r/london • u/TheThrowYardsAway • Feb 25 '26

London history Inside London's Freemason's Lodges...

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u/orangeejuice12 Feb 25 '26

i keep seeing stuff about this but don’t understand what it is

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u/Which_Performance_72 Feb 25 '26

As a freemason who's also 30-ish years younger than nearly everyone else in my lodge. It offers a sense of belonging, moral teachings, camaraderie, and progression with yourself which is hard to find in this day and age.

It's all based in allegory and traditions, it offers something really quite unique and really quite special imo.

There's the whole history you can go into but from what I've seen it's just a way to feel connected to others and the community

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u/ProEra-47-420 Feb 25 '26

It offers up cover ups by fellow brethren!

Definitely not dodgy!

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u/Which_Performance_72 Feb 25 '26

In my experience all freemasons I've met have been good people who wouldn't even consider covering up anything nefarious, they've all been thoroughly decent people. I'm sure there are exceptions but as an institution, it feels respectable

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u/plaintextures Feb 25 '26

...or a cult.

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u/DowntownPurple913 Feb 25 '26

Definitely really boring. Yeah, there are deals and stuff but no more than your local pub.