Freemasonry -- Its Origins, Its Myths, and Its Rituals
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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Freemasonry and the American Revolution
Masons all around the world have tried to make sense of things by fitting events and fitting their lives into this kind of ongoing mythic cycle of death and burial and rebirth, ether literally or figuratively. So this is why everything i've been talking about here, about the masonic myths and rituals, is important. You know, obviously it's important to masons themselves, if that's what they're into, and they usually are. But it's important for the rest of us as well to know this is all about. And again, this is bit of a milestone. I have 50 patrons now. Thank you.
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