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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So OP, is your husband doing this despite your obvious misgivings? Are you still talking about it?

To the others, is there a way to know if someone is a mason? I don't think I know any, but you never know! There are a few creepy men I work with that I'd be TOTALLY unsurprised to learn were masons, just based on the fact that I could see them eating a live chicken's head, etc. [/quote]

We talk about it, PP.  I am not controlling, as some have pointed out.  But certainly if I find something objectionable, I will make my views clear.  After all, I did not come from my husband's rib!!

I never knew my friend's father, brothers and BILs were all Masons.  However, when I did ask out of curiosity, she said they were all brought into the fold by her father.  And they're all Jewish, btw, and in some Jewish lodge.

Although I can't see them eating a live chicken's head (LOL!), they are all VERY wealthy (as in being able to wipe themselves with ten dollar bills). So I imagine this lodge is heavily connected.

My friend HATES the whole thing, and while they're not open about their meetings, she says they attend them on a regular basis and brag about their membership as though a way of life.  Their wives are also pretty quiet, and all SAH, appearing to be very supportive of their spouses.  So as far as control is concerned, their husbands seem to have it - NOT the other way around.

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OP, you sound reasonable. In your shoes, I'd say to your husband that you are just VERY uncomfortable with the whole thing. While the connections would be good, it's not like enormous wealth is going to convey once your husband joins the masons. What it does mean is that the mere chance of connections and possible wealth are being pursued at the expense of the partner (wife in this case)'s comfort level. I would not ever join something that required secrecy from my spouse, unless the reason for that secrecy was a matter of public safety and security, etc. (And even then, I think there would be better candidates for the job, ha ha). I happen to believe that secrets within a marriage, however innocuous, can become poisonous. Sure, many masons have strong marriages, but I would think that if you're against and he joins anyway, this would create a huge, maybe unnecessary strain on the marriage. There are enough unavoidable strains out there already that makes turning this down a no-brainer for me. And I'm putting msyelf into your husband's shoes, not yours. Well, good luck! [/quote]

For the record, every "secret" Masonic book used in lodges and temples is in The Library of Congress. This is a fact. You are free to go there and read up on anything you wish. While members are sworn to uphold the Masonic Oaths, what goes on in the temples is all out there, so to speak.

As for whoever put the very long quote from the book about the Masonic person and the 33rd rite, I guess you've never been to an old Church in Europe. Skulls? Really? Have you been to Paris? Have you toured underground.... I mean, anyone can take an experience and turn it into a work of fiction or dramatize it. [/quote]

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