(by Julie Zigoris, The San Francisco Standard, June 30, 2023)
Much is made of the secrets of the Freemasons, a fraternal order whose symbols appear on everything from the dollar bill to the famed concert venue Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco’s Nob Hill.
But the Masonic is not only a place to see concerts—it’s also the state headquarters of Freemasonry and boasts a nearly 50-foot “endomosaic” mural that includes soil from all of the 300+ California lodges pressed between its acrylic panes, a window filled with cryptic symbolism.
But according to academics familiar with “secret societies” and members of the fraternal orders themselves, all the rituals and hierarchies and handshakes have a much simpler…
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But according to academics familiar with “secret societies” and members of the fraternal orders themselves, all the rituals and hierarchies and handshakes have a much simpler…
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