hanzosbm
Premium Member
Regardless of your opinions regarding the origins of Freemasonry, one can see similarities with the Ancient Mystery Schools. One particular aspect that many of the Mystery Schools, religious sects, and Freemasonry all have in common is of secret teachings. Most of sects and Mystery Schools say something to the effect of needing to keep the secrets to prevent them from falling into the hands of people who don't truly understand them. Since most of these organizations strive for enlightenment, why the fear of their secrets getting out?
Let's assume a hypothetical XYZ Mystery School teaches some kind of secrets that help the initiate to find some kind of beautiful, hidden truth. With the truth being so wonderful, why keep it from the uninitiated? The argument could be made that they might not truly understand it, but so what? Why is this knowledge that is so wonderful guarded so closely?
During the Enlightenment era, this continued. Even the argument of the fear of persecution doesn't really hold up. That would be a legitimate reason for keeping the identity of members secret, but not the knowledge.
(just a note, this isn't asked sarcastically and I don't think there's any evil underlying plot, just a legitimate question for discussion)
Let's assume a hypothetical XYZ Mystery School teaches some kind of secrets that help the initiate to find some kind of beautiful, hidden truth. With the truth being so wonderful, why keep it from the uninitiated? The argument could be made that they might not truly understand it, but so what? Why is this knowledge that is so wonderful guarded so closely?
During the Enlightenment era, this continued. Even the argument of the fear of persecution doesn't really hold up. That would be a legitimate reason for keeping the identity of members secret, but not the knowledge.
(just a note, this isn't asked sarcastically and I don't think there's any evil underlying plot, just a legitimate question for discussion)