Caboose #9
Masons On Masons:
How to Start a Secret Society
By Liz and Joe Mason
48 pages / half-letter / $3
Recently ye olde zine reviewer has embarked upon learning
about what is behind the social / political veils in our culture – particularly
the role played by underground yet hidden in plain sight groups like the
Freemasons. Such research could spiral into a lifetime of diversions – there
are so many groups, so little time. Therefore, when I spotted Caboose #9 Masons On Masons: How to Start a
Secret Society at the venerable Antiquated Future website, I ordered it
without hesitation.
Written in a style that is both smart & smart-ass, the Masons may give you some ideas about how to create
your own nerdy group, order, lodge, happening, etc. All of the bases are
covered: groundrules, membership, language, mirthful activity and even secret handshakes. Yet what I had hoped to find here was more actual substance
about Freemasonry, The Illuminati (though reading about its book-club origins was intriguing), and other elites & followers of our day that seem to wield power and influence
in our bizarre and unwieldy culture. For example: who were the Oddfellows and
am I related to them?
Ok, I’m off to organize the Freemen of Kearsarge Mountain Lodge.
I’d tell you when & where the first meeting is, but then I’d have to kill
you.
