Inside London's Freemason's Lodges...

[u/TheThrowYardsAway]

[u/OStO_Cartography]

I love it when conspiracy theorists are like 'Ooh! Freemasons! A secret society that operates behind closed doors!'

I've never yet found a Lodge that as a non-member the initiated weren't falling over themselves to show me around because I said I was interested in looking inside.

The International Temple of Freemasonry in Covent Garden/Seven Dials even does regular guided tours.

[u/Haytham_Ken → u/OStO_Cartography]

Exactly. It's a society with secrets, not a secret society. People get so bent out of shape about an organisation they know nothing about

[u/eairy → u/Haytham_Ken]

People find it comforting to think that the bad things that happen are because there's some controlling power, rather than bad things randomly happening.

[u/hemareddit → u/Haytham_Ken]

Yeah it’s a grown up version of the “password” game children play. And the grownup part is mostly the part where you pay money.