The Truth About the Freemasons: The Not-So-Secret Society
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I believe there's a lot more to the freemasons to which you seem to know nothing about or you think those things are absurd.
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@@nickolasphillips3776 He is a Freemason. The first rule of Freemasonry, lie. The art of Deception. Illusion. He also failed to mention the pedophilia + homosexuality associated with it.
It says 3 comments here. Only 1 showing. Removing all the ones proving the evils of freemasons?
@@nickolasphillips3776 There are some famous heroes within the masons, like captain William Morgan. He even have a statue built after him in New York.
As a long time Mason, I always explain the big secret as being a person who will keep what you say in secret. What is said in the lodge stays in the lodge. Today that does not mean as much to most, but in the past having a place where ideas and thoughts be expressed without worry of government repercussions was a much bigger deal.
I for sure am more of a Mason than you
As a 17 year mason, I share everything about the Craft, save for the modes of recognition
@@Sotiger just seventeen years a Mason? I got you by about a decade, no big deal though
@@mason4354 absolutely none of a big deal. Just saying.
It’s a threat that never goes away
You might mention that the Masons take care of their own, especially widows and orphans. My dad was a Mason, my mom never bothered to join any of the women's auxiliary organizations. When my dad died suddenly the Masons were right there for my mom. They have a special Widows and Orphans fund to help people get on their feet, but that's not all. When my mom got to the point where she couldn't live alone because she was a fall risk, she entered a Masonic assisted living facility outside San Francisco. The criteria to enter: your husband was a Mason, and you sign all your property holdings to the home. It doesn't matter how much or how little you have. Some have given over millions in stocks and such; my mom had a car worth about $400. That was it, and it was fine with them. They cared for her, took care of her meals, her medications, every need she had. She made some good friends there and lived happily until her death at the age of 84.
I joined them when I turned 18 because I knew my dad wanted me to. A few years later after he had died and I was a broke college student, I quit them just to save the dues money. It wasn't that important to me. But I will always respect them for what they did for my mother.
There's a huge masonic retirement home up in Elizabethtown. (Bout 30 min from me)
Yeh, our old neighbor before his death was afreemason, he used his connections as one to help out my love from time to time, even invited him in on the stuff, but my love refused.
A lot of people in my family were in the Masons. It's just like a lot of other fraternal organizations. They help each other out, do good works in the community, etc. The conspiracy theories I hear about the Masons are absolute craziness.
@@guymerritt4860 I can't believe that people believe that nonsense. My late father was a Mason and a Knight Templar and yeah, there were things he couldn't tell me (he tended to take oaths seriously) what he could and did tell me was pretty boring.
For example some opponents want people to believe that Masons kill babies and drink blood. Most of the social interaction I experienced was via the Knights Templar and one New Year's Day my father invited me along to a Commandery Communion service. I couldn't receive Communion but I could observe the service. What I saw was a bunch of guys in what looked like Horatio Hornblower-era uniforms around a large triangular table that held shot glasses of wine and a plate of Communion wafers. Really scary, eh? 😆
Another thing my mother and I would go to was the annual Good Friday Service and luncheon. No statue of Baphomet, no guys wearing Masonic aprons hatching satanic plots and against all and sundry...Just a nice service, followed by a luncheon.
To make my experience of Freemasonry even more pedestrian, my father was also a Shriner and my mum and I attended a handful of social events to raise funds for the Shriner's Hospital (and yes, if a child needs help for various conditions, no bill is ever presented to the parents). Again, pretty pedestrian.
If you have gone through the degrees then you are a Mason no matter recognition, as long as you keep your virtue. I am happy for your story brother.
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Right!!!!!
It was ridiculously long!
Did it ever REALLY end? Haha
However, he managed to flash an impressive amount of multiple hand signals within that long ass time frame! Circle Jerks are very "good" with their hand jobs!
My grandfather was a Freemason, I was in the Jobs daughter's organization. My religion or lack didn't matter, but I got to meet other teen girls from all around the world. It gave me incredible socialization skills I desperately needed. Core tenants? Help each other, help those in need, love the world, keep yourself clean and dress well. By dress well I don't mean expensive I mean take care of your clothes and don't wear torn or dirty clothes. It helped a lot durning my teenage years. They gave me confidence in my own abilities.
It’s not a secret society. It’s a society with secrets.
Not really. There are no secrets in Freemasonry. Secret handshake? Secret substitute? Secret ceremonies? All of that is on the interweb. The tired old line about being a “society with secrets“ is no longer useful. Joseph Fort Newton told us what the real secret Freemasonry is.
Exactly as a member we have our secrets just like any other organization that we cannot reveal to the public unless you are a member
last person I heard say this was a free mason
#grandslam 💥
@@maydaygaming3953 I am not a Freemason. I live by a lodge and have spoken with a few about what they can tell me and basically playing games of fact or cap. They are always graceful to oblige.
My old manager was a Freemason. He always used to talk quite openly about it. About how they had members of all walks of life and all religions to discuss different views on life and how by sharing knowledge they could come together instead of creating boundaries between people.
As a Freemason in NYC I support your comment.
@@knobbynah Also contrary to Simon's discourse, Freemasons are encouraged to visit other lodges, as widely as possible.
Unless you're an atheist. I went to an open day at a lodge once and was told membershiop was impossible for an open atheist, but nobody would mind if I remained an atheist and simply professed to hold *any* belief in *any* deity - as many members already had. With such an admission policy I couldn't see any benefit in joining the club.
