#Freemasonry

[punishedsaints]

[earlgraytay]

I find the gap between "how the Freemasons are portrayed in fiction" and "the IRL Freemasons" to be goddamn hilarious

in every third work of conspiracy fiction, the Freemasons are this globespanning organization that has deep pockets and deeper intrigues.

...Meanwhile, the local Freemason branch is advertising FREE MEMBERSHIPS (please we're desperate), on a flier that was clearly designed in Microsoft Paint.

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

[illustratus]

[cryptotheism]

It is 1485, you are a master stonemason in the city of Venice. Europe is at war. What else is new. Down the street, some weirdo named Leonardo is drawing blueprints for flying machines. You were essentially trained from birth in the art of stonecutting. The knowledge in your head keeps the crops watered, fortresses upright, and the streets clean of filth. As such, your knowledge is very, very valuable. You need to exchange knowledge with other masons but you can’t just publish all your secrets in a book, no sir. If every two-bit stonecutter learned your techniques it would put your job security in jeopardy. What you need is a nice, secluded place where you can talk shop with your peers. Maybe you could form a sort of society, one that regularly meets in secret. Somewhere all the masons like you would be free from prying eyes.  The Freemasons are a magical society in the same way that Yoko Ono was a Beatle. They should not, by definition, be here, but their influence is widespread, and to omit them would be a bat to the kneecaps of any good history of magic. The freemasons are a square peg in the round hole of magical history. Many occult historians have tried to roughly hammer them into place, only to find themselves lost in the swamps of mythical pseudohistory. 

Freemasonry! Today on patreon.

[reality-detective]

I'll leave this 👆 here... You Decide 🤔

[awesomecooperlove]

NEW WORLD ORDER AND FREEMASONRY

[primalpoetry]

Masonic Lodge of Salamanca, Spain

[fred-waffen]

[beebopboom]

Two Pillars

Boaz and Jachin

They express harmony and balance and passing through these pillars represents a chance at a new beginning. Something every mason walks through.

(take a look behind Gabriel as he walks down the street - two pillars are framing him)

These two pillars can also be seen as representing two out of three pillars of the Tree of Life. Strength and wisdom with harmony in the middle.

(more explanation for how that relates to the bookshop)

[khaosritual]

[aitiuilghrain]

[postcard-from-the-past]

Freemasonry themed vintage postcard

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

[askjumblr]

Sorry I forgot to add the option of extended family...

[oaths-sworn-in-blood]

Le Roi Soleil. Le Roy de France, Louis XIV

"My Light with its force illuminated the heretic. Suddenly, It chased away the fogs of Calvin: Not by a Divine Zeal, But in order to hide my fragile Policy"

Jacob Gole, 1691

This artwork was produced in 1691 as part of a satirical series titled "Les Héros de la Ligue ou la Procession Monacale".

This series comprises caricatures of figures involved in the repression of French Protestants following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.