A good friend of mine is Grand Pubbah for a local lodge. Great man and all, etc.
I suppose is like anything, how deep you go and what are one’s intentions. But that many men join these lodges to pursue esoteric gnosticism, well, that’s a fact.
And that’s not good.
-Theo
Gnosticism, mysteries and secrets, the knowledge and understanding of which increases as one rises in the hierarchy.
Are there any other prominent fraternal organizations, that might be so described?
Why, yes there are. A few are even religions.