Masonfag here. Just a little bit of sauce, do with it what you will.

European country. Every lodge in the country has been ordered by GL to turn in certain artifacts that were for use in Templar ritual in order for them to be disposed of. These artifacts are 500 years old in some lodges. The official reason is that the public would be outraged and wouldn't understand the meanings the artifacts should they be discovered. The artifacts are to be replaced with cloth-based representations of the artifacts while the artifacts themselves are disposed of. (destroyed I assume)

This follows a declaration (reminder) last year, that our branch of Freemasonry (worldwide) does not use, and has never used (which is true) certain imagery such as the "All Seeing Eye" and others, and that any lodge using them would face disciplinary action.

Our form of Freemasonry predates Scottish and York Rites, including the corruption of Pike, by hundreds of years. George Washington was a Mason, which is common knowledge, what isn't is that he was a member of our branch and a team was sent from my country to the U.S. complete with warrant and regalia to raise him.

Anyhow. Just letting you know that things are happening out of the public eye, and it's clear to us patriots as to why. WWG1WGA!

>>4434148

I don't care whether or not they believe. I'm not trying to convert or deflect. Just sharing info. no one outside would ever hear. Most anti-masons have never researched beyond conspiracy sites and wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Rite, Constitution, and Affiliated/no-affiliated.

>>4434124

No camera's or recording devices. I'm talking Templar. If you have studied the Templars, you'd have an idea what I'm talking about and why the public wouldn't understand. Probably the most famous non-affiliated lodge in the U.S. takes their name from these artifacts.

>>4434216

"Raised" is just a Masonic term … "initiated" or "promoted" would be more common terms. To be "raised" certain conditions need to be met. 1. That the lodge is constituted (belongs to an official constitution) 2. That the official warrant of the Lodge is present (it had to be shipped to the U.S. costing a fortune in insurance) and 3. That there were enough members of the lodge present to open the lodge and carry out the membership process (raise)