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originally posted by: Lagrimas
It most certainly does work like that, the whole of life is an interview and the contacts you can make in the masons or any other secret society all lead to the same places.
originally posted by: Lagrimas
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Im sure that is true Augustus, of course. But it does happen to people who are in the right place at the right time and who know how to keep certain secrets and pass certain tests that prove they can keep those secrets and sometimes even i believe who are willing to put themselves in a position so that they may be blackmailed for life. You had a wonderful experience. That doesnt mean there arent absolute ####$ in those orgs looking for others of a similar nature.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: Lagrimas
Your knowledge of Masonry is minimal. If you actually joined you would see that everything you are speculating about is wrong.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
originally posted by: Lagrimas
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Im sure that is true Augustus, of course. But it does happen to people who are in the right place at the right time and who know how to keep certain secrets and pass certain tests that prove they can keep those secrets and sometimes even i believe who are willing to put themselves in a position so that they may be blackmailed for life. You had a wonderful experience. That doesnt mean there arent absolute ####$ in those orgs looking for others of a similar nature.
That's life in general, dude. That's not something that's exclusive to Masons or any other organization, secret or not. Sometimes the right person is in the right place at the right time and says the right thing and does the right thing. Or wrong person/time/place/etc, depending on your perspective.
originally posted by: Lagrimas
Your knowledge is of a certain nature and is completely closeted.
originally posted by: Lagrimas
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: Lagrimas
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Lagrimas
So you would have me make the thread without taking the care to illustrate what im talking about? Absolute cods wallop.
Yet you said it was 'very famous in Masonic circles'.
Which it is not.
I think that for you to wash your hands of its masonic/mystery school/secret society origins is really quite ridiculous. What is it related to then? Sesame street? Formula 1 racing? Womens soccer? No. It is masonic and secret society and by that i mean it is an allegorical sign with esoteric meaning known to an initiate.
This isn't something masons do. I realize that in conspiracy land, masons give secret nods, winks, and waves all the time to each other just to irritate non mason conspiracy folk, but in the place I reside (the real world) this just isn't the case. If I offer the masonic grip to another man, it's because I know he is a mason already. I can look at his ring, or the tag on his car, or the fact that we are both at a masonic members only function. We aren't taught to give these strange hand signs, and doing so would offer nothing of value.
As I have said all along, this is the the stuff the Lions Club does. Those guys are the real underground secrets squirrel types. We just wear funny hats. Seriously, if you knew the truth, you would think this is just as funny as we do. But if it makes you happy to believe this, I sure as hell can't stop you.
Just to calrify. I know handshakes myself and grade signs so i know that you dont use them in daily life. I also am fully aware that masonry in the terms you think of it is different to the elitist sectet society form which is likely much less esoteric and much more of an elitist friendship group.
The fact that masonry is a low level of this system as a whole and a way of finding new blood that then passes further up a chain is not lost on me because of my personal experiences. However, i absolutely aware that most masons are really very ordinary people too. Paul Ryan however does make the hidden hand and does do it for secret reasons not known to the majority of peoole. This i believe in absolute. If he didnt do it we wouldnt see him do it . The proof is in the pudding.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Lagrimas
Your knowledge is of a certain nature and is completely closeted.
Considering your knowledge of my knowledge is zero you have no idea what I have done in Masonry, where I have travelled, who I have met, what I have seen and experienced.
originally posted by: Lagrimas
...that you experienced nothing of the nature that i am talking about.
As such you travelled and did this and that but were not exposed to the criminal belly of the serpent.
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: Lagrimas
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: Lagrimas
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Lagrimas
So you would have me make the thread without taking the care to illustrate what im talking about? Absolute cods wallop.
Yet you said it was 'very famous in Masonic circles'.
Which it is not.
I think that for you to wash your hands of its masonic/mystery school/secret society origins is really quite ridiculous. What is it related to then? Sesame street? Formula 1 racing? Womens soccer? No. It is masonic and secret society and by that i mean it is an allegorical sign with esoteric meaning known to an initiate.
This isn't something masons do. I realize that in conspiracy land, masons give secret nods, winks, and waves all the time to each other just to irritate non mason conspiracy folk, but in the place I reside (the real world) this just isn't the case. If I offer the masonic grip to another man, it's because I know he is a mason already. I can look at his ring, or the tag on his car, or the fact that we are both at a masonic members only function. We aren't taught to give these strange hand signs, and doing so would offer nothing of value.
As I have said all along, this is the the stuff the Lions Club does. Those guys are the real underground secrets squirrel types. We just wear funny hats. Seriously, if you knew the truth, you would think this is just as funny as we do. But if it makes you happy to believe this, I sure as hell can't stop you.
Just to calrify. I know handshakes myself and grade signs so i know that you dont use them in daily life. I also am fully aware that masonry in the terms you think of it is different to the elitist sectet society form which is likely much less esoteric and much more of an elitist friendship group.
The fact that masonry is a low level of this system as a whole and a way of finding new blood that then passes further up a chain is not lost on me because of my personal experiences. However, i absolutely aware that most masons are really very ordinary people too. Paul Ryan however does make the hidden hand and does do it for secret reasons not known to the majority of peoole. This i believe in absolute. If he didnt do it we wouldnt see him do it . The proof is in the pudding.
What lodge are you a member of?
See, if you aren't and you weren't, the no, you don't "know". I don't mean to be condescending or assholish, I just want you to understand some facts that exist. Fact 1, Paul Ryan isn't a mason. He is a nice guy and I like his personal discipline and overall attitude and think he would make a good brother, but he would have to have been Initiated, Passed, and Raised as a master mason in a regular lodge to be an actual Free Mason. After that, any strange way ha scratched his nose or showed emotion could be speculated as being a masonic gesture, but not until then. As it stands now, he's a guy who put his hand inside his jacket on TV. Until fact 1 changes, all other "facts" are irrelevant. (IMHO)
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Lagrimas
...that you experienced nothing of the nature that i am talking about.
Because what you are talking about does not exist in reality.
As such you travelled and did this and that but were not exposed to the criminal belly of the serpent.
Any examples of the 'criminal belly of the serpent'?
originally posted by: Lagrimas
Ate you seriously so blind that you dont realise there are criminals of a very elite nature in the world who meet and introduce in these fraternal bodies?
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Lagrimas
Ate you seriously so blind that you dont realise there are criminals of a very elite nature in the world who meet and introduce in these fraternal bodies?
Then you should have zero issue coughing up some examples. I can wait, I have nothing to do today except cultivate my Illuminati ties.
originally posted by: Lagrimas
Im not going to sit here and start listing crimes that criminals undertake for financial gain.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Lagrimas
Im not going to sit here and start listing crimes that criminals undertake for financial gain.
We are specifically speaking in regards Masonry. If you have some examples, post them.
I am not denying that bad people exist and may even be members. I am saying it is not widespread or the norm.
originally posted by: geezlouise
We hate it when our friends become successful.