Freemasons

[DetlefK]

Just a few things about Freemasons:

1. The name.
In medieval times and the Renaissance, architecture was considered "the queen of sciences" as Renaissance-contemporaries put it. Architecture was the most prestigious profession, combining mathematics, engineering and art to create the most impressive objects mankind was capable of creating.

So, if you ran an organization in the Renaissance dedicated to science and research, you would naturally try to associate yourself with the "queen of sciences".



2. The culture.
The scientific community of the Renaissance was dominated by the philosophy of Hermeticism. One of the tenets of Hermeticism was that knowledge must be earned. You cannot simply give away knowledge to students. Instead, the knowledge is kept secret and is only revealed bit by bit once the student has proven mastery of what he has been taught so far.
(This is where the expression "hermetically sealed" comes from: Because Hermeticists were obsessed with secrecy.)

So, if you ran an organization in the Renaissance dedicated to science and research, you would naturally operate in secrecy, only revealing yourself to trusted members.

[Deuxcents]

1. My grandfather was a Shriner

My grandmother held a position in the women’s auxiliary. I lived with them for many years n I remember a different person at the dinner table almost all the time. My grandfather would bring home a person, most likely homeless, and they washed their clothes, n fed them. I like to think they found jobs or located family members for these people but I was just a kid n don’t know. I do know my grandfather picked up a Marine hitchhiker, brought him home and soon my mom n dad were married! I’m 74 n I think my dad was soon to be discharged from WWII and then along came my sister and me. All my memories of my grandparents are how they were so charitable and always willing to help. I’m grateful I got their genes