IS BURNING MAN A SECRET MASONIC RITUAL?

[Trishntek]

Yeah, but do they break shit and blow things up?

[theCryptofishist]

It's actually a canning convention. All about those Mason jars, baby.

[Simon of the Playa]

we're a secret society within a secret society.


it's called the Briners.

[H.G.Crosby]

he knows the dill.

[Roberto Dobbisano]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0VOdFIi23U

[catinthefunnyhat]

Inside the traditions that have been transmitted to us under the name of Freemasonry, lie concealed a multitude of mysteries. These mysteries have been transmitted, for the most part, down through the corridors of time, through the rituals.We can find the use of bee symbolism as far back as dynastic Egypt. Later we see various uses of bee, beehive, or honey used as symbols throughout classical Greek culture. We find it in the myth of Cupid, god of love, the mythos of the Orphics, and very interesting use in the Eleusinian Rites of Demeter.

[...]

I didn't even notice this before, but of course...

MASON BEES.

[AntiM]

Utah is the Beehive State.

[catinthefunnyhat]

The Mormasons!

[Simon of the Playa]

it is common Knowledge that Joe Smith was also a Mason, and many of the Mormon rituals are based on masonic tradition.

The relationship between Mormonism and Freemasonry began early in the life of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr., as his older brother and possibly his father were Freemasons while the family lived near Palmyra, New York. Nevertheless, in the late 1820s, the western New York region was swept with anti-Masonic fervor, and the Book of Mormon, a foundational religious book published by Smith in 1830, is generally considered to reflect that anti-Masonic sentiment by condemning what it portrays as oath-bound conspiratorial organizations.
By the 1840s, however, Smith and several prominent Mormons had become Freemasons and founded a lodge in Nauvoo, Illinois, in March 1842. Soon after joining Freemasonry, Smith introduced a new temple "Endowment" ceremony including a number of symbolic elements that were essentially identical with their analogues within Freemasonry. Smith remained a Freemason until his death; however, later Mormon leaders distanced themselves from Freemasonry. In modern times, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the predominant Mormon organization, holds no position for or against the compatibility of Masonry with LDS Church doctrine.

[AntiM]

Yep. I still have a pair of dad's magic underwear, old school style. I need to forcibly donate them to someone. Someone tall. Hmm.

[catinthefunnyhat]

OMD. I will be watching from a safe distance. I might need a telescope.

[Roberto Dobbisano]

FUCK! the hippies know we're here...


start operation Playa Chicken II- the New Egg.





transmission complete.

[ygmir]

Yep. I still have a pair of dad's magic underwear, old school style. I need to forcibly donate them to someone. Someone tall. Hmm.

*noting Simon is taller than me*

[Simon of the Playa]

YES!!!

i will go anti-commando, a change for me....

[AntiM]

If I bring them, he will wear them.

Isn't that a movie? Something all American and pornographic?

[Simon of the Playa]

not so secret anymore....

[Roberto Dobbisano]

you're so fucking corny sometimes...

[media]

[ygmir]

you know not, the thickness of this ice you are skating, nor, the hot tar below. glide with caution.



nice poster!!

[Simon of the Playa]

fuck em' if they can't take a joke...

[ygmir]

the true Messiah.

[Simon of the Playa]

[media]

[Gonzo Frothwood]

I'm a Buddhist and an Unitarian minister and was a Demo lay. But who cares?
The Bush family runs the world. They took over from the Masons decades ago in a bloodless coup.

[tatonka]

[theCryptofishist]

Cross reference.

[forty_eight]

When Larry starts wearing a top hat, all doubt will be removed.

[Roberto Dobbisano]

[media]

[H.G.Crosby]

lets see, if i was into symbolism i would say that the gangster is the Mafia, the Dracula Fellow is the Roman Catholic Church, The Goon is Communism, The Pirate is the CIA,The Rabbit is the Masons, The Card is Royalty, and HooDoo is the Illuminati.....Mr. Big is The "Bank"...

and all the lids down in lidsville are the rest of the people...


but i'm not into symbolism.

[forty_eight]

Frosty the Worshipful Master Snowman is a burner ... wears a top hat and nothing else except the odd bowtie.

[media]

[Simon of the Playa]

the acid was SO much better back in the early 70's.

[Gonzo Frothwood]

It was cleaner for sure with no meth for body rushes. and cost 5.00 for 2000 mics back in the day. Can't wait to get to the retirement home and fry again. been too long.