freemasonry

* Continental Freemasonry or Liberal style Freemasonry which has continued to evolve beyond these restrictions, particularly regarding religious belief and political discussion.

I like one idea I heard, which is that the pentagram is a symbol of freemasonry because originally it was used by actual stone masons to provide a golden mean for cathedral construction.

His doctoral research focuses on the influence of Freemasonry in the Nineteenth Century British Gothic Revival.

Kinda awesome that it shares continuity with the freemasonry of some prominent figures, like Washington.

Or, rather, can you name some groupings that provide the impulse toward community which aren't religious or quasi-religious (such as freemasonry)?

Yes, of course the lower echelons of Freemasonry are completely oblivious and makes for plausible denial for the organization as a 'hole' (pun-intended).

They seem to lean into or parallel Freemasonry in some cases.

Basically the whole point of the Freemasonry fraternity as well.

Those are also known events under the freemasonry term umbrella.

I've found that nobody likes to make fun of Freemasonry and all the conspiracy theories surrounding the organization more than us Masons ourselves.

I'm not a Freemason, but one of the rules of Freemasonry is that politics and religion are NOT to be discussed while within the lodge.

> but I think Freemasonry anecdotally reinforces the idea that men want/need/form these kind of clubs more than women on average.

Taken at face value (and that's a huge assumption to make) it appears to be a self-styled "cypherpunk freemasonry" of sorts.

It is dressed up with some altruistic goals and rituals Freemasonry began as a workers' guild, but the accreted "goals and rituals" take a group far beyond the simplicity of a men's shed.

Roughly the second half of his "Successful Systems" era is actually probably the heyday of both "associational culture" and artistic sects in the European-controlled world: the age of Freemasonry, teetotalism, Fauvism and pigeon-racing.

> Perhaps somebody could start an "atheist church", but the concept is unpalatable to me In France, a lot of atheist Jews joined Freemasonry at the beginning of the 20th century for this very reason: they were highly educated, atheists, and felt that they were missing something because they did not gather anymore for religious reasons.

Your sites are great, it was interesting to read about your experiences with Freemasonry.

I don't particularly like the OTO because of the distortion of Enlightenment Era groups and Freemasonry.

There's a distinction between Freemasonry, philosophy, and DMT; and the speculative ideas of John Dee, the OTO and mystical reasoning.