12/27/2022 0 Comments The secret society hidden![]() ![]() “It’s just a very old and peculiar way of emphasizing the fact that you have entered an organization that you are never going to renege on.”īut perhaps the most intriguing aspect is the Freemason initiation ceremony - something so shrouded in mystery it has never been filmed, even to this day.Ĭurrent members are sworn to secrecy and details of what happens during a ceremony are murky. “What it means is that your skin touches the lodge so there is physical contact between you and the lodge,” he said. He said rolled up pants were a symbolic gesture. “If you went to a place where you weren’t known, you had to have some kind of proof that you were able to work on a construction site.” “The handshake is a way of identifying one to another, especially when they had to move around Scotland looking for work,” Cooper said. DeA / Biblioteca AmbrosianaĬooper said Freemasons were especially well known for their trademark handshake and rolled up pant legs. King Edward VII was appointed Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England on April 28, 1875. The Grand Lodge of Scotland’s curator, Bob Cooper, spoke with the BBC for the “ Secrets Of The Masons” documentary, which will be aired in the UK on Tuesday. The society evolved out of Scotland after stonemasons working on the country’s public buildings in the 1500s banded together - in a similar way to modern trade unions - in a bid to protect the secrets and interests of their trade.īy 1599, William Schaw, who built castles and palaces for James VI of Scotland, had laid down rules for members to abide by, including: “They shall be true to one another and live charitably together as becometh sworn brethren and companions of the Craft.”īut it wasn’t until 1641 when soldier and diplomat Sir Robert Moray joined a stonemasons’ lodge that the movement really kicked off. ![]() Computer nerd makes $2 million getting firedįor centuries, the secrets of the Freemasons were known only to members.īut that’s about to change after the BBC were given unprecedented access to several Scottish lodges (the Freemason term for chapters or branches) to create a brand new documentary. ![]()
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