I’ve been a Mason for 20 years, Past Master, 32°, Scottish Rite & York Rite. I don’t have any juicy secrets (like “33° Masons control the price of Ovaltine”), and I’m of the view that we’re / they’re mostly harmless. That said, I’m disillusioned. The Brotherhood is broken and not fulfilling what they promise to their craftsmen, which is to make good men better. It’s become one big LARP that sucks free time and money from its members and gives nothing back to the Brothers, their families, communities, or the world.
They broke their oath, I’ll break mine. Ask me anything. Or nothing.
100% hidden in plain sight. I partly understand why they do it, but I think they're dropping the ball. You'd learn far more from Eastern traditions than masonry at this point. Of course even in the eastern traditions you'll get beat over the head by masters telling you to ignore all mythical experiences. Both west and east shun real magick people should ask themselves why that is.
I spent some time in a zen monastery. Being beating over the head is almost literal ???
Yup I'm well aware ?
But that's how it is, if you want to see real magick just observe children a child could run circles around these Zen masters. Their mind isn't rigid which is what is needed to see magick. Once you see if you'll realize you've been getting robbed since childhood.