I went there with a friend who was then and remains a mason. We talk about it occasionally, in broad terms, but I still don't see the appeal. He enjoys it, though, and I've yet to see him trying to control the world in any fashion. I don't see any harm in it. I just think the stated ideals appear less important than the pageantry and camaraderie.
I've known a lot of masons and Shriners. The attitudes vary WIDELY from lodge to lodge. There are stereotypical conservative racists (these seem to be going the way of the dinosaurs) to pretty liberal folks. I myself belong to the Grange. We're a fraternal organization but we've never placed restriction on gender or race for membership or holding office. Really the only restriction is age but we have junior Grange for that. Give it a wiki search! Very interesting history. I'm fact our national headquarters is down the street from the white House!
my father is a freemason from brazil, he stop going to the rituals when he noticed more and more people were joining not to help comunity,but to help themselves in business and politics, you know "you wash my hand and i wash yours", he got fed up with it, but he still assists the charities and the orphanage he helped them build.
this ironically helped decline freemasonry importance in brazil i wonder if the same aplly elsewhere
I take exception with one statement, that Freemasons are encouraged not to visit other lodges. That's actually one of the biggest benefits of membership, being able to travel to other places and find brethren there. What *is* forbidden is visiting "unrecognized" lodges, i.e. an English Freemason can generally visit any lodge in England, Ireland, Scotland, America, Australia, etc., because those Grand Lodges recognize each other as part of the same tradition, but lodges under the Grand Orient (the main tradition they follow in France) would be forbidden because their practices are too different (they allow women and atheists, for example). I've been to probably 20 different lodges in 3 states, and I've always been welcomed wherever I've gone.
I was just going to comment on this subject, but you beat me to it. My husband is planning on attending a meeting next month of a different lodge and he's quite excited about it. I know men who have travelled all over North America with the sole plan of visiting lodges as they go. The sense of fraternity is inspiring and something we need these days more than ever!
Beat me to it... not only are we ENCOURAGED to visit other Lodges, we are expected to do so, as long as those Lodges are Recognized and regular Lodges.
I am very fortunate in that here in South Africa we have 5 different constitutions: South African, English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch, and that we are all in amity with each other - it's so wonderful to see the variations of the rituals and learn from brethren of the other constitutions.
But to the original point: the most wonderful thing about Masonry, is that I can meet a handful of brethren whom I've never met before, and by the end of festive board we have become genuine friends.
Masonry is just such a wonderful, wonderful thing.
How can your exclusion of an entire gender reconcile with your beliefs that Freemasonry is inclusive
@@helloissaraeIt’s a FRATERNITY. By definition that means men only. Some things are simply better that way.
As a member of this wonderful fraternity, I need to correct you on a point. Visiting other lodges is whole-heartedly encouraged. Some of the dates given are also out by about 150 years!
I picked up on that aswell it's actually a point where people bring up not getting out and visiting or being visited is needed especially for dinner numbers haha
My maternal grandparents were Freemasons. Well Gramma was in Eastern Star. Hilariously, there was a lifelong back-and-forth where Gramma kept telling Mom she should join Eastern Star because she would really love it, and Mom would say "What is it though? I'm not going to join if I don't know what it is." Then Gramma would say "I can't tell you because you're not a member." This was an ongoing family joke for decades. My mom never did join, although my grandparents devoted a very large portion of their time to the Lodge as well as running the local St. John Ambulance brigade.
My grandparents were dirt poor with minimal education, but they were all about community service, and that was passed to my mom and subsequently instilled in both me and my sister.
Intriguing, i always knew there was more to life and i have also been looking for a way to find not only protection but a way to be influential to the human society.
oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them
@@bartholetbay412 hi, isnt the brotherhood a myth?
@@haynesatteh4463 well it is not and you cant actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY SZYMON online you will find something interesting.
@@bartholetbay412 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message.
@@bartholetbay412 This one of those join the illuminati scams?
Hi Simon.I’ve been following your channels for a couple of years now and have always enjoyed them. I’m a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and thought it might be a good subject matter in a “Today I Found Out” video. Keep up the good work and Happy Holidays!!!
As a 5th generation Mason and a PM, I do not know of any blue lodge in the world that would not accept a visiting Brother from another lodge as long as they are in good standing with their lodge and is carrying their dues card with them. However, some lodges do have a series of questions to test the Brother. Almost all of basic questions are all taught within the 1st degree of Masonry. However, as a PM, I would most likely be asked much more difficult questions or to recite certain things.
There was a blue lodge I visited multiple times in my city. I stopped going because I was planning on visiting other lodges to get a better feel for where I might belong but just never got around to it due to transportation and other hobbies I had picked up but when I decided to start going back the lodge was up for lease. Definitely want to get back in the process though
Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality, demonstrated by symbols and explained through allegory. Visits between lodges is hugely common and many Freemasons are members of more than one lodge.
It's all about brotherly love, relief, and truth!
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@@vonsparks that's a lie
@@vonsparks what truth? Who's truth?
@@nickolasphillips3776 I'm a mason. It certainly isn't quite as mysterious as you think. It's just a fraternity where we work on being the best versions of ourselves as we can be, and support each other to be the best version of themselves. That's really all there is to it!
My husband was an active Mason for a short while til our lives got a little too complicated for him to attend regular meetings. He said there was not a problem with getting a Mason to talk about Masonry; the problem was getting them to shut up about it. It was a small Midwestern lodge and basically all they seemed to do was to host potlucks, run drives for food, toys and school supplies, deliver those goods and arrange for elderly people who need assistance maintenances their homes so they could age in place.
