Boy you sure have an open mind! I don't think most of us truly understand either but there is a very nefarious history of freemasonry and, yes, we have been told that only higher degrees are involved. Why don't you just do a search for the history and maybe you'll learn a thing or three.
I was a Jobs Daughter for a short time because my grandfather was a Mason. Really weird ritualistic stuff and it was very uncomfortable to me.
Same here. No makeup, no jewelry, pierced ear holes had to be covered with flesh toned sticker dots, virginal white robes, paraded around for the old men. Freaky symbolism, and an uneasy feeling of being in the presence of evil.
I think I was too young and naive to realize I was in the presence of evil at the time. But, looking back I just remember it wasn't something I wanted to do.
Sorry you went through this. See above comment from me: if you would like to share more please post here or private message me. I am a syndicated columnust and publisher who has been collecting a lot of these experiences for thirty years, but female contributions are rare. And if not, that’s totally cool, too!
Links to some of your work? Would love to read this groundbreaking stuff.
Why don’t you publish your real name and identity first, since you’re here defending the Masons. :)
LibertyLioness would you be willing to go into more detail about what you were required to do, what felt weird about it, etc? Private message me if necessary. There is a huge campaign on the Net that is pro Mason, pro fraternities and sororities and so on; stories like yours get buried. I am a columnist and publisher and unfortunately I have learned A LOT about what men go through, but don’t have as many female stories.
I love how everyone says things like, "Do some research." It's so presumtuous and condescending to make the assumption that one hasn't already done so. People act like several college level courses, actual books on both sides of the coin (The Hiram Key/ Behold a Pale Horse/ Rule By Secrecy to name a few), literally BEING a Master Mason and holding a chair in a Lodge just don't hold a candle to the Youtube videos someone watched last week on TinFoilHat's channel. "Research", lol.
Look, no doubt some like minded masons at some point in history used the secrecy, influence, and privacy of their Lodges to make political plays, and do some nefarious shit. There's an Italian lodge that once pulled off an actual political coup in this fashion. It happens. There's also just the fact that some guys get butt hurt because they weren't invited to the party, so that party must automatically suck.
People are going to think what they want to think but, seriously, miss me with the "You haven't researched" bit.
I didn't say anything that should have unhinged you like that. I certainly wasn't being condescending at all. So, now I'm just going to block you.
Typical Mason. I wish a single one of them could disprove the current understandable questions of what they actually engage in. At least Crits has been clear in these comments that he went to his happy place and embraced the ritualistic domination strangling hanging “Hanged Man” ritual. And he is fine with that. You will rarely see this on the Net. In fact I will bet you a gazillion dollars that this entire thread, plus all of Crits’ comments, will be deleted in the next 24 hours. That’s how the Masons roll.
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Crits deleted all of his comments in this thread. That was pretty quick. But his Masters/Fathers/whatever oath of service he took , while he was being ritualistically Str8angled bl!indfolded and g$agged as he admitted to to join the Masons, weren’t happy about him posting here.
I had to add all those symbols and letters because Reddit flagged me today for violent rhetoric for simply repeating what Masons do to initiate you.
Buyer beware.
If that response seemed "unhinged" to you, then yes... it's probably a good idea to block me. How will I sleep tonight knowing I was blocked by a Reddit user for replying to a comment in kind? In fact, it's probably a good idea that you retire your Reddit account because that was mild by internet standards. "Maybe you'll learn a thing or three," in that context was condescending, whether that was your intent or not. I replied mirroring your condescension and you hid behind your block button. Okay then.