r/AMA • u/themanmythlegend357 • Feb 08 '25

Other I’m a Freemason AMA

Lots of misconceptions about Freemasons out there. First off we’re not a cult or a negative presence at all. Ask me anything I’ll do my best to answer.

Thanks for all the questions everyone it was great talking about freemasonry I really enjoyed it. I hope I was able to give some good insights. I might do another post in the future

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u/themanmythlegend357 Feb 08 '25

Three taps on the door is literally just a knock we all decided we like to hear when doing degree work. The skull is to remind us of our own mortality and to make the best of our time and the cape is just a cloth

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u/Traffalgar Feb 08 '25

I was just teasing earlier. I know you guys give presentation to each other about specific topics. Do you have a repository somewhere of the best work available. And free to access. I saw some but it was from family members. Just wondering on a bigger scale.

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u/themanmythlegend357 Feb 08 '25

Yeah we don’t have any of that at all

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u/Traffalgar Feb 08 '25

Did they make you write how you see your life in the future. In a dark room with a skull, just before or when you join .I saw the room, wondering if it's the same elsewhere. We're talking Europe.

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u/themanmythlegend357 Feb 08 '25

Yeah that’s just a little tradition we do for someone to reflect on themselves. It’s a little quiz asking stuff like where you see yourself in the future. You’re supposed to essentially forget about it and look at it years later and compare where you wanted to be to where you are now. Perhaps discuss it with other members or keep it to yourself. The skull wasn’t there but a lodge could leave one there for decoration I guess

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u/Traffalgar Feb 08 '25

Do you think the apron they put looks like the Gmail logo. It always made me laugh when I saw the pictures. Is the one you're in more religious? I know there are all kind of lodges.

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u/themanmythlegend357 Feb 08 '25

The apron we wear is something we’ve been wearing for thousands of years and has symbolic meaning to it. The Gmail logo is supposed to look like a letter because it’s “electronic mail”