| rdfs:comment | - After Majestic 12 broke away from the Illuminati, Bob Page decided to replace the Illuminati's "Degrees of Illuminism" with a hierarchy of security clearances. The Degrees of Illuminism were apparently religiously based ranks, and seemed to be modeled on the Allied Masonic Degrees of the Freemasons. Page replaced the old ranking system with a similarly structured one, only secular. As Stanton Dowd comments, Page ironically names these security clearances after the Christian angelic hierarchy. The order and composition of the angelic hierarchy is not fully agreed upon by Christian philosophers and theologians. However, the order of ranking used by Majestic 12 was put forward by Thomas Aquinas, a personal icon to Page. The security clearances provide an incentive for MJ12 members to remain l
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| abstract | - After Majestic 12 broke away from the Illuminati, Bob Page decided to replace the Illuminati's "Degrees of Illuminism" with a hierarchy of security clearances. The Degrees of Illuminism were apparently religiously based ranks, and seemed to be modeled on the Allied Masonic Degrees of the Freemasons. Page replaced the old ranking system with a similarly structured one, only secular. As Stanton Dowd comments, Page ironically names these security clearances after the Christian angelic hierarchy. The order and composition of the angelic hierarchy is not fully agreed upon by Christian philosophers and theologians. However, the order of ranking used by Majestic 12 was put forward by Thomas Aquinas, a personal icon to Page. The security clearances provide an incentive for MJ12 members to remain loyal to the organization. Recruits know that if they perform well, they will be rewarded with advancements "through the layers of secrecy". The Majestic 12 security clearances are also used by UNATCO as it is merely a branch of MJ12. However, most UNATCO members are not aware that these rankings originate from Majestic 12, as its existence is not widely known.
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