Diehard, isn’t being a Mason supposed to be a secret? Or was that just back in the old days?
> Diehard, isn’t being a Mason supposed to be a secret? Or was that just back in the old days?
No, it’s never been a secret, although historically many Masons have kept their involvement to themselves. I think their rational was that “if they don’t know that I’m a Mason I won’t be asked to divulge any Masonic Secrets...”
In Lodge, Masons do things and say things and know things that are Secret, and that we have sworn to keep Secret. No Mason will ever tell those Secrets to a non-Mason.
But our membership to The Brotherhood is not necessarily secret: it is up to the individual Brother to decide whether he tells anyone. In my case, I choose to have my membership known.