Lots of resources to go through, but main point is that freemasonry was not monolithic and coordinated early on, but like other institutions was consolidated and twisted over time. And when the US was founded, there were still good (relatively at least) and bad branches, which were later infiltrated and gradually but surely corrupted.
I started digging into this after a trip to St. Louis—the New Masonic Lodge there is insane. I lived with a guy in college who was a Mason/his father was a Mason/they had a Mason Insignia on their license plate. He would get very weird about it whenever my housemates and I mentioned it or made a joke about him taking us to find “the National Treasure.”
I once wanted to be a Freemason and was bummed when I learned they don’t admit women. With Q’s posts about Freemasons and mass shootings, I don’t know what to believe now.
I do find it suspect that Washington is promoted as this big Mason yet he doesn’t appear to be as involved as is claimed.
I will say that I don’t think the masons of today—and potentially the Society of Cincinnati—have our best interests at heart.
Kind of like Catholics: the hierarchy is corrupt, the laity is not, and the folks in the middle are mixed. Lots of big corporations work the same way. Plenty of masons are good people. And parts of the hierarchy, the folks in the middle, do good works. But the overall direction and influence is dangerously corrupt.
If you're interested in freemasonry, and how it fits into American history, you might be interested in https://communities.win/c/GreatAwakening/p/15HbgCaArM/potential-research-source-for-fr/c
Lots of resources to go through, but main point is that freemasonry was not monolithic and coordinated early on, but like other institutions was consolidated and twisted over time. And when the US was founded, there were still good (relatively at least) and bad branches, which were later infiltrated and gradually but surely corrupted.
Interesting.
I started digging into this after a trip to St. Louis—the New Masonic Lodge there is insane. I lived with a guy in college who was a Mason/his father was a Mason/they had a Mason Insignia on their license plate. He would get very weird about it whenever my housemates and I mentioned it or made a joke about him taking us to find “the National Treasure.”
I once wanted to be a Freemason and was bummed when I learned they don’t admit women. With Q’s posts about Freemasons and mass shootings, I don’t know what to believe now.
I do find it suspect that Washington is promoted as this big Mason yet he doesn’t appear to be as involved as is claimed.
I will say that I don’t think the masons of today—and potentially the Society of Cincinnati—have our best interests at heart.
Kind of like Catholics: the hierarchy is corrupt, the laity is not, and the folks in the middle are mixed. Lots of big corporations work the same way. Plenty of masons are good people. And parts of the hierarchy, the folks in the middle, do good works. But the overall direction and influence is dangerously corrupt.