Freemasonic History

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This is a very good film on it - well done, pretty accurate and plain and simple. Masonry can't have women in it so I don't know what that first guy is talking about - probably just suggesting the whole "co-ed Masonry" thing.

This is the first part only the second can be easily found from it though.

I like its explanation of how the Mason guilds went from operative to speculative.

Our Origins are indeed lost in the mists of time. I subscribe to the Templar origin theory, others Esoteric - Hermetic origins and others still the Operative/Speculative origins. Masonry is different for every Mason.

These secret societies have toured the world under different names, leaving their rather intriguing symbolism in their tracks for thousands of years.

You mean like the Christian symbol like St Christopher Dog Dead ?
Or the Christian canibalistic communion ritual ? Or the Jewish animal sacrifice ?

freimaurer:

Welcome to ATS I saw you in chat earlier. I have also seen you have posted alot of Masonic related topics.. including a few anti anti-masonic ones are you a free mason?

I only got to watch half the movie, pretty good stuff.

Our Origins are indeed lost in the mists of time. I subscribe to the Templar origin theory, others Esoteric - Hermetic origins and others still the Operative/Speculative origins. Masonry is different for every Mason.

Thats very RWPBR I personally think we where based off of Templars, though not directly in the sense that Templars one day desided to be Masons, but that we took alot from their teachings.

I must compliment your ancestors on leaving such pretty and fascinating standing rocks, rock piles, rock crosses, rock trap caves, etc. I find them most intriguing.

Originally posted by adc
I must compliment your ancestors on leaving such pretty and fascinating standing rocks, rock piles, rock crosses, rock trap caves, etc. I find them most intriguing.

Not for nothing, but what the heck are you talking about ?

Come on, nature didn't scatter those clearly symbolic rocks everywhere, i'm quite sure they were antient travelling organisations in pursuit of more power, see Carnac for example.