The occult (meaning hidden) 33rd degree which regular masons don’t know about, that was springboarded when they were infiltrated by Adam Weishaupt and the Illuminati, with the takeover completed and the 33 inculcated by Albert Pike.
The poor regular joes who don’t know how deep they were eaten, think they are still a symbol of freedom
Masons fomented both the American and French revolutions and nearly succeeded in saving the world from tyranny. Cabal couldn’t have that ever get that close to undoing them again. So they now sit at the hidden top and turned the org into money collectors. And worse- as Albert pike put spells into the rituals.