A member of another friendly lodge said that Masons would take over the world as soon as they figured out how to organize the next spaghetti feed to run smoothly. I told him they should let women join because women were all pro at working together to get stuff like that done. Both he and his wife got a good laugh over that.
Really good video on Freemasons! As a Past Master, head of the Lodge, I agree with all of this for the most part. I will say that we are encouraged to visit other Lodges though, I don't think I've ever been told not to go to another Lodge thus far.
I no longer live in my home state, but I was initiated, passed and raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in Alabama. I've been to lodge in 21 states and one Canadian province. We are encouraged to travel and participate, but only in lodges recognized by our own state grand lodge.
Good to meet another Alabama Mason on here! I’m currently Master of #155! If I may ask, what lodge were you raised in?
Simon, I love your videos. Your content is well researched and I enjoy your personality as well as your voice. With that said, I feel the background music isn't necessary, it can be distracting. You don't need to guild the awesome bearded lily that is you. ❤️
His speech also sounds like he doesn’t know the concept of commas and periods.
I can't speak for other countries, but here in the US, specifically PA, we are encouraged to visit other lodges when we travel.
Plot twist: The guy talking is actually a mason and is misleading us
What an absolute twist, who would expect a mason to mislead and divert
Very likely given his name and his freemasonic logo...
@@mihailhidler5400
Must always be thinking.
And keeping on your toes.
🙂
The devil is a snake in the grass!
@@robinlindberg6339 it's ironic to read "always be thinking" and yet be so ignorant of Masonry.
@@diogeneslantern18
Your ignorance
is your bliss.
One day,
very soon,
ALL will be reveled,
to EVERYONE.
Your delusions
will be
shattered.
I was so excited to see you do a video on Freemasons! As a PM of local lodge here in Ohio I will say that we are very much encouraged to visit other lodges. If any Ohio Masons know of the Royal Sofield Its a requirement. Lodge need help from time to time and most meetings I go to around the district usually have a couple people from various lodges at other lodges! Also, In the US the highest governing body for lodges is at the state level.
To clarify, membership in Ohio masonry’s voluntary Royal Scofield Society requires visiting other lodges. Royal Scofield was Grand Master of Masons in Ohio in the mid-70s. Great guy.
"Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do! We do!"
Oh, wait, that was the Stonecutters...totally different organization...
Doesn't make sense. Within the scientific community the metric system is part of the SI units, and the default.
The only countries still using the USC are like US, Algeria, and (cuba?).
Masons wouldn't control the British Crown, because we don't believe in such tyrannical things as monarchies. While its very earliest origins were in ancient Greece (athens etc); Our order and its predecessors are in fact where the notions of Democracy originated in the modern context. We were practicing a form of direct democracy with electoral processes centuries basically all modern nations ever existed, and the we helped to bring about the change globally during the late 18th century that led to both the American and French Revolutions; which were the watershed events for democratic representation and expansion of freedoms elsewhere around the globe.
@@djdrack4681 - it’s a joke from an old Simpsons episode.
Good joke. lol
Who holds back the electric car?/ Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?/ We do, we do!
The one time Homers big ass saves him.
In Memphis, Tennessee there is a Secret Masonic Temple. How do I know? It has huge letters literally spelling SECRET MASONIC TEMPLE on it that you can easily read from I-240.
I'd say their Temple Association/Board has an excellent sense of humor!
That made me blurt laugh...
@@McGriffman It confused the Hell out of me when I saw it.
Is caro Michigan there's also one
The secret is in the behind-the-scenes shenanigans they utilize to circumvent the law.
Really enjoy your content. Thanks
Thank you! Good information and balanced.
Simon, you should have mentioned how freemasons were also persecuted during WW2 by the nazis. They would wear a forget me not flower to identify themselves to other freemasons.
There’s a well known story among Masons about Allied Masons who came across a dead Mason who happened to be a Nazi (identified by certain insignia which was a big risk for anyone in that Nazi regime to wear or possess). But the bond between Masons is so strong that they still have the Nazi a Masonic burial. I believe it’s cited in, “Freemasonry For Dummies”.
And were made to wear red Triangles on their prison outfit chest
Are they actually call forget me not flowers on English?
@@tea.lillith yes Forget-me-not .small blue flower with 5 blue petals
We still wear forget me not lapel pins
Hey! Love this channel! Love the topic - you gave a bunch of really great info - very accurate.
I am a Mason in the USA (Florida) and our lodges highly encourage us to visit other lodges, in our state, other states and overseas and we welcome Masons from anywhere. We had a brother visit us from Ireland recently and we made sure he was welcome and had a great time.
Two notes: If travelling overseas, we usually call the lodge ahead of time to make sure they know a member is coming - that way there is no confusion when he arrives.
Second, regarding Prince Hall lodges in the USA, last I heard (before the pandemic) we are still separate enough to not be able to visit each other. We've had exceptions, but very few. A brother in my lodge actually migrated from a Prince Hall lodge and he said our lodges are very different in the way we do things. He could not elaborate (and was not asked to do so) as he would not break his promises to his original lodge.
Anyway, great job (again) - keep it up!
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I pray for you masonry isn't good stop while you still can don't go up the freemason ladder.
@@nickolasphillips3776 You just keep praying, but they won't stop building until Lucifer arrives to throw that last trowel and finally finish their truncated pyramid.
@@kenichiyoshimura5929 I'm not certain if this was a serious comment or satire, but it made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that.
@@McGriffman 😆 Always glad to help 🔺️
Great information thank you brother 🙏🏼
Simply amazing! How sweet victory taste when you have to chase it!
