06/15/2026
Did you know…
Do Freemasons Use the Bible of a Witch-Hunter King?
Yes.
In many English-speaking Masonic lodges, the King James Version (KJV) remains the most common Bible found open on the altar. It is also one of the most widely read Bibles in churches and Christian homes throughout the English-speaking world.
The historical record tells a fascinating story.
King James I commissioned the translation in 1604, and it was published in 1611. Its majestic language and enormous influence on the English-speaking world helped make it one of the most widely read Bibles in history. For generations, countless Masons have taken their obligations upon a King James Bible.
This creates an interesting tension.
The same king who gave his name to the world's most famous English Bible also wrote Daemonologie in 1597, a treatise defending the reality of witchcraft, demonic pacts, and satanic conspiracies. After storms nearly wrecked the voyage that brought Queen Anne to Scotland, James became convinced that witches had conspired against him. He personally drove the infamous North Berwick witch trials, one of Scotland's most notorious witch-hunts.
The irony is that modern anti-Masons often accuse Freemasons of being obsessed with occult secrets, hidden powers, and demonic influences. Yet the King James Bible is not only found in Masonic lodges. Millions of Christians revere a translation commissioned by a king who genuinely believed witches were conspiring against him.
Of course, King James was not anti-Masonic. He couldn't have been. Organized speculative Freemasonry did not emerge until the first Grand Lodge was founded in 1717, more than a century after the King James Bible was published.
But the comparison is difficult to ignore.
King James saw the world as full of hidden cabals, invisible spiritual warfare, and secret plots undermining rightful authority. The targets have changed over the centuries: witches, heretics, Illuminati, Freemasons. The pattern remains remarkably familiar.
So perhaps the most interesting question is not whether Freemasons use the Bible of a witch-hunter king.
They do.
The more interesting question is whether you do too.
Because the King James Bible is not some obscure text hidden away in Masonic lodges. It remains one of the most widely read Bibles in churches and Christian homes throughout the English-speaking world.
The irony is difficult to ignore. Millions of Christians cherish a Bible commissioned by a king who wrote about witchcraft, believed in demonic conspiracies, and helped drive one of Scotland's most infamous witch trials. Yet few people think about King James when they open their Bible.
Perhaps that is because great books often outlive their authors.
After all, there is a good chance that the Bible of a witch-hunter king is sitting on your bookshelf right now. 🔺️