Freemasonry emerged from medieval stonemason guilds, reworking into a fraternal Group focused on ethical enhancement by way of symbolic teachings and elaborate rituals. The official establishment on the Grand Lodge of London in 1717 marked the start of recent Freemasonry, which spread quickly across Europe plus the Americas.Lots of secret societies

The quite existence of secret societies has usually prompted antagonism and fostered accusations of immorality, subversion, and heresy. This kind of promises had been created versus the Roman mystery cults and were accustomed to justify the ruthless suppression in the Knights Templar from the early 14th century. Philip IV of France accused the knig