Great video! One correction though, in most of the United States traveling to other lodges is highly encouraged. In Pennsylvania, where I am, it is rare to find a brother Mason who has not been to at least one other lodge. We conduct many joint activities, and support our fellow lodges in any way we can.
The American Revolution was organized by masons traveling from lodge to lodge
Most GLs in the world encourage visitation to lodges they are in amity with
As visitor of a lodge, you cannot hold any position other than being a visitor. Within that exception is that a visiting Grand Master, within the jurisdiction of their Grand Lodge, can perform certain duties in the East.
Got any pics in color?
To add to this, many brothers are members of more than one lodge
Simon there’s only THREE Degrees in the Craft and the completion of the Third woth the Holy Royal Arch. Everything else is Side Orders. Also, the first Craft Lodge in England was probably founded pre1717 as you said, but in Scotland the earliest minutes we have are from 1598, lodge Aitchersons Haven.
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I've been to a couple of "open day" we were given a little tour and lecture about the symbols. they seemed like caring old blokes to me a little old fashioned but harmless and they have some lovely old furniture some of it was 400 years old so the plaque next to it said.
Good report as always sir. 🤟👍
My uncle is a Mason. Based on conversations with him, it mostly just seems like a fraternity for old men. Nonetheless, everyone else in the family thinks he's in some kind of cult lol.
That's the best description of it - "fraternity for old men." They don't really do anything except hang out haha
my 80 year old grandfather confirms this.
Yeah I used to have a friend whose dad was one. I went to a lil gathering for charity or something idk there was food and the girl I liked.
I looked around. It was small. But cool artifacts including a suit of armor. And a library room that was small but had so many books.... All in all though it wasn't anything the conspiracy theorist would want you to think lol. It was pretty... boring
Idk fraternitys seem a little culty
" Your not welcome untill you stay in the trunk with a bottle of jack and don't come out till its finished" those initation hell weeks can kill a person depending on the frats "tradition"
I am a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Master Mason and I can confirm that it is mostly just old men drinking and arguing all the time. We can't even agree on what place to have dinner much less run a conspiracy of any kind.
My Dad was a Freemason. I haven’t heard him talk about being in it since the 90s and never thought to bring it up. Just forgot about it. Looking forward to watching this !
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Yeah my dad wouldn’t shut up about it when I was a child. When I asked him about them worshiping Satan, for the first time in his life he shit his mouth about it.
If you want to learn more. Find a lodge and have dinner with them get to know them.
Simon, random comment, you probably won't read it. But thank you for making these videos. Your channel is an endless source of information on very fascinating niche topics I would never learn about otherwise. Thank you and your team for your work.
As a member of 43 years standing and having served two terms as Master of the lodge I have 2 issues. Firstly a common error by many in associating Speculative Freemasonry's formation with early 18th Century London. There were numerous Lodges in Scotland, and probably Ireland pre dating this by 150 years [some have minute books to prove it]. Secondly the assertion that visiting other lodges is discouraged is miles off the mark. I attempt to visit another lodge most weeks, indeed I know many who can be out several times a week. In addition most Scottish lodges have a visiting lodge at almost every meeting.
My mother lodge in Australia is affiliated with a lodge in Scotland which is over 300 yr old and visit one another every 10 years. Visitors are the backbone and the ever present " can anyone deliver the 2nd w.t, bro ..... is unwell "🤣
Thank you for pointing this out. No idea where he got his info on visits to other lodges being discouraged. Being able to visit other lodges is part of what makes the organization so great.
I've been traveling for 8 years now, am a past master and currently serving my lodge as secretary.
I visit other lodges all the time. Don’t know what that’s about.
Agreed, one of the first “recorded” lodge dated back to about the late 1500s in Aberdeen Scotland. And Idk what that whole “discouraged to visit other lodges” is about. You can’t be a Traveling man and NOT travel lol
I am an English Fellowcraft Freemason. I was initiated last October and since then I have visited a fair few other lodges. This has always been welcomed. Lodges rely on visitors really.
Scary how much of this is bang on.. I wondered if Simon was a fellow brother at one point..
There are loads of books out there, and nothing he said is an in-house secret
And he is just far enough off to argue that he is not
Some pretty blatant inaccuracies for a brother to say.
I'm one Proud US Freemason scottish rite York rite and Shriner. I love your videos Simon been watching for years. This was well done. Freemasons for dummies book was written by my good friend Chris Hodapp
I love that book, I think I have bought 4 copies now because I keep giving them out to people who have questions. I recommend it all the time to people.
Br Hodapp is a legend
Very well done 👏 👏
Very very well done.
Don't tell the members of the Grand Lodge of Virginia that they're not supposed to go to other lodges, especiallyto help with ritual work. 😅😅😅😅
how can you be a travelling man if you don't travel
Lmao
I live in Nova and the Masons are hardcore. If the first thing you see coming into VA is that Mason tower in Alexandria, you know who runs sh#t around here.
This is what I've been trying to tell anyone who will listen. Thank you, Fact Boy!!!
13:00 You ARE encouraged to visit other lodges. But you ARE encouraged to stay within that United or not united lane. Depending on the mother lodge you join. Grand lodge for every state will tell you go out and visit. Just don't visit the ones that are considered irregular.
Most of this was spot on…but regarding not visiting other lodges, we are highly encouraged to visit and most regularly do.
