FREEMASONS & THE MASONIC CONSPIRACY
Masonic conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories involving Freemasonry. Broadly speaking, these theories claim that Freemasonry exerts control over politics at all levels. Perhaps the best-known example is the New World Order theory, but there are others. These mainly involve aspects and agencies of the United States government, but actual events (such as the Propaganda Due scandal in Italy) are used to lend credence to claims.
Another set of theories have to do with Freemasonry and religion, particularly that Freemasonry deals with the "occult", here used to denote a particular range of the occult dealing with Satanic beliefs, but also incorporating numerology and Masonic symbolism. This theory has its beginnings with the Taxil hoax.
There are Masonic conspiracy theories dealing with every aspect of society. However, the very nature of conspiracy theory relies on circumstantial evidence. For this reason, all of these theories have groups that support them and others that do not.
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