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Masonry

Jens Hansen · 2021-04-20 15:14
Hello Anons, anyone knows real things about the Masonry? I got a invitation but i don't know anything about the organization and i have a lot of questions about this.
Chan Siu Ming · 2021-04-20 20:17
It's essentially a social club. It's useful if you're trying to make connections with local business owners and the like, although less so than in the past. It's also good because they'll help support you and your family in a lot of situations (if you die from cancer, for example). My grandfather and great-grandfather were both masons, but my dad never saw the point and didn't join despite being invited. My grandfather joined because all the guys at the church he was an associate pastor at were masons and it was useful for him in that regard. Of course you gotta remember that way fewer people join now and so it depends on where you are if you're interested for that reason.
Ivan Petrov · 2021-04-20 20:20
>>25387 My dad actually didn't know my grandfather was a mason until adulthood. I guess he wasn't really involved with them where they ended up living but he did wear the ring and they did some of the masonic stuff at his funeral.
Meddler · 2021-04-21 16:40
>>25387 I had a family member who was a member of the freemasons, he managed to get into it without familial ties and from what I heard and the few events I got invited to it was basically a social club for middle aged men to get absolutely soykaffaced drunk while feeling like they're part of something greater. If it ever was some cabal in control of much its a shadow of its former self now. Which is great because from what I've heard its a lot of fun.
Miho Iwakura · 2021-04-21 21:03
>>25402 From what I've heard that seems about right. My mom's second cousin was a shriner and that sounds like him. My dad thought if they accepted people like him he wasn't interested in joining!
Jane Doe · 2021-10-06 13:17
It's like the special club that gets you really good jobs in America. It originated in Scotland or Britain and started as a group of rather anti-Roman Catholic 'intellectuals' of sorts. Around the same time the Presbyterian Church was a big deal experimenting with various types of what you might call the origins of 'modern democracy', influenced highly by the Bible. If there was ever an American privileged class, it is the Masons. Most of the founding fathers were of Scottish origin and also were freemasons. I am not a fan of them personally because I generally don't like the old folks in America and the capitalist system in America, but I understand its mostly old folks probably who hook people up with jobs. I would consider the situation because I hear getting invited is like a big deal and they hook you up with really good jobs. I would never get invited or join for the aforementioned reasons, I have a mostly negative view on male fraternities (lol), 'crony-capitalism' and 'playing golf' and that sort of nonsense. I know just about nothing about them really and never study them but I've been around for a while and from time to time hear about the group, at least in America).
Jane Doe · 2021-10-06 20:22
Dont fall for the "social club" perception memery, it is a serious cult. The lower echelons are publicity and recruitment fronts, but the higher ups have soykaf going on that would flip ya. It is an ancient and powerful esoteric society that has ties to other higher level secret societies. Right now the freemasons have become completely controlled by whatever evil force basically runs all mainstream societies. If you join you will be but a tool for dark magicians, their tight grip is at an all time high. I heard from people that have left, there is nothing to find anymore but slavery.
Rick Deckard · 2021-10-06 20:30
I recently found out that a long-estranged uncle of mine is a fairly upper-mid-level mason in his home state. Not sure what I feel about that. Wonder if I could get the hookup to go party at Bohemian Grove or some ѕһіt
Nobody important · 2021-10-06 21:16
Supposedly as told by some ex Mason they have a gay initiation ritual where you strip naked blind folded on your knees and swear on your life not to tell their secrets which is basically just cheesy self help tier crap. It's like a fraternity for old men and that's it. Even people at the higher levels have spilled the beans it's a big nothingburger. >>28561 They dont share common beliefs beyond being theists but dont even share the same god or religion.
Undisclosed · 2021-10-06 21:25
>>28564 Not the poster you're replying to but there are many types of cults, not necessarily religious cults. For example there are political cults.
Erik Johansson · 2021-10-06 21:38
>>28565 Evola might argue that religious cults are political cults and vice-versa.
Linda Lee · 2021-10-06 21:47
>>25386 You tell us you have questions, but do not state these questions; we can not provide answers without the questions. What exactly would you like to know that a Google/Bing/DuckDuckGo/Wikipedia search cannot provide?
Erik Johansson · 2021-10-06 22:12
>>28565 Yes but they arent even a political cult either. I may be recalling wrong but they supposedly arent supposed to talk politics at their meetings because it's too dividing. Maybe a cult only in the sense that any college fraternity is a cult.