Sex and masons

Doneraile Court, Co Cork, Elizabeth St Leger was reading one evening when she happened to eavesdrop on a masonic rite next door. Some loose bricks had been removed from the wall as building work was being conducted, so the ceremonial sound carried through and drew St Leger to observe. When the interloper was discovered, she was initiated immediately into the lodge whose activities she had witnessed in order to protect their secrets. This made St Leger the first recorded female freemason in an organisation dominated, like most, by the history and influence of men.

On its website, the United Grand Lodge of England, the eastern and most respected Lodge in the world and the cradle of modern Freemasonry, denies being a secret freemason at all. And yet if your boyfriend is the Freemason, you might as well come around to the fact that masonic aspects of his life will be restricted to you. Your boyfriend may leave for meetings where he will not be able to take you along. This is because the meetings inside a Masonic Lodge and the rituals and ceremonies are usually closed to non-members, which includes you. Secular narcissist Despite many rituals and ceremonies that are closed to non-members, Freemasons are really secularists at heart.

Gender and Fraternal Orders in Europe, — pp Cite as. Today on weekday evenings thousands of women and men after work rush to meet up with their fellows in the hearts of cities all over the world. They swiftly change their clothes and put on strange garments decorated with esoteric, geometrical and religious symbols. Then they solemnly enter clandestine temples, where they take secret oaths on sacred writings and teach each other about morality and the meanings of secret signs.

The out-of-court settlement saved the Masons from a potentially embarrassing two-day industrial tribunal, due to begin yesterday, which would have shone an unwanted spotlight on the inner workings of the United Grand Lodge, the headquarters of English and Welsh Freemasonry. Sheila Delaney reached a settlement with lawyers representing the lodge after claiming that she was subjected to a four-year campaign of sexual intimidation. Ms Delaney had alleged that while she worked at the building in Great Queen Street, central London, comments were made about her nipples and breasts and she was subjected to unwanted physical contact by a senior colleague. Since Ms Delaney's complaints, the lodge has employed a human resources consultant to review its employment practices.