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Why Are Freemasons Blindfolded During Initiation? The Real Reason
A blindfold and a rope around the neck — the single image most outsiders already associate with Masonic initiation. Here's what a French folklorist studying rituals worldwide discovered about exactly why it works.
This episode uses Arnold van Gennep's rites-of-passage framework and Victor Turner's concept of liminality to explain what actually happens to a candidate in the dark — and why cultures with zero contact independently built the same structure.
An excerpt from Study Companion: Entered Apprentice — book one in the King Solomon's Passport Study & Leadership series.
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