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1. Masonry & "The Goat"
A Pictorial Essay On The Curiously Obscure,
Invariably Vague Phenomenon Known As "Goat
Riding." (aka, a little humor at our own expense).
The bottom line is, (apparently), at some point during the late
nineteenth-early twentieth centuries, hazing was a lamentable part of
at least some lodges among the fraternity. The origins of these ribald
rites can be traced back to eighteenth century France and England,
(cf., Albert Pike's "Porch & Middle Chamber" or any old French
ritual for details). Apparently, riding the goat as well as other,
similarly strange methods of hazing were indulged in, not only to
ensure the candidate's willingness to trust his prospective brothers,
but to amuse them somewhat as well. Documentation of this
practice, as with any Masonic endeavor, is indeed scanty…..
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