veils and conceals secrets from the "profane" and the "vulgar" (the non-Illuminists). Interestingly, the meaning is the same in the canons of Buddhism.13. The clenched fist salute, or hand sign, is well-known in Freemasonry. The fists are both clenched, in allusion to one of the penalties of the obligation, which is to have both hands chopped off to the stumps.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/codex_magica/codex_magica28.htm
THE MASONIC CLAW
The Masonic sign of Devil's claw was on an old Pyramids and later adapted by Freemasonry.
http://lifetimejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/06/are-you-freemason-basic-history-of.html
Kartel if u r not in the Masonic Lodge but just pretending to be, that's good enuf 4 me....Ppl tend 2 fear the unknown hence shun it. God hol' me up str8 so I am not afraid
What does it profit a man if he gain the world and yet lose his own soul?
