* "As Gerald Gardner was a freemason from 1905 to 1908, the freemasonic material in Wicca is really unsurprising, but its nice to know what came from where... "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law "
Freemasonry is loosely connected to the medieval stone Masons guilds in terms of having initiations and trade secrets, but freemasonry has its roots in late 16th Century Scotland and has become the worlds premier secret society. Based loosely on the stone masons structure, freemasonry admits all men regardless of status and focuses more on the mythologies and lore of the masons than any physical work.As opposed to a purely practical structure, the focus of the freemasons is on fraternal unity. Masonic lodges are comprised of men from all walks of life, political and religious backgrounds who can come and meet as fellow brothers in love and trust. So are the masons religious? Freemasons pledge a belief in a God force (quaintly called "The Architect"- and we also see another subtle level of the Matrix trilogy in this reference), but did not impose or profess the form the god force took. As such it protected itself from claims of atheism. It kept its structure of fraternal trust by banning two subjects in its lodges- politics and religion, the two great dividers.Skip ahead to the early 20th Century to the man who is now considered the grandfather of Wicca, Gerald B. Gardner.Old Gerald was among many other things a freemason and a co-mason (lodges admitting both men and women). As such in synthesising Wicca he drew heavily from his own experience. One can easily argue the ulterior, that these elements were in Wicca and he inherited them, which I will do later in this piece.So on what points does Wicca correspond closely to Scottish Freemasonry?~ Both Freemasons and Wiccans refer to their tradition as "the Craft"~ Neither religion or politics are discussed in a Masonic lodge- this is a potential origin of the Wiccan "perfect love and perfect trust" environment.~ Candidates are prepared for initiation in a similar fashion in Wicca as the Scottish Masonic rites, and the first three degrees in Masonry have definite similarities in structure.~ A long declaration in a Masonic lodge is called a "Charge", conveying its pseudo-history and some of its theological points to the new initiate. There is the obvious correlation with the decrying of "The Charge Of The Goddess", which does much the same~ The five fold kiss in British Traditional Wicca is similar to the five points of contact when Masonic brothers greet each other with a hug.~ The masons also had correspondences for the four directions.~ The masons call their implements their working tools, as does the Wiccan.~ These working tools are presented to the new initiate in both freemasonry and Wicca.~ Wiccans close when they say, "Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet Again!" and freemasons say "Happy to Meet, Sorry To Part, Happy to Meet Again!"These many points of intersection in Wicca exist to some extent in other neo-pagan religions because many draw from Wicca for their sources" WICCA DERIVED FROM SCOTTISH MASONRY?
Gardner was a mason, so the question is are all of these influences from him or if you are a person who believes in Wiccas older roots, is Wicca derived from freemasonry? I could argue the latter and I will give you some points to consider.The rites developed steadily, and were adopted into England (where they were restructured and the number of initiations greatly increased) and spread around the world. Freemasons were everywhere, the ultimate secret society bound by oaths regarding the masons secrets (these being the meaning of the masons working tools ect.)Bearing in mind the ritual similarities in Wicca i bring two other points.1) The Book Of Shadows makes reference to the pyre and the burning of Witches. People arguing totally modern origins point to this as a forgerers error, yet Witches were burned on the continent "and" in Scotland.2) In a passage in the Book Of Shadows (published in J ">This provides a clear view of the Masonic element in Wicca (which I've only scratched) and an argument for Wicca's partial origins in Scottish Freemasonry. It's a stretch, but its fun to speculate" his work "Triumph Of The Moon", Pr. Ronald Hutton tackles some of the above points with much greater detail and background. For anyone who's interest is aroused, this information can be found in Chapter 4, "Finding A Structure".
"Love is the law, love under will "
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