It's great to visit. Means someone else pays for your dinner hehehe
I’m a fourth generation master mason and I love your videos happy to discuss the Craft further if you’d like
Are you really? Cool. Where is your lodge and what are the requirements to join freemasons. Im not being cocky. Just asking out of curiosity.
Please make a video of a ceremony.. I hear a few ceremonies held by the Masons are "private" and for what reasons aren't explained clearly.
Please make a channel and disclose everything.. I would love to hear more
You ask a lot for a man to take no heed of the low tide.
@@garystinten9339 my brother unfortunately I’m obligated to not do that but I’m happy to chat about whatever I’m able to chat about and answer any questions I can. It’s a wonderful group of men I look up to
@@Hegde- I belong to two lodges in atlanta Ga you just have to be 21 years old, believe in god and the immortality of
The soul you should check it out, a wonderful organization
In my observations, I think a lot depends on how Masons present themselves. There was this guy in my National Guard unit who would draw Masonic symbols on his shirts and then clam up when people ask about it. He also had no sense of humor if you teased him about it. Needless to say, not the best advertisement for the group. (My personal feeling is that of Carl in the Stonecutters episode, if you want something to be a secret, shut up about it.)
However, when I moved to PA and saw some Shriners events that were family friendly and open to the public, their philosophy was, "This isn't a secret society at all. We willingly state our membership and publicly post meeting times [a lodge close to where I live lists the date and time of their monthly meeting on a marquee outside the building]], but we do have certain rituals that are secret." I can respect that.
Its one of those things, you take an oath that you do not talk about certain things. Honestly you can find all the stuff online or in books any ways. I am a Shriner as well even though I haven't been very active in a few years, Freemasonry for Dummies is a great book to read and the Shriners have a crazy history.
@@tz-xi3kr I understand that some things are secret. My only point is that if you really want something to be a secret, don't draw it all over everything. Even ignoring the tact of putting such symbols on a government uniform, you could just say, "It's a Mason thing" and leave at that, but to say "It's a secret" after you decided to draw it on your shirt is a bit ridiculous.
We had a member of long-standing who was, to blunt about it, a raging sphincter. I sat next to him as a tyler(sp) and he would mutter insults under his breath about the Lodge Master, other line members, etc. I discussed this with an uncle who was a Mason and he said that the Masonic Lodge attracts all sorts of men, including jerks and to simply keep that in mind and deal with those jerks accordingly.
You sure he wasn't an LDS member? Many of their rituals are similar and they co.monly have a square and compass symbol on their underware. By the way, they forbid members from becoming Masons too.
@@lowercherty I'm sure. He wouldn't shut up about the Masons, and he wore the ring. Yet when someone asked him what the drawings meant, he became Lenny in the Stonecutters episode.
Very interesting and informative
A bit of a correction. I was Initiated in a lodge under the UGLE (United Grand Lodge of England) in South Africa. While still a UGLE Mason, I Affiliated to a lodge under the GL of Scotland. I am still a member of a Scottish lodge. In South Africa we have 4 Grand Lodges represented. UGLE, Scotland, Ireland and GL of South Africa, derived from the earlier Netherlandic lodges. These 4 are in Amity and visitation is common between the Constitutions. A member should not visit a lodge not in Amity. Hence the French GL permitting athiests is not in Amity.
My grandfather was a freemason who so embodied the ideals that he was one of the most beloved men in his town. When he died, it led to mass mourning, and his lodge commissioned a coin in his honor to give to new inductees to remind them in whose footsteps they were following.
So he was a secret satanist
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@@nickolasphillips3776 Finally was looking for this comment, people have no idea what goes on.
@@Blazerghost many are clueless they have no idea they're loved ones vowed never to talk about the secrets of what they are actually about and what they do. God bless
@@nickolasphillips3776 All our world leaders, politicians, music artists, actors, policemen….are part of the satanic cult. The Bible even warns us about them.
The idea of the Masons as "secret" always cracked me up. They have buildings with the Lodge names right on them. They are about as secret as the "Elks", "Moose" or "Rotarians". Even as a young dumb kid, I knew they were just a private club.
Their doctrine is the secret also they fact they worship Satan is also a secret.
@@nickolasphillips3776 Many are actually Christian, or other religious groups, so what you say makes no sense as they are all religious men. They are NOT Satanists, and you shouldn't listen to those conspiracy theorists who actaully are.
@@flutterwind7686 so you don't know the difference between the high ranking mason and the low ones
@@flutterwind7686 Is that why Anton Lavey, the founder of the Church of Satan, speaks so highly of Freemasonry in his book The Satanic Rituals? You are so clueless and gullible that it makes me dizzy to see how taking oaths of silence under the penalty of obscene execution (whether symbolic or not) means nothing to you.
@@flutterwind7686 lol Christian and Catholic are very different.
Not much of a secret society when they advertise "To be one, ask one" on bumper stickers :)
Great video
I love that the "secret rituals" were basically a form of standardized test based on memorization skills to make sure make sure potential members wouldn't decrease the intellectual capacity of the group. And that by spreading them out over the different degrees of mastery you basically retested the person on a regular basis to make sure that their ideals stayed in line with the beliefs of the group it's a great way to detect descent and therefore protect your environment of freedom
They still are. It has improved my memory dramatically.
Secret rituals threatened with death if secrets are exposed and Satanic worship mixed in. It's named the "craft" for a reason. Masons will lie to cover their secrets or they are to lower rank and or ignorant to know anything about the real purpose of the Satanic /Lucifierian brotherhood.
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Irony:)
of freedom.
It's important to remember how to stab skulls and drink wine from skulls. Intellectual stuff, you shill.
