"MASONIC-FAQ" - читать интересную книгу автора (McIntyre Vonda N)

(3) What is the York Rite?
(4) What is the Shrine?
*(5)* Are there other appendant bodies?
(6) What is the Eastern Star?
*(7)* What is DeMolay/Rainbow?
*(8)* What is Co-Masonry?
*(9)* What is Prince Hall Masonry?
(10) What is a 33rd degree Mason?
(11) Are there any Masonic functions that I can attend as a
non-Mason?
(12) Who is the head of the Masons?
(13) Are there dues, fees, etc. associated with being a Mason?
(14) I hear Masons refer to an "apron". What is that?
(15) What is a "Masonic Funeral"?

III. RESPONSE TO COMMON NEWSGROUP FLAMES & TROLLS
(1) Do Masonic rituals have Pagan elements?
(2) Do Masonic rituals have Satanic elements?
(3) Do Masons have to swear terrible oaths? Are people killed when
they break them?
(4) Does Masonry teach magic(k)?
(5) Masons believe in a special heaven for Masons only, don't they?

IV. PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS & MYTHS
(1) Are Masons just a bunch of old men? Isn't Masonry dying out?
(2) Aren't Masons racist/elitist?
(3) Isn't Masonry just a place where businessmen make deals?
(4) I see titles like "Worshipful Master" and "Senior Deacon"-- is
this some kind of cult?
(5) Masonry is a secret society, right?
(6) Masonry is a religion, right?
(7) Are Masons really controlling the world/meeting with the
Bavarian Illuminati/members of the Trilateralist
Commission/etc?
(8) Masons are anti-Catholic, right?
(9) Masonic rituals are demeaning or embarrassing to the candidate,
right?
(10) I heard/read a Mason talking about a "Masonic Bible". Do
Masons have their own Bible?
(11) I see that Masonic buildings are called Temples. Does that
mean that Masons worship there?

V. HOW DO I BECOME A MASON?
(1) What are the requirements for becoming a Mason?
(2) Can s be Masons?
(3) Can homosexuals be Masons?
(4) I have a physical disability. Can I be a Mason?
(5) Can be a Mason?
(6) Can Catholics be Masons?
(7) Can Wiccans be Masons?