You ever discover something so interesting, only for the ending to make you go 😐😐😐 (hexbear.net)

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[-] Vampire@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

It's bad history. It confidently states unsubstantiated facts.

Masonic history is a whole sub-specialty of history, there are a lot of texts and dusty sources to be looked through, a lot to learn there.

I'm skeptical that there's sources that connect the followers of Zevi to Scottish Rite Masonry, for one. And I'm skeptical of basically every other claim in the pic

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well I guess so. I am more familiar with the modern organizations and movements, and some of it mostly* matches up with what I’ve seen elsewhere, so I can’t say anything about its research into the ancient stuff. I just find it interesting is all