Thank you for presenting this in a fair factual way, it's very refreshing to see it spoken about like this 👍
Masons are evil and sick, blinded by the false light (lucifer), serving the creation(god/Baphomet/Baal/lucifer) rather then the CREATOR(GOD/CHRIST).
Be not their friend, neither in the club, but:
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luke 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Masons shall be in lake of fire, not in heaven. Believe not their lies, for they are BLIND, leading blindly the blind + they are thief and robbers.
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
John 10:1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
GREAT video.
A greatly informational video. In a world of widely available misinformation, it can be hard to disseminate the truth. This is as good of a rundown as one could get.
This all seems to be about men joining a club. I don't think serve anyone, but themselves.Another weird misogyny power club💖
My great grandfather was a freemason and my grandmother was part of the women's auxiliary. I asked her about it and she said they just organized social events and did charity. Honestly her travel stories were far more interesting. R.I.P. GiGi.
That's probably all she 2as privy too. Level 32 and above understand what is really going on
@@sharonbender880 freemasons arent really esoteric like you think it is, look into Crowley's O.T.O
@@sharonbender880 My father was a 32nd degree and I'd swear on my life that there was no hatching of nefarious plots! When are conspiracy buffs going to get it right?
@@harrietharlow9929 your grandfather vowed to lie about the truth of freemasonry.
You are bloodline cursed like me 😢 it goes down 4
Generations
My dad was a Freemason. Pretty cool group. When I took my wife to see the Arch of Triumph at Valley Forge park - she was shocked to see the Freemason logo clearly and largely inscribed. She asked flat out “aren’t they a cult?!?” I laughed and had to explain.
In one word, "yes"
@@omidee2926 in one word, "nope"
My grandfather Dr. Delgado is a high ranked freemason. He murdered me as a blood sacrifice almost 7 years ago and Grady saved my life. The big secret is that 33 degree freemasons and master masons practice satanic ritualistic abuse to summon up 👿.
@@alecubudulecu Uh? YES.
“Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!”
-Albert Pike in Moray and Dogma of The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
“When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy.”
-Manly P. Hall in The Lost Keys of Freemasonry
My wife jokingly refers to it as my “cult”. I always tell her cults get things done, you should see us trying to decide where to go for dinner
well done research on this vid
Hello from a Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge #154 F&AM. Love your videos, was interesting to see your interpretation of Freemasonry.
As a 3rd degree Mason in craft lodge as well as a 32nd degree member of the Scottish Rite, I want to thank you for being one of the only videos on UA-cam that actually tell the truth with 99% accuracy
The only mistake you made was that we are definitely encouraged to visit other lodges it is highly encouraged that we visit our brethren in other lodges across the world. I'm from Canada and I regularly visit Hamilton lodge in Spanish Town Jamaica. As well as other lodges in my district
Can you moved lodges? Like if you joined in one area but are moving to another
@@Tshepiso.Morake yes
He also didn't mention the women's auxiliary, rather implying they were banned. My great grandmother would prove otherwise. Though she had told me I shouldn't be reading that when I found one of her lodge books long ago.
Slight error in fact in the video.
As a Mason for almost 10 years now, I can say that we are very much encouraged to visit other lodges!
Love what you do!
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Very true!
Agreed.
Wow, you got it spot on. Nice.
Saying the "dankest of memes" like that with your accent was 👏ICONIC👏 and just gave me so much life. Haha amazing.
I love your videos. They are so well done and always so informative.
I'm a Master Mason and a 32nd degree Scottish rite mason. Masonry is about brotherly love and charity. There is an elderly Mason I know in another lodge, he was in need of a Kidney transplant. The call went out and 800 brothers answered. When he got a call from the hospital informing him of a match the receptionist asked him to what fraternity, if any he belonged. He told her and she started to cry. She said she'd never seen so many people willing to help a person they don't know but she knew it had to be a loving fraternity. The doctor thought the same and he is currently going through the degrees. These are the stories the Alex Jones types never want to hear. Talk to the Masons in your town or city. Become informed.
It was a greedy organization that promoted alchemy
No no those charities are used for exactly that reason as a front your all Satan worshippers and totally go against the word of Christ your a disgrace with no morals ! There is good and evil and you will not do what thou wilt you will repent or suffer for worshipping the serpent
Glad to know that
Ok and what do you do there? Why do you swear yourselves to secrecy if there’s nothing bad going on?
@@sleepystar1638 they are Satan worshippers the founding fathers thought that it was their destiny to create the new Babylon if they where Christians why would you start America with freedom of religion what religion would be persecuted elsewhere in the world paganism and satanism they keep secret oaths as imagine if the world found out that a small but powerful group has been behind many of the world wide events that have changed the course of history all for the goal of a global government watch atlyan child's X factor winner who was a freemason explain it in detail it will blow your mind
Great video! I was so relieved it didn't turn out to be conspiracy theory nonsense. From a Master Mason in the Grand Lodge of Virginia, AFAM. United States
Well done.
We are an organization of where a handshake is still your word, and your word is your character, and your character is everything.
Used to know a freemason, lovely people, lots of charity work, not quite what tinfoil heads describe them
I am a Master Mason as was my dad and his father. The core of a belief in a supreme being holds true for the US lodges. Charity, Fellowship and improving oneself and one's community are treasured goals.
There is one element not discussed often to pass the three degrees to Master Mason one must memorized three catechisms' that take up to 40 minutes of question and response each. As a participant they are impressive and enlightening.
Thank you for your broad overview presentation.
