PPete - This stuff is like cocaine to conspiracy theorists.
I couldn't have put it better myself.
It's all nonsense. Masons are just blokes that like to be in a special club. They do charity work. I've been involved with Masons and it's all fairly humdrum.
Once you realise that there is no god or devil, the rest is easy. It's just old geezers having a meeting, a fag and a bevvy.