In his thoughtful, eye-opening book, Scarlet and the Beast, knowledgeable Christian author and conspiracy researcher John Daniel illustrates the communist connection with Freemasonry. The most prominent emblem of universal Freemasonry is the square and compass with the letter "G" inside the internal triangle. Daniel notes that this represents the tools used by the Lodge's Great Architect (false God) to create the heavens and the earth. In reality, the letter "G" represents Gnosticism, the core doctrine of Masonry, and the Generative process (sex act). Masonry is, as Daniel notes, a sex cult.
However, English Freemasonry (the United Lodge of Britain) substitutes a human arm wielding a hammer in place of the "G." This arm and hammer represents the Mason as the Builder, as "man at work" creating the heavens and the earth. Thus, man becomes God. The arm and hammer is of socialist/communist origins. The same symbol is found on a bestselling brand of baking soda. Noted communist financier and oil corporation CEO Armand Hammer was given his name in honor of the communist movement. Note, too, that the arm and hammer symbol inside the square and compass is configured as a "G."
Finally, we come to the modified square and compass of French Freemasonry and its Grand Orient Lodge. This Lodge and its membership are decidedly anti-Christian and are markedly pro-communist. In 1877, the Grand Orient Lodge declared, "There is no God but humanity." Embracing Reason as their God, they replaced the "G" with the now-familiar communist symbol of the hammer and sickle. This represents collective common man, the proletariat.
John Daniel points out that the French Lodge's substituted symbol inside the typical square and compass forms the letter "G" backward, "which is symbolic of the negation of God." It was Albert Pike who wrote, in Morals and Dogma, that there is no real person or entity named "Satan." Pike claimed that Satan is simply a Force, the negation of God. (Illustrations: Scarlet and the Beast, by John Daniel, published 1994, JKI Publishing, P. O. Box 131480, Tyler, TX 75713) http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/codex_magica/codex_magica28.htm
