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Webthe story of how a stonemasons’ guild became the world's largest secret society is less about conspiracy and more about enlightenment thinking. Webwhatever secrets the masons were guarding, they made for a bewitching recruitment tool. Who could resist the promise to join an élite in possession of occult truths? Webperhaps the most famous secret society is the freemasons, a medieval guild of stonemasons that formed in england in the early 18th century and developed.