Cross lighting (video - cick on image).
As the Knighthawk (right) ignites the torch of each man, woman or child he asks "do you accept this light" (or "do you accept the light of Christ"), the Klansperson responds "I do" and this starts the beginning of the cross lighting ceremony.
Chattooga County, GA. 12/12/2015. 5-year old “CJ” prior to a cross lighting ceremony hosted by a Georgia based Ku Klux Klan realm. CJ’s father is an Imperial Knighthawk (security within the Klan ranks). His mother fabricated the robe out of left over material after making her husbands robe.
Klan members participating in a Cross lighting ceremony form a circle with torches as they prepare to ignite the base of an 18-foot wooded cross, wrapped in burlap and soaked with kerosene.
According to Klan beliefs, the light of the cross symbolizes the light of Christ dispelling darkness and ignorance. The Klan adopted the fiery cross from the traditions of old Scotland where the fiery cross was used as a symbol against tyranny and for the fight for freedom.
Cross lighting (video - click on image).
Cross and Swastika lighting (video - click on image).
A Ku Klux Klan cross lighting ceremony – according to Klan ideology, the fiery cross signifies the light of Christ and also meant to bring spiritual truth to a world that is blinded by misinformation and darkness.
Chattooga County, GA. 12/12/2015. 5-year old “CJ” and his father following a cross lighting ceremony hosted by the North Georgia White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. CJ’s father is an Imperial Knighthawk (security within the Klan ranks). His mother fabricated the robe out of left over material after making her husbands robe.
April 23, 2016. Temple, Georgia. A Ku Klux Klan cross lighting ceremony – according to Klan ideology, the fiery cross signifies the light of Christ and also meant to bring spiritual truth to a world that is blinded by misinformation and darkness.
Police view cell phone video of a cross lighting that took place moments prior. A passerby unknowingly reported the incident as a possible house fire.
Ken Parker, a former Nazi and Klansman in the process of taking a "before" photo prior to laser tattoo removal treatment - a large swastika and Mioak (Klan blood drop cross) on his chest and a third racially themed tattoo on his shin.
Ken Parker, a former Nazi and Klansman with his Grand Dragon robe. Later this day, Ken had laser tattoo removal treatment - a large swastika and Mioak (Klan blood drop cross) on his chest and a third racially themed tattoo on his shin.
Ken Parker, a former Nazi and Klansman gets prepped during laser tattoo removal treatment.
Footage of a Ku Klux Klan cross lighting ceremony. (click on image).