Velodynamic wrote:is this really the whole truth
No, definitely not the whole truth. Philosophically it's not of course. But if you focus on what is known than it's a very small part of it. The thing is to be careful, what you see more and more of in studying this, myth and religion, is the amount of lies or "twisted truths" (aka fiction) inserted all over the place. Polluting the original knowledge. And that happens for various reasons.
or a polished version in one direction or the other
Damn right!
because I think there are many various organisations of masons (over 200 according to
wikipedia).
Thanx for the linx though. I'll check them just out of curiosity.

The interesting thing is, at first one is focused on masonry but, there is a whole other level (higher level) of "organisations" and "things" that stand far above it.
You soon learn that even these guys take orders from someone.
And that leads to an even vaster subject.
Without faith nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.