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7.3 Imitative, Non-Masonic Rituals ................................................580
7.3.1 Fun and Frolic on "the Master Mason's Playground" with Dantean
Environs: M. O. V. P. E. R., Grotto Forms and Ceremonies.....583
7.3.2 Comparison of Masonry with the International Order of Odd
Fellows......................................................................................588
7.3.2.1 Ritual of the I.O.O.F..................................................................595
7.3.2.1.1 Initiatory Degree and First Three Degrees ................................598
7.3.2.1.2 Symbols of the Three Degrees ..................................................607
7.3.2.1.3 The Three "High Degrees" of Odd Fellowship .........................614
7.3.2.1.4 Symbols of the Third Encampment Degree ..............................621
7.3.3 Comparison of Masonry with Rituals of Fraternal .........................
Insurance Organizations...........................................................623
7.3.3.1 Ritual of Modern Woodmen of America...................................625
7.3.4 Knights of Pythias (K.O.P.) Ritual: Funny Tests and Knightly
Games........................................................................................636
8. Categorization of Fraternal Rituals in Social Context.........649
8.1 Charity.......................................................................................650
8.2 Commercialization and Marketing Strategies ...........................658
8.3 Insurance and Financial Support ...............................................672
8.4 Patriotism and Politics...............................................................682
8.5 Publicity and Sociability ...........................................................689
8.6 Secularization............................................................................702
9. Masonic and Anti-Masonic Literature ..................................707
9.1 Masonry & Theater ...................................................................711
9.1.1 Carl Claudy's Masonic Plays (1934 - 1945): Trespassing
"Masonic Law" in Isolated American Country Lodge ..............714
9.1.1.2 Masonic "Healing" in "Greater Love Hath No Man...".............717
9.1.1.3 Admitting a "Cowan" into Lodge: "The Hearts of the Fathers" 720
9.1.1.4 "A Gift in Secret...": Balloting for a Jew.............................722
9.2 Anti-Masonry ............................................................................728
9.2.1 The Vatican ...............................................................................731
9.2.2 The Morgan Scandal in America (1826 - 1836)......................734
9.2.3 Fascism vs. Freemasonry ..........................................................740
9.2.3.1 The Ludendorffs' Anti-Masonic Vocabulary: A New Content
applied to Masonic Symbols .....................................................742
9.2.3.2 The New Vocabulary of the "Christliche Orden"......................747
9.3 Masonry in Folk-Art: Jokes, Trivialization, and Satire .............750
9.3.1 Masons Mocking the Knights of Pythias...................................766
9.3.2 "Riding the Goat"......................................................................773
9.3.3 Masonic & Anti-Masonic Comics.............................................788