tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post1456122639364638592..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: Masonic TransparencyChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-32190152544319290782016-02-16T03:57:03.290-05:002016-02-16T03:57:03.290-05:00Secrecy is absolutely essential to our Craft.
Af...Secrecy is absolutely essential to our Craft. <br /><br />After studying the "Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies" by Arch Druid (Masonic Brother, Sir Winston Churchill, was also a Druid) and Masonic Brother, John Michael Greer, I found there are several dozen esoteric and initiatic Orders outside of Freemasonry operating today which are enjoying a great deal of Secrecy. The public does not seem to care much about them or their activities.<br /><br />If these other Orders can have their Secrecy and Privacy, why not us Masons? Are we not Worthy of such respect? Of course we are! If we donot demand it, the world will lose respect for us.<br /><br />Religiously and Politically motivated Critics of Freemasonry are a dime a dozen. They are often nefarious and insidious. Not very nice at all. Masonic leaders and members must learn not to be afraid of such Critics. Critics will always be around as long as men like them have shortcomings and inferiority complexes which cause them to try and find faults in others.<br /><br />Masonic education is the key to dealing with any type of Masonic Critic. Some people have sincere sensibilities and are simply naive or ignorant of Freemasonry and can be reached by the excellent books written by WBro. Chris and others.<br /><br />But not the truly Nefarious Men. They are of a different breeding. Many of them have read the books and seen some rituals. They know Freemasonry is about Morality and they hate us for it. They want us to stray from the path and become Ruffians for them to save (control).<br /><br />To them, the truly Nefarious, who may be reading this comment, I make no apologies.<br /><br />Thomas Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496528868148315705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-76081802112165362382016-02-15T20:31:18.920-05:002016-02-15T20:31:18.920-05:00From back in 2010: Their Grand Secretary, Nigel Br...From back in 2010: Their Grand Secretary, Nigel Brown, when questioned about their secrecy, actually said, " It would be intolerable for any Mason to say, ‘I’m sorry I can’t tell you that’.”<br /><br />Intolerable?!<br /><br />Doesn't that cut the heart right out of the very essence of the Craft? Secrecy. like so much in Freemasonry, is a symbol, of our honor.<br /><br />See <a href="http://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/2010/06/ugles-new-grand-secretary-nigel-brown.html" rel="nofollow">HERE FOR THAT STORY.</a>Christopher Hodapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-10105737336163834022016-02-15T18:49:16.135-05:002016-02-15T18:49:16.135-05:00Great Post and thoughtful comment, Chris.
"T...Great Post and thoughtful comment, Chris.<br /><br />"The Anti-Masons, traitors and perjurers some, and some mere political knaves, purified Masonry by persecution, and so proved to be it's benefactors for that which is persecuted, grows."-Brother Albert Pike. 😀Thomas Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496528868148315705noreply@blogger.com