The only masons that can be personally known as masons by non-masons are initiates. And I know some, and they are well-programmed as a public-facing decoy from the rites at the higher degrees.
You're misinformed. Most masonic lodges have a website where they list the officers' names and phone numbers, meeting times, photos etc. You could easily camp outside a lodge and snap photos of everyone walking in. It's not like a Bilderberg meeting.
That said I do believe that any mason ranked 32 degree or below (so 99.999%), is basically a pawn. The good they do in the community is probably a front for something they'll never know.
My first paragraph was disputing your first sentence - that only initiates are known. Worshipful masters, wardens, stewards etc. are all publicized and entry to lodges are publicly accessible.
Everyone below the secret degrees is an initiate. Everything up until 33 is an initiate. It is not until the 33rd degree that the true nature of the “Grand Architect” is revealed.
The only masons that can be personally known as masons by non-masons are initiates. And I know some, and they are well-programmed as a public-facing decoy from the rites at the higher degrees.
You're misinformed. Most masonic lodges have a website where they list the officers' names and phone numbers, meeting times, photos etc. You could easily camp outside a lodge and snap photos of everyone walking in. It's not like a Bilderberg meeting.
That said I do believe that any mason ranked 32 degree or below (so 99.999%), is basically a pawn. The good they do in the community is probably a front for something they'll never know.
Your first paragraph both contradicts and has nothing to do with the second, and we are in agreement with regard to the second.
My first paragraph was disputing your first sentence - that only initiates are known. Worshipful masters, wardens, stewards etc. are all publicized and entry to lodges are publicly accessible.
Everyone below the secret degrees is an initiate. Everything up until 33 is an initiate. It is not until the 33rd degree that the true nature of the “Grand Architect” is revealed.