Depends on the Constitution. In English and Scottish it’s roughly 12 q&a’s
No you have to worship Satan and o become a master mason or the 33 degree
@@nickolasphillips3776 hahahahhahahaha! No. On the contrary, Freemasonry is entirely opposed to any satanic principle (i.e. ego-centered and atheist). And once again. The “33rd Degree” is not that important. Just the completion of one (out of several) masonic orders beyond the Craft. So what you think you know, is clearly BS.
You nearly had me for a second there
6th generation Mason here. Have a brother who is a not a Mason give me and another family member a hard time about being part of a 'secret society'. I pointed out that local library has 30 different books on Masonry that he was welcome to check out and read and besides, how secret can we be when we are in the phone book? (Yeah, this conversation was many years ago). He then asked me to tell him about what happens in Lodge and initiations, etc. because after all there are books in the library. I told him it is not my place to discuss any of these topics with a non-member, which to him proved we were up to no good.
"The righteous man comes to the light so his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God" if what yall do is so good, why hide it? Say what you want but thats not only biblical, its just plain common sense. This is why your brother doesn't trust you. Seems to me low level masons are there to hype the brand and spread positive PR. While high level masons do the dirt and get poor saps who believe there lies tell the truth their allowed to know. Hey man, even hells angels do food drives lol 😆 Either your doing food drives or your actually trusted enough by the gang to sell the dope and make the hits. Just common sense. Thats how I'd do it if I was committed crimes against humanity.
Phone book 😂
Very reasonable and well-researched video debunking the crazy theories about the Masons… Which is exactly what the Masons would want us to believe! I’m on to you, Simon. I’m on to you
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Oh I see sarcasm my bad
My grandfather was a suspected Mason. He passed a few months ago so we will never know. We brought him on holiday and he really hit it off with a guy who we know is a Mason, was so strange for our grandad to disappear with a stranger. We did ask him about it. He got upset and told me "it's not a secret society, it's a society with secrets" ....which just adds more mystery to it.
"suspected Mason"? Most of are happy to talk about it. It's not mysterious.
Look through his effects and find any mason materials.. read about it.
@@phhdvm I know lol. My stepdad was/is a mason. He doesn’t hide that he is from his family etc. He doesn’t hide or lie when he goes to the lodge to meetings etc. It’s not something you have to keep secret from your family, You’d know if he was one or not. 😂
I truly can't see what "mystery" you are referring to.
Didn't you ask him if he was?
We're not asked for secrecy, only discretion.
A suspected mason? My Great Uncle was a Mason, it was never a secret. Had a family reunion at a Masonic lodge. The Masons had a baseball field next to the lodge that I played ball at. You are making it sound more mysterious and secretive than it is in reality.
Touché !
The advertisement had me cracking up 😂
Well done Simon, for the most part accurate. As a F. a. a M MM myself the Grand Lodge of Washington State encourages visits to other lodges in other states and countries. As a traveling man I’ve been well met and welcomed in any accepted lodge I’ve ever been to and will go out of my way to find local lodges when traveling. After Proving up I’ve always been warmly welcomed.
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I've visited lodges all over the country and world. Never a problem as long as I had a paid up dues card and could answer a few ritual type questions.
I've made many friends doing this and have always been warmly welcomed.
I love how UA-cam thinks we need a "context" warning and link. Nobody is being controlled, nothing to see here.
My grandfather was a Freemason, all of his friends were Freemasons. He, as well as most them were veterans. They were all normal people, staples of their family and communities and the funeral services they offer are better than anything you can pay for.
oh it's still pretty secret - opening a book to where it lists the titles of the chapters is one thing but the appendix is a lot less known ;)
Thank you for the accuracy. We're so tired of the sensationalist conspiracy BS all over the internet.
So what do you do and why do you keep secrets if there’s nothing to hide?
A very well done video here, one or two corrections:
Women's masonry is recognised and thriving in England and in fact there are two womens' grand lodges, HFAF is the biggest and there's also OoWF.
Masons of any lodge are encouraged to visit as many other lodge's meetings as they can! Relationships between lodges are almost unanimously positive, and many people are subscribing members to multiple lodges at the same time. The problem comes when one lodge is not recognised as regular by your grand lodge, which is referred to as 'clandestine masonry'. Honestly, this never really happens as grand lodges regulate their area of jurisdiction well and are pretty amicable with each other.
Also the UGLE has amicable relations with the HFAF & OWF.
My great grandfather was a freemason. My mom just gave me this beautiful brooch that was given to the wives of the masons, and then passed down through our family. I wonder if there are more out there like it!
I am a 32 degree Freemason. I was drawn to Freemasonry by its' great charities. I donate heavily to Shriner's' Hospitals. Freemasonry's teaching have lead my wife and I to fully fund our Panama, Central American charity to provide computers and Braille printers to blind children.
Excellent work, Brother. A fine example of what we do for our communities and beyond!
@@TheRealist2022 Thank you. I normally do not mention our philanthropy publicly; however, in light of the topic, I made an exception.
Trivia: the symbolic murder of Hiram, which is part of the third Masonic degree, is the origin of the term to "give him the third degree" referring to intense police questioning. Back in the bad 'ol days such interrogations might include a beating.
You also get the term 'black balled' and 'squared away' and 'on the level' all from Masonry.
@@tz-xi3kr keep sharing I want to know more
You have any actual citations for this?
@@tz-xi3kr that's like going on a "snipe hunt, ". , or " wild goose chase", , might as well catch a red herring!! Colleges!
@@tz-xi3kr don't forget fair and square!
