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[Wootton] So the secrecy element made Masonry an easy target
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Inside the Freemasons

So the secrecy elementmade Masonry an easy target, and it takes time to recover from...

[Wootton] So the secrecy element
made Masonry an easy target, and it takes time to recover from that, because once these conspiracy theories,
these perceptions, have common currency, they keep on being repeated
in the media and elsewhere

Full Transcript

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[Wootton] So the secrecy element made Masonry an easy target,
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and it takes time to recover from that,
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because once these conspiracy theories, these perceptions,
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have common currency,
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they keep on being repeated in the media and elsewhere.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:53
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, reality-tv
Production
Good Folk Films,Wonder Entertainment,Monterey Media

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Movie Summary

With unique and unprecedented access to one of the world's oldest social networking societies this series asks who are the Freemasons and what do they do?
S01 • E05 I think there's a preconception that Masonry is only for old people, - Inside the Freemasons 00:07
I think there's a preconception that Masonry is only fo...
S01 • E03 You don't need to get very close to the man in front. - Inside the Freemasons 00:05
You don't need to get very close to the man in front.
S01 • E02 [Ross] In that initiation ceremony, one is puzzled by the whole thing. - Inside the Freemasons 00:05
[Ross] In that initiation ceremony, one is puzzled by the wh...
S01 • E03 The purpose of the ceremonies is to be impressive. - Inside the Freemasons 00:05
The purpose of the ceremonies is to be impressive.
S01 • E02 Some of it is absolutely splendid, some of it is a bit clumsy, - Inside the Freemasons 00:08
Some of it is absolutely splendid, some of it is a bit clums...
S01 • E03 Like, all officers I spent a while at Sandhurst in advance, - Inside the Freemasons 00:09
Like, all officers I spent a while at Sandhurst in advance,
S01 • E02 It's about integrity, it's about compassion - Inside the Freemasons 00:07
It's about integrity, it's about compassion
S01 • E05 [narrator] Freemasonry's battle plan involves targeting students - Inside the Freemasons 00:08
[narrator] Freemasonry's battle plan involves targeting...
S01 • E04 [narrator] But for many non-Masons, clinging on to a culture of secrecy - Inside the Freemasons 00:09
[narrator] But for many non-Masons, clinging on to a culture...
S01 • E02 Whatever you feel disposed to give, you should deposit with the Junior Deacon. - Inside the Freemasons 00:06
Whatever you feel disposed to give, you should deposit with ...
S01 • E03 No. Sit first. Wand second. - Inside the Freemasons 00:04
No. Sit first. Wand second.
S01 • E04 We've been a male-only Grand Lodge for 300 years. - Inside the Freemasons 00:05
We've been a male-only Grand Lodge for 300 years.
S01 • E05 Tonight he's attending his Mother Lodge, the Apollo, in Oxford. - Inside the Freemasons 00:05
Tonight he's attending his Mother Lodge, the Apollo, in...
S01 • E04 Some people have very strongly held opinions - Inside the Freemasons 00:10
Some people have very strongly held opinions
S01 • E03 Here you see the Grand Master, or the Pro Grand Master, - Inside the Freemasons 00:13
Here you see the Grand Master, or the Pro Grand Master,
S01 • E02 Were you deprived of everything of value prior to entering the Lodge? - Inside the Freemasons 00:05
Were you deprived of everything of value prior to entering t...
S01 • E05 The Apollo University Lodge is the university Lodge - Inside the Freemasons 00:05
The Apollo University Lodge is the university Lodge
S01 • E05 It's the Lodge that I was initiated into some 21 years ago, - Inside the Freemasons 00:10
It's the Lodge that I was initiated into some 21 years ...
S01 • E02 [Ross] The natural response is to say, "Of course I'll give," - Inside the Freemasons 00:07
[Ross] The natural response is to say, "Of course I...
S01 • E04 [Blackwood] I've absolutely no idea - Inside the Freemasons 00:07
[Blackwood] I've absolutely no idea