Some of the drug's effects in the body include: 1  Reducing anxiety. 2  Causing sleepiness. 3  Relaxing muscles. 4  Stopping seizures. 5  Impairing short-term memory.
As a result, they began to take in non-masons as patrons. This led, in the 17th century, to large numbers of. speculativeor non-working-masons entering the masonic âlodges.â By the end of that century, Masonic lodges. were almost wholly speculative, made up of Masons who never touched chisel to stone. Freemasons kept the old traditions.
A Freemason is a man who is a member of the fraternity of Freemasons. The earliest Freemasons were the medieval freestone mason who built the great Gothic cathedrals of Europe. Today, the fraternity builds its edifices in the hearts of men. There are several theories about the origin of the name:here are other misconceptions about the fraternity, which you may read about. The Freemasons do not claim to have their origins among the builders of the pyramids of Egypt. This is an unsubstantiated myth. Undoubtedly, the builders of the pyramids were stonemasons, because the pyramids are built of stone.