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- Illuminati - A.L., as in Masonry, means Anno Lumina--year of light. The Illuminati chronology (year one A.L. or 4000 BCE Gregorian) begins with the birth of Hung Mung, the ancient Chaoist
(pre-Taoist), Chinese philosopher who answered all questions by shouting loudly, "I don't know! I don't know!" Thus, this system begins with a date around the first dawnings of civilization
and writing, and allows us to see all history as a single sequence, not interrupted by an artificial minus-to-plus changeover
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Masonic Calendar
Blue Lodge
- Anno Lucis 6002, the Year of Light (add 4000 to the Gregorian calendar year)
Royal Arch - Capitular
- Anno Inventionis 2532, the Year of Discovery or the blessing of the second temple (add 530 to the Gregorian calendar year)
- Anno Benefacio 3915, the Year of Blessing [of Abraham by Melchizedek] (add 1913 to the Gregorian calendar year)
Knights Templar - Chivalric
- Anno Ordinis 884, the Year of Order Foundation (subtract 1118 from the Gregorian calendar year)
Royal & Secret Masters - Cryptic
- Anno Depositionis 3002, the Year of of Deposit or the completion of Solomon's Temple (add 1000 to the Gregorian calendar year)
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
- Anno Mundi , the Year of the World (add 3760 to the Gregorian calendar year; it is analogous to the Jewish calendar with an extra year added after September)
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