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Originally posted by DeltAlum
My dad is a Mason, as was his brother and also my grandfather. I am not. Mason frends ask why -- I have no answer.
It is interesting to note, though, than MANY founders of the early fraternities were from Masonic backgrounds. That includes the founder who wrote our Ritual. Because of that, many fraternity rituals are supposedly (I'm not an expert -- just what I've read) very much like the Masonic initiation.
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I do know that some individuals have studied fraternity rituals and mason rituals. But realize that the masons were much larger in past times then today. Much of the secrecy ideas that exist in GLOs comes from the Masons (secret handshakes, secret passwords, the rituals and ritual items, etc).
It might be interesting if someone did the research on what orgs were founded by Masons. My Fraternity's founder (who also wrote our first rituals) was a Mason.