One Mason I’ve spoken to briefly told me that the “big secret” is that there is no secret at all.
Kind of like kungfu panda dragon scroll moment
Love your site!
Better check the spelling in your advert!
My great-grandfather and grandfather were both in the Freemasons, as well as many of the older members of my family. Grandma and great-grandma were in the Order of the Eastern Star. My dad and grandfather were in De Molay as kids. Many of our family's graves have the insignia of Freemasons and Eastern Star on them. Since my grandparents passed away, I started a collection of their stuff from the Masons and Eastern Star. My family are very normal and good people. From what I understand, these are just groups where people of different faiths and backgrounds can come together, share values, and help the community.
We recently had grandpa's funeral and the Masons did a little ritual before the service. He was a good man, always helping others. That alone is enough for me to say he could never be involved in something nefarious. He touched many lives and is sorely missed by many.
@ShroomyK Thanks so much for that lovely testimony of your older relatives. It counters what some here, who are talking complete nonsense, say.
If you have considered joining, don't wait to be invited.... we don't do that. Anyone interested in joining, must approach us... it's one of the rules.
Questions? Ask away.
We aren't a "secret society". We are a fraternity WITH secrets. Big difference.
Big secrets
@@nickolasphillips3776 lol...no. No secrets, everything(and I mean everything) you need to know about freemasonry is available on the Internet or in books.
@@bigcrispyhied Yes, we know how you say lucifer is the creator and darkness is light.
Ok, cult boy🤐
Lmao I’m sorry I had to😂
@@bigcrispyhied It's hidden in plain sight. Like the Satanism + pedophilia. It's all been made normal.
My great grandfather was a freemason and my great grandmother was an Eastern star. Several of my cousins are in freemasonry. I always thought freemasons were a part of something dark.
It's a shame that you feel that way
only when they turn off the lights and go home...
They are. Your feelings are true.
Great video. The only thing that I would disagree with is when you mention members are discouraged from other lodges. My experience here in the UK is the opposite, we strongly encourage not only visiting other lodges but joining other lodges as well. I’ve visited other lodges and been welcomed with open arms every time.
As a Mason I agree good video. It is a fraternity. Made up of people who want to help the community through unselfish acts. It helps make another person stronger by supporting one another. As a lifetime feiendship in Brotherly Love.
Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do
Who holds back the elctric car?
Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do, we do
Who robs cavefish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
Hidden in plain sight, except for the electric car. But that was probably included so in the future people could say "They aren't holding back the electric car, therefore the entire lyrics are invalidated". Holy crap some people are stupid! The masses are too scared to admit there are plausible conspiracy theories. It would disrupt their psychology. Just a coincidence. Everything conspiracy theory related, no matter how much physical and circumstantial evidence you present to them, is a coincidence. Their ignorance will be our downfall, and the Masons success. New Order of the Ages, as printed on the back of U.S. paper currency, along with 13 historically documented Masonic symbols. Just a conspiracy, I'm sure.
This was a very good and mostly accurate presentation of Masonic History. Though the "secrets" involve mostly modes of recognition and the degree rituals, the fact of them leaves detractors with the ability to conjour up varied and ridiculous conspiracy theories having no basis in fact. Contrary to your statement that members are discouraged from visiting other Lodges in other jurisdictions and countries, just the opposite is true. Such visits are encouraged and visiting members are extended great courtesy. Also, Masons are obliged to provide necessary aid and assistance to other Masons and their families both individually, and at the Lodge level and beyond. Thus, the necessity of not only credentials, but knowledge of those "secrets" in order to prevent fradulent attempts of non-Masons to take advantage of this fraternal obligation. This is not at all to suggest that Masons, by their very nature are unwilling to help others not a part of the fraternity, but the choice to do so is an individual one, and not a specific obligation.
Sure sure
I feel a very specific obligation to help others and I'm not in a lodge. If you think you have some kind of stronger obligation just because you are in a club, that shows you are brainwashed. What happens if you don't help another mason? You're no worse off than if I don't lol. Be a decent human and just help others because it's the right thing to do.
We can all read Morals and Dogma and ALL of your doctrines? You worship Lucifer? Even if you don’t know it!
No one cares how virtuous you think you are?
You understand the warrior on the block is solely to channel the “seething energy of Lucifer”?
So very charitable. So very virtuous.
“Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!”
-Albert Pike in Moray and Dogma of The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
“When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy.”
-Manly P. Hall in The Lost Keys of Freemasonry
@@ghost-user559 No, you want to believe that Masons worship Lucifer. It fits your needs.
@@larryspiller6633 No. You are just ignorant of what your CRAFT actually is according to a man who WROTE many of your rituals.
Why do you think they blindfolded and hoodwinked you? They told you that you were going from “darkness into light” but WHAT light?
“Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!”
-ALBERT PIKE in MORALS AND DOGMA OF THE ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE
“When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy.”
-MANLY P. HALL in THE LOST KEYS OF FREEMASONRY
As a masons of almost 10 years now. You got it wrong as of not being encouraged to visit other lodges. We tell every new member to go out and visit others lodges.
I like how this is recommended to me when i talked anout this with some friends a week ago and searched about free masons on google onANOTHER device
That moment when you realise you've already visited one of the oldest lodge in Canada without even knowing 😂 I knew the "Golden Rule Lodge" golden markings on the rocks were special when I saw them...
If you want to learn the origins, all you have to do is read the book "born in blood: the lost secrets of freemasonry "
"Travelling" or vusit3ing other lodges is actually widely ENCOURAGED