[Heaven] Mason History Includes Secrecy, Rituals, Sex

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Mason History Includes Secrecy, Rituals, Sex
Harrison discusses the differences between the "Antients" and the "Moderns" in Freemasonry -- differences which led to rebellions and schisms in the "craft," as Masons call their system of belief. Originally, speculative Freemasonry had only three degrees, as compared to the 33 of today's "supersized" Freemasonry. Initiates of the First Degree were called "Entered Apprentices," while Second Degree masons were called "Fellow Craft." Those attaining the highest degree, the Third Degree, were called "Master Masons."  Before the 1720s, there were only two degrees, Harrison says: "These were extended into three degrees by the leaders of the 'Moderns.'" I was startled, to say the least, to find in Harrison's books descriptions of licentious clubs called Hell Fire Clubs, organized by prominent Freemasons, where the men dressed like monks and the invited women, including local talent, dressed like nuns, engaging in orgiastic ceremonies. I queried the good doctor by e-mail and he confirmed my interpretation: "Yes, you are absolutely right, the Duke of Wharton and later, Sir Francis Dashwood (both Freemasons) used the Hell Fire Clubs as a pseudo Masonic orgy on their country estates; the mix of secrecy, ritual and sex being an attractive way to spend the time with their close circle of influential friends, very much like [Stanley] Kubrick's [1999] film 'Eyes Wide Shut.'"

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