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Free Masons, a secret society?

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  • 23-06-2019 1:10pm
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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭


    They have a centre on Tuckey Street in Cork. What kind of group is it? What do they stand for?


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    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,467 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    A secret society, hiding in plain sight!
    Those clever, clever wee bastárds!


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    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users Posts: 25,400 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    They have a centre on Tuckey Street in Cork. What kind of group is it? What do they stand for?

    Seriously? You haven't even given the secret handshake and you expect us..... i mean them .... to tell you anything?


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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Seriously? You haven't even given the secret handshake and you expect us..... i mean them .... to tell you anything?

    Haha very good. Apparently over the last 300 years they have had very influential people as members.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Hardly secret. You can take a tour around the Dublin Grand Lodge.

    https://freemason.ie/


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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    https://images.app.goo.gl/cuJAJc1AvTTHcmtv9


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    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,575 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    Feck, we are rumbled lads... ;)


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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    Kori Yummy Quitter wrote: »
    Hardly secret. You can take a tour around the Dublin Grand Lodge.

    https://freemason.ie/

    Yes but at the same time what do you know about them? They keep most things hush hush.


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    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    They have a centre on Tuckey Street in Cork. What kind of group is it? What do they stand for?

    Afaik Boards.ie is one of their better known public off shoots

    It's all odd signatures and peculiar views ... ;)


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    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,467 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    Yes but at the same time what do you know about them? They keep most things hush hush.

    We... ;)
    I mean they really don't.
    The veil of mystery around the masons has been lifted a long time.
    That they have had many influential members...
    So has my local golf club, should I berate their membership policy?
    Or assume they are Illuminati? ;)


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    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,467 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    banie01 wrote: »
    We... ;)
    I mean they really don't.

    I'm not really a member :(
    Don't have a high enough class of friend to arrange my invite ;)


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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    Apparently you have 33 degrees/stage of free masonry and are give a secret code word for each degree. They have bizarre initiation ceremonies for each degree.


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    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,467 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    Apparently you have 33 degrees/stage of free masonry and are give a secret code word for each degree. They have bizarre initiation ceremonies for each degree.

    My Golf Club has that...
    Lower your handicap, the better your seat in the clubhouse!!!!


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    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    To quote Dan Brown the Masons are not a secret society, they are a society with secrets


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    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Seriously? You haven't even given the secret handshake and you expect us..... i mean them .... to tell you anything?

    I expect a happy ending.


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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    Does being a member offer advantage in the business world? Presume that is a core element, that you make important contacts if you are part of the “club.”


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    rockatansky
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭rockatansky


    Just a group for men who want to get away from the wife and kids for a few hours a week. They raise funds for charity every so often so nobody can complain about them!


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    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,467 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    Does being a member offer advantage in the business world? Presume that is a core element, that you make important contacts if you are part of the “club.”

    My Golf Club also has that...
    And 36 levels of "specialness"!


    Masonry is probably a much cheaper holiday, and you have the benefit of the altruism of their charity work...
    If anyone has an in for the north Limerick masonic lodge, hit me up?
    I feel I have much to offer the community and seek the friendship and acceptance of like minded sword wielding, apron wearing individuals!

    Much more fun than a wet day on a GC!!


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    Harvey Weinstein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭Harvey Weinstein


    Apparently nothing much to speak about at the lower levels, a club basically, but the highest level (33rd degree) is the subject of all the conspiracy theories


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    Harvey Weinstein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭Harvey Weinstein


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    Haha very good. Apparently over the last 300 years they have had very influential people as members.

    Check out Simon Covenys handshakes anytime he meets dignitaries

    I don't know what a Masonic handshake looks like but allegedly his fit the bill


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    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,625 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    banie01 wrote: »
    My Golf Club also has that...
    And 36 levels of "specialness"!


    Masonry is probably a much cheaper holiday, and you have the benefit of the altruism of their charity work...
    If anyone has an in for the north Limerick masonic lodge, hit me up?
    I feel I have much to offer the community and seek the friendship and acceptance of like minded sword wielding, apron wearing individuals!

    Much more fun than a wet day on a GC!!
    Only way to join is to be the son of a Freemason or save the life of one


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    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Why is this current affairs?


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    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,467 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Only way to join is to be the son of a Freemason or save the life of one

    Ahhh dammit!


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    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Harvey Weinstein wrote: »
    Check out Simon Covenys handshakes anytime he meets dignitaries

    I don't know what a Masonic handshake looks like but allegedly his fit the bill


    Oooh I love a good conspiracy theory!:D


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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Why is this current affairs?

    Sometimes it’s hard to find the right category.


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    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    banie01 wrote: »
    Ahhh dammit!

    No according to YouTube, they screen you first. If you have a wife/partner, they have a sit down with her, as a lot of your free time will be used up in their club.


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    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Only way to join is to be the son of a Freemason or save the life of one

    That’s not true.


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    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    They have a centre on Tuckey Street in Cork. What kind of group is it? What do they stand for?

    Don't go near them. They are supposed to be as bad as the fairies. Please be careful.


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    Jimbob1977
    Registered Users Posts: 2,239 ✭✭✭Jimbob1977


    Who rigs every Oscar night?

    Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?

    We do! We. Do.


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    zimmermania
    Registered Users Posts: 4,684 ✭✭✭zimmermania


    Harvey Weinstein wrote: »
    Apparently nothing much to speak about at the lower levels, a club basically, but the highest level (33rd degree) is the subject of all the conspiracy theories

    Are they as bad as the "KNIGHTS" or OPUS DEI?.


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    SnakePlissken
    Registered Users Posts: 1,489 ✭✭✭SnakePlissken


    By all accounts theyre fairly harmless, a boys club for rich older men who are bored of their wives and children...


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